« It's so simple | Main | Be a doll »
August 20, 2006
Me so crabby
I don't know if I've mentioned this in past years, but I detest the way the Little League World Series outfits all its teams with uniforms that have nothing but bland monikers such as "West" instead of their real team names.
I mean, take a look at this bunch:
You wouldn't know it to look at them, but that team is from Chicago's very own suburb of Lemont. How come you don't know? Because their uniform says "Great Lakes"! Now, I am sure there is some monetary reason that they can't make uniforms that say something like "Lemont", but I've always thought it to be a bit tacky. Even on the Little League Website, the teams are identified with monikers like "Asia", "Midwest", and something called "EMEA". Do they think people aren't going to know Japan is in Asia? I am most offended because when they start referring to the team by some geographical region, they lose their identity and it destroys some of the Little League World Series' charm. I don't know about you, but I think Surrey, BC vs. Dharan, Saudi Arabia to be a much more intriguing matchup than Canada vs. Transatlantic.
Pitiful update: I checked my trusty archive, and I wrote about this very same topic almost one year ago to the day, and I made the exact same point on August 21, 2005 that I make on August 20, 2006. That should tell you exactly how angry this Little League junk makes me.
Posted by oz115 at August 20, 2006 09:38 PM