The Lake Mary team won the Little League World Series Sunday, outlasting the team from Taiwan 2-1 in extra innings. The team from the northern Orlando suburb earned its first LLWS championship and the first for the state of Florida. It is the sixth straight title for a U.S. team.
“We came here to do something. We came here to do a job, and today we accomplished that job,” Florida manager Jonathan Anderson told MLB.com. “We took a loss to Texas, we battled all the way back and here we are to talk about how we won this whole thing.”
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During the changeover in the eighth inning, Lake Mary manager Anderson could be overheard on the ABC Sports live broadcast in his pep talk telling his team, “A man prayed over me … he said, ‘It’s already been written, we’re already the champs, the Lord already put it in His book,’ we’re just going to finish the story, right here, right now.”
In the Lake Mary dugout, his team calm but determined, Anderson continued, “Stay calm, stay composed, stay within yourself. But understand, it’s already been written, it’s already ours, we just have to finish it here.”
The championship-winning play unfolded as described by Major League Baseball’s website, MLB.com: “On the first pitch of the bottom of the eighth, Hunter Alexander dropped down a bunt to the right side. Pitcher Chiu Wei-Che fielded the ball cleanly, but his throw to first sailed into right field after no one was at the bag, letting the runner from second score and giving Florida the win.”
Lake Mary returned to a hero’s welcome in Orlando Monday afternoon, with a water cannon tribute as the team’s flight arrived at the gate. Parades are scheduled for this weekend, with what likely will be many TV appearances and guest appearances at college and pro sports events for the foreseeable future.
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