Check out this little leaguer!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:08 pm
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Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:20 pm
To heck with Coach O, it is Coach Kennedy who needs to jump all over this kid ---- 6'8" , 237lbs at age 13. Good lord! Sounds like a future dominating center.
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:04 pm
looks like another L.L. world series pitcher that cant remeber his own age.
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 4:18 pm
Danny Almonte from the Bronx.
I actually saw Almonte play in a high school all-star game awhile back on tv, can still hum it and hit also.
I actually saw Almonte play in a high school all-star game awhile back on tv, can still hum it and hit also.
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:38 pm
I have been to Saudi and none of those guys are 6'8". Something smells fishy!
Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:50 pm
Most of these kids have dual citizenship with another country. Military parents. He was on the team last year I believe
Have you ever seen a 6'8" Saudi that is black and loves country fried chicken
Have you ever seen a 6'8" Saudi that is black and loves country fried chicken
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 5:03 pm
That sucka has grey hair! He's far from 13!
Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 7:24 pm
They all have bleached there hair and his parents and most of them are americans, there working for the oil companys.
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 11:21 am
Soft-spoken Durley stands 6-foot-8 at age 13
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Aaron Durley towers over the competition at the Little League World Series.
The 13-year-old first baseman for Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, stands an imposing 6-foot-8 and weighs 256 pounds.
At 6-foot-8 and 256 pounds, 13-year-old Aaron Durley clearly towers over his teammates at the Little League World Series. ( / Associated Press)
"I was standing next to him and I was up to his elbows," Scott Kingery, a 12-year-old, 4-foot-9 Phoenix shortstop, said after meeting Durley.
At the secluded dorms where teams stay during the tournament, Durley has become as much of an attraction as the pool, the pingpong table and the video arcade.
The soft-spoken Durley doesn't mind the attention. He even lets opponents snap pictures with him during down time.
But Durley, who played at the series last year, too — when he was a mere 6-foot-4 — is crystal-clear about his top priority in South Williamsport.
"I'm more confident this year, ready to do what I need to do," Durley said after a practice. "Hit the ball out."
Fittingly, his favorite major leaguer is David "Big Papi" Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox slugger.
Durley, batting fifth, didn't hit a homer, but he walked twice, singled and scored a run Sunday when his Arabian American squad from Dhahran defeated Saipan, 9-1. Saudi Arabia (2-0) stands a good chance of advancing out of pool play after failing to win a game last year.
Also Sunday, two players were hurt during the game between Lemont, Ill., and Staten Island, N.Y., and taken to Williamsport Hospital.
Lemont outfielder Austin Mastela was hit by a pitch in the helmet in the second and had bleeding and swelling near the back of his ear, manager Mike Hall said. Staten Island shortstop Chris Goetz hurt his right leg after being called out at home while trying to score on an attempted squeeze play.
Both players were in good condition late Sunday night, a nursing supervisor said. Goetz was treated and released from the hospital.
Lemont won 1-0 after a frantic finish.
In other games, Columbia, Mo., routed Portsmouth, N.H., 14-5; Columbus, Ga., beat Phoenix, 4-1; Beaverton, Ore., defeated Lake Charles, La., 9-1; and Mexico defeated Russia, 11-1 in five innings.
Arabian American is a fixture at the World Series, having qualified the last seven years, and 12 of the last 13. The players' parents primarily work for oil companies in the Middle East.
The team has a peculiar baseball superstition — the players dye their hair blond for the World Series.
As if Durley wasn't easy enough to pick out in a crowd.
Columbia, Mo., manager Jeff Echelmeier watched Durley attract attention while the player was standing on a porch near a path to the cafeteria.
"About four teams came through, and everyone wanted to know how tall he was," Echelmeier said. "He said 'About 6-foot-8' about 40 times in a row."
He's still growing, too. Durley only shared the tallest-player designation last year. Series sponsors who shower players with free equipment didn't have new spikes readily available for Durley, who wears size 19 shoes.
Aaron's mother, Dana Durley, said her son didn't understand how much taller he was than most kids until he stayed at the Little League dorms last year.
"He takes it in stride," she said Sunday night after her son's team won. "He's been reared to say that the only thing you can control is your behavior. You can't control what other people think."
Aaron, who also plays basketball, isn't the only tall guy on his team. Durley nearly stands toe-to-toe with his manager and father, James Durley.
Dhahran pitcher and outfielder Michael Knight is 6-foot-3, 190 pounds. Five-foot-8, 226-pound, third baseman Andrew Holden is a dangerous hitter, having homered twice in the series, including a three-run blast against Saipan.
Team followers said it was just coincidence that there were so many tall players on the squad.
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Associated Press
Posted: 2 hours ago
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Aaron Durley towers over the competition at the Little League World Series.
The 13-year-old first baseman for Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, stands an imposing 6-foot-8 and weighs 256 pounds.
At 6-foot-8 and 256 pounds, 13-year-old Aaron Durley clearly towers over his teammates at the Little League World Series. ( / Associated Press)
"I was standing next to him and I was up to his elbows," Scott Kingery, a 12-year-old, 4-foot-9 Phoenix shortstop, said after meeting Durley.
At the secluded dorms where teams stay during the tournament, Durley has become as much of an attraction as the pool, the pingpong table and the video arcade.
The soft-spoken Durley doesn't mind the attention. He even lets opponents snap pictures with him during down time.
But Durley, who played at the series last year, too — when he was a mere 6-foot-4 — is crystal-clear about his top priority in South Williamsport.
"I'm more confident this year, ready to do what I need to do," Durley said after a practice. "Hit the ball out."
Fittingly, his favorite major leaguer is David "Big Papi" Ortiz, the Boston Red Sox slugger.
Durley, batting fifth, didn't hit a homer, but he walked twice, singled and scored a run Sunday when his Arabian American squad from Dhahran defeated Saipan, 9-1. Saudi Arabia (2-0) stands a good chance of advancing out of pool play after failing to win a game last year.
Also Sunday, two players were hurt during the game between Lemont, Ill., and Staten Island, N.Y., and taken to Williamsport Hospital.
Lemont outfielder Austin Mastela was hit by a pitch in the helmet in the second and had bleeding and swelling near the back of his ear, manager Mike Hall said. Staten Island shortstop Chris Goetz hurt his right leg after being called out at home while trying to score on an attempted squeeze play.
Both players were in good condition late Sunday night, a nursing supervisor said. Goetz was treated and released from the hospital.
Lemont won 1-0 after a frantic finish.
In other games, Columbia, Mo., routed Portsmouth, N.H., 14-5; Columbus, Ga., beat Phoenix, 4-1; Beaverton, Ore., defeated Lake Charles, La., 9-1; and Mexico defeated Russia, 11-1 in five innings.
Arabian American is a fixture at the World Series, having qualified the last seven years, and 12 of the last 13. The players' parents primarily work for oil companies in the Middle East.
The team has a peculiar baseball superstition — the players dye their hair blond for the World Series.
As if Durley wasn't easy enough to pick out in a crowd.
Columbia, Mo., manager Jeff Echelmeier watched Durley attract attention while the player was standing on a porch near a path to the cafeteria.
"About four teams came through, and everyone wanted to know how tall he was," Echelmeier said. "He said 'About 6-foot-8' about 40 times in a row."
He's still growing, too. Durley only shared the tallest-player designation last year. Series sponsors who shower players with free equipment didn't have new spikes readily available for Durley, who wears size 19 shoes.
Aaron's mother, Dana Durley, said her son didn't understand how much taller he was than most kids until he stayed at the Little League dorms last year.
"He takes it in stride," she said Sunday night after her son's team won. "He's been reared to say that the only thing you can control is your behavior. You can't control what other people think."
Aaron, who also plays basketball, isn't the only tall guy on his team. Durley nearly stands toe-to-toe with his manager and father, James Durley.
Dhahran pitcher and outfielder Michael Knight is 6-foot-3, 190 pounds. Five-foot-8, 226-pound, third baseman Andrew Holden is a dangerous hitter, having homered twice in the series, including a three-run blast against Saipan.
Team followers said it was just coincidence that there were so many tall players on the squad.
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:42 pm
Walked twice ? ? Sorry pitcher that can't find that strike zone.