Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>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.?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.Story continues below ↓ advertisementAt 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. 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.</div>LINKWow. He should forget about baseball and try to hit the NBA
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! I have seen him play, Most reports list him at 6'5, 6'6. Regardless he is a monster!
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! He's only 13?? Wow, he looks a lot older. And I think he should consider switching to basketball...
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! and just because he's tall doesn't mean he'll be worth a damn trying to play basketball
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! Yeah, I know that but at least he could try.... :g: And if he ends up being terrible at it, then he should stick with baseball...
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! Yeah, I saw this kid on sportscenter, I think I heard he wears like a size 19 shoe too.
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! 13 More Like 30...The team problay just pretends he is 13...You know what they say, when you lie you should lie big...or something along those lines.
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Aug 21 2006, 05:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Danny Almonte V.2</div> Who?
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Aug 21 2006, 06:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Who?</div>I was just gonna ask the same thing.
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! LOL you guys don't know whoDanny Almonte is? He was the kid who was really 15 but pretended to be 13 in the LLWS a few years ago and he was like the best pitcher there. He was from an NY team and he's 19 now I think.
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! lmao almonte was cut by the Mets minor leaguesbut this kid is huge..if he plays basketball he should stick with it..hes going to be taller than Shaq and maybe as tall as Bol..
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Justice @ Aug 21 2006, 05:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Danny Almonte V.2</div>My thoughts exactly.And for those of you who somehow don't know who Danny Almonte is, he was the kid who was dominating as the pitcher in the LLWS, yet later on the officials learned that the coaches falsified his birth certificate to show he was 13 years old when in fact he was 15 or 16.
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! Overaged definately looks like he shaves too. i play against kids at least year older than me in these tourneys
Re: 6'8 13 Year Old! There is a rumor over here in Aussie Land, that if you show an inclination towards basketball and you reach 7 foot tall, your almost gaurenteed of a look in at the NBL (our bball league) . Im not sure how true it is but if it is true- dudes got a shot of turning pro, even if he is SH*thouse
