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Interview Part 2

PA ALB:

When looking at the overall stats, your team had perhaps the most balanced hitting and pitching of any team in the country during national regionals.  While some teams relied heavily on one or two pitchers and batters apiece, your team seemingly did not.  Can you give us some insight on...

We're honored to present another exclusive interview to the site for your reading pleasure.  Larry Bowles, head coach of the 2010 Mid-Atlantic Regional champion Chesapeake, Virginia has been gracious enough to take some time to do an extensive interview about a plethora of topics related to his team. 

Chesapeake, Virginia swept through the Mid-Atlantic National Regional being hosted in West Lawn, PA....

Each year, thousands of young men take to the baseball diamond for what they hope will be an eventful spring and summer season playing American Legion Baseball.  For the lucky ones, having a great year earns you a trip to your league or state regional tournament.  Out of those thousands of teams, four hundred remain alive in mid-July for the state tournaments that take place across the country.  From there, just sixty-four teams remain.  Getting throu...

The sixty-sixth win of the year for the Oklahoma Outlaws will certainly be the most memorable of their lives.  A 10-1 romp over Central Plains champion Eden Prairie, MN in game fifteen of the 2010 ALB World Series has given them the title of National Champions.  

It was no easy feat for the Mid-South champs, who defeated Eden Prairie a few ho...

Midwest City, OK handed Eden Prairie, MN their first loss of the tournament just moments ago out in Spokane, Washington.  The two teams will play again for the national championship in about half an hour.

Check back for a recap of the nation's last game of the year tomorrow morning!

Eden Prairie stayed undefeated in the Legion World Series on Monday night with a 6-2 victory over Roseburg, Oregon.  The loss eliminated Roseburg.  Both losses for the Docs in the tournament came at the hands of Eden Prairie.  Eden Prairie needs just one win on Tuesday to clinch Legion Baseball's ultimate prize.  They'll have two chances to do so against Midwest City, Oklahoma, which eliminated Las Vegas earlier on Monday.  Midwest City will need...

Despite the absence of their star shortstop, Midwest City has more than held their own this week.  They continued their run with a superb outing from starting pitcher Kevin Hill and defeated the Western Regional champs 7-1.

Midwest City, the Mid-South Regional champs, started off with a one run first inning to give themselves the early lead.  Things remained relatively quiet for a few i...

Eden Prairie, Minnesota is now just one win away from capturing the ultimate Legion Baseball crown, with a come-from-behind 6-4 win over Las Vegas, Nevada on Sunday night.  Eden Prairie opened the scoring with a run in the top of the first, but Las Vegas struck back quickly with a run of their own in the bottom half.  The Lions added two more in the second and another in the third to build a 4-1 lead, which they held until the sixth.  In the sixth and seve...

Following a tough defeat on Saturday to Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Midwest City, Oklahoma got back in the win column to stay alive Sunday at the Legion World Series.  The Outlaws eliminated Kernersville, North Carolina by a 6-1 count.  In a game where both starters went the distance, Midwest City was able to take advantage of mistakes and to get the timely hits that eluded Kernersville for much of the game.

The day began with just six teams left remaining in the country, though only four would survive and advance to Monday's action.  Roseburg, the Northwest Regional champs, rallied from a four run deficit to defeat Moline, IL 9-7.  A six run fifth inning proved to be the difference in this one.

Moline took the lead early with a run in the top of the first.  Roseburg countered to tie t...

The field at the World Series in Spokane has now been trimmed to six teams.  They'll all be in action Sunday.  In the two Loser's Bracket contests, Roseburg, Oregon will take on Moline, Illinois in Game 9 and Kernersville, North Carolina will play Midwest City, Oklahoma in Game 10.  Those games will be followed by Game 11, the Winner's Bracket Final, between Las Vegas, Nevada and Eden Prairie, Minnesota.  Follow along for continued coverage, and remem...

Eden Prairie hung on to win a wild Game 8 9-6 over Midwest City, Oklahoma late Saturday night in Spokane.  The Central Plains Champs led 9-1 heading to the ninth before a five-run inning from the Outlaws almost stole the game away.  Eden Prairie built a 4-0 lead early and held Midwest City scoreless until the Outlaws plated a run in the sixth on a couple of singles and a walk.  Eden Prairie continued to tack on runs to take the eight run lead into the fina...

Las Vegas clinched the first of the two berths in Sunday's Winner's Bracket Final with a 12-2 seven inning victory on Saturday night over Moline, Illinois.  The Western Regional Champs jumped out to a 5-0 lead after two innings and never looked back.  They combined twelve hits, seven walks, and two Moline errors to hammer the Great Lakes representative.

Dusty Stevens got the win for Las...

With Legion Baseball's double elimination tournament structure, teams falling in defeat also get a chance for redemption.  Chesapeake, VA had another shot on Saturday following a disastrous mercy-rule loss to Midwest City, OK in their opener.  Although their performance was much improved, the Mid-Atlantic champs were eliminated by Roseburg, OR by a score of 11-10.

Chesapeake led for muc...

One day removed from a heartbreaking 6-5 defeat to Las Vegas, Kernersville, NC was back at it Saturday morning in Spokane.  The Southeast Regional Champs stayed alive with an 8-6 victory over Branford, CT.  Kernersville was able to go ahead early, and led wire to wire to knock Branford.

The scoring began two batters into the game with a two-run homer by centerfielder Brandon Harrison.&#...

In front of a crowd of over two thousand people, two of the nation's top programs over the last few years squared off in hopes of heading to the winner's bracket.  Eden Prairie, Minnesota, the Central Plains power, capitalized on seven Roseburg errors to win 13-6.

Roseburg jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first before Eden Prairie rattled off 9 straight runs from the third throu...

Game 3 of the 2010 ALB World Series was a high scoring affair between the Great Lakes and Northeast Regional champions.  Moline, Illinois jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first.  Branford appeared unphased and scored five straight runs in the second and third innings, taking the lead by three.

That's when Moline's offense broke out and posted two straight six run innings.  Branford ...

Midwest City, the Mid-South Regional champions, made quite a statement in game 2 of the 2010 ALB World Series in Spokane, Washington.  Taking on one of the most balanced teams in the tournament, the Oklahoma natives ran away with a huge 18-2 seven inning victory.   In what may go down as one of the most unique boxscores in World Series history, all twenty-two hits were singles.  Can you believe it? Eighteen runs for Midwest City without an extra base hit.

Things didn't look so good early for the reigning Western Regional champions in the 2010 ALB World Series, as they trailed 4-0 in the fourth inning.  The Nevada state champs answered back with a run in the bottom of the fourth, before Kernersville, North Carolina plated another run in the sixth.

Las Vegas scored five unanswered runs to stun the Southeast Regional champions.  Starter Ale...

Western Regional Champion

Record

44-16

National Regional Results

Defeated Waipahu, Hawaii 15-7

Defeated Taylorsville, Utah 6-3

Lost to Las Vegas (Titans), Nevada ...