The Taney Dragons, a Little League team based out of a Philadelphia playground, is ONE GAME AWAY from playing in the World Series. ONE GAME. I’ll be watching tomorrow at 6pm EST, on ESPN2.
And what makes it even better? Their ace pitcher, Mo’Ne Davis, is a girl.
If you had asked me in January to guess which baseball game I’d watch this year that would be the most exciting, most nerve-wracking, and most entertaining, the LAST thing I would have answered would be what I watched today.
Heck, if you had asked me that question two weeks ago, I would have said that, given the Phillies’ doldrums, there was going to be no such thing this year.
But then the Taney Dragons happened. They won the Pennsylvania state championship. They wound up the #2 seed after open play in the Mid-Atlantic regionals. Mo’ne Davis became a sensation. And, if you’re anything like me, thirsting for winning baseball, loving the city of Philadelphia, believing in kids having fun playing this amazing game, and being committed to breaking down gender barriers, the Taney Dragons have become your team.
It really makes no sense – a bunch of 12 and 13 year olds playing baseball is not what should be keeping us on the edge of our seats. But this Taney team has grabbed me, and hopefully you too, and thrilled us with what they’re doing.
Be sure to tell us how this turns out, Susie.
Are the Taney Dragons named after Chief Justice Roger, of the Dred Scott decision?
‘Twould be ironic indeed…
Probably after the Drexel University Dragons.
The Taney part, not the Dragon part…
Taney Street, which is where their home field is located.