M-A 11-12s advance but two Palo Alto all-star teams eliminated Sports, posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jul 1, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Little League baseball
Bret Rodrigues and David Farnham each hit home runs to spark Menlo-Atherton to a 5-2 win over San Mateo National in the District 52 Little League Majors 11-12 all-star tournament at Palo Alto's Middlefield Ballpark on Thursday night.
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Posted by Eric, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood, on Jul 1, 2011 at 3:41 pm
I wasn't at the game so I can't comment on Eli's illegal slide. But a head first slide is an example of an illegal slide in LL baseball. There's also a mandatory slide rule in that you must slide into the base to avoid a collision if the baseman has the ball and is trying to make a tag.