EVERYTHINGS U.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME
THE WINNERS OF THE 2019 LITTLE
LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
CHAMPIONSHIP.
LOUISIANA'S OWN LITTLE RIDGE
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM.
LOOK AT THESE HANDSOME KIDS.
DRIVES ME CRAZY HOW GOOD LOOKING
THEY ARE.
SO, KIDS, STAY THERE FOR A
SECOND.
SO, I'M IN THE WHITE HOUSE
TODAY, AND WE HAD THE LITTLE
LEAGUE GIRLS' CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
THEY WERE INCREDIBLE.
THEY COME FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
AND THEY WERE UNDEFEATED.
I THINK THEY WERE LIKE 20-0.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY GOT
INTO A COMPETITION, WHO'S
BETTER, YOU OR THEM?
AND ONE OF THESE GUYS GAVE THEM
A 25% CHANCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE VERY
POPULAR ON YOUR TEAM ANYMORE.
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
THEY WERE INCREDIBLE.
THEY HAD A TREMENDOUS TEAM.
NORTH CAROLINA.
I SAID, YOU'RE FROM NORTH
CAROLINA?
AND THE GUYS CAME IN AND I SAID,
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
AND THEY SAID LOUISIANA.
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ONE GUY, HE'S LIKE 6'2", HE'S 12
YEARS OLD.
AND HE'S THE PITCHER.
AND HE THROWS THE BALL, THEY
SAY, ONE OF THE YOUNG GUYS WAS
TELLING ME, 75 MILES PER HOUR.
I SAID NO WONDER YOU WON.
THE OTHER TEAM CAN'T SEE THE
PITCH, THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
75 MILES PER HOUR.
I THINK HE'S BEING RECRUITED BY
THE ENTIRE MAJOR LEAGUES
ALREADY.
HE'S 12 YEARS OLD.
BUT, I SAID TO HIM, I SAID WHERE
ARE YOU FROM.
THEY SAID LOUISIANA.
I SAID YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS.
I'M GOING ON A BEAUTIFUL PLANE
CALLED AIR FORCE ONE, I'M GOING
TO A PLACE CALLED LOUISIANA.
DO YOU WANT TO COME?
RIGHT?
AND THEY LOOKED AT THEIR
PARENTS, I WANT TO THANK THEIR
PARENTS.
I WANT TO THANK THEIR COACHES.
THEIR COACHES ARE GREAT.
AND THEIR COACHES ARE HERE.
RAISE YOUR HANDS, COACHES.
YOU COME UP WITH THEM.
BUT THEY WON, THE WHOLE DEAL,
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
THEY'RE THE NUMBER ONE TEAM.
AND SOMEBODY SAID THEY SHOWED UP
WITH THOUSANDS OF TEAMS ALL OVER
THE WORLD.
AND THEY WON.
AND I GOT SO USED TO WATCHING
JAPAN WIN.
YOU KNOW?
FOR YEARS, JAPAN WON.
I THINK THEY BEAT CURACAO.
JAPAN WOULD WIN.
IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE
CONTROVERSIAL.
THERE WOULD BE A GUY WHO'S 12 --
I'M NOT SAYING THIS -- HE'S 12,
BUT HE SEEMED TO BE 18.
I'M ONLY KIDDING PRIME MINISTER
ABE.
HE UNDERSTANDS THE WAY I KID.
AND HE THREW THE BALL, ONE KID
ABOUT 109 MILES PER HOUR.
FASTER THAN ANY MAJOR LEAGUER.
HE WAS 12.
HE HAD THE GREATEST MUSCLE TONE
ANYBODY'S EVER SEEN FOR A
12-YEAR-OLD.
BUT JAPAN ALWAYS DID GREAT.
BUT THIS YEAR, YOU HAVE THE
WORLD CHAMPIONS LITTLE LEAGUE,
FROM LOUISIANA.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO WILL,
GAVIN, JEFFREY CURTIS, RYAN
DAUGHTER ROW, DEREK DULAT,
MARSHALL LUKE, CONNER PEROT,
RYDER CLANCHER, EGAN PRATHER,
REESE ROSELLE, BOLTON SHORTS,
PAGED SPAGDONI, AND STAN WILTSE.
BOY, I TELL YOU WHAT.
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I JUST SAID, DOES ANYONE WANT TO
SAY SOMETHING?
NO, NO, NO.
YOU AND I KNOW THEY DON'T CHOKE.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE WORD
"CHOKE" MEANS, RIGHT?
>> THANK YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR THE
SUPPORT.
>> WHERE'S THIS BIG PITCHER AND
6'2" AND 75.
I WANT TO REPRESENT THIS GUY.
SOMEBODY'S GOING TO MAKE A LOT
OF MONEY REPRESENTING HIM.
HE WEIGHS 350 POUNDS AND CAN'T
GET OUT OF HIS SEAT.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE MAJOR
LEAGUES SOME DAY?
WHAT DO YOU THROW?
72, 75.
DID YOU DO PRETTY WELL.
HE KEPT THEM PRETTY WELL SHUT
OUT, THEY COULDN'T SEE THE BALL,
RIGHT?
AND WHAT DID YOU -- IN THE LAST
SCORE, WHAT WAS THE SCORE?
8-0, RIGHT?
8-0, SO YOU DIDN'T PITCH A BAD
GAME.
[ APPLAUSE ]
>> THANKS, FELLAS.
THANK YOU.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO
LEAVE.
>> GO RIGHT BACK --
>> THANK YOU.