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Why We Watch
According to Jhon Tauer the popularity of the Little League World Series may be based on our people's own needs. One argument is that adults watch for the next big star.Everyone wants to be the ones to say I remember that kid when he was younger, and I knew he would make it to the league. With the games being televised people get to be exposed to more, and more talent. Kids this age also express emotional feelings more than any other age in their life’s and people love emotion. Weather these kids are crying on the field because they just gave up the game winning hit, or their jumping all over each other after a game winning RBI people love watching that emotions.

Tauer also says we can use these games as ways to teach our own kids. Weather good or bad you can always see some lesson being televised during the game. You can teach sportsmanship because after every game win or lose the kids shake hands after ever game. During that same exchange you can see bad things like kids spitting in their hand before shaking an opponent’s hand. Many parents can teach kids valuable sportsmanship lessons, and explain to them that weather you’re on the big screen or just playing down the street it is always important to display good sportsmanship.

Pressures
The pressures of these kids mirror those of a major league baseball team on any given day. On most days these kids are playing in front of crowds of 45,000 people who are hanging onto their every pitch. This is more fans than some major league teams can only dream about having in their own stadiums. Most of the star pitchers are throwing about 200 pitches on short rest which is something that you will never even see anymore in the major leagues.

The pressure is not limited to the fans at the park. According to Biz of Baseball the 2009 had 1.56 million viewers. This was a 60% increase from the year before.. These kids are carrying the pride of the city they are from on their back, and they know that people such as their friends, and family are watching from their home town.