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Readers Cheer On Citrus Park Little Leaguers

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The Tampa Tribune

Published: August 20, 2008

Readers offered words of encouragement and community pride in response to a story about the Citrus Park Little League team heading to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

They also chided the Tribune for what some thought was less comprehensive coverage of the Citrus Park Little League's girl's softball team at the Big League World Series in Kalamazoo, Mich., and the Palma Ceia Junior League girls softball team in the Junior League World Series in Kirkland, Wash.

Here is a sampling of their comments from Tampa Bay Online:

Great job, CP boys. I am extremely proud of all of you guys. Great kids, awesome coaches and excellent parents. Citrus Park is a class organization. They will win it all! Good luck and God bless. Coach Pete.

Posted by bucswin1010

Good Luck! As a mother of three former Little Leaguers, I applaud you. You guys worked hard to get were you are. Keep it up, The rewards and memories will be forever.

Posted by kamor1022

My boys played at CP. It's a great park with great parents and kids. I'm so glad they had baseball and especially Citrus Park in their lives. Go Citrus Park!

Posted by bigbbfan

I'm happy the boys made it to the World Series but, the girls from Citrus Park also made it to the World Series of Softball in Kalamazoo, MI. It really is a shame the media is all over the boys with news coverage about the fundraising, a send off, and of course going to the World Series. I bet many people didn't know that the girls went to the boys game to cheer them on and ESPN couldn't even mention on the TV that the girls were also going to the World Series. The girls didn't get any credit for working as hard as the boys. Talk about sexist!

Posted by mbobkat5

Good Luck CP. Bring home the championship!!

Posted by TampaChief17

Way to go! Remember the 3 rules:

1) Have Fun. 2) Have Fun. 3) Have Fun

Posted by HippyJoe

Good luck to ... Please have a safe and enjoyable trip. We here will be cheering for you .Remember your pledge: I trust in God. I love my country and will respect its laws. I will play fair and strive to win, but win or lose I will always do my best.

L.L.Umpire Dist. 4. God bless.

Posted by HAYBLUE

First, congrats to the boys from Citrus Park. We are all cheering for you. However ... the Palma Ceia girls Junior Softball team is playing in the Junior Little League World Series and the Citrus Park Big League girls are playing in the Big League World Series in Kalamazoo, Mich. Now, as I can appreciate the support for the boys, do the girls not deserve the same support, television time, donations and so forth? Their families have to pay outta pocket so they can attend these tournaments. ... For anyone interested in following these teams progress you can go to: http://www.littleleague.org/series/2008divisions/j... This site allows you to access all 8 of the LLWS in progress.

Posted by taterboy316

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