{"id":96642,"date":"2014-08-19T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T00:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/?p=96642"},"modified":"2014-08-19T18:54:27","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T01:54:27","slug":"little-league-coach-gives-touching-speech-to-his-kids-after-being-eliminated-from-the-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/little-league-coach-gives-touching-speech-to-his-kids-after-being-eliminated-from-the-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Little League coach gives touching speech to his kids after being eliminated from the tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The speech this coach gave to his crying team after they lost at the Little League World Series is the most heartfelt, inspiring thing you&#8217;ll hear today.<\/p>\n<p>The Cumberland American\u2019s lost 8-7 in the Little League World Series last night. The kids were extre upset and crying after the game. Here&#8217;s Coach David Belisle and his inspiring words:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L3H-krftI58?start=32\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s an excerpt from the speech:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHeads up high. Heads up high. I\u2019ve gotta see your eyes, guys. There\u2019s no disappointment in your effort \u2014 in the whole tournament, the whole season. It\u2019s been an incredible journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fought. Look at the score \u2013 8-7, 12-10 in hits. We came to the last out. We didn\u2019t quit. That\u2019s us! Boys, that\u2019s us!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only reason why I\u2019ll probably end up shedding a tear is that this is the last time I\u2019m going to coach you guys. But I\u2019m going to bring back with me, the coaching staff is going to bring back, you guys are going to bring back that no one other team can provide \u2013 that\u2019s pride. Pride.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re going to take that for the rest of your lives, what you provided for the town of Cumberland. You had the whole place jumping, right? You had the whole state jumping. You had New England jumping. You had ESPN jumping. OK?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou want to know why? They like fighters. They like sportsmen. They like guys who don\u2019t quit. They like guys who play the game the right way. If everyone would play baseball like the Cumberland Americans, this would be the greatest game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lessons you guys have learned along the journey, you\u2019re never going to forget. We\u2019re going to have some more fun. We have two more days of fun. When you walk around this ballpark in the next couple of days, they\u2019re going to look at you and say: \u201cHey, you guys were awesome!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody has said: You guys are awesome. Awesome. Awesome. 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