[Papa John]

Since you had mentioned that your son is a starter on this team, I am sure you gave him an earful about yesterday's loss.
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My son is in 8th grade, although he is a starter on his 14U Little League and club teams.

I have a hard time imagining that Esquer was not *at least* aiming to host a regional. That's been a regular occurrence for Stanford over the past few decades, in fact 33 times over the past 40 years:
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019

[Papa John]

Since you had mentioned that your son is a starter on this team, I am sure you gave him an earful about yesterday's loss.
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My son is in 8th grade, although he is a starter on his 14U Little League and club teams.

I have a hard time imagining that Esquer was not *at least* aiming to host a regional. That's been a regular occurrence for Stanford over the past few decades, in fact 33 times over the past 40 years:
1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019