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August 22, 2022 
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Not even the LiMatt Olson Braves Jerseys ttle League World Series is free of conspiracy theories, as one player on the Midwest team made apparent on Saturday.
The issue arose in Saturday's elimination game between the Midwest team (Davenport, Iowa) and Northwest team (Bonney Lake, Wash.). The Midwest was nursing a 6-3 lead over the Northwest with two outs and two runners on base in the bottom of the sixth. The runner on first reached with a walk, though some thought it should have been a game-ending strike.
ABC hot mics caught one of the players from the Midwest, Mason McFate, blaming ESPN for manufacturing some late-game drama:
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"It's for ESPN so they (Northwest) can come back," he is heard saying. "That's because ESPN wants this — it's all ESPN."
Midwest manager David McFate didn't seem interested in that theory, instead getting his team to re-focus and get the final out of the game:
"We can't do anything about atlanta braves official merchandise that strike call," David McFate said. "There's two outs. It's any bag. W atlanta braves jersey infant e gotta shake that. We gotta shake that.
"Shake it. Shake it. We need one out. Any bag. Let's go. You can do this. You can do this. You can do this."
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Conspiracy or not, it didn't matter in the end. The Midwest escaped the game 6-3, then beat the atlanta braves hoGeorge Springer me jersey Mountain team (Santa Clara, Utah) on Sunday, atlanta braves button up jersey 10-2, to advance further into the Little League World Series.
The Midwest'sMLB Hats next game in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is Tuesday between the loser of the West (Honolulu) and Southwest (Pearland, Texas) teams.
Whether that game turns out to be exciting — or, ahem, controversial — remains to be seen.