It’s a Texas vs Florida showdown in the Little League World Series and we’re BETTING on Boerne

OKAY. YOU KNOW, WE ARE LESS THAN 24 HOURS AWAY FROM THE BURNING LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM TAKING ON THE LAKE. MARY LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM FROM FLORIDA. >> IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP TOMORROW FOR THE U.S. AND WE'RE MAKING THINGS INTERESTING HERE AT KSAT. LET'S GO BACK OUT LIVE LLIAPORT, PENNSYLVANIA. SHE'S GOT A FRIEND. SHE'S STANDING BY WITH JUSTIN WARMOTH FROM OUR SISTER STATION WKMG IN ORLANDO, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. CASKEY. WE HAVE A LITTLE WAGER BETWEEN OUR 2 STATIONS. HEY, MARY. >> HEY, MY RIGHT? YES, WE DO. I JUST MET JUST IN A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO NOW. WE ALREADY HAVE $1000 ON THE LINE. IF LAKE MARY WINDS US AT KSAT WILL DONATE THE LAKE. MARY LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM. THAT $1000 AND VICE VERSA, BERNIE WINS. THEY HAVE TO DONATE TO BERNIE LITTLE LEAGUE. SO RIGHT OFF THE BAT, I HAVE TO KNOW. WHY ARE YOU SO CONFIDENT? JUSTIN BERNIE BEAT FLORIDA FOR ONE AND NOW HERE YOU ARE PUTTING $1000 ON THE LINE. I DON'T KNOW IF >> LIKE STREAKS, BUT LAKE MARY'S ON A THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK AFTER THAT LOSS. SURE, IT WAS A LOSS. WE PUT OUR ACE PITCHER, THOUGH, AT 50 PITCHES. I MEAN, COME ON. KIND OF LIKE GAVE YOU THE GAME A LITTLE BIT. THE BOYS FROM LAKE MARY, OUR SO CONFIDENT THEY'RE SO POISED UNDER THIS PRESSURE. I MEAN, LOOK AT LAMA, THE STADIUM HERE. IT'S INSANE. 10,000 PEOPLE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. A BEAUTIFUL GH BY E WA ANDHEY HAVE SHOWN SUCH FIGHTING SUCH GRANT. CAN'T HELP BUT BE CONFIDENT. THAT'S WHY WE'RE EAGER TO PUT THAT. GRAND UP. WE'RE READY TO GO. >> HEY, YOU KNOW, DON'T WORRY, GUYS. WE WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE HIM ON MUCH LONGER THIS CALM DOWN, RELAX. IT'S OK AND IT'S GETTING SO HE'S SPEAKING OF THAT DECISION TO THE POOL. YOUR ACE JJ FELICIANO, FLORIDA'S A FELICIANO. TALK ABOUT THAT AND WHAT YOU FELT THAT DECISION MEANT TO THE COURSE OF THE GAME IN AND HOW YOU THINK FELICIANO HAS GAINED HIS CONFIDENCE BACK EVER SENT WHAT I THINK HE WAS PULLED, NOT BECAUSE HE WAS PITCHING POORLY. IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE PITCH COUNT BECAUSE THE GAME WAS TIGHT. >> AND COACH, JUST HIS GUT TOLD HIM TO PULL IN AND TO MAKE SURE HE'S WHAT HE'S ABLE TO PITCH BECAUSE IN LITTLE LEAGUE, OBVIOUSLY OF THE PITCH COUNT RULES. >> AND HE WANTED TO HAVE HIM AVAILABLE BECAUSE HE KNEW 3 GAMES IN 3 DAYS IF WE LOSE AND YET SUCH CONFIDENCE IN WHO CAME IN. LEWIS CALLOW, IT WASN'T LEWIS'S NIGHT. HE IS A GREAT PITCHER AND HE'S PITCHED GREAT HERE IN ONE SPORT. JUST WASN'T HIS NIGHT. SOME PASSED LIKE GET THROUGH YOUR YOUR RACE. WHAT'S HIS YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. I'VE ONLHEARIT AILON TIMES. HE WAS EXCELLENT. I THINK I DO WANT TO GIVE CREDIT TO HIM. BUT JJ FELICIANO IS GOING TO GET A FULL 85 PITCHES FOR THIS GAME. COACH IS READY FOR THAT. JJ IS READY TO GET REDEMPTION. THE BOYS ARE READY FOR REDEMPTION. AND I'M READY FOR REDEMPTION TO BE QUITE FRANK. >> ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, OK, SO ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT BYRNE COMES IN, WELL RESTED. WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AGO IN SPORTS, FULL PITCHING STAFF IS AVAILABLE. THEY HAVE EVERYONE AT THEIR DISPOSAL. AND OF COURSE, THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK TO THEIR ACE JULIAN HURST. BUT L TS ADE, ULY,HIS IS GOING TO BE A MAGICAL REMATCH ON THIS FIELD BEHIND ME AND I WANT TO ASK YOU QUICK, YOU MENTIONED THE COACH FOR LAKE MARY CALLED THIS. HE SAID FLORIDA VERSUS TEXAS, A REMATCH. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I HAVE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LARRY RAMIREZ, SPORTS DIRECTOR AT KSAT 12. HE ALSO SAID RIGHT AFTER TEXAS BE FLORIDA THAT HE BELIEVES IT'S GOING TO BE A TEXAS FLORIDA REMATCH. THE CREAM HAS RISEN TO THE TOP. THESE ARE THE 2 BEST TEAMS IN THE U.S.. I THINK IF YOU'RE WATCHING THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES, YOU KNOW THAT AFTER JUST >> A LITTLE BIT OF JUST TAKING YE COA NEWFTER THEFTERWILL SAY THE GAME, THEY HAVE THE POSTGAME PRESS CONFERENCE AND HE SAID, LISTEN, I BECAUSE I ASKED HIM, I SAID WHAT WAS BEHIND THE DECISION BETWEEN PULLEN, JJ? 50 PITCHES. HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I JUST I WANTED TO HAVE HIM READY TO GO RESTED FOR WHEN WE ULTIMATELY DO. PLAY BERNIE ONCE AGAIN. AND WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FACE JULIAN, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESTED BECAUSE THEY'LL BE IN THE WINNER'S BRACKET. HE HE KIND OF TOOK THE ELIMINATION BRACKET AS AS A WAY TO GET THIS TEAM GOING. THEY CAN HIT. THEY WEREN'T HITTING A LOT HERE EARLY ON IN THIS TOURNAMENT. THEY HAVE KIND OF FOK IT'S BECAUSE THEY PLAY A LOT OF GAMES IN A ROW. 4 GAMES FOR DAYS WHEN AN OFF DAY TODAY. I KNOW BERNIE WAS ON THE PRACTICE FIELD, BUT THE BOYS WERE WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THEY REALLY SORT OF TAKE A BREATHER. AND I THINK THEY'LL BE READY TO GO TOMORROW. >> OKAY. SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS NOW COVERING LAKE MARY FROM THE BEGINNING. ALL RIGHT. SO HE'S SEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE BASEBALL THAN WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, ESPECIALLY ON THE INTERNATIONAL SIDE. SO QUICKLY, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU THINK IN THAT CHINESE TAIPEI, VENEZUELA, INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BECAUSE, OF COURSE, WHENEVER WINDS HERE IN THE U.S.ACK,T WILLR THE WORLD SERIES TITLE, WHICH IS AWESOME. YEAH, IT IS IN THE LOSER. BOTH LOSERS PLAY EACH OTHER FOR THE CONSOLATION GAME FOR 3RD PLACE. SO THAT'S REALLY COOL. >> I THEY ARE ALSO THE 2 PROBABLY BEST TEAMS. I THINK IT'S I THINK CHINESE TAIPEI'S A LOT LIKE BERNIE. AND I THINK VENEZUELA IS A LOT LIKE LAKE MARY AND MAYBE NOT HOW THEY PLAY, BUT I BUT I THINK MORE SO THEIR PATH TO GET TO THIS POINT IN THE INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. THEY ARE GREAT TEAMS. CHINESE TAIPEI'S, UNBELIEVABLE SOUND AND EVERY ASPECT OF THE GAME, VENEZUELA CAN HIT. THEY ALSO HAVE PROBABLY THE TALK OF WILLIAMSPORT WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR STARTING PITCHER. YET THIS I THINK IS HIS LAST NAME OF THOSE LIKE 80 81 MILES AN HOUR CONSISTENTLY. HE IS A GREAT PLAYER AND HE I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S ABLE TO PITCH FOR THAT GAME BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SO HYPER FOCUSED ON OUR LITTLE MATCHUP. BUT YES, WE HAVE BEEN IN WILLIAMSPORT. THIS IS OUR 11TH DAY. WE PLAN TO PROBABLY BE HERE FOR 5 AND THEN KIND OF ASSESS. AND AFTER WE WON THE FIRST GAME, WE HAD THE CONVERSATION. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO TALK TO THE SIGNIFICANT OTHERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO SORT OF GET THE CLEARANCE. BUT JUSDI'T WT TOE. WE DO WANT TO MISS ANYTHING BECAUSE EVEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT PLAYING, IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. IT IS. IT'S SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. MY FIRST TIME HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DUSTIN FOR JOINING US. GOOD LUCK. NOT. YEAH. WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO IRA. >> MARY, I BELIEVE THAT WE SENT OUR FRIENDS AT WKMG. SOME BERNIE HATS. SO IT'LL BE NICE TO SEE JUSTIN AND SOME ORANGE AND YELLOW. BERNIE, ONCE WE WIN IT TOMORROW. BUT TELL HIM. THANKS FOR JOINING US AND WE APPRECIATE THE TRASH TALK. IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT GAME. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE IN THE POSITIONS THAT THEY ARE. AND WE WISH BERNIE LACK. WE'RE GOING TO WATCH HIM RIGHT HERE TO 30 TOMORROW ON KSAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LIVE POSTGAME SHOW AT 5 O'CLOCK. LARRY RAMIREZ WILL HOST OUR COVERAGE. MARY WILL BE BACK OUT LIVE IN WILLIAMSPORT AND NICK MANTAS. HE'LL BE UP AND BURNING COVERING THE EXCITEMENT BACK HERE AT HOME AGAIN. OUR POST-GAME SHOW STARTS AT 5 AND