13-year-old baseball phenom Mo’Ne Davis and her Mid-Atlantic Little League team made a stop by “Good Moring America” this morning to talk about their experience at the Little League World Series. Find out what the star YBF pitcher had to say inside…
Today, Mo’Ne Davis’ Sports Illustrated cover makes its debut for the weekly publication. And while that’s an awesome feat in itself, the YBF chick (who can throw a fastball up to 70mph), along with her team, are ready to make their media rounds after their Little League World Series run.
This morning, the little league star pitcher and her team, the Taney Dragons, stopped by ABC studios to chop it up with “GMA” host George Stephanopoulos. Although they lost to the Las Vegas Mountain Ridge team on Wednesday, with a final score of 8-1, Mo’Ne and her team talked about what they took away from the tournament.
So how is the Sports Illustrated cover girl dealing with all the pressure? She casually responded,“It wasn’t really a lot. I kinda kept it a little loose, so that I can also have fun at the same time.”
The baseball prodigy also talked about befriending the Jackie Robinson West team, who took home the US Championship to their hometown of Chicago and her favorite moment during the series.
Here are the highlights:
On the Jackie Robinson West little league team
“It was great. We became close friends with them. Probably the closest out of all the teams and [to] see them make it the finals is really cool.”On her favorite moment:
“Probably playing on all the fields and just making it from Williamsport. These guys are very excited and I was excited because I knew we could make it this far.”
Nice!
And as she made her way inside....
Mo'Ne tried to keep a low profile, with assistance from her mother Lakeisha McLean, as fans followed her inside. She seems to be handling this celebrity thing well so far.
Check out her interview below:
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