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The Tinytrotters:
The Little team was founded in 1989 by Eddie Deen .
This little team has traveled from state to state for 20 years raising Money for Schools and Civic Groups . In 2000 Eddie decided to go world wide with his fundraising.
Billed as Comedy Show Basketball they hit the road.
Every State in the United States Including 4 times to Alaska, 6Times Canada, 4 Times Mexico, 2 Times Bahamas
We are a team of full grown LITTLE PEOPLE plus 1 large player, probably the worlds smallest basketball team. Basketball like you have never seen before. Two hours of fun, laughter and entertainment. We will guide you through an exciting promotional event that will have you wanting to make it an annual event.
We require no large deposits, and with our cooperative line up and your enthusiastic support, Together we will make this a gigantic success!
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Worlds Smallest Basketball Team
A popular sports cliché says you cannot measure the size of an athlete's heart. News 13 Sports Reporter Jon Hirozawa has proof of that as some basketball players try to dispel the myth that you have to be tall to play ball.
Jedi Master Yoda once said, "Size matters not. Judge me by my size would you?" Nine times out of 10, I am the shortest guy on the basketball court. Well, this is that 10th time. The world's smallest basketball team The Tiny Trotters are here in DeLand.
Tiny Trotters player the Dynamite Kid said, You ain't gotta be tall to play ball. You know we cheat a lot but hey we short we gotta do something to score you know?
Tiny Trotters player Turbo said, See I put it like this. The tall people, they be playing ball. Tiny Trotters be ballin'.
A player on the opposing team, Tony Jones said, Well I heard they average like 98 points a game so that's like the Tiny Trotters version of the Golden State Warriors, so obviously they're going to go up an down and shoot a lot of threes and they're probably going to beat us.
Of course, it helps that some of the Tiny Trotters have a wrestling background.
Tiny Trotters player Justice said, Right now I'm the retaining Midget Hardcore Champion of the World and we have several other wrestlers in our organization that are on the basketball team too. We also have the world's smallest wrestler. He has had several midget world titles so everything is going good.
It is indeed. The Tiny Trotters tour the country with the money going to various charities.
To find out more about The Tiny Trotters check their Web site at http://www.tinytrotters.com/index.html
In DeLand, Jon Hirozawa Central Florida News 13 Sports.
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Tiny Trotters play in Sabine
By BRENDA BROWN knhedit_kilgorenewsherald.com
SHOOTING SOME TINY HOOPS Provided Photo The Tiny Trotters basketball team will take on Sabine ISD coaches tomorrow night at the SHS gym to raise some cool cash for 2009 after-graduation activities. Game time is 7 p.m. and tickets are available at the door. SHOOTING SOME TINY HOOPS Provided Photo The Tiny Trotters basketball team will take on Sabine ISD coaches tomorrow night at the SHS gym to raise some cool cash for 2009 after-graduation activities. Game time is 7 p.m. and tickets are available at the door. Billed as "the world's smallest basketball team," the Tiny Trotters will take on Sabine ISD faculty players in a game designed to raise money for the high school's 2009 post-graduation activity fund.
Game time for the pintsized players, who hail from South Carolina, will be 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, at the Sabine High School Gym. Tickets are $10 at the door for adults and $7 for children.
The Tiny Trotters is a team of little people 4 feet 6 inches or less in height and one regular-height player.
Tim Davis, SHS boys basketball coach, said his roster includes a who's who of Sabine coaches plus one brave teacher.
The school team roster includes: Bryan Stagner, baseball coach; Jerry Baker, athletic director and football coach; Andre Williams, tennis coach and volleyball assistant coach; Jason Hefner, assistant basketball coach; Karl Koelker, assistant baseball coach; Amber Davis, teacher; Ricky Hammontree, head volleyball coach; Samantha Coates, trainer; Jacklyn Watson, power lifting coach; Bo Barrow, baseball coach; Andy Bates, junior high sports coordinator; and Davis.
"No, we haven't been practicing but we've done this for years for Project Graduation though this is our first against little guys," Davis said, adding the game will be fun and likely memorable for players and fans alike.
According to the little team's press release, the Tiny Trotters' antics awe audiences. The team encourages crowd participation that includes relay races, splattering coaches with pies and organizing other crowdpleasing events.
Project Graduation aims to keep graduates in a safe environment and off the streets after commencement ceremonies. Project Graduation raises money and students earn points all year long. The money is used to purchase items of necessity for future college students; the points earned go toward the "purchase" of the muchneeded merchandise.
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Dream Team all tied up by Tiny Trotters
Friday, April 9, 2004
The Tiny Trotters were in town Friday to square off against the Wise Company's Dream Team, to raise money for Relay for Life. The Dream Team had many exciting moments against the pint-sized players in front of a large home crowd.
Mike Book was the recipient of a pie in the face, Sheriff Ronnie Cole received a bucket of water in the face and many team members were sprayed with silly string and whipped cream from the miniature marauders.
Lolo was larger than life for the trotters as he announced he would run for sheriff and demonstrated how he would track down criminals as he captured Coach Ken Shumate, Jerry Causey and Jimmy Householder and handcuffed them as human pretzels in the middle of the court.
Even though the Dream Team lost, 100-64, they helped raise money for a great cause and made a lot of children and adults smile.
Billy Joe Seal, Jared Sweeney and Stephen Speer were honorary players for the Tiny Trotters.
Members of the Dream Team were coach Matt Sutfin, Chris Simpson, Mike Hendrix, Sheriff Ronnie Cole, Barry Dehart, Daniel Gossett, Mike Book, Jason Causey, Michael Harrell, Jimmy Householder and coach Ken Shumate.
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THE TINY TROTTERS TRAVEL TO PICKENS SC.
Tonight I witnessed a game that I will never forget. At my high school, there was a game between some of the teachers and the Tiny Trotters, the world's smallest basketball team (they have their own myspace page!). Our team was mostly gym teachers or coaches, and it all started off right when one of the coaches pulled a Lebron and grabbed some powder and threw it up in the air. THAT was my favorite thing of the night! (not to downgrade everything else)
The game was pretty good. Some big 3's, some messin around (a lot of spray paint was involved and a pie was thrown in one guy's face). In the end, we lost by 4. It was fun, and it's certainly something I will never forget.
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I played basketball last night. It was in the same gym where I played junior high ball over twenty years ago. My team wasnt very good when I was a kid, and we weren't any better as adults.
But man, was it fun. The video above is not from our game, but I posted it to give you and idea of what happened. Those are the same guys on the clip that we met last night.
A group of local firemen and police officers played a charity fundraiser last night against the Tiny Trotters. I am a volunteer fireman, so I qualified for the roster. But I have to be honest, I really didnt want to play at first.
To me, it seemed to be a lose-lose situation for us. The Tiny Trotters are a traveling team of little people. If we lose? Well, wed face ridicule from our fellow firefighters and police officers. If we won? Ill let you figure out how that might not look so good for us.
About two hours before the game was to begin, I began to change my mind. Earlier this spring I made a promise to myself that I would try to do more things in life that seemed uncomfortable. You know, the try-something-everyday-that-scares-you kind of thing. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that the worst that could probably happen was that Id be a little embarrassed. OK. A lot embarrassed. But there just seemed to be a much larger upside to what I could learn.
So I put on my old basketball shoes and headed to the gym.
When I got there several of my teammates were already warming up on one end of the court. The Trotters were on the other end. But I only counted four.
Hmmmm. Maybe itll be a forfeit and I wont have to go through with this, I thought. I crossed my fingers. After all, you need at least five to play.
Warm ups continued. I never saw a fifth man.
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I cant even begin to describe how good these guys were. Truthfully, they could have beaten us without the Russian. It might have been a little closer, but they would have won. And turns out there were one or two more Trotters and a few other locals from the university playing with them. The gags werent just for game time. They began before the crowd ever showed up. But we never stood a chance, no matter how much we might have tried to make ourselves believe it.
Im really glad I played last night. If nothing else, I laughed and smiled in a manner that I havent done in quite some time. I met some incredible men. Inspiring men. Sure, I was tackled, stomped on by three Trotters, and covered in whipped cream. I had opponents go through my legs, block my shots, and steal the ball from me much, much too easily. One of my teammates had a pie thrown in his face. Another was doused by a bucket of water. We were dunked on, shot over, run around, and showed up. And we loved every single agonizing second of it.
The seven foot Russian has only been here a few months, and Im sure he never expected to receive a college scholarship only to play in a game like this. If he performs half as well at the collegiate level as he did against aging civil servants we will be celebrating a national championship next spring. He seemed a little confused at first, but as the game went on he relaxed a bit and seemed to have as much fun as we did. At halftime, one of my friends (who happened to be playing for the other team) was talking to his new teammate.
You having fun? my friend asked.
The giant simply nodded his head, grinned a little and said, Only in America. Only in America.
So true.
Me and Little Jordan. He abused me all night.
Take care and God bless. Here's hoping you get a Tiny Trotter-like experience of your life
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