The Northridge City Little League team regrouped after the 1994 Northridge earthquake, making an inspiring run the Little League World Series.
Twelve-year-old Spencer Gordon was having a sleepover with his best friend, Jared, in his Northridge home on Jan. 17, 1994, when he was woken up by what he could only describe as an unrelenting boom. “Deafening,” Gordon recalls now, 30 years later. “You couldn’t hear your own scream.” Gordon saw Jared being flung across his bedroom as it shook, ricocheting off the walls. He tried to run away, but couldn’t find his footing as the seismic force kept knocking him down.
His fastball was up to 74 mph , but he didn’t have nearly as much command. He gave up four runs on six hits and while the offense mustered two runs of their own, their win streak came to an end when Gordon struck out to end the game. For the first time that summer, Northridge lost. Gordon was crushed. He felt the weight of that moment collapse on him, and he tearfully blamed himself for the loss to his parents after the game. “I just didn’t produce,” Gordon said.
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