It's a well-known fact that people named Dalton are awesome.

Yes, it's true, I am not the only person named Dalton who kicks ass. Obviously, there's the main character from Patrick Swayze's seminal film Road House, a Dalton who knows martial arts, has a degree in philosophy from NYU, and is considered by some to be the greatest "cooler" of all time. Also, apparently there was a "scholarly, bespectacled" vampire named Dalton on that Buffy TV show.

But today we're going to extol Dalton Carriker, the 12 year-old Georgian (the South seems to produce a disproportionate share of Daltons) whose 8th inning home run recently led the United States to victory over the Empire of Japan in the 2007 Little League World Series. This was actually the third year in a row the United States has won the L.L.W.S., which we damn sure should considering we invented the game. (This is in marked contrast to the U.S. National Baseball Team, which didn't even qualify for the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Disgraceful.) Way to go, Dalton! You rock. U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!