- Okay.

Oh, boy, here we go.

Okay, okay, Michael, I'm ready.

- [Michael] Are you sure?

- Yeah, yeah, 23rd time is the charm.

- All right, here it comes.

- Okay.

(ball thuds) Oh, dear!

Well, I forgot, I forgot to lift up my glove.

(upbeat music) ♪ Wimee creates all the day through ♪ ♪ And you can do it too Batter up!

As we step up to the plate to learn, create, and play baseball!

And the bases are loaded with guests.

At first, Moby and his take on America's pastime.

At second, Brody shares some of his baseball memorabilia in today's Wimage Lab.

Standing on third, Ms. Lisa and her pick for a baseball book.

And we bring it all home with a cartoon featuring me, Wimee!

Ha-ha!

So grab your glove and ball and join us for another Wimee's Words!

Wimee's Words!

Wimee's Words!

(applause) All right.

Do you know the song: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"?

Share with us your favorite sport!

Let's mix it up.

♪ Take me out to the ball game.

♪ ♪ Take me out to the crowd.

♪ Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks ♪ ♪ I don't care if I never get back ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's root, root, root ♪ For the home team ♪ If they don't win, it's a shame ♪ ♪ For it's one, two, three strikes ♪ ♪ You're out at the old ball game ♪ Ha-ha!

Let's mix it up with other sports.

You know, typically the song, that's baseball.

So I'm, but let's mix it up and say: ♪ Take me out to the football game ♪ ♪ Take me out with the crowd I think you can still eat peanuts and cracker jacks, right?

At a football game?

♪ 'Cause I don't care if I never get back ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's root, root, root for the Lions ♪ Yeah, football!

We were thinking the same.

♪ If they don't win, it's a shame ♪ ♪ For it's-- Wait, no, you don't have three strikes in baseball.

How would you lose in football?

Forwards?

♪ Drop the ball, drop the pass, fumble again ♪ ♪ In the old football game (chuckles) That's funny.

Ooh, wrestling!

Hi, Joe.

Okay.

♪ Take me out to the wrestling match ♪ ♪ Take me out with the crowd ♪ Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks ♪ ♪ I don't care if I ever get back ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's root, root, root for the ♪ Who's your favorite player?

Joe, tell us if we have a favorite player, we should root for them.

♪ If they don't win, it's a shame ♪ ♪ For it's body slam ♪ Throw against the ropes in the clothesline move ♪ ♪ At the wrestling Well, I guess I should clarify.

Is this pro wrestling entertainment or like wrestling?

Collegic?

Olympics?

Yeah, because you wouldn't do, like, the clothesline move in the official wrestling at the Olympics.

That would be like a, get two-point, for a three-point take trick down.

Yeah.

All right.

This is fun.

This is fun thinking.

Okay.

Soccer.

All right.

♪ Take me out to the soccer game ♪ ♪ Take me out to the crowd You pretty much can eat peanuts and cracker jacks at any game, but what else could be eaten?

Maybe, ♪ Buy me some falafel and hummus snacks ♪ ♪ I don't care if I ever get back ♪ ♪ 'Cause it's root, root root for the ♪ Hmm, any, which team should we root for for soccer?

I think the World Cup's a big deal, right?

A lot of people follow that.

All countries all over the world playing.

♪ If they don't win, it's a shame ♪ ♪ For it's kick the ball, goalie saved the ball ♪ ♪ And the old soccer game (Wimee laughing) Oh, John Cena.

So, we got to root for John Cena, Joe, for the the wrestling match.

Nice.

All right, friends.

Well, thanks for playing along.

(Wimee chuckling) That was fun.

I had a good time.

Well, let's see what Moby's got for us today.

(upbeat music) - Some kids were practicing baseball at the park the other day.

Yeah, I was watching and I saw the ball go, "Whoo".

And then later the ball went, "whoo".

And then it was, "whooooo".

(Moby continues mimicking whooshing sounds) (Moby laughs) It was so fun to watch.

And I tell ya, a bird gets some good neck exercises watching.

(Moby mimics whooshing sound) (upbeat music) - (chuckles) That's like tennis too.

Where the ball, like, (makes noises with mouth) I think tennis is getting even more of a workout, Moby, watching a tennis game.

Well, hey!

It's time for today's: Three Sentence Story.

Beginning.

Middle.

End.

That's right.

Let's write a story together.

In the first sentence, we'll set the scene.

In the second sentence, there is a problem!

(Wimee cries boohoo) But don't worry, friends.

Because in the third sentence, what do we have?

Our solution.

Ha-ha!

That's my favorite part.

The solution.

So as we start off our story, maybe it's on a baseball field.

Maybe it's on a, ooh, "strawberry".

I love it.

Okay.

I think, let's see.

I'll say baseball, I'll start, okay, okay.

Here we go.

The word is "strawberry".

"I was getting ready to go out to the ball game and I packed my strawberries, blueberries, bananas and my sandwich, and I was on my way."

Nice, nice.

That was, that sounds really delicious, little fruit salad with my sandwich off to the ball game.

Oh, no, there's a problem!

(Wimee sobs) Oh, John Cena!

(Wimee laughs) That's fun.

Okay.

Let's see.

Okay.

"I had packed my strawberries, bananas."

I forgot, what fruit did I say?

I'm going to revise it a little bit.

"I packed my strawberry and fruit salad with my sandwich.

And I was off to watch the ball game.

When I got there, I ended up sitting right next to John Cena and I couldn't see--" Actually, no, no no.

"I ended up sitting right behind John Cena and I could not see the game!"

Oh!

"Man, John Cena is pretty tall and I was just like, 'Wait, wait.

I can't see.

I can't see.'"

Okay, so.

Okay, I got it.

Here we go.

"I packed my strawberries and fruit salad, and my sandwich, and I went off to the ball game.

When I got there, I was seated right behind John Cena and I could not see anything!

I tapped him on the shoulder and said, "I'll trade you a pack of peanuts if we can swap seats."

And we did!

(Wimee laughing) He actually even shared the peanuts back with me.

He was like, "Hey, let's just share the peanuts."

Yeah.

But that's, that was the, I just was like, "Hey John, I can't, I can't quite see."

Huh, yeah.

Huh, yeah.

I liked that.

We got our first story.

We got, I'm trying to imagine this in my brain.

Sitting behind John Cena.

Wouldn't that be cool to be at a baseball game and suddenly there's a wrestling, maybe there's, maybe, maybe there's, like, it's like a baseball and wrestling.

(gasps) I just got an idea.

Can you imagine if all sports combined, Can you imagine if all sports combined, one, big, like a sports festival?

Is that a thing?

That should be a thing!

'Cause you know how like music festivals, they got like all different bands playing different types of music.

Why don't they get together different athletes and put together like a sports festival where wait a minute, (Wimee laughs) I just realized that's called the Olympics.

(Wimee laughs harder) But I guess, yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

Well, I'll keep thinking this over.

Friends, it's time to go to Brody in the Grandville Wimage Lab to see what he's got going for today's Wimage.

Hey, Brody!

- Hey, Wimee.

- The Olympics, that's pretty much the, (both chuckle) Yeah, what you got?

- Look, I have a baseball signed by - Look, I have a baseball signed by a person named Brody Andrus.

- Whoa!

(chuckles) That's you!

(Wimee laughs) Did you sign that?

That's awesome!

I love it.

- Wimee, catch.

- Okay, Brody!

(Wimee makes whoosh sound) - Look, it landed on your desk.

- Wait, whoa.

Wait, are you sure?

(Brody chuckles) - I could, I don't remember if we started with that there.

Huh.

Do you like baseball?

- Yeah.

- Yeah?

What do you like about it?

Anything particular?

The action?

The fun?

The outside fresh air?

The team?

- I like hitting the ball.

- Yeah.

And a lot of times when I swing, then I'm like, "Oh, no!

I missed it again."

(Brody chuckles) But then you just keep trying and you know, and it goes so fast.

It goes by so fast.

Well, hey, what have you got for today's Wimage?

(Wimee chuckles) - [Brody] So I have some baseballs with some strawberries and blueberries with some strawberries and blueberries with peanuts and some bleachers with peanuts and some bleachers with you and John Cena.

- [Wimee] That's awesome.

Now, look at that!

We're sitting next to each other, hanging out, enjoying the game.

(Wimee chuckles) That's fun.

Hey, friends.

Should we add anything to the Wimage?

Let's see, Brody, if you have any ideas, let me know.

I'm thinking, maybe.

Oh, hi, Joe.

What do you think of John Cena on there, Joe?

Brody got him on there.

Hmm.

Maybe, maybe other sports, too.

Like, I was talking about the, and the Olympics are coming up.

Ooh, cricket.

Now that could be interpreted two ways.

It could be a bug or the cricket game.

- Yeah.

Cricket.

- I've never played cricket.

Have you played cricket before?

- Okay.

So it's showing the game.

So it's showing the game.

Showing the game of cricket.

- [Wimee] Oh, yeah.

Nice.

- Let me try to see if there's any, ah, here's an actual cricket.

- [Wimee] Oh, maybe you could have a cricket playing cricket!

(Wimee laughing) What do you think?

- Yeah, so I just duplicate it.

- Yeah.

- And then I'm going to change the color of the bat to blue.

- Okay.

(Wimee chuckles) I love it!

There's a cricket playing cricket, me and John Cena, where the two of us are hanging out, enjoying some peanuts and fruit salad, watching the game.

Ha-ha!

Well, awesome, Brody!

If you want to add anything to it and keep going with it, we'll check back with you later in the show.

Thanks, Brody!

- Bye!

- Friends, for today's Language Explorers, we're going to check in with Lucy to find out how to say today's words in Spanish!

Ha-ha!

I wonder if Lucy likes baseball.

Let's find out.

Hi, Lucy!

- Hi, Wimee!

- (Wimee chuckles) Do you like baseball?

- Oh.

Oh, yeah.

Very much, you know.

In Venezuela, that is the national sport.

Baseball!

- That's awesome!

- Yeah!

Pretty sure, like, around the world, it's one of the favorite sports, right?

- Right.

- Soccer and baseball are probably two of the most popular.

- Yeah, when I was smaller and more little, I didn't understand what they were doing down there, but now I think I understand.

And it's kind of exciting.

- I know.

The action, the scoring, the running, the teamwork.

- Yeah, and I like hotdogs and popcorn and all that stuff too.

- (laughs) Yeah!

Being together is cool.

The eating and-- - You know, here, when I come to Candy Street Library, it's really, really close to a ball game place.

- Yeah!

The Lake Michigan Credit Union Ballpark where the Whitecaps play.

- Yeah!

I like that!

- (chuckles) That's so cool!

Well, hey, we're excited to find out about today's words in Spanish.

- Oh yeah, yeah, yeah.

Okay.

Just a minute.

- Okay.

First-- (Lucy grunts) - That's wait, wait, here we go.

- It looks great.

Strawberries.

- My first word is "strawberry".

Strawberry in Spanish, you say "fresa".

But you can also say "frutilla" because it depends where you're from.

You can, you can say, "fresa" or "frutilla".

- I like them both.

- Yeah.

- Fresa or frutilla.

- Oh!

Good job!

You have a good accent.

- (chuckles) Thanks!

I'm learning from you.

- So the next one, it's very interesting.

- Yeah.

John Cena, right?

That would be trickier to translate.

- Yeah, exactly.

You know that?

That names don't translate?

- You're right.

Yeah, I did.

- So that's, that's that's in Spanish too.

His name is John Cena in Spanish.

You cannot say it's "Juan Cena" because Juan is in Spanish and a name doesn't translate.

His name is John Cena in Spanish, too.

- I love it.

- Yeah.

So my name is-- - Is your-- - Yeah?

- What?

- No.

I was going to say that my name is Lucy in English and Spanish.

- I love it.

I like your name.

- Yeah.

Thank you.

Okay-- - Lucy and Wimee, they kinda rhyme a little bit.

- Lucy, Wimee.

- Lucy, Wimee.

Yeah!

And we're friends!

- The "ee" part, yeah.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

So, so let me show you the last one.

- All right.

- The last word is "peanuts"!

And the word in Spanish is "maní".

And you see that it has an accent on the end?

Maní!

Like, ma-nee!

Like, ma-nee!

- Nee!

(chuckles) - Ma-nee!

Yeah, that's how you say "peanuts" in Spanish.

Maní.

Yeah.

- Maní.

I like that one a lot.

Maní.

- Do you like cracker jacks?

Peanuts and cracker jacks?

- I don't think I have tried it, but I can try, maybe.

And I'll tell you.

- It's like an old school tradition.

Sometimes people eat cracker jacks and peanuts at the ball game.

- Oh.

Really?

I didn't know that, but that's good to know.

Maybe, I'll tell you next time what happens.

- Yeah.

But there's so many good things to eat.

It's like, sometimes, you just gotta like, can't decide.

- Yeah.

(overlapping dialogue) (both chuckles) - I'm talking too much, aren't I?

- Yeah, we're talking too much.

I'm happy to do the translations, Wimee.

And I love baseball.

- We should get a game together sometime and then, like, get, you know, (makes vocal noises) see it through a library, oh, a library tournament!

- Yeah, that would be fun!

- That would be fun.

Well, thank you, Lucy!

We'll see you later in the show.

- Bye!

(Wimee chuckles) - Words!

Spanish, English, pitchers, baseball!

- Words!

Spanish, English, pitchers, baseball!

Ha-ha!

Guess what?

I love to use my imagination.

I've been working on this book called "Wimee's Dreams".

(soft acoustic music) - [Narrator] Wimee sat down, looked around the room and began to wonder.

He wondered if dogs ever play baseball before going to work.

- [Announcer] It's the bottom of the nights.

Lucky's at bat.

He's got two strikes against him.

One for missing that last ball and the other for chewing on my slippers this morning!

(tinkling sound) Here comes the pitch!

And it's going!

Going, going, and it's doggone out of the dog park!

- Woo-hoo!

Go, Lucky!

Oh, wait.

You're supposed to run the bases.

Don't just chase the ball.

Ha-ha!

Oh, well.

I guess it's time to go to work.

(Wimee laughs) Have a good day, Lucky!

(soft acoustic music) So what do you think?

Do you think dogs ever play baseball before going to work?

Let me know if you want to.

All right, friends.

Take a deep breath.

It's time for Slowing Down.

(gentle orchestral music) (light whooshing) - (inhales) All right.

Siblee he's such a fun little friend of ours.

He's here with another joke in today's Laughing with Siblee.

(children cheering) - What does baseball have in common with pancakes?

They both rely on the batter.

(Siblee laughs) (children cheering) (Wimee chuckles) - Batter up!

Hop on the griddle.

Time to make a pancake.

(Wimee laughs) That's funny.

And friends, we love books!

Miss Lisa KDL is here to share with us with us for today's Check Out This Book!

(upbeat pop music) (book closes) - Hi, friends!

I'm Miss Lisa and I'm going to give you a baseball book review today.

The book I brought along today is called "Home Base", written my Nikki Tate and illustrated by Katie Kath and published by Holiday House.

If you look close to the cover of this book, you see underneath, it says "A mother-daughter story".

In this book, we meet a mom and her daughter having breakfast together.

And then their days go different directions.

The mom goes to a job that she's a little bit nervous about.

And the daughter goes to play baseball.

And she's a little nervous about it.

As their days unfold, we see them have some struggles, some nerves, some great success as they come together back at the end to share how their days went.

Check out Home Base, a mother-daughter story.

It is a real home run.

It is a real home run.

Bye, friends.

(upbeat pop music) (book closes) - That sounds like a really great book.

I'm going to go look for it at the library.

(Wimee laughs) It's been a while since we've shared this little segment on the show before.

It's time for what we like to call, (speaks slowly) "Mystery Moment".

(mysterious music) (potatoes conversing in gibberish) (potato singing "Take Me Out to the Ball Game") (mysterious music) - Hmm.

I wonder if those potatoes are going, where do you think?

Where do you think the potatoes are going?

What are they going to do?

(Wimee laughs) That was fun.

Silly.

Well, friends.

Let's let's check in with Brody and see if he's got an update in the Grandville Wimage Lab.

Any updates that you've made there, Brody?

Whoa.

- Yeah, so I added some more crickets playing baseball and I also added a baseball field.

a baseball field.

- [Wimee] I like it.

I like it a lot.

I want to go watch these crickets on the field.

Might need binoculars though, huh?

- Yeah.

(Wimee chuckles) I like it.

Well, Brody, thanks so much for the update!

And we'll see you at the next party.

Ha-ha!

Well, guess what, friends?

We love to invite people to send us photos or videos or things that they're up to.

And we like to call this segment, "That's So Cool!"

Our friend, Joe, who commented today who brought us Joe Cena in the story.

Here's some photos Joe sent us.

(bright electronic music) (soft acoustic music) (bright electronic music) - Oh!

Those are so cool, Joe!

Thanks for sending the photos.

I really liked the tennis ball.

And that works for playing baseball.

You could like, you know, use a baseball a tennis ball, a softball, a kickball!

That'd be fun to try to, well, that might get a little tricky.

But it's fun to play catch.

It's fun to play in different ways.

And I love that the tennis ball became a cool friend.

And the snow!

The snow character, I'm intrigued.

That bear looked so happy!

(Wimee chuckles) And a heart.

I'm curious to know more about that, Joe.

Thanks for sending those photos.

And friends watching the show, if you want to send photos or videos of things that are meaningful to you and fun, stuff that you're doing, creating, sharing, making, thinking about, reach out to us.

All right.

Hey, guess what, friends?

It is time for our scavenger hunt.

Are you ready to start looking?

We need you to find three things.

Can you find something that starts with "B", like baseball?

Can you find something round, like a baseball?

And can you find something used in a sport?

Any sport at all.

Something that's from a sport, something that's round, something that starts with "B".

Start looking!

See what you can find, friends!

Post it in the comments.

Let us know.

Let's see, what starts with "B"?

Bologne?

Oh!

Look what you got, Brody!

- I have a baseball that starts with "B".

It's round and it's used in a sport.

- It's all three!

(mimics a boxing bell) And Brody, you start with "B".

Brody!

(Wimee laughing) So Brody's holding a ball.

Indeed, indeed.

Hey, Jim, what you got?

- I've got two baseballs!

That's the only thing better than one.

They just happened to be sitting there at the desk.

I don't know.

What can we do, right?

- I love it!

You can start to juggle them.

(makes vocal noises) - What, juggle?

(Wimee laughs) I love it.

I love it.

(Wimee laughs) Nice.

Let's see.

What else can start with "B"?

Bench?

Hmm... Let's see.

Ooh, what have you got, Lucy?

- Oh!

I got a ball.

And it's round and it's used for a game that you have to tell things about yourself.

Because it has, do you see?

It has questions.

- Oh, yeah.

"In what way is your world diverse?"

- Yeah.

- Great questions to think about, right?

You can throw it back and forth and then look at the ball and go, "Hmm, let's think about this question", "Think about this question".

I love it.

That can be, that is like a sport.

Ooh, ooh!

Friends, you could make up more sports!

Anybody have an idea for a sport they could create?

(Wimee laughs) Ooh, "bear" starts with "B".

A bowl, that's round.

And running shoes for a sport!

Ha-ha!

I love it, all three!

Barney!

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Barney starts with "B"!

Ha-ha!

Other things used in sports?

Maybe a baseball bat, cleats shoes.

Yeah.

There's so many possibilities.

Friends, thanks for finding that fast.

And you can play that game anytime with your friends.

Say, "Hey, let's make a scavenger hunt."

Put your own twist to it as well, each time.

Well, hey.

Here's what I'm thinking, friends.

Before we get to the dance party, Before we get to the dance party, I was thinking, Jim is a big baseball fan and I know that, I think, the Cubs are playing soon.

Right, Jim?

I think the Cubs are, and tell me more about your, I forget, the Cubs are, your, how does this work again?

- Well, if you're on the north side of Chicago, you'd be a Cubs fan.

We're on the south side of Chicago, so of course we are Sox fans.

That's how it's supposed to work.

- Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait.

So, wait.

Did I, did I mix, (Wimee snickers) did I mix that up?

- I know.

Wimee, you like to give me a hard time about that.

(Wimee laughs) You're not worse than me, so I guess you could be a Cubs fan, I guess.

If you have to be.

Well, maybe not, I'm not sure.

- It's fun.

I was playing with you.

I knew that you were going to be like, "Wimee, what are you doing again?"

(Wimee laughs) That's just something I like to do for some reason.

I'm not sure why, but in Chicago, they get pretty, they get pretty strong feelings about Cubs and White Sox and stuff like that.

And anyways... Well, friends!

Thanks for hanging out with us.

Thanks for, thanks for being here.

Thanks for helping us with the songs and writing and creating and thinking.

And I think we're, I think we're ready for our dance party.

So, let's bring in our friends.

Let's get ready to dance!

Let's get ready to dance!

Are you ready, Lucy?

Are you ready, Brody?

Are you ready, Jim?

Yeah!

(upbeat music) Oh, Jim's juggling.

Ooh, Brody can throw the ball to Jim and then there'd be three.

And then, oh, ooh!

Did he get it?

Yeah!

- [Narrator] Wimee's Words is brought to you by PNC Grow Up Great, Funterra by Smart, PNC Grow Up Great, Funterra by Smart, Meijer, and with additional support from these great partners.

(acoustic music)