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Challenger Baseball "Game Of The Week" Game 1
8/20/2025 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The Robert Family Red Diesels face off against the Harris Beach Murtha Green Express.
We are kicking off the first game of the season with a match between the Robert Family Red Diesels and the Harris Beach Murtha Express. Game on!
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Challenger Baseball "Game Of The Week" Game 1
8/20/2025 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
We are kicking off the first game of the season with a match between the Robert Family Red Diesels and the Harris Beach Murtha Express. Game on!
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POSSIBILITY WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
>> THE POSSIBILITY OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF WORLD.
AMERICA IS PREDICATED ON AN IDEA EVERYTHING THAT WE BELIEVE IN COMES OUT OF THE REVOLUTION.
OUR IDEAS OF LIBERTY, EQUALITY.
IT'S THE DEFINING EVENT OF OUR HISTORY.
>> THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT SERVED AS A MODEL AROUND THE WORLD.
>> THESE ARE NOT ENGLISH LIBERTIES.
THESE ARE TRANSCENDENT LIBERTIES.
THESE ARE LIBERTIES THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE, BY THE NATURE OF BEING HUMAN.
>> THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION CHANGED THE WORLD.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ WELCOME TO SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
THIS AFTERNOON THE ROBERT FAMILY DIESELS IN BOLD RED TIE-DIE TAKE THE FIELD AGAINST THE UNSTOPPABLE HARRIS BEACH MURTHA EXPRESS ROCKING THEIR GREEN TIE-DYE.
HEAD COACH JEFF JONES AT BAT, IT'S BRIAN ASBURY.
BRIAN GETS HIMSELF A HIT RIGHT OFF THE TOP.
HE IS GOING MAKE HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
ON DECK IT'S CONNOR CHILDRESS AND IAN COE IS NEXT.
CONNOR LOVES HIS DAD.
THAT'S HIS HERO.
TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE SONGS BY JOHN DENVER.
HE GETS A HIT.
HE IS MOTORING DOWN TO FIRST BASE AND IAN COE IS GOING TO BE AT THE PLATE.
BRIAN IS NOW ON SECOND.
AND LEE AN CO, A LITTLE PRACTICE SWING, A LITTLE DIRECTION FROM ONE OF THE COACHES.
HE GETS A HIT RIGHT OFF THE BAT AS WELL, NO PUN INTENDED.
HE MOVES DOWN TO FIRST AND EVERYBODY ADVANCES BY ONE, ONE BASE.
GRACIE D'ALBERTO WILL BE AT THE PLATE.
GRACIE HAS BEEN DOING CHALLENGER FOR A LITTLE BIT.
AINSLIE'S ANGELS, ANDREW, OF COURSE.
AND HIS SUPER POWER, OF COURSE TO HELP AL HER FRIENDS.
SHE GOT HERSELF A HIT RIGHT OFF THE T. SHE IS GOING TO BE MAKING HER WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
TWEE GET A RUN THAT SCORES.
BRIAN COMES IN TO SCORE.
BRIAN ASBURY.
JACK FLYNN NOW IS OVER-- JACK FLYNN IS ACTUALLY UP TO BAT AND CONNOR NOW MOVES TO THIRD.
THERE HE IS.
HIS HERO IS FIREMEN.
ABSOLUTELY KNOW.
THE LONGEST TIME IS HIS FAVORITE SONG BY BILLY JOEL.
A SWING AND A MISS AND THEN A SWING AND HE GOT A GOOD HIT.
MOTORING DOWN TO FIRST BASE AND COMING IN, CONNOR WILL SCORE AND NOW WE ARE UP TO SOMEBODY THAT ABSOLUTELY LOVES THE YANKEES.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BROOK JONES.
BROOK, FROM PENNELLVILLE.
HITTING THE BALL RIGHT OFF THE BAT SO TO SPEAK.
SHE IS MOVING DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
IAN COE WILL SCORE.
THAT'S ANOTHER SCORE FOR THE RED TEAM.
OF COURSE AT THE PLATE NOW IS PARKER WALL.
PARKER WALL ENTER SANDMAN BY METALLICA.
ONE OF THOSE YOU WANT TO CRANK ON A HOT SUMMER DAY.
MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD.
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
I HEARD THAT RIGHT OFF THE METAL BAT.
HE IS HEADING DOWN TO FIRST AND OF COURSE GRACIE IS GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE RIGHT ACROSS HOME PLATE.
GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB.
WE GOT DYLAN LARIS WHO RESIDES IN NORTH SYRACUSE NEW YORK.
I THINK WE ARE NEIGHBORS.
BUT, OKAY.
SO DYLAN IS UP AND DON'T FORGET JACK FLYNN IS ON THIRD.
JACK IS GOING TO MAKE HIS WAY TO HOME NOW ALL BECAUSE DYLAN GOT HIMSELF A GREAT HIT.
HE'S OFF TO FIRST BASE.
NOW WE HAVE-- THIS IS FINN O'BRIEN.
HE RESIDES IN SYRACUSE.
HIS FAVORITE SONG IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITES.
THERE YOU GO.
AND BROOK JONES WILL SCORE.
WE GOT LEO MURRAY, JR. AT THE PLATE.
THERE'S LEO, A GOOD SHOT OF LEO, HE LIVES IN PENNELVILLE.
HE HAS A SWING AND A HIT, BARELY MISSES THE PITCHER AND, OF COURSE, PARKER WALL IS GOING TO SCORE.
AND AT THE PLATE WE SHOULD HAVE KELLY MEIGS.
DYLAN IS ON THIRD BASE.
KELLY REVISE IN MORRISVILLE.
KELLY CAN SLAM THAT BALL.
I'VE SEEN HER DO IT AND SHE IS MAKING HER WAY TO FIRST AND DYLAN LARIS WILL NOW COME TO HOME PLACE AND SCORE.
AT THE PLATE, SINCLAIR NEWMAN SINKY.
AND OF COURSE PIZZA AND CRAB LEGS.
LOVE THAT COMBINATION.
LOVE IT.
LOVE IT.
AND IT'S A SWUNG AND A MISS.
BUT HE IS ALL SET TO GIVE THAT A FLY AND HE DID IT.
EXACTLY.
HE SENT THAT BALL ON THE NEXT COUNTY.
HERE WE GO.
HE IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST.
SFIN O'BRIEN AND SINKY IS GOING TO ROUND THE BASES.
HE IS NOT STOPPING.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEND IT OVER TO JACK MANNION.
HE HAS A LITTLE BIT ON THE SIDE THERE.
HERE COMES NEWMAN.
S. >> HOW'S IT GOING WCNY?
I'M JACK MANNION, HERE WITH... >> FINN O'BRIEN.
>> AND CHRISTINE O'BRIEN.
>> WHAT IS THE SYRACUSE CHALLENGER COMMUNITY MEAN NOT ONLY TO FINN BUT TO EVERYBODY ELSE PLAYING TODAY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY?
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK WHAT IT MEANS, AGAIN, AS I SAID, YES, YOU CAN.
KIDS OF ALL ABILITIES HAVE SO MANY SKILLS AND WHEN YOU CAN SEE ALL OF OUR KIDS OUT HERE ON THIS FIELD, ESPECIALLY THESE FIELDS THAT WE'VE HELPED BUILD, THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITH EVERYBODY AND THE SENSE OF, AGAIN, CONFIDENCE IN ALL OF THE KIDS, TO BE ABLE TO BE OUT HERE AND PLAY A GAME THAT THEY LOVE.
>> THANK YOU, JACK, GREAT JOB.
NOW AT THE PLATE, DANIEL CORSO WHO LIVES IN CAMILLUS, NEW YORK AND LOVES HIS DORITOS AND ORANGE CRUSH.
DANIEL AT THE PLATE.
A LITTLE HELP AND HERE WE GO.
HE IS GOING TO MAKE HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST AND LEO MURRAY, JR. WILL NOW BE SCORING.
HE CROSSES THE PLATE.
ANOTHER ONE UP ON THE BOARD FOR THE RED TEAM.
CALEB ALFORD LIVES IN MANLIUS, NEW YORK.
AND ANOTHER GREAT HIT AND HE IS GOING TO BE-- YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE IS GOING MAKE HIS WAY ALL THE WAY AROUND.
THIS BALL IS OUT OF THERE AND KELLY IS GOING TO SCORE, DANIEL CORSO.
CALEB IS GOING TO COME ALL THE WAY AROUND TO SCORE AS WELL AND WHAT A GAME WE HAVE FOR YOU.
THIS IS JUST A WHOLE LOT OF FUN TODAY.
CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
CHALLENGER BASEBALL AT ITS BEST.
AND, OF COURSE, THE ROBERT FAMILY DIESELS OF COURSE IN THE RED.
AND THE HARRIS BEACH MURTHA EXPRESS ROCKIN' THE GREEN TIE-DYE SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
WE ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST.
AND, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE HARRIS BEACH MURTHA EXPRESS.
YOU WILL SEE THE LINEUP ON YOUR SCREEN.
HEAD COACH MOD KELLY MODELEWSKI, DANIEL O'CONNOR IS AT THE PLATE.
DANIEL FROM SYRACUSE NEW YORK, HE LOVES PEPPERONI PIZZA I KNOW THAT FOR A FACT.
I HAVE SEEN HIM EAT PEPPERONI PIZZA.
HE DEFINITELY LOVES IT.
DANIEL, GOOD HIT.
HE IS OFF TO FIRST.
DOMINICO CABARERI IS AT THE PLATE.
GRANDMA WAIT IS HIS HERO AND I REALLY LIKE EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY, LOVE THAT.
HE GETS HIMSELF A HIT.
HAS HIS BROTHER HELPING HIM OUT, GOING TO GUIDE HIM DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
JOEY PONTO WILL BE AT THE PLATE.
AND JOEY, HIS HERO, HIS DAD.
LOVES SYRACUSE BASKETBALL.
HE IS FROM BALDWINSVILLE, BY THE WAY AND JOEY AT THE PLATE AND ON DECK IS KATHERINE HODELL.
THEY CALL HER KATIE.
WHEELING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE, A LITTLE HIGH FIVE FROM DOM, THE DIRECTOR.
OF COURSE BRETT JEFFREY.
EAST SYRACUSE NEW YORK.
HEY THERE DELILAH HAPPENS TO BE HIS FAVORITE SONG F. HE COULD DO ANYTHING, A SUPER POWER, HE WOULD LOVE TO FLY.
AND HE GOT A HIT RIGHT OFF THAT BAT, MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST.
DANIEL O'CONNOR IS GOING TO SCORE.
NICE JOB.
ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT KATIE HODELL FROM SYRACUSE.
SHE LOVES HAM.
Y SHOE IS A HAM AND I'LL TELL YOU, SHE IS A LOT OF FUN AND A GREAT PERSONALITY.
KATIE.
SHE HITS THE BALL.
SHE ADVANCES TO THE BASES.
DOMINICO CABARERI IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND SCORE.
WAY TO G. JORDAN JACKSON IS GOING TO BE AT THE PLATE.
AND JORDAN JACKSON AT THE PLATE AND PETER CLUKEY WILL BE ON DECK.
THERE'S JORDAN OUT OF LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, LOVES HIS PANCAKES.
MICHAEL JORDAN IS HIS FAVORITE ATHLETE.
AND LOOK AT THAT.
ALREADY.
WELL, HE SAYS IT'S FOUL SO BOB IS GOING TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER ONE.
HE GOT A GOOD HIT ON THAT.
HE ADVANCES.
OF COURSE JOEY PONTO IS GOING TO COME ACROSS HOME PLATE AND GOING TO SCORE FOR THE GREEN TEAM.
PETER CLUKEY IS AT BAT.
AND HE IS FROM SYRACUSE.
CHICKEN NUGGETS AND FRIES.
WHO DOESN'T LOVE CHICK IT NUGGETS AND FRIES?
PETER GETS A GOOD HIT.
HE ADVANCED AND BRETD JEFFREY WILL-- BRETT JEFFREY WILL COME AROUND AND SCORE HOME PLATE O. DECK, JACOB IS ON DECK BUT TYLER BALUTA IS AT THE PLATE.
TYLER IS FROM LIVERPOOL AND ROOT GREAT HIT.
THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN ARE HITTING THIS BALL LIKE ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER.
HE ADVANCES AND KATIE HODELL IS GOING TO SCORE.
WAY TO GO.
AT THE PLATE JACOB LATOCHA.
LOVES TO VOLUNTEER, LOVES TO HELP OUT.
AND IT'S GOOD, HE SAYS THAT BALL WENT FOUL.
A GOOD HIT THERE.
HE ADVANCES.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND SCORE.
JORDAN JACKSON, PETER CLUKEY, TYLER BALUTA AND TYLER IS GOING TO SCORE.
LOOK AT THE HUSTLE.
LOOK AT THE SMILE.
LOOK AT THE FEEL GOOD.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT.
EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO HIT.
EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO PLAY THE FIELD.
I LOVE THAT.
LOOK AT THEM HUSTLE.
HERE WE GO.
THE TOP OF THE SECOND.
AND LEADING OFF FOR THE RED TEAM, BRIAN ASBURY.
BRIAN SWING AND A MISS AND A SWING AND A HIT.
IT GOES OVER THE PITCHER'S HEAD.
HE IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
WE GOT CONNOR CHILDRESS AT THE PLATE, IAN COE WILL BE ON DECK.
THAT'S A SWING AND A MISS FOR CONNOR.
AND ANOTHER BALL FOULS SO HE IS GOING GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT.
A GOOD PITCH AND A GOOD HIT.
THERE GOES CONNOR.
CONNOR CAN REALLY HUSTLE.
LOVE THAT HUSBAND LIPPING DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
NOW WE HAVE IAN COE.
SWING AND A MISS.
IAN.
THAT'S ANOTHER FOUL.
IAN IS KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE BALL AND THERE, NOW THAT IS A GOOD HIT.
JUST CONFIRMING IT DIDN'T GO FOUL.
HE KNOWS IT DIDN'T GO FOUL.
HE IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
GRACIE D'ALBERTO.
GRACIE GETS READY.
HIT OFF THE TEE.
AN EYE ON THE BALL AND SHE IS GOING TO SWING AND SHE DOES IT.
EXCELLENT.
EXCELLENT, AND OF COURSE WITH GRACIE HITTING THE BALL THE WAY SHE DID, THAT IS SUCH A GOOD HIT.
BRIAN ASBURY IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND SCORE.
OF COURSE WE GOT JACQUELINE AT THE FLATE.
BROOK JONES WILL BE ON DECK.
JACK TAKING A FEW WARMUP SWINGS ON THE SIDE.
JACK FLYNN, SWING AND A MISS.
JACK FLYNN FROM SYRACUSE.
A LITTLE COACHING.
THERE WE GO.
AND A LITTLE COACHING.
THERE YOU GO.
SHOW THEM HOW TO DO IT AND THEY DO IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
JACK FLYNN MAKES HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
CONNOR CHILDRESS SCORES.
WAY TO GO, WAY TO HUSTLE AND NOW BROOK JONES AT THE PLATE.
BROOK IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE PITCH.
THE PITCH WILL BE COMING IN SHORTLY.
THERE IT IS.
AND THERE'S THE HIT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT.
BROOK, WAY TO HUSTLE.
SHE'S MAKING HER WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE AND OF COURSE SCORING WILL BE IAN COE.
IAN COE NOW SCORES.
OF COURSE PARKER WALL IS GOING TO BE AT THE PLATE.
DYLAN LARIS WILL BE ON DECK.
HERE'S PARKER.
BEVEL-- POWERFUL SWING.
POWERFUL SWING.
AND HE DID IT THAT TIME.
HE DID CONNECT WITH THAT BALL.
HE IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
GRACIE IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND SCORE.
WAY TO GO YOUNG LADY.
GRACIE D'ALBERTO.
KELLY MEIGS AT THE PLATE.
AND THERE'S KELLY.
GETTING THAT HIT.
KELLY IS HEADING DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
JACK FLYNN WILL SCORE.
AND WE HAVE DYLAN LARIS.
DYLAN AT THE PLATE.
GOT A GOOD GRIP ON THAT BAT.
HE IS READY.
HE IS WAITING FOR THE PITCH.
SAYS YES, LET'S DO IT.
THE PITCH AND HE CONNECTED BUT, THEY'RE GOING TO CALL THAT-- NO, I GUESS THEY'RE GOING TO LET HIM RUN TO FIRST.
THAT'S GOOD.
WAY TO GO.
WAY TO HUSTLE, TOO, DYLAN.
WAY TO HUSTLE.
AND BROOK JONES SHOULD BE COMING IN TO SCORE.
AT THE PLATE FINN O'BRIEN.
DON'T FORGET PARKER WALL IS ON THIRD.
ON DECK IS LEO MURRAY, JR., FINN SWING AND A MISS.
HE KNOWS IT.
HE'S GOT IT THOUGH.
HE'S GOT A GOOD GRIP ON THE BAT.
KEEPING AN EYE ON IT AND HE SLAMS THAT BALL.
MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST.
PARKER WALL IS GOING TO COME IN TO SCORE.
GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB.
GOOD CONNECTION WITH THAT.
AT THE PLATE SHOULD BE LEO MURRAY, JR. KELLY MELY GS-- KELLY MEIGS IS ON THIRD.
SWING AND A MISS.
LEO HAS A SMILE ON HIS FACE, LOVING EVERY BIT OF IT.
HE HAS HIMSELF A GOOD HIT AND HE IS GOING TO MOTOR DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
KELLY IS GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE.
WE GOT DANIEL CORSO.
HE SHOULD BE COMING TO THE PLATE HERE MOMENTARILY.
WE HAVE DYLAN LARIS ON THIRD BASE READY TO HUSTLE HOME.
ON DECK IS CALEB ALFORD.
DANIEL CORSO.
A LITTLE INSTRUCTION, GETTING A GOOD GRIP ON THE BAT.
THIS IS WHAT IS NICE ABOUT THIS.
THEY HAVE THE HELP FROM EVERYBODY, AND THE WAY TO HOLD THE BAT, THE WAY TO SWING THE BAT.
THE WAY TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE PITCH.
THAT PROVED IT RIGHT THERE.
HE GOT HIMSELF A HIT.
MOVING DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
DYLAN LARIS WILL SCORE.
NICE JOB.
NICE JOB.
FIRST BASE.
CALEB ALFORD SHOULD BE AT THE PLATE.
HE IS.
FINN O'BRIEN IS ON THIRD BY THE WAY.
ON DECK, SINCLAIR NEWMAN SINKY.
ALL RIGHT.
HE HIT THAT OFF THE T. A GOOD SOLID HIT.
OF COURSE FINN O'BRIEN IS GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE.
SINCLAIR NEWMAN SINKY SHOULD BE AT THE PLATE.
AND OUR BASES ARE LOADED.
YOU GOT LEO, DANIEL AND CALEB ALL ON FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD RESPECTIVELY.
SINCLAIR NEWMAN SINKY.
A LITTLE PRACTICE SWING AND HE NAILS IT.
THAT BALL IS IN THE OUTFIELD AND SCORING.
LEO MURRAY, JR., DANIEL CORSO, CALEB AL FORD AND ROUNDING THE BASES, SINCLAIR NEWMAN SINKY.
WHAT A HIT.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SCORE, CONSIDER IT A GRAND SLAM, MY FRIEND.
GRAND SLAM.
LOOK AT THAT.
EXCITING.
EXCITING.
THIS IS WHAT CHALLENGER BASEBALL IS ALL ABOUT.
IF YOU CAN SEE THE SMILES AND THE HAPPINESS ON THEIR FACES.
IT'S JUST SUCH A GOOD FEELING.
IT'S ALL ABOUT FEEL GOOD.
WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE THIS.
WE CANNOT THANK THOSE RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH FOR HAVING THESE GREAT FIELDS AND LETTING THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN PLAY A GAME THAT THEY LOVE THE GAME OF BASEBALL.
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ROLLING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND HERE MOMENTARILY.
AND AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER GREAT GAME.
THE FIRST OF MANY GAMES TO COME, JUST KEEP AN EYE ON WCNY.
WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE SCHEDULES AND MY NAME IS SKIP CLARK, PROUD TO BE HERE.
HERE WE GO.
BOTTOM OF THE SECOND.
DANIEL O'CONNOR IS GOING TO LEAD US OFF AT THE TOP OF THE ORDER.
DANIEL O'CONNOR.
DAN IS WAITING FOR THAT PITCH AND HE CONNECTED.
HE'S OFF TO FIRST.
AND NOW, AT THE PLATE, DOMINICO CABARERI.
OF COURSE HIS DAD, DOM, THE ONE THAT REALLY GOT EVERYTHING ROLLING HERE WITH THE CHALLENGER BASEBALL LEAGUE HERE IN SYRACUSE AND LOOK WHERE WE ARE TODAY AND WE CANNOT SAY THANK YOU ENOUGH.
DOMINICO CABARERI.
AND HELPED WITH HIS BROTHER.
AND ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS.
AND A SWING AND HE CONNECTS WITH THE BALL.
DO MEN COMPANY IS GOING TO-- HE IS GOING TO HEAD TO FIRST.
AT THE PLATE IN A MOMENT WILL BE JOEY PONTO AND JUDE LANGSTAFF WILL BE ON DECK.
SO DANIEL IS ON THE BASE.
DOMENICO IS AT FIRST AND JOEY PONTO.
SWING AND A MISS, HE THEN CONNECTS AND HEADS DOWN TO FIRST.
BASES ARE LOADED.
AT THE PLATE IS JUDE LANGSTAFF.
WE SENT OUR CAMERAS TO FIND OUT WHAT JUDE IS ALL ABOUT.
♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HI, I'M JUDE.
GREAT.
>> WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?
>> WHEN MY DAD SAYS GO, GO, JUDE.
>> YOU LIKE WHEN PEOPLE CHEER YOU ON?
>> YEAH MY DAD COMES OVER AND SAYS GO HIT.
>> SO WITH JUDE, WE WERE LOOKING FOR SOME SORT OF AN ACTIVITY THAT ALLOWED HIM TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH HIS FRIENDS.
WE FOUND OUT ABOUT CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
SO WE JUST PUT HIM IN IT OVER 10 YEARS AGO AND HE KIND OF TOOK RIGHT TO IT, LIKE HE ENJOYED RUNNING AROUND AND TALKING TO THE KIDS IN THE FIELD.
HE ENJOYED, EVEN IF HE DIDN'T HIT IT RIGHT AWAY, HE WAS MISSING BUT HE WAS HAVING A BLAST.
I KNEW IF WE COULD GET HIM TO GET A LITTLE BIT BETTER OR TRY TO BE A PART OF THE GAME, THAT HE WOULD LOVE IT EVEN MORE AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
3.
>> BEING WITH YOU?
>> BEING WITH MY DAD.
>> BECAUSE HE'S SO STRONG.
HANG OUT WITH MY DAD.
>> YOU KNOW, JUDE I ALWAYS TELL-- I'M A TEACHER SO I ALWAYS TELL MY FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS, JUDE HAS ALREADY DONE MORE AT 16 THAN I HAVE EVER DONE AT 51.
HE HAS GONE THROUGH BRAIN SURGERY.
HE WAS TOLD HE MAY NEVER WALK OR TALK BASED ON HIS CONDITIONS.
HE HAS FOUGHT THROUGH SICKNESSES AND SEIZURES AND I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THE WAR THAT IS GOING ON IN HIS HEAD.
SO WHAT I AM IN AWE OF IS THAT JUDE IS OUT HERE DOING THIS AND HAS ALREADY PROBABLY DEALT WITH MORE BY THE TIME HE IS 16 THAN MOST PEOPLE WILL DEAL WITH IN THEIR ENTIRE LIFE.
>> A TEACHER JUST LIKE DAD.
CHALLENGER BASEBALL ROCKS!
>> ALL RIGHT.
TO LANGSTAFF.
OF COURSE HE GETS A HIT AND IT LOOKS LIKE DANIEL O'CONNOR IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND SCORE.
YES, OF COURSE, THERE'S DANNY.
HIGH FIVE FROM COACH KELLY AS WELL.
EVERYBODY HELPING OUT.
DOMINICO IS ON THIRD.
BRETT JEFFREY IS AT THE PLATE.
KATIE HODELL IS ON DECK.
ANOTHER GOOD HIT.
IT GOES OUT TO THE SHORTSTOP.
DOMINICO IS GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE.
BRETT JEFFREY HEADING TO FIRST PLACE.
KATIE HODELL WILL BE AT THE PLATE.
AND JOEY PONTO IS AT THIRD, READY TO MAKE THE RUN TO HOME.
KATIE IS ALL SMILES.
JUST THE FEEL GOOD MOMENT.
HOLDING THAT BAT, KNOWING SHE CAN HIT THAT BALL.
AND SHE DOES IT.
ANOTHER GREAT HIT.
KATIE IS OFF TO FIRST.
OF COURSE JOEY PONTO IS GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE.
JORDAN JACKSON AT THE PLATE, JUDE LANGSTAFF AT THIRD, PETER CLUKEY IS ON DECK.
THERE'S JORDAN.
JORDAN A SWING AND A MISS.
VERY CONCENTRATED, WATCHING WHAT THE PITCHER IS DOING.
COACH KELLY IN THE BACKGROUND KEEPING A CLOSE EYE AS WELL.
HE HITS THE BALL.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE JUDE LANGSTAFF IS GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE.
PETER CLUKEY WILL BE AT THE PLATED.
BRETT JEFFREY IS ON THIRD.
TYLER BALUTA IS ON DECK.
AND COMING TO THE PLATE, OF COURSE, PETER CLUKEY.
PETER HAS GOT THAT SMILE.
DON'T FORGET WE HAVE BRETT JEFFREY ON THIRD BASE READY TO HEADACHE THAT HUSBAND TOLL HOME PLATE TO MAKE SURE WE GET ANOTHER RUN ON THE BOARD.
HE DOES IT.
PETER GETH A GOOD HIT, BRETT JEFFREY WILL COME AROUND AND SCORE.
OF COURSE PETER MAKING HIS WAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE IN A HUSTLE AND THERE'S COACH KELLY.
YOU KNOW, THE INSTRUCTION HERE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND ONCE YOU TELL THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, THEY'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT.
TYLER BALUTA IS AT THE PLATE.
AND OF COURSE WE HAVE KATIE HODELL HANGING OUT AT THIRD RIGHT NOW.
AND HE GOT HIMSELF A LITTLE BIT OF A HIT.
AND IT'S MORE THAN A LITTLE BIT.
HE IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE: KATIE IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND SCORE AND PUT ANOTHER RUN ON THE BOARD FOR THE GREEN TEAM.
NOW WE HAVE JACOB LATOCHA.
THE BASES ARE LOADED FOR JACOB.
HE KNOWS IT.
SO WHAT A HIT.
GOING TO CLEAR THOSE BASES.
JORDAN JACKSON PETER CLUKEY, TYLER BALUTA AND JACOB MAKES HIS WAY AROUND ALL THOSE BASES AND HIGH 5S ALL THE WAY AROUND AND COACH KELLY MAKING SURE HER TEAM GETS HIGH FIVES ALL THE WAY AROUND AS WELL.
LOOK AT THE HUSTLE.
EVERYBODY SCORES.
AND THAT'S A WRAP FROM THE CARRIER FIELD OF DREAMS WHERE THE ROBERT FAMILY DIESELS AND HARRIS BEACH MURTHA EXPRESS GAVE US A GAME TO REMEMBER.
WE'LL SEE YOU BACK ON THE FIELD SOON.
>> TO BELIEVE IN AMERICA IS TO BELIEVE IN POSSIBILITY.
POSSIBILITY WORTH FIGHTING FOR.
THE POSSIBILITY OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF WORLD.
AMERICA IS PREDICATED ON AN IDEA EVERYTHING THAT WE BELIEVE IN COMES OUT OF THE REVOLUTION.
OUR IDEAS OF LIBERTY, EQUALITY, IT'S THE DEFINING EVENT OF OUR HISTORY.
>> THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT SERVED AS A MODEL AROUND THE WORLD.
>> THESE ARE NOT ENGLISH LIBERTIES.
THESE ARE TRANSCENDENT LIBERTIES.
THESE ARE LIBERTIES THAT ALL INDIVIDUALS HAVE BY THE NATURE OF BEING HUMAN.
>> THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION CHANGED THE WORLD.
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