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Challenger Baseball "Game Of The Week" Game 6
9/26/2025 | 28m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Modern Kitchens of Syracuse Hoppers play The Mario Roofing Boxcars.
In this Game Of The Week, The Modern Kitchens of Syracuse Hoppers play The Melo Roofing Boxcars in the Syracuse Challenger Baseball adult league.
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Challenger Baseball "Game Of The Week" Game 6
9/26/2025 | 28m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
In this Game Of The Week, The Modern Kitchens of Syracuse Hoppers play The Melo Roofing Boxcars in the Syracuse Challenger Baseball adult league.
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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME TO SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
I'M DEE PERKINS.
YOU TUNED IN AT A GREAT TIME.
TODAY'S GAME FEATURES THE MELO ROOFING BOX CARS VERSUS THE MODERN KITCHENS OF SYRACUSE HOPPERS.
FIRST THIS EVENING IS MATTHEW HEY.
MATTHEW IS A FANTASTIC PLAYER.
HE LOVES TULLY'S ASIAN CHICKEN TENDERS BUT WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MATTHEW IS HE CAN HIT THE BALL REALLY WELL AND COACH MAT, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT BECAUSE THERE IS A CHANCE HE COULD GET HIT BY A BALL FROM MAT.
IT'S STRAIGHT UP THE LINE AND DID NOT HIT COACH MATT SO THAT IS A GREAT THING.
GREAT TO SEE MATTHEW PLAYING ALONG.
THIS IS HIS FIRST SEASON WITH CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
TRIED OUT FOR THE SENIOR LEAGUE AND WE ARE TRYING HIM OUT WITH THE BOXCARS THIS SEASON AND MAYBE NEXT SEASON HE WILL MOVE UP TO THE SENIOR LEAGUE.
WE ARE UP WITH PATRICIA LAMACH.
PATRICIA IS UP AT THE PLATE.
THESE TWO TEAMS ARE THE NEWEST TEAMS FOR CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
THE BOXCARS AND HOPPERS.
WE HAD OVER 200 PLAYERS SIGN UP THIS SEASON SO WE HAD TO EXPAND.
THESE TEAMS ORIGINALLY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 15 PLAYERS EACH THERE IS PATRICIA HEADING UP TO FIRST AND MATTHEW HEADING TO SECOND.
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, YOU HAVE 15 PLAYERS ON EACH TEAM THAT SIGN UP AND IT STARTS TO DWINDLE DOWN.
THIS DAY THAT WCNY CAME OUT AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE TEAMS, LOOKS LIKE WE HAD UNDER 10 PLAYERS.
BUT STILL, THESE PLAYERS ARE HAPPY TO BE THERE.
BIG HIT FOR ROBBIE CALCAGINO AND EVERYBODY ADVANCED.
MATTHEW ON THIRD AND PATRICIA ON SECOND.
WE HAD MORE PLAYERS WHO WANTED TO PLAY CHALLENGER BASEBALL AND SO WE HAD TO EXPAND.
SO THESE TWO NEW TEAMS COME ALONG AND THEY HAVE LESS THAN 10 PLAYERS, BUT NEXT SEASON, WHEN WE HAVE MORE NEW PLAYERS, WE WANT TO WHO WANT TO SIGN UP FOR THE ADULT LEAGUE, WE WILL VERY MUCH KNOW THAT THIS TEAM NEEDS NEW PLAYERS AND WE WILL EXPAND THEM TO THE NORMAL 15 PLAYERS.
THAT IS JONATHAN VIERU AND JONATHAN HEADING TO FIRST BASE.
THAT WILL SCORE MATT HEY AND PATTI ENDS UP ON THIRD BASE.
WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT PEOPLE RAISING THEIR HANDS AND SAYING THAT THEY WOULD COACH.
SO THE SIX FAMILIES ARE COACHES FOR THE BOXCARS HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE SCOOCH.
SCOOCH FROM THE SYRACUSE METS.
THERE HE IS AT THE PLATE AND GETTING A LITTLE HELP FROM EITHER HIS MENTOR OR HIS MOM, WE HAVE TO LIKE TURN AROUND AND SEE THE BACK OF HER SHIRT.
I'M GOING TO BET THAT'S HIS MOM BECAUSE SHE GOT HER OWN BOXCARS SHIRT.
EVERYBODY LOVED THE PINK AND YELLOW.
ORIGINALLY WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING PINK SHIRTS, EVERYBODY LOVED THESE SHIRTS AND THERE IS PATRICIA SCORING AT HOME PLATE.
REALLY GREAT.
AND IT'S ANDREW'S MOM.
THAT'S FANTASTIC.
LOOK AT THAT.
I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THESE SHIRTS AND PUT THEIR OWN THINGS ON THE BACK OF THEM.
BRADLEY SIX, THIS IS CARRIE'S SON.
COACH CARRIE IS RIGHT BEHIND HIM.
PARENTS LOVE TO TAKE PICTURES.
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR I PHONES OUT WHEN THEIR SONS AND DAUGHTERS ARE UP AT THE PLATE.
BRADLEY UP AT THE BAT AND COACH MATT AND HE IS RUNNING UP TO FIRST.
HE HAS A MENTOR RUNNING WITH HIM AND THAT SCORES ANOTHER RUN.
AND THERE HE IS ON FIRST.
AND THE HOPPERS ARE THE TEAM THAT ARE OUT IN THE FIELD AND THEY ALSO HAVE PINK SHIRTS.
I LOVE HOW COACH MATT HAS HIS BUCKET OF BALLS I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY OTHER COACH CARRY BALLS THAT WAY BUT IT KEEPS THE DOWN TIME VERY MINIMAL BECAUSE HE HAS ALL THE BALLS HE NEEDS.
WHAT A HIT FOR HIM.
WOW.
THAT IS A GREAT RUN TO FIRST GETTING TO THE HOME PLATE, STEPPING ON HOME PLATE.
THAT IS AWESOME.
I SAW SOME FOLKS FROM WCNY IN THE BACKGROUND OF THAT SHOT.
THEY'RE ASKING ME NOT TO SAY ANYTHING.
KAILYN LOVES CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM.
ALL RIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE SHE IS REALLY GOING TO HIT THAT BALL.
COACH MATT BETTER WATCH OUT.
COME ON KALIN.
WE ARE WAITING FOR A BIG HIT HERE.
BOOM.
RIGHT BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND.
HE IS GOING TO RUN TO FIRST AND SINCE HE IS THE LAST BATTER, I THINK HE IS GOING TO RUN ALL THE BASES AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO COME HOME.
LET'S SEE.
ANDREW'S MOM, THERE IS BRADLEY, YEP.
EVERYONE IS COMING HOME.
AND HE IS SO EXCITED TO BRING ALL THOSE RUNNERS HOME.
THERE WE GO.
THERE'S BRADLEY AND DYLAN RIGHT BEHIND HIM AND KALIN IS GOING TO MAKE A BIG RUN FOR IT.
DON'T OUTRUN DYLAN, BOOM.
WHAT-- RIGHT THERE ON HOME PLATE.
NOW WE HEAD OVER TO THE MODERN KITCHENS OF SYRACUSE HOPPERS.
THEY ARE THE PINK AND MINT GREEN SWIRL.
COACH LORI DUMAS IS THE HEAD COACH OF THIS TEAM BUT SHE WASN'T THERE THE NIGHT THAT WCNY WAS RECORDING SO WE ARE GOING TO SEE HER ASSISTANTS ERIN AND GARY COACHING THE TEAM.
FIRST UP, GIOVANNI SWEENEY LOVES JUST THE WAY YOU ARE BY BRUNO MARS.
FUN FACTS SAY HE LIKES TO BE SNEAKY?
STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR.
LOOK AT THAT.
THAT IS A GREAT HIT.
GREAT HIT GIOVANNI HEADING TO FIRST.
ALL RIGHT.
COMING UP TO THE PLATE IS LUKE MILLS' FAVORITE HERO IS IRON MAN.
OH HE LOVES "STAR WARS" AND HE PRETENDS HIS LAST 9/11 IS SKY WALKER.
LUKE, I LOVE THAT FOR YOU.
LUKE SKY WALKER.
AND ACCORDING TO HIS COACH WHO LEFT ME A NOTE THIS MORNING.
HE HITS LIKE A CHAMP.
SO LET'S SEE.
NICE ONE LUKE.
STRAIGHT BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD.
HE IS RUNNING TO FIRST BASE.
BOOM.
THAT MAN LOVES BEING ON FIRST.
LOOK AT THAT AND I LOVE THE HIGH 5 FROM THE BOXCARS PLAYERS.
THAT IS SO GREAT.
WE ENCOURAGE TEAMWORK HERE.
JADEN PEREZ, HIS HERO IS DAD.
HE KNOWS THE NAMES OF ALL THE DISNEY PRINCESSES.
DON'T WE ALL?
JAYDEN GETTING SET WITH HIS MOM AND SHE GETS THE IPHONE OUT BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT.
WHAT A NICE HIT STRAIGHT UP THE FIRST BASE LINE AND HE IS RUNNING.
THERE WE GO.
GREAT JOB JAYDEN.
ALL RIGHT.
TOBIAS DIXIE FROM MANLIUS.
HIS FAVORITE TEAM IS THE NEW YORK KNICKS.
BUT HE IS A D.J.
KNOWN AS BOSS MAN 315.
HIS COACH TELLS ME HE HAS BIG SMILES FOR EVERYONE.
AND WE LOVE THAT, TOBIAS.
THAT IS FANTASTIC.
BOOM.
STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE BACK TO THE PITCHER.
TOBIAS HEADING TO FIRST.
AND GETTING A HIGH FIVE.
THERE WE GO.
EVERYONE IS COMING IN.
THAT'S IT.
THAT IS IT FOR HOPPERS.
EVERYBODY IS COMING IN.
COME ON.
WE ARE GOING ALL THE WAY HOME.
WE WHO HAVE SEEING EVERYBODY RUN AROUND THE BASES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GET TO THE LAST BATTER.
EVERYONE WANTS TO GET TO HOME PLATE AND CELEBRATE THAT.
SO HERE WE GO.
WE ARE GETTING TO HOME PLAI.
NO, THAT WAY TOBIAS.
YOU GOT IT.
THERE WE GO.
BIG HIGH FIVE FROM THE COACH.
STOMP ON HOME PLATE.
THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT.
NOW WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE MELO ROOFING BOXCARS IN THE YELLOW.
WE COULDN'T DO IT FROM WITHOUT OUR INTENSE HELP FROM OUR COACHES.
COACH CARRIE, RIGHT OFF THE T AND RIGHT BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD.
THAT WAS A GREAT HIT.
HE THINKS IT'S A DOUBLE.
NO ONE IS GOING TO ARGUE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
WAIT A MINUTE.
GOING ALL THE WAY TO THIRD.
IS HE GOING TO TRY TO STEAL HOME?
HE IS.
THIS IS HILARIOUS.
GOOD FOR YOU.
NO UP WITH IS STOPPING YOU.
IT'S A HOME RUN FOR KALIN.
DYLAN SAID IS IT MY TURN YET?
COME ON.
WE ARE WAITING FOR THE PITCHER TO GET HIS BALLS BACKS.
AS WE THROW THEM BACK IN THE FIELD.
DYLAN IS PATIENTLY WAITING FOR THE PITCH.
WE TELL THEM NOT TO SWING AT THE FIRST PITCH.
HAVE YOU TO FIND A PITCH THAT YOU LIKE.
SO DYLAN JUST WANTS TO HIT THAT BALL.
WHOA.
THAT IS OUT THERE.
THAT WENT BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD.
WAY OUT THERE.
SEE, I FEEL LIKE DYLAN TO TAKE A SECOND.
THAT FELT LIKE A DOUBLE.
BRADLEY SIX COACH CARRIE'S SON, AND COACH MATT'S, SO HE IS GOING TO PITCH TO HIS SON AND CARRIE IN THE BACKGROUND TAKING VIDEO OF IT BECAUSE WE LOVE DOING THAT AS PARENTS.
WE WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE VIDEOS FROM ALL OF THESE GAMES.
ALL RIGHT.
BRADLEY HEADING TO FIRST.
GREAT HIT OFF HIS DAD, OF COURSE HIS DAD KNOWS WHAT TO PITCH TO HIM.
WHAT IS FUNNY WITH CHALLENGER BASEBALL IS THE PITCHERS HAVE A REALLY TOUGH TIME.
THEY ARE TRYING TO PITCH TO THE PLAYER SO THAT THEY WILL HIT IT.
SO IT'S A VERY PRECISE KIND OF PITCHING.
SOUNDS EASY BUT IT'S HARDER THAN YOU THINK.
THEY ARE NOT PITCHING SO THAT THEY WILL MISS THE BALL.
THEY'RE PITCHING SO THAT THEY WILL HIT THE BALL.
ALL RIGHT.
ANDREW HEADING OVER TO FIRST, NICE HIT FROM ANDREW.
HIGH 5.
AND ANDREW'S MOM.
ANDREW'S MOM, WE LOVE THAT SHIRT.
WE ENCOURAGE THAT.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO GET ANDREW'S MOM SHIRTS.
JONATHAN, JONATHAN VIERU HITTING OFF THE T AND GETTING HIT FROM HIS MOM, I BELIEVE.
AND WE ARE GOING TO COUNT THAT AS A HIT.
ALL RIGHT JONATHAN.
HEADING UP TO FIRST.
WITH THE HELP OF MOM.
OH AND DYLAN IS GOING TO COME IN.
DYLAN IS GOING TO COME IN AND SAY YEAH, I DESERVE THAT.
I DESERVE GETTING TO HOME BASE.
IF THAT WAS ME, I WOULD HAVE JUMPED ON HOME, BUT, YOU KNOW... AND THERE'S BRADLEY.
HE'S WAITING PATIENTLY ON THIRD.
HOPEFULLY SOMEONE IS GOING TO BRING HIM HOME.
ALL RIGHT, ROBBIE CALCAGINO.
ROBBIE, IF I GOT IT WRONG, YOU CAN SEE ME ON THE FIELD AND TELL ME I GOT IT WRONG.
HE HAS GOT A GREAT STANCE.
AND THE WAY HE IS HOLDING THE BAT, HE IS SERIOUS.
STRAIGHT UP BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD.
GOING RIGHT TO FIRST BASE.
NOTE TO SELF, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE ROBBIE HAS GOT A SHIRT NEXT SEASON.
NOT ONLY AM I DOING THE PLAY BY PLAY, BUT I ALSO MANAGE A LOT OF WHAT GOES ON WITH CHALLENGER BASEBALL AND WHENEVER I SEE SOMEONE NOT WEARING A SHIRT, I RUN UP TO THEM AND SAY DID WE GOT GET YOU A SHIRT?
CAN'T HELP IT.
PATRICIA LAMACH IS UP.
NICE HIT.
STRAIGHT UP THE THIRD BASELINE.
IN THE ADULT LEAGUE, WE DON'T COUNT FOUL BALLS.
THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A FOUL BUT IN THE ADULT LEAGUE-- I WENT UP TO THE FIRST BASE LINE AND WE ARE HAPPY SHE IS ON FIRST BASE.
WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT LEAGUES AS PART OF CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
JUNIORS ARE 15 YEARS AND YOUNGER.
AND ADULTS ARE 15 YEARS AND OLDER AND THEN THERE IS A SENIOR LEAGUE AND THEY PLAY MORE COMPETITIVE BASEBALL.
WITH STRIKES AND OUTS AND FOUL BALLS.
HERE IS MATT HEY LOOKING VERY GOOD.
HE ALMOST HIT COACH MATT.
HE DUCKED QUICKLY.
HE KNEW MATT WAS GOING TO HIT.
AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS MATT WILL TRY OUT-- WE HAVE SPRING TRAINING IN APRIL AT PERFECT PRACTICE.
SO WE WILL TRY OUT A LOT OF THE PLAYERS AT PERFECT PRACTICE, AND SEE IF MAYBE THEY'RE READY TO MOVE UP.
AND WE'LL LOOK AT THEM THEN AND SEE, OKAY, ARE YOU READY FOR THE SENIOR LEAGUE.
WE ARE HEADING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND WITH MODERN KITCHENS OF SYRACUSE HOPPERS THAT'S JOSEF PALMER AND ACCORDING TO HIS COACH, JOSEF IS A HUGE YANKEE FAN RIGHT BACK TO THE COACH HE IS GOING TO HEAD UP TO FIRST.
COACH IS THROWING OUT THE BALLS TO THE OUTFIELD SO EVERYONE IN THE OUTFIELD GETS TO PICK UP THE BALL AND THROW IT BACK TO THE COACH.
HOPEFULLY WHEN THE COACH IS PAYING ATTENTION.
TRY TO INSTILL THAT IN THE PLAYERS.
MAKE SURE THE COACH IS PAYING ATTENTION WHEN YOU THROW THE BALL BACK TO HIM.
SO EVERYONE IN THE FIELD HAS A CHANCE TO BE PART OF THE ACTIVITY TOBIAS DIXIE FROM MANLIUS.
HE IS READY TO HIT.
AND ALL OF THESE PLAYERS THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE TODAY EXCEPT FOR BRADLEY SIX, EVERY ONE OF THESE PLAYERS IS BRAND NEW TO CHALLENGER SO IT'S THEIR FIRST SEASON PLAYING BASEBALL.
I WOULD SAY THEY'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
BRADLEY SIX MOVED UP FROM THE JUNIOR LEAGUE BECAUSE HIS MOM DECIDED TO BE A COACH.
SO HE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A LONGER TIME.
THIS IS JAYDEN PEREZ.
HE LOVES FIRST BASE AND MUSICALS I'M THERE WITH YOU.
I SAW HAMILTON WHEN IT WAS HERE IN SYRACUSE TWICE.
THE FOLKS AT WCNY SAID PLEASE DON'T SING HAMILTON WHILE WE ARE ON THE AIR.
LUKE MILLS IS UP.
WHOA.
WE GOT OUR FIRST HIT THAT HIT THE COACH.
OH LUKE, THAT WAS TOUGH!
THAT'S GOING TO LEAVE A MARK.
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN ON THE FIELD AT CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
GIOVANNI SWEEP-- GIOVANNI SWEENEY COMING UP NEXT.
DOWN THE THIRD BASELINE.
EVERYBODY SCORES.
HE IS THE LAST HITTER AND EVERYBODY SCORES.
EVERYBODY IS COMING IN.
SO THERE ARE SO MANY PIECES THAT MAKE THESE TEAMS WORK.
AND I TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE COACHES AND HOW THEY HELP OUT ON THE FIELD.
THE OTHER THING IS SPONSORS.
YOU KNOW, WE GET SHIRTS FOR EVERYBODY.
THERE IS INSURANCE AND OTHER THINGS TO PAY FOR AND SO I GOT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO MELO ROOFING.
THEY'RE SPONSORS OF THE BOXCARS WHICH ARE THE PINK AND YELLOW SHIRTS AND SYRACUSE MODERN KITCHENS OF SYRACUSE, THEY ARE THE SPONSOR OF THE HOPPERS.
THEY'RE THE PINK AND MINT GREEN BLUISH SWIRL AND THEY'RE BOTH NEW SPONSORS TO CHALLENGER BASEBALL AND WITHOUT THEIR HELP, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THEM.
JONATHAN VIERU UP ON FIRST BASE.
AND HERE COMES ROBBIE CALCAGINO.
BOOM.
WHOA.
WHERE DID THAT GO!
I THINK THAT WENT PAST SECOND BASE.
ROBBIE, I'M FEELING LIKE YOU COULD HAVE TAKEN TWO BASES ON THAT ONE.
THAT WAS A REALLY NICE HIT.
DID WE HIT THE CAMERAMAN IN THE OUSTED?
I HOPE NOT.
PATRICIA LAMACH IS UP AT THE PLATE.
SHE HIT THAT ONE HANDED.
AND LOOK AT HER HEADING OUT TO FIRST BASE.
NICE JOB PATRICIA.
WE GOT ANOTHER BIG HITTER.
WE GOT MATTHEW, CRACKERJACK HEY.
I HAVE NEVER ASKED MATTHEW WHY HIS NICKNAME IS CRACKERJACK BUT I WILL HAVE TO ASK HIM NEXT TIME I SEE HIM.
NICE HEADING OVER TO THIRD BASE.
GROUNDBALL.
GOOD JOB, MATT.
AND JONATHAN VIERU IS SCORING ON THAT ONE.
STEPPING ON HOME PLATE.
LOOK AT THAT SMILE.
EVERYBODY IN THE OUTFIELD IS READY FOR KALIN WHO LIKES TO HIT THEM HARD.
AND YOU CAN TELL THAT KALIN REALLY LIKES BASEBALL THE WAY HE IS STANDING, THE WAY HE HOLDS THAT BAT.
SPENT A LOT OF TIME EXPLAINING WHERE TO HOLD THE BAT TO GET THE MOST OUT OF YOUR SWING AND KALIN HAS GOT THAT DOWN.
HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE IT A DOUBLE.
MATT WAS LIKE, NO.
NO, I'M HERE ON SECOND BASE.
PLEASE GO BACK.
DYLAN SCHOLZ FROM SYRACUSE.
BOOM.
BOOM.
STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD.
DYLAN IS GOING TO FIRST.
WELL DONE.
AND THAT SCORES PATRICIA LAMACH.
NICE JOB.
COACH'S SON BRADLEY SIX IS UP.
COME ON, MATT, GIVE 'EM SOMETHING GOOD.
LIKE NO, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE.
THERE YOU GO.
STRAIGHT BACK AT DAD.
AND HE'S GOT A HELPER HELPING HIM RUN TO FIRST BASE, NICE JOB.
AND I BET COACH CARRIE IS VIDEOTAPING THAT.
LAST UP, THE BOXCARS, THIS IS ANDREW BARON.
HE'S WARMING UP.
COACH MATT IS LIKE WAIT A MINUTE.
ARE YOU GOING TO HIT ME WITH THAT BAT?
WELL DONE.
ANDREW IS BRINGING EVERYONE HOME.
KALIN IS GOING TO SCORE, DYLAN IS GOING TO SCORE.
THERE WE GO.
BRADLEY SIX COMING IN FROM THIRD AND ANDREW ALL THE WAY, KEEP GOING.
YOU GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT.
BRADLEY IS GOING TO HOME PLATE.
BOOM.
YEAH SEE, SOMETIMES THE PARENTS WHO ARE RUNNING WITH THE PLAYERS, THEY'RE HAVING MORE FUN.
ALL RIGHT EVERYONE IS COMING IN.
WE ARE GOING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE THIRD.
BOOM, THERE WE GO.
WORD OF THE DAY IS BOOM.
WE ARE BACK ON THE HOPPERS.
GIOVANNI SWEENEY, HE IS LAUGHING, HAVING A GREAT TIME.
LOOK AT THAT SMILE.
BOOM.
I CAN'T EVEN SEE WHERE THAT BALL WENT.
WELL DONE.
NICE HIT GIOVANNI.
WAVE TO MOM.
MOST IMPORTANT.
LUKE MILLS FROM EAST SYRACUSE.
WE ARE CALLING YOU LUKE SKY WALKER TODAY, LUKE.
ALL RIGHT.
USE THE FORCE.
BOOM.
NO, HE IS LIKE I CAN DO BETTER.
THERE WE GO.
THE FORCE IS STRONG WITH THIS ONE.
HE'S GOING TO LOVE IT.
WELL DONE.
THAT IS A NICE HIGH FIVE MUCH.
TOBIAS DIXIE IS UP.
ALL RIGHT.
NICE HIT BACK TO THE COACH AND HE IS GOING TO RUN TO FIRST.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE TO HIT IT OUT OF THE PARK.
WE EXPLAIN THAT ALL THE TIME.
GROUNDBALLS ARE JUST AS GOOD.
EVERYONE THINKS THEY'VE GOT TO HIT A HOME RUN EVERY TIME.
YOU DO NOT.
JOSEF PALMER HITTING OFF THE T?
ARE WE GOING TO COUNT THAT?
HE IS GOING TO GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT.
THERE WE GO.
KISSING THE BAT FOR LUCK.
HERE WE GO.
THERE YOU GO.
AND THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE.
OKAY.
YOU GIVE THE BALL AND THE BAT A LITTLE KISS AND HE'S STRAIGHT UP TO SECOND BASE.
WELL DONE.
AND EVERYBODY SCORES.
THERE YOU GO.
HIGH FIVE ON FIRST BASE.
AND EVERYBODY IS COMING IN.
THERE YOU GO.
HEADING DOWN TO FIRST.
HEADING DOWN TO HOME PLATE.
GREAT SCORE.
COME ON.
WE ARE ALL SCORING.
LIKE I'M TAKING MY TIME.
I'M ENJOYING THIS.
I'M SOAKING IT ALL IN.
EVERYBODY GIVES ME A HIGH FIVE.
EVERYBODY.
THANKS DYLAN.
COME ON, JOSEF.
WE ARE GOING HOME.
ALL RIGHT.
I'LL GO HOME.
THIS WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY DID THIS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
JUST TAKE YOUR TIME.
OH HE IS SHOWING US THE GUNS.
IT'S A GUN SHOW.
WELL DONE, JOSEF.
STANDING OVATION.
ALL RIGHT.
IT IS A WRAP FROM CARRIER PARK.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I'M DEE PERKINS.
HOPE YOU JOIN US FOR NEXT WEEK'S COVERAGE OF SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
>> TO BELIEVE IN AMERICA IS TO BELIEVE IN POSSIBILITY.
POSSIBILITY WORDS 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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