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Junior League Double-Header!
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It's a Syracuse Challenger Junior league double-header!
This week's Syracuse Challenger Baseball Game of the Week: a Junior league double-header!
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>> 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.
I'M DEE PERKINS.
TODAY'S GAME OF THE WEEK IS A JUNIOR LEAGUE DOUBLE HEADER FEATURING THE JUNIOR GREEN C MICHAEL EXTERIORS VERSUS THE JUNIOR PURPLE ARC OF ONONDAGA.
FIRST TO THE PLATE IS JACOB BACHMEYER AND JACOB, SWING AND FIRST PITCH FROM COACH JOSH BROWN AND JACOB IS HEADING TO FIRST.
AND COACH JOSH IS OUT THERE ON THE FIELD ALONG WITH COACH SAM IN CASE THERE ARE ANY ERRANT HITS THAT HEAD OUT TO THE OUTFIELD.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS FACE.
MASON MAKES ANOTHER HIT.
SENDING JACOB TO THE SECOND BASE.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT HITS HERE ON THE PURPLE TEAM.
REAGAN KING FROM MANLIUS, HER FAVORITE FOOD IS HAMBURGERS.
AND SHE IS VERY GOOD AT CREATIVE WRITING.
PLUS A GREAT PAIR OF PANTS.
GOT TO LOVE THOSE STRIPES AT THE BOTTOM.
SHE IS HEADING TO FIRST, TOO.
LOOK AT HER RUN.
THIS IS A KID WHO IS FAST.
AND SHE HAS TO BE.
SHE IS ONE OF TRIPLETS.
SANTINO MARINEY HIS SONG IS ANYTHING HIS MOM CAN'T SANK-- CAN'T SING ALONG WITH.
BEING A MOM WHO SINGS IN THE CAR A LOT, THAT MAKES ME LAUGH.
SANTINO HEADING TO FIRST BASE AND THAT BRINGS IN JACOB BACHMEYER.
NICE JOB.
NEXT UP IS HUNTER KING, ONE OF TRIPLETS ON THIS TEAM.
HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF BUT ANOTHER BIG HIT FROM THE KING FAMILY.
HUNTER, LOOK AT THAT.
THE ADORATION FOR HUNTER.
HEADING TO FIRST AND MASON BUNCH SCORES.
ALL RIGHT, GIANNI IANNOLO, HIS HERO IS HIS OFFICER JOHN AT LAKE SHORE ELEMENTARY.
OFFICER JOHN, WE LOVE YOU.
OH LOOK AT THAT HIT.
RIGHT UP THE THIRD BASELINE AND THEN INTO THE DUGOUT AND HE IS RUNNING TO FIRST.
REAGAN KING IS SCORING.
UP AT BAT WE'VE GOT EMIR DELIC.
EMIR IS WAITING FOR THE RIGHT PITCH FROM JOSH AND THERE YOU GO.
RIGHT BACK TO THE PITCHER.
JOSH THROWING THEM OUT TO THE OUTFIELD AND THAT BRINGS IN SANTINO.
BRADLEY BOURGOIN, HIS HERO IS HIS MOM.
I LOVE THAT.
THAT WAS A GREAT HIT.
RIGHT BACK AT THE PITCHER.
GOOD THING WE DID NOT HIT JOSH ON THAT ONE.
THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
HE IS SMILING.
HE KNOWS.
I ALMOST HIT THE PITCHER.
AIDAN KING IS UP NEXT AND WE WILL THROW TO THE CAMERAS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE KING FAMILY.
>> HI, I'M AIDAN KINGMENT AND I AM ON PEP EVERY CHALLENGES AND I AM NUMBER 1.
>> I AM REAGAN KING AND I'M ON THE PURPLE TEAM AND I AM NUMBER 2.
-- 11.
>> HUNTER KING.
>> I LIKE TO LIKE RUN LIKE THE BASES.
I RUN THE BASES BECAUSE THAT'S THE MOST THING YOU GET TO DO.
>> IT'S LIKE GETTING HOME RUNS.
>> I LIKE-- I JUST LIKE WALKING TO THE VICTORY.
>> YES, WE HAVE FUNNY MOMENTS.
>> YES, A LOT.
>> HUNTER BEAT ME UP WHEN WE WERE DOING THIS AT THE GAME.
>> I WAS BEATING HIM UP.
>> SO, WHILE THEY'RE PLAYING CHALLENGER BASEBALL, THIS IS OUR SECOND YEAR.
AND THE FIRST YEAR IT WAS JUST VERY HEART WARMING TO BE A PART OF THE CHALLENGER LEAGUE.
IT WAS NICE BEING AROUND PARENTS WHO UNDERSTOOD WHAT WE WENT THROUGH, LIKE THERE WAS NO WEIRD LOOKS WHEN THEY WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSITIONING.
IT WAS WELCOMING AND REASSURING THAT THESE PARENTS KNOW WHAT WE GO THROUGH ON A DAILY BASIS AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THEM HAVE PEERS THAT THEY CONNECTED WITH AND HAVE FRIENDSHIPS OFF THE FIELD AS WELL.
>> FOR ME IT WAS THE SKILL.
LAST YEAR WAS A STRUGGLE GETTING THEM TO THROW THE BALL.
THIS YEAR THEY'RE DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF IT AND THEY CAN HIT BY THEMSELVES NOW.
SLOWLY BUT SURELY WE WILL GET THERE.
>> GREAT TO LEARN ABOUT THE KING FAMILY.
TRIPLETS, THAT'S A LOT.
AIDAN STRAIGHT OUT AT THE PITCHER.
LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE A LOT OF PRACTICE AT HOME BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY GOOD.
GIANNI IANNOLO SCORES HOME PLATE AND AIDAN IS VERY HAPPY TO BE ON FIRST BASE.
BENTLEY ROBBINS IS UP.
CHT I LOVE HIS BASEBALL BAT.
WAY UP IN THE AIR DOWN THE FIRST BASE LINE.
BENTLEY IS HEADING RIGHT TO FIRST AND HE IS READY AND EMIR IS SCORING AT HOME PLATE AND LOOK AT THE GREEN TEAM.
THEY'RE READY.
UP AT THE PLATE IS ERIK PERRAULT.
HE HAS A GREAT SWING.
LOOK AT THAT.
HE HAS WATCHED MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
BOOM, RIGHT BACK AT THE PITCHER, HEADING TO FIRST AND COMING HOME IS BRADLEY BOURGOIN.
ALL RIGHT, BRADLEY.
NICE SCORE.
UP NEXT IS OWEN CHAPLIN.
OWEN GETTING SOME HELP FROM MOM.
BIG HIT!
ALL RIGHT.
HEADED UP THE THIRD BASELINE.
LET GO OF THE BAT.
[LAUGHTER] YOU DON'T WANT TO HIT... THERE WE GO.
GOOD JOB, MOM.
DON'T WANT TO HIT THE FIRST BASEMAN WITH A BAT.
NICE WORK OWEN.
AND AIDAN IS SCORING, HEADING TO HOME PLATE.
A NICE HIGH 5.
LAST UP IS AL ALEKS RIZZO.
HE IS PART IRISH AND PART MACEDONIAN.
GREAT HIT FOR AL EX, STRAIGHT UP THE THIRD BASELINE.
HE IS THE LAST BUTTER.
HE BRINGS HOME EVERYBODY.
BENTLEY, ERIK, OH THERE IS JOHN, THE LEAGUE PRESIDENT.
AND THAT BRINGS EVERYBODY IN.
ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY SCORES.
AND WE ARE GOING TO SWITCH SIDES AND GET TO THE GREEN TEAM.
HEAD COACH SAM CICALI AND ERICA FRY AND BRIAN TUCKER HELPING OUT TODAY.
SAM HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A LONG TIME, OVER 10 YEARS, ONE OF OUR BEST COACHES AND A REALLY, REALLY GREAT PITCHER.
SO IT WILL BE FUN TO SEE HIM TODAY.
ALEX JOHNSON FIRST AT-BAT AND HIS HERO IS HIS GRANDPA.
AND HE IS EXCITED TO GET TO FIRST BASE.
LOOK AT THAT.
HE KNOWS WHERE THE CAMERA IS, TOO.
WELL DONE, ALEX.
BEN PETRICK JOHNSON FROM BALDWINSVILLE.
FUN FACT, HE WANTS TO HAVE A BULL FARM AND HIS FAVORITE SONG IS THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER.
THAT'S GREAT.
RIGHT OVER COACH SAM, RUNNING OUT TO FIRST BASE.
GREAT, GREAT RUN.
CARTER VALENTINO, HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS GUMMY BEARS.
HIS FAVORITE SONG IS THE ALPHABET SONG.
YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT FOREVER.
GREAT HIT RIGHT BACK TO COACH SAM.
HE IS STARTING TO GET TO THE OUTFIELD WHERE THE PLAYERS CAN CATCH THE BALLS AND THROW THEM BACK TO COACH SAM, WHILE HE IS LOOKING.
JAYCE VALENTINO.
CARTER'S BROTHER AND HE/HIS HERO IS SPIREDMAN-- SPIDERMAN.
BOOM, NICE HIT.
BACK TO COACH SAM.
NOW RUN.
SEE, THE YOUNG GUYS, WE HAVE TO TELL THEM.
RUN TO FIRST BASE.
LOOK AT THAT SMILE.
THIS IS WHY THEY COME BACK HERE AND YEAR AND PLAY CHALLENGER BASEBALL BECAUSE ONCE YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING, IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
[LAUGHTER] OUR CATCHER IS TRYING TO TAG SOMEBODY OUT.
THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN.
DAVID WALDON.
AND WELL DONE COACH SAM.
COACH SAM PITCHED THAT RIGHT TO HIS BAT.
WELL DONE FOR COACH SAM.
AND COACH SAM IS OUT THERE EVERY TUESDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT AND WHEN HE GETS DOWN ON ONE KNEE TO PITCH, I ALWAYS LOOK AT HIM AND SAY OUCH.
[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.
DECLAN PREUSS.
HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS CHEESE PIZZA.
IF HE HAD A SUPER POWER, HE WOULD TURN FROM A PUPPY TO A SCHUMANN.
WELL, PUPPIES HAVE REALLY GOOD LIVES.
SO I GET THAT.
AND RIGHT TO FIRST.
THERE YOU GO.
GREAT RUN.
DUNCAN TUCKER, DUNCAN'S PARENTS HELP OUT AND HIS FAVORITE SONG IS PIANO MAN BY BILLY JOEL.
ALL RIGHT, THAT WAS A BIG HIT.
DUNCAN, TAKE THE BASE!
HARRISON MULHOLLAND, HIS HERO IS SUPER GROVER.
OKAY.
HARRISON RUN TO FIRST BASE.
WELL DONE.
COACH TRINITY IN THE BACKGROUND, THE OTHER COACH FOR THE PURPLE TEAM.
OWEN WHITE, HIS-- HOLDEN WHITE, HIS HERO IS BATMAN AND HIS FAVORITE SONG IS STEVE'S LAVA CHICKEN.
I DON'T KNOW THAT SONG BUT IT SOUNDS GREAT.
THAT WAS A BIG HIT, HE IS RUNNING TO FIRST BASE.
THAT WILL SCORE DECHLAN PREUSS.
JACKSON STUENZI, HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS SUSHI AND HIS FAVORITE ATHLETE IS OTTO THE ORANGE.
MOM IS HELPING OUT.
COME ON, LET'S RUN.
WELL DONE.
AND THAT WILL SCORE DUNCAN.
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE UP TO JUDAH CRAVER AND HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS FRENCH FRIES AND KETCHUP AND HE LIKES TO PRANK HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
OKAY.
GREAT HIT FOR JUDAH.
MOM IS HELPING OUT AS THEY RUN TO FIRST.
AND A BIG SCORE FROM HARRISON MULHOLLAND.
LOGAN BAEZ.
LOGAN GETTING SOME HELP.
THERE WE GO.
BIG HIT.
RUNNING TO FIRST.
AND EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO HAVE HELPERS AT CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
IF YOU NEED THEM, IF YOU DON'T NEED THEM, THAT'S FINE AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, SOME PLAYERS DON'T WANT THEIR PARENTS ON THE FIELD WITH THEM.
I LOVE WHEN THE OTHER PLAYER HAS AN IPHONE AND IS RECORDING SOME OF THE GAME F. YOU LOVE SPORTS AND YOU LOVE TO RECORD THINGS, THAT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
HEAD TO FIRST.
SCORING AT THE PLATE.
WESTIN WHITE, HIS HERO IS MY FAMILY, MY TEACHERS AND Mrs.
TEISCH.
OH, THAT WAS A BIG HIT.
I THINK COACH JOSH CAUGHT IT ACTUALLY.
THAT WAS ALL THE WAY OUT TO SECOND BASE.
GREAT HIT.
ZOEY ANNA THAYER, FAVORITE FOOD IS DADDY'S PULLED PORK.
ZOEY IS READY.
LOOK AT THIS.
NICE HIT.
DROP THE BAT, HEAD ON OUT TO FIRST BASE WITH A HUGE RUN.
AND THAT BRINGS IN LOGAN BAEZ.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MICHAEL VAUGHT.
THERE WE GO.
BIG HIT OUT TO THE THIRD BASEMAN HE IS HEADING TO FIRST AND HE IS OUR LAST BATTER, SO THAT'S GOING TO BRING IN SHAWN WESTIN, ZOEY AND MICHAEL VAUGHT.
EVERYBODY COMES IN AND AGAIN THESE TEAMS, THEY REALLY WORK WELL BECAUSE OF THE COACHES.
LET'S GO NOW TO GAME TWO WHERE WE WILL SEE THE JUNIOR RED NALC NUMBER 134 FACE OFF AGAINST THE JUNIOR DARK BLUE EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY RESOURCES TEAM STARTING OFF THE LINEUP IS AVERY DAWLEY AND HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS SOUR CANDY.
AND HIS HERO IS HIS DAD.
DID HE HIT THE PITCHER IN THE FACE?
SORRY ABOUT THAT.
HE IS SMILING AND SO IS HIS MOM.
OUR PITCHER IS STAYING IN THE GAME.
WE DIDN'T HAVE TO CALL IN FOR HELP HERE SO I GUESS HE IS OKAY.
REALLY GREAT HIT, BRADEN BAKER IS VERY SERIOUS.
THAT PUTS AVERY AT SECOND.
HEAD COACHES ARE MADDIE COOK AND BEV CARLIN.
THEY LOVE TO TEAM.
IF HE HAD A SUPER POWER, IT WOULD BE TO RUN REALLY FAST BUT LOOKING AT HIM, HE IS RUNNING REALLY FAST ALREADY.
I DON'T THINK HE NEEDS THAT SUPER POWER.
OUR COACHES ARE AMAZING ON THIS TEAM.
KAMALA GROVER, I HAVE TO STOP AND SAY SHE IS BRAND NEW TO THE LEAGUE AND WE ADORE HER.
SHE IS SUCH A BRIGHT LIGHT AND HER FAMILY IS AMAZING.
SO HER FIRST SEASON, GREAT JOB CAMILLA, DAD, MOM, THEY'RE AMAZING.
THAT PINK HELMET WE ADORE.
AVERY COMING IN AND ENJOYING TIME ON HOME PLATE AND CAMILLA ON FIRST BASE.
ELLIE IS CAMILLA'S DEAR FRIEND.
THEY STRUCK UP A FRIENDSHIP ON CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
WE LOVE ELLIE, TOO.
SO GREAT TO SEE PEOPLE MAKING FRIENDS BECAUSE OUR NUMBER ONE THING IS TO CREATE FRIENDSHIPS AT CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
NUMBER TWO THING IS TO PLAY BASEBALL.
SO WE ARE EXCITED FOR BOTH OF THEM.
ALL RIGHT AND THAT BROUGHT IN BRADEN BAKER AND ELLIE HEADING TO FIRST, MILLA OVER ON SECOND.
I SEE COACH HEIDI FROM THE DARK BLUE TEAM HELPING OUT ON THE FIELD.
ALL RIGHT.
EVAN BOMGREN.
HIS HEROES ARE HIS PARENTS.
HE LOVES TO LISTEN TO MUSIC.
DON'T WE ALL?
BOOM.
WE JUST KEEP TRYING TO HIT THE PITCHER TODAY.
THAT'S OUR JOB.
WELL, DONE, EVAN AND THAT BRINGS CAMERON HOME.
NICE JOB, EVAN.
COACH MADDIE AND COACH BEV, THEY JUST LOVE EVERY ONE OF THEIR PLAYERS.
THE RED TEAM IS SUCH A SPECIAL TEAM.
HECTOR MONTANEZ.
HIS FAVORITE ACTOR IS JOHN CENA.
HE IS SUPER STRONG AND SUPER FUNNY.
GREAT HIT.
STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
HECTOR HEADING TO FIRST BRINGING HOME CAMILLA.
GREAT JOB CAMILLA.
YAY!
ALL RIGHT, JACOB HOLLADY UP AT BAT.
COACH BEV RIGHT BEHIND JACOB.
NICE HIT STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
HE IS LOOKING BEHIND HIM LIKE, COME ON.
I'M GUESSING THAT IS HIS SISTER OR HELPER AND HE WANTS HER TO FOLLOW HIM.
AND THERE GOES ELLIE.
ON HOME PLATE.
NICE JOB.
HARPER COLLINS, OH I KNOW HARPER.
HARPER HITS THEM REALLY HARD.
FAVORITE ATHLETE IS SIMONE BILES.
BOOM.
THERE YOU GO.
A BOUNCER STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
AND SHE IS THE LAST BATTER SO THAT BRINGS EVERYBODY HOME.
THERE GOES EVAN AND HECTOR DOING A REALLY GREAT JOB STAYING HIM-- STAYING BEHIND HIM.
AND THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE TRAFFIC JAM AT HOME PLATE.
ALL RIGHT.
SO THAT BRINGS UP THE EXCEPTIONAL FAMILY RESOURCES DARK BLUE TEAM WITH HEAD COACH HEIDI FEATHERS, A GREAT COACH STEPPED IN WHEN ONE OF THE COACHES MOVED UP TO THE SENIOR LEAGUE.
SHE LOVES COACHING.
HUXLEY IS UP.
HIS FAVORITE TEAM IS THE BOSTON RED SOX.
SOME YANKEES FANS WILL BE UPSET ABOUT THAT.
GREAT HIT BACK TO HEIDI.
AND HE IS RUNNING TO FIRST.
GREAT JOB.
AND HERE IS JAEDIN FEATHERS, HEIDI'S SON.
HE IS ONE OF OUR SMALLER PLAYERS.
HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS PASTA.
HE REALLY TAKES BASEBALL VERY SERIOUSLY.
THAT'S A POP-UP BACK TO HIS MOM.
HEADING TO FIRST.
AND A SLIDE ON YOUR BELL TOE FIRST BASE.
I LOVE IT.
LANDON POTTER LOVES VANILLA ICE CREAM.
SO DO I, LANDON.
IT'S UNDERRATED.
BOOM, A BIG GREEN BAT.
HE THROWS THAT BAT FAR.
AND HE IS GOING TO BE HEADING TO FIRST.
NOW THAT WILL PUT JAEDIN AT SECOND.
LANDON OVER AT THIRD IS THIS BRINGS UP NATALEY KAUFAN.
IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, SHE USED TO WEAR A PINK TUTU WHEN SHE PLAYED BASEBALL.
AND I ALWAYS SAID TO HER, I WAS GOING TO WEAR THAT TONIGHT GREAT HIT FOR NATALEY.
OWEN GINSBURG, FAVORITE FOOD IS APPLES.
PERFECT TIME TO BE LOVING APPLES.
WHOA!
WAY UP THERE.
AND JAEDIN IS COVERING HOME PLATE.
HE WANTS EVERYONE TO KNOW HE IS AT HOME PLATE.
COMING UP NEXT IS RILEY GREENE.
HIS FAVORITE SONG IS "SHAKE IT OFF" BY TAYLOR SWIFT AND HIS HERO IS THE CREATOR OF MINECRAFT.
BIG HIT BACK TO COACH HEIDI AND RILEY IS HEADING UP TO FIRST BASE.
WELL DONE.
AND THAT SCORES LANDON POTTER.
THERE IS COACH BEV HANGING OUT WITH THE FOLKS ON THE RED TEAM IN THE OUTFIELD.
SAMMY GREY, HIS HERO IS MOM AND DAD.
HIS SUPER POWER WOULD BE ARACHNOSTING.
HE IS HEADING TO FIRST BASE.
THERE IS NATALEY SCORING.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'VE GOT SHANE GATZENDORFER.
HE HAS A GREAT STORY.
WE ARE EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS FAMILY.
>> FIRST BASE!
>> SHANE HAS BEEN PLAYING BASEBALL FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
THE CHALLENGER THING HAS BEEN AMAZING.
LIKE IT'S SO NICE THAT LIKE HE HAS A LEAGUE TO GO TO TO LIKE PLAY WITH PEOPLE LIKE HIM.
SHANE WAS BORN WITH MOW SAYIC DOWN SYNDROME WHICH MEANS-- MOAS AIC DOWN SYNDROME.
3% OF HIS CELLS THAT DO NOT HAVE THE EXTRA CHROMOSOME.
BUT WE WILL NEVER KNOW LIKE WHAT THAT IS.
I THINK IT'S HAND-EYE COORDINATION.
HE IS THE LIGHT OF MY LIFE.
HE IS MY LITTLE BUDDY.
MY RIGHT HAND MAN.
WE DO EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
HE GETS ME OUT IN THE BACKYARD PLAYING BASEBALL.
AFTER 20 MINUTES, COME ON SHANE.
NO, NO, WE NEED TO HIT SOME MORE.
I KEPT SAYING LET'S GO IN AND SIT DOWN.
NO, I WANT TO PRACTICE.
HE JUST MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY.
HE MAKES PEOPLE HAPPY ALL AROUND HIM AND PEOPLE ALWAYS WANT-- THEY GRAVITATE TOWARDS HIM.
HE IS FUNNY.
ARE YOU FUNNY?
>> NO.
>> YES, YOU ARE.
>> EYES ON THE BALL.
KILL IT.
>> I WILL.
>> GO.
>> HE IS THE MOST EMPATHETIC CHILD IN THE WHOLE WORLD.
>> SORRY.
SOMEBODY WILL DROP SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY GETS HURT AND HE WILL GO RIGHT OVER.
ARE YOU OKAY?
>> I AM OKAY, THANK YOU.
>> HE IS THE BEST REMINDER OF HOW YOU SHOULD SHOW UP IN SOCIETY EVERY SINGLE DAY OR SHOW UP WITH OTHER PEOPLE EVERY DAY.
>> THAT'S FOR SURE.
>> YOU ARE THE BEST.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I LOVE YOU.
OH THANK YOU.
>> I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF TOUGH TIMES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER AND LIKE HE REALLY GAVE ME A REASON TO LIKE LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT DAY.
HE LITERALLY SAVED MY LIFE F. HE WAS NOT BORN, LIKE, YEAH BUDDY, OL' PAL.
>> ALL RIGHT, BACK TO THE GAME.
HERE IS SHANE.
BIG POP FLY OUT TO SECOND BASE.
HE IS TREATING THIS AS A HOME RUN.
LOOK AT THAT.
THE CROWD GOES WILD.
WELL DONE SHANE.
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE AT WESTON BOURQUE.
HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS WATERMELON.
GREAT FOR THE SUMMER.
HE LIKES TRAINS.
AND A BOBBLER BACK TO COACH HEIDI AND HE IS HEADED TO FIRST BASE.
AND RILEY SCORES.
DO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE ON SECOND BASE?
[LAUGHTER] THAT CAN HAPPEN.
WILLIAM MONAHAN IS UP.
IT'S A WHOLE FAMILY THING.
COACH HEIDI IS PITCHING TODAY AND HER HUSBAND, JUS TUN IS CATCHING.
AND, OF COURSE, HER SON PLAYS CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
IT'S LIKE THAT ACROSS THE LEAGUE WHEN ONE PARENT JOINS UP, USUALLY THE OTHER PARENT GETS PULLED IN.
BRISTOL WEISKOPFH.
SHE'S ALL I WANT TO BE BY TATE McRAY.
IS HER FAVORITE SONG.
BOOM, BIG HIT.
HER HELMET WAS FALLING OFF.
THERE IS SHANE LETTING EVERYONE KNOW HE ABSOLUTELY SCORED.
ELIJAH McDUFFIE UP.
AND I'M GOING TO GUESS A LITTLE HELP FROM MOM.
NICE HIT.
STRAIGHT UP THE FIRST BASE LINE.
AND MOM IS LETTING THEM KNOW WHERE FIRST BASE IS.
THE LITTLE ONES, WE HAVE TO REMIND THEM.
THIS IS WHERE YOU ARE GOING.
THIS IS HOW YOU RUN.
HENRY MENZARI.
HIS FAVORITE SPORTS TEAM IS THE YANKEES HIS FAVORITE SONG IS "MYSTICAL MAGICAL" GREAT CHOICE.
HE IS HEADING UP TO FIRST.
HE IS THE LAST BATTER.
THAT BRINGS IN EVERYONE.
WILLIAM, BRISTOL, AND ELIJAH.
COACH HEIDI JUST SHOWING THEM WHERE HOME PLATE IS.
WELL DONE.
AND THAT'S A WRAP FROM CARRIER PARK.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
I'M DEE PERKINS.
I HOPE YOU JOIN US FOR NEXT WEEK'S COVERAGE OF SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
>> 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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