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The Mets and Yankees compete in the last game of the season!
The DeFrancisco & Falgiatano Personal Injury Lawyers Mets compete against the Judge Parker J. Stone Family Yankees in the Syracuse Challenger Baseball Senior league. Game on!
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The DeFrancisco & Falgiatano Personal Injury Lawyers Mets vs. Judge Parker J.Stone Family Yankees
10/8/2025 | 56m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
The DeFrancisco & Falgiatano Personal Injury Lawyers Mets compete against the Judge Parker J. Stone Family Yankees in the Syracuse Challenger Baseball Senior league. Game on!
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> 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 WE BELIEVE IN COMES OUT OF THE REVOLUTION.
OUR IDEAS OF LIBERTY, EQUALITY, IT'S THE DEFININGY 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.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY AND WELCOME TO SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
MY NAME IS SKIP CLARK YOUR HOST JOINED BY DEE PERKINS AND COACH MIKE.
WHAT A GAME TODAY.
>> WE ARE EXCITED TO BE HERE.
THANKS, SKIP.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN DAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
>> IT IS, AND JIM TALLMAN AT BAT.
>> JIM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
OUR OLDEST PLAYER.
LOOK AT THAT GREAT GROUNDBALL FOR HIM.
>> ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO SECOND BASE.
>> 68 YEARS OLD.
HE IS OLDER THAN ALL OF THE COACHES.
>> EVEN ME.
[LAUGHTER] ALRIGHT.
WE ARE UP WITH MATT AKIN.
EXCITED TO SEE MATT.
THIS IS HIS FIRST YEAR AS A SENIOR.
>> VERY COOL.
AND HE HAS HAD SOME PRETTY GOOD INSTRUCTION.
YOU CAN TELL BY THE WAY HE HOLDS THE BAT AND POSTURE AT THE PLATE.
>> MATT CAME INTO THIS LEAGUE A PRETTY WELL ROUNDED BASEBALL PLAYER, AS WE SAW, IN SPRING TRAINING.
AND NOW HE IS EXCELLING ON THE FIELD AND AT THE PLATE.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> GREAT HIT.
OH NO, FOUL BALL.
AND COACH MARK IS PITCHING TODAY, WHO IS MY HUSBAND.
>> YOU KNOW, I KNEW HE LOOKED FAMILIAR.
>> YEAH.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR.
>> GREAT JOB.
THAT'S A HIT.
NO, ANOTHER FOUL BALL.
>> HE IS JUST KEEPING US WAITING.
>> HE IS.
BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT COACH MIKE, DURING THE, WORKING WITH THESE KIDS AND THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN, REALLY, REALLY HELPS A LOT.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT RIGHT HERE.
NOW THAT'S DEFINITELY A HIT.
>> ALL THE WAY OUT TO PRYCE WHO IS OUT IN THE OUTFIELD FOR THE YANKEES AND HE GETS IT IN AND THAT'S A DOUBLE FOR BRYCE.
>> STANDUP DOUBLE CENTER FIELD.
>> NICE.
>> JACKSON ARMENT.
LISTEN, FAYETTEVILLE HE LIVES IN AND HE LOVES OLIPOP.
>> POP VERSUS SODA.
BUT WHAT A HIT RIGHT THERE.
JACKSON IS OUT AT FIRST.
MEGHAN IS A SMALLER PLAY BUT PACKS A PUNCH.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THIS GIRL.
>> AN S.U.
GRADUATE AS WELL.
>> YES, SHE IS.
>> THIS YEAR.
>> LOOK AT THAT STANCE.
>> YEAH, SHE'S READY.
>> SIZE DOES NOT MATTER.
SHE IS A YOUNGER WOK.
SHE IS UP THERE AT THE PLATE AND READY TO SWING THAT BAT.
>> AND SHE IS OUR FASTEST RUNNER AS WELL.
SO SOMETIMES WHEN OUR PLAYERS NEED RUNNERS, THE FIRST PERSON THEY'RE GOING TO ASK IS MEGHAN.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE IF THIS ONE IS IT.
>> IT'S A SWING AND A MISS.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
SHE HAS HER EYE ON THE BALL.
RIGHT COACH MIKE?
>> MEGHAN IS AN EX-SOFTBALL PLAYER AND ONE OF OUR HARDEST WORKERS, TRY AND IS VERY FAST.
>> CLEARLY SHE MADE IT TO FIRST.
>> AND NOW EVERYBODY IS ON BASE.
BASES ARE LOADED SO TO SPEAK.
>> KATHLEEN COUGHLIN.
KATHLEEN HAS A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY.
HER FAVORITE SONG IS VENTURA HIGHWAY.
ALLIGATOR LIZARDS IN THE AIR, MY FAVORITE LYRICS.
IT DOES.
IT'S ONE... WE USED TO BE-- I USED TO BE A DISK JOCKEY SO SOME OF THESE THINGS STICK IN YOUR HEAD.
>> WE REMEMBER THOSE DAYS.
>> KATHLEEN IS ALSO AN ACTRESS AND A SINGER AND SHE IS IN FRONT ROW PLAYERS AND I HAVE SEEN HER IN A COUPLE OF SHOWS.
SHE IS A GREAT SINGER.
>> NICE.
ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS.
KEEPING HER EYE ON YOUR HUSBAND PITCHING THE BALL.
>> MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT KATHLEEN, IF SHE GETS ON BASE, HER CELEBRATION AT FIRST, SHE JUMPS UP AND DOWN AND RAISES HER FISTS IN THE AIR.
WE NEED TO SEE MORE OF THAT IN BASEBALL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S THE CELEBRATION.
THIS IS ALL A CELEBRATION.
THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN GETTING OUT THERE AND DOING WHAT THEY LOVE WE ARE GOING TO GO TO BOTTOM OF THE FIRST.
YOU CAN SEE THE JUDGE PARKER STONE FAMILY YANKEES.
THEIR LINEUP IS THERE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.
>> MIKE GENERALLY STICKS WITH THE YANKEES PLAYERS AND I'M ON THE METS SIDE SO WE'LL HEAR MORE FROM MIKE ON THESE GUYS.
>> HE LOVES HIS MAC AND CHEESE.
WHO DOESN'T.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> HOW MANY DIFFERENT FLAVORS ARE THERE?
THERE ARE SO MANY.
>> MIKE HAS BEEN IN THE LEAGUE SINCE HE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
SO HE IS A LONG TIME CHALLENGER PLAYER.
IT LOOKS LIKE HE WAS OUT ON FIRST.
>> HARRY DYDO, CAZENOVIA.
>> HARRY IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR NEWER PLAYERS THIS YEAR.
HE CAME UP FROM THE ADULT LEAGUE THIS YEAR AFTER SPRING TRAINING AND HE LOVES TO PLAY BASEBALL.
HE IS VERY ATTENTIVE AND HE JUST ENJOYS EVERYTHING ABOUT THE GAME.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT ON HIS FACE.
YOU CAN TELL THE PASSION AND THE DEDICATION.
>> DEFINITELY.
>> WE SHOULD MENTION THAT THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT LEAGUES IN CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
THERE IS THE JUNIOR LEAGUE FOR PLAYERS WHO ARE 15 AND YOUNGER-- DID THEY GET IT IN THE OUTFIELD?
YEAH, HE IS ON BASE.
NICE.
>> SINGLE TO LEFT-FIELD.
>> NATHAN CLOUGH ANOTHER NEWER PLAYER, HE ALSO CAME FROM THE ADULT LEAGUE.
>> IT'S A GOOD HIT.
>> HE HITS THE BALL WELL.
HE HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THIS SUMMER.
>> DYDO, HE GOT TAKEN OUT AT SECOND.
>> DYDO IS OUT.
>> RICKY DUNN, RICKY TOOK SOME TIME OFF FROM THE SENIOR LEAGUE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AND NOW HE IS BACK, DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO WE HAVE THE SENIOR LEAGUE, WHICH IS THE LEAGUE THAT WE ARE WATCHING TODAY.
THE ADULT LEAGUE FOR PLAYERS 15 AND OLDER AND THE JUNIOR LEAGUE FOR PLAYERS 15 AND YOUNGER.
>> GOTCHA.
>> AND THEN WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT SEASONS, MIKE.
>> WE HAVE OUR SPRING TRAINING, WHICH IS A SIX-WEEK PROGRAM AND THEN WE HAVE OUR REGULAR SEASON, WHICH IS A SIX-WEEK PROGRAM.
>> YEP.
>> SIX-WEEK PROGRAM AND WE JUST INSTITUTED LAST YEAR A SPRING TRAINING FOR OUR SENIOR DIVISION.
>> FALL TRAINING-- FALL BALL.
>> AND THAT GOES FOR ANOTHER SIX WEEKS.
SO THESE INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATE IN ALL THREE EVENTS, THEY GET A LOT OF BASEBALL.
>> THEY'RE PLAYING FROM APRIL UNTIL OCTOBER 1.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE TOP OF THE SECOND.
AND, OF COURSE, WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER EVERYBODY BALK-- CHRISTOPHER ESCHBACHER.
>> YOU DID THAT WELL.
>> I KNOW YOU CAN'T SEE IT BY WATCHING THE SCREEN BUT THE LOOK I JUST GOT.
>> BIG SMILE.
CHRIS IS ON FIRST.
WELL DONE.
>> SINGLE TO CENTER BY THE WAY, GREAT HIT.
GREAT HIT.
DANNY FERRARA.
>> SO DANNY IS COACH P.G.
'S SON.
>> WOW.
>> YEAH.
>> YOU KNOW,-- >> P.G.
IS NOT PITCHING TODAY.
MARK IS.
>> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER DIVISIONS, THE LOWER DIVISIONS, THEY ALL HIT, THEY ALL SCORE, THEY ALL PLAY THE FIELD.
>> ACTUALLY, THEY DON'T SCORE.
NONE OF US SCORE.
ALTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN TOLD SOME OF THE SENIORS DO KEEP TRACK OF THE SCORE, BUT WE DON'T KEEP TRACK OF THE SCORE.
IT'S JUST THE LOVE OF THE GAME THAT WE ARE OUT THERE FOR.
>> I GUESS EVERYONE COMES AROUND AND TOUCHES HOME.
EVERYBODY ROUNDS THE BASES.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
DANNY IS ON FIRST.
>> NICE!
JEFFREY GREENE, SYRACUSE SPAGHETTI.
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
DISH FULL OF SPAGHETTI.
A LITTLE PASTA.
>> ADD A MEATBALL AND YOU ARE GOOD, OR TWO OR THREE.
>> ANOTHER FOUL BALL.
>> MIKE, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT WE JUST READJUSTED JEFF'S HITTING STANCE.
>> JEFF'S STANCE HAS COME A LONG WAY, TOO, SINCE LAST YEAR.
BUT WE ARE FINALLY GETTING HIM TO SEE THE BALL BETTER.
HE WAS-- HE HAS TROUBLE IN HIS LEFT ISO HE HAS TROUBLE SWINGING THE BAT AND SEE IS WILL-- AND SEEING THE BALL.
I ADJUSTED IT TO HAVE HIS WHOLE HEAD FACING COACH WHILE HE IS PITCHING AND THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING FOR HIM MUCH BETTER BECAUSE NOW HE CAN SEE IT WITH HIS DOMINANT EYE WHEN THE BALL COMES TO HIM AND WE CHANGED HIS HANDS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER AND NOW HE IS STARTING TO HIT THE BALL BETTER.
>> SOMETIMES HE-- IN THESE CONVERSATION, YOU FIND OUT THINGS LIKE HE IS NOT SEEING WELL OUT OF HIS LEFT EYE AND THEN WE CHANGE THE WAY WE COACH AND WORK WITH THE PLAYERS AND IT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE SO THAT WAS A STRIKEOUT FROM JEFF, BUT I PROMISE YOU IN FALL BALL HE IS DOING GREAT.
>> JOSHUA HARRIS, BY THE WAY, LIVES IN CICERO.
FAVORITE FOOD IS CHICKEN WINGS.
>> MMH, WHAT IS YOUR FLAVOR?
>> I LIKE SALT AND PEPPER.
>> I LIKE BARBECUE.
>> YES, LOOK AT THAT.
IT'S GOING DEEP.
>> GARLIC PARM GUY.
>> THEY CAUGHT IT?
OH, A POP-OUT TO DEEP CENTER.
WOW!
JOSH IS ONE OF OUR HITTERS FOR THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES A FEW YEARS BACK AND HE ACTUALLY HIT A HOME RUN AT THAT LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
>> WE ARE INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND, MATTHEW ROTH BATTING.
>> MATT IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR BIG HITTERS SO GET READY FOR THIS.
>> I SEE.
WHAT A HIT.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S GOING OUT TOWARD LEFT-FIELD.
AND HE IS OUT, HE IS DEEP.
THEY CAUGHT IT.
POP-OUT TO LEFT.
>> TO THE SHORTSTOP.
>> PHIL DELANEY FROM LIVERPOOL, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THIS.
HIS HERO IS HIS MOM.
>> AND HIS MOM IS OUR COACH ON THE YANKEES SIDE, SO KAREN HAS BEEN WITH US FOR YEARS.
SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.
WE ARE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE HER.
SO KAREN IS ALL OF OUR HEROES.
ALL RIGHT, BILL.
>> OVER TO THIRD AND THE THROW TO FIRST.
HE'S GOT LIMBS A SINGLE.
HE MADE IT.
HE'S THERE.
WHAT A THROW, TOO.
THEY WENT FROM THIRD TO FIRST.
THAT WAS EXCELLENT.
>> ALEX IS ANOTHER NEWER PLAYER.
HE IS A FANTASTIC BOWLER.
AND HIS DREAM JOB IS TO WORK IN A BOWLING ALLEY.
>> WOW.
NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
>> WHEN YOU LOVE IT, YOU WANT TO BE AROUND IT.
>> I THINK BOWLING IS COMING BACK MORE AND MORE.
WOW, WHAT A SWING.
>> ALEX HAS A QUIET INTENSITY ABOUT HIM.
HE REALLY, REALLY WANTS TO DO WELL AND HE IS A VERY GOOD ATHLETE AND SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PULL THE REINS BACK ON HIM AND JUST SAY, HEY, SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
>> WELL, HE NEEDS TO HUSTLE HERE BECAUSE HE JUST GOT A GOOD HIT.
HE IS GOING ALL THE WAY TO SECOND AND GETS HIMSELF A DOUBLE OUT OF THAT FROM THE LOOKS OF THINGS.
>> NICE.
>> DELANEY IS HEADING OVER TO THIRD.
>> AND OUR BASE COACH, COACH MARK PUTTING THE HANDS OUT SAYING STOP, STOP.
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT, PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR BASE COACHES.
>> HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT, MAYBE, COACH MIKE, TO GET THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO DO THAT?
TO PAY ATTENTION?
>> UM... >> YOU REALLY HAVE TO DRILL IT INTO THEM, WATCH THE COACH.
HE OR SHE IS THERE FOR A REASON.
>> WE HAVE DONE DRILLS BEFORE GAMES.
WE HAVE DONE DRILLS AT PRACTICE.
AND WE DO DISCUSS IT PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE COACHES ALSO BEING BIG, BEING LOUD SO THEY CAN SEE THEM.
>> EXCELLENT.
YOU DO A GREAT JOB OF THAT, SO... >> THANK YOU.
>> THIS IS AUSTIN.
GREAT HITTER AND OH THERE WE GO.
NICE.
>> LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TWO R.B.I.S.
>> PHIL, ALEX, AWESOME.
>> VERY NICE.
YEAH, HE IS A STRONG HITTER HERE COMES CHASE.
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT CHASE?
>> CHASE IS OUR COMEDIAN FOR OUR DIVISION.
HE DOES, IF YOU CAN SEE ON SCREEN, HE DOES A WIGGLE.
I INCORPORATED THAT FOR HIM TO GET HIM-- EXCUSE ME-- TO GET HIM -- THERE'S THE WIGGLE.
[LAUGHTER] TO GET HIM LOOSE AND TO HAVE HIM FOCUS.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT.
THAT YOU GAVE HIM THAT INSTRUCTION TO DO THAT.
SO HE WOULD FOCUS AND THIS AND THAT.
HOW MANY MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS HAVE THAT WIGGLE, TOO?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, EVEN AT THE LEVEL WITH OUR SYRACUSE METS.
MY WIFE NOTICES THE WIGGLE.
>> OKAY, WE'LL LEAVE THAT RIGHT THERE.
>> MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE CARRIER PARK FIELD OF DREAMS.
>> RALPH LOVES BASEBALL.
HE, AS YOU CAN SEE, HE GETS A LITTLE IN HIS HEAD WHEN HE IS NO THE DOING WELL.
AND THERE IS COACH MATT SAYING IT'S OKAY, RALPH, SOMETIMES YOU ARE GOING TO STRIKE OR HIT A STRIKE AND THAT'S FINE.
ALL RIGHT.
HE GETS ON BASE.
GOOD FOR YOU, RALPH.
>> GOT HIMSELF A SINGLE.
>> GOOD HIT, RALPH.
>> WE HAD ADAM.
>> GREAT STORY ABOUT ADAM.
LAST YEAR... >> LAST YEAR ADAM WAS RUNNING FOR A FLY BALL IN THE OUTFIELD AND HAD AN INCIDENT WHERE HE TRIPPED AND FELL AND HE ENDED UP BREAKING HIS COLLAR BONE TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON.
IT WAS A LITTLE SHOCKING TO ALL OF US AND NOW HE IS BACK PLAYING AGAIN.
HE CAME AND SUPPORTED HIS TEAM DURING THE SEASON AND NOW HE IS BACK AGAIN PLAYING AND LIKE NOTHING EVER HAPPENED.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE TOP OF THE THIRD.
THE METS ARE NOW UP, TOP OF THE THIRD.
>> WE HAVE COACH ROY.
COACH ROY IS PITCHING FOR AME AND YOU WILL SEE THAT MEGHAN IS HER RUNNER.
AME HAS A BOOT ON.
SHE HAS HAD FOOT ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
SO SHE GETS A RUNNER AND, OF COURSE, MEGHAN TAKES OFF LIKE A SHOT.
>> THERE GOES MEGHAN.
>> LIKE A SHOT.
THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
LOOK AT THE HUSTLE ON THAT YOUNG LADY.
>> BETH MANZO OUT OF BALANCED WINCEVILLE LIVES IN HER OWN APARTMENT.
>> YEAH.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
>> BETH IS ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL SENIORS, THAT MEANS SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE SENIORS OVER 15 YEARS AND HER DAD, JEFF, WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US, WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL COACHES SO THAT FAMILY IS VERY INVESTED IN CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
>> SHE GETS A SINGLE.
BUT APPARENTLY WE HAVE FORCE OUT, MEG GOT OUT AT SECOND.
FORCED OUT.
SO HE'S GOT THE NICKNAME BEAR, BEN NEALER FROM CAMILLUS.
>> AND THE WINNER OF GOLD MEDALS.
>> THE BEAR.
>> I NEVER CALL HIM THAT.
BUT GOOD TO KNOW NOW.
>> BUT HE HAS GOT HIMSELF A SINGLE.
ROUNDED THE BASE.
HE IS GOING TO HOLD UP NOW.
>> BEN IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOFTBALL TEAM AS ARE TWO OTHER OF OUR PLAYERS IN THIS DIVISION.
>> PHIL AND JACKSON?
>> PHIL AND JACKSON, YES.
>> HE LOVES "I'M STILL STANDING" BY ELTON JOHN.
BOBBY ALSO A MEMBER OF FRONT ROW PLAYERS, GREAT ACTOR.
REALLY GREAT ACTOR AND DANCER.
AND HE DID NOT THINK HE WAS GOING TO DO WELL IN BASEBALL.
HE HAS ONLY BEEN WITH US TWO OR THREE YEARS.
BUT HE IS A FANTASTIC PLAYER, REALLY.
>> YOU KNOW, I FEEL THAT ONCE THEY GET OUT THERE AND REALIZE THAT THEY CAN SWING THE BAT AND ENJOY THE COMPANY OF EVERYBODY ELSE AND THE CHEERING AND EVERYBODY ELSE, IT'S A WHOLE NEW THING TO THEM THAT WOW, THIS IS COOL.
THIS IS WHAT I LOVE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> ONCE THEY MAKE A PLAY OR GET A HIT, EVERYTHING CHANGES.
>> BOBBY IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE FALL BALL TEAM AND WHEN WE SEE HIM PLAYING THIRD BASE, YOU CAN TOTALLY SEE THE JOY IN HIS FACE WHEN HE MAKES A PLAY OUT THERE.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT ABOUT THE HITTING.
SOMETIMES IT'S ABOUT BEING IN THE FIELD AND BEING ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE IN THAT WAY.
AND IT'S JUST A JOY TO WATCH.
>> BOBBY STRUCK OUT.
>> WE ARE GOING TO THE TOP OF THE LINEUP IT'S JIM AGAIN, JIM TALLMAN.
>> JIM IS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, LIKE DEE SAID EARLIER, HE IS THE OLDEST PLAYER IN THE DIVISION.
HE IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST, TOO.
HE ALWAYS HAS A LOT OF INSIGHT.
HE HAS COME A LONG WAY IN THREE YEARS.
HE LOVES THE GAME.
AND HE IS A HARD WORKER.
>> HE IS HOLDING THAT BAT RIGHT UP THERE.
>> THERE YOU GO, GREAT HIT.
>> HE IS ON BASE.
>> BETH MANZO COMING IN.
>> WAY TO GO, BETH.
LOOK AT HER FLY.
JUST THE HUSTLE.
I LOVE THAT.
>> SHE GETS REALLY EXCITED WHEN SHE GETS TO SCORE.
>> LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MATT AKIN.
>> MATT, AGAIN, CAME FROM A NEW-- HE IS A NEW INDIVIDUAL PLAYING IN THIS DIVISION AND HE HAS MADE A VERY GOOD, AS YOU CAN SEE, DEEP HIT TO RIGHT CENTER.
THAT ONE WAS CAUGHT.
>> THAT'S OUT NUMBER THREE.
AIDEN, I READ AT FIRST WE HAD KEANU REEFS HERE TODAY.
THAT'S HIS HERO.
HE IS A CHILL GUY TO HAVE AS YOUR HERO.
THAT'S GREAT.
>> BOTTOM OF THE THIRD RIGHT NOW >> NICE HIT AND NICE PLAY BY TAYLOR AT FIRST BASE.
>> DANIEL HONEYWELL, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GREAT BIG HITTERS.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO WORK WITH HIM THAT NOT EVERY HIT HAS TO BE A HOME RUN.
>> IS THAT DIFFICULT THOUGH BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS WANT THE MOST OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
LIKE NO, NO, YOU DON'T NEED THAT.
JUST GET A SINGLE.
JUST, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES A SINGLE WILL SCORE SOMEBODY.
>> MOST OF THE BIG HITTERS I KNOW ON THE YANKEES AND AT LEAST THEY SEE A FENCE AND THEY GET EXCITED.
AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WANTS TO TRY TO HIT IT OVER THE FENCE.
>> HE IS GOING FOR TWO.
COMING AROUND.
SCORE.
>> EXCELLENT.
>> WAS THAT AIDEN?
>> NO, IT WAS DANIEL WITH A DOUBLE.
>> DANIEL WITH A DOUBLE BUT AIDEN CAME AROUND TO SCORE.
>> BRYCE, DO WE HAVE OUR BIG HITTERS TWICE IN A ROW HERE?
THAT'S FUNNY.
BRYCE IS ANOTHER GREAT HOME RUN HITTER AND HE IS ALWAYS GOING FOR THE FENCES.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE WAY HE HIS BATTING SWING, HE LIKES TO GO A LITTLE LOWER AND DRIVE IT WAY OUT.
>> I THINK HE IS ALSO SIGNALING TO THE PITCHER WHERE HE WANTS THAT BALL, BY SWINGING THAT BAT.
>> YEAH... >> THE PRACTICE SWING.
>> THE PITCHER KNOWS WHERE BRYCE LIKES THE BALL SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HIM REALIZING WHERE THAT PITCH IS GOING AND THEN HITTING IT.
BRYCE IS A BATTER THAT ENJOYS SWINGING AT THE LOW PITCH, LIKE DEE SAID, AS YOU CAN SEE.
>> AND WHEN HE TOOK HIS PRACTICE SWINGS, THEY WERE A LITTLE LOW.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THAT'S WHERE HE WANTS THE BALL.
>> BUT YOU RUN THE RISK OF A POP-OUT WHEN YOU DO THAT, ALSO, THE POP FLY IS GOING TO BE CAUGHT.
AND SOMETIMES EYE STRIKEOUT WHICH JUST HAPPENED WITH BRYCE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> BUT WAIT, DID I MISCALL THAT?
>> YEAH, HE'S GOT ONE MORE?
>> WE DO FOUR STRIKES.
>> OKAY.
SO HE GETS AN EXTRA ONE.
>> AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS THE FOURTH STRIKE.
>> YEAH.
>> AND YOU CAN SEE THE FRUSTRATION, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU THE NEXT TIME WE SEE HIM, IT WILL BE DIFFERENT.
>> WE HAVE ZACKARY COTTRELL OUT OF JAMESVILLE.
SHRIMP SCAMPI LOVER.
>> THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
ALL RIGHT.
HE IS GOING TO FIRST.
>> ZACKARY WITH THE SINGLE.
>> HIS MOM IS COACH IS FIRST SO THAT WORKS OUT WELL.
HI, MOP.
I'M HERE.
>> JAMIE OSWALD COMING UP OUT OF BRIDGEPORT.
>> AND WE TOOK JAMIE'S DAD AND SAW HIM PLAYING CATCH WITH HIS OTHER BROTHER AND SAID GUESS WHAT, YOU ARE GOING TO BE A COACH NOW.
SO JUST BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU ARE ON THE SENIORS AND YOU ARE PLAYING CATCH OFF FIELD, WE MAY LOOK AT THAT AND SAY WE NEED YOU.
COME ON BOARD.
SO HE IS A NEW COACH.
>> JAMIE IS ANOTHER PLAYER THAT HAS COME A LONG WAY.
HE DOES NOTHING BUT WANT TO IMPRESS AND PLAY HARD AND HIS BROTHER, LIKE DEE SAID, HIS BROTHER IS A LACROSSE PLAYER AND WE ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT HIM TO HELP COACH ALSO.
>> NICE.
>> RIGHT DOWN TO THIRD AND HE'S SAFE.
>> AND I THINK DANIEL CAME AROUND AND SCORED ON THAT?
>> YES, HE DID.
>> HE WENT TO SECOND.
GOOD FOR YOU.
>> WE HAVE SOME AGGRESSIVE BASE COACHES SOMETIMES IN THIS LEAGUE AND IT'S KIND OF IMPRESSIVE.
>> RIGHT NOW AT THE PLATE, YOU WILL SEE MIKE THOMAS WHO LIVES IN CAMILLUS.
>> HE IS WAITING FOR THE RIGHT PITCH.
>> MICHAEL THOMAS, I CALL HIM SILENT THUNDER.
>> WHOO.
DID AMY CATCH THAT?
NO, ALMOST.
>> IT'S A-- WOW, NICE PLAY.
THEY GOT HIM AT FIRST BUT WE DID HAVE AN R.B.I.
ZACKARY CAME IN TO STORE ON THAT.
>> HARRY DYDO OUT OF CAZENOVIA AT THE PLATE.
>> ONE OF OUR LEFTIES.
>> NICE HIT.
>> BALL HIT TO MEGHAN.
>> OH ANOTHER GREAT PLAY BY TAYLOR.
>> WE NEED THE REPLAY ON THAT.
THAT WAS AMAZING.
WE ARE GOING TO KICK IT TO JACK MANNION, WHO, BY THE WAY, IS OUT THERE WITH TAYLOR PERKINS.
LET'S SEE WHAT TAYLOR HAS TO SAY.
>> HOW IS IT GOING WCNY BACK AT IT AGAIN WITH ANOTHER EPISODE OF SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
I'M JACK MANNION HERE WITH... >> TAYLOR JOSEPH PERKINS.
>> HOW IS IT GOING TAYLOR?
HOW HAS YOUR DAY BEEN?
>> MY DAY HAS BEEN PRETTY BYES AGREE THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
SO WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING TO PREPARE IN THE OFF SEASON AND NOT ONLY FOR THE OFF SEASON BUT FOR THIS UPCOMING SEASON AS WELL?
>> WELL, FOR THE OFF SEASON, I LIKE TO TRAIN UP MY MUSCLES AND BUILD UP MY LEGS TO HELP ME RUN FASTER.
AND I LIKE TO TRY TO CATCH MY FOUL BALLS A LOT HIGHER.
>> AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PLAYING BASEBALL FOR?
>> I HAVE BEEN PLAYING BASEBALL SINCE I WAS ONLY SIX YEARS OLD.
AND I HAVE NEVER ONCE LOST A SINGLE GAME IN MY LIFE.
>> YOU HAVE NEVER LOST A SINGLE GAME IN YOUR LIFE?
>> WELL, YEAH, A FEW TIMES WHEN I WAS... WHEN EITHER MOTHER NATURE CANCELS OUR GAME OR WHEN IT GETS TOO HOT.
>> SO YOU ARE UNDEFEATED, NEVER LOST?
>> WELL, YES.
A LITTLE UNDEFEATED.
BUT SOMETIMES I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE HELP.
>> OH YEAH AND WHAT IS THE BIGGEST LESSON YOU CAN TAKE FROM NOT ONLY PLAYING THE GAME OF BASEBALL BUT FOR VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS YOU CAN TAKE FROM THIS MOVING FORWARD?
>> THE BIGGEST THING, BIGGEST LESSON I LEARN IS HOW TO DO THE READY POSITION WITH MY KNEES BENT, GLOVE UP AND MY EYES ON THE FIELD.
>> THAT'S AWESOME.
YOU ARE READY TO GO.
>> YEP.
I SURE AM.
>> THANK YOU, TAYLOR, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.
>> YOU ARE VERY WELCOME.
>> WHAT A GREAT INTERVIEW.
YOU KNOW WHO IS UP, RIGHT, DEE?
TAYLOR PERKINS, MY GUY.
ALWAYS AT THE READY POSITION AND WE HAVE A NEW PITCHER.
THAT WOULD BE COACH J.J.
WHO IS JOINING US FOR THIS GAME AND HE HAS BEEN PLAYING BASEBALL HIS WHOLE LIFE SO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE HIM AND LOOKS LIKE TAYLOR GOT A SINGLE?
>> TAYLOR WITH A GROUNDOUT.
>> SORRY, DEE.
>> BOO.
>> JACKSON ARMENT.
AT THE PLATE.
>> ANOTHER BOMBOUT.
LOOK AT THAT.
>> WHEN I HEAR YOU SAY OOF, I KNOW THAT BALL IS FLYING.
>> JACKSON IS ANOTHER BIG HITTER.
ALMOST GOT-- HE HAD A STANDUP DOUBLE.
NICE PLAY BY ALEX, ALMOST GOT HIM.
>> HERE COMES MEG AND IT CAN'T BE UNDERSTATED HOW HARD SHE WORKS PLAYING THIS GAME.
SHE REALLY WORKS HARD.
>> YOU CAN SEE THAT.
MEGHAN WITH A HARD SINGLE UP THE MIDDLE.
JACKSON ON THIRD.
KATHLEEN, JUST WANT TO SEE HER GET ON BASE TO SEE THAT CELEBRATION.
COACH J.J.
NOT THROWING THE BALLS SHE LIKES RIGHT NOW.
>> ONE THING ABOUT THE PLAYERS, TOO, THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO SWING A BAT.
WE HAVE A RULE, EIGHT PITCHES PER BATTER.
AND USUALLY I TELL THE PLAYERS IF YOU GET TO EIGHT PITCHES, CLOSE TO EIGHT PITCHES, THEN YOU ARE WAITING TOO LONG.
THEY LIKE TO SWING THE BAT AND THEY ENJOY IT.
>> STRIKEOUT FOR KATHLEEN.
AND HERE'S CHRIS ESCHBACHER.
JACKSON WAITING PATIENTLY ON THIRD.
>> NOW DID WE SEE J.J.
PITCHING, HE PLAYED SEMI-PRO, RIGHT?
SO HE GIVES UP A LOT OF TIME TO HELP OUT AND, YOU KNOW, I SEE HIM AT ALL THE GALES.
>> J.J.
HAS A GOOD FOLLOWING.
J.J.
HAD A TRAVEL TEAMS, HE STARTED TRAVEL TEAMS.
HE IS A CO-OWNER OF A GYM HERE IN SYRACUSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, HE HAS A LOT OF TIME AND HE CARVES OUT JUST ENOUGH FOR THE CHALLENGERS.
>> BACK WITH THE YANKEES.
BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION MEGHAN GOT OUT AT THIRD BECAUSE PHIL DELANEY, AN AMAZING THIRD BASEMAN GOT HER OUT.
HE WORKS REALLY HARD AT THIRD.
>> THE YANKEES ARE UP AT THE BOTTOM OF THE FOURTH.
>> NATE CLOUGH.
CAME TO US FROM THE ADULT LEAGUE.
>> MOVED UP THIS YEAR.
HE IS ANOTHER ONE THAT TRIES VERY HARD.
HE HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE THE SPRING.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO WORK SOMETIMES IS SHAKING IT OFF, SHAKING OFF A STRIKEOUT, REMINDING THEM THEY'RE GOING TO GET UP AGAIN AND YOU JUST HAVE TO SHAKE IT OFF BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME YOU ARE UP, YOU CAN'T HOLE THAT-- YOU CAN'T HOLD THAT UPSETNESS INSIDE OF YOU.
>> YOU CAN JUST DO THE WIGGLE.
>> WIGGLE.
>> AND YOU LET IT ALL GO.
RICHARD DUNN GOT HIMSELF A SINGLE FROM THE LOOKS OF IT.
GREAT HIT BY THE WAY.
AND WE GOT MATTHEW ROTH COMING UP TO BAT AT THE PLATE.
SYRACUSE.
>> ANOTHER GREAT BIG HITTER.
OH THAT'S UP THERE AND... >> FOUL BALL.
>> THAT WENT HIGH.
>> THAT REALLY DID.
WHEN MACK IS UP TO THE BAT, I GENUINELY STOP WHAT I'M DOING JUST TO WATCH IT.
>> WATCH IT FLY.
>> YEAH.
>> MATT'S VERY FIRST AT-BAT THIS YEAR WAS A HOME RUN AT SKY WAY LITTLE LEAGUE.
IT WENT OUT OF THE PARK AND... >> HE STRAIGHTENED THAT OUT.
>> AND SET THE TONE FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.
>> THAT'S WAY OUT IN THE OUTFIELD.
GO, MATT, GO.
>> MEGHAN'S GOT IT.
SHE IS THROWING IT IN BUT DID NOT GET TO BOBBY IN TIME.
>> AN R.B.I., RICHARD DUNN CAME AROUND AND SCORES.
>> IT'S A TRIPLE.
>> THREE BASES, WOW.
>> SO PHIL DELANEY, GREAT THIRD BASEMAN PLAYS FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS AS WELL.
HIS MOM IS A COACH.
LOVES THE GAME.
>> LINE DRIVE TO THIRD BASE AND THEY DOUBLED UP MATT AT THIRD.
>> WHAT A PLAY!
>> NICE.
>> GREAT PLAY.
GREAT HIT BY PHIL.
LINE DRIVE.
EVEN BETTER PLAY.
>> THAT WAS BOBBY AT THIRD BASE.
>> LET'S GO TO THE TOP OF THE FIFTH.
THE METTS BACK UP.
THIS IS COOL BECAUSE THE METS ARE AGAINST ITSELF YANKEES-- THE METS AGAINST ITSELF YANKEES.
>> WE LOVE THAT.
ORIGINALLY WHEN WE WERE PICKING TEAM NAMES, I'M A LIFE LONG METS FAN AND OUR DIRECTOR IS A YANKEES FAN, LIFE LONG YANKEES FAN SO THAT IS HOW WE CAME WITH THOSE TWO NAMES.
>> I KNOW I THINK I SEE COACH MIKE WITH THE YANKEES HAT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, TOO.
>> YEAH, NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE.
>> WE GOT 'EM BEAT HERE AT THIS TABLE.
YOU AND I ARE BOTH METS FANS.
>> YES.
>> WE GOT JOSH UP TO THE PLATE.
>> AS MIKE SAID EARLIER, HE CAME TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES WITH US AND WAS ONE OF TWO PEOPLE THAT HIT A HOME RUN IN THAT GAME.
>> WOW, WHAT A HIT.
HE IS ROUNDING SECOND.
>> JOSH ROUNDING SECOND, GOING IN HARD.
>> AND HE MADE IT.
WAY TO HUSTLE.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> GOT HIMSELF A TRIPLE OUT OF THAT.
>> THAT'S JIM OSWALD COACHING THIRD.
ONE OF OUR NEWER COACHES.
THERE IS AME.
LET'S SEE IF WE ARE GOING ON TO HAVE MEGHAN RUNNING FOR HER AGAIN.
IT'S TAYLOR.
TAYLOR PERKINS.
TAYLOR IS READY TO GO.
>> HE IS.
LOOKS LIKE A GROUNDOUT TO SECOND BASE.
JOSH STAYS PUT ON THIRD.
>> SMART MOVE.
AND THERE'S COACH MATT REMINDING BETH TO DO WHAT SHE DID LAST TIME BECAUSE SHE GOT ON BASE.
COACHING IS SO IMPORTANT.
WHEN YOU ARE AT BAT, YOU DON'T NOTICE THE SMALL THINGS THAT YOU ARE DOING AND IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
THERE GOES BETH.
>> ANOTHER PLAYGROUNDOUT.
IT LOOKED LIKE SHE GOT TAGGED OUT AT FIRST BASE.
>> WOW.
NO DOUBT THERE IS HUSTLE THERE.
>> SHE IS QUESTIONING IT.
>> HERE COMES BEN.
HE PLAYED SHORTSTOP FOR THE METS AND HE IS A VERY, VERY GOOD SHORTSTOP FOR THE METS.
HE IS VERY SMOOTH.
AND A SINGLE UP THE MIDDLE.
>> IT'S OUT NUMBER THREE.
>> IF SOMEBODY IS WATCHING THIS, ASKING EITHER ONE OF YOU.
IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUT WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, HOW WOULD THEY DO THAT.
>> SIGNUP ON OUR WEBSITE SYRACUSE CHALLENGER.COM COP.
FILL OUT THE FORM, BACKGROUND CHECK AND TRAINING AND BOOM YOU ARE IN.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE PARENTS IF THEY WANT TO GET THEIR CHILD INVOLVED?
>> SAME THING EXCEPT WE DON'T DO THE BACKGROUND CHECK.
THERE IS A SIGN-UP FORM ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE START UP AGAIN IN THE SUMMER.
>> VERY COOL.
AUSTIN AT THE PLATE.
AUSTIN NEWCOMBE.
>> ALEX LED OFF WITH A TRIPLE AND AUSTIN IS UP TO BAT.
ALEX IS AT THEIR.
>> OOH NICE BOUNCER.
>> GROUNDBALL TO SHORTSTOP.
THEY TOOK THE EASY WAY AND WENT WITH THE OUT.
NO, THEY GOT A SINGLE.
>> YEAH, HE MADE IT.
>> THERE'S THE CHASE WIGGLE.
BEAUTIFUL.
I LOVE THAT HE OWNS IT NOW AND WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO IT.
FOUL BALL.
ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT CARRION PARK, WE HAVE TRAVELED WITH THE SENIOR LEAGUE MORE THAN THE OTHER LEAGUES.
AND WE DIDN'T REALIZE HOW, WHEN THE SUN HITS YOU IN THE BACKGROUND, IT HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE EYES.
BUT DURING FALL BALL WE GET TO TURN THE LIGHTS ON.
>> PART OF THE CHASE DANCE YOU JUST MISSED AT FIRST BASE.
>> I LOVE IT.
RALPH GETS A STRIKE AND YOU CAN ALMOST SEE IT IN HIS MIND HE IS UPSET.
HE NEEDS TO WORK THROUGH IT.
AND THAT WILL COME WITH PRACTICE AND CONTINUING TO SHOW UP.
>> IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, TOO.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE HAVE A NEW MOTTO IN THE SENIOR DIVISION CALLED TRUST THE PROCESS.
ANYTHING THE COACHES ARE TELLING THEM, IT'S FOR THEIR GOOD.
IT'S TO HELP THEM BECOME BETTER BALL PLAYERS.
SO AT THE END OF EVERY GAME, THE COACHES ASK THEM, WHAT IS THE PHRASE?
AND THEY ALL REPEAT IT.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ONLY SO IMPORTANT AS YOU AS A COACH, WHAT YOU ARE TELLING THESE PLAYERS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE PARENTS PLAY A BIG ROLE IN THIS AS WELL.
I KNOW DEE AND MYSELF BOTH BEING PARENTS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT PLAY CHALLENGER BASEBALL, WE HAVE TO REASSURE THEM AS WELL AND THAT IT IS OKAY AND JUST THINK ABOUT IT AND DO YOUR BEST.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE PARENTS PLAY A BIG ROLE IN THIS, TOO.
WE LIKE TO INCLUDE THEM IN ANY SPEECHES WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, ANYTHING WE INSTRUCT THEM ON.
IT'S KIND OF NICE TO SEE THE PARENTS GET INVOLVED NOW AND, YOU KNOW, TELL THEIR PLAYER, GET YOUR ELBOW UP OR, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE BALL, YOU KNOW, ON THE GROUND.
IT'S AMAZING TO ME TO SEE THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE GROWTH, NOT ONLY WITH THE PLAYERS BUT WITH THE PATIENCE.
>> AIDAN IS AT THE PLATE.
>> BEFORE THAT, WE HAD A STRIKEOUT.
I WANT TO DEFINITELY EMPHASIZE THAT NOT EVERYBODY HAS TO BE A HMPLE HITTER.
THAT GROUNDBALL THAT CHASE HAD, HE IS ON BASE RIGHT NOW.
SO IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE THAT POP-UP FLY.
>> EVERY HIT MATTERS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE GOT ANOTHER RUN.
>> CHASE WAS FORCED OUT AT THIRD IT LOOKS LIKE.
DANIEL HONEYWELL.
>> OUT OF MARCELLUS, BY THE WAY.
>> THAT WENT TO AME.
SHE DID NOT GET IT TO TAYLOR BECAUSE IT WAS A WELL HIT BALL.
>> BASES ARE LOADED.
>> YEAH, NICE.
LOVE TO SEE THIS.
PRICE'S FAVORITE POSITION TO BE.
BASES LOADED.
>> AND I WOULD BE A LITTLE NERVOUS IF I SAW HIM UP THERE AT-BAT LIKE THAT.
HE IS A BIG GUY, SWINGING THE BAT.
J.J.
THROWING IT OVERHAND.
NOW MIKE IS THAT BECAUSE OF HIS SIZE.
>> IT'S THEIR PREFERENCE.
A LOTS OF OUR PLAYERS, WE USE USED TO ASK THEM, DO YOU WANT IT OVER HAND OR UNDER HAND.
THEY WERE USED TO THE UNDER HAND BUT WITH BRYCE'S SIDE, HE PREFERS TO HAVE AN OVERHAND PITCH TO HIM.
A LOT OF OUR PLAYERS ARE USED TO THE OVERHAND NOW.
AND SOME OF THEM, THEY JUST PREFER UNDERHAND.
>> IT'S THEIR CHOICE.
>> MONSTER FOUL BALL FOR BRYCE.
WE KIND OF GOT IT LOST IN THE SUN BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED NICE GROUNDBALL.
>> GROUNDBALL TO THIRD AND OUT AT THIRD.
>> BOBBY LIKE FELL ON IT, IT LOOKS LIKE.
>> SO YOU ARE NOT TOUCHING THIS BASE.
>> I'M FALLING ON THE BALL AND I'M FALLING ON THE BASE.
>> WITH THE BALL IN HIS GLOVE.
>> AND HERE HE IS, BOBBY PANNING-- BOBBY PANGBORN.
THIS IS A PLAYER, YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR HE HAS COME AND HOW HARD HE WORKS AT IT AND SOMETIMES IT JUST MAKES SENSE.
YOU CAN'T PREDICT THAT.
>> IT'S A CONFIDENCE THING WITH A LOT OF THEM, TOO.
>> ANOTHER GOOD HIT.
>> OH ALMOST.
>> IT'S A CONFIDENCE THING WITH A LOT OF THESE PLAYERS.
HERE COMES TAYLOR.
WE JUST TELL THEM TO TRUST THEMSELVES.
>> UH-HUH.
>> AND SOMETIMES YOU ARE GOING HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
AND SOMETIMES YOU ARE NOT.
>> EXACTLY.
AND TAYLOR UNDERSTANDS THAT.
YOU BEING THE GREAT MOM THAT YOU ARE AND, OF COURSE, WHO YOU ARE WITH CHALLENGER, KIND OF ASSISTS IN A WAY.
>> LEFT CENTER TO THE WALL AND IT'S A GROUND RULED DOUBLE.
>> WOW!
>> BOUNCED OVER THE FENCE.
>> IT BOUNCED OVER THE FENCE.
THEY HAVE TWO SETS OF FENCES THERE.
THE FIRST FENCE, IF IT GOES OVER IN THE AIR AND STAYS IN, IT'S A DOUBLE OR BOUNCES OVER AND IF IT GOES OVER THE FAVR FENCE IN THE AIR, IT'S AN AUTOMATIC HOME RUN.
YOU KNOW, EVERY PLAYER IS MY FAVORITE.
JIM IS REALLY MY FAVORITE.
>> OH YEAH, HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE GYMS.
68 YEARS OLD AND STILL PLAYING.
I REMIND ALL OF OUR PLAYERS THAT I THROW TERRIBLY.
I'M A REALLY BAD THROWER AND MY HUSBAND REMINDS ME OF THAT, TOO.
>> THIS IS GREAT.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> SEE, AND IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF THE-- IT'S A NICE GROUNDER.
>> OVERTHROW TO FIRST.
>> HE IS ON BASE.
THAT'S ALL HE WANTS.
OH WHAT HAPPENED THERE?
THE LITTLE BAT BOY GOT IN TROUBLE.
>> GOT TO GET OUT OF TAYLOR'S WAY.
>> GOT TO LOVE THAT.
TWO MORE THAT HIT HOME PLATE.
MATT AKIN AT THE PLATE NOW.
>> AND YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT WHAT MOVES SOMEONE FROM THE ADULT LEAGUE, WHERE THE JUNIOR LEAGUE TO THE SENIORS, AND WE ALWAYS ASK IF THEY'RE HITTING A BALL SO WELL THAT THEY'RE ENDANGERING THE OTHER PLAYERS... LOOK AT JIM... >> HUSTLING INTO THIRD.
>> GOOD JOB, JIM.
>> SAFE.
>> IF THEY'RE HITTING A BALL REALLY WELL, WE WANT TO LOOK AT THEM AND THEY COME AND WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT IF THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO BE GOOD IN THE FIELD WHEN SOMEONE LIKE JACKSON IS GOING TO BE UP AT-BAT.
SO IT'S A COUPLE OF THINGS AND WHAT WE SAY IS YOU COME AND YOU TRY OUT AND IF IT'S A YES, IT'S A YES AND IF NOT, YOU CAN ALWAYS TRY AGAIN.
>> THERE IS A SPOT FOR ANYBODY AND EVERYBODY.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THE BEAUTY OF IT IS IF THEY DON'T MAKE THE SENIOR-- IF THEY'RE NOT SKILLED ENOUGH TO PLAY IN THE SENIOR DIVISION, THEY STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY IN THE ADULT DIVISION OR JUNIOR DIVISION.
>> THAT WAS A MONITOR THROW BY PHIL DELANEY FROM THIRD OVER TO FIRST.
AND JUST DIDN'T GET CAUGHT.
AND SO WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SCORING AND FOR THOSE AT HOME, WHEN WE REACH FIVE RUNS, WE CHANGE SIDES.
SO THIS COULD BE GOING ON FOREVER.
SO AT FIVE RUNS WE SAY NEXT.
>> AND OF COURSE WE SEE MEG BACK AT THE PLATE.
>> YES.
BIG HIT FOR MEGHAN.
NICE AND THERE GOES JACKSON.
YEAH BEAUTIFUL.
>> JACKSON SCORES AND AIDAN BOBBLED THE BALL AND SHE MADE IT TO FIRST.
>> SHE RAN SO FAR, LIKE IN THE OUTFIELD.
>> COME BACK.
>> YES, KATHLEEN IS ON FIRST.
COME ON.
KATHLEEN IS THE SINGLE.
CLEAN SINGLE AND THERE SHE GOES.
>> SEE THAT CELEBRATION IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER?
>> YOU GOT TO LOVE THAT.
>> I LOVE THAT CELEBRATION.
>> AND HERE COMES... >> HE MADE IT.
>> BEAUTIFUL, GOOD THROW TO HOME BUT NOT IN TIME.
AND HERE WE GO, THE BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH WITH THE YANKEES.
>> AND THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHY WE CHANGE SIDES IS BECAUSE THE METS HAD SCORED FIVE RUNS AND SO NOW WE ARE HERE WITH THE YANKEES.
>> EXACTLY.
ZACH IS UP AND ZACH MOVED UP TO THE SENIOR LEAGUE WITH HIS MOM.
HIS MOM WAS A LONG TIME COACH FOR THE DARK BLUE TEAM AND WHEN ZACH REACHED AGE OF 15, THEY BOTH MOVED UP, BOTH HIS MOM AND HIM AND WE HAD TO GET A WHOLE NEW COACH FOR THE DARK BLUE TEAM, ITSELF JUNIOR SIDE OF THINGS.
>> THAT'S THE OTHER REASON THAT MAYBE IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN COACHING, AT LEAST GET YOUR NAME ON THE RIS AND THEY'VE GOT SPLIFF HIVE GET YOUR NAME ON THE LIST AND THEY'VE GOT SOMETHING TO REACH OUT TO.
>> THINGS ALWAYS MOVE AROUND IN THE OFF SEASON.
WE SEND OUT AN EMAIL, ARE YOU COMING BACK?
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN ONE OF OUR COACHES WANTED TO RUN HIS OWN TEAM AND WE EXPANDED AND HE WAS MY FIRST CALL.
NICE HIT.
>> GOING FOR TWO.
ZACH WITH THE STANDUP DOUBLE.
>> WOW.
>> VERY NICE.
>> GOOD FIELDING SO THOUGH, ALL THE WAY AROUND FROM THE RUNNING TO THE FIELDING.
ALL THE WAY AROUND, JAMIE OSWALD AT THE PLATE.
BRIDGEPORT.
HIS DAD IS RIGHT BEHIND HIM VIDEO RECORDING IT WITH HIS PHONE.
SO CUTE.
>> THESE ARE THOSE MEMORIES, THOUGH, THAT YOU ALWAYS WANT TO KEEP.
YOU ARE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE.
YOU CAN SHOW OFF A LITTLE BIT, TOO.
>> NICE.
SHORTSTOP TAYLOR PERKINS... >> OH... THAT WAS CLOSE.
>> HE'S SAFE.
>> HE'S SAFE.
>> SAFE AT FIRST.
>> ALL RIGHT, MICHAEL THOMAS.
>> MIKE THOMAS UP TO BAT.
>> YOU NOTICE WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG TALL GUYS ON THE YANKEES.
I THINK MICHAEL IS ABOUT TAYLOR'S SIZE, 6'2".
THE RUN CAME IN.
>> THAT'S WHAT IT IS ABOUT.
WHEN YOU BUNT LIKE THAT, IT'S ABOUT GETTING THE RUN.
GREAT JOB.
>> HARRY, NICE GROUNDER.
>> HARRY DYDO.
>> NATHAN AT THE PLATE.
SEE WHAT NATHAN CAN DO.
HE IS ALL READY, HOLDING THE BAT UP WITH THE HELP OF THE COACHES.
>> AWESOME.
>> FIRST PITCH SWINGING.
>> GOOD THROW.
TO SECOND.
AND EVERYONE IS SAFE.
>> EVERYBODY IS SAFE.
>> AN R.B.I.
AND SINGLE FOR NATHAN.
RICHARD DUNN, EVERY TIME I SEE DUNN I THINK OF BROOKS AND DUNN.
I DON'T KNOW.
>> THAT'S A COUNTRY CALLOUT.
YEAH.
>> WOW.
>> NICE.
NICE PLAY.
THAT'S TO BOBBY, BOBBY TOUCHES THIRD, THEIRS TO SECOND.
OUT AT THIRD.
SAFE AT SECOND.
>> MEGHAN WAS GOING FOR IT.
SHE WAS COVERING SECOND.
BEAUTIFUL.
>> WE GOT MATTHEW ROTH AT THE PLATE.
>> ONE OF THE BIG IMPROVEMENTS THIS DIVISION HAS MADE THIS SEASON IS THE COVERING OF SECOND BASES WITH RUNNERS ON FIRST BASE FOR THE FORCEOUT.
THEY'VE COME A LONG WAY WITH THAT AND THEY'VE TURNED A COUPLE OF DOUBLE PLAYS THIS YEAR, LIKE YOU WOULD SEE IN A MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL GAME.
WE'VE ALSO TURNED DOUBLE PLAYS FROM LINE DRIVES AND STEPPING ON THIRD OR SECOND BUT THE COVERAGE-- NICE HIT BY MATT.
>> WOW.
HE MIGHT GET TWO OUT OF THAT.
THAT HIT WAS HIT SO WELL AND HE... AND HE IS GOING TO THIRD?
>> NO, I THINK HE GETS A DOUBLE OUT OF THAT.
I THINK HE STOPPED AND, PLUS, WE GOT TWO R.B.I.S, TWO R.B.I.S.
AND COMING TO THE PLATE PHIL DELANEY BUT BEFORE WE SEE WHAT HE DOES AT THE PLATE, WE HAVE A LITTLE PLAYER SPOTLIGHT FOR YOU.
>> HE HAS EVOLVED SO MUCH WITH THIS LEAGUE, IT MAKES ME PROUD TO SEE WHAT THIS LEAGUE HAS DONE FOR HIM.
>> MY NAME IS PHIL DELANEY, SENIOR PLAYER ON THE YANKEES.
>> HE STARTED WITH THE CHALLENGER DIVISION IN 2008.
HE WAS ALMOST 15 WHEN HE FIRST STARTED.
>> THIRD WAS WHERE I EXCELLED AT.
THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE IT FEELS LIKE BEFORE HOME.
COACHES SAW THAT HERE AND SAID WELL, WE WANT TO YOU PLAY THIRD AND I HAVE BEEN PLAYING IT EVER SINCE.
>> I STARTED AS AN ASSISTANT COACH BACK IN FIENT 17.
I-- IN 2017.
I STARTED OUT AS THE TEAM MOM AND TOOK OVER THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
IN THE BEGINNING, WE DIDN'T REALLY WORRY ABOUT THE STRIKES AND BALLS.
WE SAW THAT THESE KIDS WERE ABLE TO AND WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE REAL RULES OF BASEBALL.
WE COULD SEE THEY COULD DO MORE.
AND WE KEPT THINKING, OKAY, WE'LL ADD THIS EACH YEAR AND EACH YEAR WE GAVE THEM AUTO THE SKILL TO WORK ON.
IT JUST STARTED SNOWBALLING FROM THERE.
AND WE STARTED WITH ACTUAL BASEBALL WHERE THEY ONLY HAVE FOUR STRIKES, 10 PITCHES, ALL THE RULES OF BASEBALL.
AND WE ALL FEEL LIKE WE WANT TO DO THE BEST WE CAN BUT WE HAVE FUN WITH IT WHILE WE DO IT.
WE BRING THE BEST OUT OF EACH OTHER.
OUR INTERACTIONS, OUR PLAYS, WE ALSO ARE TRYING TO OUTDO THE OTHER BUT ALSO LIKE JUST HAVE FUN.
>> THE MESSAGE THIS WEEING PUTS OUT, YOU CAN DO IT.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS CAN'T.
DON'T SAY CAN'T.
YOU TRY.
>> AS I GREW, I FELL MORE AND MORE IN LOVE WITH THE SPORT AND THE ATHLETES AN COACHES.
IT BECAME PART OF ME.
>> I COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER SON.
>> IT HAS BROUGHT ME A LOT MORE MATURITY BECAUSE IT ENABLED ME TO BE THE KIND OF PERSON THAT I WANT THESE KIDS TO LOOK UP TO.
THE COACHES HAVE HELPED ME WITH THAT.
THEY GAVE ME THE TOOLS AND THE ADVICE THAT I NEED TO WHO I AM AND BE THE ATHLETE I WANT TO BE.
JI WAFT WANT TO SAY IF YOU-- I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE ATHLETES, THE COACHES, EVERYBODY.
BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS, THERE WOULD BE NO CHALLENGERS AND I CAN'T IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT IT BECAUSE IT JUST MEANS THAT MUCH TO ME.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT BRINGS OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE AND IT EVEN BRINGS THE BEST OUT IN THE PEOPLE WATCHING.
JUST BELIEVE IN YOURSELF AND BELIEVE IN YOUR TEAMMATES AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG.
>> WHAT A GREAT PACKAGE.
WE ARE BACK AT IT.
PHIL DELANEY AT THE PLATE.
HE MADE IT TO FIRST.
GOT ANOTHER RUN.
SINGLE AND RUN SCORED.
>> NICE.
AND OF COURSE NOW WE ARE GOING TO THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH, THE METS ARE AT-BAT.
>> AND CHRIS ESCHBACHER, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TALL GUYS.
GREAT PLAYER, GREAT INTENSITY.
>> AND IT LOOKED LIKE A TIP OFF THE BAT.
>> AND THAT LAST INNING WAS BOTH TEAMS SCORED FIVE RUNS EACH SO THAT'S WHY WE-- >> YOU ROTATED.
>> WE ROTATED.
>> FOUL BALL.
I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH NICE THINGS ABOUT OUR COACHES IN THE BACKGROUND.
YOU HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT ABOUT THEM BUT STACY AND ROY JOHNSON ARE COACHING WITH THE METS, AMAZING COACHES.
THERE'S ROY.
HE IS ON FIRST.
IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR.
>> WE HAVE DANNY-- YOU KNOW, IT IS.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR.
>> NOBODY STAYS HOME.
WE GOT SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY TO DO.
ALL RIGHT.
DANNY RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE AND LOOK AT THAT RUN.
FAST.
>> I THINK THEY GOT CHRIS OUT AT SECOND THOUGH.
>> FORCE OUT AT SECOND.
>> JEFFREY GREENE COMING TO THE PLATE.
>> COACH STACY GETTING THE BAT.
>> ANOTHER ONE OF THE MANY JOBS OF A COACH.
>> YES.
WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BATS ARE PICKED UP.
COACH JONES HITTING THE HOME PLATE ON THAT ONE.
>> COACH JOAN HAS STEPPED UP TO HELP COACH THIS YEAR, PITCHING, CATCHING, COACHING THIRD BASE.
SHE IS DOING A GREAT JOB AND SHE IS MEGHAN'S MOTHER.
>> OKAY.
>> YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, PARENTS DON'T JUST GET TO SIT IN THE CHAIRS.
WELL, SOME OF THEM DO.
>> IT GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE, THAT IF YOU WANT TO HELP OUT, YOU WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
AND YOU MENTIONED IT, DEE, BEING A FAMILY AWARE FAIR.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GREAT AT BASEBALL.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS TO DO.
>> I THINK THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE GREAT.
>> OUR PLAYERS ARE GREAT.
>> I COULD NEVER STAND AT THE PLATE LIKE THAT AND HIT THE BALL LIKE THEY'RE HITTING THE BALL.
>> OUR PLAYERS ARE GREAT.
I'M SAYING ME AS A COACH IS KIND OF HILARIOUS.
>> OH JUST... >> YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ME UP AT BAT.
ALTHOUGH I DO HAVE THE WIGGLE.
>> AND YOU LEARNED FROM THE WIGGLE THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ENTIRE GAME, WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE TOUGH GAMES, YOU DO THE WIGGLE AND YOU FEEL BETTER.
>> SHAKE IT OFF, YEAH.
>> I GOT TO LEARN THAT.
>> YOU DO.
>> I DO.
>> COME ON OUT.
WE'LL HAVE CHASE TEACH YOU.
>> I LOVE CHASE.
LOVE 'EM ALL.
>> I FEEL LIKE ADAM IS DOING THE WIGGLE RIGHT NOW OUT IN THE FIELD.
A LITTLE GROUNDBALL, LET'S SEE.
>> DO YOU SEE HOW THE THIRD BASEMAN CAME IN TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
AGAIN, THAT COMES FROM BEING INSTRUCTED WHAT TO DO AND WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO THROW THE BALL.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS INSTINCTS, INSTINCTS FOR BASEBALL ARE VERY HIGH.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF KNOWING WHEN TO DO THE INSTINCTUAL STUFF.
PHIL DELANEY WITH THAT PLAY.
HE IS A PRETTY SOLID THIRD BASEMAN.
>> VERY NICE.
VERY NICE.
WHO DO WE HAVE RUNNING?
[LAUGHTER] TAYLOR AGAIN.
>> THOUGHTS WHO I THOUGHT.
JUST WANTED TO-- JUST WANTED YOU TO SAY IT.
>> THE SUN HAS GONE DOWN SO A DIFFERENT SET OF CHALLENGES IN TERMS OF SEEING THE FIELD.
WHEN THE SUN IS IN YOUR EYES, THAT'S A PROBLEM AND WHEN THE SUN SETS IT'S A DIFFERENT THING.
WE PLAY WITH BRIGHT YELLOW BALLS THOUGH SO THAT HELPS.
>> THE BRIGHT YELLOW BALLS CAME INTO EFFECT LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE HAD SOME INDIVIDUALS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS AND THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE SEE IS THE BASEBALLS AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT COACHES NOTICE DURING A GAME.
THAT THE REASON WHY THEY'RE MAYBE DOING... SO WE WENT AHEAD AND FOUND SOME BRIGHT GREEN BALLS AND THEY SEEM TO BE WORKING WONDERS.
>> THEY'RE YELLOW.
>> YELLOW GREEN.
♪ YOU SAY TOMATO... >> POTATO, WE ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH, THE YANKEES AT-BAT.
ALEX GOT HIMSELF A SINGLE OR... >> NO, THAT WAS AUSTIN.
ALEX AND THEN AUSTIN.
>> I GOT TO LOOK UP.
CHASE WITH THE WIGGLE.
AND THAT BRIGHT PINK BAT.
>> WITH THE WHAT COLOR BALL?
>> YELLOW OR GREEN.
>> SO THIS IS SURE TO BE A HIT.
>> CAN YOU TELL WE HAVE FUN.
WE REALLY DO.
>> WE DO.
>> WE LAUGH A LOT.
>> A GRIOT TEAM HERE IN THE BOOTH.
-- A GREAT TEAM HERE IN THE BOOTH.
AND THE PITCH.
>> SO CLOSE.
>> PITCHER NOT GIVING CHASE WHAT HE WANTED TODAY.
>> THAT'S OUT NUMBER ONE BY THE WAY.
DEFINITELY NOT GIVING HIM WHAT HE WANTED.
RASM IS UP.
>> RALPH HAS BEEN STRUGGLING TODAY.
LET'S SEE IF HE SHAKES OFF WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE AND DOES SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
>> HE MIGHT BE DUE.
>> YES.
>> I THINK HE IS.
>> THERE'S COACH MATT SAYING HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
>> THE ONE THING ABOUT-- ALL RIGHT.
I TOLD YOU.
AND HE MADE IT.
BEAUTIFUL.
>> GOT HIMSELF ON FIRST.
>> GOOD FOR YOU, RALPH.
>> COMING TO THE PLATE SHOULD BE ADAM.
>> AND HE WILL FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE HE WILL REMEMBER WALKING AWAY THAT HE GOT A HIT.
>> THE ONE THING DURING THIS OR DURING THESE GAMES IS THE COACHES INSTRUCT AS THE GAME GOES ON SO THEY CAN SEE THINGS THAT MAYBE THE AVERAGE FAN IN THE STANDS CAN'T SEE.
>> AND COMING TO THE PLATE, IT'S AIDAN OSTERHOUSE.
>> AND THERE WAS AN OUT AT THIRD, SO WE ARE AT TWO OUTS.
>> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS OF SEEING THE INDIVIDUALS IMPROVE IS FROM THIS YEAR, FROM THE SPRING TRAINING THAT WE HAD AT PERFECT PRACTICE, IT IS JUST FUN TO WATCH THESE INDIVIDUALS GROW AS BASEBALL PLAYERS ALL THROUGH THE SEASON.
AND TAKE WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED FOR SIX WEEKS IN SPRING TRAINING AND BRING IT OUT TO THE FIELD.
>> I LOVE THAT DANIEL IS STILL WEARING HIS SUNGLASSES.
[LAUGHTER] >> WELL COREY HART WORE HIS SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT.
>> YES, HE DID.
>> JUST THROWING IN A LITTLE MUSIC... >> STRAIGHT UP.
AME IS THROWING IT TO TAYLOR.
>> BUT RAN IT IN.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> A SINGLE R.B.I.
AND RALPH, I BELIEVE RALPH CAME IN AND SCORED.
>> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
>> BRYCE.
>> AND BRYCE SAYS IT'S NOT THE WIGGLE BUT YOU SEE BRYCE BOUNCING ON HIS KNEES.
THAT'S HIS WAY TO STAY LOOSE.
>> GOT TO HOLD THE ONE IF THE LEFT FROM FIELD AND IT WAS CAUGHT.
>> IT WAS CAUGHT.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR WATCHING.
IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGER BASEBALL, MY NAME IS SKIP CLARK HOST OF SEASON TWO CHALLENGER BASEBALL ALONGSIDE DEE PERKINS AND COACH MIKE TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
AND THANK YOU TO THE MEN AND WOMEN, THE BOYS AND GIRLS AND THE PARENTS OF 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 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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