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Challenger Baseball "Game Of The Week" Game 5
9/19/2025 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The CNS Optimist Club face off against The Tymofy Foundation.
In this Game Of the Week, the CNS Optimist Club faces off against The Tymofy Foundation in the Syracuse Challenger Baseball junior league.
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Challenger Baseball "Game Of The Week" Game 5
9/19/2025 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
In this Game Of the Week, the CNS Optimist Club faces off against The Tymofy Foundation in the Syracuse Challenger Baseball junior league.
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♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HI EVERYBODY AND WELCOME BACK TO SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
MY NAME IS SKIP CLARK.
TODAY'S GAME FEATURES A JUNIORS GAME BETWEEN THE TYMOFY FOUNDATION TAKING ON THE CNS OPTIMIST CLUB IN THE ORANGE.
FIRST AT THE PLATE, GABRIEL AND MICHAEL COPANAS AND THEY'RE MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
NEXT IS EMILY RAY AND ON DECK WILL BE CARTER MONROE.
EMILY MAKING HER WAY TO THE PLATE.
THEY MADE THEIR WAY TO FIRST.
RIGHT NOW AT THE PLATE, EMILY RAY FROM EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.
HER SUPER POWER WOULD BE IF SHE WAS ABLE TO TURN ANYTHING INTO A CHICKEN NUGGET.
A SWING AND A HIT.
SHE CONNECTED WITH THE BALL.
SHE MAKES HER WAY DOWN TO FIRST AND NOW WE HAVE FLAVORS ON FIRST AND SECOND.
CARTER MONROE MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE PLATE AT THIS POINT.
SHE MAKES HER WAY DOWN TO FIRST.
THALI PARKER SHOULD BE ON DECK.
WE HAVE PLAYERS ON FIRST AND SECOND.
CARTER MONROE FROM MARCELLUS, NEW YORK.
BREATHING UNDER WATER WOULD BE A COOL SUPER POWER.
AND HERE WE GO.
HE GETS A HIT.
AND HE IS BEING INSTRUCTED WHERE TO GO.
OF COURSE, RIGHT DOWN TO FIRST.
I'LL TELL YOU, HE MOVES.
HE IS DEFINITELY MOVING DOWN TO FIRST.
OF COURSE NOW WE HAVE PLAYERS FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD.
THALI PARKER AT THE PLATE.
AND AT THE PLATE WE HAVE THALI PARKER FROM SYRACUSE.
AND HE LOVES FRENCH FRIES AND STRAWBERRY LEMONADE AND WELL, A SWING AND A MISS.
I THOUGHT HE CONNECTED WITH THAT.
THERE IT IS.
NOW HE IS GOING TO MAKE HIS WAY TO FIRST BASE.
THE BASES ARE LOADED AT THIS POINT.
GABE YELL AND-- GABRIEL AND MICHAEL COPANAS SCORE.
THALI, GREAT JOB AS WELL.
LEONARDO BRUNER SHOULD BE AT THE PLATE.
EMILY RAY IS WAITING AT THIRD BASE TO COME IN AND SCORE.
FROM SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.
LOVES NOODLES.
BABY SHARK.
AND A SWING.
AND ANOTHER GOOD HIT, LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY HITS, EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FIELD AND THERE THEY GO.
AND EMILY IS GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE AT THE PLATE, LANDON McENENY AND CARTER MONROE AT THIRD BASE.
LANDON SHOULD BE AT THE PLATE IN A MOMENT OR TWO AND OF COURSE HE IS SAFE.
LOOK AT THAT.
SHE IS SAFE, SAFE AT HOME.
SO HERE WE GO.
GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB.
THERE IS LANDON RIGHT THERE FROM MINOA, FAVORITE FOOD, GRILLED CHEESE AND CRACKERS.
FUN FACT, HE IS A HAPPY BOY.
I THINK EVERYBODY IS HAPPY.
GET TO PLAY BASEBALL.
WHY WOULDN'T YOU BE HAPPY.
THIS IS GREAT.
SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL, OF COURSE LANDON GETTING THE HIT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
HE HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED HE NEEDS TO HEAD DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
OF COURSE CARTER IS GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE ON THAT.
CARTER MONROE.
GREAT JOB.
WE HAVE LOGAN COMING TO THE PLATE.
LOGAN FROM MINOA, NEW YORK, PASTA AND PUDDING BEING HIS FAVORITE FOODS.
LOVES ELEVATORS AND GONDOLAS.
THAT IS DIFFERENT.
THAT IS REALLY COOL.
HE IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE AS WELL.
WITH LOGAN HITTING THE BALL, THALI COMES IN TO SCORE.
HE IS GOING TO TOUCH HOME PLATE.
GREAT JOB.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, OF COURSE, AT THE PLATE WE SHOULD HAVE JOEY WALSH.
AND LANARDO BRUNER.
THERE HE IS.
NASCAR JUST ABOUT EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, YOU HAVE TO LOVE THAT AS WELL BUT RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL AND OF COURSE HE GIVES THAT A GREAT HIT.
LANARDO COMING IN TO SCORE.
JULIAN HALL SHOULD BE AT THE PLATE.
JOSHUA MONTERO ON DECK.
MOMMY AND DADDY, ARE THE HEROES.
ABSOLUTELY.
WOW.
AND THAT'S A GOOD HIT.
LITTLE GUY WITH A BIG HIT.
LOOK AT THAT.
AND HE IS SO HAPPY AND MOVING RIGHT DOWN TO FIRST.
WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE BASES LOADED: JOSHUA MONTERO OUT OF FAYETTEVILLE.
HE LOVES BATMAN AND HERE HE IS AT THE PLATE.
HE TAKES A FEW LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS AND A SWING AND A GOOD HIT.
THAT BALL IS GOING UP PAST THE SECOND BASEMAN.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE IS SO HAPPY.
HE KNOWS THAT EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SCORE ON THAT.
HE IS GOING TO KEEP GOING, ROUNDING THE BASES, LOGAN, JOEY, JOSHUA AND JULIAN ALL COMING IN TO SCORE ON THAT.
ALL THE WAY AROUND.
GREAT JOB.
WAY TO GO, JOSH, HIT THAT PLATE.
AND HE GIVES IT A CARTWHEEL ATTEMPT.
AND HE TOUCHES HOME AND HERE WE GO AROUND THE BASE AND THEY JUST KEEP MOVING.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ROLLING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST HERE MOMENTARILY, THE JUNIOR CNS OPTIMIST CLUB WEARING THE ORANGE AND ONCE WE GET SITUATED HERE, COMING UP TO THE PLATE WILL BE ANDRE DUNHAM MCCLAIN.
THERE YOU GO.
THE CNS OPTIMISM-- OPTIMIST CLUB LINEUP IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE SCREEN.
ANDRE SHOULD BE ON THE SCREEN, THERE HE IS.
NORTH SYRACUSE NEW YORK, LOVES HIS TACOS, LOVES TO FLY.
THAT WOULD BE A REALLY COOL SUPER POWER.
HE IS GOING TO FLY UP TO FIRST.
HE IS MAKING IT WORK.
HE IS HEADING UP TO FIRST.
AT THE PLATE SHOULD BE ANTHONY, THEY CALL HIM BUBBA SCHRADER.
SHOULD BE AT THE PLATE.
ANDRE HANGING OUT AT FIRST, BLAKE SCHWARZ WILL BE ON DECK.
ANTHONY FROM SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.
HIS HERO MOMMY AND DADDY AS WELL.
A SWING AND MISS WITH THE FIRST PITCH.
A SWING AND HIT GOING UP PAST THE PITCHER.
HE MAKES HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST.
WE SHOULD HAVE BLAKE SCHWARZ AT THE PLATE AT THIS POINT.
ALL RIGHT, BALDWINSVILLE PIZZA AND FRIES.
THAT'S A GREAT SNACK.
I LOVE THAT.
AND ALL RIGHT.
LET'S SEE WHAT BLAKE CAN DO.
AND HE HITS THE BALL AND HE KNOWS, DROPS THE BAT, HE KNOWS HE IS GOING TO BE MOVING TO FIRST.
AND NOW BASES ARE GOING TO BE LOADED FOR GAVIN OLIN COMING TO THE PLATE AND THEN ON PLATE WILL BE JAX DOWNING.
BASES AND BASES ARE LOADED AT THIS POINT.
AND ANDRE IS GOING TO BE ON THIRD.
GAVIN OLIN FROM SOLVAY LOVES TOAST.
IT'S A GREAT SNACK.
ABSOLUTELY, ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT.
AND A NICE GREAT HIT GOING UP TOWARDS THE THIRD BASEMAN AND HE IS SO HAPPY, HE IS GOING TO GET UP AND MOVE DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
OF COURSE ANDRE COMING IN TO SCORE ON THAT, TOO.
WAY TO GO GAVIN.
JAX DOWNING SHOULD BE COMING UP TO THE PLATE.
ON DECK IS MELANIE HARRISON.
THERE'S JAX.
MY BROTHER JACE, THAT'S COOL.
WHO IS YOUR HERO.
SHAKE IT OFF BY TAYLOR SWIFT HIS FAVORITE SONG.
GETS A HIT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
RUNS TO FIRST.
A RUN SCORES ON THAT.
WE HAVE, IT LOOKS LIKE ANTHONY COMING IN TO SCORE.
THEY CALL HIM BUBBA.
MELANIE HARRISON SHOULD BE COMING UP TO THE PLATE MOMENT AIR MOMENTARILY.
BLAKE SCHWARZ ON THIRD, VICTORIA IS ON DECK.
THERE IS MELANIE, HER HERO, HER SISTER.
TAKES A SWING AND MISS BUT THAT'S A SWING AND A HIT.
THERE SHE GOES TO FIRST.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE SOMEBODY SCORE ON THAT.
BLAKE SCHWARZ COMING AROUND THIRD MAKING HIS WAY TO HOME PLATE TO SCORE.
WE HAVE VICTORIA AT THE PLATE AND DANI IS GOING TO BE ON DECK.
VICTORIA SYWULSKI WILL BE AT THE PLATE.
GAVIN OLIN IS AT THIRD.
VICTORIA FROM SOLVOY.
SHE IS HITTING OFF THE T. YOU THINK IT IS EASY BUT IT IS NOT.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL AND HIT THE BALL WITH INSTRUCTIONS AS YOU CAN SEE.
THERE IT IS.
SHE KEPT HER EYE ON THE BALL.
GOT A GOOD HIT OFF THE T, DROPS THE BAT, MAKES HER WAY DOWN TO FIRST, GAVIN OLIN COMES AROUND THIRD AND SCORES.
AND THERE WE GO.
AND DANI SHOULD BE MAKING HER WAY TO THE PLATE.
WAITING FOR HER TIME.
BASES ARE LOADY AT THIS POINT, BY THE WAY.
AND DANI ZIMIC FROM WARNERS, NEW YORK, SUSHI AND STAKE.
SHE WOULD LIKE TO FLY SO SHE COULD VISIT ALL HER FRIENDS.
GETS A HIT TOWARDS THE SHORTSTOP.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SCORE ON THAT.
YOU HAVE JAX COMING AROUND, MELANIE AND VICTORIA COMING AROUND TO SCORE ON THAT AS WELL AS DANI.
AND THAT IS, WOW.
JUST EVERYBODY HUSTLING.
EVERYBODY BATTING.
EVERYBODY PLAYING THE FIELD.
EVERYBODY GETS A HIT.
AND THERE IT IS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE TOP OF THE SECOND HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
ALL RIGHT, DANI IS MAKING HER WAY HOME AND EVERYBODY IS SCORING ON THAT.
YOU HAVE JAXZ, MELANIE, VICTORIA, THEY'RE ALL COMING AROUND TO SCORE ON THAT.
JUST WHAT A HIT.
GREAT JOB.
WE ARE GOING TO ROLL INTO THE TOP OF THE SECOND, JUNIORS WITH THE TYMOFY FOUNDATION IN THE GRAY.
AND JOEY WALSH WILL BE LEADING OFF HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
WE ARE GETTING THINGS ORGANIZED AND CHANGING UP THE FIELD.
BUT HERE WE GO.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR JOEY WALSH.
JOE WALSH, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.
COME ON, JOEY.
JOEY WAITS FOR HIS PITCH.
AND HE GETS A HIT.
RIGHT UP TOWARDS SECOND BASEMAN.
HE IS RUNNING SO FAST THAT HIS HELMET FLEW OFF BUT HE IS MAKING IT DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
LEONARDO BRUNNER SHOULD BE AT BAT.
LANDON WILL BE ON DECK.
LEONARDO BRUNER.
SWING AND A MISS.
AND HE GETS A BALL.
THAT GOES UP TOWARD THE FIRST BASEMAN, STAYS ON THE FOUL LINE.
HE IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST.
AND WE HAVE LANDON COMING TO THE PLATE AND YOU CAN SEE HE IS FROM MINOA, NEW YORK.
LANDON, GOT A GOOD GRIP ON THAT BAT.
HERE WE GO.
CATCHER IS IN POSITION WAITING FOR THE PITCH.
HE LETS THAT ONE GO BY.
HE SAID THAT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
LAST MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS AND A PITCH AND HE HITS IT.
GREAT JOB.
WAY TO GO, LANDON.
GOING TO MAKE HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
HE IS THINKING ABOUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW HE IS GOING TO GO.
AND THEN EMILY IS GOING TO BE ON DECK.
EMILY IS COMING UP HERE IN JUST A MOMENT.
YOU WILL SEE HER ON THE SCROAN.
WE JUST HAVE TO GET OUR PLAYERS IN POSITION.
SO EMILY WILL BE AT BAT.
EMILY RAY, JOEY WALSH, BY THE WAY, IS OVER ON THIRD AT THIS POINT.
THERE IS EMILY FROM EAST SYRACUSE.
EMILY KNOWS WHAT SHE HAS TO DO.
SHE IS WAITING FOR THE PITCH AND SHE CONNECTS WITH THAT BALL.
SHE DOES.
THAT WAS LIKE THE FIRST PITCH.
AND JOEY WALSH COMING IN TO SCORE ON THAT BABY.
HITTING HOME PLATE AND THERE IS A RUN, RACKING THEM UP.
IT'S A PITCHER'S DUEL.
ALL RIGHT.
LOGAN COMING TO THE PLATE.
LEONARDO WILL BE ON THIRD.
THERE'S LOGAN.
FROM MANILA, NEW YORK.
AND THE PITCH.
AND A SWING AND A MISS.
AND ANOTHER PITCH.
HERE WE GO.
AND WHOA, HE CONNECTED.
THAT IS GOING OUT TO THE THIRD BASEMAN.
MAKING HIS WAY TO FIRST, OF COURSE AND ON THAT, OF COURSE, LANARDO COMING IN TO SCORE.
AND JOSHUA MONTERO FROM FAYETTEVILLE, NEW YORK, IS AT THE PLATE.
AND HE GETS A GOOD HIT.
AND, YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE KNOWS.
HE IS SO HAPPY.
HE SAYS YEAH, I'M JUST GOING TO GO.
I CAN TELL ALREADY, HE IS WAVING TO THE CROWD.
SOMETHING TELLS ME HE IS GOING TO ROUND THAT BASE.
HE IS GOING TO RUN ALL THE BASES HIMSELF.
HE IS CONSIDERING THAT A HOME RUN.
RIGHTFULLY SO, WAY TO GO MY FRIEND: LANDON CAME IN TO SCORE AS WELL.
JOSHUA MAKING HIS WAY AROUND THE BASES AND COMES IN TO SCORE ON THAT.
AS SOON AS HE MAKES HIS WAY INTO HOME, JULIAN HALL WILL BE AT THE PLATE.
>> EMILY RAY IS GOING TO HOLD AT THIRD.
LOOK AT THAT SLIDE.
HE IS IN AND SAFE.
ANOTHER RUN: JULIAN HALL FROM EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK: AND A COUPLE OF SWINGS AND A COUPLE OF MISSES BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, HE WAITS FOR HIS PITCH AND THERE IT IS.
GOING UP TOWARDS FIRST BASEMAN BUT THE FIRST BASEMAN IS NOT THERE TO GRAB IT.
MAKING HIS WAY TO FIRST.
EMILY RAY IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND SCORE ON THAT.
AND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE GABRIELLE AND MICHAEL COPANAS.
THEY WILL BE AT THE PLATE IF JUST A MOMENT.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT FAMILY.
THIS IS ALL ABOUT FRIENDS AND THIS IS ALL ABOUT FUN.
SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
GABRIELLE AND MICHAEL AT THE PLATE.
A SWING AND A MISS.
GETTING SOME HELP FROM HIS BROTHER AND ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS BUT ONE OF THESE PITCHES IS GOING TO BE JUST RIGHT AND THERE IT IS.
I HOLD TOLD YOU.
THAT WAS JUST RIGHT.
GOING TOWARD THE THIRD BASEMAN.
GABRIELLE AND MICHAEL MAKING THEIR WAY TO FIRST BASE.
ALL RIGHT, GABE AND MICHAEL, THEY'RE HOLDING AT FIRST.
THALI PARKER IS AT THE PLATE.
WE SENT OUR CREW AND CAMERAS TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THALI.
>> THALI WAS NON-VERBAL UNTIL HE WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD.
AND THEY WEREN'T SURE IF HE WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
AND NOW YOU SEE HE TALKS A LOT.
AND HE TALKS FAST AND HE HAS A LOT THAT HE WANTS TO SHARE.
SAY HELLO.
>> IS SPANISH.
>> THALI.
>> MY NAME IS-- >> NO.
JUST TELL THEM YOUR NAME.
>> ALABAMA.
>> TRY AGAIN.
>> ALASKA.
>> MY NAME IS-- THALI PARKER.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU?
>> I WILL GO FIRST.
MY NAME IS LIN IT, I AM THALI'S MOM AND VERY PROUD OF THAT.
ALL RIGHT, YOUR NAME.
>> MY NAME IS THALI.
>> HOW OLD ARE YOU, THALI.
>> 13.
>> THALI IS MY OVERSIZED 12-YEAR-OLD.
HE IS A JOKESTER.
HE IS A GREAT KID.
HE ENJOYS TRAINS, DINOSAURS, FLAGS, AND HE IS ACTUALLY VERY KIND AND COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS OTHERS.
>> EVERYTHING IS GOOD ABOUT BEING THALI'S GRANDMOTHER.
YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO.
HE WILL COME AND GRAB MY HAND BECAUSE HE WANTS ME TO SEE SOMETHING HE IS DOING.
HE DOESN'T GIVE UP.
HE TRIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT.
>> WHEN THALI GOT HIS DIAGNOSIS, I FEW HIS LIFE WOULD NOT LOOK LIKE OTHERS LIVES BUT HE COULD STILL LIVE A FULL LIFE SO I JUST WANTED HIM TO BE INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT THINGS AND TRY DIFFERENT THINGS AND BASEBALL WAS ONE OF THEM.
AND WE HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE GREAT TEAM-- THE GRAY TEAM OF THE SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL EVER SINCE.
>> WHEN THALI FIRST STARTED, HE PLAYED IN THE DIRT A LOT.
BUT HE HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE WHEN WE FIRST STARTED.
WHEN HE IS OUT AT BASEBALL, HE GETS TO MEET MORE PEOPLE SO HE IS MORE TALKATIVE THEN.
>> MY FAMILY COMES OUT AND SUPPORTS THALI.
>> DO THEY HELP YOU OUT?
>> YEAH.
>> ARE YOU THANKFUL FOR THEM?
>> I DO... >> YES?
>> MAYBE.
>> MAYBE.
>> VERY RARELY DO WE MISS A GAME.
WE ARE NEEDED OUT IN THE FIELD, WE GO OUT IN THE FIELD.
IF WE ARE NEEDED BEHIND HOME PLATE OR TO HELP THEM SWING THE BALL, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
WE ARE RIGHT THERE FOR THALI.
WE ARE ADVOCATING FOR HIM ALL KINDS OF WAYS.
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS REALLY GREAT ABOUT SYRACUSE CHALLENGER IS THAT THALI IS AROUND OTHER KIDS WHO ARE ALSO DIFFERENTLY ABLED, BUT THEY DON'T SEE EACH OTHER AS DIFFERENCES.
I GET TO BE AROUND PARENTS WHO ARE MORE BELIEVING OF MY CHILD'S BEHAVIOR.
I GET EXPOSED TO MORE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE AREA.
AND WE ALSO GET TO EXPERIENCE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT KIDS EXPERIENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, I WAS TOLD MAYBE HE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO.
I JUST WANT THE BEST FOR HIM.
WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE.
>> AND WELCOME BACK.
THALI PARKER AT THE PLATE.
HIT RIGHT OFF THE BAT.
THALI IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST.
JULIAN HALL IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND SCORE ON THAT.
JULIAN IS COMING AROUND.
YOU BET I GOT THAT HIT.
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.
GOING TO HOLD AT FIRST.
CARTER MONROE SHOULD BE AT THE PLATE.
AND DON'T FORGET WE HAVE BASES LOADED, AGAIN.
ALL RIGHT.
SO CARTER MONROE SHOULD BE AT THE PLATE AND YOU KNOW, HE IS WAITING FOR THE PITCH.
THAT'S ALL.
YEP.
A LITTLE INSTRUCTION.
PLAYING THE GAME THEY LOVE YOU GOT TO LOVE THAT.
HE GETS A HIT.
YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT AS A HIT.
ABSOLUTELY.
LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY HITS AND EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FIELD.
SO CARTER IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BUT LITTLE DOES HE KNOW THAT IS A GRAND SLAM BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS GOING TO ROUND THE BASES.
YOU GOT GABRIELLE AND MICHAEL, THALI AND CARTER AND JULIAN HALL ALL COMING AROUND TO SCORE.
>> WATCH OUT.
CONGRATULATIONS.
GOOD JOB.
>> EVERYBODY IS GOING IN.
I LOVE THIS.
IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY HITS HOME PLATE.
EVERYBODY PUTS A RUN ON THAT SCORE SHEET.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ROLLING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE SECOND.
THE JUNIOR CNS OPTIMIST CLUB IN THE ORANGE OUR FIRST PLAYER UP THERE, ANDRE DUNHAM MCCLAIN.
A SWING AND A MISS.
THIS IS AMAZING.
LOOK AT HIM GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIRST WITH THAT HIT.
NICE HIT.
HE IS GOING TO HOLD AT FIRST.
ANTHONY, WE GOT BUBBA UP TO BAT.
ANTHONY BUBBA SCHRADER WILL BE AT THE PLATE.
ANDRE, HOLDING AT FIRST.
BLAKE SCHWARZ WILL BE ON DECK.
AND THERE HE IS RIGHT THERE AT FIRST BASE.
HE HAS FULL CONTROL THERE.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO.
THIS IS BUBBA, WE CALL HIM BUBBA, ANTHONY BUBBA SCHRADER OUT OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.
BLAKE SCHWARZ ON DECK.
HE'S GOT A GRIP ON THE BAT.
HE IS MAKING SURE HE GETS ON THE OKAY FROM EVERYBODY AND WE'VE GOT THE PITCH AND HE GETS A HIT ON THE FIRST PITCH GOING UP THE FIRST BASE LINE.
HE WILL HOLD AT FIRST, ANDRE IS MOVING UP TO SECOND, BLAKE SCHWARZ WILL BE AT THE PLATE MOMENTARILY.
ON DECK IS GAVIN OLIN.
SO BLAKE SCHWARZ MAKING HIS WAY UP TO THE PLATE HERE MOMENTARILY.
AND IT'S A SWING AND A MISS.
IT'S ANOTHER SWING AND A MISS BUT HE KNOWS WHAT HE IS WAITING FOR AND THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT HE WAS WAITING FOR.
THAT'S A HIT AND HE IS GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO THE FIRST.
THE CROWD IS CHEERING HIM ON MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST.
SO NOW WE HAVE ANDRE ON THIRD, ANTHONY IS GOING TO BE ON SECOND, AND BLAKE HOLDING AT FIRST.
GAVIN OLIN IS GOING TO BE AT THE PLATE MOMENTARILY FOLLOWED BY JAX DOWNING WHO IS ON DECK.
ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE GAVIN OLIN FROM SOLVAY NEW YORK, ANDRE ON THIRD WAITING TO SCORE, HE SAYS I'M GOING ON GET A GOOD HIT.
I LOVE THE SMILE.
HE GOT A GOOD HIT WITH THAT.
HE KNOWS IT, TOO.
ABSOLUTELY.
HE IS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
HE IS GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO FIRST AND, OF COURSE, WITH HIM GETTING A HIT, ANDRE MCCLAIN IS GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE ON THAT.
WAY TO GO, MY FRIEND.
GO RIGHT OVER HOME PLATE.
PUT ANOTHER RUN ON THE SCORE SHEET.
JAX DOWNING COMING TO THE PLATE IN A MOMENT.
THERE WE ARE AT FIRST.
AT THE PLATE WE HAVE JAX DOWNING.
FROM EAST SYRACUSE.
AND THIS IS NO, NO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO DO THAT ONE.
ALL RIGHT.
THERE IT IS.
THAT'S A GOOD HIT.
AGAIN THAT'S GOING UP THE FIRST BASE LINE AND JAX IS MAKING HIS WAY DOWN TO FIRST BASE.
ANTHONY, WE GOT BUBBA GOING TO COME IN AND SCORE.
GREAT JOB AND AT THE PLATE WE SHOULD HAVE MELANIE HARRISON AND BLAKE SCHWARZ HOLDING AT THIRD BASE READY TO SCORE.
MELANIE HAILS FROM LIVERPOOL, NEW YORK, A SWING AND A MISS BUT SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS.
THERE IT IS.
THAT'S WHAT SHE WANTED BECAUSE SHE GOT A GOOD HIT.
THAT WENT UP THIRD BASELINE.
SHE MAKES HER WAY TO FIRST AND BLAKE SCHWARZ IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND SCORE.
AND AT THE PLATE WE SHOULD HAVE VICTORIA SYWULSKI AND GAVIN OLIN HOLDING AT THIRD.
ON DECK SHOULD BE DANI ZIMIC.
WE HAVE VICTORIA FROM SOLVAY, NEW YORK.
HITTING OFF THE T IS NOT EASY.
SHE DID IT.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL AND SWING THAT BAT AND THEY CAN DO IT AND THEY HAVE DONE IT WELL.
SO HERE WE GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FIRST.
OF COURSE GAVIN OLIN COMING IN TO SCORE ON THAT, TOUCHING HOME PLATE ABSOLUTELY.
NOW AT BAT WE SHOULD HAVE DANI ZIMIC.
DON'T FORGET OUR BASES ARE LOADED.
EVERYBODY BATS.
EVERY HITS.
EVERYBODY PLAYS THE FIELD.
AND IT'S A GOOD HIT.
NO, THAT WENT FOUL THEY SAID.
THAT WENT UP PAST THE PITCHER HEADING TOWARDS THE SECOND BASEMAN.
THAT HIT IS SO GOOD EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SCORE.
MELANIE IS COMING AROUND AND VICTORIA AND DANI, TOO.
EVERYBODY IS COMING AROUND THOSE BASES.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO SLAM THEIR FOOT ON HOME PLATE.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO PUT A RUN ON THE SCORE SHEET.
LET'S GO.
THAT IS EXCELLENT.
LOOK IT, LOOK IT, LOOK IT, THERE WE GO AND TOUCH HOME.
THERE YOU GO.
EVERYBODY HAS SCORED.
LIKE I SAID, EVERYBODY PUT A RUN ON THE SCORE SHEET.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL, CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
THAT'S A WRAP FROM CARRIER PARK, YAW.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
MY NAME IS SKIP CLARK.
I HOPE YOU JOIN US NEXT WEEK FOR 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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