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Challenger Baseball "Game Of The Week" Game 6
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DeFrancisco & Falgiatano Personal Injury Lawyers Mets vs the Judge Parker J. Stone Family Yankees.
In this special one hour Game Of The Week, 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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Challenger Baseball "Game Of The Week" Game 6
7/30/2024 | 56m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
In this special one hour Game Of The Week, 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 sponsorshipGOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER GAME OF THE WEEK WHEN IT COMES TO CHALLENGER BASEBALL HERE ON WCNY, IN SYRACUSE.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON FOR A GAME AND TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE WITH THE SENIORS.
WE ARE TALKING SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
AND IT'S BEING BROUGHT TO YOU BY GANNON PEST CONTROL, ADVOCATES INCORPORATED, KINNEY DRUGS AND ARC OF ONONDAGA.
I'M JOINED BY THE ONE AND ONLY DEE PERKINS.
>> IT'S SO NICE TO BE WITH YOU, SKIP.
WE HAVE DONE MORNING SHOWS TOGETHER SO THIS IS GOING TO BE VIRTUAL REALITY EASY FOR US, RIGHT?
>> LIKE OLD TIMES.
THE LINEUP ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
PAGE 1 AND 2.
>> THE SENIORS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER LEAGUES WE FEATURED.
WE WERE FOUNDED IN 2007 FOR PLAYERS WHO ACTUALLY PLAY A HIGHER LEVEL OF BASEBALL.
MORE INTENSE, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE PLAYERS THAT ACTUALLY HIT HOME RUNS AND LINE DRIVES ARE NOT ON THE SAME FIELDS AS LITTLE THREE YEAR OLDS.
SO WE GOT AME JUDWARE, ONE OF OUR TERRIFIC PLAYERS.
SHE PLAYS REGULAR SOFTBALL WHEN SHE IS NOT PLAYING WITH THE CHALLENGER LEAGUE.
SHE IS GUNNING FOR MARK PERKINS.
>> MARK BEING THE PITCHER AND OF COURSE DEE'S HUSBAND, BUT HE IS THROWING OVERHAND AS OPPOSED TO THE YOUNGER DIVISIONS.
>> YES, SO SOME OF THE PLAYERS REQUEST OVERHAND PITCHES.
YOU WILL SEE ON SOME OF THE OTHERS THAT THEY WILL REQUEST UNDERHAND SO IT'S EITHER OR.
WILL YOU ALSO SEE AME STRUCK OUT.
WHAT HAPPENS IS WE ACTUALLY HAVE STRIKEOUTS.
WE HAVE OUTS MADE INTO THE FIELD.
WE HAVE HOME RUNS SO IT'S CLOSER TO TYPICAL BASEBALL, BUT WITH SOME CHANGES.
YOU CAN GET FOUR STRIKES AND YOU ARE OUT.
>> THERE IS BETH MANZO.
>> LOOK AT THAT HIT.
LOOK AT HER MOVE, TOO.
>> BETH IS ONE OF OUR ORIGINAL FOUNDING MEMBERS.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH US SINCE 2007.
HER DAD WAS ONE OF OUR COACHES AND WE ADORED HIM.
BOBBY PANGBORN, BOBBY IS AN ACTOR.
HE WAS IN SPAMELOT.
BOY DID HE BLOW ME AWAY.
>> I HAVE SEEN HIS ACTING SINGING AND DANCING ON HIS RESUME.
>> WHEN I SAW SPAMELOT, I SAID YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP MORE OFTEN, OKAY.
>> THAT WAS A SWING AND A MISS.
MARK HAD TO BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> I SAW THAT.
>> OH BOBBY IS MAKING HIM WORK FOR IT.
>> LET ME ASK YOU, DEE, I SEE MARK IS PITCHING UNDERHAND TO BOBBY.
SO IS IT UP TO THE BATTER WHETHER HE WANTS IT OVERHAND OR UNDERHAND.
>> WHOO, DID YOU SEE THAT.
RIGHT OUT TO CENTER FIELD, OVER THE SECOND BASEMAN'S HEAD.
>> THE BATTER WILL TELL THE PITCHER WHETHER THEY WANT UNDERHAND OR OVERHAND.
>> COOL.
>> I THINK WE KNOW THIS GUY.
THIS IS MY SON TAYLOR PERKINS.
29 YEARS OLD AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE SENIOR LEAGUE FROM 2007.
AND HE LOVES TO PLAY WITH TRAINS, LOVES SPACE TOWN.
>> HE WORKS AT ACTUALLY'S, TOO.
>> HE DOES WORK AT ACTUALLY'S.
FATHER VERSUS SON.
THE TENSION DISWHRSM HE IS KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BALL.
DO YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS AT HOME, TOO?
[LAUGHTER] >> NO, TAYLOR IS USUALLY JUST SO HAPPY TO HAVE PLAYED THE GAME.
>> LOOK AT THAT.
>> STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
CHASE IS TRYING TO GET IT AND RIGHT TO DAVE, GOOD JOB.
SO COURTNEY RYAN, ANOTHER TERRIFIC PLAYER SHE HAS ALSO BEEN IN FRONT ROW PLAYERS SPAMELOT.
WILL YOU SEE A LOT OF CROSSOVER BETWEEN THE THEATER COMMUNITY AND SPORTS COMMUNITY.
THAT IS INTERESTING.
YOU DON'T NORMALLY SEE THAT IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
>> I LIKE HER FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS.
I NEVER REALIZED SHE WORE SO MANY.
THAT'S SO COOL.
THAT MEANS SHE HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS.
ABSOLUTELY.
>> SHE IS ASKING FOR AN UNDERHAND PITCH.
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
>> THAT'S CALLED A BUNT, RIGHT?
>> IT WENT TO FIRST BASE LINE.
NOPE.
THEY CALLED IT FOUL.
MUST HAVE GONE FOUL.
>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
>> THEY CALLED IT A FOUL.
SHE IS GOING TO GO BACK AND GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT.
>> I LOVE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU, TO BE ABLE TO CALL OUT SOME OF OUR GREAT COACHES THAT ARE OUT THERE IN THE FIELD.
YOU KNOW, THESE COACHES REALLY PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY.
>> IN A SENSE, YOU ARE RIGHT.
I'VE SEEN IT.
>> SOME OF THE LINE DRIVES, YOU KNOW, MARK HAS GOTTEN HIT BY PITCHES.
>> AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES WHEN MY SON PLAYED, HE DID A LINE DRIVE, HIS MOTHER WAS PITCHING.
CAUGHT HER RIGHT IN THE LEG.
RIGHT IN THE LEG.
>> WE USE A SOFTER BALL.
YOU WILL SEE THAT THE BASEBALL IS YELLOW AND ITS A LITTLE BIT SQUISHY SO IF YOU GOT HIT, IT WOULD HURT BUT YOU WOULDN'T BREAK A BONE.
>> NOT TO THE EXTENT OF THE OTHER.
>> OOP.
>> FOUL.
A TIP.
>> YEAH, AND THE SENIORS USUALLY PLAY AT A DIFFERENT FIELD SO THIS TIME HERE PLAYING AT CARRIER PARK IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE PLAYED HERE IN YEARS.
SO THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE AT THIS LOCATION.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, IT LOOKS LIKE SHE STRUCK OUT AND A WORD FROM OUR SPONSOR.
>> WE ARE ROLLING INTO THE BOTTOM OF THE FIRST INNING AND WE HAVE THE JUDGE PARKER STONE FAMILY SENIOR YANKEES.
>> THE METS VERSUS THE YANKEES EVERY TIME WE PLAY.
I WAS A METS FAN AND OUR DIRECTOR WAS A YANKEES FAN DAVE WHITE IS WHERE BASEBALLS GO TO DIE ON FIRST BASE.
>> LOOK HOW TALL HE IS.
I THINK HE IS 6'5" SO WHEN I GO UP TO HIM, HE PUTS HIS ARM AROUND ME AND I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE GIRL.
>> AND HE GOT HIMSELF A HIT THAT WENT RIGHT UP TOWARDS THE SHORTSTOP.
HE DOES MAKE IT TO FIRST BASE.
>> WELL DONE, DAVE.
>> SEE HOW MUCH TALLER HE IS THAN OUR COACH.
PHIL DELANEY, THE SON OF OUR YANKEES COACH KAREN.
IT'S ALL A FAMILY AFFAIR HERE.
VERY MUCH SO, AND HIS FAVORITE FOOD IS SPAGHETTI.
>> HE PLAYED IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
>> HE DID PLAY IN THE WORLD SERIES AND HIS MOM CAME DOWN.
THAT'S COACH MIKE NEWMAN PITCHING FOR THE YANKEES.
HE IS THEIR COACH.
WHOO, WHERE DID THAT GO?
>> IT LOOKS LIKE... O'!
JUST MISSED IT!
>> IT HAD TO BE THE SUN.
>> YES.
>> IT GETS UP THERE AND HARD TO SEE, EVEN THOUGH THE BALL IS BIGGER OR YELLOW OR WHATEVER, IT'S WHITE IN THIS CASE.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE.
>> CARRIER PARK IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO PLAY BUT WHEN THE SUN HITS YOU IN THE EYES, THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND IT.
CHASE SERVISS IS A LONG TIME PLAYER AND HIS FAMILY LOVES BASEBALL.
LOOK AT THE BASEBALL PANTS HE IS WEARING.
>> I SEE IT.
>> HIS STANCE IS SO SERIOUS AND WHEN HE GETS UP TO BAT, WE HAVE TO REMIND HIM WE ARE THERE FOR FUN.
HE HAS THE LOOK OF DEATH ON HIS FACE.
>> YOU GOT SOMEBODY LIKE MIKE PITCHING, A HUGE YANKEES FAN AND WE KNOW A LOT ABOUT MIKE BUT IT'S THE COACHES THAT INSTRUCT THESE INDIVIDUALS, THE STANCE AND HOW TO WATCH THE BALL AND PRACTICE WITH YOUR SWING.
WE GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE COACHES FOR THAT.
>> SINCE MIKE NEWMAN JOINED US LAST YEAR, HAVE I LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT FOOT PLACEMENT, THINGS I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THE BACK FOOT IS IN THE RIGHT POSITION.
WHOA!
A NICE POPUP FOR CHASE.
>> THEY'RE RUNNING FOR IT.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IT WAS FAR ENOUGH AND CLOSE ENOUGH TO MAKE TO IT FIRST BASE NO PROBLEM.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THE BASES LOADED AT THIS POINT.
>> DAVE IS ON FIRST BASE.
ZACKARY COTTRELL WENT FROM THE DARK BLUE TEAM TO THE YANKEES AND HOOEY HE IS A VERY TALL YOUNG MAND AND HE COULD NO LONGER STAY ON THE JUNIORS BECAUSE HE HITS THEM HARD.
13 YEARS OLD HE IS OUR YOUNGEST JUNIOR.
>> HERE AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE CHANCE.
KEEPING AN EYE ON THE BALL.
SWRING AND A MISS FROM COACH MIKE.
>> YEP.
HE IS WAITING ON IT.
HE IS WAITING FOR A GOOD PITCH.
AND NOTICE... >> HE LET THAT ONE GO.
>> NOTICE HE IS GETTING THE OVERHAND PITCHES ALSO.
>> WHAT IS-- DEE, LET ME ASK YOU.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE AGES.
HOW DOES ONE ENTER THE SENIOR DIVISION?
>> STRAIGHT UP THE MIDDLE.
>> AND WE GOT A SCORE.
TWO RUNS!
>> NICELY DONE PHIL.
WELL DONE.
GOOD, GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, I FORGOT THE QUESTION.
[LAUGHTER] >> IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE AGES OR WHEN DOES ONE MOVE TO THE SENIORS?
DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH, YOU KNOW, THEIR BEING ABLE TO PLAY.
>> THEY HAVE TO BE 15 IN ORDER TO COME TO THE SENIORS BUT WE DO MAKE-- OH HE ALMOST MADE THAT OUT AT THIRD BASE.
HE IS RUN RUNNING FOR IT.
COMING INTO HOME!
HE MADE IT!
WELL DONE.
THERE IS AN INTERESTING RULE ON THAT ONE WE JUST PUT INTO PLAY THIS YEAR, THE CATCHER IS A COACH, COACH MAT AND IF HE CATCHES THE BALL, HE CAN MAKE THE OUT AT HOME PLATE.
SO THAT RECENTLY JUST WENT INTO PLAY BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THAT PLAY AT HOME PLATE.
>> YES, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
I LIKE THAT.
THIS IS ALEX, ANOTHER VERY SERIOUS, YOU KNOW, IN THE JUNIOR LEAGUES WHERE WE SAY BACK UP, BACK UP, ALEX IS GOING TO, WHAT MIKE WILL DO IS TELL EVERYONE IN THE OUTFIELD TO BE WATCHING FOR IT BECAUSE HE CAN HIT LINE DRIVES AND POPUPS.
LOOK AT THAT STANCE.
>> AND FOR EVERYBODY WATCHING THIS, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, IT IS THE CARRIER PARK FIELD OF DREAMS.
THIS IS WHERE CHALLENGER PLAYS MOST OF THEIR GAMES WHILE THE SENIOR DIVISION, YOU ARE OVER IN MATTEDELL.
BUT IN THIS GAME YOU CAN SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THE PARK IS AND YOU WITH AND DOM AND JENNIFER PUTTING THEIR EFFORTS FORWARD TO GET MORE FUNDING AND EXPANDING THIS PARK.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, YOU SHOULD PULL IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY BIFFLE.
>> ALEX GOT THE OUT, METS MADE HIM OUT ON FIRST BASE AND NOW WE HAVE RALPH SOLIMINI.
IT WASN'T ME FOR A CHANGE.
NICE ITALIAN NAME.
SO THEY MADE THE OUT OVER THERE AND WHAT WE ARE DOING IS RAISING MONEY TO EVENTUALLY HAVE ALL OF OUR TEAMS AT THE SAME LOCATION, SO THE SENIORS THIS YEAR PLAYED AT HOPKINS ROAD.
THE JUNIORS AT MATTEDALE AND THE ADULTS AT CARRIER PARK.
IT MADE FOR A LOT OF DRIVING FOR ME.
>> I BET IT DID.
RIGHT UP TO THE SHORTSTOP.
BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GOING HAVE A RUN THAT WILL SCORE SO THAT I THINK IS THREE RUNS.
DANIEL HONEYWELL.
>> I LOVE DANIEL BECAUSE HE LOVES NASCAR.
>> ANOTHER GREAT HITTER, ALL THE GUYS SHOULD DEFINITELY BE BACKING UP FOR DANIEL.
LOOK AT THAT STANCE.
LOOK AT THE WAY HE HAS HIS HANDS, TOO, THE HAND PLACEMENT IS JUST AMAZING TO ME.
>> HE IS A BIG FAN OF AARON JUDGE AND WILL YOU SEE A LOT OF AARON IN HIM.
>> THE WAY HE HAS GOT THE STANCE, THE-- HOLDING THE BAT AND HOW HE KEEPS AN EYE ON THAT BALL FROM COACH MIKE AS HE THROWS OVERHAND.
THAT'S A FOUL TIP.
>> A GOOD SWING.
>> OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE ALL OF OUR PLAYERS AND ALL OF OUR TEAMS LOCATED AT CARRIER PARK AND WE ARE GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER.
THE TOWN OF DEWITT HAS HELPED US GREATLY BY PASSING A BOND AND WE STILL HAVE MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO RAISE, BUT OUR REAL HOPE IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE SOME MOVEMENT ON THAT NEXT YEAR.
>> IT'S A SWING AND A MISS.
>> WHEN YOU ARE GOING FOR THOSE BIG HITS, SOMETIMES YOU ARE GOING TO STRIKE OUT.
>> THAT'S IT.
TWO FOULS AND A SWING AND A MISS, STRIKE THREE.
>> WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO TEACH PLAYERS HOW TO ACCEPT THAT.
SO ADAM, AFTER THIS GAME, A WEEK AFTER THIS GAME, HE HAD A RUN FOR A BALL AND FELL ON HIS SHOULDER AND BROKE HIS CLAVICLE.
IT IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE HAD A BROKEN BONE IN CHALLENGER BASEBALL HISTORY.
SO ADAM IS EXTRAORDINARILY SERIOUS ABOUT THE GAME.
HE IS HOME NOW AND HE IS RECOVERING.
BUT HE IS DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.
AND WE JUST LOVE HIM.
WE SENT HIM CARDS AND LETTERS AND HE JUST LOVES THE GAME.
>> HE IS ANOTHER TALL BOY.
HE HAS THE HEIGHT ON HIM.
>> YEP, EXACTLY AND THAT'S WHY MIKE IS PROBABLY CHANGE THE WAY HE IS PITCHING.
HE IS PITCHING OVERHAND.
WELL DONE.
FOUL.
>> IT'S A FOUL BALL.
WE HAVE FOUL BALLS ON THE SENIORS AS WELL.
SO YOU WON'T SEE THAT IN THE JUNIOR LEAGUE.
THEY HAVE TO GO BACK.
EVERYONE HAS TO GO BACK INTO POSITION AND WE HAVE A FIVE RUN RULE.
ONCE THE TEAM SCORES FIVE HOME RUNS OR RUNS, THEN THE INNING IS OVER SO YOU WILL SEE MORE INNINGS THAN YOU DO WITH THE JUNIORS OR THE ADULTS.
>> WE HAVE ANOTHER RUN THAT JUST SCORED.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET A WORD FROM OUR SPONSORS AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING.
>> AND WE ARE BACK AT IT.
JOEY SELTZER FROM NORTH SYRACUSE, A LONG TIME PLAYER FOR THE METS, THE METS ARE NOW BACK UP AFTER THE YANKEES FINISHED THEIR INNING.
COACH MARK BACK ON THE PLATE.
>> DID YOU KNOW HE HAS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL?
>> JOEY DOES?
>> YEP.
>> NO!
>> MAVERICK'S PLAY.
HOW COOL IS THAT.
>> WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT?
>> I'M NOT REALLY SURE.
I NEED TO CHECK IT OUT.
I SAW IT ON MY NOTES.
I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE WOW.
>> ALL RIGHT, JOEY.
>> COACH MARK OH YES.
THAT WAS ALEX, I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALEX THAT MADE THE CATCH.
>> WELL DONE ALEX.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE FRUSTRATION IN HIS EYES AS HE WALKED AWAY FROM HOME.
>> SO JIM IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLAYERS.
JIM IS THE OLDEST PERSON IN THE LEAGUE.
HE IS 68 YEARS OLD.
>> NO KIDDING.
>> HE CAME UP TO ME.
WE WERE AT EASTWOOD AND WE WERE PLAYING A TYPICAL CHALLENGER GAME AND HE CAME OVER TO ME AND SAID CAN I PLAY?
AND THAT IS WHAT WE SAY WITH CHALLENGER BASEBALL?
CAN I PLAY?
THE ANSWER ALWAYS IS YES.
>> YES, YOU CAN.
>> WE GOT HIS INFORMATION AND HE HAS MENTORS AND COUSINS AND PEOPLE IN HIS FAMILY THAT BRING HIM TO THE GAMES AND HE IS A CHARACTER ON THE FIELD.
A CHARACTER.
>> AND HE ALWAYS MAKES IT A POINT TO SAY HELLO.
>> YES.
>> DOESN'T MATTER WHO YOU ARE.
HE WANTS TO SAY HELLO.
A GREAT GENTLEMAN.
>> MY FAVORITE IS HE WILL COME UP TO ME AND SAY I GOT A CALL FROM COACH DEAN THAT SAID ALL GAMES ARE IT CANCEL.
AND I'M LIKE BUT JIM, I DON'T EVEN SOUND LIKE THAT.
HE WILL TELL HIS MENTORS THAT.
COACH DEE CALLED AND GAMES ARE IT CANCEL.
>> HE IS SUCH A GOOD SPORT.
THAT'S A STRIKEOUT.
BUT HE KNOWS HE WILL BE UP AGAIN.
JONATHAN TYRRELL, LONG FAMILY HISTORY OF CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
HIS GRANDMOTHER WAS TAYLOR'S COACH.
GREAT PAT TYRRELL.
>> SEE THE LOOK ON HIS FACE.
>> WE HAD TO TAKE HIM OUT OF THE JUNIORS EARLY BECAUSE LOOK AT THAT HIT.
IS THAT A HOME RUN?
I CAN'T TELL.
IT'S A GROUND RULE DOUBLE.
WOW.
SO INSIDE THE FENCE.
INSIDE THE FENCE IS A GROUND RULE DOUBLE.
OUTSIDE THE FENCE IS A HOME RUN.
AND AT CARRIER PARK, IT'S PRETTY HARD TO HIT A HOME RUN BUT AT OUR OTHER LOCATION AT HOPKINS ROAD, THAT'S WHY HE IS A LITTLE CONFUSED, MAYBE SOME OF THE PLAYERS ARE CONFUSED AS WELL BECAUSE AT OUR OTHER LOCATION, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HOME RUN.
>> SO YOU SAID YOU PLAY IN TWO PLACES THIS.
>> WE WERE TRAVELING THIS YEAR.
>> THE SENIORS PLAY THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THIS YEAR.
JACKSON ANOTHER APLAYSING PLAYER.
LOOK AT THAT STANCE ON HIM.
THIS IS PART OF THE REASON WHY WE HAD TO CREATE THE SENIOR LEAGUE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T HAVE SOMEONE LIKE JACKSON WHO IS CLEARLY GOING TO HIT A VERY HARD BALL ON THE SAME FIELD WITH A SIX-YEAR-OLD.
IT JUST WASN'T GOING TO WORK.
SO FOR SAFETY'S SAKE, WE CREATED THE SENIOR LEAGUE BUT THEN WE GOT COACH MIKE LAST YEAR AND IT'S JUST INCREASED THE SKILLS.
WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT SKILLS AND IT'S A WONDERFUL THING TO WATCH THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN GROW INTO GREAT BASEBALL PLAYERS.
>> COACH MARK HAS GOT TO LEARN TO MAKE IT TO THE PLATE.
SEE, THERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
>> YOU JUST MADE THIS VERY HARD TO WATCH AT HOME.
>> I SAID IT, YOU DID NOT.
>> DID YOU HIT SKIP WHEN HE SAID THAT.
>> THAT ONE MADE IT TO PLATE AND HE KNEW IT AND HE SWUNG AND FOULED.
IT WAS A TIP.
>> BUT JACKSON, ANOTHER GREAT PLAYER, AND THEE HAVE ALL, OVER THE SEASONS, HAVE LEARNED HOW TO TAKE IT WHEN YOU STRIKE OUT.
SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO FOR THOSE BIG HITS, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU ARE GOING TO STRIKE OUT AND CAN YOU SHAKE THAT OFF?
AND FOR SOME PLAYERS, IT'S EASIER THAN OTHERS.
BUT THAT'S PART OF THE GAME.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND THIS SO EVERYBODY LEARNS, EVERYBODY PLAYS.
>> WHERE DID IT GO?
>> ADAM, GOOD TRY.
WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY ON FIRST AND IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEBODY SCORED AS WELL.
>> MEG MEGHAN COAL SANTY, SHE PLAYED SOFTBALL FOR HER HIGH SCHOOL.
AND CAME TO CHALLENGER AFTER SHE GRADUATED.
SHE MAKES SOME REALLY GREAT PLAYS AND SOME GREAT HITS.
>> DEE, LET ME ASK BECAUSE MY SON IS PLAYING IN THE YOUNGER DIVISION.
THEY GO A FULL NINE INNINGS HERE OR FULL SEVEN.
>> THE RULE IS WE PLAY UNTIL 8:00.
6:00 TO 8:00.
USUALLY ENDS UP TO BE SIX INNINGS.
THIS IS KATHLEEN COUGHLIN, ANOTHER GREAT ACTOR, NOT ONLY A GREAT ACTOR.
SHE HAS HER BLACK BELT IN KARATE SO LOOK OUT FOR KATHLEEN.
SHE IS AN AMAZING ATHLETE AS WELL AS SINGER SHE IS WAITING FOR THAT PERFECT PITCH FROM COACH MARK.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE HE MADE IT TO HOME PLATE THERE.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I GIVE YOU AND I GIVE MARK AND ALL THE COACHES CREDIT.
MY WIFE IS A COACH IN THE YOUNGER DIVISION, SO SHE IS SO DEDICATED AND JUST ALL ABOUT THE KIDS LIKE YOU SAY, THEY CAN PLAY, EVERYBODY PLAYS.
IT'S JUST FANTASTIC WE ARE BACK AT IT.
>> MICHAEL THOMAS, AN ORIGINAL MEMBER OF THE SENIOR LEAGUE.
HE HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
ANOTHER REALLY TALL GUY, TAKE A LOOK AT THE HEIGHT ON HIM AND COACH MIKE IS GOING TO HAVE HIS WORK CUT OUT FOR HIM TRYING TO REACH THAT BAT HEIGHT.
>> HMM, I THINK COACH MIKE CAN DO IT.
I'VE SEEN HIM.
>> ALL RIGHT!
>> THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PITCH, TOO.
>> NICE GROUNDBALL.
SEE HOW MEGHAN IS RACING FOR THAT.
JOSH HARRIS.
>> THEY GOT HIM OUT.
>> OH WOW!
THAT WAS A GREAT THROW FROM MEGHAN.
SEE?
>> IT WAS.
RIGHT TO THE FIRST BASEMAN.
>> P.G.
IS ONE OF OUR COACHES FOR THE METS GIVING HER A HIGH FIVE.
BRICE BRYCE ROWE WENT TO OUR WORLD SERIES.
ONE OF THE HITTERS THAT YOU LOVE TO WATCH.
>> TAKE HIM OUT TO DINNER, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE HE LOVES LOBSTER.
[LAUGHTER] JUST SAYING.
>> GOOD FOR YOU, BRYCE.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
A COUPLE OF WARMUP SWINGS AND ANOTHER ONE WITH A GREAT STANCE.
GIVE A LOT OF CREDIT TO THE COACHES.
THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO COACH THESE INDIVIDUALS, YOU INCLUDED.
TEACHING THEM THE RIGHT STANCE AND HOW TO HOLD THE BAT HOW TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE BALL.
ALL OF THOSE KIDS IN THE FIELD RIGHT NOW.
ALL THE PLAYERS ON THE METS.
THEY HAVE THEIR EYES OPEN BECAUSE THEY KNOW BRYCE CAN HIT FOR A LONG WAY.
SO MY GUESS IS THAT ONE IS GOING INTO THE OUTFIELD.
LET'S SEE IF I'M RIGHT.
>> IT'S OUT.
SOMEONE IS RUNNING.
JUST PAST SECOND BASE BUT HE IS ON BASE AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS.
>> ONE THING I NOTICED, DEE, THE NUMBER OF SPECTATORS AS WELL.
ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO WATCH THE GAMES AND I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO, IT WILL GIVE YOU AN OVERALL GOOD FEELING.
IT JUST, TO WATCH THESE BOYS AND GIRLS, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN GET OUT THERE AND PLAY A GAME THAT THEY LOVE, A SPORT THAT THEY LOVE.
>> LILY TRAUB.
I DIDN'T KNOW THIS ABOUT HER BUT READING THE SCREEN, SHE IS A SWITCH HITTER.
SHE CAN HIT FROM THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT.
WHAT A TALENT.
>> YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT EASY.
>> NO, THAT IS NOT.
>> TAKES A LOT OF PRACTICE.
>> THE OTHER HAND WOULD GET IN THE WAY.
SWING AND A MISS OUR COACHES, THEY NEVER HAVE A MOMENT WHERE THEY'RE SITTING DOWN.
WHAT YOU SEE IS COACH KAREN IS ON THE THIRD BASE LINE, I BELIEVE IT IS COACH MARK OUT ON FIRST BASE.
AND COACH MIKE PITCHING.
YEP, COACH MARK ON FIRST BASE AND COACH ROY FROM THE METS IS OUT THERE BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND.
HE IS OUR E.M.T.
SO IF ANYONE EVER GETS HURT, WE SEND COACH ROY OUT THERE AND HE IS AMAZING.
COACH STACY ALSO HAS TO MAKE SURE.
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
ROY AND STACY ARE MARRIED.
JAMIE IS ON WALD.
HE LIKES STEAMED DUMPLINGS.
>> WOW, TAYLOR WAS EATING CHICKEN NUGGETS FOR THE LONGEST TIME.
HE JUST CAME UP FROM THE SENIORS.
HE WAS ON THE GRAY TEAM FOR HIS ENTIRE SEASONS AND JUST GOT PROMOTED BECAUSE HE WAS REALLY HITTING THEM.
WE LOOKED AT THEM.
WE HAVE A PERFECT PRACTICE AND COACH MIKE LOOKS AT THEM AND LOOK AT THAT, IT'S A GREAT HIT.
RIGHT UP TO THE SABREMAN SECOND BASEMAN.
MADE IT TO SECOND BASE.
DO WE HAVE BASES LOADED.
>> WE DO.
AND COACH MARK GIVING JAMIE A HIGH FIVE.
DAVE WHITE.
6'5" LET'S SEE IF HE CAN CLEAR THE BASES.
>> I WOULD BE GOING BACK, BACK, BACK NICE GROUNDER, RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE GOING OUT TO THE OUTFIELD.
BRYCE IS GOING TO SCORE.
LET'S SEE IF JAMIE IS GOING TO SCORE.
JAMIE IS HOLDING THIRD.
SOME OF US HAVE PLAYERS ON FIRST AND THIRD AT THIS POINT.
>> YEP.
>> OKAY, PHIL DELANEY, KAREN'S SON.
AN AMAZING-- ANYONE DOWN ON THE DEEM, ANYONE FEELING BAD, PHIL IS THE GUY WHO WILL COME UP TO YOU AND SAY, YOU KNOW, SHAKE IT OFF.
YOU ARE AMAZING.
YOU ARE HERE EVERY NIGHT.
WE LOVE YOU.
JUST AN AMAZING.
>> AN AMAZING HIT AS WELL.
AND THEY'RE GOING BACK IS THAT A HOME RUN.
I SEE THEM CLIMBING THE FENCE.
IT'S A GROUND RULE DOUBLE.
>> THE METS PLAYERS OUT AT SECOND BASE GAVE HIM A HIGH FIVE.
>> HOW COOL IS THAT.
ALL ABOUT BEING A TEAM.
>> CHASE, THEY REMIND HIM TO GIVE A WIGGLE.
YOU SAW THAT LITTLE WIGGLE.
THE REASON THEY MAKE HIM DO THAT WIGGLE IS TO LOOSEN UP BECAUSE HE IS SO EXCITED AND SO SERIOUS ABOUT THE GAME AND WE WANT HIM TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOSEN UP, THEN YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A HIT.
>> AND HE HAS TWO STRIKES ON HIM NOW.
BOTH TIMES A SWING AND A MISS.
>> HE JUST DID THE WIGGLE AGAIN.
THAT'S THREE.
SO WE'VE GOT FOUR STRIKES THAT HE IS GOING GO FOUR.
>> THERE ARE FOUR STRIKES.
>> YES.
>> DID NOT KNOW THAT.
DAVE IS RUNNING!
AND O'!
MAT GOT HIM AND DAVE IS DOWN.
>> YOU KNOW, RIGHT THERE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE.
LOOK AT COACH MATT GOING OVER TO MAKE SURE HE IS OKAY.
>> YES.
>> LET'S SEND IT TO OUR SPONSORS AGAIN.
YOU KNOW HOW THEY SAY LIFE IS ABOUT THE LITTLE THINGS?
SHE IS MY LITTLE THING.
>> >> WE ARE BACK AT IT.
>> DYLAN EDMONDS WAS ONE OF OUR TWO HOMEOWNER HITTERS AT THE WORLD SERIES.
DYLAN WAS ONE OF THEM.
>> DID I READ HE HAS A BLACK BELT.
>> YEAH, WE GOT SOME KARATE PEOPLE HERE AS WELL.
SOME ACTORS, SOME KARATE FOLKS, LOOK HOW SERIOUS HE IS.
>> YEP.
LOOSENING UP THERE, GIVING A FEW EXTRA SWINGS TO THE BAT.
>> YOU NEVER WANT TO BE STANDING AROUND DYLAN WHEN HE IS WARMING UP LIKE THAT.
>> I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO BE THE CAMERA PERSON BEHIND HIM.
>> I'VE SEEN YOU, OH NO, DEE, DON'T, WHEW, MISSED HER.
>> LOOK AROUND BEFORE YOU SWING THE BAT LIKE THAT.
>> OKAY.
ADAM IS UP AND READY.
EVERYBODY IS READY.
ALL RIGHT COACH MARK, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE DYLAN >> A FOUL.
>> GOOD HIT HOWEVER, IT IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE LINE SO IT'S FOUL.
>> HE DID THAT AT THE WORLD SERIES, TOO, AND WHAT COACH MIKE HAS TAUGHT ME, IS YOU CHANGE YOUR FEET A LITTLE BIT AND THE BALL WILL GO CLOSER TO SECOND INSTEAD OF OUT TO THE FIRST BASE LINE.
YOU WILL SEE COACH KAITLYN IS ON THE FIRST BASELINE.
THE GOOD THING ABOUT BEING HERE IS I CAN NAME ALL MY COACHES.
>> I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE HERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SENIORS.
AS YOU KNOW THE PLAYERS MUCH BETTER THAN I DO.
OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE MY SON IS WITH THE LOWER LEVEL.
AND JUST TO HAVE YOU HERE TOGETHER AGAIN.
>> THIS IS FUN.
I'M HAVING A GREAT TIME.
>> IT'S ANOTHER FOUL.
SO IN A SENSE, IT'S ALREADY TWO STRIKES I BELIEVE.
>> YES, YES.
THE FOULS ARE COUNTED.
AND I SEE COACH MIKE CROSSED IN FRONT.
CAMERA, I'M GUESSING HE WAS BEHIND DYLAN TELLING HIM TO CHANGE HIS FEET.
LET'S SEE IF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
I LOVE THAT HE IS STILL LOOSE.
HE IS NOT TENSE.
HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS GOT TWO STRIKES AGAINST HIM AND HE IS STILL LOOSE.
THERE WE GO.
SEE?
>> BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND.
HE IS GOING TO HEADACHE THAT A DOUBLE I THINK.
LIKE I'M TAKING THAT.
HE HAS GOT-- HE IS MOVING.
MOVING TO THIRD.
BUT THEY'RE GOING TO SEND HIM BACK TO SECOND.
>> OKAY.
MAYBE IT'S A GROUND RULE DOUBLE.
YEP, IT WAS.
>> COACH ROY SAYING GO BACK.
CHRIS ESCHBACHER.
YOU ARE GLAD I'M HERE FOR THAT ONE.
>> YES.
>> HE LOVES SEAFOOD AND LORD OF THE RINGS.
SEE, AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE REALLY TAUGHT THE PLAYERS, IS TO LOOSEN UP.
TRY NOT TO GET ALL STIFF WHEN YOU ARE AT THE PLATE BECAUSE IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY YOU ARE ABLE TO EXTEND YOUR BAT.
>> PLUS, YOU CAN GET HURT A LOT EASIER IF YOU DON'T LOOSEN UP, YOU KNOW, IF ALL YOUR MUSCLES ARE STIFF... YOU ARE PRONE TO GET INJURED AND WE DON'T WANT THAT.
OBVIOUSLY.
>> ALL RIGHT, CHRIS.
LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
SWING AND A MISS.
IF I SQUINT MY EYES, I THINK DOWN AT THIRD BASE IS PHIL DELANEY WHO MADE GREAT PLAYS.
HE LOVES PLAYING THIRD BASE.
AT THE WORLD SERIES HE CHASED DOWN A LANCASTER PLAYER WHO WAS NOT EXPECTING IT.
HE CHASED HIM DOWN TO HOME PLATE AND GOT HIM OUT.
>> I REMEMBER THAT VERY WELL.
>> LANCASTER WAS LIKE WHAT?
>> WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE KIDS, DANNY FERRARA.
DANNY IS OUR COACH FOR THE METS AND DANNY DRIVES HIMSELF TO THE GAMES.
>> REALLY?
>> YES.
>> VERY COOL.
>> GOOD-FOR-YOU, DANNY.
>> WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY, AS I STARTED TO SAY THAT THESE KIDS GOT TO PLAY IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES IN WILLIAMSPORT.
THAT WHOLE TRIP WAS FANTASTIC.
LOOK AT THAT TRIP.
>> THAT WAS NICE.
IT ALMOST HIT COACH MARK.
THAT WAS DYLAN THAT JUST SCORED.
>> AWESOME.
>> WE HAVE COACHES WHO ACTUALLY KEEP TRACK, STACY, WHO IS NOT ON CAMERA RIGHT NOW, STACY JOHNSON FROM THE METS AND KAREN DELANEY ALSO ARE THE ONES THAT KEEP TRACK OF THE RUNS BECAUSE WE ARE ALL IN THE MOMENT AND SO NOBODY IS REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SCORE.
JEFF GREENE BEEN WITH US SO LONG, SUCH AN AMAZING PLAYER.
HE IS SO SERIOUS.
HE HAS HIS OWN GLOVES THAT HE COMES OUT TO BAT AND WILL YOU SEE THEM.
HE IS WEARING BATTING GLOVES.
>> YEP, YEP, LOVE THAT.
AND BASEBALL PANTS.
SOME OF US ARE MORE SERIOUS THAN OTHERS.
>> THEY'RE ALL SERIOUS.
IT'S JUST TO THE EXTENT OF HOW SERIOUS.
NICE POPUP!
JUST PAST THIRD BASE.
AND CHRIS-- >> HE WAS SENDING HIM BUT HE IS GOING TO HOLD UP.
>> BECAUSE PHIL DELANEY HAS GOT A LINE ON THIRD BASE SO THAT WAS THE SMART THING TO DO OR ELSE PHIL WOULD HAVE FOLLOWED CHRIS ALL THE WAY TO HOME.
WELL DONE, JEFF.
GREAT HIT.
>> JOSH HARRIS.
JOSH HARRIS IS SOMEBODY THAT WE ARE DOING A PLAYER BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT, SUCH A GREAT PLAYER COMING UP FROM THE GRAY TEAM AND HIS FAMILY, SUCH AN AMAZING BASEBALL FAMILY.
>> MY NAME IS JOSHUA HARRIS, I'M 14 AND I PLAY FOR THE METS.
I ALWAYS LIKED IT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN REALLY FUN.
I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED IT.
JUST GETTING BETTER EVER SINCE.
I PREPARE BY PRACTICING AND JUST GETTING IN THE RIGHT HEAD SPACE AND DOING REALLY GOOD.
IT'S LIKE SOMETHING I CAN CONNECT TO LIKE THE PEOPLE AROUND ME THAT ARE DOING LIKE THE SAME THING AS ME.
IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO BE WITH THAT.
IT MOTIVATES ME A LOT, HAVING PEOPLE WITH ME AND DOING BETTER.
I HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MY TEAMMATES.
WE ALL TALK TO EACH OTHER.
WE ALL HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS.
MY FIRST HIGHER POWER WAS AT THE WORLD SERIES-- MY FIRST HOME RUN WAS AT THE WORLD SERIES.
I FELT EXCITED, PUMPED UP.
MOMENTS LEADING UP TO IT, I WAS NERVOUS FOR MY FIRST TIME UP AT BAT.
I WAS REALLY EXCITED.
I COULDN'T HIT REALLY WELL AT FIRST.
AND THEN HE STARTED THROWING A DIFFERENT WAY AND THEN FIRST PITCH, NAILED IT, FELT REALLY GOOD.
SO I ROUNDED THE BASES.
FELT GOOD.
GOING TO SEE THE GAILS AT THE WORLD SERIES WITH THE OTHER TEAMS IT WAS ONE IN A LIFETIME I.
WAS REALLY FUN, REALLY GOOD I ENJOYED EVERYTHING, LIKE ALL THE EXPERIENCES, THE PIN TRADING AND SEEING THE FIELD.
HITTING THE HOME RUN WAS A BIG MEMORY FOR ME.
ALSO GOING TO THE GAMES AND GOING WITH MY TEAMMATES AFTER THE GAMES AND SITTING BY THE FIRE AND DOING ALL THIS STUFF.
MY SPIN BIFIDA AFFECTS RUNNING.
AND PUTTING PRESS OUR MY LEGS.
LIKE I CAN'T PUSH OFF WITH MY LEGS WHEN I'M RUNNING AND STUFF SO IT'S DEFEND ANILY STRUGGLES WITH THAT ASPECT, BUT I OVERCOME IT AND DO BETTER AND I JUST KEEP GOING FORWARD AND HIT SOME DINGERS.
>> MY NAME IS JENNIFER AND I'M JOSH'S MOM.
CHALLENGER MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOUR CHILD YOU CAN'T DO SOMETHING.
THEY CAN PLAY SPORTS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, BE A TYPICAL KID, MAKE FRIENDS, HAVE SOMEBODY TO CHEER HEM ON AND SUPPORT THEM.
PROUD ABOUT JOSH IS HE DOESN'T GIVE UP.
HE IS DETERMINED.
IF HE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING, HE WILL DO IT.
NOT AFRAID TO GO OUT THERE AND TRY NEW THINGS.
>> FUTURE GOALS ARE GOING TO COLLEGE, BECOMING AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER AND KEEP PLAYING BASEBALL.
>> WOW.
>> THOSE PACKAGES GIVE ME TEARS IN MY EYES.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT JOSH'S FIRST HOME RUN WAS AT THE WORLD SERIES BUT I DO KNOW IN THE OFF SEASON HE WORKS WITH COACH MIKE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT BATTING AND I WAS SO THRILLED TO SEE THE HOME RUN AT THE WORLD SERIES.
HE IS AN AMAZING PERSON.
SO MUCH SO THAT HIS COACH FROM THE GRAY TEAM, WHEN HE WAS A JUNIOR, SHE COMES TO WATCH HIM PLAY.
>> EXCELLENT.
EXCELLENT.
YOU KNOW, HIS ATTITUDE, EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT JUST...
THERE YOU GO.
IT'S A POP FLY.
>> ARE THEY GOING TO HELD HIM AT FIRST.
THERE GOES CHRIS.
CHRIS SCORED.
SO SOMEBODY OUT THERE MUST HAVE CAUGHT IT REALLY WELL AND SENT IT FLYING BACK INTO THE INFIELD.
THAT'S WHY THEY HELD HIM.
>> IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR GLASSES ON.
>> YEAH, I GUESS.
AME IS UP.
>> ALL RIGHT, AME.
AME LIKES TO GIVE MARK A HARD TIME ABOUT PITCHING.
IT WILL BE FUN.
IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BATTLE OF THE WILLS.
>> LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> WE DON'T ENCOURAGE THAT.
DON'T SAY THAT ON THE BROADCAST.
[LAUGHTER] >> OF COURSE MARK AND HIS PITCHES, THAT DROPPED BEFORE THE PLATE AS WELL.
YOU CAN HAVE A ROUGH TIME AT HOME AFTER THIS ARIZONA, I'M JUST SAYING.
BUT WE LOVE YOU, MARK.
YOU DO A GREAT JOB.
VERY PROUD OF YOU.
>> YES.
THAT WAS A NICE PITCH.
AND A GOOD SWING BY AME.
NO ONE LIKES TO STRIKE OUT.
EVERYONE WANTS TO GET A HIT, BUT -- THERE YOU GO.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL HIT!
ALL THE WAY OUT TO SECOND, SHORTSTOP.
>> AND ANOTHER RUN.
>> THERE YOU GO.
DANNY SCORING.
LIKE THROW IT TO ME, I'M AT THIRD, I'LL GET SOMEBODY OUT.
I PROMISE YOU.
[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT.
BETH MANZO.
EDNA AND JEFF ARE THE ORIGINAL COACHES FROM THE SENIOR DIVISION HER DAD PASSED AWAY AND WE LOVE HIM AND THINK ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME AND BETH IS JUST SERIOUS ABOUT BASEBALL.
SHE WANTS TO BE HERE AND WANTS TO PLAY.
>> HOW LONG HAS SHE BEEN PLAYING IN THE SENIORS?
>> SINCE 2007.
>> WOW, OKAY.
>> SHE IS A LONG TIME-- SHE IS THE O.G.
[LAUGHTER] FIRST LINE, LET'S SEE.
AND THE HUSTLE.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT, IT WAS A GOOD HIT BECAUSE IT WAS AN R.B.I.
SO WE HAD SOMEBODY SCORE ON THAT.
WHETHER OR NOT SHE MADE IT TO FIRST, SHE GOT THE RUN.
>> SHE IS STILL DISAPPOINTED, YOU SEE THAT BUT SHE GOT THE RUN IN.
DO WE HAVE TAYLOR OUT?
LET'S SEE.
USUALLY AS THE DIRECTOR OR ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE LEAGUE, I RUN AROUND AND SO I DON'T MAKE IT UNTIL THE SECOND OR THIRD INNING AND I COME IN AND SAY WHAT DID I MISS, WHAT DID TAYLOR DO?
>> WE HAVE BOBBY AGREE BOBBY IS GREAT.
I WOULD HAVE NEVER KNOWN WHAT A SHOWMAN HE IS AND I WENT TO SEE SPAMALLOT AND HE IS WEARING A TOP HAT AND DRANS DANCING.
>> THE TAM ENT THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HAVE IS EXCEPTIONAL AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT ONLY JUST PLAYING BASEBALL BUT ACTIVE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES AROUND TOWN, PLAYS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, MUSICALS.
>> THAT'S A CATCH FROM MICHAEL THOMAS!
MICHAEL THOMAS!
WELL DONE.
AND EVEN BOBBY IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A GREAT CATCH.
>> YEP, YEP.
>> WELL DONE, MICHAEL THOMAS.
NICE!
THAT IS AN AMAZING-- EVERYONE ON THE FIELD IS LIKE, GREAT CATCH.
>> THERE WE GO.
TAYLOR PERKINS.
HE IS DOING GREAT.
HE LOVES BASEBALL.
HIS BOWLING, WHAT HE DOES IN THE OFF SEASON, HE IS AN AMAZING BOWLER AND AND SO MUCH BETTER THAN I AM.
ALWAYS BOWLING AROUND THE 200s AND I SAID, WELL, GIVE ME A TIP.
HOW DO I BOWL BETTER.
HE SAID MOM, JUST GO UP AND THROW THE BALL.
>> EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
>> EXACTLY.
>> WHAT A HIT, TOO.
HE GETS BY THE SHORTSTOP.
>> AND HERE COMES JOSH.
>> AN OVER THROW TO THIRD.
>> AND THAT'S GOING TO DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE NEXT INNING I'M TOLD SO HERE WE GO.
THE TOP OF THE NEXT INNING.
ZACK WITH HIS MOM WATCHING FROM THE SIDELINES.
BEAUTIFUL HIT, STRAIGHT UP BETWEEN SECOND AND THIRD.
A GOOD THROW BY DANNY BUT NOT QUITE IN TIME BECAUSE ZACK IS A RUNNER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> CAMERON QUILTER.
ALL RIGHT, CAMERON, LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT.
WE HAVE ZACK ON FIRST BASE.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD SWING.
I THINK IT WAS A TIP, RIGHT?
>> CONNECTED.
>> IT WENT OFF THE BAT.
>> YOU SEE THAT COACH MATT AND COACH MIKE REMINDING HIM WHERE TO HOLD THE BAT.
SWING AND A MISS.
MIKE COACHING AND PITCHING AT THE SAME TIME.
>> THERE YOU GO.
POPUP.
>> OVER THE HEAD OF THE SHORTSTOP.
>> CAMERON IS WEARING A SHIRT THAT SAYS JUST TO MESS US UP.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY 25 BUT WAIT A MINUTE.
... ALEX, CAME TO THE SENIOR LATE.
AND SO SERIOUS ABOUT BASEBALL.
HE DID NOT NEED A LOT OF COACHING.
HE KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING WHEN HE WALKED UP TO THE SENIORS.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE HE HOSTAGE A METS SLEEVE ON.
>> A YANKEES UNIFORM AND METS SLEEVE.
I LOVE IT.
WE ARE ALL ONE FAMILY.
>> AND HOPEFULLY HE GETS OUT TO SOME OF THE METS GAMES HERE IN TOWN.
SYRACUSE METS.
BY THE WAY, I KNOW AFTER THE LAST SERIES, THEY JUST WRAPPED UP WITH ROCHESTER.
THEY SWEPT IT.
NICE HIT PAST THIRD BASE TO THE OUTFIELD.
THAT SCORES ZACK AND HE IS IN.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
>> CAMERON AT THIRD.
>> BUT OUR VERY OWN SYRACUSE METS TIED FOR FIRST BASE WITH LEHIGH VALLEY.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> THAT'S PRETTY COOL.
RALPH IS UP.
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GIVE HIM THE FIRST TROPHY HE HAS EVER HAD.
AT AGE 55 LAST YEAR IF YOU DON'T GET TEARED UP HAIRING THAT, YOUR HEART IS NOT BEATING.
>> I KNOW.
YOU HAVE DONE A LOT MORE THAN I HAVE.
BEING A PARENT OF A CHILD WHO PLAYS, YOU HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE, HOW GREAT IT IS FOR THE KIDS I'LL TEAR UP TALKING ABOUT IT, SO... JUST... >> YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW LONG YOU HAVE BEEN DOING IT UNTIL YOU GO UP TO TAYLOR'S ROOM AND SEE ALL OF THE TROPHIES.
>> SAME THING WITH MY ZACH.
YOU SEE ALL THE TROPHIES.
>> CLEANING LADY CAME TO MY HOUSE AND SHE WAS LIKE WOW, THAT'S A LOT OF TROVE TROVE EZ.
I SAID-- TROPHIES.
I SAID YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE THEM.
>> IT'S NOT EASY TO DUST A TROVE AGREE NO.
-- IT'S NOT EASY TO DUST A TROPHY.
SWING AND A MISS.
STRIKE THREE.
THAT IS A STRUGGLE FOR HIM.
>> WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM ABOUT SHAKING IT OFF AND KNOWING YOU ARE GOING TO GET ANOTHER AT-BAT.
DANIEL, LOOK AT THAT STANCE.
LOOK, HE HAS BATTING GLOVES, TOO.
>> LOVE IT.
ZACH HAS BATTING GLOVES.
>> REALLY?
>> I GUESS IT KEEPS THE BAT IN A PARTICULAR POSITION.
>> A BETTER GRIP.
>> HANDS GET SWEATY, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
>> RIGHT, AND IT'S NOT LIKE... >> WHOA, LOOK AT THAT.
NICE.
>> CENTER FIELD.
HE IS GOING TO THROW IT IN.
>> CAMERON SCORES.
ALEX SCORES.
>> TWO R.B.I.S RIGHT THERE.
RUNS BATTED IN.
>> AND HERE IS ADAM.
WE LOVE YOU ADAM.
GET WELL SOON.
>> BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, HE WILL BE BACK OUT ON THE FIELD.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
AND SUCH A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT.
I WAS WATCHING ONE OF OUR GAME OF THE WEEKS AND IT STARTED TO RAIN.
>> OH YEAH I WORKED THAT GAME.
>> I SAID OH, THAT'S TOO MUCH.
>> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU SEE THE RAIN MORE WHEN THE CAMERAS ARE ON.
BEING THERE IS ONE THING, BUT YOU WRACH IT-- YOU WATCH IT ON TELEVISION AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DOWNPOURING.
>> IT LOOKED LIKE A DOWNPOUR.
AND I SAID GOOD FOR YOU.
MICHAEL THOMAS AFTER THAT BEAUTIFUL CATCH HE HAD IN THE OUTFIELD.
LOOK AT THAT.
NICE HIT.
ADVANCING ALL THE RUNNERS.
>> LOOKS LIKE THE BASES ARE LOADED ONCE AGAIN NO, NO THIRD BASE IS OPEN.
OKAY.
>> BRYCE.
THEY'RE ALL WAITING FOR YOU TO BRING 'EM HOME.
>> AND IT LOOKS LIKE HE CAN DO IT.
>> YES.
BRYCE IS AN AMAZING HITTER.
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR REALLY TALL GUYS.
>> I HAVE TO SAY, DEE, I THINK THEY'RE ALL TALL.
I MEAN I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THIS AND YOU SAY HE IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR TALL GUYS.
THEY'RE ALL TALL.
AND THEY ALL CAN POUND IT, TOO.
>> ALL THE WAY OUT PAST THIRD BASE.
BRYCE, ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS A TRIPLE?
>> OR IS IT A GROUND RULE DOUBLE.
>> IS IT?
I SAW THE GUY GO OVER THE FENCE.
OH-- >> A GROUND RULE DOUBLE.
>> WE ARE BACK TO THE METS AGAIN.
COURTNEY RYAN.
OH THAT'S A SWING AND A MISS.
BUT YOU SEE HOW THE SHADOWS ON THE FIELD EARLIER, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS THE SUN IS DIRECTLY IN YOUR EYES.
BUT AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES, THIS WAS A 7:00 GAME.
IT GETS EASIER TO SEE OUT THERE.
BUT IT CAN BE-- IT'S NOT A JOKE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SUN HITTING YOUR EYES BECAUSE IT'S JUST RIGHT THERE.
>> IT IS.
NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
>> YOU CAN REALLY GET A SENSE OF IT.
LOOK AT DAVE WHITE ON FIRST BASE WHEN THE CAMERA ANGLE CHANGES.
HE IS ALMOST LOOKING DOWN.
>> COACH MARK VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
>> I SAW THAT LOOK IN HIS EYES LIKE THIS ONE HAS GOT TO COUNT.
>> HE TELLS ME EVERY SINGLE TIME ON THE WAY HOME, I PITCH IT SO THAT THEY WILL HIT IT.
>> THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.
>> THAT'S NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN MAJOR LEAGUES THOUGH.
>> WELL, IT DEPENDS.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW, GOOD PITCHER WILL THROW A GOOD PITCH, OF COURSE, IN HOPES OF THE BATTER HITTING IT IN HOPES OF GETTING THE OUT.
>> AND YES, YOU ARE PITCHING IT SO THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET A BALL.
>> RIGHT.
RIGHT, EXACTLY.
>> JOEY SELTZER.
>> SO IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO ATTEND A GAME JUST TO WATCH, THERE ARE CERTAIN NIGHTS, I KNOW FOR EXAMPLE, MY SON PLAYS ON TUESDAY... >> THERE YOU ARE.
HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH COACH MIKE I SEE.
>> BUT THERE ARE TIMES, RIGHT?
DO THE SENIORS PLAY A DIFFERENT NIGHT.
>> THE ADULTS BECAUSE OF THE SHORT AMOUNT OF FIELDS AT CARRIER PARK, WE ARE STAGGERED.
THE ADULTS PLAY AT 5:30 AND 7.
THE JUNIORS PLAY AT 6:00 AT MATTINGDALE.
MOST OF THE SEASON WE HAVE PLAYED AT HOPKINS ROAD AND WE START AT 6:00 AS WELL.
>> A HIT RIGHT UP TO-- HE IS GOING TO THROW.
AN OVERTHROW TO FIRST.
BUT WHAT A GOOD THROW THOUGH.
I MEAN HE MADE IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE DIAMOND.
>> YEAH, THAT WAS WELL DONE.
>> THAT WAS PHIL DELANEY PLAYING THIRD BASE.
THAT'S WHERE HE WANTS TO PLAY.
>> I HAVE BEEN WATCHING PHIL.
HE IS ON TOP OF IT.
>> HE PLAYS SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOFTBALL AND THEY HAVE GONE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
SO HE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS TO PLAY IN A HIGH STAKES GAME.
>> JIM, OUR OLDEST PLAYER AT 68, GOT TO LOVE IT.
>> HE IS REACHING FOR IT.
>> I CAN HEAR COACH MIKE TELLING HIM TO TAKE IT EASY.
>> LET THEM PITCH TO YOU.
>> EXACTLY.
>> THERE IT IS.
GOOD JOB!
DAVE IS RUNNING FOR IT.
AND TAGS HIM.
>> HE GOT THE HIT.
CHASS PRETTY AWESOME.
-- WHICH IS PRETTY AWESOME.
IS THERE A PLACE THAT SOMEBODY CAN GO AND FIND OUT THE TIMES OF THE GAME.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT, THE BUT THE LOCATION.
>> SYRACUSECHALLENGEERBASEBALL.COM.
I DO THE WEBSITE.
AND SO PEOPLE ASK ME QUESTIONS AND I SAY IT'S ON THE WEBSITE.
JONATHAN TYRRELL, A POPUP AND IT WENT FOUL.
>> THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED STRIKE ONE OF FOUR THE SUN IS IN THE WAY.
RIGHT UP TO THE SHORTSTOP.
>> IT BOUNCED OUT TO THE OUTFIELD.
>> THE WILD BOUNCES CAN GET PRETTY WILD STOW SPEAK AND I'VE SEEN IT IN THE BIG LEAGUES, TOO.
IT'S LIKE YOU EXPECT IT BUT THEN IT DOESN'T GO THAT WAY.
>> IT BOUNCES OFF THE EDGE OF YOUR GLOVE AND GOES A TOTALLY DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
THIS IS JACKSON.
>> HE IS A TALL ONE.
[LAUGHTER] >> WELL, I DON'T WANT TO CALL OUT THE SHORTER PLAYERS, SO... ALL RIGHT.
IT'S A LITTLE BAUBLE RIGHT AT THE FIRST BASELINE.
>> THAT'S A VERY GOOD HIT.
A RUN WILL SCORE ON THAT ONE, TOO.
>> NICE.
>> LOOK AT THE SMILE ON JACKSON'S FACE.
YEAH HE IS REALLY HAPPY.
AND DYLAN IS LIKE BRING ME MY BAT.
MEGHAN IS UP.
>> COME ON MEGHAN.
MEGHAN IS NOT ONE OF OUR TALLER PLAYERS.
HOW ABOUT THAT.
>> THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT.
PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE THAT IS NOT A TALL PLAYER.
>> BUT SHE IS A STRORCHG SHE IS A STRONG, STRONG PLAYER.
A LOT OF BACKGROUND IN SOFTBALL.
>> SHE KNOWS.
A LITTLE TAP ON THE PLATE WITH THE BAT.
>> I LOVE THAT.
>> THIS IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE FOR THE PITCHERS BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET A SHORTER BATTER UP, YOU'VE GOT TO ADJUST HOW YOU PITCH.
SO YOU MAY BE USED TO THE TALL PLAYERS NOW HAVE YOU TO CHANGE IT UP.
>> YES.
>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MARK IS DOING HERE AND A SWING AND A MISS.
>> SHE STEPPED OUT FOR THAT ONE THOUGH.
SHE SHOULD HAVE WAITED.
SHE SHOULD HAVE WAITED FOR HER PITCH.
>> EASIER SAID THAN DONE.
>> I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT.
WHEN YOU GET UP THERE AND GET THE BAT ON YOUR SHOULDER AND YOU ARE READY TO GO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
YOU ARE SO FOCUSED AND ALL YOU WANT TO DO IS HIT THAT BALL.
>> YEAH DO YOU SEE THE WAY SHE HOLDS THE BAT, ALMOST LIKE ABOVE HER HEAD.
THAT IS JUST, WOW, LOOK AT THAT.
>> THAT'S MAJOR LEAGUE.
>> THE STRENGTH THAT HAS TO COME FROM GOING ALL THE WAY UP THERE TO ACROSS YOUR BODY.
IT TAKES INCREDIBLE FOCUS JONATHAN IS LIKE, COME O.
JUST GET ME OFF THE BASE ALREADY.
I'M SICK OF BEING OUT HERE.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD PITCH.
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
A LOT OF PATIENCE.
>> YEP.
SHE IS WAITING FOR THE RIGHT ONE AND MARK IS GOING TO THROW THE RIGHT ONE.
>> SHE CHASED AFTER THAT ONE.
>> YEP.
ARE EITHER ONE OF US COUNTING STRIKES.
>> I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU THAT.
>> WE ARE BOTH CALLER COMMENTATORS AT THIS POINT.
>> I GUESS.
[LAUGHTER] >> I KNOW.
AND WE ARE NOT COUNTING BALLS.
BUT WE DO HAVE IT AN EIGHT-PITCH LIMIT.
>> THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
>> SO THAT WE ARE NOT THERE ALL DAY.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN A WORLD WHERE YOU ARE NOT COUNTING BALLS, YOU COULD LITERALLY BE HERE UNTIL TOMORROW.
>> THERE YOU GO.
IT'S A GOOD HIT.
IT'S A GOOD...
HE'S GOT IT.
HE IS OUT AT SECOND.
>> BEAUTIFUL.
ALL RIGHT.
AND THEY'RE COMING IN FROM THAT.
>> THAT WAS THREE OUTS.
EXACTLY.
SO THEY GET FOUR PITCHES, PLAY UNTIL 8:00.
AND THEY DON'T COUNT BALLS BUT THEY GET A HISPANIC A FIVE PITCH.
HITTING IT STRAIGHT UP.
BACK TO THE PITCHER.
THE METS ARE COMING IN.
LOOK AT MATT.
>> BEING AGGRESSIVE.
BEING AGGRESSIVE.
>> AND I SAID TO HIM THE OTHER DAY, I SAID I'M SO IMPRESSED WITH YOU, MATT, BECAUSE THE PITCHERS GET DOWN TIME BUT MATT IS THE CATCHER FOR THE WHOLE GAME.
HE IS OUT THERE FOR THE WHOLE GAME.
>> SHE MIGHT HAVE TWISTED HER ANGLE A LITTLE BIT.
WALK IT OFF.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WOULD TELL NUTTED BIG LEAGUES.
>> EXACTLY.
>> LET'S WALK IT OFF.
>> JAMIE OSWALD, HIS FIRST FULL SEASON AS A SENIOR PLAYER.
CAME UP FROM THE GRAY TEAM.
JUST LIKE JOSH WHO WE DID THE PLAYER PROFILE ON.
GREAT COACHES DOING A GREAT JOB.
>> ALMOST HIT MIKE.
BAUBLED IT.
OFF OF AME'S KNEE.
LILY GOT TO SECOND ON THAT.
>> PRETTY COOL.
WELL DONE, JAMIE.
>> THRAIB IS OPEN.
THIRD BASE IS HOPE.
WE LOVE YOU DAVE.
I JUST LAUGH BECAUSE OF HOW TALL HE IS.
>> HE IS A TALL ONE.
>> WHEN SOMEONE COMES OVER TO YOU AND PUTS THEIR ARM AROUND YOU AND THEY'RE LIKE HI.
[LAUGHTER] >> AND HE GOT A GOOD HIT, TOO.
I THINK THAT'S DANNY, DANNY THROWING IT INTO MIKE.
>> MAN, THEY'VE GOT SOME GOOD ARMS OUT THERE.
>> WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON, WHEN YOU SEE THE BALL, RUN TO THE BALL.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PLAYERS IN PRIOR SEASONS, HAVE JUST KIND OF WAITED FOR THE BALL TO COME TO THEM WHEN THEY'RE OUT IN THE FIELD.
>> OH NICE HIT.
PHIL DELANEY.
YEAH, MEGHAN.
MEGHAN, MEGHAN.
YEAH!
SHE CHASED IT DOWN TO THIRD AND MADE THE OUT.
>> NICE JOB.
LOOK AT THAT THROW.
STEP AND THROW.
BEAUTIFUL.
>> NICE JOB.
>> JAMIE IS A LITTLE UPSET.
ALL RIGHT CASE.
LET'S SEE IF WE SEE THE CHASE WIGGLE.
THERE IT IS.
LOOSEN UP, CHASE.
>> YOU GOT-- WHEN THEY'RE SO SERIOUS, WE HAVE TO REMIND THEM SILLY DIFFERENT WAYS, WE WERE TEACHING RALPH THIS PAST WEEK, YOU KNOW, SILLY WAYS TO REMIND YOURSELF TO RELAX AND HAVE FUN.
>> AME'S GOT IT.
ALL RIGHT AT THE BASE.
>> BUT THAT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO.
>> NO.
>> THERE IS A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, THEY'RE KIND OF STUCK IN THEIR WAYS, AND, YOU KNOW, MY SON BEING THE SAME WAY.
IT'S LIKE ALL RIGHT, ZACH, YOU NEED TO BUT IT'S HARD SOMETIMES.
>> THE BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT HAVING COACH MIKE, IS HE IS NOT A PARENT OF ONE OF THE KIDS, SO WHEN HE TELLS THEM FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY ARE MORE ACCEPTING TO TAKE IT FROM COACH MIKE THAN ANY OF US PARENTS.
I THINK SOME OF THEM SEE US AS JUST PARENTS AND NOT COACHES.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT.
THAT WAS A GREAT HIT.
WENT RIGHT UP THE THIRD BASELINE PAST THE THIRD BASEMAN AND PHIL COMES IN AND SCORES.
>> OF COURSE HE DOES.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE ABOUT MIKE, THEY HAVE, BEFORE WE START THE SEASON, THEY HAVE LIKE WHAT THEY CALL SPRING TRAINING.
>> SPRING TRAINING, A PERFECT PRACTICE.
IT WAS A PROGRAM THAT MIKE CAME TO ME AND STARTED A YEAR AGO IN 2023.
AND THAT'S HOW WE FOUND HIM.
HE STARTED THIS PROGRAM FOR ALL OF THE LEAGUES TO COME IN, STARTING IN, I THINK IT'S MARCH AND WE PLAY AT THE PERFECT PRACTICE LOCATION.
I'M HERE, SAFE AT THIRD.
>> JUST MADE IT.
>> AND SO WE GO OVER BASICS, YOU KNOW, FROM MARCH UNTIL OUR OPENING DAY IN JUNE OF HITTING AND FIELDING AND RUNNING AND BAT PLACEMENT, ALL OF THE THINGS AND MIKE HAS TAKEN THAT ON HE HAS SEEN IMPROVEMENT IN ALL OF THE PLAYERS, JUNIORS, SENIORS, ADULTS, EVERYONE HE HAS BECOME A FOLK HERO FOR ALL THE PLAYERS.
HE CAN GO TO ANY FIELD AND PEOPLE COME UP TO HIM AND SAY COACH MIKE.
>> I KNOW.
HE SHOWS UP AT A LOST OTHER GAMES A LOT OF THE OTHER GAMES AND EVENTS THAT INVOLVE THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN.
>> VOLUNTEER.
VOLUNTEER, DONATE, GO TO OUR WEBSITE, SYRACUSECHALLENGERBASEBALL DOTTED COP.
>> WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU.
COME SEE WHAT IT IS ALL B. I KNOW THE PARENTS SHOW UP BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE OTHERS, TOO.
IT'S BEEN A GREAT AFTERNOON OF BASEBALL, DEE.
>> THIS IS WONDERFUL.
>> AND I LOVE SEEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS-- >> GOOD GAME, GOOD GAME.
>> I ALWAYS JUMP IN ON THIS LINE BECAUSE IT'S SO WONDERFUL.
>> I LOVE IT.
LOVE IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND, OF COURSE, I LIKE TO CHEER AT THE END.
AND THANKS FOR JOINING ME TODAY.
MAN, THIS HAS BEEN LIKE WE ARE TOGETHER AGAIN.
WE BOTH WORKED RADIO FOR HOW LONG?
>> YES.
>> AND YOU HAVE MOVED ON TO OTHER THINGS, BUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE HAVE IS JUST... >> SPECIAL THANKS TO WCNY FOR BEING OUT THERE AND FOR ALL OF THESE GAMES DURING THE HEAT, THE RAIN, IT HAS BEEN AMAZING.
>> IT IS.
I LOVE THIS RIGHT THERE.
THE CHEER.
VERY GOOD.
DEE, THANK YOU.
PERFECT PRACTICE SYRACUSE CHALLENGER BASEBALL.
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