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>> Dave: KEN NGUYEN IS A GOOD
HITTER, AND HAS NOT HIT YET IN
THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES,
AND THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME
FOR THE FIRST HIT.
THAT HANGING BALL HANGS UP.
1-2.
LEGAULT IS THE RUNNER AT THIRD,
AND ADAMS AT SECOND AND JACK
WALSH IS THE RUNNER AT FIRST AND
FASTBALL -- STRIKE THREE CALLED.
PERFECT PITCH.
>> Kyle: PERFECT PITCH AND GOOD
JOB AT HOME PLATE AS WE HAVE
SEEN DANIEL STOUDEK MOVING THE
ENTIRE BODY OUT.
LOOK AT THAT.
HE FROZE THE GLOVE.
IT IS A LOT EASIER TO THROW TO
THE BOX AND MOVE THE BODY TO A
CERTAIN SPOT AND EASIER TO LOCK
IN ON IT, AND THE BODY WAS ON
THE OUTSIDE CORNER OF THE PLATE
AND EASIER TO TAKE ALL OF THE
BODY TO THE MOUND STRAIGHT TO
THE CATCHER.
>> Dave: BALL ONE HERE TO CLAY
SURRETT.
NO MARGIN FOR ERROR FOR THE
CZECH REPUBLIC TRYING TO LIMIT
THE DAMAGE.
CANADA HAS GONE AHEAD, 2-1.
CLAY HAS A BASE HIT, AND HE IS 2
FOR 4 OVERALL IN WILLIAMSPORT.
STRIKE ONE SWINGING.
>> Kyle: A LOT OF THE CATCHERS
HAVE THE TECHNIQUE THAT YOU ARE
TALKING ABOUT, THE ABILITY TO
SET THE TARGET AND MAKE IT
EASIER FOR THE UMPIRE.
>> Dave: DID HE HOLD UP?
NO.
HE TOOK A SWING.
STRIKE TWO.
BIG SPOT IN THE GAME RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS AN ELIMINATION GAME.
THE LOSER IS KNOCKED OUT OF
TITLE CONTENTION IN
WILLIAMSPORT.
CURVEBALL RIGHT OVER THE TOP,
AND THE CATCHER TO THE BACKSTOP
AND A PLAY AT THE PLATE, AND
VECERKA GETS THE TAG DOWN FOR
THE OUT!
WOW.
WELL DONE.
DANIEL STOUDEK HAS JUST PUT ON A
SHOW HERE IN THE GAME.
GREAT WORK BY THE PITCHER AS
WELL.
WELL, THE MANAGER FOR CANADA MAY
■■LL WANT TO USE■■ ONE■■■■■■ OF
■■HALLENGES AND TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS ON V■■EO REPLAY.
■■HAT WAS --
>> Kyle: I THINK T■■T■■■■ LEGAU■
■■Y■■■■■■■■ HAVE DONE■■ THE BES
■■YS HERE.
■■SLIDE■■ND■■■■S■■P.■■■■■■
AND■■ATCH■■HE■■■■■■■■■■■■EFT HA.
THAT IS CLOSE.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
IT IS CLOSE O■■THE PLAY THAT■■OU
KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE OUT IF Y■■
SLIDE DIRECTLY IN■■ IT.
BODY■■■■S GOING TO STOP.
WATCH THE LEFT HAND.
DOES IT GET IN THERE?
EH, MAYBE A SPLIT SECOND AHEAD
OF THE TAG.
A■■■■■■ LEFT-HANDED■■■■■■AG THE
■■IN■■THAT HE GOT ■■I■■■■
>> Dave■■■■99%■■■■OF THE TIME Y■
WILL■■■■■■■■EE■■ THE B■■SE RUNN
OUT, BUT THIS IS A GREAT SLID■■■
THE LEFT ARM IS TRYING TO GET
AROUND THE TAG.
DOES IT GET DOWN?
I THINK THAT HE IS SAFE.
THE LEFT THUMB AND THE LEFT HAND
GETS INTO THE PLATE BEFORE THE
TAG IS DONE TRYING TO SWIPE HIM.
HE GOES BACK THE REACH.
THE ANGLE BEFORE THAT ONE WAS
THE WEST.
I THINK THAT LEFT HAND WAS DOWN
JUST IN TIME.
>> Dave: THEY ARE LOOKING AT IT.
EACH MANAGER GETS TWO REPLAY
CHALLENGES IN THE FIRST SIX
INNINGS OF THE GAME.
IF YOU ARE SUCCESSFUL WITH THE
CHALLENGE, YOU DON'T LOSE THE
CHALLENGE.
THE QUESTION IS, IS THERE ENOUGH
DEFINITIVELY TO SAY THAT THE
HAND WAS THERE BEFORE THE TAG.
AND APPARENTLY THERE WAS.
WOW!
WHAT A SLIDE BY DAVID LEGAULT.
THE TWO KIDS FROM THE CZECH
REPUBLIC COULD HAVE HARDLY DONE
■■IT BETTER.
>> Kyle: I AGREE.
WHEN THE PITCHER IS COVERING IN
THE SPOT, TOO, IT IS TOUGH TO
GET TO THE RIGHT SPOT AND YOU
ARE NOT USED TO MAKING THIS
PLAY, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE
LEFT-HAND GOES TO WHERE YOU
THINK THAT THE SLIDE■■■■■■ IS GO
GO WHICH IS TO THE ■■INFIELD SI
OF THE BASE AND THE BODY GOING
ONE WAY AND AT THE LAST SECOND
DAVID LEGAULT REACHES THE HAND
OUT, AND THAT IS WELL DONE.
>> STAY IN FAIR TERRITORY ON THE
FOUL GROUND.
>> Kyle: AND HE DID NOT WASTE
ANY MINUTE, BECAUSE HE TURNED
AROUND AND POINTED RIGHT TO THE
MANAGER MARK KEEPING TO
CHALLENGE IT.
HE DID JUST GET IT.
>> Dave: WHAT A RULING THAT IS.
IT IS 2-2.
A WILD PITCH SCORES THE RUN AND
MAKES IT 3-1, AND THE OTHER TWO
RUNNERS ALSO ADVANCE, AND CLAY
SURRETT IS STILL AT THE PLATE.
AND THERE'S THE 2-2 PITCH FROM
VECERKA.
BALL THREE.
AND NOW THE RUNNER IS BREAKING
FOR THE PLATE, AND THE TAG, AND
HE IS OUT AT HOME PLATE.
ANGUS ADAMS WANTS ANOTHER
CHALLENGE.
WE MAY GET ANOTHER ONE.
WELL, MARK KEEPING ROLLED THE
DICE BEFORE AND IT WORKED.
SO THEY ARE TRYING IT AGAIN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO
WORK.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
ESSENTIAL■■ TRYING TO STEAL HOME
PLATE THERE.
>> Kyle: TRYING TO GET THE GOOD
SECONDARY LEAD AND ANGUS■■■■ TR
THE GET ALL OF THE WAY DOWN THE■
HOME PLATE.
HE M■■HT■■ B■■■■ 2■■ FOR 2.
■■ Dave: WATCH TH■■ F■■NT■■ F■■■
■■AN■■ WHER■■ THE■■AG■■■■■■■■■■.
>> Kyle: THE LEFT FOOT IS IN A
GREAT SPOT, AND TRYING TO GET
THE LEFT FOOT OUT IN FRONT OF
HOME PLATE, AND IT SURPRISED
EVERYBODY IN THE BALLPARK.
>> Dave: IT IS KEY TO HAVE
SECONDARY LEAD,■■ AND■■■■■■ IF■T
FOOT TOUCHES THE BASE AND IN
THAT SPOT, HE IS SAFE.
>> Kyle: I THINK THEY ARE 2 FOR
2.
■■TCH THE■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ FRO.
SIT DOWN AND SLIDING ACROSS HOME
PLATE BEFORE THE TAG IS MADE.
>> Kyle: TWO PLAYS ***-*** AND
AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN GET WITH THE
NAKED EYE, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE THE
MAKE BOTH PLAYS.
THAT ONE MAY BE REVERSEDK TOO.
THEY ARE WAITING FOR THE
OFFICIAL RULING.
SAFE IT IS.
THE WHOLE IDEA OF HAVING VIDEO
REPLAY AVAILABLE WHICH THEY DOO
THROUGHOUT THE LITTLE LEAGUE
WORLD SERIES IS TO GET THE CALL
RIGHT.
TWO VERY CLOSE PLAYS.
BOTH T■■MES TEAM CANADA WITH TH■
BENEFIT OF THE CALL.
>> Kyle: THAT GETS HIM FIRED UP,
BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE HAD THE
FRONT FOOT IN THERE, AND HE DID.
MARK KEEPING ACTUALLY WENT UP TO
THE HOME PLATE UMPIRE AND SAID,
I AM SORRY I DID IT BOTH TIMES,
BUT THAT IS WHY THERE IS THE
INSTANT REPLAY.
THAT PLAY IS AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN
POSSIBLY GET.
>> Dave: EVERYTHING ELSE IS
WORKING FOR CANADA IN THIS
INNING.
4-1, AND THAT GOES DOWN AS A
STEAL TO HOME FOR ANGUS ADAMS.
FULL COUNT PITCH AND STRIKE
THREE CALLED.
CAN'T REVIEW THAT ONE, AND A
LITTLE FRUSTRATION FOR THE CZECH
REPUBLIC.
THEY EXECUTED THOSE TWO PLAYS
BEAUTIFULLY, BUT THE CALLS WENT
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>> Dave: ONE MORE GAME TO GO ON
THIS SATURDAY, 8:00 EASTERN ON
ESPN, THE TEAM FROM IOWA AGAINST
THE TEAM FROM GROSSE POINTE,
MICHIGAN, AN ELIMINATION GAME.
THEY ARE GETTING E READY OVER AT
LAMADE, A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET
FROM WHERE WE SIT AT VOLUNTEER
STADIUM WITH CONCESSION STANDS
IN BETWEEN.
LOOKING AT THE TODAY'S ROAD TO
WILLIAMSPORT, AND THE WINNING
TEAM OF THIS GAME PLAYS THE
LOSER OF JAPAN/TAIPEI, AND THE
LOSER IS ELIMINATED FROM THE
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES TITLE
CONTENTION, AND THEY WILL PLAY
THE CONSOLATION GAME, AND THE
LOSER OF THE GAME ACROSS THE WAY
TONIGHT.
SO THAT IS WHAT IS AT STAKE IN
THIS ONE, AND A BIG INNING FOR
CANADA AND TWO VIDEO REPLAYS
THAT BOTH GO IN FAVOR OF THE
CANADIANS.
SO IT IS 4-1, AND BOTH OF THE
REPLAYS, BOTH PLAYS AT THE PLATE
ALLOWING RUNS TO SCORE.
NOW THE CLEANUP HITTER LUKAS
HLOUCH TRYING TO RALLY THE CZECH
REPUBLIC.
AND KEN NGUYEN, THE STARTING
PITCHER IS STILL IN THE GAME.
THAT ONE IS HIGH, 1-1.
THAT WAS THE 50th PITCH FOR KEN
NGUYEN SO FAR TONIGHT.
LUKAS HLOUCH AND THEN VECERKA TO
BAT NEXT.
STRIKE TWO SWINGING AT THE
FASTBALL.
ONE OF THE REMARKABLE THINGS
ABOUT THIS TEAM FROM CANADA,
COMING FROM OTTAWA, ONTARIO, IT
HAD BEEN EIGHT STRAIGHT YEARS
SINCE A TEAM FROM BRITISH
COLUMBIA HAD REPRESENTED CANADA
IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD
SERIES, AND THE FIRST TIME IN
NINE YEARS THAT SOMEBODY ELSE IS
HERE IN WILLIAMSPORT.
>> Kyle: THE LAST TEAM TO DO IT
WAS WHEN I WAS IN LITTLE LEAGUE.
>> Dave: AND A LOT OF SUCCESS
GOING THERE IN THE CAPITAL OF
OTTAWA.
THIRD BASEMAN, WILL RIOPELLE.
>> Dave: THAT IS LOW, BALL FOUR.
SO■■ LUKAS HL■■CH TAKES A LEAD F
WALK.
CANADA HAS PRODUCED A LOT OF
GREAT MAJOR LEAGUE PLAYERS,■■ JY
VOTTO, AND BRETT LAWRIE, AND
RYAN DEMPSTER WITH A LONG
DISTINGUISHED CAREER, AND JUSTIN
MORNEAU WHO HAD A GREAT CAREER
WITH THE TWIN, AND MANY OF THE
STARS FROM CANADA IN MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL HAVE COME FROM
BRITISH COLUMBIA.
NOT VOTTO THOUGH, BECAUSE HE IS
FROM ONTARIO, AND ONE OF THE
REASONS THAT HE IS A FAVORITE
FOR A LOT OF THE KIDS.
>> Kyle: AS YOU RECALL
YESTERDAY, TOO, LARRY WALKER
WITH THE HISTORY THAT WALKER
HAD.
MIGHT BE THE BEST OTHER THAN
FREDDY JENKINS WHO IS IN THE
HALL, THE BEST PLAYER TO COME
OUT.
>> Dave: AND WALKER HAS A GREAT
CASE BE IN COOPERSTOWN.
STRIKE ONE TO VECERKA.
YOU COULD TELL HE WAS FRUSTRATED
WITH THE WAY THAT THE THIRD
INNING WENT.
HE PITCHED WELL.
ONLY ONE OF THE THREE RUNS
CHARGED IN AS AN EARNED RUN.
POPPED UP A BUNT -- FOUL.
WALSH IS HUSTLING OVER, THE
CATCHER TO TRY TO HAVE A CHANCE,
BUT NO CHANCE.
1-2.
THAT IS UNUSUAL AS VECERKA IS
ONE OF THE BEST HITTERS FOR THE
CZECH REPUBLIC, BUT THEY ARE
DOWN THREE RUN, AND THEY NEED
BASE RUNNERS.
GOOD SET UP.
A HIGH FASTBALL SET THE TARGET,
AND BIG STRIKE TO THE TARGET.
>> Kyle: THAT HAD BEEN A CALLING
CARD FOR CANADA, TOO, WHEN THEY
GET IN THE PLUS-COUNT TO TRY TO
RUN THE FASTBALL UP AND OUT OF
THE ZONE.
TOUGH ONE IN THAT SPOT FOR
VICTOR VECERKA.
IT LOOKS SO GOOD AT THE PLATE,
BUT THE HANDS JUST CAN'T CATCH
UP.
>> Dave: AND NOW FIRST PITCH
SWINGING.
THAT IS GOING TO BE A FOUL BALL.
FOUL BALL, AND HIS■■■■■■■■■■■■■
HE■■■■■■■■ COMES OUT TFT BATTER.
THE COUNT IS 0-1.
>> Kyle: I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS
THE INSTEP OR JUST ABOVE THE
RIGHT FOOT.
>> Dave: NOT A BAD PLAY BY
SVIHALEK TO ASSUME THAT THE CALL
IS THAT ONE, JUST HUSTLE.
>> Kyle: UNTIL THEY TELL YOU TO
STOP.
>> Dave: STRIKE TWO.
THAT SLIDER IS UP AND AWAY.
THERE IS MARTIN'S MOM WATCHING
FROM THE STANDS.
A LOT OF THE FAMILIES HAVE COME
OVER FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC TO
BE HERE.
>> Kyle: NICE TO SEE.
>> Dave: GOOD SWING.
>> Kyle: THAT IS GREAT TO SEE.
>> Dave: FAMILIES FROM ALL OFF,
AND FOR THE INTERNATIONAL TEAMS
THEY HAVE MORE LEAD TIME AND FOR
THE AMERICAN TEAMS, IT WAS JUST
A FEW DAYS, AND SOME OF THE KIDS
WERE PLAYING SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY, A WEEK AGO AND CAUGHT A
PLANE RIGHT AFTER THE GAME AND
HEADED UP HERE.
>> Dave: AND THAT ONE IS CHOPPED
OUT IN FRONT OF HOME PLATE AND
WALSH HAS TO HURRY.
HE GOT HIM.
NICELY DONE AND A GREAT STRETCH
AT FIRST BASE BY■■■■ DISIPIO.
>> Kyle: GOOD WORK A■■ OF THE ■■
WAY AROUND, AND TH■■ ONLY GUY WO
HAS A CHANCE TO MAKE THIS PLAY
IS JACK WALSH BEHIND HOME PLATE,
AND GOES■■ TO■■HE GL■■VE■■ TO T■
LITTL■■BIT LONGER, BUT A GREAT
■■RETCH D■■N AT■■ FIRST■■■■ ANDE
DI■■IP■■ JUST KEEPS THAT■■■■■■■
THE BAG LONG ENOUGH AND WENT THE
RIGHT WAY, TOO.
RIGHT FOOT ON THE BAG AND
STRETCHED WITH THE LEFT FOOT.
>> Dave: BUSTER POSEY WOULD BE
PROUD, BECAUSE JACK WALSH SAYS
THAT IS HIS HERO, AND ROLE
MODEL.
HE HAS A GREAT RIGHT-HANDED
SWING AND POWER AND DEFENSIVE
CHOPS.
LOOKING LIKE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE
MVP.
THAT ONE IS SCOOTED AWAY IN THE
DIRT.
DANCING TO THIRD ON THE PLAY IS
LUKAS HLOUCH.
AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC EVEN IF
THEY GOT THE ONE RUN, THEY WOULD
TAKE IT HERE IN THE FOURTH.
STILL HAVE TWO MORE INNINGS TO
GO AFTER THIS, A SIX-INNING GAME
IN LITTLE LEAGUE.
>> Kyle: JURCIK CAN REACH, TOO,
AND BRINGING UP DANIEL STOUDEK
WHO HAS BEEN THE POWER OF THE
CZECH TEAM.
>> Dave: YES, THAT IS A GOOD
POINT.
FOULED THAT ONE BACK.
1-2.
CONCENTRATION FROM KEN NGUYEN.
THAT ONE IS PAST WALSH AND
BREAKING FOR THE PLATE IS
HLOUCH, AND HE WILL SCORE.
>> Kyle: THAT IS GOING TO BE
CHARGED AS A PASS BALL.
>> Dave: WALSH IS A LITTLE
FRUSTRATED THERE.
>> Kyle: YOU CAN SEE THAT HE IS
CHARGING THE FASTBALL UP AND OUT
OF THE ZONE, AND A WAYS TO GO
FOR THE GLOVE THERE BY JACK
WALSH, AND GOOD BREAK OVER THERE
ON THIRD BASE THOUGH.
THE SECOND RUN IN THE GAME FOR
CZECH REPUBLIC.
>> NOW, HERE IS WHERE WE CLOSE
THE DOOR AND END IT AND GET BACK
ON IT.
YOU GOT THAT?
HEY, MAN, YOU ARE PITCHING A
FANTASTIC BALL GAME, ALL RIGHT.
GREAT THEATER HERE.
SHAKE THAT OFF AND REFOCUS.
ALL RIGHT.
CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME?
AND DEEP BREATH IN AND DEEP
BREATH OUT, RIGHT.
AT LEAST YOU ARE HAVING FUN
PLAYING BASEBALL.
SOUND GOOD?
OKAY.
KENNY IS GOING TO ROLL A GROUND
BALL RIGHT HERE.
ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO.
>> Dave: AND DAVID LEGAULT LIKE
S TO HELP THE MANAGER OUT IN
THOSE MEETINGS ON THE MOUND.
HE HAS A LOT OF PERSONALITY.
>> Kyle: WELL, IT IS, YOU HAVE
THAT STRATEGY THAT SO OFTEN YOU
ARE ASKING THE CATCHER TO SET
THE TARGET UP HIGH, AND THAT IS
A RISK STRATEGY.
MAKES IT TOUGH ON HIM.
THE.
>> Dave: THAT ONE BOUNCED INTO
RIGHT FIELD, AND BASE HIT.
SO, A SINGLE FOR JURCIK, AND
THAT IS A GOOD AT-BAT FOR HIM,
THE FIRST OF THE GAME FOR HIM.
AND JUST LIKE KYLE WAS TALKING
ABOUT, IT GETS DANIEL STOUDEK UP
AT THE PLATE.
THIS IS THE GUY THAT THE CZECH
REPUBLIC WANTS UP THERE.
HE HAS TO GET THE JERSEY RIGHT
FIRST.
>> Kyle: HE HAS TO GET IT CLEAN.
>> Dave: ANOTHER HIGHLIGHT
THERE.
TWICE IN IN LITTLE LEAGUE SERIES
HE HAS HIT HOME RUNS INCLUDING
IN HIS ONLY AT-BAT IN THE GAME.
ONE ON, TWO OUT.
FOUL BALL.
HERE'S THE ONE FROM THIS
EVENING.
>> Kyle: I LIKE THE ADJUSTMENT
THAT DANIEL MADE IN THE COURSE
OF THE AT-BAT AND LATE ON THE
FIRST FEW FASTBALLS B NOT HERE.
HE DRIVES IT TO LEFT CENTER
FIELD OVER THE FENCE, AND THAT
IS 240 FEET TO LEFT CENTER.
FIRST CZECH REPUBLIC RUN OF THE
GAME AT THAT POINT.
THEY COME BACK TO ADD ONE MORE
AND THEY COULD DO IT AGAIN HERE,
THAT WOULD TIE IT.
>> Dave: HE GOT A HIGH FIVE FROM
THE THIRD BASEMAN FROM CANADA,
WILL RIOPELLE, AND FROM JACK
WALSH, THE CATCHER.
THIS IS WHAT THE LITTLE LEAGUE
WORLL SERIES IS ALL ABOUT.
STRIKE TWO SWINGING.
PITCH 71 FOR NGUYEN.
STOUDEK HAS HIM RIGHT WHERE HE
WANTS HIM.
0-2.
HERE'S THE PITCH.
STRIKE THREE SWINGING.
GOOD EXECUTION FROM NGUYEN, AND
NOT THIS TIME FOR THE CATCHER
FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
THEY GET ONE RUN AND ONLY THE
ONE.
>> Kyle: KEN NGUYEN CLIMBING THE
LADDER AGAIN.■■
ANOTHER STR■■E■■UT■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
>> Dave: WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
WITHOUT ALL OF THE VOLUNTEERS
AND WOULDN'T HAVE LITTLE LEAGUE
BASEBALL WITHOUT ALL OF THE
VOLUNTEERS.
75 YEARS THE LITTLE LEAGUE HAS
BEEN STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES
AND PROVIDING FUN COMPETITION.
LITTLE LEAGUE, THE WORLD'S
LARGEST ORGANIZED PROGRAM.
2 MILLION KIDS PLAYING IN ALL 50
STATES AND EIGHT COUNTRIES.
TO START A LEAGUE OF YOUR OWN GO
THE WWW.LITTLELEAGUE.ORG.
JASON ZHANG IS THE PITCH --
HITTER NOW.
THIS IS THE 74th LITTLE LEAGUE
WORLD SERIES.
HE GOT THE CALL ON THE OUTSIDE.
IT IS 0-2.
TWO-STRIKE PITCH, AND THE
CATCHER HANGS ON, ONE AWAY.
>> Kyle: THREE STRIKEOUTS IN A
■■W FOR ■■VIKTOR.
THE■■AS■■TWO OUTS■■■■■■ OF THE
WERE ■■■■■■STRIK■■UTS.■■■■■■
■■LLO!
EVERY■■DY HAVING FUN.
LETTING THAT FASTBALL GO.
>> Dave: 3 1/3 AND SEVEN
STRIKEOUTS FOR VIKTOR SO FAR.
HE HAS WALKED TWO, BUT FOR THE
MOST PART IT HAS BEEN ALL AROUND
THE ZONE.
JUST 53 PITCHES THROUGH 3 1/3.
>> Dave: NOW JUSTIN DINEEN, AND
THE FIRST PITCH SWINGING TO
RIGHT FIELD, RIGHT NEAR THE
LINE.
AND A NICE PLAY TO MAKE IT TWO
DOWN.
>> Kyle: AND DINEEN WAS UP THERE
TO TAKE A CUT, AND PUT IT IN
PLAY, AND HIT IT PRETTY HARD.
>> Kyle: GIVE ME THAT BAT.
I'M SWINGING IT.
I'M NOT WASTING ANY TIME UP
HERE.
>> Dave: I LOVE IT.
JUSTIN ONE OF THE MANY PLAYERS
ON TEAM CANADA WITH HOCKEY
HISTORY.
HOCKEY IN HIS BLOOD.
HIS UNCLE KEVIN DINEEN WAS A
GREAT NHL PLAYER AND NHL HEAD
COACH.
BOTH OF THE TEAMS HAVE HAD MANY
BATTLES ON THE ICE, ON THE RINK,
IN OLYMPIC PLAY, INTERNATIONAL
PLAY.
ANOTHER PINCH-HITTER.
1-1 THE COUNT.
TWO OUTS AND THE BASES ARE E
EMPTY HERE IN THE FOURTH.
FOUL BALL FOR STRIKE TWO ON
DAVID CAON.
VECERKA TRYING TO MAKE IT A
QUICK INNING.
SEES THE TARGET UP HIGH, BUT TOO
HIGH.
BALL ONE.
>> Kyle: THAT IS A TIME WHEN IT
IS GOOD TIME THE GO UP.
0-2 OR 1-2, OKAY TO GO OUT OF
THE ZONE, BUT GOOD DEAL BY
VIKTOR, AND GOOD PLATE
DISCIPLINE BY DAVID.
>> Dave: THE 1-2 PITCH.
STRUCK HIM OUT SWINGING.
■■AL GOOD PITCHING THERE FOR
VIKTOR VECERKA, THE CZECH
REPUBLIC NEEDS SOME OFFENSE NOW.
■■WO INNINGS TO GO.
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>> Dave: WE ARE BACK AT THE
LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
PRESENTED BY KELLOGG'S FROSTED
FLAKES IN WILLIAMSPORT.
IT IS TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE
DAY'S FROSTED FLAKES MOMENTS OF
THE GAME.
KYLE, TO THE THIRD INNING.
THOSE VIDEO REPLAYS.
>> THE REPLAY IS BECOMING AN
IMPORTANT PART OF THE LITTLE
LEAGUE WORLD SERIES WHEN WE GET
TO THE WORLD SERIES.
AND THIS IS PLAYED WELL BY DAVID
LEGAULT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC,
BUT THE LEFT HAND GOT IN THERE.
>> Dave: YES.
>> Kyle: THAT WAS CALLED SAFE.
LATE STEAL AT HOME PLATE AND WE
DON'T SEE THAT EVERYDAY.
A GREAT PLAY BY THE CZECH
REPUBLIC, AND A GREAT SLIDE, BUT
THE LEFT FOOT OF ANGUS ADAMS
GETS IN THERE.
AND BOTH OF THE CALLS WERE
***-*** CALLS.
MARK KEEPING COMES IN AND
APOLOGIZES AS BOTH ENDED UP
CALLED SAFE.
TWO MORE RUNS FOR CANADA.
>> Dave: WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HE
SAID, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE SORRY.
>> Kyle: HE WAS RIGHT BOTH
TIMES.
>> 27 YEARS OLD, THE MANAGER OF
THE CANADIAN LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM.
>> Kyle: AND HE IS A TEACHER,
TOO, FOR A LOT OF THE KIDS.
HE IS A DRAMA TEACHER BACK AT
HOME.
>> Dave: MARK IS WATCHING FROM
THE DUGOUT.
0-2 IS THE COUNT FROM CHRISTIAN
GEIDL.
STRIKE THREE.
KEN NGUYEN FOR THE SEVENTH
STRIKEOUT OF THE GAME.
ONE OUT FOR THE■■■■■■■■■■ ■■■■■
MAREK KREJCIRIK.
>> Kyle:■■■■ TRYING TO CLIMB TH
LADDER, AND JUST UP OUT OF THE
ZONE, AND COULD HAVE BEENCALLED
A STRIKE IF NOT SWUNG.
KEN NGUYEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF
THE TWO-STRIKE COUNTS SO FAR.
>> Dave: THE CATCHER TRIED TO
FRAME THAT PITCH.
HE IS NOT A BIG KID SO HIS
TEAMMATES CALL HIM FROTO.
HE IS AN EXCELLENT SHORTSTOP.
HIT THAT ONE FOUL.
A GLIMPSE AT THE HEIGHT
DIFFERENCE OF THE CATCHER AND
THE HITTER.
PART OF WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT
WILLIAMSPORT AND THE LITTLE
LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
>> Kyle: TOTAL AGREE, THE
DIFFERENCE OF THE SIZE, AND THE
GREAT THING ABOUT THE GAME IS
THAT IT IS GREATNESS IN ALL
SIZES ESPECIALLY AT THIS AGE.
WE HAVE SEEN A 6'4" AND A 4'6"
FOR CHINESE TAIPEI AND THEY CAN
ALL PLAY.
>> Dave: AND NOW KREJCIRIK TAKES
THAT ONE INTO PLAY, BUT HE MAKES
THE CATCH SO TWO DOWN.
HEY, YOU WANT TO PLAY IN THE NBA
OR THE NFL, THERE IS A MINIMUM
REQUIREMENT AT MOST SPOTS,
BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE A CERTAIN
SIZE, BUT YOU CAN PLAY BIG
LEAGUE BASEBALL AT ANY SIZE.
ONE OF THE CHARMS.
WE SEE IT HERE IN THE LITTLE
LEAGUE LEVEL.
NICE LINE DRIVE SWINGS FOR TOMAS
CHADIM AND HE IS PLAYING REALLY
WELL FOR THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
>> Kyle: HE IS A BALL PLAYER.
HE SINGLED OUT THAT SAME WAY.
TOMAS WHOSE FATHER PLAYED A LOT
OF BASEBALL IN THE CZECH
REPUBLIC, AND ONE OF THE
ASSISTANT COACHES ON THE TEAM.
HE TELLS EVERYBODY WHERE TO GO.
SECOND HET OF THE BALL GAME.
>> Dave: TYING RUN AT HOME
PLATE.
STRIKE ONE TO THE THIRD BASEMAN
ROBIN VAVRA.
0 FOR 2 AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME
FOR THE FIRST HIT.
THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF OUTS.
THIS IS A SIX-INNING GAME AND
THIS AN ELIMINATION GAME.
STRIKE TWO.
THE COACH IS TELLING HIM TO
SETTLE IN.
AND KEN NGUYEN TRYING TO FINISH
HERE.
VAVRA STRIKES OUT SWINGING.
STRONG WORK HERE THIS EVENING
FOR THE CANADIAN RIGHT-HANDER
KEN NGUYEN.
A MAN LEFT.
MIDDLE OF THE FIFTH, AND MARK
KEEPING LIKES WHAT HE IS SEEING.
HIS CANADIAN TEAM IS UP, 4-2.
THAT'S GOING TO GO RIGHT IN YOUR GLOVE. OHHH.
SEE THAT?
GREAT JOB.
OK, NOW LET'S GET READY FOR THE BALL...
HERE IT COMES... HERE YOU GO.
GOOD CATCH. PERFECT!
♪♪
>> Dave: YOUNG AT HEART IS WHAT
THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES
IS ALL ABOUT IN WILLIAMSPORT.
OUR SUMMARY IS THAT THE HOME
POWERS HAVE BEEN FLASING IN
THIS ONE.
A COUPLE OF HOME RUNS IN THIS
ONE SO FAR.
A HOME RUN FOR ANGUS ADAMS, AND
DANIEL STOUDEK AT IT AGAIN.
AND HIS FIRST ONE GOT THE CZECH
REPUBLIC ON THE BOARD, AND THE
TWO RUNS SCORED ON CHALLENGES
AND BOTH WERE REVERSED.
AT THIS POINT, THE DIFFERENCE OF
THE GAME.
4-2, CANADA.
IT IS ABOUT PERFECT HERE THIS
TIME OF THE DAY.
IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
THREE DAYS TO GET THE LITTLE
LEAGUE WORLD SERIES KICKED OFF.
THE LIGHTS ARE ON HERE EVENING
TIME AT VOLUNTEER STADIUM.
TEAM CANADA UP AT THE PLATE
LEADING 4-2.
VECERKA, STRIKE ONE.
THE CADENATOR, AND HE IS A VERY
GOOD STUDENT AND WANTS TO BE A
BRAIN SURGEON.
>> Kyle: I WOULD SETTLE WITH ANY
DOCTOR, AND HE WANTS TO GO THE
WHOLE WAY.
>> Dave: HE IS SPECIFIC.
HUSTLING TO GET BACK INTO THE
BOX THERE.
61st PITCH OF THE GAME FOR
VECERKA, AND HE AS BEEN
EFFICIENT THROWING STRIKES, AND
HAS BEEN GOOD.
>> Kyle: REALLY GOOD.
JUST THREE HITS SO FAR.
EIGHT STRIKEOUTS FOR VIKTOR.
THOSE TWO VERY, VERY CLOSE PLAYS
AT THE PLATE ON WHAT TURNED INTO
A WILD PITCH AND A STEAL AT HOME
BOTH NEEDED VIDEO REPLAY AND
BOTH CALLS WERE ULTIMATELY MADE
CORRECTLY, BUT THEY WENT AGAINST
THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
THOSE TWO PLAYS ARE THE
DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME.
>> Dave: VECERKA WANTED THAT
ONE.
YOU SAW HIM HOLD THE
FOLLOW-THROUGH ON THE MOUND.
THAT IS THE THIRD WALK HE HAS
ISSUED.
LOOKING BACK ON IT, THAT
INTENTIONAL WALK WAS A PRETTY
GOOD PLAY IN THE GAME.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT
ULTIMATELY IT HELPED THE CAUSE
OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
HERE IS DAVID LEGAULT, RUNNER ON
AND NOBODY OUT.
THAT ONE COMES RIGHT OVER THE
TOP.
HE DUCKS OUT OF THE WAY, BALL
ONE.
YOU DON'T SEE THAT FROM A LOT OF
12-YEAR-OLDS.
THAT IS WHAT THE SMILE IS ALL
ABOUT.
YEAH, HE WATCHES THE "YOUNG AND
THE RESTLESS."
MAYBE A BONDING THING WITH MOM I
THINK.
HE AND MOM WATCHES IT TOGETHER.
WELL, YOU HEAR SOME GROANS FROM
THE CANADIAN CHEERING SECTION.
HE WAS SURE THAT WAS BALL THREE.
HE HAS A GREAT PERSONALITY.
HIT THAT ONE RIGHT BACK TOWARDS
THE MIDDLE.
THE SHORTSTOP GETS THE FORCE AT
SECOND, AND CHADIM MAKES SURE HE
HOLDS ON SO NO CHANCE FOR THE
DOUBLE-PLAY, AND THE■■■■ TWO WI
FIST BUMP ■■D NICELY DONE.
■■ Kyle: IT WAS■■ NICELY ■■■■DO■
JURCIK HAS TI■■S WHEN■■■■ YOU■■
TO GIVE SOME GROUND, BU■■ THIS
TIME, HE WANTED TO GO DEEPER TO■
GET THE■■■■■■ HIGH■■HOP.
EVEN WITH THE HIGH HOP, I THINK
THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH TIME TO
FLIP TO THE SECOND BASEMAN AND
TOMAS CHADIM WAS IN THE RIGHT
SPOT.
>> Dave: VECERKA AND CHADIM HAVE
BEEN A VERY GOOD PAIR.
57 PITCHES NOW THE PITCH COUNT.
A LITTLE PEP TALK AND NO POINT
OF MAKING THE PITCHING CHANGE,
BUT BE STRONG AND THROW STRIKS
AND HIGH FIVE AND GO GET THEM.
DIFFERENT LANGUAGE, YOU CAN
RECOGNIZE THAT POSITIVE COACHING
AND A LITTLE HIGH FIVE BEFORE HE
LEFT, TOO.
GOING TO MOVE THE OUTFIELDERS
BACK WHICH IS THE RIGHT MOVE
WITH THE UY COMING TO THE
PLATE.
>> Kyle: YEAH, YOU WILL NEED A
HIGH FIVE.
ALL RIGHT.
EVERYBODY GO MOVE BACK.
TOMAS, CAN YOU PLAY BY THE TREES
OUT THERE?
>> Dave: BIG ANGUS ADAMS, AND
LITTLE ANXIOUS PERHAPS.
NICE PITCH SELECTION FOR STRIKE
ONE.
FIRST PITCH IS A CHANGE-UP.
>> Kyle: I LIKE IT.
>> Dave: ADAMS WHO HAS THAT HOME
RUN ALSO HAS WALKED
INTENTIONALLY AND STOLE HOME AND
SCORED TWO RUNS AND HAS TWO HOME
RUNS ALREADY IN WILLIAMSPORT.
THAT ONE IS ON THE OUTSIDE, 0-2.
TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM THE
POWER.
HIS HOME RUN IN THE OPENING
ROUND GAME WENT RIGHT OVER THE
TREES IN STRAIGHT AWAY CENTER
FIELD JUST BEHIND THE SHOT
THERE.
HOME RUN TONIGHT WENT THROUGH
THE TREES.
BOUNCED IN FRONT OF HOME PLATE.
TRIED ANOTHER CHANGE-UP.
1-2.
WAY OUTSIDE.
GOOD PLAY BY STOUDEK, THE
CATCHER, TO KEEP IT FROM GOING
TO THE BACKSTOP.
>> Kyle: AND A CHANGE-UP BEFORE
THAT WHICH WAS A 42 FOOTER TO
DROP DOWN TO THE KNEES.
MAYBE HE GO BACK TO THAT ONE.
>> Dave: THAT ONE IS HIT TO
THIRD.
BACKHANDED PLAY.
THE FORCEOUT AT SECOND.
DHAD DEEM COVERING AND VAVRA
WITH THE GOOD THROW.
■■WO ■■DOWN.■■■■
■■>> Kyle: THEY DID.
GOOD JOB RIGHT THERE TO KEEP THE
WEIGHT BACK.
HE HIT IT HARD, BUT RIGHT TO
ROBIN VAVRA.
HE JUST CONTINUS TO SWALLOW
EVERYTHING UP HIT TO HIM.
THE LEAD RUNNER NOW WITH TWO
OUTS.
>> Dave: TWO FULL GAMES FOR THIS
TEAM, THE CZECH REPUBLIC WHO HAD
NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE THIS
YEAR, EVER.
AND WE HAVE SEEN IN BOTH OF THE
FULL GAMES ONE DEFENSIVE MISPLAY
AND THAT IS IT.
IT HAS BEEN REMARKABLY
IMPRESSIVE, I THINK FOR A TEAM
THAT WAS JUST A HUGE UNDERSTOOD
DOG COMING HERE TO WILLIAMSPORT.
THEY HAVE BEEN TOTALLY
COMPETITIVE.
SNAP THROW, AND THAT MIGHT HAVE
GOTTEN A PIECE OF LEGAULT WHO
GOT BACK IN.
HOPEFULLY HE IS ALL RIGHT.
>> ARE YOU ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
■■AL■■ R■■HT.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
>> Dave: THAT HURTS.
LUKAS HLOUCH IS TRYING THE DO
EVERYTHING HE CAN TO GET AROUND
THAT ONE.
1-1, THE COUNT.
JACK WALSH HAS BIG TIME POWER
HIMSELF.
BALL TWO.
ONE LAST INNING THE GO FOR CZECH
REPUBLIC.
THREE OUTS TO GO, TRYING TO KEEP
IT A TWO-RUN GAME AND GIVE
THEMSELVES A BETTER CHANCE FOR A
COMEBACK.
LOW.
ADAMS BREAKING FOR SECOND, AND
THE THROW IS A LITTLE BIT LATE.■
>> Kyle: THAT SECONDARY LEAD IS■
SO■■■■■■IMPORTANT.■■
IN LITTLE LEAGUE, YOU CAN'T GO
UNTIL THE BALL CROSSES THE
HITTER, BUT WHEN HE SEES THAT
THE BALL IS NOT CLEANLY HANDLED
BEHIND HOME PLATE THEN YOU KNOW
YOU HAVE TIME.
NOW THEY ARE IN SCORE POSITION.
>> Dave: GOOD HITTER'S COUNT,
AND THAT IS OFF OF THE CATCHER.
STRIKE CALLED.
DIVOT TAKEN OUT ON THE SLIDE BY
STOUDEK, THE CATCHER, AND ADAMS,
AGAIN, ADVANCES.
ET WAS A STRIKE, AND THE COUNT
GOES FULL, 3-2.
NOW ADAMS IS OVER AT THIRD BASE.
CLARIFICATION ON THE SCOREBOARD
BEFORE THAT PITCH SAID 2-2, AND
THE COACHES WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WAS 3-2.
>> Kyle: RIGHT COUNT THOUGH.
3-2 TO JACK WALSH HERE.
>> Dave: TIME GRANTED AT HOME
PLATE.
AND VECERKA WAS TAKING EXTRA
LONG THAT TIME.
WALSH HAS A RUN BATTED IN.
0 FOR 2 IN THIS GAME.
HITS THAT ONE DOWN THE RIGHT
FIELD LINE.
FOUL.
SVIHALEK WILL CHASE AFTER IT,
BUT IT IS FOUL.
>> Kyle: HE DID A GOOD JOB TO
GET HIS HANDS TO IT.
WALSH CLIMBED ON TOP OF THE
PLATE, BUT STILL HIT IT HARD
DOWN THE RIGHT SIDE.
AND JUST TRYING TO PROTECT.
HE GOT HIMSELF AN EXTRA BASE
HIT.
>> Dave: CANADA IS TRYING TO PAD
THE LEAD, 4-2, BOTTOM FIVE.
VECERKA, ANOTHER 3-2, AND
FOUL-TIP.
I GUESS HE FOUL-TIPPED IT, AND I
THOUGHT HE DID AND IT SOUNDED
LIKE HE DID.
HE CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE UMPIRE IS GOING TO ASK THE
FELLOW UMPIRES FOR HELP HERE TO
FIGURE OUT WHETHER THAT WAS A
FOUL-BALL.
>> Kyle: WE CANNOT LISTEN INTO
THIS EVEN THOUGH THEY WEAR THE
MICROPHONES, AND I THINK THAT HE
IS SAY G■■ING IT IS A FOUL BALL.
>> Dave: SO THAT MEANS THAT
WALSH IS STILL UP AT THE HOME
PLATE.
>> Kyle: YOU CAN HEAR TWO SOUNDS
IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.
NOT MUCH THERE, AND RIGHT THERE.
>> Dave: WE HAVE THE MICROPHONES
RIGHT DOWN ON TOP OF THE ACTION,
AND WE COULD HEAR IT WHEN IT
HAPPENED.
TAKING YOU INSIDE OF THE GAME AT
WILLIAMSPORT.
BACK AT IT.
VERY HIGH POP-UP.
CHADIM, THE SECOND BASEMAN, GOES
UNDERNEATH IT TO MAKE THE CATCH.
WELL DONE AND CANADA DOES NOT
SCORE.
LAST CHANCE FOR THE CZECH
REPUB■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■
>> Dave: SUNSET TIME IN
WILLIAMSPORT AND THE LAST CHANCE
FOR THE CZECH REPUBLIC.
4-2, CANADA LEADS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THE KELLOGG'S
FROSTED FLAKES BUILDING LOCKS
WITH OUR OWN KYLE PETERSON.
>> Kyle: NOW FOR THE IMPORTANT
STUFF.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE RALLY
CAPS.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE
GAME.
TEAM CANADA, OLD SCHOOL AND SPIN
IT AROUND.
INSIDE OUT IS WHEN IT IS TRICKY.
SHARK FIN, STRAIGHT ON, AND VERY
WELL DONE.
LET'S SWITCH IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
SHARK FIN, BUT SPUN SIDEWAYS.
ALL OF THESE WORK, BUT AT LEAST
FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC, THE
FIRST TIME EVER HERE FOR THE
CZECH REPUBLIC, AND THEY HAVE
THE RALLY CAPS FIGURED OUT, AND
NO MATTER HOW YOU DO IT, IT
ALWAYS WORKS.
>> Dave: THE CZECH REPUBLIC
NEEDS IT TO WORK, DON'T THEY,
KYLE?
>> Kyle: WELL, THEY HAVE IT
FIGURED OUT EARLY.
THEY KNOW THE GAME INSIDE OUT,
AND THEY KNOW THE RALLY CAPS,
TOO.
ALL OF THE KIDS HELPING US OUT.
BUILDING BLOCK A FEW DAYS AGO.
>> THE WHOLE IDEA OF THE
BUILDING BLOCKS IS TO TEACH THE
GAME, AND YOU AND NOMAR OUT
THERE TEACHING THE KIDS SOME OF
YOUR BASEBALL EXPERTISE AND
HOPING TO HAVE SOME FUN.
THAT ONE COUNTS AS A FUN ONE.
>> Kyle: A LOT OF FUN WITH THE
KIDS.
SOMETIMES ONE OR TWO KIDS COME
DOWN TO HELP US, AND WE HAVE A
CHANCE TO HANG OUT WITH THEM A
LITTLE BIT.
THE CZECH REPUBLIC RIGHT NOW
HAVING FUN, TOO.
>> Dave: READY FOR INNING SIX.
FOUR RACES LEFT UNTIL THE RACE
FOR THE CUP.
THE FIELD WILL HAVE THEIR RALLY
CAPS ON.
HEADING TO MICHIGAN 400
SPEEDWAY, AND THIS IS THE PURE
MICHIGAN 400 SUNDAY AT NOON ON
ESPN AND LIVE ON WATCH ESPN.
BEAUTIFUL TIME OF EVENING.
SUN SETTING BEHIND US IN
WILLIAMSPORT, AND HERE WE GO.
THREE OUTS TO GO FOR CANADA, AND
THE CZECH REPUBLIC TRYING TO
AVOID BEING ELIMINATED AND THE
LOSE OVER THE GAME IS ELIMINATED
FROM THE TITLE CONTENTION,
ALTHOUGH THEY WILL PLAY ANOTHER
GAME.
THE CLEANUP HITER IS LUKAS
HLOUCH TRYING TO GET IT STARTED.
FASTBALL, STRIKE ONE.
THIS COULD WELL BE WITH THE
PITCH COUNT RULE THE FINAL
BATTER.
HERE'S THE ONE-STRIKE PITCH ON
THE WAY.
LUKAS HLOUCH BELTS IT DOWN THE
RIGHT FIELD LINE AND FAIR.
HE IS STEAMING INTO SECOND.
IT IS A LEADOFF DOUBLE.
>> Kyle: RALLY CAPS.
THEY ARE WORKING ALREADY.■■
JUST THINKING AND IT RIGHT
THERE, WHICH WAY TO SPIN■■ THE
RALLY CAP, BUT LUKAS HLOUCH IS
NOT THINKING OF ANYTHING BUT
DROPPING THE HANDS AND THE
LEADOFF DOUBLE.
THIS ONE IS SMOKED.
>> Dave: LEADOFF DOUSHLGS AND
THE MIDDLE OF THE ORDER IS
COMING UP RIGHT NOW FOR THE
CZECH REPUBLIC.
THAT IS IT FOR KEN NGUYEN, AND %
HE HAD A GREAT DAY.
>> WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE
RUNNER ON THE SECOND BASE.
IF IT IS A GROUND BALL, DON'T
WORRY ABOUT IT.
FIELD IT AND GO THE ONE.
THIS IS THE GUY WE DON'T WANT TO
GET ON BASE.
UNDERSTOOD?
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE STARTING THE INNING FRESH
AS IF HE WAS NOT THERE, AND KEEP
HIM CLOSE OBVIOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT.
HERE WE GO, BUDDY.
>> Dave: VERY COOL THERE,
BECAUSE NOT JUST THE WORDS FROM
THE MANAGER MARK KEEPING, BUT
YOU HEARD THERE AT THE VERY END
THE GUY WHO IS TAKING THE BALL,
SO YOU CAN GET CASH BACK ON ALL YOUR PURCHASES.
SO YOU CAN USE YOUR CASH BACK...
TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAM.
SO YOU...
CAN SAVE THE DAY.