Yeah, we're at the ball field today, boys.
Day 1 of our--
this is our Perfect Game World Series.
We got two games today.
We got two games tomorrow.
We're in Savannah, Georgia.
Then, on Sunday,
we start bracket play.
It's double elimination.
So, hopefully, we're playing until Tuesday.
It'll be a lot of baseball.
It's hot out here.
Boys are ready. They look good.
Not as good as me, but they look good.
Back up, like, four steps.
Actually, right there. Right there, right there, right there.
So, this--
the team that we're playing right now, they may be the best team in the tournament.
That's what the rumor is.
So,
I didn't see anything that, you know.
We had two strike threes looking.
And then we made contact on one.
The umpire has got to really like strike one.
That's what it is.
You ready, Taylor?
Watch three.
Alright. That's all right. Four.
That's not too bad for that inning.
It could have been a lot worse.
It could be a little better.
- You just got thrown off? - Yeah.
- Well, because he was-- - Yeah.
Was it weird because you felt like you were running that way
- and then he was running that way? - Yeah.
- That's what it was? - Yeah.
Madden's going to be coming. He's going to be pitching.
And his last few times out, he's done really well.
He hadn't walked anybody in two games.
And he was the pitcher of the tournament at the last tournament.
You know.
He's cool, calm, collected.
He doesn't have--
he's not super fast, but he's accurate.
There you go!
He's got natural movement on his pitches.
They just kind of will tail in or tail out.
Better.
Okay, okay.
When you have pitchers center stage,
when they are, like, not throwing the way they're usually throwing--
That was a good pitch.
That was a good pitch, son.
That was a good pitch.
Hey! Hey, you got it right now.
Deep breath. Let's go!
You'll notice that they started throwing like the same kind of weird pitch.
Like, he never throws a high pitch like that.
You knew there's something wrong.
Those last two were pretty close.
He'll probably be back on right here.
There it is.
Alright. Good!
There you go. Good play!
Let's go!
Good play!
Go!
Good game, guys.
Good game.
Warriors!
Good pitching, Madden. You were great.
Alright.
Oh, we could have done a lot of better things.
That was not what this team looks like.
So.
I want you to think about, you know,
when that team was out there warming up,
you were probably looking at that team, like, "Oh, they look pretty good."
What do you think they were thinking when they saw y'all out there?
That we were not going to--
we weren't coming out there to play.
Low E.
We call it low E.
Low effort.
You pitched really good,
but, you know,
I want you to think about something.
We got that nice little catch you made on camera over here,
but even though you made that great catch, you still did something wrong with that play.
- Do you know what it was? - What?
You didn't call it.
- You've got to pull it all together, you know? - Yeah.
So, like, when Mark--
when Mark made the awesome catch out there,
- and then we could have gotten double play, yeah. - Noah was coming out of the base.
So, we've got to--
like, we've got to tie it all together.
We got to focus.
And--
They could have scored about five runs, really.
They'd probably legitimately score about five runs if we gave them a rest.
Game 2.
We lost the first one very badly.
We played a horrible game in game 1.
We think that was also the best team.
So, if you're going to have a bad game,
you might as well have it against the best team, you know, in pool play.
So, this team just run-ruled the team that they played,
but they played a 9U team, so.
It's 10U tournament, so they should win.
So, we'll see what happens.
You know, what we want to see--
we just want to see a better effort, you know?
We want to see a better effort.
We want to see the team come together, you know.
Good play.
If you swing behind it--
you've got to start--
I watched that last time when you missed that one that you swung at.
You were like this.
The pitcher is in his motion.
He's right--
you're not even starting your swing until he's already delivering.
You've got to start that step a little bit earlier,
especially with these faster pitchers, you know?
You need to be loading while he's pitching.
While he's going through his delivery.
I'll count it for you, son.
I'm not really going to do that.
Hey, good job.
Good hit.
Back to the top of the line up here.
We're down 8-7. We were down 8-1.
Yeah.
Let's go!
Alright!
Boom!
We've got to compare the books.
We've got to be able to compare the books.
Accountability.
We both independently have the same exact thing on base here.
Okay. But let's compare them.
Let's compare them. Let's see who's off.
Let's see who's off.
We've got to compare the books.
I got 9-8.
Yeah.
- Well, okay. But we have to compare the books. - Let's compare them both.
- Okay. - Alright. That's all.
No time to walk.
Oh!
He never misses.
- I still got 8-9 right now. - That's right.
Just so y'all know, man.
Very deflating. We thought we had the game won.
They called game over,
and then somehow they magically came up with another two minutes,
and, you know, bad inning, and all fell apart.
You know, yesterday, we ended up playing the No. 1 and No. 3 seeds so far.
Both 2-0.
Now, we're the 9th seed right now.
It will change.
And we're playing the 8th and the 6th seed.
One is 1-1.
The other's 0-2.
We should win both these games.
If we don't win both of these games today,
it's a problem.
We really did something wrong.
So, I think we're going to win. Madden is starting out pitching.
And it's going to put us in a spot where we're either going to end up
probably being the lowest seed in the gold bracket
or the highest seed in the silver bracket.
You know. Which one do you want to be?
Good question.
No.
Home! Home!
Got him!
Yeah!
- That's what I'm talking about, baby! - Let's go!
Oh, he got him! He got him!
He tripped him.
Did he drop it?
Whoa, whoa.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, he tripped on the glove.
Ref is saying interference or something.
Ben, how'd the first game go and what are we doing now?
Hahaha!
We're not going to talk about the first game at all.
We're playing the second game.
I mean, who knows?
We've just been playing terrible.
It's the worst we've ever played.
We might lose this game. We might win it.
But if we go 0-4, it doesn't matter.
We're in the silver bracket.
It's not the gold bracket.
And even if we go 0-4 in pool play,
I mean, we should be far and away the best team in the silver bracket.
We just haven't played like it, so.
Anyways, he'll turn around.
I mean, we got at least three games left in this tournament.
Maybe four or five.
And he'll turn around.
He always does. He always gets his balance out by the end.
Man, I've never been this miserable hot in my life than I am right now.
It's making me lethargic.
So, I've had to like just kind of tuck myself in the corner here
to prop myself up.
Like, weak in the bent knees over here.
Listen.
You are not--
your stance is not what it normally is, I'm telling you.
You're up there like this.
When your knees bent,
your hands back,
that's when you're loaded, okay?
Tell them good game, guys.
I've literally never been this miserable at a baseball tournament or game in my life.
Guys, the mindset.
The mindset is what we need to get set before bracket play tomorrow.
A what?
I have no idea what I'm doing out here.
Kevin's not here, so just act like I'm doing something good, okay?
Walk it off.
Thanks.
- Thank you. - Take your steps, man.
Alright.
Good job.
You okay, kid?
- Not much you can do. - No.
Yeah.
Alright. There you go.
It's--
hey, keep calm and pool play is over.
Bracket play today.
This is where it gets serious.
They have not had one play where their kid had to move.
It's unbelievable.
We hit it.
You got him! Let's go!
Let's go!
Boom!
What a play!
There it is!
Let's go!
Yeah!
Go, go, go, go!
Got him!
One more.
Let's go!
Hey, good play.
Let's go!
Hey, hey!
- Y'all about gave me a heart attack. - Yeah.
But, look.
- Listen. - Yeah, for real.
And we did it.
And that's--
you know, you're in there encouraging each other and cheering each other on,
and that's what matters.
Alright. Hold on. You've got to give it.
- I'm talking as I walk. - Oh, you are? Okay.
We're here.
We're not on time.
Go, Madden!
Alright. There you go!
Nice shot, Madden.
It's Monday.
Is that right?
Yeah, today's Monday.
If we lose twice today in a row,
we're done.
If we win this game, then we, you know, end up in championship game tomorrow.
So, we'll see what happens.
It's the silver bracket.
So, they separated gold and silver.
We were the very worst team.
We were 0-4.
Our boys were not playing great.
And so, now, we got opportunity to, you know.
It's not first or second place,
but out of the teams in our bracket,
after going 0-4,
pretty good position to win.
Big brain.
There it is.
That's down.
Down, down, down!
Yes, sir! Yes, sir!
Let's go!
Down!
Yeah, buddy!
That's what I'm talking about, kid!
Score is 8-2 right now.
We're playing what-- this was the No. 7 overall seed.
Of course, we came in--
I think we're the 9th--
maybe we were the 9th team out of the 10 seeds.
But, I mean, they didn't go 0-2.
We went--
or they didn't go 0-4.
I guess they went 1-3.
And we went 0-4 in pool play.
But, now, we're killing it. We're crushing it. Finally!
This is what it took to get us back together.
I think, I think the reality is, is that the sock crisis for this morning,
I think it really pulled the team together.
It rallied us together, you know.
A lot of the parents tried to help me figure out how to get this kid's socks.
So, it's good stuff.
So good up there.
There it is!
Let's go!
First.
Let's go!
He caught it. He got it.
Line it up! Let's go!
Get in the bed.
Thank you.
Hey, make sure you all have your socks.
Well, it's final day.
We've got to win one game to win championship.
We're still in the winners' bracket.
So, this is the winner of the losers' bracket.
We won the winners' bracket.
So, we basically have got to win it.
If they win, we've got to turn around and play them again.
They've got to beat us twice
because we're undefeated right now in the tournament, so.
We've been playing really well.
I think we're going to probably do it and be home at lunchtime.
Ugh!
Go, go, go!
Yeah!
Yeah, boy!
Let's go!
Oh, no.
Who's this weirdo?