Texas Tailgaters @ Party Animals

0:09 And we are live. The date June 20th, the

0:12 year 2026, and the spectacle before us,

0:15 Banana Ball. It's a meeting between the

0:17 party and the Trans Pacus, sponsored by

0:20 Beer and Barbecue. In the shade of a

0:22 Broadway that is far more conducive to

0:23 these two teams, the neon lights of

0:25 Nashville, Tennessee, have lit the way

0:27 home each night. A sweep is on the line

0:29 as the hottest team in the sport, the

0:31 defending champion party animals,

0:32 [music] meet the top team in the sport,

0:34 the Texas Tailgators. Welcome to Music

0:39 City

0:41 and welcome inside the Range Cage. I'm

0:43 Drake Tol here to hold your hand or your

0:46 drink for the next couple of hours of

0:48 competition. Next to me, procuring a

0:50 cowboy hat to cover his hairline. He's

0:52 the Carthage Cowboy and the voice of the

0:54 Texas Tailgator, Brett Loftess. And

0:56 after the Animals had stolen the first

0:57 two games in Nashville, the Tailgator

1:00 locker room has a must-win field.

1:02 >> Might I might I can I do something?

1:04 >> Yeah, sure.

1:04 >> Can I do something? Joe Mikolik texted

1:07 the entire Tailgator group chat today.

1:09 Okay. 3:23 Central time and says, "Does

1:13 anybody have a W for tonight?" dot dot

1:16 dot dot question mark question mark

1:18 question mark American flag. So, it does

1:22 feel like a must-win. Coach Brandon

1:23 Pennington, the pitching coach, said

1:24 he's going to coach his butt off

1:26 tonight. It isn't a must-win in all

1:27 reality of things. They've already

1:28 clenched the playoff spot. They're

1:30 already the top team in the league, but

1:32 they feel it in that locker room. They

1:34 want to avoid a three-game sweep for the

1:35 party animals. And

1:36 >> this is a party animal squad who is now

1:38 over 500 for the first time in three

1:40 months. Again, defending champions

1:42 [music] in the sport of banana ball. And

1:43 they've finally caught on. Last weekend

1:45 against the Loco Beach Coconuts. This

1:46 weekend in Nashville. They've now won

1:48 four straight contests. And Brett, it's

1:52 a tailgator team that's still number one

1:54 in the league.

1:55 >> Still is and is going to continue to be

1:56 that way as well here in the sport of

1:58 Banana Ball.

1:58 >> Yeah, absolutely. And look, Brett, this

2:01 this CW broadcast live on national

2:04 television. Cannot tell you how honored

2:06 I am, how grateful we are for the sport

2:08 of Bananaball to be on this platform on

2:10 those two letters and incredibly excited

2:12 to call the game with you tonight.

2:13 >> Yeah, I am too, man. And I you know what

2:14 else I'm excited about? You know, we got

2:16 to talk about got to talk about our

2:17 sport of an animal. We also have to talk

2:19 about the 11 rules of the sport of an

2:21 animal. And for that, is it

2:23 >> our boss? Is it our boss?

2:24 >> It's your roommate this weekend.

2:25 >> He is my roommate this weekend. Room 206

2:27 Fairfield in Nashville Midtown. Jesse

2:29 Cole.

2:32 >> Banana Ball is the fastest and most

2:34 entertaining show in sports. And the 11

2:37 rules guarantee the most fans first

2:39 experience every second.

2:41 >> Unbelievable.

2:42 >> Welcome to THE BANANA BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP

2:44 LEAGUE. Rule number one, win the inning,

2:47 win the point. The team that scores the

2:49 most runs in an inning wins the point.

2:51 >> IT'S A WALK-OFF WINNER to the deepest

2:54 point [cheering] of the field.

2:55 >> OH MY GOODNESS.

2:57 >> WITH the equalizer point, trick plays

2:59 provide the away team an opportunity to

3:01 earn a point going into the final

3:02 inning. And in the final inning, every

3:05 run counts as a point. Rule number two,

3:08 Banana Ball has a 2hour time limit,

3:11 guaranteeing that every game is

3:13 fast-paced and action-packed. Rule

3:16 number three, no stepping out of the

3:18 batter's box. If you do, it will result

3:20 in a strike.

3:20 >> Max stepped out of the box and because

3:22 he stepped out of the box, that's it.

3:24 >> Rule number four, no bunting, cuz

3:27 bunting sucks. If you bunt, you'll be

3:30 thrown out of the game. Rule number

3:31 five, batters can steal first base.

3:34 >> Ball three. CAN HE TAKE IT OFF FOR FIRST

3:35 THROW FROM LEROY IN TIME?

3:38 >> Rule number six, there's [music] no

3:40 walks. Walks are ball for sprints. The

3:43 batter can advance as far as they want

3:45 until every position player touches the

3:48 ball.

3:48 >> NO DEFENDERS HAVE TOUCHED THE BANANA

3:50 BALL. IT IS A FOUR BASE SPRINT TO OPEN

3:53 up the ball game.

3:54 >> Rule number seven, no mound visits.

3:58 >> Nope. Rule number eight, foul balls

4:01 [music] caught by a fan count as an out.

4:03 Oh, they they missed. They did. They

4:06 can't guard it on the to

4:08 show. [cheering]

4:09 >> Rule number nine, the showdowns. In

4:12 Showdowns, the best of the best face off

4:14 in the biggest moment. One hitter verse

4:17 one pitcher with one fielder behind him.

4:20 And the hitter has to score.

4:22 >> To right center. See you later.

4:26 >> Rule number 10. The banana ball

4:28 challenge role gives the coaches and

4:30 you, the fans, a chance to impact a call

4:32 on the field. [cheering]

4:34 Rule number 11, the golden batter. Once

4:37 a game, each team can give any player in

4:39 a bat, regardless of the lineup. This

4:41 offers the biggest matchups on the

4:43 biggest stage.

4:45 >> Big on big.

4:47 It's good. It's gone. It's gone. Get out

4:51 of here, ball. [cheering]

4:52 That thing had a family. [screaming]

4:56 And those are the rules of banana ball.

5:02 >> Those are the rules of our sport of

5:04 banana ball. And my favorite, at least

5:06 in the last 24 hours, is that steal of

5:09 first base. During a wild pitch or pass

5:11 ball, any batter has the opportunity to

5:13 swipe first base. The party animal did

5:15 it three times. Tonight, Andy Cosgrove

5:17 tied a single game record with two of

5:19 them.

5:20 >> Yeah, he was the seventh guy in the

5:21 history of the sport to ever steal two

5:23 bags. [music] Two first base bags. I

5:25 should say in the same game and you see

5:27 that success rate, man. 87.5%

5:30 success rate. Why don't people do it

5:32 more, you know, it led to what was a

5:34 Party Animals victory last night, which

5:36 I'm I'm hearing, Drake, we should take a

5:38 look at.

5:38 >> Yeah, why don't we? We'll take you back

5:40 to what was a bullpen night for the

5:42 Party Animals. A little Johnny Hol

5:43 staff, Jake Leo started, then Brady

5:45 Kaiser. We just [music] alphabet soup.

5:46 Dalton Pon, he gives it past Orlando

5:48 Bloom. Then Ryan Rodriguez, Nate

5:50 Tellier. Oh my goodness. Sean Fluke.

5:52 They used seven pitchers during their

5:54 nine innings. The Texas Tailgator rode

5:56 Chris Clark as long as they could though

5:58 and he was electric.

5:59 >> Yeah, he was the big donkey. Best

6:00 pitcher tonight right there. That strike

6:01 out the TJ Reeves, man. I mean, he has

6:03 incredible stuff. He wasn't taken in the

6:06 fourth round of the big league draft for

6:08 no reason. And then this was so cool.

6:10 >> Johnny Knoxville, co-creator of Jackass,

6:13 takes an AB and a big swing and a miss.

6:16 He strikes out on that right arm of

6:17 Clark. But what an opportunity to have

6:19 him as a guest in the ballpark. [music]

6:20 And you can't have Johnny Knoxville

6:22 without a little Steo. He was on fire

6:24 and scored a mid ining run for the Party

6:27 Animals last night while he was set

6:29 ablaze. But that all led up to the night

6:31 where Drew Gillespie gave way to

6:33 history.

6:37 NO, HE DIDN'T. NO, HE DIDN'T. Welcome to

6:41 history. [cheering]

6:42 [screaming] Kyle Martin is the new

6:45 single season home run king in the

6:47 HISTORY OF BANANA BALL.

6:52 16 home runs

6:57 >> surpassing Jake Skull against the party

7:00 animals.

7:04 >> Brett Loftess, you on the mic for that

7:06 call. Both an incredible play and a

7:08 piece of an animal history we will not

7:10 soon forget.

7:10 >> Yeah, man. That was one we'd been

7:12 looking forward to for a while and then

7:14 this happened. Uh Drake,

7:17 >> what is he throwing it down? Jacob

7:19 Pippersick, the designated runner, is in

7:21 between first and second with two outs

7:23 in the ninth. HE'S TAGGED OUT. DREW

7:26 GILLESPIE THROWS A BALL LOW. Pippers

7:27 took off to steal. Cosgrove wasn't going

7:29 to throw and then he just slowed up.

7:33 Still a couple of conversations we've

7:35 had with players on the field who said

7:37 it was just mass confusion. Pipper maybe

7:39 the most confused of them all.

7:41 >> And and I talked to Pip [music] for

7:42 about 10 20 minutes today about that

7:45 moment and he said he just thought it

7:47 was a foul ball. I mean, straight up, he

7:49 said, "I thought it was a foul ball." He

7:51 said, "But I'm ready to come out and

7:52 play today, and I'm going to keep doing

7:53 what I do best." That's the guy who's

7:54 tied for second best in stolen bases in

7:56 our league with 15 of them. He said, "If

7:58 I continue to think about last night,

8:00 I'm not going to be able to do my job

8:01 tonight." He's in a great headsp space.

8:03 Last night though, a guy who was great

8:04 on the one-year anniversary of him

8:06 breaking the shin. Chase Akup comes out,

8:08 wins showman of the ball game, and

8:09 obviously Kyle Martin, [music] single

8:11 season, now home run king in banana

8:13 ball.

8:13 >> Yeah, no doubt. And again to tie that

8:15 note on Pipper great human being ball

8:17 played. He is going to be justified

8:19 tonight for the Texas Tailgator and we

8:20 back out of the base pass and running.

8:22 At least that is our expectation. And

8:23 there you see it how the party animals

8:25 came away with that 3 to2 victory

8:27 despite the Texas Tailgator winning the

8:29 equalizer point for the second time this

8:33 weekend. And there you go. That single

8:35 season home run record in just uh what

8:38 33 games?

8:39 >> 32 cuz he missed the game in Morgantown.

8:41 Yeah. Kyle Martin, 16 of those. Kmart is

8:44 a pros pro and still just a rookie here.

8:47 >> Yeah. And he's an incredible human

8:48 being. And earlier today, Drake, we you

8:51 and I got to do something really, really

8:53 cool as I got to sit down with my good

8:55 friend Kyle Martin.

9:00 Hey man, new single season home run king

9:02 Kyle Martin. 16 of them, 32 games. Kyle,

9:05 been building up for about three

9:07 weekends now. How much up until that

9:10 moment last night was that the front of

9:11 your mind?

9:12 >> Uh, not so much. I mean, no matter

9:16 what's going on out here, we're always

9:17 just playing to win. So, that's all I'm

9:19 trying to do is give my team the best

9:21 chance of winning. Um, and if it's

9:22 hitting a home run, it's hitting a home

9:23 run. So, that's all I'm out here to try

9:26 and do is just help us win.

9:27 >> You know, another guy that's hit a lot

9:28 of home runs, former first round pick

9:30 Jake Skull, whose record you broke last

9:32 night. We're in fans first chat last

9:34 night. our director of entertainment,

9:35 Zack Fangelo, stands up and talks about

9:37 what Reese Hampton, what Jake Skull,

9:39 what those guys have done for the party

9:40 animals, allowing another brand at that

9:42 point in time to come in banana ball and

9:44 be a brand now that that's allowed the

9:46 Texas Tailgator to do that and more

9:48 specifically you. What do those pioneers

9:51 mean to you and help make that moment

9:53 last night mean so much more?

9:55 >> It's really impressive what they've

9:56 done. um all these veterans, you get to

9:58 watch them and see how they go about the

9:59 game and how they approach um this

10:02 banana ball experience and it's it's

10:05 nice seeing guys that have settled in

10:07 and set that tone really high. Um and to

10:10 be able to come out here and compete

10:11 with them is is very special.

10:13 >> Now Jake hit 15 home runs in 65 games

10:16 last year. You've hit 16 and 32. Got a

10:19 lot of ball games left to play.

10:21 >> What you got else for us this year?

10:23 >> I don't know. Hopefully a lot of W's and

10:24 a few more home runs mixed in.

10:26 >> Maybe a championship ring or two like he

10:27 got last year.

10:28 >> Hey, I can't predict a future, but we'll

10:30 find out.

10:30 >> Speaking of Mr. Skull, a Mount Rushmore

10:33 player in the history of our sport, my

10:35 good friend.

10:36 >> I've got him. He's over here. He's right

10:37 here.

10:37 >> Yeah. Uh so you can say you're the one

10:40 to win the championship ring this year.

10:41 I'm sure you take that uh on top of the

10:43 records. But speaking of those records,

10:44 and you're a pros pro for doing this

10:45 interview, to see pioneer was the word

10:48 that that Brett used. To see your record

10:50 broken, but to see the development of

10:52 this sport thanks to the pro guys like

10:54 you and Hamp that have come in. What

10:55 does that mean to you?

10:57 >> Yeah, it means a lot. It's um it's four

10:59 years coming or you know, four years

11:01 running now for me and Hamp and and this

11:03 big group of probably, you know, five or

11:05 six, seven of us uh party animals that

11:07 have kind of built this brand. So, it's

11:09 it's cool to watch these new teams with,

11:11 you know, guys like Kyle coming and and

11:13 build their own brand for this Tailgator

11:15 group and and all the teams all over the

11:17 league. So, yeah, getting to be a part

11:19 of it early on was uh very special and

11:22 getting the love and respect from uh

11:24 everyone around the league is is uh very

11:27 special to us and I don't know if it's

11:28 warranted, but we'll take it.

11:30 >> As records are being broken and reset

11:32 and records are meant to be broken,

11:34 you've said that all day long today.

11:36 Does it give you a new goal to reach

11:38 for?

11:38 >> Yeah, I mean, you want to, you know, the

11:40 the bar keeps getting raised by more and

11:42 more talent in this league. So, it's

11:43 it's only for the betterment of this

11:45 sport, which is what we've been striving

11:47 for for, you know, four or five years

11:49 now. Um, there's so many people that

11:52 love this party animal brand like

11:54 yourself and and I and you know, a lot

11:57 of us have fallen in love with it over

11:59 the last few years and it's uh just to

12:01 see it grow, to see records get broken,

12:04 to see better players come in the

12:06 league, it's uh it's very special and

12:08 we're just happy we got to kind of

12:10 service that.

12:11 >> From a bangup rookie to a legend, the

12:13 sport of banana ball in the Banana Ball

12:14 Championship League is growing.

12:19 Hey, that was us. [laughter] Kyle Martin

12:23 and Jake Skull, two of the sports best.

12:25 One of them a veteran, one of them a

12:26 rookie as we just mentioned, and I

12:28 thought each of them answered those

12:29 question. I want to go back. Credit to

12:31 Skull for taking that interview the day

12:33 after his records broken. Credit to Kyle

12:34 Martin for being such a pro.

12:35 >> Can I just say one thing about Jake

12:37 Skull? I think he was happier than me

12:39 and Kyle Martin combined that his record

12:41 got broken. That's how much he loves our

12:43 sport. It's how much he loves the growth

12:44 of our sport. I mean, heck, Drake Jake

12:46 Skull gives us notes after our

12:48 broadcast. Like, that's how the human

12:50 being we're talking about. Not only our

12:52 baseball product,

12:53 >> the sweetest notes of the world, too.

12:55 He's listening.

12:56 >> Not only our baseball aspect of our

12:57 banana ball product, but our product as

12:59 a whole, entertainment, broadcast,

13:01 everything encompassing. That guy cares

13:02 about the growth of our [music]

13:04 organization.

13:04 >> You know what? Let's flip it down to the

13:05 field for a second or two as the party

13:07 animals are being introduced in front of

13:09 a capacity crowd.

13:11 At first base, the man with the bands,

13:14 number two, Jason Zulan.

13:21 And behind the plate, he's our Love

13:23 Island superstar number five, Andy Cosg

13:28 Grove.

13:32 And behind the plate, wear number 41,

13:36 Bronson Balho.

13:42 He's our designated everything number 40

13:45 Mark Smithbody.

14:06 [music]

14:17 We just get started.

14:35 Give it up for your [screaming]

14:37 party

14:39 animals.

14:47 fans, if I can direct your attention

14:50 just to the right of the first base

14:51 dugout, it is now time for my favorite

14:55 tradition prior to the greatest party in

14:59 sports. Because we all know it ain't a

15:02 party without a little bottle service.

15:10 Meet tonight's bottle service baby,

15:13 sixmon-old.

15:16 Will the take the bottle?

15:21 HE TOOK THE BOTTLE.

15:25 YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES.

15:41 Most ball games start off with a

15:43 ceremonial first pitch, but in case you

15:45 haven't noticed yet, this is not an

15:48 ordinary ball game in the party animal

15:50 kingdom. Instead, we prefer to kick

15:53 things off with the ceremonial first

15:55 chug of the night. So, I'm here with Cam

15:59 and Craig, and these two beefcakes are

16:01 going to face off head-to-head to see

16:03 who can chuck his can the fastest.

16:06 Whoever chucks his can first will earn

16:08 the DISTINCT HONOR OF TOWING THE rubber

16:10 and firing his can home toward our

16:13 catcher behind home plate. But that's

16:16 not all. The stakes have never been

16:18 higher because the winner of tonight's

16:21 first chug will also earn the

16:23 responsibility of being our fan

16:26 challenge representative in tonight's

16:28 ball game. So before we get to chugging,

16:32 just a quick reminder, this is still a

16:35 familyfriendly show. So, I can't tell

16:38 you what these guys were chugging out

16:39 there in the pre-party plaza, but I

16:42 assure you I've inspected these cans,

16:45 and these are in fact full of root beer.

16:48 So, please join me and root these guys

16:52 on as we complete the first chug of the

16:55 game. Gentlemen, on your marks, get set.

17:00 Chug. CHUG. CHUG. CHUG. CHUG. CHUG.

17:06 They're off to a hot start. It's going

17:07 to be a photo finish. And it looks like

17:09 Craig has absolutely dominated the

17:12 competition. Crushed the can on his head

17:14 for good measure. Like a true tailgator.

17:20 You earned it, my friend. Took the

17:22 rubber. And let's see what you got.

17:25 He crushes his hand. He takes a sign. He

17:28 rocks and fires. AND IT'S JUST A BIT

17:31 OUTSIDE.

17:33 But not only is Greg your first Chuck

17:36 champion, he is now ALSO YOUR FAN

17:39 CHALLENGE representative in tonight's

17:42 BALL GAME. GIVE IT UP ONE MORE TIME for

17:45 your fan challenge representative,

17:47 Craig.

17:49 >> Party animals headliner.

17:51 >> Yeah.

17:52 >> Tailgator fan wins first chug and is the

17:55 fan challenge representative.

17:57 >> This is rare. This is rare. A visiting

18:00 team will have the fan challenge in

18:02 their back pocket tonight as the

18:04 defending champion party animals meet

18:06 the Texas [music] tailgator. And we are

18:08 moments away from first pitch here in

18:10 Nashville. Let's say hello to our

18:12 starting pitchers that you will see

18:14 showcased in this evening's ball game.

18:17 Wow. Brett Helton coming off the back of

18:20 a 9 in 27 out complete game banana ball

18:24 shut out last weekend in Jersey Shore.

18:26 And then Christian Davis. Oh, I don't

18:28 know. a guy who's induced 109 trick

18:31 plays this year. Heads and shoulders

18:33 above anybody else in the Banana Ball

18:35 Championship League. I mean, listen, I

18:37 know those ERAs are a little bit higher

18:40 than your typical ERA in Major League

18:42 Baseball. Drake, you see those numbers,

18:44 though? Might I throw one at you? I know

18:45 you hate numbers.

18:46 >> Can I The league RA this year in the

18:48 BBCL 639?

18:50 >> Can I explain why that is?

18:52 >> Talk to me.

18:52 >> So, in banana ball, with the advent of

18:56 the walk-off, you can walk an inning

18:57 off. Let's Let's play this game. All

18:58 right. You come out as a starting

19:00 pitcher. Bottom of the first. Your first

19:02 pitch you throw is a walk-off home run.

19:04 >> What's your ERA?

19:05 >> Infinity,

19:06 >> right? Cuz you've gotten zero outs and

19:08 the inning's over. You got an infinite

19:09 erra. Next two innings, you strike out

19:11 all six guys. Your erra still only

19:14 represents two complete innings pitched

19:17 because those are the amount of outs

19:19 that you've garnered in a game. That

19:21 means your erra are typically going to

19:22 be higher banana ball given the

19:24 walk-off. That's tier 2, tier three

19:28 banana ball knowledge. We got a lot of

19:29 fans, true fans that are watching

19:30 tonight that get it, that understand.

19:32 That's why the ERAs look a bit

19:34 different. That's why those two erraas

19:35 are very solid for starters [music] in

19:37 this sport. And Brett Helton,

19:40 one of the scariest.

19:41 >> Talk to me.

19:42 >> Any given night, that man might just go

19:45 a full nine innings of work. He has

19:48 thrown two complete games this season.

19:51 His most recent was last weekend on the

19:54 Jersey Shore where he went a full nine

19:56 innings, 27 outs as the away team.

20:01 >> As the away team didn't allow a single

20:03 walk off, it was a banana ball shut out

20:07 in a CG for number 10 for the Animals.

20:10 He was electric and just two strikeouts.

20:12 So, his defense gets a lot of credit for

20:13 what they did behind him as well as

20:15 Denise, the lady who caught a foul ball

20:17 in her hat for an out. Speaking of

20:20 defenses, the defenses that have been

20:23 behind these [music] three tailgator

20:24 arms this year have been incredible.

20:26 Christian Davis, Brett Sanchez, Chris

20:28 Clark all lead the Banana Ball

20:30 Championship League in trick plays

20:32 induced. 67% of Christian Davis's outs

20:36 have been [music] trick plays. Brett

20:37 Sanchez, you see that 11 behind him,

20:40 Chris Clark, 73 trick plays induced. I

20:42 mean, dude, last year Noah Nisnik led

20:45 Banana Ball with 144 trick plays

20:48 induced. CD is going to surpass that

20:50 number. Noah Nisnic, 48% of his outs

20:52 were trick plays induced. 67% THIS year

20:55 for Christian Davis. I mean, it has been

20:57 absolutely incredible what the Tailgator

21:00 defense has done behind these [music]

21:01 guys, but what they've done to induce

21:03 soft contact and give them those

21:05 opportunities. Speaking of trick plays,

21:07 might I tell you about the equalizer

21:09 point?

21:10 >> You may. Tailgators are six and3 when

21:12 earning the equalizer point this year.

21:14 They've obviously done it nine times.

21:16 >> Might I ask you when they're losing

21:17 games most consistently despite winning

21:19 the equalizer

21:20 >> this weekend?

21:21 >> Yeah,

21:21 >> they've won the equalizer point in both

21:23 games one and two this weekend, but lost

21:25 the game on the scoreboard. So, what

21:28 does that tell you?

21:30 >> I don't know.

21:32 >> I REALLY DON'T.

21:33 >> GREAT QUESTION. ACTUALLY, THAT'S

21:34 [laughter] A GREAT YEAH, it tells you

21:35 that the Texas Tailgator have done

21:37 everything possible defensively this

21:39 week to win ball games. And I think you

21:41 and I talked about this at dinner last

21:42 night.

21:43 >> The last two games it came down to

21:46 between these Juggernauts, the party

21:47 tailgator, which team made a last

21:49 mistake, who who blinks late in ball

21:52 games and each of the first two nights,

21:54 it was [music] those Texas tailgators.

21:56 The lights got a bit too bright. Couple

21:58 of base running snafuss and that's where

21:59 the party animals have won the first two

22:02 here in Nashville setting up an

22:04 opportunity for a sweep today. But that

22:05 number one team in the Banana Ball

22:07 Championship League is sitting right

22:09 here in front of them. Those tailgators

22:10 that at any moment can blow out a banana

22:12 ball game against anybody in a city that

22:15 these two teams love. Nashville has that

22:18 perfect mix of country and cowboy right

22:21 there with the life of the party. The

22:24 black and pink of the Texas tailgators

22:25 have walked home via the light of the

22:27 neon lights on Broadway

22:30 so often this weekend. But uh we need to

22:32 know from Mattie Warren, do our players

22:34 actually understand what bars are real

22:36 and what bars are fake in this city.

22:41 >> Animals and the tailgators has spent the

22:43 last couple of days here in Nashville.

22:44 Now Nashville has a lot of bars if you

22:47 didn't know. So, we're going to see who

22:49 on the teams can tell what the real name

22:51 of a Nashville bar is and which one is a

22:53 fake one. Let's go. Real or fake? Morgan

22:56 Wallins This Bar

22:58 >> Morgan Wallins This Bar

23:02 >> Low Country

23:05 >> Low Country.

23:06 >> Low Country sounds too basic. No.

23:09 >> Low Country.

23:12 >> That's got to be

23:15 off to a hot start. Okay, here we go.

23:17 Acme feed and seed.

23:20 It's real. Acne feed and seed.

23:25 >> Real.

23:26 >> Oh,

23:27 >> nudies.

23:28 >> Oh, that's a bomb.

23:30 >> Nudies.

23:31 >> I think that's

23:33 >> John Rich's Redneck Riviera.

23:37 >> Say big.

23:38 >> John Rich's Redneck Riviera.

23:42 >> Yeah,

23:42 >> it's real.

23:43 >> Dolly Parton's Jolene's.

23:45 >> Oh.

23:47 I'm going to go fake though.

23:48 >> Dolly Parton's Joe Louise.

23:53 >> Go. Yeah.

23:54 >> Dolly [music] Parton's Joe.

23:56 >> Yes.

23:56 >> Chris Stapleton's whiskey barrel.

23:58 >> Yep.

23:59 >> Chris Stapleton's whiskey barrel.

24:01 >> Oh, that's real. Oh my gosh.

24:04 >> And that's the exact thing. And so what

24:06 I was talking about last night as it

24:08 pertains to nudies, right? I was telling

24:10 you that we were the opportunity. Well,

24:12 nudies. And so I'm on my phone and I'm

24:14 looking at

24:16 WE'RE BACK ON THE CW app and YouTube.

24:19 The party animals and Texas tailgate.

24:21 >> What were you just talking about?

24:22 >> Moments away from Banana Ball.

24:24 >> Just you didn't finish it last night.

24:25 >> Nashville, Tennessee, Music City, uh,

24:28 Country Music, Hall of Fame, Willie

24:31 Nelson,

24:31 >> Dolly Parton,

24:32 >> correct?

24:33 >> George, Wallen, uh,

24:35 >> I don't think he's there yet.

24:36 >> The Possum, the George Jones, that's

24:38 good. Like Mley Crew is a [laughter]

24:40 member of the Country Music Hall of Fame

24:42 for some reason.

24:43 >> Neil McCoy.

24:43 >> I don't get to decide. They didn't allow

24:45 me. Del McCory. We can keep going as we

24:47 I Ralph Stanley. We could go for a

24:49 while. The great old Opry I got to visit

24:51 a couple of days ago. And man, this city

24:53 has been a great host. And Nudies is a

24:56 spectacular bar here in Nashville. Uh so

24:59 many of those scenes that our our

25:01 players and our team bands have gotten

25:04 to be a part of this weekend. Both Party

25:06 Down, the official band of the Party

25:07 Animals. Jason Art, the official band of

25:09 the of the Texas Tailgators, got to

25:11 perform this weekend in Nashville. And

25:13 now 10,000 of this city's finest have

25:15 converged on First Horizon Park. But

25:18 Jan, the lead singer of Party Down, has

25:20 to help them get fired up.

25:24 Oh, starting with claps.

25:30 We're waving.

25:38 Oo, a little disco.

25:45 Bring it around everybody.

25:51 >> Scuba,

25:59 >> jumping jacks.

26:01 >> Get your cardio, folks.

26:06 And we got some more claps. Nora, this

26:09 whole stadium is cheering for you.

26:12 [cheering] Give it up one more time for

26:14 your fan warm-up leader, Nora.

26:36 Ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls, and

26:40 parters from around the globe. Tonight,

26:43 you and thousands of your friends here

26:46 live and thousands more watching at home

26:48 have gathered here to witness something

26:51 beyond your wildest imaginations.

26:54 From Sixth Street to Bourbon Street,

26:57 from Tampa Bay to Broadway, party people

27:01 come from across the globe to witness

27:04 this. This is not baseball. This is the

27:09 rage cage where the wildest, craziest,

27:13 sexiest players step into the gauntlet.

27:17 This is a game of the fans, by the fans,

27:21 and for the fans. But this is not your

27:24 granddad's pastime. This is not just

27:27 another night at the ballpark. This game

27:30 is baseball by birth, fruit by name, and

27:33 an absolute worldwide phenomenon by the

27:37 grace of God featuring Lil John.

27:42 This is the time for all 10,000 fans

27:47 here in Nashville, TENNESSEE TO GET ON

27:50 your feet and give me your voice

27:56 [cheering]

28:00 because this is the greatest party IN

28:04 SPORTS. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS B

28:09 [screaming]

28:12 IN the ball.

28:15 [cheering]

28:18 >> Now it's TIME TO MEET THE STARTING

28:19 LINEUP FOR THE PARTY ANIMALS. KILL IT

28:22 FROM THE LEFT FIELD. BURM the right

28:23 fielder X Jake go

28:27 [screaming and groaning]

28:34 from the Vanderbilt Health Picnic plays

28:36 the first baseman number two Jason.

28:40 [screaming]

28:52 This week, a hot new bombshell enters

28:55 the villa.

28:56 >> Coming from section 121, the extra

28:58 hitter number five, Andy

29:02 Cosgrove.

29:11 Coming from section 216, the center

29:14 fielder number six, Ree

29:18 Hampton.

29:27 >> Up here in the Panda Den with me and JC,

29:31 THE DESIGNATED HITTER, NUMBER THREE, TJ

29:36 REE.

29:39 [cheering]

29:40 Take it down.

29:43 [cheering]

29:47 >> Coming from section 2011, the shortstop.

29:50 Number 11, Chase.

30:08 Coming from section 113, the third

30:10 baseman number four, Tana Tinder

30:15 Thomas.

30:18 [cheering]

30:23 On top of the third base dugout, the

30:25 left fielder, number 12, Noah

30:29 Fisher.

30:40 on top of the third base dugout. Back

30:43 catcher number 41

30:45 Hollywood Bronx [screaming]

30:48 Boho

30:56 on top of the first base dugout. The

30:58 second baseman hears 407

31:03 Malor. [screaming]

31:15 Coming from inside the first base

31:19 dugout,

31:21 tonight's starting pitcher,

31:24 number 10,

31:27 Barrett [screaming]

31:29 Hton.

31:37 The head coach for the party animals is

31:38 Mike Baba. The bases is assisted by

31:41 Thomas Him Shady Simino and Anthony.

31:46 >> Those are the starting lineups for your

31:47 party animals. When we come back, it's

31:50 the animals and the Texas Tailgator

31:52 playing Banana Ball. A sweep on the line

31:55 on the CW and YouTube.

32:00 [music]

32:01 America

32:07 with the singing of tonight's national

32:09 anthem. Please welcome to the field

32:12 Caroline Bergen.

32:16 Say can you [singing] see

32:20 by the dawn early

32:24 light

32:26 what so proudly

32:28 we [singing] held

32:31 at the twilight

32:33 last gleam

32:36 who's brought stripes [singing] and

32:38 bright stars

32:41 through the Where will we

32:44 fight?

32:46 All the ramparts

32:49 we [singing] watched

32:51 were so gallently

32:54 streaming.

32:57 And the rockets

32:59 red,

33:01 the bombs [singing] bursting

33:04 in air

33:06 gave proof to the [singing] night

33:11 that our flag was still there.

33:16 Oh, [singing] say does that star

33:19 spangled

33:21 B

33:23 yet. [singing]

33:27 Oh, the land

33:29 of the free

33:34 and the home

33:36 of the [singing]

33:38 brave.

33:40 [cheering]

33:47 >> [cheering]

33:47 >> person to your right.

33:50 Personal

33:55 answer.

34:14 Nashville basketball

34:23 [music]

34:25 live on the CWF and YouTube. It's the

34:28 Party Animals and the Texas Tailgator

34:30 from Nashville, Tennessee. Both these

34:32 teams were doing a little swag, a little

34:35 surfing, and now these squads will

34:37 square off with the Animals. An

34:38 opportunity to sweep the weekend. The

34:40 Texas Tailgator [music]

34:41 can salvage a game moments from now.

34:45 Brett Loftess. [music]

34:47 Both of these teams meeting in the

34:48 center of the field.

34:50 Wishing each other luck, sharing a

34:52 moment. A lot of respect between these

34:53 two clubous and the party animals. As

34:55 soon as they break, we'll take the field

34:56 first defensively. Let's say hello to

34:59 the boys in black and pink and how they

35:00 will line up. It's Chase AUP. The shorts

35:03 stop that you'll see with that big shiny

35:05 number next to his name, 64. That is his

35:08 trick [music] play count in 2026. He

35:10 paces the team. Reese Hampton though in

35:13 the outfield with 37 of them in [music]

35:17 2026. An impressive showing on his

35:19 campaign. Each of these guys will back

35:22 up tonight's starting pitcher be held.

35:26 He wears number 10. He's down on the

35:28 field right now still high-fiving,

35:30 handshakes, hugs. Those Texas tailgators

35:33 of these two teams have played less than

35:35 almost anybody else in the Banana Ball

35:37 Championship League this year. Brett

35:39 Hilton went complete game last weekend.

35:41 Wants to do the exact same against a

35:43 team that he has a whole lot of respect

35:44 for. Yeah, man. [cheering] These two

35:46 clubouses love and respect so much. I

35:47 don't know if there's two clubouses that

35:49 have this much respect for each other in

35:51 our entire sport. It's because spent so

35:53 much time with each other last year and

35:54 now they just come right back here. And

35:56 after the banana ball player draft last

35:57 November, these two club houses were

35:59 just bolstered by professional talent

36:02 and it's a professional environment when

36:04 these two teams meet each other.

36:05 Speaking of those Texas tailgates, let's

36:07 take a look at their batting lineup here

36:09 tonight and it starts with that guy. You

36:11 talk about a pros pro. Third round pick

36:13 in the 2019 Major League Baseball draft.

36:16 Zack Watson by the Baltimore Orioles out

36:18 of LSU. Since he's been in the leadoff

36:20 spot, man, this offense has really been

36:22 going. Kyle Martin, we talked about him

36:24 in the pre-show. just broke the single

36:25 season home run record last night on our

36:27 sport of banana ball. Taylor Justice

36:29 though the man touted as a defensive

36:31 catcher when he entered the sport of

36:32 banana ball. That's what he's always

36:34 been known as. But for now, he's playing

36:36 first base and he's hitting 400. He he

36:38 has been the glue that's held the middle

36:40 of this order together. And Jason Art

36:42 will get to start in the nine hole

36:44 tonight at second base. But Jonathan

36:46 Sunshine Looters will be playing there

36:48 defensively.

36:48 >> Yep. That is that designated fielder

36:50 rule that the Texas tailgator have used

36:52 to their advantage all season long. and

36:54 the last two nights winning the

36:55 equalizer point. Now, before we can get

36:57 going though, AJ Kersh, get these folks

37:00 ready to rock that clock.

37:01 >> I think this place is ready to get this

37:03 party started.

37:06 >> Nashville,

37:07 [screaming]

37:08 the moment you have been waiting for has

37:11 arrived. It is time to kick off the

37:14 greatest party [cheering]

37:16 in sports. We're going to count it down

37:18 to start that patented banana ball 2hour

37:22 time limit clock. Instead of zero, I

37:25 need each and every one of you to yell

37:27 start the party as loud as you can.

37:31 Let's count it down. Three, two, one.

37:39 >> Show time.

37:41 >> DRAKE TOOL WITH YOU ALONGSIDE Brett

37:42 Loftess. It has been a an honor to be a

37:45 tenant in this ballpark over the course

37:48 of the last 72 hours. Brett Helton takes

37:50 THE MOUND. ZACK WATSON at the dish and

37:52 we are underway. It's Banana Ball from

37:54 Music City.

38:01 [cheering]

38:02 Watson on the second pitch he sees gives

38:04 the fans their first opportunity to out.

38:08 Tell you what, Tol, his son has been a

38:10 topic of conversation and it is bad

38:13 tonight at this. I mean, we'll only have

38:14 it for about 15 [music] 20 minutes to

38:16 begin the ball game here. You can see

38:17 the reflection off of Zach Watson's face

38:19 in that box. That's going to be an early

38:21 storyline for these outfielders here at

38:23 First Horizon Park.

38:24 >> Yep.

38:25 >> For the batters, too, from where we sit

38:27 that is bearing down on the field. The

38:30 reflection off the downtown buildings

38:31 here in Nashville.

38:34 >> Watson pops it up. Will the Animals go

38:36 trick play? That's the attempt. There's

38:38 one.

38:40 And it is only one. Dramatic.

38:44 >> If Jason Swan or Chase Akov there had

38:46 gone in the hat or behind the back, it's

38:48 an opportunity for a double trick play.

38:50 But instead, I'd say lucky to pull one

38:52 off there.

38:54 >> Yeah, Drake. I I think that the thing

38:56 that I take exception with with some

38:58 people is is when they talk about tip

39:00 drills in this league, which is that's

39:01 what that trick play was, is maybe we'll

39:03 see another one. Here's Bryson Bloomer

39:06 going for the tip. He's got it. And

39:08 again, the not easy to do.

39:10 >> Yeah, a bit lackluster, but it pays off

39:13 both times.

39:20 >> LAST NIGHT, KYLE MARTIN SET the new

39:23 single season home run record in banana

39:25 ball with his 16th home run of the year

39:27 in the top of the ninth against Drew

39:29 Gillespie. And now he gets to face Brett

39:31 Help. It was so cool getting to talk to

39:33 him pregame today and he's just the most

39:35 humble home run king I think you'd ever

39:37 find in any version of banana ball or

39:39 baseball. He he he wants this team to

39:41 win the championship more than anything

39:42 else.

39:42 >> Yeah. You said, Kyle, were you thinking

39:44 about that that piece of history, that

39:46 record? He said no.

39:50 >> He said I was thinking about winning.

39:52 >> He told me he said I knew it was going

39:53 to happen at some point. And he he

39:54 didn't mean that in like an arrogant

39:56 way. He knew it was going to happen at

39:58 some point.

39:58 >> He's a gamer and more than anything he

40:00 wants his team to win.

40:03 But the dude has figured out what banana

40:05 is. He is He wants to be an OTT monster.

40:07 >> You see the his eyes right here? The

40:09 sun. I want to go right back to that.

40:10 The way the sun is beating off his face.

40:19 >> OH

40:21 MAN.

40:22 >> YEAH, MAN.

40:23 >> YEAH. SONET. That's coming right back up

40:25 for the fans.

40:26 >> You see it?

40:26 >> Oh my goodness. That is a a mirror on

40:30 the skyscrapers of Nashville right back

40:32 down to the batters box.

40:39 We've seen five balls hit straight up

40:42 into the air now.

40:43 >> Yeah.

40:44 >> Through the first three batters.

40:46 >> These two teams are praying for night

40:48 time to come sooner rather than later.

40:49 >> My goodness.

40:52 So, the sun is setting behind us. The

40:56 sun isn't even a factor in this. It's

40:59 the way it's bouncing [music] off the

41:01 buildings in the outfield. So that's the

41:04 sun behind the stadium, but is facing

41:06 towards the outfield.

41:09 >> Right. In this case, that would not

41:11 hamper.

41:12 >> That's good.

41:12 >> Did you SEE KMART'S REACTION TO THAT?

41:14 >> THAT'S GOOD.

41:15 >> He knew it more than anybody else in the

41:17 facility.

41:17 >> Thank you. Thank you. [laughter] Thank

41:19 you,

41:24 >> Helton. A payoff.

41:29 Kmart fouls. Yeah, the sun's going to

41:30 affect the outfielders as you said, and

41:32 it shouldn't affect the batter from

41:34 where it's coming in, but that

41:35 reflection's brutal.

41:37 >> Yeah, it's kind of tough up here in the

41:38 booth. Thankfully, we don't have to deal

41:40 with yellow banana balls in a yellow

41:42 sun.

41:42 >> Uhhuh.

41:46 >> What a battle this is. Brett Helton

41:48 wants to go complete game tonight.

41:51 Kyle Martin saying, "No, no, no. I want

41:52 you to exit this first inning with at

41:54 least 20 pitches."

41:57 Helton needs another good one.

42:00 Get a swing and a miss.

42:02 Kmart wins this battle.

42:05 Reese Hampton good range to get all the

42:06 way back to it, but his throw in goes

42:09 arai and Kyle Martin takes second base.

42:12 You know, tonight is just the second

42:14 time all year Kyle Martin has entered a

42:15 ball game hitting over 400. That's only

42:17 going to continue to increase after that

42:19 two out double there as he hands it off

42:21 to a guy who's been hitting over 400 for

42:23 the majority of the year. Jordan Bar,

42:26 rookie to rookie, but not your typical

42:29 rookies by any means.

42:32 >> A come trick play opportunity. Ooh,

42:34 struggle to gobble it up. Still goes

42:36 between the legs. Count it. Trick play

42:38 for the party animals.

42:41 Martin is stranded at second base. The

42:44 Animals

42:46 sit down Bar [cheering] and it's zero

42:49 runs at the top of the first for the

42:50 Texas Tailgator. That's who come out

42:52 defensively. Now

42:54 >> again, we say it every night. It's so

42:56 impressive what these tailgators do

42:58 behind their pitching staffs and keeping

43:00 it, you know, relatively the same, man,

43:02 is what we've seen so far this year.

43:05 José brother Gonzalez in right, Wadi in

43:07 left. Bar and Justice on the corners.

43:09 [music] Hussein looters up the middle

43:11 continuing to rack up those trick plays.

43:13 Taj Porter behind [music] the dish

43:15 making his now 28th straight start

43:18 behind the dish tonight. And he's

43:20 catching his best [music] friend, his

43:22 college teammate at Southern University,

43:25 the man in the middle playing the sweet

43:26 music all night on his CD, Christian

43:30 Davis. the 2025 and edible all-star has

43:32 109 trick plays in deuce this year. 6

43:36 and one as well. That is more wins than

43:38 any other starting pitcher has in the

43:41 sport. And CD man, much like Brett

43:43 Helton, is the guy that's going to go

43:45 longer than any other starting pitcher

43:47 for the Tailgator. You could see CD

43:48 would not be surprised you see him go

43:50 through the seventh inning tonight is he

43:51 if he's able to work efficiently against

43:53 this party animals lineup.

43:54 >> Also, much like Brett Hel, he is a pitch

43:57 to contact guy which leads to a lot of

43:58 trick plays. is what you want against

44:00 this party animals lineup. Let's say

44:02 hello to the black and pink led by Jake

44:04 Skull,

44:06 the MVP who's batting 330 on this

44:10 campaign, but a 449 OBP. It's Jason Swan

44:13 and Andy Cosgrove behind him. Thing is

44:16 in Banana Ball, you don't need anybody

44:18 past Jake Skull. If he hits a home run

44:20 against Christian Davis, it will walk

44:22 off the first inning and give the Party

44:23 Animals a 1 to zero lead over these

44:25 tailgators. in banana ball. Every inning

44:28 counts as a point.

44:30 You saw highlighted as well that 379

44:33 batting average for TJ Reeves is the

44:35 best on the team and he's a rookie. Got

44:37 to this sport full time four months ago.

44:40 >> Mhm.

44:46 Davis induces a big swing and a miss

44:49 from Skull.

44:55 >> Jake up the middle and past the diving

44:58 glove of Jonathan Sunshine Lutters.

45:00 Animals are 90 ft closer

45:03 >> to a one-point lead.

45:04 >> That's where X has to live is up the

45:06 middle right now. You know, Jake told me

45:07 today his swing has not been feeling

45:09 great. I'm like, dude, you're hitting

45:10 330 or something, right?

45:11 >> He's like, my swing hadn't been feeling

45:12 great. That's what you want to see if

45:14 you're the party animals. Anthony

45:15 Cormato, the hitting coach for the

45:16 Animals, been doing such a great job

45:18 with all these guys. As Skull takes off.

45:20 >> Porter throw down not in time.

45:25 >> Yeah, Skull in that conversation said,

45:26 "I I need to keep the bat down. I can't

45:29 keep popping. I I've got I got to stay

45:31 down on a fast ball."

45:33 As Skull just clinging to the bag over

45:35 there against Sunshine.

45:36 >> Great job. Stay on the bag, Bob.

45:39 >> Gives way to Jason Swan.

45:42 Swanie using the dish

45:46 356 average and a 452

45:50 OBP.

45:50 >> Is that good?

45:51 >> Yeah. Yeah. But his 17 ball four sprints

45:54 to eight strikeouts is even better.

45:58 Swan lifted high into left field.

46:01 Trick play coming. No.

46:04 Skull deaks the tag up. And that's where

46:07 the Texas tailgators would typically

46:08 have a trick play, but it would give

46:09 Skull the opportunity to tag up and

46:10 advance to third. And Skull, if he would

46:12 have seen a tip right there, he would

46:13 have been up 90 ft. That's that's high

46:15 IQ right there in trick play awareness

46:17 from Indiana Stanley. Jason Swan just

46:19 missed his first long ball of the year

46:21 right there, though.

46:22 >> You know, that's where the party animals

46:23 have seen a down tick in power this

46:25 year. Guys like Skull and Swan, but also

46:28 a down tick in strikeouts and the OBP

46:30 has stayed the same.

46:31 >> This guy's power, it's been showing off

46:34 recently. Four home runs on the year for

46:36 Andy Casgrove. All of them have come in

46:38 his last 12 games, including one this

46:40 weekend on Thursday night.

46:43 >> That was back in the first inning, which

46:45 was a walk-off. Yep.

46:50 >> Another popup.

46:53 This one finds its way to the outfield.

46:55 And oh my,

46:58 [cheering]

46:59 I'm not sure what Jos Gonzalez is going

47:02 for. And again, that might be the factor

47:04 of the sunset beating right down on

47:05 these guys. Uh

47:07 >> oh.

47:08 >> He was going to go he was going to go he

47:09 was going to go tip drill here and then

47:11 he overran it. That's exactly what

47:12 happened.

47:13 >> He wanted to go trick play. Got a little

47:14 too greedy. That might go down as a

47:16 trick play miss as opposed to an error.

47:18 >> I think it should go down as an E9 Drake

47:20 cuz he opened his glove up regularly.

47:22 >> You're right.

47:24 >> If he keeps that glove closed and goes

47:25 for the true trick, it's different. But

47:27 he he didn't.

47:31 >> And for now, error is the official

47:33 scoring call.

47:38 It's Cosgrove off first. Skull off

47:40 third. Hampton can walk it off. That's

47:43 what the Tailgators needed. Redemption

47:45 for Gonzalez.

47:47 Makes the catch cleanly. SKULL'S COMING

47:49 HOME. SKULL SLIDES IN. OH MY. THE BALL

47:53 CAME OUT OF TAJ PORTER'S GLOVE. SKULL

47:55 TAPS THE PLATE. HE'S SAFE. THE ANIMALS

47:58 WALK OFF THE FIRST. IT'S ONE POINT TO

48:00 ZERO.

48:02 And that's the story of this weekend so

48:04 far. The Texas Tailgator in the big

48:07 moments have blinked

48:10 too often and that's given the Party

48:11 Animals their first two wins of the

48:13 series and now a point early in this

48:16 one. Animals one, tailgator zero as we

48:20 go to the top of the second inning.

48:35 AJ Cash.

48:37 [cheering]

48:37 >> Well, fans, we all know hard work pays

48:40 off and we usually party animals have

48:42 won the inning.

48:43 >> I repeat, party animals have won the

48:45 inning

48:45 >> where you decide who's worked it out the

48:47 hardest. But because we're in Nashville

48:50 here tonight, we are calling it honky

48:53 tonka

48:55 donk. Introducing first at 50 YEARS OLD,

49:00 RYAN. GET AFTER IT, BRO.

49:16 HONESTLY, I'm impressed. I'm impressed.

49:19 Introducing next at 57 years old, Brian.

49:24 Let it rip.

49:43 You've clearly done this before. Last

49:46 but not least, at the only number more

49:48 fun than 67, 69 years old,

50:00 We are right back here on the CW app and

50:02 YouTube. It's the Party Animals and the

50:04 Texas Tailgators, Boys in Black and

50:06 Pink, lead the ball game by a score of

50:08 one point to zero as we go to the top

50:09 [music] of the second and be held. The

50:13 Party Animal starting pitcher joins us

50:14 on the microphone. Brett, hey.

50:17 >> Hey guys. Do you want to start off this

50:20 miked up by giving me a playbyplay of

50:24 the third straight night of a Texas

50:26 tailgator's waving flag walk up? This is

50:29 imperative. This is the biggest moment

50:31 of their lives and they cannot mess this

50:32 up BECAUSE IF THEY DO, WE'RE PROBABLY

50:35 going to do it again. So, we're really

50:37 hoping they can do this this World Cup

50:39 thing and then it's going to go super

50:41 viral. It's this is the third night in a

50:44 row the tailgator have tried the World

50:47 Cup walk up.

50:48 >> Yeah.

50:49 >> And

50:50 I've been told they didn't fail. It's

50:53 just the goal is all six Banana Ball

50:56 teams do the walk up this weekend and

50:57 they have to all get it in sync to bring

51:00 them together.

51:01 >> That makes sense. Which also means that

51:03 we're probably going to have to do it

51:04 again today. [laughter]

51:06 >> I I'm getting word from our producer

51:08 Chad Reese in my ears. Brett, if the

51:10 tailgator or party animals mess it up

51:12 tonight, we will be playing a fourth

51:14 game in Nashville tomorrow.

51:16 >> See, I'm down for that.

51:18 >> And you get to pitch. I'm being told

51:20 that fourth.

51:21 >> I'm even more in now.

51:22 >> You have to go nine innings, though.

51:24 That's the only caveat.

51:25 >> All right, I can do that.

51:27 >> Both nights.

51:29 >> Both nights.

51:29 >> 250 pitches within 24 hours.

51:32 >> See, that doesn't sound so bad when you

51:34 say it that way.

51:35 >> The tailgator have mobbed home plate. a

51:38 big team flag. Taylor Justice leads the

51:40 way out there.

51:43 >> I The first question I got for you is

51:44 about you, but since we're in this

51:47 pre-show, pre- Brett Helton

51:49 entertainment moment, tell me what it's

51:51 like playing the Texas Tailgators.

51:53 >> They're awesome, dude. First off,

51:54 they're I like their brand a lot and I

51:56 think everybody over there really fully

51:58 embraces it. So, that part's really

52:00 cool. But, we got a bunch of buddies

52:01 over there playing that and we haven't

52:03 seen them in ages. So, you don't play

52:05 them forever. You finally show up, it's

52:06 like, "All right, boys. We're back to

52:08 best friends. Let's see what we got. And

52:09 they compete, so that's fun.

52:12 >> It is Taylor Justice who comes to the

52:13 plate.

52:14 >> This guy loves to hunt Peter, so I'm

52:16 going to try and stay away from it.

52:17 Little dropping curveball. Oh, give me

52:20 that. I thought

52:22 >> Brett.

52:23 >> Yep.

52:23 >> Complete game twice in the last four

52:25 weeks. how um you KNOW [screaming]

52:30 [laughter]

52:33 that was like just that little not quite

52:35 barrel where it was like please don't

52:36 get to the outfield but it did

52:39 all right maybe see like that one I

52:41 probably should have thrown a fast ball

52:42 cutter didn't got a hit I might as well

52:43 throw a fast ball

52:45 >> um but but full games are fun it's like

52:47 it has to be a good mix of throwing well

52:51 fielding well and like keeping you like

52:52 pitch count down

52:54 >> so I really like that Because when it

52:56 all rolls together, it's like, you know

52:57 what, you might as well try it. And I

53:00 mean, that's what we live for. If you

53:01 can go a whole game, nothing else,

53:03 nothing else can top that, like

53:05 competitively. We're going back to back

53:07 change up. This one's low. Foul, foul,

53:10 foul. Catch it. Oh, they weren't paying

53:12 attention.

53:14 >> All right. 02 with two slow ones. Does

53:16 that mean I should go fast here?

53:18 >> No, you should go slow.

53:20 >> Extra extra slow.

53:21 >> Extra extra slow.

53:22 >> Ronnie wants fast.

53:24 >> Okay. Fast.

53:25 >> Brownie wants fast. I'm probably going

53:26 to go high leg kick. Hope he doesn't

53:29 steal.

53:30 >> Fast.

53:31 >> Yep.

53:32 >> It did the effect. Little heater in foul

53:35 ball.

53:36 >> I would like uh double play ball,

53:38 please. For 500.

53:39 >> What do you think will do that?

53:40 >> Something low.

53:41 >> Change up.

53:42 >> Ronnie thinks it's a fast two.

53:44 >> That's fine.

53:45 >> Okay.

53:47 >> NO. [screaming] THAT'S THE WORST CASE

53:49 EVER.

53:52 >> I told you change up there, Brett. Yeah.

53:54 You know what? Both times with two

53:56 strikes, I'm throwing the wrong pitch.

53:57 So, I should probably do something

53:58 different, huh?

53:59 >> Hey, first off, missed you. Second off,

54:02 played you guys 23 times this year and

54:04 then only two times in the first half.

54:06 What is it like this year with the the

54:07 variance of opponents that you've had to

54:09 pitch against?

54:10 >> You know, it is variance is a good word

54:12 because they're all the lineups are so

54:14 different that it's kind of fun. It's

54:15 like a totally different strategy,

54:17 different, you know,

54:20 oh yeah, he wants a fast ball. I'm going

54:21 to do it. Even though I know that Taj

54:23 was hitting fast ball

54:26 >> foul.

54:28 >> Oh,

54:29 >> good thing too because I was not ready

54:30 to cover first base.

54:31 >> Oh, that was

54:32 >> I don't know.

54:33 >> I That was fair, Brett.

54:35 >> Uh if it hit the safety bag, Drake, it

54:37 is foul.

54:38 >> I don't know if it hit the safety bag.

54:39 >> If the umpire says foul here, it means

54:42 it's actually foul.

54:44 >> That's chalk right there.

54:46 >> Yeah, Drake, that's foul.

54:47 >> Foul. That's fine by me. I'll take it.

54:50 Cuz now the triple play is still in

54:53 order.

54:54 >> Triple play is in order. Speaking of

54:55 that, if I get it back to me, I'm

54:56 probably going to go to second.

54:58 >> All right. Chasing by

54:59 >> change up again. I like it. All right.

55:04 >> That's fell again.

55:05 >> That was the same exact play. [laughter]

55:08 >> Yes, it was.

55:09 >> Brett, uh, what what's going on with the

55:11 clothes pins there? Uh,

55:12 >> I got clipped. It's like a new thing the

55:14 the are doing. So, they come up and like

55:16 clip you on the jersey or the hat or

55:18 something. So, I got clipped a lot.

55:20 Yankee hat with brim.

55:22 >> All right, he wants a fast ball in.

55:23 >> That's him.

55:24 >> I do not like this call. A

55:25 >> lot of fast balls, man.

55:26 >> But guess what?

55:28 >> I overcome.

55:32 >> Oh, almost got him.

55:34 >> But now,

55:35 >> change up loan away, Brad. I'm telling

55:37 you.

55:37 >> I don't know, bro.

55:38 >> If you may, if if if I may,

55:40 >> I think I'm going to go cutter. I don't

55:41 think he's going to call it, but I'll

55:42 probably have to shake to it.

55:44 >> Top of the zone. Shake to it.

55:52 There we go. We got it. Now,

55:56 >> do you keep up with pitch count at all

55:58 in these complete games? Do you care?

56:00 >> No, I just kind of throw and then

56:02 sometimes you just kind of find out like

56:03 halfway through or something, but

56:05 generally I don't really hear much about

56:07 it and then I just kind of throw.

56:12 >> That's so bad. Come on.

56:14 >> Is it 3-2?

56:16 >> It's 3-2. Yeah. Yeah.

56:17 >> All right. Barrel down.

56:19 >> Yep.

56:20 >> Two guys on.

56:22 No walkies.

56:24 >> Four sprints.

56:26 >> Just the old fast ball. Hope he's not on

56:30 time.

56:35 >> Okay, they're loaded. [screaming]

56:37 So again, still an opportunity for

56:40 something on the ground here. And some

56:42 good news.

56:43 >> Yes.

56:43 >> And you've been doing this a lot. I

56:45 don't have a metric to back it up, but

56:46 you've been the guy who's gotten out a

56:47 few jams a time or two.

56:49 >> Yeah, the name of the game is just

56:51 getting out of what you start. So, I

56:52 obviously started this giving up three

56:53 hits in a row.

56:54 >> Well, you've given up the three softest

56:56 singles of all time. Now, you get to

56:57 face your former teammate.

56:58 >> Yeah, singles are singles, though. I

57:00 think he's probably going to hunt a fast

57:02 ball. And I'm going to give it to him.

57:03 But I'm going to give it to him in a

57:04 spot that he cannot hammer it down and

57:06 away. Really pinpointed.

57:09 >> Oh,

57:11 >> it wasn't down, but it was away. And

57:12 that's why I got away with it. Indiana

57:14 Stanley.

57:15 >> Probably going to go cutter. I like

57:16 that. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. He wants

57:19 Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

57:21 >> All right. All right. All right. All

57:22 right. Going cutter.

57:25 All right. 02 again. Uh

57:29 >> strike out. Double play. Strike out.

57:31 Double play.

57:32 >> Strikeout's big. I should probably chase

57:33 it here, shouldn't I?

57:34 >> I think so. Yeah.

57:36 >> I know you're a contact guy, but

57:37 >> he's happy to hear.

57:39 >> Yeah. Brownie's Brown's feeling good.

57:41 I'm going to go off the plate and uh he

57:43 probably won't swing in it, but I hope

57:44 he does.

57:49 >> Swing the miss

57:50 >> or I'll throw it right down the middle

57:51 and he'll be LIKE

57:56 >> chugga chugga choo choo.

58:07 [music]

58:08 >> Little red light, green light dance for

58:09 Brett. Help. Get low.

58:16 >> Jason just stands on and watches, ready

58:18 to

58:19 >> take his AB.

58:19 >> He's probably thinking about how this

58:20 isn't my July.

58:22 >> Chase Auff also stands on and watches.

58:27 >> Chosen thinking about how he's ready to

58:29 turn a double play perhaps.

58:30 >> Yeah. Yeah.

58:31 >> Jason for sure

58:33 >> is hunting haters here.

58:35 >> Yeah,

58:35 >> for sure going first pitch cutter. He's

58:38 the coach rack of guitarists and

58:40 singers.

58:41 >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

58:45 >> He's your donut batter, but I don't know

58:46 if I want a strike out.

58:48 >> No, me neither.

58:49 >> I like that first pitch a lot. I'll

58:51 probably do it again. Same thing. But

58:53 the first one was so perfect. It's hard

58:55 to throw two perfect pitches in a row.

58:58 >> Glad I did.

58:59 >> My gosh. [laughter]

59:01 >> You know what? Fine. Whatever. Strike

59:02 them out. I That's fine. It's up to you.

59:05 >> I went cutter cutter. I'm going heater

59:07 off the plate away. And

59:15 [cheering]

59:16 >> yeah, heater off the plate away. Going

59:18 to throw it really, really, really hard.

59:19 I hope he's late.

59:23 >> Ha. Hey, fine spot to miss.

59:27 >> You know, a good pitcher probably would

59:28 have just thrown three in a row and I

59:30 did not. So, can I throw three?

59:34 Peter away. He likes it again. I also

59:36 like it again cuz guess what? Perfect

59:39 pitch right here.

59:42 >> See you.

59:43 >> Got him looking.

59:48 [cheering]

59:48 >> And that's donuts.

59:50 >> You just won donuts FOR THE PEOPLE.

59:52 >> DONUTS FOR THE WORLD. [screaming]

59:55 >> Or the 10,000 people here at First

59:56 Horizon Park.

59:57 >> No. No. The world.

59:59 >> Donuts. Donuts.

1:00:00 >> If one man could get donuts for the

1:00:02 world, it's Brett. Help.

1:00:03 >> It would be. That's Yeah. Dumped in

1:00:05 donuts for the world.

1:00:06 >> Okay. Can we get a popup here? We've

1:00:08 seen a lot of those early.

1:00:09 >> What do you think is going to be the

1:00:10 pop-up pitch? Ronnie wants Heater away.

1:00:12 I also want Heater away.

1:00:13 >> I want Heater away.

1:00:14 >> I'm going to throw this kind of hard.

1:00:16 Um, don't care if it's a strike. Really?

1:00:20 >> That was for effect. Now I'm going

1:00:22 definitely right to cutter.

1:00:23 >> That was for effect.

1:00:32 YEAH, [screaming] BUDDY. Come on. Hey,

1:00:36 were we talking about that jelly in the

1:00:37 jam? Jelly in the jam. Peanut butter

1:00:39 jelly. Peanut butter [laughter] jelly

1:00:41 jam.

1:00:42 >> You're a mad man.

1:00:44 >> That's only 23 pitches so far on your

1:00:46 night, too. Brett, keep it going, Boss

1:00:48 Hog. Love you.

1:00:49 >> You bet, boys.

1:00:53 >> That is Brett Helden on the CW app and

1:00:55 YouTube.

1:01:06 Make

1:01:08 some [screaming]

1:01:09 noise. [groaning]

1:01:24 Heat.

1:01:33 Heat.

1:01:35 [cheering]

1:01:43 Heat. Heat.

1:02:12 Man, that guy is a mad man. That guy

1:02:15 that guy doesn't exist. That guy is a

1:02:16 figment of my imagination. I dreamt up

1:02:18 the red health one day.

1:02:21 I don't know how he does that stuff,

1:02:23 man. Hey, YouTube. Bye, YouTube.

1:02:32 Banana Ball on the CW app is brought to

1:02:34 you by PNC Bank. Brilliantly boring

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1:02:41 Drake toll with you alongside Brett

1:02:43 Loftus. [music] And that's a balloon

1:02:45 farty.

1:02:46 >> That's cool, man.

1:02:47 >> That's really cool. Out in left field

1:02:49 here in Nashville.

1:02:51 I've been asked in the past. Yep.

1:02:58 >> You going to

1:03:00 >> Oh, finish the thought.

1:03:01 >> Yeah.

1:03:02 >> I've been asked in the past

1:03:05 what came first, the party animals logo

1:03:07 or farty?

1:03:09 And it's actually the party animals

1:03:11 logo. We found farty later on. Where?

1:03:14 The woods, the forest to be more exact.

1:03:17 Uh he is one of now multiple

1:03:22 >> mascots who are former orphans

1:03:24 >> as is Grub the Gator official mascot the

1:03:27 Texas tailgator

1:03:28 >> that we know of to this point. It is

1:03:29 Grub and Farty who are the orphaned

1:03:32 mascots of Banana Ball.

1:03:36 >> Swing and a miss from TJ Reeves.

1:03:38 Christian Davis

1:03:39 >> CD playing the sweet music man. Able to

1:03:41 get out number one here in the bottom of

1:03:43 the second.

1:03:45 And uhoh,

1:03:46 >> I see running out to the field.

1:03:49 >> Oh no, with a flag.

1:03:51 >> I can't take any more of it.

1:04:01 >> I'm telling you, Brad,

1:04:04 I have taken

1:04:07 three benadryil today, which is lower

1:04:10 than my normal. It's not yet. Usually

1:04:12 it's like a four or a fiverr,

1:04:14 >> which is still way too much.

1:04:15 >> But man,

1:04:19 >> they're going to wake me up from a coma.

1:04:21 And I'm going to say there was a

1:04:22 pitching mascot

1:04:25 who married up in an orphan. I'm going

1:04:28 to say there was a there's a a Red Sox

1:04:31 World Series champion that played and

1:04:33 there were two hours and they were

1:04:35 waving flags. And

1:04:36 >> you know what I'm going to say? Give me

1:04:38 sweet T. Give me high.

1:04:40 singing Forever Young.

1:04:44 And the doctor's going to say, "What?"

1:04:46 He's going to say, "WHEN I GET OLDER, I

1:04:49 WILL BE." AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY,

1:04:51 "BACK IN A COMA. PUT THEM BACK IN A

1:04:52 COMA."

1:04:55 >> We have that conversation in the front

1:04:57 office a lot about how would you explain

1:04:58 this to the aliens? How would you if you

1:05:01 were abducted or you woke up tomorrow

1:05:02 from this dream,

1:05:06 how do you how do you begin to describe

1:05:08 it?

1:05:10 >> [laughter]

1:05:10 >> Yes.

1:05:11 >> Yes.

1:05:12 >> This is the fifth time we've seen this

1:05:14 walk up on the weekend

1:05:18 and the YouTube chat's having a field

1:05:20 day with it, man. They are.

1:05:21 >> They're having a field day.

1:05:22 >> Somebody said, "Let's hear the rules

1:05:24 again. [laughter]

1:05:26 >> Run the rules back in the in Milwaukee.

1:05:30 I don't I don't remember what happened.

1:05:31 We ran the rules three times

1:05:35 and I [laughter] don't remember why we

1:05:37 had to."

1:05:38 That's boom, baby. Jay Jacob.

1:05:43 >> He's getting hot and everybody's talking

1:05:46 about it.

1:05:48 Boom, baby.

1:05:53 That's like the Pico Scala accidentally

1:05:55 did a book it.

1:05:57 >> YOU WERE WATCHING THAT DOCUMENTARY LAST

1:05:58 NIGHT.

1:05:58 >> YEAH, IT WAS. YEAH, that was crazy

1:06:01 watching.

1:06:02 >> Reverse it

1:06:03 >> on E60 hearing booket from Bo Scal.

1:06:05 >> Bo just say book it.

1:06:06 >> Yeah. Did I just say boom, baby?

1:06:09 >> You [laughter] did. And everybody's

1:06:11 talking about it.

1:06:12 >> And everybody's talking about it. That

1:06:14 ball that balls off a white Nissan

1:06:16 Maxima

1:06:18 >> and it's got Arkansas plates.

1:06:24 >> Oh, T-Bone. Oh, IS THERE A FIRST

1:06:27 BASEMAN? YEAH.

1:06:30 >> WOW. HUSTLE play from Taylor Justice and

1:06:33 Jonathan Sunshine. Looters deep in the

1:06:35 hole.

1:06:35 >> First book of the night. Sunshine, throw

1:06:38 it to the bag. Not the player there. And

1:06:41 he does so right there. Taylor Justice,

1:06:43 great job getting that right foot back

1:06:44 down. But does put JC Auff in scoring

1:06:48 position for Fish.

1:06:51 I mean, I used to like the song too,

1:06:53 man. When I get older, Kanan, I had it.

1:06:55 It was 2010 World Cup. I had it on my

1:06:58 iPod Nano.

1:07:00 >> Yep. Which didn't come out in Arkansas

1:07:02 until 2015, by the way.

1:07:10 The iPod Nano that is the song was still

1:07:12 2010.

1:07:16 Noah Fischer big hack back to the

1:07:19 dugout.

1:07:22 CD

1:07:24 big time strike out right there to keep

1:07:27 it at just one to nothing.

1:07:30 >> Play that.

1:07:32 >> See that spin on that ball. play that

1:07:35 sweet music, man. Let's send it out on

1:07:37 the field as our good friend Maddie

1:07:38 Warren has somebody.

1:07:41 >> I have multiple somebodyies, you guys.

1:07:43 Um, three pitchers that have been kept

1:07:45 very, very busy. And all three of them

1:07:47 who have pitched this weekend already

1:07:49 and are probably off or maybe have

1:07:51 pitched and might be ready to go. So,

1:07:53 fellas, how how are the arms feeling?

1:07:56 And, uh, how do days like this usually

1:07:57 look for you?

1:07:59 >> The arm feels great. We're out here

1:08:00 dancing and it's a great way to recover.

1:08:04 My arm feels terrible. I will not be

1:08:06 dancing and I have my cleats just in

1:08:08 case I need to get in that bat.

1:08:12 >> You know, it feels great to be off and

1:08:14 only have to worry about entertaining

1:08:15 the fans. Uh, we love pitching, but we

1:08:17 got that out of the way. We did well and

1:08:18 now it's time to dance.

1:08:22 >> And dancing they are. They're also

1:08:23 throwing donuts, so I don't really think

1:08:25 the arms are getting that much of a of a

1:08:27 break. Sean Fluke, how's your arm

1:08:29 feeling?

1:08:30 >> Oh, we're good. And we only throw 14

1:08:31 pitches an inning. So, I mean, we can go

1:08:33 out today if we wanted to.

1:08:35 >> And they're entertaining the fans

1:08:37 nonetheless. You guys, part of animals

1:08:39 pitching staff. It's hard to argue with

1:08:40 them.

1:08:42 >> Wow. Maddie, thank you very much. Sean

1:08:45 Flute, well, we only throw 14 pitches an

1:08:46 inning last night, so any of us need any

1:08:48 of us. We're here. We can pitch

1:08:50 >> hanging out.

1:08:51 >> Bullpen Dave. Johnny Holstep last night

1:08:54 with the party elms. And a piece of why

1:08:55 >> I prefer the term arm bar.

1:08:58 >> Wow.

1:08:58 >> Yep.

1:08:59 >> Yep. We're we're already

1:09:01 we're already ste we're already stepping

1:09:04 all over that sacred hallowed ground of

1:09:06 the armbos

1:09:08 bullpen. Armbar is a bit nicer to our

1:09:11 boine friends.

1:09:14 >> Um

1:09:16 the reason the party animals went with

1:09:18 that whole staff approach yesterday was

1:09:19 the expectation that Helton could go a

1:09:21 complete game today.

1:09:23 >> And and talking to all those guys, they

1:09:25 all feel ready to go today. I mean

1:09:26 that's what they just said. I mean,

1:09:29 they're ready to go, but they also know

1:09:30 when you're throwing Brett Helton, he

1:09:31 can throw nine innings like nobody else

1:09:33 can in the history of an animal.

1:09:35 >> Five of the nine complete games in the

1:09:36 history of this sport have come from

1:09:38 that man on the bump right now.

1:09:39 >> You know, and and the three-game

1:09:40 weekends favor teams like the party

1:09:42 animals and the Texas Tailgators have

1:09:44 three bonafide starters.

1:09:46 >> You can treat this animals pitching

1:09:48 staff. Watson ropes one foul almost like

1:09:51 a collegiate pitching staff.

1:09:54 >> Yeah. and and Zack Watson here

1:09:57 >> facing Brett Helton behind one and two.

1:09:59 Back to the top of the order here.

1:10:00 Second time through the order.

1:10:01 Tailgators get really really good. Jake

1:10:02 told this year.

1:10:04 >> Swing and a miss from Zack Wadi Watson.

1:10:07 >> Brett Helton

1:10:09 >> through a complete game

1:10:11 >> against the Loco Beach Loco Nuts last

1:10:14 weekend.

1:10:15 >> Two strikeouts in nine innings, 27 outs.

1:10:19 >> He has n

1:10:20 >> the Cocoa Beach Locon Nuts. You know

1:10:21 them?

1:10:22 >> I don't. He has two strikeouts

1:10:25 through two and a third innings tonight.

1:10:28 >> The Loco Beach Coconuts, I think, is

1:10:29 what you were looking for.

1:10:30 >> Oh, you're close, but no cigar.

1:10:39 >> Where's your Yeah. What?

1:10:40 >> There's just going to say interesting

1:10:41 defense here from the party animals.

1:10:43 Chase Auff and Mikey Ballard are playing

1:10:45 all the way out on the outfield grass

1:10:46 here against Nick Lopez.

1:10:48 Yeah, the shift is a odd one against

1:10:52 Nick Lopez. Foul ball.

1:10:54 >> Where's my what?

1:10:56 >> Where's your prime time coach, man?

1:10:59 >> Where's your prime time coach?

1:11:00 >> I like Mike Vasis, twotime banana ball

1:11:03 champion.

1:11:03 >> Joe Michelick, 40 years in minor league

1:11:05 ball.

1:11:10 >> You saw Mikey Ballard stand on the

1:11:12 outfield there. Ooh, tough play. CHOSEN

1:11:14 CHASE. STILL WANTS THE TRICK BLADE AND

1:11:16 HE'S GOT IT. OH MY GUTSY FOR THE SHORTS

1:11:20 STOP. HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO do that,

1:11:22 BUT HE STILL DID IT AND SUCCESSFULLY.

1:11:24 >> And somehow Lopey almost beat the shift

1:11:26 right there.

1:11:27 >> Beat the what against chosen?

1:11:32 >> The shift.

1:11:33 >> The shift. Get your mind out of the

1:11:35 gutter.

1:11:36 >> Remember that one time we had a real

1:11:37 goofy broadcast on the CW app?

1:11:44 >> I love the CW app.

1:11:45 >> Uhhuh.

1:11:46 Yeah, your second favorite sport is loud

1:11:49 and clear on there right now.

1:11:51 >> The NASCAR O'Reilly auto part series.

1:11:53 >> Yep.

1:11:54 >> They had like a 57minute red flag.

1:11:56 >> Here in a couple weeks they'll be in

1:11:57 Soma.

1:11:58 >> Yeah, I'll tell you about it a little

1:12:00 bit.

1:12:00 >> Wine country.

1:12:01 >> I'll tell you about it a little bit.

1:12:02 Don't you worry.

1:12:07 >> Oh my shift on Mikey Ballard. Trick play

1:12:10 from the outfield.

1:12:14 That formula works now against Kyle

1:12:15 Martin. And it's three up, three down

1:12:17 for Brett Helton. A quick inning for a

1:12:19 guy that wants to go CG.

1:12:21 Animals still lead it one point to zero

1:12:23 and can add to it right here on the CW

1:12:26 app and YouTube.

1:12:38 We want you to proceed with caution

1:12:39 because you are approaching an animal

1:12:42 cross. We're going to have a mic up

1:12:44 coming up for all you guys

1:12:45 >> who's dressed like a sheep. WE'VE GOT

1:12:47 JACOB DRESSED LIKE a pig and we've got

1:12:50 Jackson

1:12:53 when I say go. These three rabbit boots

1:12:56 are going to race around the dirt all

1:13:00 the way toward home place but they have

1:13:02 to run the animals they are. You worked

1:13:06 really hard for this moment.

1:13:08 >> I want you to know I'm proud of you

1:13:10 >> and you deserve this. Thank you. [music]

1:13:15 >> Yes. And

1:13:16 >> No. Yeah. We're talking to each other.

1:13:18 >> Off to an early lead.

1:13:20 >> No. No. Brent's about to live out a

1:13:22 childhood dream up here in the booth.

1:13:23 His pants are off to be fair.

1:13:25 >> And you just listen here.

1:13:27 >> He's Derek Clinting right now.

1:13:29 [laughter]

1:13:30 >> IS RUSHING.

1:13:30 >> Hook my heart about

1:13:35 yours. It's not prefer the term Jason

1:13:37 Ardan.

1:13:38 >> It's a complete blow.

1:13:39 >> Take his pants off.

1:13:40 >> Jackson is your winner.

1:13:43 >> Patrick Bry. I've seen him with his

1:13:46 pants off. He was a baby. He was Cupid

1:13:49 >> in like one of the first ever Bananas

1:13:51 videos on social media.

1:13:52 >> Ain't that crazy?

1:13:54 >> Yes.

1:13:55 >> He's been around for a long time, man.

1:14:00 >> All right. You ready?

1:14:01 >> I'm so ready.

1:14:02 >> Not you, Aunt. Listen. Brett's about to

1:14:04 make [music] history. Take a sip of

1:14:06 water.

1:14:07 Have some caffeine, man.

1:14:10 Little Brett, nine-year-old Brett

1:14:12 Loftess, man.

1:14:13 >> Two-year-old Brett Loftess

1:14:14 >> would be soiling himself. Oh, here it

1:14:18 comes. 7 seconds, buddy. You got this. I

1:14:21 can't look.

1:14:26 Next Saturday, the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto

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1:14:32 country and take on the challenge of

1:14:34 Soma. Watch as the top drivers battle in

1:14:37 one of racing's toughest road course

1:14:39 test. [music]

1:14:40 Don't miss a second of pure raw racing

1:14:43 from Sonoma next Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

1:14:45 Eastern, 1:30 p.m. Pacific, only on the

1:14:49 CW. [screaming]

1:14:51 Back here, Nashville, Tennessee, the

1:14:53 party animals and the Texas Tailgator of

1:14:56 Bronson Ball home at the plate.

1:14:58 >> And now, Anthony Cormato, the hitting

1:15:00 coach of these boys in black and pink,

1:15:02 is hopeful that this mic dump is pretty

1:15:04 short and his guys can walk this thing

1:15:06 off and pleasure to have you on the mic.

1:15:08 Grateful to have you here. Honored to

1:15:10 have you here as as a guy that has

1:15:12 helped reinvent bats, not just for the

1:15:14 party animals, but across this league.

1:15:15 You've told me before, man, if it's Dale

1:15:17 Francis Jr. or if it's Jordan Bar that's

1:15:20 got a hitting question. You want this

1:15:22 league to win. What gives you that

1:15:24 mindset?

1:15:25 >> Oh, I appreciate that. Thank you very

1:15:27 much. And before I answer that, boys,

1:15:28 thank you for having me on. First time,

1:15:30 long time. Um, but with that, it's a

1:15:33 this is a this is always a team game.

1:15:36 Always a team game. And we want to make

1:15:37 sure that, you know, if we're all doing

1:15:40 this together, we could continue to grow

1:15:42 this sport and uh continue to make it

1:15:43 >> right there. I stood right there.

1:15:45 >> Got a baby. continue to grow the sport

1:15:48 and continue to go worldwide with it.

1:15:50 >> Originally was called the hit by pitch.

1:15:53 >> Our home plate umpire Hunter Ives is

1:15:54 saying he leaned into it there. What did

1:15:56 you say?

1:15:57 >> I that sounded like he got elbow guard

1:15:58 to me.

1:16:00 >> Sound like he got elbow guard and there

1:16:02 was no lean.

1:16:03 >> No, it definitely got all elbow guard,

1:16:05 but I think the whole plan umpire saying

1:16:06 he leaned into it just ever so slightly.

1:16:08 >> I'll tell you what, Bronson Ballhome is

1:16:09 not looking to get hit. He's trying to

1:16:11 >> No, he's not. You're right. He's not

1:16:12 leaning in. I think what he did is he

1:16:14 goes knee bend squat and it looked

1:16:16 optically. I agree.

1:16:17 >> Yeah, that's and I don't think he's I

1:16:19 don't think he's leaning in there and it

1:16:20 doesn't matter. Hey, what ball doesn't

1:16:22 what?

1:16:22 >> Ball don't lie, baby.

1:16:24 >> Ronnie will hold up at first base, the

1:16:26 ball, four sprint and a free 90, baby.

1:16:28 >> And here's what I want to ask you cuz

1:16:30 now you got a guy at the desk who has

1:16:32 three walk-offs in this series so far.

1:16:33 So, we might not have long with you. You

1:16:35 don't just help out your party animals.

1:16:37 You help out all six teams here in

1:16:39 Banana Ball. What is it like building

1:16:40 relationships with the hitters

1:16:42 throughout the sport?

1:16:44 >> Uh it's honestly a blessing. Um when it

1:16:46 comes to hitting, you know, you got to

1:16:48 be able to you got to be able to know

1:16:49 your guys and uh especially with our

1:16:51 league, I try to try to create a

1:16:53 relationship and build a bridge with

1:16:54 every guy. I want to be a resource. I've

1:16:56 been around a long time. Um I have a lot

1:16:59 of knowledge. I've been blessed to be

1:17:00 around so many big leaguers. So many

1:17:02 guys have played minor league baseball

1:17:03 from childhood all the way up through my

1:17:05 pro career. and uh that boy. And uh my

1:17:09 my my [music] whole thing as a coach is

1:17:12 everybody gave me the knowledge.

1:17:13 Everybody gave me the time and the

1:17:15 experience that they had and my job is

1:17:17 just pass that knowledge down. So

1:17:19 >> we we've given you a couple questions

1:17:21 here about the rest of the league. Let's

1:17:22 give you questions about the party

1:17:24 animals right after this. So we pause

1:17:26 for a Nate Teller walk up.

1:17:29 [screaming and cheering]

1:17:41 That can't be good for your eyes.

1:17:44 >> Wow.

1:17:45 >> Who sings it? Brett Loftess.

1:17:48 >> Cherry Warren.

1:17:53 >> You know, like Matty Warren, the

1:17:55 sideline reporter.

1:18:03 Oh, they still got telly. Oh, no.

1:18:06 >> Two more pies.

1:18:08 >> One pie.

1:18:10 >> Two pie. Oh,

1:18:13 >> and the third pie.

1:18:18 >> That's good.

1:18:21 >> Ian shrimp on the sticks. That looked

1:18:23 like a early 2000s, late 90s VH1 music

1:18:29 video. And the idea straight from the

1:18:30 mind of Avery Hughes, Jake Skull's

1:18:33 fiance.

1:18:34 >> When he run in front of you, don't run

1:18:35 him off.

1:18:36 >> There's now pie all over the field.

1:18:38 Skull comes to plate. And guys like Jake

1:18:41 Skull, Reese Hampton, how do you coach

1:18:44 these old dogs who've been around for a

1:18:45 long time just like you?

1:18:46 >> You know, these these guys have been

1:18:48 around a long time. They're

1:18:49 professional, but the thing is they're

1:18:50 coachable. And I can say that about the

1:18:52 rest of the boys that we have here.

1:18:53 They're coachable. They're hungry for

1:18:54 knowledge.

1:18:56 That boy, they're hungry for knowledge.

1:18:58 They want to be good at their craft. So,

1:19:00 yeah, you know, they've given me the

1:19:02 respect and they've given me the uh the

1:19:04 the passage to give them everything I

1:19:05 got. So, it's the same. It's the same

1:19:07 for every guy. Everybody's different.

1:19:09 You got to develop different

1:19:10 relationships, have different

1:19:11 conversations. You got to know their

1:19:12 personalities, but they're all

1:19:13 receptive. They're all open-minded.

1:19:15 They're all approachable. It's it's a

1:19:16 beautiful thing. I'm I'm actually kind

1:19:18 of spoiled. I

1:19:19 >> I want to ask you a question again. you

1:19:21 you've helped build these bats to party

1:19:22 animals and get them where they are. But

1:19:24 I've said this team is the best squad in

1:19:27 Banana Ball. Skull, a pop-up trip play

1:19:29 opportunity and couple of them for Texas

1:19:31 for the Texas Tailgator. And and I've

1:19:34 said a couple times, this is the best

1:19:35 team in the league without a bat in its

1:19:37 hands, that approach. What does the word

1:19:40 patience mean? What the Party Animals

1:19:42 do?

1:19:42 >> Yeah, that's that's basically our

1:19:44 philosophy. You know, we we we prepare

1:19:46 well. These guys, we keep hitters

1:19:47 notebooks. We're watching video, you

1:19:49 know, and everything. Everything for us,

1:19:51 it's a it's a it's a it's a whole team

1:19:53 game. It's not just one one guy doing

1:19:55 the whole work, you know. We're we got

1:19:57 plate discipline as you just saw there

1:19:59 from Shwani.

1:20:01 [laughter]

1:20:01 >> Good. Good. Good. We saw it.

1:20:04 >> Yep. So, uh, you know, it's it's plate

1:20:06 discipline. It's pitch selection. You

1:20:07 know, it's did you get a good pitch of

1:20:08 hit and did you do something with it?

1:20:09 That's that's the only thing hitters got

1:20:10 to ask themselves. So, you know, we're

1:20:13 trying to be we're trying to patient at

1:20:14 the plate, selective, and get a pitch to

1:20:17 drive and just get it to the next guy.

1:20:18 This is a team effort, and these guys

1:20:20 buy into it.

1:20:23 >> Swan facing at 02 against CD.

1:20:27 >> Ball gets away from Taj Porter and Mark

1:20:28 Smith retreats to second base. Pickle.

1:20:31 >> Smith.

1:20:33 [cheering]

1:20:34 >> It's safe at third. BARF DIDN'T TAG HIM.

1:20:37 SIR, SIR, SIR, SIR, HERE. We just need

1:20:41 marking.

1:20:42 >> The tailgator will certainly challenge.

1:20:44 Yeah, Joe Mle throws the cowboy hat. He

1:20:46 wants to take a look at it.

1:20:48 >> We've had some interesting calls this

1:20:49 weekend.

1:20:50 >> Yeah, we have. We've never d moment here

1:20:52 in Banana Land, baby. I'll tell you

1:20:53 that.

1:20:53 >> And I don't want to be impatient to

1:20:56 judge. We'll take a look at this first

1:20:58 play with Chosen last night at second

1:21:00 where he drug his foot on the bag right

1:21:01 here. Let's take a look at this.

1:21:03 >> You're looking at it too, An on the

1:21:04 video board here. Let's see if this

1:21:05 angle tells us anything.

1:21:07 >> Somebody give me an angle.

1:21:08 >> I'm not seeing. There's nothing

1:21:09 definitive that the club hits. No, not

1:21:11 right. Not that angle. Yeah, this is

1:21:13 probably going to be the one.

1:21:14 >> Did he clip his jersey is what I'm

1:21:16 trying to look at here.

1:21:17 >> Safe.

1:21:17 >> Oh, you can't see I can't tangibly see

1:21:21 glove on jersey.

1:21:22 >> Safe there, boys.

1:21:23 >> If we can go slow, extra slow here.

1:21:25 >> And again, that's not that's not the

1:21:27 angle.

1:21:28 >> No,

1:21:29 >> this is going to be if we can go really

1:21:30 slow, you might be able to see the

1:21:32 jersey get clipped. That's the only

1:21:34 thing you're going to see.

1:21:35 >> And I can't definitively say Mark weighs

1:21:38 156 lbs. If he weighs 157, he's out.

1:21:41 >> Yeah.

1:21:43 >> He's safe, boys. There's not enough turn

1:21:46 that.

1:21:46 >> No, that call has to stand. I agree,

1:21:47 Ann.

1:21:48 >> Yeah.

1:21:48 >> And the umpire had the best seat in the

1:21:49 house. Reviewing it

1:21:52 >> now in real time. If I'm third base

1:21:54 umpire Chris Walker, I don't know how I

1:21:55 see that.

1:21:56 >> Yeah, correct. Good call. Yep. Yep.

1:21:59 >> It's the hardest job in sports, boys.

1:22:00 It's not easy being an umpire. I'll tell

1:22:01 you that.

1:22:04 They're taking their time with this.

1:22:05 They [music] got 3 seconds left of the

1:22:06 challenge. They got to figure it out. If

1:22:08 it takes you over a minute to determine,

1:22:09 that usually means there's nothing

1:22:11 definitive enough to reverse a call.

1:22:14 >> Upon video review, the call on the

1:22:17 field. Here we go.

1:22:19 >> All stands.

1:22:21 >> Here we go.

1:22:21 >> Animals dodge a bullet. Mark Smith

1:22:23 swipes a bag and a Jason Swan at the

1:22:26 plate. Underrated is the word I've used

1:22:28 about him quite a bit. And I think

1:22:31 underrated is a word that applies for

1:22:32 you as well. The the love that is not

1:22:34 given publicly as Joe Miklet gets a

1:22:36 couple words in. We don't give enough

1:22:38 love publicly to what you do and what

1:22:39 you brought to this brand. That word

1:22:41 underrated. Do you embrace that?

1:22:43 >> Yeah, I definitely do. That's been my

1:22:45 whole career. I was always undersized.

1:22:46 Um had some tools just never going to be

1:22:49 denied. And uh that's a lot of what we

1:22:52 have here with the party animals. These

1:22:54 guys, they don't fight. You could see

1:22:55 they're in the game all the way through

1:22:56 nine innings. They don't give up. They

1:22:58 don't crack under pressure. They don't

1:22:59 flinch. So, you talk about a guy like

1:23:01 Swany, you know, one of the best hitters

1:23:04 in the league. Consistent. Everything he

1:23:07 does is

1:23:08 >> play to play. Oh my goodness. Mark Smith

1:23:11 makes it interesting.

1:23:13 >> And Smith is [laughter] tagged out on a

1:23:16 cat and mouse game.

1:23:17 >> So, it comes back around and benefits

1:23:19 the Texas Tailgator with Martin going

1:23:22 home.

1:23:22 >> That's interesting though. I I mean,

1:23:24 Jordan Bars going home right there when

1:23:26 you could have rolled two. I know

1:23:27 Swani's a plus runner. That's smart.

1:23:29 Smart decision nonetheless. First and

1:23:31 second now and a guy who's been hotter

1:23:32 than hot this weekend, Andy Cosgrove at

1:23:34 the dish. And I want to ask you

1:23:36 something you and I talk about all the

1:23:38 time. This league is a hitters league.

1:23:42 >> What does that make you feel when you

1:23:43 see all the teams with specifically your

1:23:45 party animals tearing it up? It

1:23:47 >> I'm so unbelievably proud. I'm

1:23:49 unbelievably proud. My whole goal here,

1:23:51 I want the league to be successful. I

1:23:52 want to help every single player I can.

1:23:54 All the hitting coaches are doing a

1:23:55 great job with their teams. But when

1:23:57 when the fans turn on a banana ball

1:23:58 game, if they haven't seen one or if

1:24:00 they're tuning in for the first time or

1:24:01 whatever the case may be, when they turn

1:24:03 it on, I want the I want them to see

1:24:05 like these guys know what they're doing

1:24:06 at the plate. They have a plan. They

1:24:07 have an approach and they rake. You

1:24:10 know, that's my biggest goal. And when

1:24:11 somebody's watching our games, they're

1:24:12 like, "This banana ball is the real

1:24:14 deal."

1:24:16 >> Entire Texas Tailgator defense is

1:24:18 walking off.

1:24:18 >> That is the most upset I've ever seen

1:24:20 Christian Davis on a diamond. That's all

1:24:21 I have to add to that.

1:24:22 >> Yeah, that's trouble.

1:24:25 Ooh, right field. No man's land.

1:24:28 >> There he is. Jose Brother Gonzalez gets

1:24:30 some redemption from an error earlier.

1:24:32 Anthony Cormato, there are few who have

1:24:35 a better banana ball brain than yours.

1:24:36 Your adjustment from baseball to this

1:24:38 sport is spectacular and honor to have

1:24:39 you on our show.

1:24:40 >> I appreciate it, boys. Uh, I'm honored

1:24:42 and thank you very much for your time

1:24:43 and appreciate all the love and respect

1:24:45 that you guys give me on the broadcast.

1:24:46 This is something I've been waiting for.

1:24:48 So, I appreciate you guys so much.

1:24:49 >> Love you. And and down to Key Lamb on

1:24:51 the field with Bananas Foster at

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1:24:55 this community, we created Bananas

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1:26:04 Another

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1:26:40 [cheering]

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1:26:44 sport. And now stand by for one of the

1:26:48 great fans that this sport has ever

1:26:50 seen. His name is Steve Kellogg.

1:26:56 >> Excuse me, sir.

1:26:58 >> Can you read this?

1:27:00 >> Sure.

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1:27:26 So, um I need to sign

1:27:29 No, you're good. Thank you. Oh,

1:27:32 >> CINEMA.

1:27:33 >> WOW. STEVE KELLOGG making his national

1:27:37 TV app debut

1:27:40 [laughter]

1:27:41 >> on the CW app.

1:27:43 >> The CW

1:27:44 >> app and YouTube,

1:27:47 Soma Wine Country.

1:27:51 >> Good stuff from a guy who's been a great

1:27:54 advocate for BTV. Many a shirt, many a

1:27:56 hat.

1:27:58 >> Many of those AI creations on his

1:28:00 Instagram page as well.

1:28:01 >> And those. Yes, of course. And those.

1:28:05 >> He gave me a hat earlier today.

1:28:07 >> Are you looking for it right now?

1:28:08 >> I I am. It's somewhere in the broadcast

1:28:10 booth here. You call this pitch.

1:28:13 Thank you, Drake. Jordan [laughter] the

1:28:16 ditch. Head one over Brett Helton.

1:28:22 JB grounded out his loan at bat tonight.

1:28:26 >> I don't know when Drake's going to be

1:28:28 back.

1:28:29 >> Good news is they also pay me to talk.

1:28:31 So JB hitting .385 this year. Oh, this

1:28:36 one gets the back stop. You know, Party

1:28:38 Animal stole first three times last

1:28:40 night.

1:28:45 Just no way.

1:28:46 >> Yes way.

1:28:55 That's a strike from Hel. And there's

1:28:58 the hat courtesy of Steve Kellogg. My

1:29:01 little grubby fingers. Got to be a

1:29:03 chickens triple. I was out there, too.

1:29:05 Bar ground ball trick by the opportunity

1:29:07 behind the back for Bloomer. Count it.

1:29:08 >> Why didn't you bring me one?

1:29:12 >> You've been losing too much weight,

1:29:13 ma'am. [music]

1:29:15 Don't blow away.

1:29:18 I should have brought you three.

1:29:24 >> Bloomer, the designated fielder tonight

1:29:25 for the party animals by a lot.

1:29:28 >> I think it's very interesting how Bava's

1:29:29 been doing his defenses. He's rolled out

1:29:31 a different defense in all three of

1:29:32 these games here in Nashville this

1:29:34 weekend, which I think is a lot of

1:29:36 value. You know, obviously Dustin

1:29:37 Bourber has was in the lineup

1:29:39 offensively Thursday night, was the

1:29:40 designated fielder last night. Hopefully

1:29:43 we'll see some action at some point here

1:29:44 tonight.

1:29:46 Bloomer gets last night off. Was in the

1:29:48 lineup as the third baseman Thursday

1:29:49 night and then there as the DF here

1:29:51 tonight. Just interesting to see the

1:29:53 conglomerate of different ways this

1:29:55 party animals can play defense.

1:30:03 >> Foul ball from Justice.

1:30:14 Another

1:30:16 ground ball. Bloomer. Trick play again.

1:30:19 Counted again.

1:30:21 That is four consecutive ground outs

1:30:24 >> for Brett Helton.

1:30:25 >> All All four resulting in trick plays.

1:30:27 By the way,

1:30:29 >> can I read off what Brett Helton's done

1:30:30 his last eight batters faced?

1:30:32 >> I would love to.

1:30:33 >> Strike out. Strike out. Ground out.

1:30:36 Strike out. And then four consecutive

1:30:38 ground outs.

1:30:40 [music]

1:30:42 You were born here in this place.

1:30:46 You belong. You

1:30:50 alone

1:30:52 broke you

1:30:54 made you strong.

1:30:57 [music]

1:31:05 [music]

1:31:06 >> Coolest part about that great toll. Yep.

1:31:08 They learned all of that dance in five

1:31:11 minutes in rehearsals today.

1:31:13 >> What was that, Shakira?

1:31:18 >> What?

1:31:22 [cheering]

1:31:23 He just kind of

1:31:27 tapped the ball with his foot a little

1:31:28 bit. Did a little uh uh

1:31:33 play ball.

1:31:35 It's called dance. Okay.

1:31:40 You know, there's just a little soccer

1:31:41 tournament going on.

1:31:42 >> Instead of doing that, we should have

1:31:44 just done the waving flag again when I

1:31:46 get older. Bring it back out. Bring

1:31:48 bring both teams out.

1:31:52 >> Jose, brother Gonzalez into center

1:31:55 field. Hampton could go behind the back.

1:31:57 Hampton does GO BEHIND THE BACK. TRICK

1:31:59 PLAY.

1:32:03 Look at that. Brett Helton has cut down

1:32:06 nine straight right here on the CW app.

1:32:16 Hey YouTube and the CW app. [laughter]

1:32:21 >> I think YouTube can just hear us RIGHT

1:32:22 NOW.

1:32:23 >> I KNOW. I know. I know.

1:32:27 >> You're racing, man. It's your your damn

1:32:29 NASCAR has done gone 4 hours long. Hold

1:32:35 on. Oh, no. No. No. I forgot about this.

1:32:39 >> What is this?

1:32:40 >> Chad Reese.

1:32:41 >> Are we both doing this?

1:32:42 >> Producers.

1:32:44 >> We both have to do this.

1:32:46 >> Did I sign up for this?

1:32:47 >> You signed up for this? Yeah. Oh, we

1:32:48 shouldn't tell him. Oh, that looks bad.

1:32:51 >> Can I try it yet or no?

1:32:53 >> Oh,

1:32:55 okay. Well, Chad Reese has brought us

1:32:57 some food and it's just red.

1:33:00 >> I'm going shoot straight, brat. That

1:33:02 looks pretty spicy. I'm only going to

1:33:04 eat.

1:33:07 >> At least they gave us ketchup.

1:33:10 >> Yep.

1:33:13 >> You got water anywhere?

1:33:15 >> Yeah. Only like half a water bottle in

1:33:17 my NASCAR thermos.

1:33:20 >> You know, you know what? I got a bone to

1:33:22 pick with NASCAR.

1:33:25 >> I'd like to have a word.

1:33:35 Yeah, we're going to have to eat that,

1:33:36 aren't we?

1:33:38 >> We haven't done a

1:33:40 >> We haven't done a food bet on a show

1:33:42 with us in a long time. Maybe ever.

1:33:44 >> Since 2025.

1:33:47 >> Yeah. Yeah. [laughter] Would have had to

1:33:49 be. That's when we hired you.

1:33:51 >> We ate some beignes in Baton Rouge last

1:33:52 year.

1:33:53 >> We did, didn't we? And they were 4 days

1:33:55 old.

1:33:55 >> Yeah.

1:33:56 >> They've just been sitting there. It's

1:33:57 9:00 a.m. day of the game. Hey boys, got

1:33:59 your beignes here.

1:34:02 >> Games at seven.

1:34:05 >> You watch the clock here a

1:34:07 >> little bit.

1:34:08 >> Yeah, something aware of.

1:34:11 >> I love the YouTube audience, man. I love

1:34:13 the live fan feedback.

1:34:16 >> By the way, hello to everyone who was in

1:34:18 Cincinnati, New Hampshire tonight.

1:34:20 >> Yeah.

1:34:30 Right back here on the CW.

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1:34:42 She's my cherry pie.

1:34:46 Sugar sticky sweet stuff. What a sweet

1:34:49 surprise.

1:34:53 Here comes Reese Hampton to the dish.

1:34:55 Party animals and Texas tailgators.

1:34:58 That's a one-point deficit for the boys

1:34:59 in blue.

1:35:01 >> They've yet to score a run tonight,

1:35:02 Brett.

1:35:03 >> Yeah, man.

1:35:04 >> Had that inning against Brett Hilton

1:35:05 where they loaded him up with no outs

1:35:07 and then Brett got three straight outs

1:35:09 without a single run scoring.

1:35:11 >> Yeah.

1:35:11 >> While Mike Dubs, who told us how he was

1:35:13 going to do it, and then he did it.

1:35:14 >> That was so cool.

1:35:26 I wouldn't do that. That might be hot,

1:35:28 buddy.

1:35:33 >> Reese Hampton

1:35:35 with one swing at the bat could give the

1:35:36 party animals

1:35:39 a two0 lead going into the fifth here.

1:35:42 >> And Brett, that's a thing with that

1:35:44 two-hour time limit here in Banana Ball.

1:35:46 No new inning can begin if it expires.

1:35:52 Yep. There goes Brett Loftess.

1:35:55 >> You're supposed to wait to eat the food

1:35:58 >> until we do the bit. Until we do the

1:35:59 >> I don't know what you're talking about.

1:36:01 >> Keep coughing over there, boss.

1:36:02 >> I don't know what you're talking about.

1:36:04 >> Hamp will take this free 90 on a ball

1:36:06 for a spread. No new inning can begin

1:36:08 once that 2-hour time limit expires.

1:36:11 And one of the things that makes that

1:36:12 time drag on

1:36:15 is when the home team isn't getting

1:36:17 consistent walk-offs.

1:36:19 >> Yep. Cuz a walk-off can equate to an

1:36:21 inning that's 30 seconds long. Reese

1:36:23 Hampton hit a home run on the second

1:36:24 pitch he sees. Inning over. We move on.

1:36:27 >> Here's a double play ball. Hard 90 from

1:36:29 Revo. Not fast enough.

1:36:32 >> And that is a rare time where the Texas

1:36:33 Shell Gators will turn two man and not

1:36:35 record a trick play. Yep.

1:36:37 >> Down in that category tonight. 8 to

1:36:38 three right there. 643 from Hussein,

1:36:41 Sunny, and Justice. Big couple outs, but

1:36:44 not able to record a trick play in that

1:36:47 643.

1:36:49 chosen

1:36:51 >> at the dish.

1:36:53 >> Really good pitch from CD.

1:36:56 >> Davis is working on a pretty fast inning

1:36:58 here, too.

1:36:59 >> Yeah, he's

1:37:01 only might be the wrong word, but I I

1:37:02 want to say only at 60 pitches now on

1:37:05 his night through nearly four innings.

1:37:09 >> I think we're going to see both these

1:37:10 starting pitchers go really deep.

1:37:11 >> I think so, too.

1:37:13 >> CD is going to be around an 80 to 95

1:37:16 pitch count tonight.

1:37:18 I know that seems like a larger range,

1:37:20 but it really depends on how he's

1:37:21 feeling.

1:37:21 >> Yeah.

1:37:23 >> Jay Auff

1:37:25 lines a base hit into left.

1:37:27 >> The Animals scored their loan point back

1:37:29 in the first. Since then, I've seen a

1:37:31 couple base runners and then watched him

1:37:35 be stranded by Christian Davis.

1:37:37 >> And if you go back to that first inning,

1:37:38 we really shouldn't even have a point

1:37:39 tonight. Girl home from Jose Gonzalez.

1:37:43 >> Taj goes for the tag and the banana ball

1:37:45 just fell out of his mitt.

1:37:46 >> That's right.

1:37:55 Tanner Thomas.

1:37:58 A foul ball out of the complex.

1:38:02 Tinder last night was 0 for three.

1:38:04 Tonight 0 for one.

1:38:06 Was redot coming into Nashville trying

1:38:08 to get that get back

1:38:12 after a big blast on night one.

1:38:15 This time Jordan Bar

1:38:18 to the cowboy hat.

1:38:20 >> Book it. Book it.

1:38:22 Had to have it right there for those

1:38:25 two. Jordan and Jordan connection on the

1:38:27 left side of the infield. That'll bring

1:38:29 you back a little bit in the trick play

1:38:31 category now. 8 to five. The tailgator

1:38:33 trail that.

1:38:34 >> I know what's coming.

1:38:36 >> I know what's I know what's here.

1:38:37 >> I don't even I'm not even going to put

1:38:39 the cowboy hat on for this.

1:38:42 Hey.

1:38:44 >> All right, ladies and gentlemen of the

1:38:46 CW

1:38:49 AB and YouTube.

1:38:51 >> We have an appetizer.

1:38:52 >> We are in Nashville, Tennessee.

1:38:54 >> Drake, show them the food.

1:38:55 >> Oh, I'm going to I don't want to spill

1:38:57 the sauce. It's a sauce right now. We

1:38:58 have procured the world's hottest

1:39:01 chicken.

1:39:02 >> Bart, I'm going to feed it to you.

1:39:04 >> No, you I'm not.

1:39:05 >> I'm going to do it together. Let's do it

1:39:06 together.

1:39:06 >> You're going to feed it to yourself.

1:39:07 >> Okay, let's do it together. Grab another

1:39:09 fry.

1:39:09 >> Grab you one of the Grab you one of

1:39:10 those chicken strips.

1:39:13 >> [cheering]

1:39:18 >> Oh. Oh, no. I don't like spicy.

1:39:22 [cheering] Hold this. I move. Oh,

1:39:27 I got to read this. Monday the season

1:39:31 finale

1:39:34 >> of the beloved hit series Sing. Beloved

1:39:37 hit series. Svin's crossing is here. All

1:39:40 season long, hearts have been tested.

1:39:41 You

1:39:42 >> secrets have been revealed. And now

1:39:44 everything comes down to this. Don't

1:39:46 miss the season finale of Sullivan's

1:39:48 Crossing Monday at 8:7 central right

1:39:50 here on the CW.

1:39:53 >> That is National.

1:39:57 That's the back of my throat, man.

1:40:01 >> I took two bites.

1:40:04 >> That's in the back of my throat.

1:40:20 I got to take the front coat off.

1:40:23 >> It's glued to me.

1:40:29 >> Stay on. [screaming]

1:40:30 >> What would you rate the spiciness?

1:40:32 >> I'm going to rate it on a buckets. Book

1:40:34 it. Book it. Book it. Book it. Book it.

1:40:36 Uh,

1:40:41 >> I don't think it was that bad, right?

1:40:43 >> No, no, no. Mine was

1:40:47 heard it. I think Taj Porter leaned into

1:40:50 that one.

1:40:53 Anybody else's legs, man? Anybody else?

1:40:57 That dude, the quadfather,

1:41:00 he ain't got nowhere else to put them

1:41:02 things.

1:41:10 I'm going to shoot you straight, dude.

1:41:13 [sighs]

1:41:16 >> I'm not having a very good time.

1:41:28 >> Jacob Pepper sticks right at it first,

1:41:30 >> which is a great sign.

1:41:38 fans.

1:41:41 >> No, I tell you one thing I'll be doing

1:41:43 at the end of this inning here. Going to

1:41:45 refilling up my water bottle.

1:41:55 >> Drake is not in good shape here.

1:41:56 >> No, I got snot going on, man.

1:41:58 >> Indiana Stanley,

1:41:59 >> did you see my bite? It happened.

1:42:02 It had hot sauce in it.

1:42:06 There's hot sauce in the chicken breast.

1:42:13 Strike him out. No. Throw him out.

1:42:17 Jacob Pepper sick. Now 16 stolen bases

1:42:21 on the year.

1:42:24 And now in And now Indiana Stanley

1:42:27 retired via the strikeout. Jason Art now

1:42:30 at the dish.

1:42:35 My heart is baffating right now. That

1:42:38 not how you say that word.

1:42:40 >> That's how I say that word.

1:42:42 >> No,

1:42:47 I I do. I think that was very hot,

1:42:49 Brett.

1:42:58 Chad Reese is just an angel.

1:43:00 >> He brought us some fruit.

1:43:07 >> Ball in from be hell.

1:43:08 >> The worst thing are my lips right now.

1:43:10 >> No, it's still the back of my throat,

1:43:12 dog.

1:43:13 >> It's like the top of my esophagus.

1:43:17 >> Can I tell you something?

1:43:18 >> Between me, you and God,

1:43:19 >> correct? It is an honor to make my CW

1:43:24 AB debut alongside you.

1:43:26 >> Yeah, me too.

1:43:35 >> Wow, AJ Kirk just almost got taken out

1:43:37 by that foul ball.

1:43:38 >> Pain.

1:43:40 >> Yeah.

1:43:46 >> Now AJ's hiding behind the tarp.

1:43:50 Bart, another one foul.

1:43:52 >> I want to request in my contract I

1:43:54 should never have to eat hot food on air

1:43:56 again.

1:43:56 >> You know,

1:44:03 >> oh no. You know what I just realized?

1:44:05 >> What?

1:44:13 >> Oh my gosh.

1:44:15 >> PIPPERS RAN BACK TO SECOND.

1:44:17 >> OH.

1:44:18 AND HE JUST made contact with Chase Aub

1:44:21 on the way to third.

1:44:24 >> Pip on a ball for sprint. Didn't score

1:44:27 from second base

1:44:30 and yeah, you see the contact on the

1:44:31 left side.

1:44:34 >> Okay.

1:44:36 That was a strike, bro.

1:44:42 >> I think Andrew Bartman, a third base

1:44:44 coach and hitting coach for Tailgators,

1:44:45 is having a conversation with Chris

1:44:47 Walker. AUV was in the baseline.

1:44:50 >> Yeah.

1:44:52 >> So, in that scenario, shouldn't Pit be

1:44:54 able to come home and score regardless?

1:44:55 >> I have a lot of questions, Brett.

1:44:58 >> Why didn't he score? Number one,

1:45:01 >> because he ran in to Chase Akoff.

1:45:04 >> No, he he ran back to SECOND BASE.

1:45:06 >> HE DID, but then he would have still

1:45:07 scored if he'd not made contact with

1:45:09 Akal.

1:45:10 >> I don't think so. I don't double play

1:45:12 ball. Null and void. Wow. A huge double

1:45:16 play for the Animals.

1:45:18 out of one big what if for the entirety

1:45:20 of that half inning.

1:45:22 >> We're eating fruit off of a macaroni

1:45:24 residue

1:45:26 >> receptacle. That was my thing I was

1:45:28 going to tell you that used to have

1:45:29 macaroni in it. Now it's got fruit. This

1:45:31 is a wild night in Nashville. Could it

1:45:34 get any crazier, Brett Loft? From the

1:45:36 Nashville hot chicken

1:45:38 to a couple of snafoos and weird calls

1:45:41 down on the field. The Texas Tailgator

1:45:43 have still yet to play to run and the

1:45:46 Party Animals lead the contest one point

1:45:49 to zero as we await a miding mid-ining

1:45:52 promotion, I should say. And

1:45:56 there's the light.

1:45:59 Things have stood idle here in

1:46:00 Nashville. And the last time this

1:46:02 happened, it meant a special guest was

1:46:03 on their way. And

1:46:06 I can only believe that is the case

1:46:08 right now.

1:46:11 Question is, who will it be?

1:46:13 >> We're here in the music city, but last

1:46:15 night we had Johnny Knoxville

1:46:17 and Steo from Jackass. Oh.

1:46:21 >> Oh, I know that.

1:46:22 >> I know that hair from anywhere.

1:46:24 >> That hair

1:46:27 riding in a camo truck in left field.

1:46:36 He's about to do it to him, isn't he?

1:46:39 >> Is that Is that country music star?

1:46:44 >> That looks a lot like Hardy.

1:46:48 >> You saw it just there written on the

1:46:49 back of his jersey.

1:46:53 >> One of the top country artists in the

1:46:55 world. It's about to surprise 10,000

1:46:58 people

1:46:59 >> in Nashville, Tennessee.

1:47:05 momentarily.

1:47:07 >> Here he comes.

1:47:13 >> Now rolling up to the field. Please

1:47:16 welcome a twotime CMA award winner, a

1:47:21 fivetime ACM award winner, and a

1:47:25 threetime Grammy award winner. Country

1:47:29 music superstar. [screaming]

1:47:39 I woke up on the wrong side of the truck

1:47:42 bed this morning with a bone drop of

1:47:46 jack

1:47:48 and she has a nerve she me to the curb.

1:47:51 Guess you can say I got all I deserve

1:47:53 cuz I'm a little

1:48:06 said baby got drunk and

1:48:10 I knock up my door but she never guess I

1:48:15 don't

1:48:18 stop. I can't believe my bloodshot as

1:48:22 well

1:48:27 with a phone

1:48:29 jack.

1:48:31 She got nerve when she kicked me to the

1:48:34 curb. Yes, you can say I got what I

1:48:36 deserve cuz I woke up on the wrong side

1:48:39 of the truck this morning.

1:48:46 the wrong side of the truck this

1:48:48 morning. Yes, I did.

1:48:56 She rock.

1:48:59 Not bad for a boy from Mississippi.

1:49:02 Yeah, I could buy a Maybach, [music]

1:49:06 but I'm still [singing] in my F150

1:49:08 [music] and my last name.

1:49:11 Oh, it's a whole lot bigger than I

1:49:14 thought it'd be. [music] A lot of things

1:49:16 changed,

1:49:19 except one thing. Me, I'm still the same

1:49:23 old redneck punk. Don't give a damn.

1:49:26 Ain't afraid to throw a [music] dead

1:49:28 buck on my Instagram alcohol in my cup.

1:49:31 Got the whole house. WHAT A WALL THAT IS

1:49:34 STILL A SOLD OUT.

1:49:40 What a wall and a stone.

1:49:45 [music]

1:49:46 What a wall and a stone.

1:49:51 [screaming]

1:50:02 Yeah. Middle finger to the sky till I'm

1:50:05 going die. 44 in the far FOR THE COVER.

1:50:10 ALCOHOL IN MY CUP. [music] GOT THE whole

1:50:12 house wall and still ain't sold out.

1:50:16 Little finger to [music] the sky till

1:50:18 I'm gone dead. 44 and four for the

1:50:22 coverage. Alcohol in my cup. [music] Got

1:50:25 the whole house. WHAT A WALL AND STILL

1:50:28 THEY SOLD [screaming] out

1:50:31 [cheering]

1:50:37 one more time. MAKES HIS BANANA ball

1:50:39 debut for the party animals.

1:50:45 And he is a legend,

1:50:48 a hero

1:50:50 to a whole lot of these players down on

1:50:52 the field. Getting to meet one of the

1:50:55 biggest names in country music today.

1:50:58 >> An absolute legend. I mean, when we saw

1:51:01 the special guest this weekend, Drake,

1:51:04 and saw who they were going to be here

1:51:05 in Nashville, obviously had to deal with

1:51:07 with music and in the capital of country

1:51:10 music here in the Music City. Delivered

1:51:13 in a big way. Chris Young Thursday

1:51:14 night, party tonight, you mix in jackass

1:51:17 right there in the sandwich in game two

1:51:19 yesterday with Steo and Johnny

1:51:20 Knoxville. Drake, I I don't think on a

1:51:23 macro level we'd be selling this weekend

1:51:26 short if we didn't caught the biggest

1:51:28 one of the biggest weekends in the

1:51:29 history of the party animals.

1:51:30 >> This is the biggest weekend in the

1:51:32 history of the party animals from a

1:51:33 guest standpoint. And and the only one

1:51:36 you can point back to and there have

1:51:37 been a lot of oneoff special guests or

1:51:40 players and athletes who have shown up

1:51:42 showed out and worn the black and pink

1:51:44 go back to Chipper Jones and Kirby Smart

1:51:46 on the same night in Atlanta, Georgia.

1:51:49 But from a follower standpoint,

1:51:52 listeners standpoint,

1:51:54 country music standpoint, no doubt this

1:51:57 weekend in Nashville has probably topped

1:51:59 them all.

1:52:01 Man, talk about iPod Nanos. Obviously,

1:52:05 Hardy is a little bit newer than that.

1:52:08 I've had Hardy downloaded at least one

1:52:11 of his albums downloaded on my iPhone

1:52:14 since 2020. That's just so cool to see.

1:52:16 And and same thing for a lot of these

1:52:18 guys. Obviously, the Texas Tailgator

1:52:19 embody country music, the party animals.

1:52:21 Big time music, big time party scene for

1:52:23 these guys. And in this brand, it's just

1:52:25 so cool that the guests that we've had

1:52:26 here in Banana Bowl and specifically

1:52:28 wearing black and pink this weekend.

1:52:34 >> We use it a lot, that phrase growth of

1:52:37 the sport.

1:52:40 [cheering]

1:52:41 It's Noah Fischer

1:52:43 drops a single into left field for the

1:52:45 Party Animals. And a lot of times, and

1:52:48 this was part of

1:52:50 a conversation that we had at staff chat

1:52:54 last night, the entire staff, umpires,

1:52:56 players, front office, all getting

1:52:58 together and having an opportunity to

1:53:01 recognize one another at dinner

1:53:02 yesterday.

1:53:04 Ashton Landell comes in to hit for the

1:53:06 party animals. One of the things we

1:53:09 talked about is how special guests and

1:53:12 stars bring legitimacy to this sport,

1:53:14 bring legitimacy to our brands.

1:53:17 and Zack Fronow, director of

1:53:18 entertainment for Fans First

1:53:19 Entertainment,

1:53:21 >> helping facilitate Jackass Hardy Chris

1:53:25 Young this weekend. He deserves a lot of

1:53:27 credit, probably helping build up this

1:53:29 animal's brand and build up the sport of

1:53:30 an animal.

1:53:33 Lance Delic swinging a miss. And I think

1:53:36 something that Jake Skull said to us

1:53:38 earlier today in conversation during

1:53:39 rehearsals was when the party animals

1:53:43 won early on, especially when they

1:53:44 overcame that nine-game deficit in 2023

1:53:48 and then winning in Coopertown, that

1:53:49 helped legitimize this brand so much

1:53:52 when they were able to overcome the

1:53:53 Savannah Bananas in the back half of

1:53:55 that tour. I think that kind of started

1:53:56 the domino effect of what we've seen

1:53:58 here this weekend. Guests want to now

1:54:01 come in and wear black and pink. Even if

1:54:04 the bananas aren't there, they want to

1:54:05 be there and still wear black and pink.

1:54:07 And I and I think for all six of our

1:54:09 brands in Banana Ball, that is what all

1:54:11 of these brands are going after.

1:54:14 And it's just so cool that the Bananas

1:54:16 and and then the party animals have been

1:54:18 able to come and set that foundation.

1:54:23 >> I think a lot of it too is selflessness.

1:54:26 >> Like Riley Green came out in Atlanta in

1:54:28 a Savannah Bananas jersey and there were

1:54:30 some of these guests that they get to

1:54:31 choose. They say, "Hey, I feel like I'm

1:54:33 more of a party animal. I'm more of a

1:54:34 banana. I'm more of a tailgator."

1:54:36 >> And it's it's credit to the Texas

1:54:38 Tailgators in a city like Nashville to

1:54:41 give the party animals their flowers.

1:54:45 >> Yeah. And you've seen it last year in

1:54:47 Houston. Low cash performing. The

1:54:48 Banatas played the Tailgators wearing

1:54:50 Tailgator Blue. Earlier this year,

1:54:52 Adrian Nunees in College Station comes

1:54:54 out, performs in a tailgator jersey.

1:54:56 It's

1:54:57 >> it's it's so cool that that different

1:54:58 teams are starting to get different

1:55:00 guests, man. And you're right. It's up

1:55:01 to the discretion of the guest

1:55:02 inevitably of what they want to come out

1:55:04 in.

1:55:10 >> 32 RIGHT FIELD. BROTHER WAS PLAYING IN.

1:55:15 OH, and it is a ground rule double

1:55:20 [cheering]

1:55:22 saved by the grass.

1:55:26 Mark Smith was barreling around third

1:55:30 and headed home. No doubt, but a ground

1:55:32 rule double for Mikey Ballard.

1:55:35 >> Means that Smith has to retreat to third

1:55:38 and the inning is still not walked off.

1:55:41 >> Yeah, if the Tailgators get out of this,

1:55:43 they need to be thinking that grass out

1:55:45 there in right field

1:55:47 cuz Mark Smith easily would have scored

1:55:49 from first if that's not a ground rule

1:55:51 double. Infield in now for Skull.

1:56:03 Skull said, "I'm done getting up

1:56:04 underneath.

1:56:06 Done getting underneath fast balls."

1:56:10 >> You know what?

1:56:14 I don't need long balls. I need RBI's. I

1:56:16 need wins. That's the Jake Skull

1:56:18 mentality in 2026.

1:56:23 JOEL WALKS OFF THE INNING INTO RIGHT.

1:56:27 IT IS TWO POINTS TO ZERO. THE Party

1:56:29 Animals lead it as we go to the top of

1:56:32 the sixth. The Black and Pink bats have

1:56:35 been hot. Brett Helton is dealing on the

1:56:37 bump.

1:56:38 [laughter]

1:56:40 And here he comes to the broadcast

1:56:42 booth. Hardy dog, where do we even start

1:56:48 this whole banana ball thing? HOW DID

1:56:50 YOU YOU'RE WEARING BLACK AND pink right

1:56:52 now. Just performed from a truck bed and

1:56:54 then down on the field with two teams

1:56:55 standing behind you. How did you get

1:56:57 here?

1:56:58 >> Well, I drove and that was my truck.

1:57:00 >> All right, there we go. SWEET. THAT WAS

1:57:01 HARD. EVERYBODY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. It's

1:57:02 been a pleasure tonight. [laughter] Hard

1:57:03 to have you.

1:57:04 >> No, I um to be honest, I mean I I know

1:57:06 there's a lot of moving parts. Um

1:57:08 Stilts, my man Dakota actually hit me up

1:57:10 and was like, "Man, we'd love to have

1:57:11 youall do something." And I that that

1:57:13 was a connection. I'm actually good

1:57:14 friends with TA Tanner. I need to text

1:57:16 you back, by the way, dude. I'm really

1:57:17 sorry about that. But man, I just I'm

1:57:19 I'm a huge fan of of what you guys are

1:57:21 doing here and I think it's super cool

1:57:22 and for y'all to come provide

1:57:23 entertainment for people that live in

1:57:25 this amazing city. U I just am super

1:57:27 happy to be a part of it and anything I

1:57:29 can do to help support that, I'm here.

1:57:30 So, we're here tonight.

1:57:31 >> Yeah.

1:57:32 >> I mean, you look you're starting to get

1:57:34 some connections with Tailgator and the

1:57:35 Tailgator band as well here. I mean, you

1:57:38 got connections throughout Banana Ball.

1:57:39 Is this something you've been following

1:57:40 for a while or your buddies? You just

1:57:42 you just meet them naturally. Like, what

1:57:43 is your connection with Banana Ball

1:57:45 before tonight? Yeah, I I mean I to be

1:57:47 completely honest, I the first thing I

1:57:48 ever saw were like viral videos. I you

1:57:50 know, I had not heard of it and I see

1:57:51 all these videos. I'm like, what what is

1:57:53 this? And and um yeah, I just my wife

1:57:56 and I both are just like such huge fans

1:57:58 and we had been meaning for forever to

1:57:59 go to uh a game of any kind any any any

1:58:02 uh teams in the league. And uh yeah, I

1:58:05 just I I became a fan from early on just

1:58:07 from seeing crazy videos and stuff and

1:58:09 just becoming obsessed with just a new

1:58:10 take on baseball. I grew up playing

1:58:12 baseball, so it's really cool. I'm a big

1:58:13 fan. HARDY, WE'LL SPIN you around and

1:58:15 call a half inning with you. Let's see

1:58:16 if we get a home run, a back flip,

1:58:17 something cool. This hot chicken.

1:58:19 >> So, we did a little Nashville.

1:58:21 [laughter] We're on the CW tonight,

1:58:23 right? Well,

1:58:25 >> the CW app right now as NASCAR wraps up

1:58:28 on national TV.

1:58:29 >> And earlier we told the folks about

1:58:31 Miller's Crossing, one of the legendary

1:58:34 CW shows. Surely you've been

1:58:36 >> Yeah, big fan.

1:58:36 >> Sullivan's Crossing, one of the

1:58:38 legendary CW [laughter] shows.

1:58:40 >> Yeah. Well,

1:58:41 >> bigger I'm a bigger fan of Sullivans

1:58:42 than Miller, actually.

1:58:43 >> I'll throw that one.

1:58:45 >> Throw that one in the blooper reel. Uh,

1:58:47 and so we decided to do this here, Reed,

1:58:49 after the hottest level of Nashville hot

1:58:51 chicken we can find.

1:58:52 >> Where's it from?

1:58:53 >> Uh, do you know this is from,

1:58:56 >> let's see, cuz it's not a box.

1:58:59 >> It could be Bolton's. It could be um

1:59:02 >> uh I'm being told by a producer to stand

1:59:04 by where the hot chicken was from. I

1:59:06 think they're they're vetting the place

1:59:07 to make sure their social media is clean

1:59:10 for all of history.

1:59:11 >> How are you with spice?

1:59:12 >> Yeah. Does that look appetizing to you?

1:59:14 Cuz I can tell Pepper Fire.

1:59:16 >> Pepper Fire. Okay. Pepper Fire is new.

1:59:17 It's new. It's a It's not necessarily a

1:59:19 staple, but I've heard good things. Um

1:59:21 >> I I I only know bad things. Not from a

1:59:23 flavor and taste standpoint, but from a

1:59:25 incapacitation standpoint.

1:59:27 >> Well, I go in and out of spice shape, so

1:59:28 like I can I can like And that's a real

1:59:31 thing. Apparently, you can train your

1:59:32 your tongue, your taste buds to handle

1:59:34 more spice,

1:59:35 >> but I you know, we have like a whole

1:59:37 rack at the house full of really hot

1:59:39 stuff. And every now and then, me and my

1:59:40 wife or somebody, we'll break it out. Uh

1:59:43 >> but yeah, I I can handle it. If it's too

1:59:45 hot, it's too hot. But like a dream of

1:59:46 mine is to do hot ones, you know, the

1:59:48 thing.

1:59:49 >> And uh I I've told myself like if I find

1:59:52 out I'm doing it, I'm going to literally

1:59:54 put myself through the gauntlet so I

1:59:55 don't look like a a a complete weenie

1:59:57 when I go up there.

1:59:58 >> I I know the spice is rough on the vocal

2:00:00 cords. I I got to ask you from a

2:00:01 personal perspective, how you take care

2:00:03 of the voice on the road.

2:00:04 >> I warm up.

2:00:05 >> I I started I I used to not do it for

2:00:07 six or seven years. I I did not warm up.

2:00:09 And I finally met a uh met a a vocal

2:00:12 coach that she was like, "You have cuz I

2:00:14 scream obviously. You guys just saw

2:00:16 that." And she taught it's just a

2:00:18 15-minute thing and it's as cliche as

2:00:19 you would think of just la all that kind

2:00:21 of stuff for 15 minutes. you do all

2:00:24 these exercises and it and seriously

2:00:25 that like changed my life on the road.

2:00:27 And a big [music] thing is I we we used

2:00:31 to go out and hang out and go to bars

2:00:32 and stuff and talk really loud. If you

2:00:34 talking really loud after you

2:00:35 >> Wait a second, Hardy. We hang out and go

2:00:37 to bars and talk really loud.

2:00:38 >> Well, you guys must have a better uh

2:00:41 vocal cord strength than I do. But

2:00:42 that's a that's a worst thing for your

2:00:44 voice apparently is talking really loud

2:00:46 after you sing for two hours. So, um,

2:00:48 >> so a performance like this and and and

2:00:50 you warm up, you go out truck bed and

2:00:52 then 10,000 folks. Talk to me about

2:00:54 venues, small bar, arena, minor league

2:00:58 baseball stadium. You got to adjust for

2:01:00 a place like this.

2:01:01 >> Yeah, kind of. I mean, I've always said

2:01:02 like kids make me nervous, so I was

2:01:03 nervous tonight.

2:01:04 >> Oh, wow. Okay.

2:01:05 >> I like I did a thing one time for St.

2:01:07 Jude.

2:01:07 >> Hopey.

2:01:10 >> Did we JUST GET A FAN CAUGHT FOUL BALL

2:01:12 WITH HARDY IN THE BOOTH?

2:01:13 >> HARDY, THAT FAN JUST CAUGHT THAT FOUL

2:01:14 BALL.

2:01:15 >> No way. I've been waiting for that all

2:01:17 night. This is so awesome that I was

2:01:18 here for that.

2:01:19 >> Here comes the replay.

2:01:26 >> Somewhere in that prey.

2:01:27 >> I think it happened. Look at that.

2:01:30 Amazing.

2:01:30 >> As you saw so clearly, of course, that

2:01:33 the fan caught foul ball. Two down now

2:01:35 here in Nashville. Shoot. You're scared

2:01:38 of kids.

2:01:38 >> Yeah. I just There's something about

2:01:40 kids that make me nervous, man. I mean,

2:01:41 I have a kid and I love my daughter, but

2:01:43 I this this I was more worked up for

2:01:45 this than than a lot of bigger things

2:01:47 that I have done in my career. It just

2:01:49 it's something about maybe it's just I

2:01:50 want I want to win the kids over. I want

2:01:52 to impress the kids. That was a quick

2:01:53 snag right there. Holy cow.

2:01:55 >> Oh my goodness.

2:01:56 >> I found it.

2:01:57 >> CHASE A SHIFT WAS ON. LOOK WHAT HE

2:02:00 FOUND.

2:02:01 >> What a snag.

2:02:02 >> Hardy, you just got a fan caught foul

2:02:04 ball at a web gem. You'll see that one

2:02:05 on ESPN tomorrow again. Um, we want to

2:02:09 welcome you into a tradition before we

2:02:10 say goodbye to you in the broadcast.

2:02:12 Okay.

2:02:12 >> And since since you're scared of

2:02:14 children and we got that out of

2:02:15 [laughter] the way.

2:02:15 >> Okay. Fine. I'll go. I said it. I'm

2:02:18 scared of kids.

2:02:19 >> Uh, in Banana Ball, we do what's called

2:02:21 the hey baby. And it's this classic

2:02:24 dance that we only do here in Banana

2:02:26 Land. I'm being again told by a

2:02:27 production staff that they are forcing

2:02:28 you to learn this.

2:02:29 >> Okay.

2:02:30 >> So, it's a little Hey,

2:02:33 hey, baby. And then a who and then a

2:02:35 hump. Sorry, a thrust. Can't say hump.

2:02:37 Okay. Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. You just said

2:02:39 it.

2:02:39 >> He almost said I can hump. And that

2:02:40 would have been a great sound bite and I

2:02:42 stopped him. So that's all you got to

2:02:44 It's coming back around. Yep. That's

2:02:46 all. That's all you got to do. Hey,

2:02:47 baby.

2:02:48 >> Ooh.

2:02:50 >> Yep. And then it's like a little spin

2:02:51 around motion, but you'll get a wrap

2:02:53 with the cord. You see what's going on

2:02:54 here?

2:02:54 >> Yeah.

2:02:55 >> So 10,000 people now. We got cameras

2:02:57 will show it all across the Here we go.

2:03:00 >> Okay. Yep. We go a little practice

2:03:01 round. Who? Uhhuh. And then this is this

2:03:05 is the the part where we step right clap

2:03:08 step.

2:03:09 >> We don't have enough room in here.

2:03:10 >> No, we're really putting through the

2:03:11 gauntlet too. So I kind of

2:03:14 >> Yeah. Yeah. There we go. Wow.

2:03:15 >> You got to get the ooh in there. Ooh.

2:03:18 Ah.

2:03:19 >> Baby's first. Hey baby. Do we get Do we

2:03:21 scrapbook this? Be my girl. There we go.

2:03:25 >> My wife would be very proud.

2:03:26 >> What a pleasure it was to have been a

2:03:28 blast.

2:03:28 >> A hoot and a holler. Both of them for

2:03:31 the price of one.

2:03:32 >> Hardy. Long time listener. been a big

2:03:33 fan.

2:03:34 >> Thank you, man. Thank you so much for

2:03:35 being here for our great sport.

2:03:36 >> My pleasure. Yes, sir.

2:03:37 >> We'll send it back down to the field

2:03:38 WITH A LITTLE HEY, BABY HERE ON THE CW.

2:03:42 [cheering]

2:03:48 >> Thank you.

2:04:13 Thank you.

2:04:17 [cheering]

2:04:39 >> [laughter]

2:04:41 >> Oh man, that's good.

2:04:44 >> Well, we missed calling the first pitch

2:04:45 cuz we were watching

2:04:46 >> first two pitches. It's hardy. Uh, munch

2:04:49 into some

2:04:54 >> Tennessee Nashville hot chicken.

2:04:57 >> Book it.

2:04:58 >> Book it. Man, I wanted to ask him to say

2:05:01 book it, but I was like, "Ah, he's going

2:05:03 to eat some chicken, not Hardy's thing.

2:05:04 >> He's going to eat some chicken. That's

2:05:06 going to be just as cool." He said it

2:05:07 got to him on the way out of the booth.

2:05:09 >> So, you you're all America is watching.

2:05:11 Hey. Oh, did he see my benadryil out?

2:05:14 >> He had to have.

2:05:15 >> He must have. as you all were watching.

2:05:17 Hey baby, he's going to leave the booth

2:05:18 and he goes, "Is it really that hot?

2:05:21 >> It's pretty hot." He goes, "Pretty hot.

2:05:22 >> Can I bite it? [laughter]

2:05:29 Jason Swan right up the crotch.

2:05:34 We almost

2:05:36 >> We almost got Hardy to say

2:05:39 >> I can hump."

2:05:40 >> Yeah.

2:05:40 >> Yeah.

2:05:41 >> You can't say that, by the way.

2:05:43 >> Is thrust. Where Where do we draw the

2:05:44 line there? I would just say a lot of

2:05:47 hip movement, man.

2:05:48 >> No, no, no. But it's like it's one

2:05:50 specific move in the Hey Baby, right,

2:05:52 that that really drives it home.

2:06:07 >> Andy Cosgrove at the plate with a man on

2:06:09 first.

2:06:11 [screaming]

2:06:15 Sometimes I forget there's a banana ball

2:06:17 game going on,

2:06:17 >> right?

2:06:19 >> That clock, by the way, bottom of the

2:06:21 six.

2:06:21 >> Yeah, I'm watching it.

2:06:30 >> Animals are ahead in trick plays.

2:06:33 >> Nine to five appropriate for Nashville,

2:06:36 Tennessee.

2:06:38 Cosgrove got him looking

2:06:41 >> backwards K from CD

2:06:44 and that's important to get out number

2:06:46 one now double play gets you out of this

2:06:48 frame right now tailgators need trick

2:06:51 plays desperately man.

2:06:53 Yep.

2:07:00 H takes strike one. That was a good one.

2:07:11 Christian Davis. That was his 92nd

2:07:13 [music] pitch of the night. Drake,

2:07:15 >> you told me 8590, so he surpassed that.

2:07:18 He still he still looks crisp.

2:07:20 >> I know he gave up that single to Swany,

2:07:21 but he immediately goes strike out

2:07:23 looking.

2:07:23 >> Delooters have had a couple guys w up

2:07:25 for a little bit now. I'd expect

2:07:27 Jonathan Hughes, if CD doesn't roll two

2:07:29 here, to come in the ball game to finish

2:07:31 this frame. If he does get out of it,

2:07:33 Jonathan Hughes to come in to start the

2:07:34 seven.

2:07:39 >> I mean, this has been an incredible

2:07:40 outing, right? I mean, has only given up

2:07:43 two runs tonight. Both led to walkoffs

2:07:45 cuz the Tailgator haven't scored yet.

2:07:46 >> He just needed offense.

2:07:47 >> Yeah, he just needed a hair a little bit

2:07:50 of offense.

2:07:52 >> And the tailgator have not figured out

2:07:54 Brett Helton yet. And and even when they

2:07:56 had bases loaded with nobody out

2:07:57 earlier,

2:07:59 >> not a single run came home to score.

2:08:04 Hampton walks out to grab the ball

2:08:07 himself. [laughter]

2:08:09 >> That's a businessman.

2:08:14 >> I think the right way to describe Reese

2:08:16 Hampton is blueco collar. He's a blueco

2:08:18 collar banana ball player. Gritty.

2:08:41 H

2:08:43 INTO CENTER FIELD. TRICK PLAY

2:08:45 OPPORTUNITY for Indie Stanley. He goes

2:08:47 behind the back against his former team.

2:08:49 >> Look it.

2:08:52 >> Had to have it, man.

2:08:55 >> Out number two in the inning.

2:09:08 >> [cheering]

2:09:09 >> This one hitting the sky right side.

2:09:10 Yep. Opportunity for more trick plays.

2:09:14 >> Tip drill. Book it for sunshine.

2:09:18 [cheering]

2:09:18 >> Party animals still leading two to zero,

2:09:21 but held at bay here in the sixth by

2:09:23 Christian Davis as we go to the top of

2:09:24 the seventh on the CW.

2:09:26 Hey,

2:09:44 [music]

2:09:47 you singing me and you know you're

2:09:55 singing and You know you're

2:10:14 [music]

2:10:16 okay. Loft. What did Taj Porter do? His

2:10:18 last AB. Sorry, I was talking to Hardy.

2:10:23 He was hit by pitch.

2:10:24 >> Okay, that's right. his big legs because

2:10:26 of his oblong legs. Stanley,

2:10:29 >> give it up FOR THE PARTY.

2:10:30 >> THAT WAS THE INNING BEFORE Hardy hit by

2:10:33 pitch strikeout. Ball four sprint 643.

2:10:35 >> Hold on. Hold on. Indie. Two strikeouts

2:10:37 now.

2:10:37 >> Strike out. Yeah.

2:10:38 >> Okay.

2:10:39 >> Ball four sprint.

2:10:40 >> Okay.

2:10:41 >> And then 643 double play.

2:10:43 >> Ground out.

2:10:43 >> That was that that was that inning.

2:10:45 >> Okay. Yeah. Then ground out fan lineup.

2:10:47 >> Mhm.

2:10:47 >> What was I watching?

2:10:51 >> Banana ball on the CW.

2:11:01 Back live on the CW.

2:11:06 It's the Party Animals and the Texas

2:11:08 Tailgator. Brett Helton out for his

2:11:10 seventh inning of work. He is still

2:11:12 chasing that complete game. That's cold

2:11:14 strike on Jordan Bar.

2:11:17 Helton. That was one of his fastest

2:11:18 pitches of the night. Shade over 90 mph.

2:11:22 He talked to me about that last week and

2:11:23 he said, "I I really

2:11:26 I only throw as hard as I can throw a

2:11:29 couple of times a game.

2:11:30 >> The rest of it's about location,

2:11:32 changing arm slot,

2:11:35 changing pitch speed

2:11:38 and a single by Jordan Bart.

2:11:40 >> His first hit of the game.

2:11:42 >> Need some runs here, man. Need him in a

2:11:44 very, very, very big way. Right now,

2:11:46 Brett Helton has thrown just a regular

2:11:48 old shut out thus far. I mean, he hasn't

2:11:51 given up a single run tonight. And that

2:11:53 was the first hit that a tailgator has

2:11:56 gotten since the second inning.

2:11:58 >> Oh my.

2:12:03 >> Not first base rider, but first hit

2:12:05 since the second inning.

2:12:14 >> There's a called strike on Taylor

2:12:15 Justice who's one for two.

2:12:28 Justice entered the game hitting 400.

2:12:31 >> He's one for two. So that ticks up a

2:12:33 couple notches.

2:12:33 >> Yep.

2:12:39 His

2:12:40 >> teammate Kyle Martin enter tonight

2:12:41 hitting .405.

2:12:45 Martin is one for three on the evening.

2:12:48 >> Mouth of a base hit by Chase Aup a

2:12:50 second ago.

2:12:52 >> We're in a tough spot when it comes to

2:12:53 this clock here. Greg.

2:12:55 >> Yes, we are.

2:12:58 >> And you I think if you ask Brett Helton,

2:12:59 he'd tell you unequivocally

2:13:02 he wants a full nine innings.

2:13:07 He wants a full nine innings in a

2:13:08 complete game.

2:13:12 still working on a true shut out, too.

2:13:21 >> Trying to go back to back CGs, man.

2:13:25 >> It would be absurd. He's His hair is in

2:13:27 the clothes pins.

2:13:33 >> This is a good way to chase him out if

2:13:35 not base hits at the very least.

2:13:38 Run that pitch count up. He's sitting at

2:13:40 100 as we speak.

2:13:51 Justice way underneath it.

2:13:53 Will Fiser go trick play. Pop it up.

2:14:00 Secure the trick play and ensure that

2:14:02 Bar does not tag up from first.

2:14:04 >> Very smart trick play right there. That

2:14:06 puts you now up at 10 to seven in trick

2:14:08 plays of the party animals. Secure out

2:14:10 number one. And now a double play ball

2:14:12 gets you right out of this inning.

2:14:14 >> Count it for Fischer.

2:14:16 >> Here comes Jose Gonzalez.

2:14:23 >> Later,

2:14:33 >> brother. Yes, he did.

2:14:36 Oh my goodness.

2:14:39 >> It's ruled that he did not swing. Oh my.

2:14:42 And Brett Helton's pretty upset. He's

2:14:44 pointing at the umpire saying, "No, no,

2:14:45 no, no." Let's see replay. Oh my

2:14:48 goodness. He couldn't have gone more.

2:14:51 [cheering]

2:14:56 >> Well, it would have been a two- strike

2:14:57 count anyway. And Jordan Bar was halfway

2:14:59 to second there and decided to stop.

2:15:01 [cheering]

2:15:02 >> Oh, Diga.

2:15:05 Hot pickles. [cheering]

2:15:13 >> Foul balls after foul balls.

2:15:16 That clock drags on.

2:15:21 Now, if you look at the game of Banana

2:15:22 Ball, if you're AN OBJECTIVE VIEWER,

2:15:24 SWING and a miss for Jose Brother

2:15:27 Gonzalez. Brett Helton's throwing up on

2:15:29 the mound.

2:15:32 >> [screaming]

2:15:33 >> Oh my

2:15:36 >> for the sport of banana ball.

2:15:40 >> The best thing in my opinion is is that

2:15:42 ninth inning product is knowing it's

2:15:45 resetting for the fans saying, "Hey,

2:15:46 that timer doesn't matter anymore here

2:15:48 in the ninth. The opposing [music] team,

2:15:49 whichever team can score as many points

2:15:51 as they want

2:15:53 to try to go win a ball game."

2:15:56 The Animals need to quickly get out of

2:15:57 the top of the seventh

2:16:00 and walk off the bottom of the seventh

2:16:01 as fast as possible.

2:16:05 >> And I would be surprised if we don't see

2:16:07 a couple of world's fastest innings

2:16:08 here.

2:16:20 Man, the tailgator bats have just

2:16:22 falling quiet this season

2:16:24 >> against one pitcher tonight.

2:16:25 >> Correct.

2:16:26 >> You know,

2:16:26 >> Garrett Deleno held him down for four

2:16:28 innings on Thursday night.

2:16:30 >> Yeah. Fifth inning they got to him a

2:16:32 bit.

2:16:32 >> Yeah.

2:16:33 >> Last night it was a conglomerate of

2:16:35 seven arms from the Angels.

2:16:36 >> Yeah.

2:16:39 >> This again, they're using their pitching

2:16:41 staff like a college staff would except

2:16:43 for instead of that Bullpin day being

2:16:46 game three, a Sunday game in college.

2:16:48 They've done that a lot on game two.

2:16:54 Or at least they have this weekend. Fans

2:16:56 could help out Hilton again. They've

2:16:57 already caught one.

2:17:01 They did not catch two.

2:17:16 There you go. Todd Porter a single.

2:17:19 >> Oh, Bar wants three.

2:17:22 The play.

2:17:24 He's got three.

2:17:27 That is hustle, man. 180 ft of it from

2:17:29 Jordan Bar.

2:17:31 First run of the night.

2:17:34 Stands 90 feet away for the Texas

2:17:36 Tailgator. And now Jacob Pipperick over

2:17:39 at first.

2:17:50 >> Indiana Stanley

2:17:52 who struck out both times tonight. He's

2:17:54 faced Brett Helton. Big time opportunity

2:17:56 for him here. Tol.

2:18:04 Great pitch from Hton. Couldn't get the

2:18:06 call. brought some ball home

2:18:10 takes a second. Why don't you point five

2:18:12 that before he throws it back to Helton?

2:18:15 >> Good call on that.

2:18:17 >> Yep. You're welcome.

2:18:22 >> Oh my goodness.

2:18:25 Bronson ball home goes for the throw

2:18:27 down against Jacob Pipperick who slides

2:18:29 in safely. That was dangerous. Jordan

2:18:31 Bar was dancing off third base. Second

2:18:33 time tonight Pips stole bag 17 stolen

2:18:36 bases now.

2:18:38 Still second in banana ball.

2:18:45 Help

2:18:46 the one two looking for his sixth K of

2:18:50 the night.

2:18:55 >> The tailgators have been waiting for

2:18:57 that swing this weekend. Stanley could

2:19:00 deliver with it.

2:19:08 Helton's 2-2.

2:19:13 >> Seems like this is paramount, Drake.

2:19:15 They haven't been able to make Brett

2:19:17 Helton crack since the second inning.

2:19:19 And right now, you got two guys in

2:19:21 scoring position.

2:19:22 >> Helton's other two complete games were

2:19:24 117 pitches. He's at that mark right now

2:19:27 here in the top of the seventh. And

2:19:28 Peter Holdton's been down there throwing

2:19:30 for a while in the Animals bullpen along

2:19:31 with Dylan Porter.

2:19:36 >> Peter Holden's on 117 warm-up pitches

2:19:38 right now [laughter] over in the

2:19:40 bullpen. He's been out there for a good

2:19:43 bit.

2:19:52 >> Oh my goodness. Another two two. What a

2:19:55 battle this is.

2:19:57 Yeah.

2:20:00 >> Everything stops for a moment. Helton

2:20:03 was boogieing off the mound. He thought

2:20:04 he had a backwards K.

2:20:07 >> That's off.

2:20:08 >> That's off.

2:20:09 >> That's a good call.

2:20:12 >> Payoff is a huge one. This could be two

2:20:14 runs for the Tailgator.

2:20:22 >> Pressure mounts still.

2:20:29 Held has thrown 120 pitches in this

2:20:32 game.

2:20:34 >> His 121st is another big one. Payoff

2:20:39 with two down and two in scoring

2:20:40 position. The righty.

2:20:47 36 of his 121 pitches have come on this

2:20:51 plate appearance.

2:21:06 3-2.

2:21:08 >> Helton wins the battle. It's up TO HIS

2:21:11 DEFENSE. SWAN IS CALLED OFF BY SKULL.

2:21:15 PARTY ANIMALS

2:21:17 KEEP A TWO0 LEAD AND HAVE NOT ALLOWED A

2:21:20 run tonight here on the CW

2:21:36 as we all join in together to sing Don't

2:21:40 Stop Believing.

2:21:45 Just a small town girl

2:21:49 >> living in a [singing] lonely world.

2:21:53 She took the midnight train going

2:21:55 [singing]

2:21:57 way

2:22:01 just a [singing] boy

2:22:05 born and raising.

2:22:09 He took the midnight training [singing]

2:22:12 anywhere.

2:22:22 >> Nashville, you're sounding beautiful.

2:22:33 A singer in a smokey [music and singing]

2:22:35 room.

2:22:37 The smell wanted

2:22:41 >> for a smile they can share

2:22:42 [singing and music] the night. It goes

2:22:45 on and on and on [singing] and on.

2:22:49 Strangers [music]

2:22:51 waiting

2:22:54 up and down the

2:22:56 [singing]

2:22:57 shadows

2:22:59 searching in the night.

2:23:05 Don't stop.

2:23:10 Hold on to that feeling.

2:23:13 Sweet life.

2:23:20 >> Back here on the CW, the party animals,

2:23:23 the Texas Tailgator. [music]

2:23:26 >> And the story of this game is Brent H.

2:23:30 Seven innings pitched, zero runs

2:23:33 allowed. It's party down. Nashville zone

2:23:37 [screaming]

2:23:38 >> has 10,000 folks on their feet with the

2:23:40 don't stop believing and

2:23:42 >> Brett Loft this I I just don't know. I

2:23:45 mean there's one one man one thing

2:23:49 standing between the Texas Tailgator

2:23:52 >> and an opportunity to win this game.

2:23:54 >> Yeah. And he wears number 10 in black

2:23:55 and pink. Yep. It's it's exactly who it

2:23:57 is right now for the Tailgator. They're

2:23:59 going to throw one of the two Bretts on

2:24:02 the roster this year. Brett Allen from

2:24:04 Australia.

2:24:06 Brett Donny Allen. He threw on Thursday

2:24:08 night in game one.

2:24:10 Guy's going to come in and throw here in

2:24:11 game three.

2:24:14 And he'll have to face a man who has yet

2:24:16 to be retired tonight. Chase Auff two

2:24:17 for two with a couple singles.

2:24:20 Can I give you a fun fact about Brett

2:24:22 Allen that is pertinent to what we're

2:24:23 seeing from Brett Helton?

2:24:26 >> Donnie threw a complete game. 11

2:24:28 strikeouts in the College World Series.

2:24:32 151 pitches

2:24:34 and Helton through seven is approaching

2:24:36 125.

2:24:39 >> Tough play in right. Jose Gonzalez

2:24:43 cannot make it in foul territory.

2:24:45 Was at Reinhardt University where Brett

2:24:48 Allen had the single season saves

2:24:50 record. See brother just barely missed

2:24:52 that ball. When they get to the

2:24:53 postseason at Reinhardt, his head coach

2:24:55 tells him, he says, "Brett, I I need you

2:24:57 to start." And he goes out there and

2:24:58 says, "I can do whatever you need me to,

2:24:59 coach." 151 pitches from Brett Allen.

2:25:06 >> That's some Kevin Cobb stuff. The old

2:25:07 Arkansas pitcher kind of do it all guy.

2:25:09 Madison Bumgner

2:25:11 at the pro level.

2:25:16 Oh, pistol squat from Brett Allen. Low

2:25:19 in

2:25:22 [cheering]

2:25:22 >> Drake. The eighth inning may be our

2:25:24 final inning.

2:25:29 It's going to be tight.

2:25:30 >> It looks a lot like that right now.

2:25:33 >> I don't Great pitch.

2:25:38 I don't know how we're going to squeeze

2:25:39 an entire inning into less than 10

2:25:41 minutes.

2:25:45 Strike out. Looking for Chase. A cup.

2:25:48 Brett Allen got him.

2:25:52 >> And the animals taking their time here.

2:25:57 Brett Helton taking his time too.

2:25:59 >> Yeah, he has been.

2:26:01 I

2:26:01 >> think that's one of the things that

2:26:03 >> puts you in a tough spot here. It's the

2:26:06 question of

2:26:11 >> what is

2:26:13 the best opportunity both to win and to

2:26:16 carry the sport?

2:26:17 >> Correct.

2:26:17 >> And what what's the confluence? What do

2:26:19 those two things merge?

2:26:24 Hey, do we speed ourselves up to the

2:26:26 point that it becomes tough to win the

2:26:28 game? That's a question for both teams,

2:26:30 right? For for Brett Allen, if he goes

2:26:32 too fast here, couple ball force

2:26:34 sprints.

2:26:36 >> That's a trick play for Taylor Justice.

2:26:38 Tanner Thomas.

2:26:40 >> OH,

2:26:40 >> HE BACK FLIPS ON FOR SPACE.

2:26:43 >> TAYLOR JUSTICE, A SHOWMAN. And now the

2:26:46 equalizer's back in the conversation.

2:26:48 It's 10 to eight animals.

2:26:49 >> That was the worst I've had all year.

2:26:51 I'm so sorry everybody.

2:26:55 >> Okay.

2:26:55 >> Uhhuh. The base.

2:27:05 >> There's a ball roped, I should say, to

2:27:08 left. Noah Fisher.

2:27:19 So again, if you speed up Brett Allen,

2:27:20 he goes couple ball force sprints,

2:27:22 allows a couple hits, that could be

2:27:23 detrimental to the tailgator.

2:27:26 >> He needs a quick out to get us to the

2:27:28 eight. And you'll ask Brett Hton to move

2:27:31 quick himself,

2:27:44 >> swinging a miss. YOU CAN HEAR DONNIE

2:27:46 ALLEN YELLING FROM THE FIELD ALL THE WAY

2:27:48 HERE IN THE BOOTH. BRENT ALLEN'S FIRED

2:27:51 UP. TEXAS TAILGATOR have some momentum.

2:27:55 Down two on the CW,

2:28:10 [cheering] please stand. I do believe my

2:28:12 good friend Panda has uh something for

2:28:15 them. Do you not?

2:28:17 >> I do. AJ, ladies and gentlemen, your

2:28:20 attention, please.

2:28:27 >> Who wants a t-shirt? [screaming]

2:28:31 [cheering]

2:28:41 >> [cheering]

2:28:49 [cheering]

2:28:52 >> Heat. Heat.

2:28:56 [cheering]

2:29:01 Heat. Heat.

2:29:09 [cheering]

2:29:15 [cheering]

2:29:35 Back here on the CW party animals

2:29:37 leading the tailgator two points to zero

2:29:39 and Brett we're moving quick. A two-hour

2:29:41 time limit is ticking down as Dylan

2:29:43 Porter has entered the game for the

2:29:44 Animals. Brett Helton a pitch shy of 125

2:29:48 pitches tonight exits the ball game

2:29:50 after seven scoreless.

2:29:54 Yeah, the shade under eight minutes

2:29:56 left.

2:29:56 >> Yep. Porter's got to move fast as do the

2:29:58 Texas tailgator.

2:30:07 >> That is if you want to get to the ninth.

2:30:10 Otherwise, you play it out as this being

2:30:12 the final inning.

2:30:13 >> Tailgators have to worry about scoring

2:30:14 runs and they could potentially turn in

2:30:17 the points here.

2:30:26 So, if the tailgator put up a five spot,

2:30:30 >> that's that's a big hypothetical, but

2:30:32 the Animals have seen that before as

2:30:34 Jason Art strikes out and that that time

2:30:37 expires. It becomes five points for the

2:30:40 guys in blue.

2:30:41 >> I see a golden hood down there in the

2:30:43 Tailgator dugout.

2:30:48 The Tailgator will replace their 10-hole

2:30:51 Jordan Hussein with very likely Kyle

2:30:53 Martin.

2:30:57 The Texas Tailgator are invoking the

2:31:00 golden batter rule. Now batting IN PLACE

2:31:03 OF JORDAN HUSSEIN IS THE tailgator

2:31:06 golden batter. Please welcome Kyle Kmart

2:31:11 Martin.

2:31:13 Last night in the ninth inning, Kyle

2:31:15 Martin hit his 16th home run of the

2:31:17 year. Set the new single season banana

2:31:20 ball record. Now Kmart with his 19th

2:31:24 golden batter appearance this year. By

2:31:26 the way, also continuing to be a single

2:31:29 season banana ball record with one swing

2:31:32 of the bat could score the first run of

2:31:34 the night for the tailgator.

2:31:38 And again at that 6 minutes now 559

2:31:40 expires that run becomes a point. This

2:31:43 would be the final inning.

2:31:48 Martin went

2:31:51 and I give you another scenario. This I

2:31:52 know this is a tight one but there's a

2:31:55 way Martin goes home run.

2:32:01 >> It's tight but there there's still a way

2:32:03 the Tailgators win that equalizer point.

2:32:05 They're only down by two trick plays.

2:32:06 Well, if this ends up being

2:32:08 >> correct the final inning, right? They'll

2:32:09 lose it.

2:32:10 >> Correct.

2:32:10 >> But if they can get through this eighth

2:32:12 >> with a couple of quick trick plays

2:32:14 defensively.

2:32:17 >> That's a best case scenario.

2:32:19 >> I just don't know how we're going to be

2:32:20 able to make it to the ninth inning at

2:32:21 this point.

2:32:23 >> Going to have to have two quick outs

2:32:25 here and then one of the quickest

2:32:26 innings ever in the home.

2:32:27 >> A lot of strikes. Yeah, either a lot of

2:32:28 strikes or a walk-off. Porter going

2:32:31 trick pitch for entertainment's sake.

2:32:33 Kyle Martin into left field.

2:32:37 It's down. Foul.

2:32:39 >> Fischer knew he didn't have room for it.

2:32:41 >> And they have Kmart way shifted

2:32:44 >> to pull side. So you're seeing Noah

2:32:46 Fischer play off the foul line there.

2:33:04 Two- two.

2:33:08 This is a tough play. The shift makes it

2:33:11 tough, but Bloomer completes it. And

2:33:14 Porter good on him is calling for the

2:33:15 ball. Same ball, ball, ball. Let's go.

2:33:20 >> Bronnie jogging back behind the plate.

2:33:23 The animal setting up defensively,

2:33:24 recovering from the shift.

2:33:28 And Brett Helton, fans first, throws 125

2:33:32 pitches and then goes to the crowd to

2:33:33 sign autographs.

2:33:35 >> Seven scoreless innings tonight.

2:33:40 >> And I'll tell you this too, Brett, I I I

2:33:42 promise I've been in that locker room

2:33:43 enough of the animals. The last thing

2:33:44 they want to have happen is get a third

2:33:46 out here and the clock expire in the

2:33:48 eighth and that's how they win. They

2:33:49 don't want to win that way,

2:33:50 >> right?

2:33:53 >> You will not see them stall. I don't

2:33:55 think you'd see any team in this league

2:33:56 stall on purpose. That's not a great

2:33:59 product of the fans and they know that.

2:34:00 They want to be fans first with the way

2:34:02 they play Banana Bowl.

2:34:04 >> Swinging a miss for Watson.

2:34:06 >> And the Tailgator are the long team in

2:34:08 the league this year to have made it to

2:34:11 the ninth inning in all 33 of their

2:34:13 games entering tonight.

2:34:14 >> And I like their approach. They can have

2:34:16 each guy go to the box and strike out.

2:34:18 >> Yeah.

2:34:21 But instead, they're they're putting

2:34:22 themselves they are not taking the bat

2:34:24 out of the hands of guys like Art Martin

2:34:27 and Watson here.

2:34:34 Swing and a miss for Watson. The

2:34:36 Tailgators will sprint into the field.

2:34:39 >> Second time Wadi Wo Watson has been

2:34:41 struck out tonight.

2:34:44 >> Porter has two Kays on the evening in

2:34:46 his three outs there in the eighth. Now

2:34:49 this turns into a crazy scenario. Drake

2:34:51 told because the animals if we don't get

2:34:54 three outs before this clock ends.

2:34:56 >> Look at this.

2:34:57 >> Reese Miller's in the ball game. But if

2:34:58 we don't get

2:34:59 >> ball home, they're they're stripping him

2:35:00 immediately. They're going pick crew.

2:35:02 They're there. The animals as a as a

2:35:04 bout of sportsmanship. Sprint out to

2:35:07 Bronson Ball home. Take all of his gear

2:35:09 off of as fast as they can and then

2:35:10 throw him in the box. That right there,

2:35:14 that's a sign of the party animals

2:35:15 showing the utmost respect. The Texas

2:35:17 Tailgator try to get this full thing in

2:35:19 as Reese Miller has to go fast.

2:35:21 >> Yeah. And it's their closer Reese Miller

2:35:23 who leads the Manaval Championship

2:35:25 League in saves this year.

2:35:27 >> Ronnie takes high.

2:35:28 >> Wow. Reese has got to catch it and go,

2:35:31 man.

2:35:31 >> Yep. And he's got to throw strikes.

2:35:34 Trick play opportunity. Oh my goodness.

2:35:37 That's

2:35:39 >> That's TWO TWO TRICK PLAYS.

2:35:41 >> BOOK IT. BOOK IT. NOW YOU'RE AT 10 UP,

2:35:43 BUT IT doesn't mean ANYTHING IF YOU

2:35:44 DON'T MAKE IT TO THE NINTH INNING.

2:35:48 THE TAILGATORS ARE ONE trick play away

2:35:51 from the equalizer point. And if they

2:35:53 can get two quick outs via a trick play,

2:35:56 we'll go to the ninth. A 2-1 ball game

2:35:58 with three straight equalizers toward

2:36:00 the blue.

2:36:05 The fans give the tailgator a huge out

2:36:07 here. No, it bounces off the roof.

2:36:09 >> Reese is catching it and going, man.

2:36:11 >> Yep. Has to.

2:36:14 And if the animals knocked a base hit

2:36:16 here,

2:36:17 >> tough. That'd be brutal for the time

2:36:20 standpoint.

2:36:26 >> Taj is quickly getting those yellow

2:36:27 banana balls back to Reese Miller on the

2:36:29 bob.

2:36:29 >> Both these teams are doing everything

2:36:30 they can.

2:36:33 Ballard

2:36:35 into left. STANLEY BACK. TRICK PLAY.

2:36:39 >> BOOK IT.

2:36:39 >> HE'S GOT IT.

2:36:40 >> YES,

2:36:41 >> THAT IS THE EQUALIZER POINT.

2:36:42 >> POTENTIALLY. POTENTIALLY.

2:36:46 >> YOU GOT TO GET JAKE SKULL OUT BEFORE 50.

2:36:48 >> STILL TWO TO ZERO. The score is still

2:36:50 two to zero. Oh, that called strike is

2:36:52 outside.

2:36:54 Everyone's being sped up. It is still

2:36:57 two to zero.

2:37:04 THAT'S OUTSIDE. SKULL'S BEEN ROBBED

2:37:06 TWICE. Everybody sped up. And now Skull

2:37:08 is saying, "We can't have that."

2:37:11 Inside of 30 seconds to go. Swinging a

2:37:13 miss. Quick.

2:37:16 >> REESE SMEER WITH HIS QUICKEST INNING OF

2:37:19 THE YEAR.

2:37:21 >> GETS A STRIKE OUT. EARNS THE BOYS IN

2:37:23 BLUE AND ORANGE THE EQUALIZER POINT. AND

2:37:26 WE MAKE IT TO THE NINTH BY THE SKIN OF

2:37:28 OUR TEETH. TRAILING TWO TO ONE.

2:37:32 >> And the homepoint umpire is staring into

2:37:34 the party animals dugout still. It's

2:37:36 it's as good as a standoff. He's been in

2:37:39 the same spot

2:37:41 for the last 40 seconds.

2:37:47 >> And there now, now here's Bartman and

2:37:50 Mike Vasis.

2:37:52 There's the homepoint umpire tapping

2:37:54 Bronson Ball home.

2:37:57 >> Hunter Ives.

2:37:58 >> Hunter Ives. Man, he now he walks toward

2:38:01 the party animals dugout. This just got

2:38:03 chaotic.

2:38:04 >> He's asking for bananas.

2:38:05 >> Banana balls. This just got chaotic.

2:38:08 >> Baba was heated. Jake Skull's heated

2:38:10 there.

2:38:10 >> Yeah, I mean Hunter Ives called like it

2:38:13 is

2:38:14 couple balls out on Skull and every

2:38:16 again I I I feel for that spot and the

2:38:19 spot he has put in as a home plate

2:38:21 umpire because everybody is moving very

2:38:24 quickly to get you to the ninth inning.

2:38:28 [cheering]

2:38:28 That's where Skull turned back to him

2:38:30 and said two. only got two on me.

2:38:33 >> And it could all be null and void here

2:38:34 if Peter Holden closes things out. There

2:38:38 is a We'll keep you right here. There is

2:38:40 a a video that'll play on the board that

2:38:42 highlights the Party Animals relief

2:38:44 pitchers, but we'll tell you a bit about

2:38:45 Peter Holden in the meantime. The

2:38:48 expectation was that we would not see

2:38:50 Peter Holden. We thought we'd really

2:38:52 only get

2:38:54 >> Brett Help.

2:38:58 Yeah, and Peter's coming in

2:39:01 after Dylan Porter

2:39:04 went strikeout, pop out, strike out. And

2:39:07 the tailgator do it yet again, man. Teen

2:39:09 equalizer points, by the way. But they

2:39:11 win it by the skin of their teeth. A

2:39:13 little over 20 seconds left as we make

2:39:15 it here to the ninth. But Pistol Pete

2:39:18 coming on to save this one in a two to

2:39:20 one ball game. And the Tailgator, by the

2:39:22 way, have a point tonight, Drake. And

2:39:24 they haven't scored a single run

2:39:26 offensively. That is the equalizer point

2:39:28 here in Banana Mallal where if the Wade

2:39:29 team has more trick plays than the home

2:39:31 team entering the final inning, they

2:39:33 will be awarded a point.

2:39:35 >> I want to give a huge nod of respect. I

2:39:37 know they're my guys. I give a huge n of

2:39:39 respect to party.

2:39:40 >> Yep. 100%.

2:39:41 >> They could have just take take all the

2:39:44 way right there against Reese Miller.

2:39:45 >> They went up there in swing mode

2:39:46 >> and what they went in swing mode and the

2:39:48 tailgator they went in swing mode

2:39:50 knowing the tailgator could win the

2:39:51 equalizer.

2:39:52 >> And Reese Miller, big credit to him. Not

2:39:54 only were the party animals in swing

2:39:55 mode, Reese filled it up. He threw one

2:39:56 ball in that inning

2:39:59 >> and the and again the Animals knew, hey,

2:40:01 we can take all the way and go home

2:40:02 winners. Two zero ball game over.

2:40:05 >> Now this is a big frame and obviously

2:40:07 trailing by a point, but you got two,

2:40:09 three, and four up here for the

2:40:10 Tailgators. Nick Lopez, Kyle Martin, and

2:40:12 Jordan Bart against Pistol Pete. Man,

2:40:15 >> no golden batter. Wouldn't need it,

2:40:17 >> right?

2:40:19 My goodness, [cheering] do we have a

2:40:20 ball game.

2:40:23 The Texas Tailgator have a man on after

2:40:25 a loud Nick Lopez single.

2:40:30 >> You mentioned that golden batter by the

2:40:32 way. Yep.

2:40:32 >> Here he comes up to the dish hitting in

2:40:34 his regular old three spot. Kyle Martin

2:40:37 went Yaya in the ninth last night. We

2:40:39 told you that during his golden batter

2:40:41 in the eighth inning. So far tonight he

2:40:44 has a double in four at bats. One for

2:40:46 four.

2:40:50 Martin pops this one up.

2:40:56 >> Broken bat.

2:41:00 [cheering]

2:41:02 >> Gives way to Jordan Barton.

2:41:06 >> And here comes Drew Gillespie.

2:41:10 So the Animals

2:41:12 playing matchups now. Yeah, Baba wanted

2:41:15 to use his lefty Peter Holden against

2:41:18 the switchhitting Nick Lopez and gets

2:41:20 the left-handed Kyle Martin.

2:41:23 >> Now you see righty righty against Bar

2:41:27 Taylor Justice comes up right after him.

2:41:32 >> This is a and the score is not going to

2:41:34 show it and I don't know if anything in

2:41:36 the stat book's really going to show it

2:41:37 the way that we're seeing it. This is

2:41:38 one of the wildest banana ball games

2:41:40 that I've been a part of.

2:41:41 >> Yep.

2:41:48 Gillespie can close it out. Gets a

2:41:50 strike call.

2:42:14 That's low. Great take from Bark. I

2:42:16 don't think Nick Lopez will be off on

2:42:18 any of these pitches.

2:42:19 >> No. Li is a league average runner.

2:42:22 >> Yep.

2:42:24 >> And with the way the games have ended

2:42:25 the last couple nights for the Texas

2:42:26 Tailgator, Yep. I think they want to

2:42:28 stay put.

2:42:30 >> Bar into center field.

2:42:32 >> That's a base hit.

2:42:35 And the tailgator can go to Pippers if

2:42:37 they'd like here.

2:42:39 >> And they do.

2:42:42 >> Pep is going to be running over at first

2:42:43 in place of Jordan Bart.

2:42:45 >> And he is the

2:42:46 >> he's the go-ahead run.

2:42:47 >> That's correct.

2:42:48 >> Nick Lopez is the tying run at second.

2:42:50 >> That's correct.

2:42:50 >> And at the dish is Taylor Justice who's

2:42:53 one for three tonight and is currently

2:42:54 riding a 31 game on base streak.

2:43:00 >> Righty riding. Animals want hard contact

2:43:03 on the ground. A double play ball as

2:43:06 Gillespie steps off. Checks Lopez.

2:43:12 No throwing right back to it

2:43:18 again. The Tailgator trail in this ball

2:43:20 game two to one. They haven't scored a

2:43:22 single run tonight. That point that they

2:43:24 earned was the equalizer point from

2:43:26 their defense.

2:43:32 OH MY GOODNESS. BALL GETS AWAY. Justice

2:43:36 does not opt to steal first base

2:43:39 and wisely. Now they're runners at

2:43:42 second and third. More importantly, no

2:43:44 double play opportunity here for the

2:43:46 party.

2:43:48 >> And a two- count. A ball force sprint in

2:43:51 this spot. We're a couple pitches away

2:43:52 from it. Would give the tailgator a 3

2:43:54 to2 lead.

2:43:57 >> Infield now in for the party.

2:44:07 Drew and Bronny's trying to get on the

2:44:08 same page here. Can't have a mound

2:44:10 visit. See Brew Yep. Drew and Bronny

2:44:14 yelling at each other.

2:44:19 Worthy to note last night Eddie Castro

2:44:21 catching Drew. Tonight Bratz and B

2:44:23 trying to get back on that same page.

2:44:29 That's there.

2:44:33 >> The moments don't get much bigger than

2:44:35 this. Animals can sweep. Gators can

2:44:39 salvage the weekend.

2:44:45 Swing and a miss.

2:44:48 Two on him. Now

2:44:54 Gillespie HAS WORKED HIMSELF BACK IN IT.

2:44:59 2-2 with two in SCORING POSITION AND ONE

2:45:01 DOWN IN THE NINTH.

2:45:13 [cheering]

2:45:13 >> Is it caught by THE FANS? THE PARTY THAT

2:45:15 WAS EMOTIONALLY SAYING IT WAS CAUGHT BY

2:45:17 THE FANS. JASON SWAN IS INSENSED DOWN

2:45:19 THE FIRST BASELINE. SKULLS IN SENSED IN

2:45:22 RIGHT PORTER AS WELL. THEY ARE clearly

2:45:25 clearly fired up with the umpire and

2:45:27 crew saying that it was caught by the

2:45:28 fans and they want a review.

2:45:32 There's no way we would have an angle of

2:45:34 that. It was buried so deep on the

2:45:35 concourse.

2:45:36 >> Hunter Ives is calling for the umpires

2:45:38 to meet up.

2:45:39 >> This could be an umpire review. This

2:45:41 could be an official challenge.

2:45:42 >> They can initiate a challenge. Skulls

2:45:44 calling for the fans to pop the

2:45:46 confetti.

2:45:47 >> Now Joe Mik's coming out. He's having

2:45:50 words with Sean Fluke that they're

2:45:52 [laughter] they're having a good laugh.

2:45:56 >> That's the fieriest guy in this league

2:45:58 with the teddy bear of the league.

2:46:04 >> Five eyes now down the third baseline

2:46:06 >> AND AND CONFIRMED BY ZACK Fangelo the

2:46:08 director.

2:46:08 >> Look at this guy. HE'S ON THE FIELD.

2:46:10 >> HE SAID, "I CAUGHT IT." HE SAID, "I JUST

2:46:13 CAUGHT THAT."

2:46:14 >> WHAT A clean catch.

2:46:20 Do we have an official ruling on the

2:46:22 field?

2:46:22 >> Well, Andrew Hunter Ives just kept

2:46:24 holding up two.

2:46:25 >> Correct. I at no point did we see a very

2:46:28 clear indication of what the umpires

2:46:30 wanted to call

2:46:32 >> and they're going to the monitor. Okay,

2:46:34 let's see what we got.

2:46:34 >> I'm unsure what the official call on the

2:46:36 field is.

2:46:37 >> Oh, we might beat you.

2:46:39 >> That's going to go past.

2:46:40 >> That's on the concourse.

2:46:42 >> Correct. Correct. It would have to be a

2:46:44 camera on our third base side or our

2:46:47 center field camera that caught an

2:46:49 angle. Otherwise, there is no way to see

2:46:51 it. And here's the deal, Brad. I I

2:46:54 you've got the fan on the field right

2:46:56 now saying, "I cleanly caught it." Wow.

2:46:58 >> But you can't just

2:47:01 >> You can't just believe the guy is even

2:47:03 over there talking to him.

2:47:06 >> He's got his son on the field. Party

2:47:08 animals say thanks for trying. But after

2:47:11 further review, we're getting word

2:47:12 officially it is not a fan caught foul

2:47:14 ball. My goodness, what a break in the

2:47:17 action here.

2:47:19 A minute and a half of confusion gives

2:47:23 way to a huge spot. Still 2-2, two in

2:47:27 scoring position.

2:47:30 Gillespie

2:47:40 >> [cheering]

2:47:44 >> This thing's been crazy to

2:47:57 Taylor Justice going to battle right

2:47:59 now.

2:48:07 Gillespie,

2:48:10 the bad bad man from Albuquerque. Is he

2:48:12 in his bag?

2:48:16 [cheering and applause]

2:48:17 I think he is. But Taylor Justice

2:48:20 is playing spoiler at an elite level

2:48:22 right now.

2:48:32 [music]

2:48:32 This is banana ball.

2:48:37 2-2.

2:48:40 >> Fans could do it cleanly this time. They

2:48:42 really want to.

2:48:46 They do not.

2:48:53 That deep breath from Justice.

2:48:57 Pitch number 12 in this at bat to

2:49:02 >> And it's still only 22. Yep. STILL ONLY

2:49:05 ONE OUT. TAILGATOR'S GOT TWO IN SCORED

2:49:07 POSITION.

2:49:13 >> DID HE GO? DID HE GO? NO, HE DIDN'T.

2:49:18 >> Let's see a replay.

2:49:23 >> Ooh, that he did not go.

2:49:25 >> Barely held do it. He did do it.

2:49:28 >> Incredible from Taylor Justice. He did

2:49:31 not go. One of the at BATS OF THE YEAR.

2:49:34 >> PAYOFF PITCH FROM GILLESPIE. WHAT WILL

2:49:36 THE RESULT BE?

2:49:42 >> JUSTICE [screaming]

2:49:43 LEFT FIELD UNLOAD. THE TEXAS TAILGATOR

2:49:47 [cheering] LEAD THIS BALL GAME FOUR TO

2:49:50 TWO OF THE BAD TAYLOR JUSTICE

2:49:54 after a 14 pitch at bat.

2:49:58 And no runs have been scored tonight for

2:50:01 the Blue Orange. But the first three are

2:50:05 points in the final frame

2:50:08 of Florida.

2:50:12 Home run number [screaming] seven for

2:50:14 Taylor Justice.

2:50:19 That [screaming] is banana ball.

2:50:31 AND THE BAT SPIKE OF THE YEAR, THE

2:50:33 HELMET SPIKE of the century

2:50:36 in what might just BE THE BEST BATTLE

2:50:39 YOU'LL SEE IN any banana ball game this

2:50:41 weekend. Inning in a three-run yaya.

2:50:51 Jose Brother Gonzalez.

2:50:55 Hey, don't go anywhere. It's the top of

2:50:57 the night and the party animals

2:51:00 have Jason Swan, Andy Cosgrove, and Ree

2:51:02 Hampton. Two, three, and four do up.

2:51:20 I mean, he got all of that banana ball.

2:51:28 [cheering]

2:51:37 >> And and and the party animals are still

2:51:39 incredibly upset with what they saw as a

2:51:43 fan caught foul ball. Drake, we made it

2:51:45 to the ninth inning, by the way, by 20

2:51:47 seconds.

2:51:48 >> And again, full credit to to the party

2:51:50 animals

2:51:52 >> out of respect for this game, out of and

2:51:55 you looked at me during a commercial

2:51:57 break and said, "We're not making nine

2:51:59 because mathematically it felt

2:52:02 impossible." And Reese Miller is a guy

2:52:04 that does not work with a whole lot of

2:52:06 pace usually because he's closing in the

2:52:07 ninth inning. Had his second quickest

2:52:10 inning of the year in that bottom of the

2:52:11 eighth going three up and three down.

2:52:13 Tailgators recorded three trick plays,

2:52:15 winning the equalizer point.

2:52:18 >> And B, I told you if the Party Animals

2:52:20 wanted to, they could have ended this

2:52:22 ball game. Yeah.

2:52:23 >> Two to zero with the time running out.

2:52:26 And Party Panda saying fans, the clock

2:52:28 has expired. Go home.

2:52:31 But they wanted this. They wanted a

2:52:34 moment where they could fight toe-to-toe

2:52:36 with the Texas Tailgator in the ninth

2:52:37 inning.

2:52:40 >> And the party the party plaza has been

2:52:41 long delayed.

2:52:42 >> Yeah. Taj Porter, by the way, three for

2:52:44 three tonight. Has reached base all four

2:52:46 times

2:52:47 >> against his former team, the Party

2:52:48 Animals. And M Danford will pinch run

2:52:51 for him at first base.

2:52:55 [cheering]

2:53:10 We will go to the ninth. The Party

2:53:13 Animals were ahead two points to zero

2:53:17 in the eighth inning. Since then, the

2:53:19 Tailgator have won the equalizer

2:53:23 on a last ditch chance.

2:53:25 And then on this home run from Taylor

2:53:27 Justice,

2:53:29 a 42 lead for the boys from Texas. And

2:53:33 Brent, I I said earlier, we'll keep it

2:53:35 right here. I said earlier and I stopped

2:53:37 myself.

2:53:37 >> I got to stop you right now. I've never

2:53:39 seen Taylor Justic that excited in his

2:53:41 banana ball career after what was such

2:53:43 an elite battle. The tailgator hadn't

2:53:46 scored the entire night, Drake. That

2:53:48 point came from the equalizer point.

2:53:49 That's the lone swing that has played at

2:53:51 any runs the entire night. All three of

2:53:54 them. And in the final frame turned into

2:53:55 points and what we shouldn't even made

2:53:58 it to the night. Heck, there's people

2:54:00 here in this stadium that said that at

2:54:02 bat should have been OVER BECAUSE A FAN

2:54:04 allegedly caught a foul ball. Most of us

2:54:06 didn't even see it.

2:54:08 Yeah, it's on the concourse. So, the

2:54:10 party was jumping up and down.

2:54:12 >> He caught it. He caught it. The fan runs

2:54:13 on the field. He caught it. He said, "My

2:54:15 glove. Look at it." Wasn't enough proof

2:54:18 that of course, right? You don't have

2:54:19 video evidence. Reese Miller comes out

2:54:22 try to close [music] the door. Um

2:54:28 I I said it in the top of the eighth

2:54:30 when Dylan Porter was out there.

2:54:33 The best case scenario for the Tailgator

2:54:35 is that they get out quick and can come

2:54:37 back and notch a couple of trick plays

2:54:39 and win that equalizer in the bottom

2:54:40 half of the inning, but they got to go

2:54:41 fast. I I stopped myself from saying it

2:54:43 because it seemed so impossible

2:54:47 with Porter out there and the tailgator

2:54:49 the dish having not scored a run all

2:54:51 night. It seemed impossible. We could

2:54:52 get multiple trick three trick plays in

2:54:55 the bottom of the eighth and still get

2:54:57 to the ninth.

2:55:00 And again, these two teams did that.

2:55:04 >> Yeah.

2:55:05 >> The party animals and tailgators

2:55:06 understanding the importance of the

2:55:08 ninth inning got us here. And now we

2:55:10 play it out.

2:55:12 >> And thanks to that man,

2:55:13 >> we're in the bottom of the ninth.

2:55:15 >> And him too. I mean, like you said, him

2:55:17 filling it up the zone in the bottom of

2:55:18 the eighth, going three up and three

2:55:20 down. Now Reese Miller is going to try

2:55:22 to do something he hasn't done the

2:55:24 entire year, and that's get the final

2:55:25 six outs of a ball game here for the

2:55:27 Texas tailgate. Like you said, he's got

2:55:30 to do it against 2,34 of the party

2:55:31 animals. Jason Swan, Andy Cosgrove, and

2:55:34 Reese Hampton. And they still have their

2:55:36 golden batter, which they have not used

2:55:38 the entire weekend.

2:55:39 >> I don't think they'll use it here.

2:55:42 >> Two, three, and four. I know you want

2:55:44 the bat in Jake Skull's hands, but who

2:55:47 do you remove it from?

2:55:54 That's where if the party animals really

2:55:55 wanted to, they would have used the

2:55:56 golden batter in the in the eighth as

2:55:59 it's 3 0 on Swan.

2:56:04 Miller's control has been one of his

2:56:05 best qualities

2:56:08 that I've seen watching from home here.

2:56:10 He misses badly on all four.

2:56:15 >> It's alo supporting the black at pink at

2:56:16 home.

2:56:18 >> Swani's on it first. Yeah,

2:56:19 >> you're tied runs at the dish here.

2:56:22 >> I mean, just like that, don't give an

2:56:23 eye.

2:56:23 >> And you leave Swan out there

2:56:25 >> 100%.

2:56:25 >> You leave it with his speed, you leave

2:56:27 Swan out there.

2:56:36 >> Cosg Gro said, "What am I supposed to do

2:56:37 with that?"

2:56:45 >> He's down 02.

2:56:48 Miller

2:56:50 in 25 and a third innings pitch this

2:56:52 year. Has 25 strikeouts.

2:57:00 >> He's inside on Cosgro. Oo, and the

2:57:02 tailgators can't believe that one.

2:57:06 >> Hunter Ives has an impossible job right

2:57:08 now. And his last 25 minutes of real

2:57:10 time have been really

2:57:13 strenuous.

2:57:16 He is doing everything he can to rise to

2:57:18 that occasion. I feel for him.

2:57:20 >> God bless that man. I do too.

2:57:21 >> Absolutely.

2:57:22 >> Give him a big hug and dinner tonight.

2:57:27 >> Cosbro fighting his first hit of the

2:57:30 weekend Thursday night. First inning was

2:57:33 an inning winning home run

2:57:36 to walk off Brett Sanchez.

2:57:39 He didn't go. It's 32.

2:57:43 A ball for a sprint will put them on the

2:57:45 corners with no one down.

2:57:57 >> RUNNER GOES HIT THE BALL FOUR.

2:58:00 [cheering] Swan is stuck in SECOND BASE.

2:58:03 HE DIDN'T KNOW.

2:58:08 >> And that plays out as true as a ball

2:58:11 force sprint can.

2:58:12 >> [cheering]

2:58:13 >> They're on the corners. Still no one

2:58:15 down.

2:58:18 >> Swan could have come around to score

2:58:20 possibly from first base there with the

2:58:21 jump that he got.

2:58:23 >> And that's great situational awareness

2:58:25 by Swany. He's seen everybody crashing

2:58:27 behind him. And then a hard 90 to third.

2:58:29 >> Yep.

2:58:30 >> Oh my goodness. Reese Hampton the

2:58:33 fourhole hitter.

2:58:35 >> Oh, THAT BALL GETS AWAY. PLAYED THE PLAY

2:58:38 BALL. MY what save. And here comes Mark

2:58:42 Smith INTO THIRD.

2:58:45 >> WE'VE got

2:58:46 >> We've got two teams that need to be

2:58:48 separated. Mike Vasis runs in. Taj

2:58:51 Porter in the middle of the fray. Baba

2:58:53 gets quarterback. He gets

2:58:56 his team back.

2:59:00 >> Whoa.

2:59:00 >> Mark Smith pulls the tailgator back.

2:59:02 Brent, you and I have said it all

2:59:04 weekend. No two teams respect each other

2:59:06 more than the party animals and the

2:59:08 tailgator.

2:59:08 >> Something was said there. Something was

2:59:10 said there. I would love to see a replay

2:59:12 of that.

2:59:13 >> And the fan challenge could change the

2:59:15 course of this night.

2:59:15 >> And now we have to see a replay of it.

2:59:17 Something happened there because Jason

2:59:19 Swan and Taj Porter are the best of

2:59:21 friends. I mean, those guys are tight.

2:59:24 >> Swan is safe. Swan's safe.

2:59:28 >> All right. What do we have here? I know

2:59:30 we're doing it for the replay, but

2:59:31 something happened here after the tag.

2:59:34 >> All right.

2:59:34 >> Swan safe clearly. Yeah. By the way, a

2:59:37 party was headlined show and a fan

2:59:39 challenge for Texas Tailgator fans. Love

2:59:41 that's rare in this sport.

2:59:43 >> I love that. That's great. He's safe. Is

2:59:45 there a way possibly we can see what

2:59:47 happened through the

2:59:48 >> Let's see now the replay. Now we see we

2:59:51 see that through the play quickly here.

2:59:57 >> Swan is still yelling at the tail

3:00:00 looking over there.

3:00:01 >> All right, here we go. Here we go,

3:00:02 Drake.

3:00:03 >> Let's see this play out. He bowls over

3:00:05 Reese and then stands over him.

3:00:07 >> You can't do that.

3:00:07 >> Yeah, that's disrespectful. And I love

3:00:09 Jason Swan as much as I love.

3:00:10 >> Jake Skull walks up to Swan and says,

3:00:12 "Get back."

3:00:13 >> Taj Taj being a great teammate stands up

3:00:16 for him.

3:00:16 >> And Skull's apologizing to Taj Porter%

3:00:19 >> Skull's a great teammate there.

3:00:21 >> Taj is a great teammate there.

3:00:22 >> 100%.

3:00:23 >> I think Jason Swan,

3:00:24 >> but in Swan's defense, in Swan's

3:00:27 defense, that Vanc foul ball, he's seen

3:00:29 it. He's got that emotion. He's coming

3:00:32 home from third. Emotions very high for

3:00:34 Swany.

3:00:35 >> Two coaches are now meeting at at at

3:00:36 home play.

3:00:38 >> There's a there is a possibility we see

3:00:40 an ejection here.

3:00:41 >> I think we should see a warning. I do

3:00:43 not think I want to be very clear. I do

3:00:45 not think Jason Swan should be ejected

3:00:47 from this banana ball game. I think both

3:00:49 of the skippers should talk to their two

3:00:51 teams. He should not be ejected from

3:00:53 this game. Those things were settled.

3:00:55 There was no physical contact. There

3:00:57 were words exchanged and everybody was

3:00:59 separated. I I I do think Jason

3:01:02 >> Zangelo is telling us there was a

3:01:04 warning initiated to both dugouts.

3:01:06 >> I think Jason Swan will tell you two

3:01:08 hours from now, hand up. I didn't mean I

3:01:11 didn't mean that%.

3:01:13 You see the replay here

3:01:15 >> and that that that's out of character

3:01:17 for and you saw Skull push him on the

3:01:19 shoulder and say you can't do that.

3:01:21 >> And you see you can see Tai saying don't

3:01:23 do that. Don't do that. I think

3:01:24 everybody here defending their teammates

3:01:27 >> and Jake Skull doing the right thing at

3:01:29 Swan. Now the runner at third is the

3:01:32 game tying point.

3:01:37 >> Reese Hampton's the dish.

3:01:40 His at bat is ongoing. It is. He's a few

3:01:43 pitches into this one. Hampton foul.

3:01:46 He's got two strikes on him and at least

3:01:49 one ball from the pass ball.

3:01:52 The count

3:01:54 is one, two.

3:02:01 No one out in the ninth.

3:02:07 Reese Miller.

3:02:09 Hampton into left field. IT'S DOWN FOR A

3:02:12 BASE HIT. THIS BALL GAME IS TIED. AND IT

3:02:15 GETS AWAY FROM STANLEY. Hampton stands

3:02:17 up. Double

3:02:21 [cheering]

3:02:25 Nashville.

3:02:27 Are you aware of what you are

3:02:28 witnessing?

3:02:35 [cheering]

3:02:41 >> Consecutive ball, four sprints, and then

3:02:43 a double for the party animals in the

3:02:45 night. We're tied up four to four. THIS

3:02:47 IS WHY YOU GO TO THE NINTH INNING. THIS

3:02:49 IS WHY YOU GO TO THE ninth inning.

3:02:52 Rookie of the year candidate TJ Reeves

3:02:55 against one of the best young arms in

3:02:56 this sport. Righty on righty. Man in

3:02:59 scoring position. NO ONE OUT. HAMPTON

3:03:01 will run for Hamilton.

3:03:04 >> Revo by the way. 0 for his last five.

3:03:06 He's due, man. He is due. Still no outs

3:03:09 in this bottom of the ninth either.

3:03:15 Swing and a miss.

3:03:21 Miller could use a strike out.

3:03:26 [cheering] Taj Porter hangs on.

3:03:40 >> Swing and a miss.

3:03:43 REESE MILLER NEEDED THAT ONE.

3:03:47 [screaming]

3:03:47 >> PJ from Mr. Miller and out number one.

3:03:51 And for right now, the game-winning run

3:03:53 is still at second against a man who is

3:03:56 three for his last four. Chase AOP.

3:04:01 He was two for two with a couple ribbies

3:04:02 last night.

3:04:03 >> Two walk-offs last night as well.

3:04:05 >> Yep.

3:04:07 >> Two for three today.

3:04:09 Bill struck out his last time up.

3:04:12 Swing and a miss. Miller's found it.

3:04:24 Cup stays alive.

3:04:39 Swinging a miss. Miller got him.

3:04:43 Come on, Ree. A BIG TIME SLIDER. BACKTO

3:04:47 BACK K

3:04:50 from the bride of Houston.

3:04:52 Now it comes down to Tanner Thomas.

3:04:58 Seven home runs leads the team.

3:05:04 He's 0 FOR NINE. HOW DO we Wow, what a

3:05:08 great take from Thomas.

3:05:11 He's got to settle in now. Oh,

3:05:28 >> Thomas foul.

3:05:31 >> It seemed like that three-run bomb from

3:05:33 Taylor Justice in the top of the ninth

3:05:34 was about two years ago.

3:05:36 >> Yep. This game is now 2 hours and 30

3:05:38 minutes old. A lifetime in banana ball.

3:05:41 Wow.

3:05:44 >> One, two

3:05:46 to Tanner Thomas.

3:05:51 >> Thomas foul again.

3:06:04 >> It's still Reese Hampton at second base.

3:06:06 He's got wheels.

3:06:09 Thomas takes his time after the foul

3:06:11 ball. 10,000 people have been given a

3:06:13 treat.

3:06:16 THOMAS LEFT FIELD. NO MAN'S LAND. WHO'S

3:06:19 GOT IT? NO ONE. This ball game's over.

3:06:22 [cheering]

3:06:23 The body has swept number one team

3:06:28 lost to Nashville. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

3:06:33 [cheering]

3:06:34 Oh my.

3:06:43 IT IS A SWEEP FOR THE BLACK AND PINK

3:06:50 IN HEARTBREAKING FASHION FOR THOSE BOYS

3:06:54 FROM TEXAS.

3:06:56 A Texas leager ends it AND THE ANIMALS

3:07:00 WALK IT OFF 54.

3:07:03 THIS CITY BELONGS TO THE BLACK AND PINK

3:07:06 AGAIN. LET THEM DANCE.

3:07:15 MAN, what a ball game. 5 to four. The

3:07:17 Party Animals win it here in Nashville.

3:07:19 They sweep the Music City. And we thank

3:07:23 you all for watching here on the CW.

3:07:26 This has been Banana Ball.

3:07:48 >> [music]

3:07:57 >> Hey YouTube.

3:07:59 [cheering]

3:08:00 Paul's got his headset off. I can

3:08:02 confidently say that is the craziest

3:08:05 game.

3:08:05 >> I was letting the boys dance. Okay. I

3:08:07 was letting the boys dance.

3:08:07 >> We had to get off national TV first.

3:08:09 That is the craziest banana ball game

3:08:11 I've ever watched. I know Bo Scall is in

3:08:13 the chat. I want him to confirm that

3:08:15 might have been the craziest banana ball

3:08:16 game ever.

3:08:17 >> It was a minute off of being the longest

3:08:18 banana ball game in history.

3:08:20 >> We had a three-run go-ahead shot in the

3:08:22 night that scored the first runs for one

3:08:24 team. The home team matches with three

3:08:26 in the home half. mixed in the middle of

3:08:28 that was almost a brawl in the eighth in

3:08:30 the in the eighth inning there. We

3:08:32 barely even make it to the ninth at the

3:08:35 equalizer points awarded yet again. This

3:08:37 has been absolutely bonkers and Drake

3:08:40 toll down on the field. Matty Warren's

3:08:42 got your skipper Mike Vavais.

3:08:45 >> Coach Vasis, this is hands down the

3:08:47 craziest banana ball game that I know

3:08:49 I've ever seen. So, I want you to start

3:08:51 getting to the ninth inning and the

3:08:52 entirety of the ninth inning. From your

3:08:54 perspective, what did we just watch?

3:08:57 >> I mean, it's been all weekend to be

3:08:59 completely honest. It's It's been

3:09:00 absolutely insane. I mean, we went a

3:09:02 matchup route here in the ninth on our

3:09:04 end. Didn't pay off and then obviously

3:09:06 the boys came back out, fought

3:09:08 offensively. Had a little scuffle here

3:09:10 at home plate. Not really sure what

3:09:11 transpired. I got here, went uh tried to

3:09:14 break it up, but uh you know, it's a

3:09:15 it's just showing the intensity and how

3:09:17 how hard these guys play. And uh you

3:09:19 know, it's entertainment. We're having

3:09:20 fun, but they love to play and they love

3:09:22 to win. So, uh, just shows how intense

3:09:24 these games are.

3:09:25 >> We've talked all weekend about the

3:09:26 parallels between the Party Animals and

3:09:28 the Tailgators. Arguably at this point,

3:09:30 one of the best matchups, two of the

3:09:31 best teams in this league.

3:09:35 >> What What does this look like the next

3:09:37 time that you guys face each other after

3:09:38 this?

3:09:39 >> And, you know, uh, you know, probably

3:09:40 right after this, everyone's going to be

3:09:41 shaking hands and hugging in the locker

3:09:43 room. You know, that's that's what's

3:09:44 great about this organization. That's

3:09:45 what great about all these players. But,

3:09:47 uh, it's always going to be intense. I

3:09:48 think every team we play is going to be

3:09:50 intense. Obviously being the reigning

3:09:51 champions, we have a, you know, we have

3:09:53 a target on our back and but we like

3:09:55 that target. So, uh, it's always going

3:09:56 to be intense. It's going to be another

3:09:58 great series when we play them again

3:09:59 and, uh, can't wait for it in Midland.

3:10:01 >> Now, last question for you. We, you

3:10:03 talked a little bit about strategy and I

3:10:04 walked with you down to the bullpen.

3:10:05 Obviously, we had the pitching strategy

3:10:07 going into the ninth. Didn't quite shake

3:10:08 out the way you might have wanted it to,

3:10:10 but what can you say about the way this

3:10:12 team continues to show up in those

3:10:14 moments where it feels like the wind has

3:10:16 been sucked out of the place and yet

3:10:17 they're able to pull off that ending?

3:10:19 you know, we're a family and families

3:10:21 fight together. Um, you know, I would do

3:10:22 anything for these boys and I know they

3:10:24 would do the same for me. And when

3:10:25 you're you're competing and you're

3:10:26 you're out here, it's uh you know,

3:10:28 you're fighting for your family and uh

3:10:29 that's what they're doing every night.

3:10:30 And um you know, I respect the crap out

3:10:32 of it,

3:10:32 >> coach. Thank you so much. I promise

3:10:34 whatever energy you are feeling,

3:10:35 multiply it by like a hundred down here

3:10:37 on the field.

3:10:38 >> Thank you.

3:10:39 >> Thank you, Maddie. Thank you to VA. And

3:10:41 I I think that is the perfect response.

3:10:44 If you missed it, there was a short

3:10:46 scuffle. a short scuffle between these

3:10:48 two teams on a close play at the plate.

3:10:51 And and Brett, I think VA said it so

3:10:53 eloquently. He he did not necessarily

3:10:56 stand up for his guys or point fingers

3:10:58 at the other. He said, "It's a situation

3:10:59 I'm going to learn more about and we'll

3:11:01 address, but we have a ton of respect

3:11:02 for the Texas Tailgator."

3:11:05 >> What we just saw

3:11:06 >> is the reason you get the game in the

3:11:08 ninth inning.

3:11:09 >> If ever there was there was a chance,

3:11:11 Brett, that we saw a 4-2 Tailgator win.

3:11:13 And we asked ourselves all night long,

3:11:15 you see Vava and Mick giving a big hug

3:11:17 post game, there was a chance, Brett, we

3:11:20 saw a 4-2 win for the Tailgator where

3:11:21 the party said, "Hey, we could have just

3:11:23 let the time expire. We gave you guys

3:11:25 that."

3:11:26 >> But tonight, they wanted to settle it in

3:11:28 the ninth inning. And they did, but we

3:11:30 don't get there. We don't get to a five

3:11:33 to four Animals win if not for a man who

3:11:35 goes seven scoreless. Brett Helton,

3:11:37 who's with Mattie Warren.

3:11:39 >> Hey guys, like you said, seven scoreless

3:11:41 innings. I know you wanted to go nine. I

3:11:43 think I heard Vav say you looked at him.

3:11:45 You're like, "Let me go 150 pitches." I

3:11:46 got it. But you got to come out of the

3:11:49 game and watch the ending of this. But I

3:11:50 want to start with those first seven

3:11:52 innings. How do you continue to come out

3:11:54 here and perform at that level of

3:11:56 quality and volume after throwing a

3:11:59 complete game very very recently

3:12:01 already?

3:12:01 >> It's the whole reason we train. It's the

3:12:03 whole reason we lift and long toss and

3:12:04 do everything we do and throw live BPs.

3:12:06 Like it's consistency and like we live

3:12:08 for this. So like I'm going to be

3:12:09 training every day just so I can do

3:12:10 stuff like that. And it was great. Every

3:12:12 time I tow the rubber, I'm trying to go

3:12:13 nine. Today, I threw too many pitches

3:12:14 and didn't do it. But guess what? The

3:12:16 boys came back and rallied. As soon as I

3:12:18 come out, they're throwing heaters.

3:12:19 Everyone's pitching good and we end up

3:12:20 winning. Let's go.

3:12:21 >> Now, the pitching staff for the Party

3:12:23 Animals was undeniable this weekend,

3:12:24 holding one of the best offenses, kind

3:12:26 of a little bit on their heels. But what

3:12:28 made the difference in this game was the

3:12:30 bats and the grit and the hustle of the

3:12:32 Party Animals. Is that something that

3:12:34 you see from your teammates often?

3:12:35 >> Yeah, it's clutch. And every time

3:12:37 there's a big clutch situation, they

3:12:38 come through again. That's it. That's

3:12:40 why we play with our heartbeats. That's

3:12:41 why we're in front of crowds all the

3:12:42 time so it doesn't get to us. So when

3:12:44 the big moment comes, we can deliver.

3:12:46 And we did it. We came back from being

3:12:48 down to in the ninth inning. Came back,

3:12:50 score, score, score. Done. That's

3:12:52 clutch.

3:12:52 >> It's just what the party animals do.

3:12:54 Brett Helton, go ice that arm for us.

3:12:56 >> Never. It's all good. I can pitch

3:12:57 tomorrow. Thanks again, Maddie. Thank

3:12:59 you, Brett. Um, and down on the field

3:13:01 still here, here's Taj Porter having a

3:13:03 conversation with Anthony Cormato and

3:13:05 talking over that last play and how he

3:13:08 was. And you know what, Brett? Taj

3:13:10 wasn't in that play, but Taj did the

3:13:12 right thing as a teammate when he came

3:13:14 back over and stood up for his pitcher

3:13:16 Reese Miller, who had just Yeah, he he

3:13:18 had narrowly as as Brett Loft has picked

3:13:20 up a stick. Mike had narrowly

3:13:24 [clears throat] missed a tag on Jason

3:13:26 Swan there at the end of the game. Swan

3:13:28 goes to stand up to celebrate and and I

3:13:30 think ultimately he got stuck up. Swan

3:13:33 got stuck on Miller who was still on the

3:13:34 ground. It just it became a clunky play

3:13:36 and and was something that I think both

3:13:38 teams wanted to avoid there at the end

3:13:40 and have squashed already. We've got the

3:13:42 director of entertainment though, Zack

3:13:43 Franlo, who just saw one of the most

3:13:45 entertaining banana ball games in

3:13:46 history. And Fran is fieldside right

3:13:48 now. Fran, uh before we get to the

3:13:51 special guests this weekend, that that

3:13:52 was what we were going to talk to you

3:13:53 about.

3:13:54 >> Um does how does this showcase the

3:13:57 importance of getting a game to the

3:13:58 ninth inning?

3:13:59 >> Yeah, I mean we talked about it with

3:14:02 pretty much every special guest just to

3:14:03 tie both of them together. Uh the the

3:14:05 first question for most of these guys

3:14:06 is, you know, is this real or is this

3:14:08 the Harlem Globe Trotters? And I'm like,

3:14:09 man, like I I don't know how to explain

3:14:10 it other than like the entertainment

3:14:12 that you're going to see, the the when

3:14:14 you come out, when the walk up is going

3:14:15 to happen, that's all scripted, but the

3:14:17 gameplay itself, these boys want to win.

3:14:20 And you look up after that moment in the

3:14:21 ninth, and obviously we never want to

3:14:22 see uh a scuffle or any sort of violence

3:14:25 on the field, but that's evidence of

3:14:28 what this game is. You know, we have I

3:14:31 come from a hockey background, so that's

3:14:32 pretty normal, right? Uh, but you look

3:14:34 up into the suite and you see the boys

3:14:36 just getting fired up for what's going

3:14:37 on. And it showcases how much these guys

3:14:41 want to win. And like you've been

3:14:43 saying, it's that's what the reason you

3:14:45 get to the ninth is so that you can have

3:14:47 a moment like that. And and truly what a

3:14:50 banana ball game from top to bottom to

3:14:52 being able to get in nine to a lead

3:14:54 change in the ninth where every run

3:14:55 counts for a point and then to see what

3:14:57 happened in the bottom of the ninth

3:14:58 there. I mean, what an unbelievable

3:15:00 banana ball game. And like you said,

3:15:02 that is why you get to the ninth inning.

3:15:03 >> Bronze, there are a lot of folks in

3:15:04 polos down there who don't always get

3:15:06 the credit that they deserve. I know the

3:15:07 players did everything in their power to

3:15:08 get us to that final inning. Uh, who

3:15:11 deserves the credit for both the show we

3:15:13 got tonight and us finishing with that

3:15:15 final inning?

3:15:16 >> Yeah, absolutely. I mean, Joe Zolo, the

3:15:18 the show caller for the Party Animals is

3:15:20 topnotch. I mean, he's been incredible

3:15:22 this entire year. and to be able to

3:15:23 bring this brand in under his wing and

3:15:26 to add a little bit more structure and

3:15:28 ability to to really lead these guys to

3:15:30 get to that ninth inning. Uh that comes

3:15:32 all the way back in the fifth inning.

3:15:34 You know, we're watching this game from

3:15:35 the second that the first pitch is

3:15:37 happening until the end to make sure

3:15:39 that we get nine innings in, whether

3:15:40 that be changing promos around or

3:15:42 changing walkups or holding on a

3:15:44 celebration here or whatever it may be

3:15:46 to make sure that we get to the ninth

3:15:48 inning. And then to get into those

3:15:50 hitters ears and say, "Hey, in right now

3:15:52 we are low on time. I need you to be in

3:15:53 the box in zero seconds." And huge shout

3:15:56 out to the guys on the tailgator side

3:15:57 because they were obviously doing it.

3:15:58 Zack Watson specifically, I saw him get

3:16:00 up there, get a zero second walk up in

3:16:02 the ninth. And then on this side for

3:16:03 Ballard and Skull to go up there and

3:16:05 swing the bat in the ninth inning when

3:16:07 they didn't have to. I mean, that's true

3:16:08 buy into Banana Ball. And so a lot of

3:16:10 people deserve credit, but man, the

3:16:12 players are the ones that are out there

3:16:13 that are going to be the ones that can

3:16:14 get it over the finish line. We can only

3:16:16 give them the tools to help get them

3:16:17 there. Ranch, last question from us up

3:16:19 here in the booth. You have seen this

3:16:21 sport grow from being a barntorming one

3:16:24 team Savannah Bananas playing those

3:16:27 party animals who didn't really even

3:16:29 have a brand at that point in time. This

3:16:31 weekend and tonight in particular, the

3:16:33 Party Animals sold out the Music City

3:16:35 three straight nights. They had three

3:16:37 straight games where they had massive

3:16:39 guests. They now play in a league in the

3:16:41 Banana Ball Championship League. We

3:16:43 almost had a brawl in the ninth inning

3:16:45 tonight trying to overcome a three-run

3:16:47 homer by their opponents in the top

3:16:49 half.

3:16:50 >> What does that tell you? Everything that

3:16:52 the fans need to know at home, not only

3:16:54 about the Party Animals brand, but where

3:16:56 where our sport has been and where it's

3:16:57 going.

3:16:58 >> Yeah, I mean, you look at the the guys

3:17:00 that are in Black and Pink. You look at

3:17:02 the Jake Skulls, the Reese Hamptons,

3:17:03 Tanner Thomas', the guys that have built

3:17:05 this from inception to where it is now,

3:17:08 and those guys fighting for this brand.

3:17:10 Uh, you know, there's not a lot of

3:17:11 people that are here that have seen it

3:17:13 grow from those early days, those Mobile

3:17:16 days, those early days of Banana Ball,

3:17:18 and those two specifically have. And to

3:17:20 still have them over there on the Black

3:17:22 and Pink, uh, it's truly special what

3:17:25 they've been able to build with the

3:17:26 brand to where now we have guys like

3:17:29 Johnny Knoxville and Steo who are

3:17:30 probably on the Mount Rushmore of party

3:17:32 years of all time wanting to be here.

3:17:35 You know, you get a you get a message

3:17:36 from Jesse Cole saying, "Man, like this

3:17:38 is similar to when we had John Cena."

3:17:40 And we know what that looked like for

3:17:41 the Savannah Bananas. And now to have

3:17:42 those two guys come out and at the end

3:17:44 of the night leaving like, "Man, I've

3:17:46 got to come back. This is unbelievable."

3:17:48 And then you have a top five country

3:17:49 music star in Hardy that is like, "This

3:17:51 is one of the coolest things I've ever

3:17:53 seen." And literally staying until the

3:17:55 end of the night because he's like, "I

3:17:57 don't want to leave. I want to see

3:17:58 this." It it shows how far Banana Ball

3:18:00 has come, but more importantly how far

3:18:02 the party animals and the tailgator

3:18:03 obviously tailgators being a little bit

3:18:04 more new. Uh they are growing

3:18:07 unbelievably fast with people and

3:18:10 especially here in Nashville where

3:18:11 country music is so important. It fits

3:18:14 their brand so incredibly well. And just

3:18:17 a year ago to be over at Nissan Stadium

3:18:19 and seeing that that stadium slowly turn

3:18:21 pink throughout that night. We know

3:18:23 there's a lot of fans that were here

3:18:25 that turned to Party Animals fans last

3:18:26 year at that Nissan Stadium game and got

3:18:28 an intimate experience that was unlike

3:18:30 any other and one of the best banana

3:18:32 ball games that we have ever seen. And

3:18:34 so it's a credit to those guys and it's

3:18:35 a credit to to the brand being built and

3:18:37 it's a credit to you guys as well

3:18:39 sharing banana ball and and having fun

3:18:41 on the broadcast. Man, I had the

3:18:42 opportunity to be listening to you guys

3:18:44 through that ninth inning and man alive

3:18:45 you guys sent chills down my spine a

3:18:47 couple times. The TJ home run and then

3:18:49 that Reese Hampton hit. I mean, it was

3:18:51 it was a very very well done call and

3:18:53 you guys did a great job in bringing

3:18:54 Banana Ball to more fans.

3:18:55 >> Thank you to Zack Francho. Yeah, and you

3:18:58 hit the nail on the head with Chris

3:18:59 Young, to Johnny Knoxville and Hardy,

3:19:01 Steo, those guys being here and credit

3:19:03 to you for helping make that happen for

3:19:05 these two brands this weekend. Fran,

3:19:07 you're fantastic what you do. You look

3:19:09 great and everybody's saying

3:19:11 >> talk about Mount Rushmore.

3:19:12 >> We love you guys.

3:19:12 >> Mount Rushmore Fans First Entertainment

3:19:14 right there on your screen, ladies and

3:19:15 gentlemen.

3:19:15 >> There it goes. Thanks again, Fran.

3:19:16 >> Love you guys. Thank you.

3:19:19 Let's Let's I mean,

3:19:21 >> let's talk about it. Huh?

3:19:22 >> Hold on. I got Benadryil somewhere.

3:19:23 >> Actually, before we talk about it, show

3:19:25 the graphic about

3:19:27 >> Let's talk about Let's talk about next

3:19:28 week. Yeah, we can talk about Let's talk

3:19:29 about next week.

3:19:30 >> We got a video or a graphic or we got

3:19:31 something to show you.

3:19:33 >> You guys play in a football stadium

3:19:34 apparently.

3:19:35 >> Yeah. Oddson Stadium in Eugene, Oregon,

3:19:38 the home of the Oregon Ducks. The party

3:19:40 animals will face the Savannah Bananas.

3:19:41 The Animals are [music] the home team on

3:19:43 ESPN for game one, on ABC on Sunday for

3:19:47 game two. That's a little funky, by the

3:19:49 way. 8:00 Eastern time. 8:00 East

3:19:51 animals are the home team. Yeah. Uh 8:00

3:19:53 Eastern time for that broadcast, by the

3:19:55 way, for Saturday. So that's a local

3:19:58 time, [music] 5:00 first pitch. And then

3:20:00 on Sunday, 1:00 Eastern time, first

3:20:02 pitch on ABC. Uh [music] that Sunday

3:20:05 game is 400 p. p.m. Eastern. Uh the

3:20:08 Texas Tailgator, Brett Loft,

3:20:10 >> big big one. Big one for the boys in

3:20:11 blue and orange next weekend. [music]

3:20:13 First headliner game that'll be on

3:20:14 national TV game one in San Antonio on

3:20:17 Saturday night 8:00 PM Eastern, 700 p.m.

3:20:19 [music] C Central time on True TV. There

3:20:22 you see it top of your screen. [music]

3:20:24 Firefighters clowns being Fargo, North

3:20:26 Dakota. First time Banana Balls ever

3:20:27 went to the Dakotas playing on the

3:20:29 Clowns YouTube channel. Welcome back in

3:20:31 the booth toll. Man, that was uh the

3:20:34 craziest banana [music] ball game I have

3:20:37 ever watched and maybe has ever been

3:20:39 played. Well, damn. What do we do with

3:20:42 that, man? [laughter]

3:20:43 >> Where do we go from here?

3:20:44 >> So,

3:20:46 and and we'll be as brief as we can. I

3:20:47 want to do this in 90 seconds.

3:20:49 >> Yep.

3:20:49 >> Okay. Eighth inning, Animals are up two

3:20:51 zero. Clock's running out.

3:20:53 >> Texas Tailgator miraculously with under

3:20:56 six minutes to go and needing a few a

3:20:58 few things to break their way. Get the

3:21:00 equalizer point by garnering three trick

3:21:02 plays and find their way quickly out of

3:21:04 that eighth. It's 2-1. We go to the

3:21:06 ninth.

3:21:06 >> 20 seconds left, by the way. Making it

3:21:07 the ninth.

3:21:08 >> Make it the ninth. 26. Reese Miller

3:21:09 pitching the party animals. They were

3:21:11 full swing away. They wanted to get to

3:21:12 the ninth. Whether it meant they they

3:21:14 won or lost. They just wanted to fight

3:21:15 for the ninth. We get to the ninth

3:21:16 inning. In the top of the ninth, it is

3:21:19 still a two to one ball game. When

3:21:21 Taylor Justice works a 14 pitch at bat,

3:21:23 the analysts would argue on pitch 12

3:21:25 that he fouled out to a fan. Fan runs

3:21:27 down to the field says, "I got it. I

3:21:29 caught it. I caught it." No umpire saw

3:21:30 it. We had no camera angle of it.

3:21:32 Therefore, the correct call was to leave

3:21:35 it as no catch. Just as two pitches

3:21:38 later, hits a 393 foot home run to left

3:21:41 field. Pull side. It's now 42.

3:21:44 >> The only three runs the Tailgator scored

3:21:46 in any of the game tonight. Came off one

3:21:48 swing of the bat.

3:21:49 >> And because it's in the ninth, they all

3:21:50 become points. The Tailgators are up

3:21:51 four to2 now. The Animals come up. It's

3:21:53 ball for sprint. Ball for sprint. Base

3:21:56 hit. That makes the ball game three.

3:21:59 Make it four to four, I should say. But

3:22:01 we're now tied up at that point

3:22:03 >> which from

3:22:05 >> from there two strikeouts from Reese

3:22:08 Miller. He gets Reese Anthony into a two

3:22:10 strike count. Hamp fly ball into left

3:22:13 field. No man's land. Hussein's chasing.

3:22:15 Watson's chasing. Bar's chasing. No one

3:22:18 gets to it. Uh and it I should say

3:22:20 Tanner Thomas into left field. Hampton

3:22:23 comes in to score and that is it. A

3:22:25 walk-off 54 the final. It was the hustle

3:22:27 play from Han to get home that drove the

3:22:30 Animals to a sweep of the Texas

3:22:31 Tailgator. And Brett, again, that's

3:22:34 under 90 seconds for the next 30

3:22:35 seconds. And we're going to wrap up and

3:22:36 say goodbye. I I think this week, we

3:22:38 talked about this a couple a bit

3:22:39 yesterday. Talk about power rankings,

3:22:40 the hottest teams in Anna Ball. The

3:22:42 Tailgator just lost three games.

3:22:43 >> All each of them only by a point.

3:22:45 >> And I would put the Texas Tailgator

3:22:46 still right there. If not at the top,

3:22:48 right there with the Animals A1.

3:22:50 >> The Party Animals Tailgators are the two

3:22:52 best teams in this sport. And there's no

3:22:53 doubt about it in my mind. A guy caught

3:22:55 stealing on on night one, a guy caught

3:22:58 stealing on night two, and then tonight

3:23:00 a bloop into left that wins it. You are

3:23:02 just the question was who's going to

3:23:04 blink that close.

3:23:05 >> And and with with the margin of error

3:23:07 being an eyelash, the tailgator, they

3:23:10 they blink to the wrong time in in these

3:23:12 contests. Otherwise, it would have been

3:23:14 a sweep in the other direction. A

3:23:16 gentleman's weekend.

3:23:17 >> What do you say? Uh we let these people

3:23:19 go to sleep, man.

3:23:20 >> What do we say? I get a beer. I don't

3:23:22 >> You got it. You deserve it, man. I'm

3:23:23 going to go see Brandon and Heather Loft

3:23:25 down [laughter] there. They're hanging

3:23:26 out. Hey, for Chad Reese producing our

3:23:28 executive producer, um Josh Richardson,

3:23:30 Chris Haynes in the truck, Matty

3:23:32 Warren's down on the field. That's Brett

3:23:34 Loftess. It's been a pleasure calling

3:23:35 these games this weekend, my friend. It

3:23:37 has been a pleasure calling these games.

3:23:38 >> Such a pleasure, man.

3:23:39 >> I'm Drake Tol and for the last time this

3:23:41 weekend and take a nap or two, I'm say

3:23:45 good night after a 54 party animals win

3:23:49 and party on.

3:23:50 >> What a ball game.

3:23:54 >> [music]

3:24:17 >> Heat. Heat. [music]