Party Animals @ Texas Tailgaters

0:01 Happy

0:13 birthday.

0:22 After

0:38 going four and four over their final

0:40 eight games heading into the Banana Ball

0:42 Open, something caught fire within the

0:45 Texas Tailgator and specifically their

0:48 33-year-old superstar Kyle Martin in

0:51 game one

0:52 quarter here for the Texas Tailgator.

0:53 And Kmart sends what? Deep center field.

0:57 Kmart with another long ball. Welcome to

1:01 the action here in the banana ball open.

1:04 >> First of two home runs for Kmart in the

1:06 open. And then Sunshine provided us the

1:09 play of the year.

1:10 >> Mason Maxwell hard hit. Sunny times out.

1:13 Trick play. Oh, it's a double trick

1:15 play. Is that the play of the year?

1:18 Jonathan Sunshine. Looters lays out

1:21 between the legs bucket throws it to

1:24 first. Taylor Justice between the legs

1:26 bucket. That was psychotic. This is

1:31 banana ball.

1:32 >> And from arguably the play of the year

1:35 to the play that helped win the

1:37 tailgator the equalizer point and win

1:39 the ball game on Friday night.

1:41 >> McDow over to J5 between the legs and

1:44 it's the equalizer point for the

1:46 tailgator. Double trick play.

1:48 >> Book it. Book it. And just like that,

1:51 the Texas Tailgator off the backs of the

1:54 Texas kid and Taylor Justice win the

1:57 equalizer point is vitally important.

2:01 With a win on Friday night against the

2:02 Firefighters, the Tailgator faced off in

2:04 game one of the Banana Ball Open

2:06 Championship against those Savannah

2:08 Bananas. And how about a start to it

2:10 from Jordan Hussein. A little booket

2:13 there on a 6463

2:15 double play. have never seen anything

2:17 like that in your entire life. And then

2:20 we hadn't seen this yet this year

2:21 either. Jordan Bart hits his first home

2:24 run in his banana ball career in route

2:27 to putting the Tailgator up two points

2:29 to none there in the third inning.

2:32 Feeling really good about those boys in

2:33 blue and orange. Now let's feel a little

2:35 bit better. Eighth inning, need three

2:37 trick plays to win the equalizer point.

2:40 Book it. That is now 13 to 12 in the

2:42 trick play category. Bouncer Taylor

2:44 Justice. Tough play. And Jose Baron

2:46 loses a cowboy hat. Book it yet again.

2:48 13 trick plays a piece to get the final

2:50 out of the inning. Taylor Justice

2:52 bounces it off the turf like LaMelo. And

2:54 that's how the Tailgators win the

2:56 equalizer point. And then here's how

2:58 they won the ball game

3:00 >> with the game on the line.

3:04 HIGHFLY BALL DEEP OUT TO RIGHT CENTER

3:07 FIELD. WATSON ON HIS HORSE. HE DOESN'T

3:09 GET THERE AS IT BANGS OFF THE WALL. TY

3:12 JACKSON WILL SCORE EASILY. Over looking

3:14 for THREE BASES. HE'S OUT. PERFECT RELAY

3:18 BY JORDAN HUSSEIN. FANTASTIC deep by

3:21 Jordan Bar. AND THE TAILGATOR HANG ON.

3:24 3-2 WINNERS. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT that

3:26 Jordan Jordan connection AND THE TEXAS

3:30 TAILGATOR COME IN HERE AND upset the

3:32 namesake of the sport to win game one of

3:36 the first ever banana ball open.

3:39 >> From a game one victory to winning the

3:41 whole thing the very next day. ers

3:43 putting this in the hands of their

3:45 allstar from a season ago in Nick Lopez.

3:48 The O2

3:50 THAT'S HIT WELL DEEP OUT TO LEFT. ALEXI

3:54 IS ON HIS HORSE.

3:56 It settles ON THE WARNING TRACK. LOPEZ

3:58 AROUND SECOND.

4:00 Reese gets to the ball. Lopez around

4:03 third.

4:04 No relay. Nick Lopez clinches a playoff

4:08 spot for the Texas Tailgator.

4:11 And the boys in blue and orange are

4:14 going to get a playoff spot. Six points

4:17 early.

4:19 Nate Lopez, the man who won all the

4:22 showdowns last year for the tailgator,

4:24 comes up in the biggest spot of his

4:26 banana career. We'll see you in October.

4:30 We just never gave up, man. Even the

4:32 locker, we're talking we're going to

4:34 beat these guys. They got us last year

4:37 and the first couple games this year and

4:38 we never gave up. That's the difference.

4:40 And from one historic moment to another,

4:42 the first ever popup game in Banana Ball

4:44 history at Navasota High School in front

4:46 of a thousand people. The Texas

4:48 Tailgator Savannah Bananas and Kyle

4:50 Markin welcomes you to the auction as he

4:53 hits a two-run blast in the first inning

4:55 that walks it off for the Texas

4:57 Tailgator, putting them up one to

4:58 nothing. What about Jonathan Sunshine

5:02 Lutters, the inventor of the foot

5:03 volley? 1 2 3 4 5 6 seven times Sunny

5:09 goes off the legs and the feet to give

5:11 you a trick play that you've never seen

5:14 before. Hopefully you'll see it again,

5:15 but you will never ever ever forget it.

5:19 Sunny does that and then his counterpart

5:21 up the middle does this. Jordan Hussein,

5:24 the captain of the Texas Tailgator, a

5:27 behind the back book it as the 10th

5:30 trick play of the night. And while on

5:32 the microphone too, Jordan Hussein pulls

5:34 out a special one to end the ball game.

5:37 The team who's just so trickery, the

5:39 Tailgator gets their 15th and final

5:41 trick play to defeat the Savannah

5:42 Bananas 5 to nothing at Navasota High

5:44 School in Banana Ball's first ever

5:46 pop-up game. From history to history

5:49 Saturday, the biggest banana ball game

5:50 ever. 102,000 people. Chris Clark

5:53 strikes out dude perfect Tyler Tony at

5:56 Kyle Field on the campus of Texas A&M in

5:59 the top of the second inning to conclude

6:01 matters. What a special moment that was

6:03 for CC and those boys in blue and

6:06 orange.

6:08 And then Jordan Hussein

6:11 ball for sprint. Typical ball for a

6:13 sprint you'd think. No throw cells in

6:15 the outfield. Fiverrs made it to second.

6:18 He's getting to third. Aaron throw comes

6:20 back in the infield. WHERE'S JORDAN

6:21 HUSSEIN GOING? HE'S GOING HOME. H now

6:24 Fiverr

6:28 >> to the Tailgator winning the banana ball

6:30 opening clutch in a playoff spot six

6:31 months early.

6:33 >> Highf fly ball straight away. Jose

6:36 Gonzalez Jr. the Texas kid puts it away

6:40 AND THE TAILGATOR WIN THE BIGGEST BANANA

6:42 ball game OF ALL TIME. THEY HOLD ON FOR

6:45 THREE WINNERS. If you're going to come

6:47 to Texas and you're going to come at THE

6:50 KING OF TEXAS, YOU BETTER not miss. For

6:53 the first time ever, the Texas Tailgator

6:56 have swept the Savannah Bananas here in

6:58 the Lone Star State, winning the

7:01 smallest banana ball game of all time

7:03 and the biggest banana ball game of all

7:05 time in the same weekend here in East.

7:08 >> From one piece of history to the next.

7:10 Take it away, Sunshine.

7:12 Sunshine Luners breaks the banana ball

7:15 single game trick play record with his

7:18 ninth trick play here in El Paso.

7:21 Sunshine tip drill. Book it. Tip drill.

7:26 Book it.

7:28 Sunshine. Oh, what a play. Between the

7:30 legs. Tip drill to himself. Book it. Tip

7:33 drill. Book it. Book it.

7:38 Jordan bar between the legs for one.

7:40 between the legs. Sunny. Bucket. Bucket.

7:43 But it's sunshine. Tip drill. Bucket.

7:46 Bucket. Trickoration overload here in

7:50 Texas. And out to sunshine between the

7:53 legs. Book it to first. Not time. Hit

7:56 the sunshine between the legs. Book it.

8:00 Jonathan. Sunshine. Loaders. Sunshine

8:04 between the legs.

8:06 Justice.

8:09 Tailgator win four to one and they just

8:11 broke the single game trick play record

8:15 with 22 of them. Jonathan Sunshine

8:17 Looters nine trick plays looking for the

8:20 record

8:20 >> a week after the tailgator and Jonathan

8:22 Sunshine Looters broke single game trick

8:24 play records. The Tailgator added to

8:27 their historic 2026 again in Knoxville,

8:30 Tennessee. center field. Zack Watson,

8:33 welcome back to the SEC as he goes yard

8:37 for the first time in 2026.

8:42 Yep. Full count yet again. Why? No, he

8:46 ain't getting

8:48 his second ya tonight and he's

8:52 volunteering himself for the calls and

8:54 kneeling

8:58 the one two

9:00 hit in the sky on the field. Sunshine

9:06 bucket and the Dex

9:09 have won the two biggest games in the

9:11 history of an animal.

9:27 And that sends in the nine hole hitter

9:29 in Indiana Stanley. Indiana Stanley.

9:34 He rules our faith. They're born right

9:38 here at Corpus Christi.

9:41 We're all tied at three.

9:44 This is banana ball.

9:47 >> A heck of a game. This is bananas.

9:50 >> No, it's not bananas. THIS IS TAILGATOR.

9:52 >> ZACK WAS AT 180 FT from the tailgator

9:55 14th win of 2026.

9:58 >> Ly deep left field. Noah Bridges going

10:02 back.

10:04 It's gone. It's gone. Lying.

10:09 Tailgators walk it off. and Corpus

10:12 Christie five to three. Where else would

10:15 you rather be than Banable?

10:19 >> Is that the BEST FEELING IN THE WORLD?

10:20 >> THAT was unbelievable. I mean, we just

10:22 battled the whole ninth inning. And

10:24 Indy's been struggling. Homer body sets

10:27 the tone. I've been struggling a little

10:28 bit. Satan with my swing. Won the game

10:31 just like that. And we're just a bunch

10:32 of junkyard dogs. And I love these guys.

10:36 >> Mason Sunshine.

10:38 THERE IT IS. DOUBLE BUCKET. JONATHAN

10:42 SUNSHINE LUNTERS IS THE QUICKEST PLAYER

10:44 EVER IN BANANA BALL HISTORY TO 100 TRICK

10:47 PLAYS IN A SINGLE SEASON.

10:49 >> You have been the face of trick plays.

10:51 No one does it better than you. What

10:52 does it mean to get to 100 trick plays

10:55 tonight?

10:56 >> It means a lot. It's not just individual

10:58 thing. It takes a lot of amazing

10:59 teammates to do double trick plays to

11:01 beat be bought in to do that. Captain

11:04 Jordan Hussein

11:09 Gator

11:14 back with number two.

11:58 Heat. Heat.

12:28 On the 250th birthday of America, we get

12:32 to spend it at a ballpark. Start

12:33 watching Banana Ball. How blessed are

12:36 we? Happy 4th of July here from Midland,

12:39 Texas, where the Texas Tailgator and the

12:41 Party Animals meet off in a game three

12:43 rubber match. A night ago, we welcomed

12:45 you to the 21st auction of the year as

12:48 Kyle Martin left the yard in the third

12:50 straight game in route to a 4 to3 gritty

12:52 tailgator dub. Tonight, the party

12:54 animals roll out Garrett Deleno to begin

12:56 the ball game as the tailgators are

12:58 racking with the man in the American

12:59 flag bandana, Brett Sanchez. Come on in

13:03 and stay a while. Happy birthday,

13:05 America. Boogy boogy boogy.

13:09 >> I got chills, man.

13:11 >> It's the tailgator. It's the party

13:13 animals. And for the first time ever,

13:15 it's a rubber match between these two

13:17 teams. There's been three threeame

13:19 series. The party animals have swept the

13:21 previous two. And tonight, the best

13:22 robbery in the sport provides you

13:24 something really, really good on

13:26 America's 250th birthday before, but

13:28 Annabal takes a twoe break.

13:30 >> You know, Brett, I said it pregame in

13:31 here off the air. I look really good

13:33 today. And you said, well, it's always I

13:36 look really good. Never. Brent, you look

13:38 really good. Let me start by saying you

13:39 look dapper on America's 250th. Where

13:42 would you rather be? That that's that's

13:45 truly the statement today in Midland,

13:47 Texas. Sold out. 7,000 folks celebrating

13:49 the United States of America. It's an

13:51 honor to share the broadcast booth with

13:53 you. To be in a ballpark for a day like

13:54 this. You can feel it in the air and you

13:56 can feel it between these two teams who

13:58 are both hungry to end this series with

14:00 a win going into two consecutive off

14:03 weekends for our sport.

14:05 >> But before we can get to tonight, we

14:07 must look back at last night. Tailgator

14:09 a 4 to3 W over the party animals. Able

14:12 to overcome a lot late in a back and

14:14 forth matchup. Drake told

14:15 >> Yeah, let's start it off in a game where

14:17 the party animals dominated early with

14:19 the bats against Chris Clark. The best

14:20 starting pitcher in Banana Ball, Andy

14:22 Cosgrove, finally getting back in the

14:24 saddle, taking one to deep left field

14:26 and little TJ Reeves with an exclamation

14:29 point. The Animals route the Texas

14:31 Tailgator the first inning, but as you

14:33 know in Banana Ball, every inning counts

14:35 as a point. So, it's still just one to

14:37 zip. Now, here a snafu where Taj Porter

14:40 throws a ball into left field on a ball

14:42 sprint where Reese Hampton comes all the

14:44 way home. Tailgator's defense, they

14:46 didn't all touch the ball yet. Kyle

14:47 Martin still decides to fire home and

14:49 Reggie Lincoln at home plate says out

14:54 >> set out. Reese Hampton goes back and

14:56 steps on home plate. There would be a

14:57 discussion and a challenge that clearly

14:59 showed Reese scored on that ball for a

15:01 sprint. And then top of the fourth all

15:03 the momentum already in favor of the

15:04 black and pink and then Tanner taken

15:06 Thomas does this leaves the yard two to

15:09 nothing ball game. One run there in the

15:10 top of the fourth. Bottom of the fourth,

15:12 Taj Porter answers back with a big boost

15:14 of momentum for the Tailgator, giving

15:16 them their first point of the ball game.

15:17 >> Yeah, the animals could have gone up

15:18 three points to zero. Instead of two to

15:20 one, the Gator still very much in it.

15:21 And then

15:22 >> we welcome you to the 21st time this

15:24 year. Kyle Martin

15:26 >> hit a threerun walk-off bomb. And now it

15:28 is two points to two after five frames.

15:31 And then the old Kurt Gibson from the

15:34 man who fouled one off of his calf last

15:36 night. Noah Fischer second time this

15:38 year. He goes, "Yeah, yeah. Anything you

15:40 can do, I can do the exact same. 25 ft

15:42 wall in left field. Fischer clears it.

15:44 Gives the party animals some momentum in

15:45 the sixth inning. The Animals would win

15:47 the sixth and go ahead 3-2. And this was

15:50 a pivotal moment. No runs in the top of

15:52 the seventh. There was a man on third.

15:54 And then a trick play missed leads to

15:57 Jason Swan coming on to score. One run

15:59 there. And then Zack Watson comes up, no

16:01 outs, man on second, and gets a standup

16:04 RBI triple where he was hustling in the

16:07 third there. He now stands on third. The

16:09 next pitch is a wild one. Wadi comes

16:11 home to score and just like that in a

16:13 blink of an eye. Tailgator score two

16:15 runs and tie it back up three a piece.

16:17 The next inning, Wadi into the wall. One

16:20 of the best catches you've seen this

16:21 year. Bottom of the eighth. Jordan Bar

16:24 fouls OUT TO A FAN.

16:26 >> THAT GUY STOLE THE OTHER guy's hat

16:27 across the row. Catches the foul ball.

16:29 Originally called a bobble. It would be

16:31 reviewed and overturned as a fan caught

16:33 foul ball. Then this is ball four. a

16:35 walk-off ball for a sprint in the eighth

16:37 where Dylan Porter actually came to home

16:39 plate pleading his case.

16:40 >> And then to end the ball game, Jordan

16:42 Bar gets his redemption back as the

16:44 tailgator with two men in scoring

16:46 position able to close it out by a final

16:48 of four to three. Our showman last

16:50 night, I mean, listen, the best player

16:52 on the field, if I'm just being honest

16:53 with you guys, was Zack Watson. But the

16:55 Tailgators don't win that game if not

16:57 for the man making his 30th start behind

16:59 home plate and had the walk-off in the

17:01 fourth, teetering the momentum back in

17:03 favor of the Tailgator. He's the man on

17:04 your screen, Taj Porter.

17:05 >> Eddie was a brick wall last night going

17:07 back to Nashville where a couple pass

17:08 balls and wild pitches even game one of

17:10 this series when you wonder all right if

17:12 Taj makes that play here or there. Did

17:14 the Tailgator win last night? No

17:16 question about it. Porter was the most

17:17 pivotal guy when it mattered most late

17:19 and even pivotal in the middle of the

17:20 game when the Animals could have gone up

17:21 3, but instead two to one put the

17:23 Tailgators in position to rally.

17:25 >> And we call this the best rivalry in

17:26 sports. But the party animals who have

17:29 been around since 2020, the Texas

17:30 Tailgator who are in just their second

17:32 year, their inaugural season of 2025,

17:35 there are four former party animals on

17:36 this team. And in the Tailgator

17:39 Clubhouse, they've taken a lot from the

17:41 Black and Pink. To learn more about

17:42 that, Rex Castile caught up with Zack

17:44 Blankenship earlier today.

17:48 >> Hey guys, thank you so much. I'm here

17:49 with Zack Blankenship. You know him as

17:51 Bam Bam. And fam, every time the

17:53 tailgator and party animals square off,

17:56 it looks like a heavyweight fight. Maybe

17:58 there's a lot of similarities, but a guy

18:00 who knows both locker rooms, Bam,

18:01 because this uh this used to be your

18:03 drink. You got to hold that up. You got

18:05 to hold that up. So that that's the

18:07 uniform you used to wear, right?

18:08 >> Yes, it is. Yes, it is. I mean, I bleed

18:10 red, white, and blue, but I do like me

18:12 some pink. And the pink splatter looks

18:14 pretty good. Yeah, I used to rock this.

18:16 >> Hey, why don't we put that away before

18:17 Coach M gets a little Don't rip it.

18:19 There we go. But uh but honestly the

18:21 culture of both teams, you Jordan

18:23 Hussein, Taj Porter, Indiana Stanley,

18:25 former party animals coming over to the

18:27 tailgator side. Did you bring a lot of

18:29 the locker room culture over to the

18:30 tailgator and trying to establish that

18:32 brand that way?

18:32 >> Yeah, I feel like we did a good job, but

18:34 that was from other guys that we

18:36 learned. So it was like I mean they're

18:37 guys on the party animals, Jake Skull,

18:39 Reese Hampton, Garrick Deleno, guys that

18:41 go about their business. Brett Hilton,

18:43 they go about their business really

18:44 well. And that's something that like in

18:45 Banana Ball we got to get firsthand. And

18:48 then when we're sent off to a team like

18:49 we get to encourage and show other guys

18:52 that. So I think it it starts with them.

18:54 They got great dudes that have been here

18:55 from the start. So we appreciate them.

18:57 >> All of a sudden Bam is a veteran here

18:58 leading the leading the way. But we see

19:00 it the the fieriness from yourself J5

19:03 Todd. You guys want to be that other

19:05 team. And does that is that again the

19:07 rivalry. That's the challenge you guys

19:08 love rising up to, right?

19:10 >> Well, we say it's like backyard whiffle

19:11 ball, you know, like you don't want to

19:12 lose against your friends and we played

19:14 with them and playing against them is

19:15 only more fun because now we get to beat

19:17 them. So, it's definitely very heated.

19:20 Yeah, we we enjoy squaring off against

19:22 them.

19:22 >> Hey, look, you were part of a really

19:23 special run with the Animals in 23,

19:25 winning nine in a row, winning a tour

19:27 championship. You know what a

19:28 championship locker room looks like?

19:29 They currently have the trophy.

19:31 >> Does the tailgator locker room does this

19:33 team have all the right ingredients to

19:35 make a deep run as well?

19:36 >> Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. I So, I tell people

19:38 a lot that the party animals are the

19:39 night party and the tailgator's the day

19:41 party. So, I think that we've got the

19:43 makeup for a wonderful championship

19:45 team. The boys get after it. They work

19:46 hard. their fans first. Um I think we're

19:49 almost like the little brother to the

19:50 party animals kind of, you know, like

19:52 punching up. So we like it. Yeah.

19:54 >> Well, does little brother get the series

19:56 champion, the series win here.

19:57 >> Oh, yeah. We're trying. We got the

19:59 McGuffin on the line today. I don't know

20:00 if you've heard about that, but we're

20:02 trying to we're trying to keep that.

20:03 Yes, sir.

20:03 >> Hey, look, another heavyweight fight.

20:05 We'll have fireworks in the sky. We'll

20:06 have fireworks on this field cuz again,

20:08 it's 1-1 each side. Bam. Thank you so

20:10 much for your time.

20:11 >> Thank you, Rex.

20:11 >> All right, guys. Let's send it back to

20:13 you,

20:13 >> Zack Blankenship, who was a two-year

20:15 party animal, now in his second year as

20:16 a tailgator. Taj Porter spent a year as

20:19 a party animal with you in 2024, as well

20:21 as Jordan Hussein. So much those guys

20:25 have taken from the black and pink now

20:27 to the boys in blue and orange to where

20:30 these locker rooms are so similar and

20:31 that highly competitive spirit is shared

20:33 amongst both.

20:34 >> Yeah. Armando Bera in there too. Skinny

20:36 Brady Kais also making an appearance.

20:37 the party animals. Jordan Hussein back

20:39 the cowboy hat with the black and pink.

20:41 And man, it's so cool to see how they've

20:43 led a locker room for the Texas

20:45 Tailgator that now looks so similar to

20:46 the Animals. We talk about it a lot.

20:48 Party animals have the most veterans in

20:49 banana ball in 2026. But the Tailgators

20:52 feel like the second most, if not the

20:53 most veteran team most weekends. There

20:55 are other squads, even these rookie

20:57 Savannah Bananas that are learning from

20:59 the boys in red and blue.

21:01 >> And the boys wearing red, white, and

21:03 blue tonight. the lead singer of their

21:04 band and who'll be playing live and left

21:06 tonight. Jason Art caught up earlier

21:09 with Rex Castillo

21:10 >> with Jason Art. It's July. Of course, we

21:12 had to speak to Mr. My July. This is

21:14 just one of the stages Jason will be

21:16 performing on. Jason, you're here before

21:17 the game, after the game, live in left

21:19 field on the infield. That's a lot on

21:21 your schedule, but how much do you love

21:23 doing it?

21:23 >> I love it. It's my favorite part of

21:25 every single week is getting to come out

21:26 here and play for everybody. And my band

21:28 loves it, too. It's just a great time.

21:29 In your previous conversations, you

21:31 mentioned that some people were forcing

21:32 you to either be all-time musician,

21:34 all-time ball player. Banana Ball's

21:36 giving you the opportunity to blend both

21:37 worlds. Is this where you thrive and

21:39 this is a great opportunity that you

21:41 don't have to pick either one?

21:42 >> I get to do the two things I love most

21:43 in the world at the same time and it's

21:45 the only place in the entire world where

21:47 anybody will get to do that. So, I'm

21:49 very blessed to be able to do it.

21:50 >> And finally, Midland is a little bit

21:52 smaller venue compared to what you have

21:54 done from College Station to Knoxville

21:56 to here. But here, what makes these

21:57 intimate venues really special?

21:59 >> You get to make moments with people that

22:00 you don't get to do at the big stadiums

22:02 where there's a big barrier between you.

22:03 You get to actually get down and talk to

22:05 people before and after each set. And

22:06 it's really important. It's really cool

22:07 to me to get to actually meet these

22:09 people and know what they're going

22:10 through and know how they feel about the

22:11 show and all that stuff. It's great.

22:12 >> The gas tank is completely full. He's

22:14 all decked out in red, white, and blue.

22:16 >> Let's go.

22:16 >> Hey, happy 250th birthday to the

22:18 country. It's this guy's birthday. What?

22:20 Tomorrow, Jason?

22:20 >> Tomorrow. Tomorrow. 25 tomorrow.

22:22 >> Look at that. 25025. And look, he's

22:24 ready to go, guys. cuz we can't wait for

22:25 the show. Break a leg, Jason. Yes, sir.

22:27 >> Guys, back to you.

22:28 >> Jason Art, that

22:30 >> can rent a car tomorrow.

22:31 >> You ever heard of sunscreen?

22:34 >> No, he's American.

22:35 >> That's a new concept for him, huh?

22:36 >> Red, white, and blue. Heavy emphasis on

22:39 the red.

22:39 >> He's got the red figured out.

22:40 >> Um, speaking of uh those Texas

22:42 tailgators at top the Banana Ball

22:44 Championship League standings ahead of

22:46 the Bananas and Party Animals, Coconuts,

22:49 those four still in lock step to be the

22:51 four teams in October. Drake.

22:53 >> Yeah. So there's nothing the

22:54 firefighters and clowns can do this

22:55 weekend going into our break the next

22:57 two weeks to get above that cut line,

22:58 that red line you see into the

22:59 postseason. However, the party animals

23:01 could fall behind the Coconuts tonight

23:03 with a win for Loco Beach and a loss.

23:05 The guys in black and pink monitoring

23:07 that if the animals are able to knock

23:09 off the Texas Tailgator and the Savannah

23:11 Bananas lose again in what would be a

23:13 sweep at the hands of the firefighters,

23:14 things get a bit more interesting. But

23:16 we will not see a team overtake the

23:18 Tailgator going into the break for that

23:20 number one spot.

23:22 Talk about the break. Three Banana Ball

23:24 games here today. And my favorite part

23:26 of any broadcast is when we get to hear

23:28 from the owner and creator of Banana

23:30 Ball, Jessica Cole, with the 11 rules of

23:31 our sport.

23:35 >> Banana Ball is the fastest and most

23:37 entertaining show in sports. And the 11

23:39 rules guarantee the most fans first

23:41 experience every second.

23:43 >> Unbelievable.

23:44 >> Welcome to THE BANANA BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP

23:47 LEAGUE.

23:47 >> Rule number one, win the inning, win the

23:50 point. The team that scores the most

23:52 runs in an inning wins the point.

23:54 >> IT'S A WALK-OFF WINNER TO THE DEEPEST

23:57 FIELD. OH MY GOODNESS.

23:59 >> WITH the equalizer point, trick plays

24:01 provide the away team an opportunity to

24:03 earn a point going into the final

24:05 inning. And in the final inning, every

24:07 run counts as a point. Rule number two,

24:10 banana ball has a 2hour time limit,

24:13 guaranteeing that every game is

24:15 fast-paced and action-packed. Rule

24:18 number three, no stepping out of the

24:20 batter's box. If you do, it will result

24:22 in a strike.

24:23 >> Back stepped out of the box and because

24:24 he stepped out of the box, that's it.

24:26 >> Rule number four, no bunting, cuz

24:29 bunting sucks. If you bunt, you'll be

24:32 thrown out of the game. Rule number

24:34 five, batters can steal first base.

24:36 >> Ball three, CAN YOU TAKE IT OFF FOR

24:37 FIRST THROW FROM LEROY IN TIME?

24:40 >> Rule number six, there's no walks. Walks

24:44 are ball for sprints. The batter can

24:46 advance as far as they want until every

24:48 position player touches the ball.

24:50 >> NO DEFENDERS HAVE TOUCHED THE BANANA

24:53 BALL. IT IS A FOUR BASE SPREAD TO OPEN

24:56 up the ball game.

24:57 >> Rule number seven, no mound visits.

25:00 >> Nope. Rule number eight, foul balls

25:03 caught by a fan count as an out.

25:06 >> Oh, they did. They can't.

25:10 We're going to show

25:12 >> rule number nine, the showdowns. In

25:14 showdowns, the best of the best face off

25:17 in the biggest moment. One hitter verse

25:19 one pitcher with one fielder behind

25:22 them. And the hitter has to score deep

25:24 to right center. See you later.

25:28 >> Rule number 10, the banana ball

25:30 challenge role gives the coaches and

25:32 you, the fans, a chance to impact a call

25:35 on the field. Rule number 11, the golden

25:38 batter. Once a game, each team can give

25:41 any player in a bat, regardless of the

25:43 lineup. This offers the biggest matchups

25:45 on the biggest stage.

25:47 >> Big on big.

25:49 Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Get out of

25:53 here. Ball. THAT THING HAD A FAMILY.

25:58 >> And those are the rules of banana ball.

26:04 >> You got the rules. Now, let's look at at

26:06 the guys who are going to start this

26:08 ball game here tonight. It's triple

26:10 sevens against stink state. Garrett

26:12 Deleno and Brett Sanchez. And I'll be

26:15 honest here with you. On the 4th of

26:18 July, the 250th birthday of America, you

26:21 couldn't meet two more redblooded

26:23 Americans. They're going to tow the

26:24 rubber for their respective teams.

26:26 >> Yeah, I've already gotten a quick look

26:27 at the Garrett Deleno American flag

26:30 themed cowboy hat for tonight. Brett

26:32 Sanchez, you see in that American flag

26:34 bandana. Both of these guys excited for

26:36 the opportunity and the honor it is to

26:38 play on a diamond on the 250th birthday

26:40 of the United States of America.

26:42 Something I love and credit to our

26:43 control room for doing this. TPI, what

26:45 you see there is trick plays induced in

26:47 the sport of banana ball. Strikeouts,

26:49 they're sexy, don't get me wrong. Chicks

26:50 dig, they're still good. But trick plays

26:53 induced, that's a more important stat

26:55 for the equalizer point. And that's what

26:57 Deleno and Sanchez want today. ground

26:59 outs, pop outs, flyyous to give their

27:02 defense an opportunity for trick plays

27:04 to either win an equalizer point or hold

27:06 it.

27:07 >> Yeah, it's it's something tonight when

27:09 you look at both of these guys, they're

27:10 going going to give their infield and

27:12 their outfielders for that matter a lot

27:14 of opportunities to get trick plays.

27:16 Also, a man who helped us start every

27:18 single stage show this year, DJ Phone

27:20 Start. He's been the DJ with the

27:21 bananas, the tailgators, the party

27:22 animals throughout. Not only is it the

27:24 fourth of July, it's his 28th wedding

27:26 anniversary. Big shout out to him. All

27:28 right.

27:29 >> He paid me $5 to say that. But a big

27:31 happy 28th wedding anniversary to DJ

27:33 Phony Stark. Speaking of our starting

27:35 pitchers in the man who help

27:36 >> done it for free, but all right. That

27:37 just shows me what I need to know.

27:40 >> You can be bought. I paid you to say

27:42 things before.

27:42 >> That's a good point.

27:43 >> You know who else we pay? Miss Megan,

27:46 our Texas twosteper who's down on the

27:48 field to get the fans ready here on the

27:50 4th of July in Midland. Ready? So,

27:53 y'all, I need each and every one of you

27:56 to get up on your feet and please help

27:59 me welcome to the field our fan warm-up

28:02 leader, 7-year-old Miss Jyn.

28:09 >> Jayen. All right. Whatever you do, all

28:13 6,600

28:14 fans are going to do with you. Are you

28:17 ready?

28:18 >> Yeah. Yeehaw!

28:21 Let's do this, y'all.

28:24 >> All right, let's start with clapping

28:26 those hands. Fiddling.

28:30 >> Oh, we're going for a swim in this Texas

28:32 heat, y'all.

28:35 >> Y'all need to get your stretch in today.

28:37 Touch your toes.

28:43 >> Miss the moves from the beefy boys.

28:52 I know all of y'all brought your Texas

28:54 lassos with you.

28:58 >> All right, cardio time. Let's see those

29:01 jumping jacks.

29:06 >> One more time, Midland. Clap those hands

29:09 and make some noise nice and loud. Our

29:11 fan warm up leader, Miss Jyn.

29:29 ladies,

29:30 gentlemen, boys and girls, and parking

29:34 lot party people from around

29:39 the world.

29:41 Tonight, you and thousands of your

29:43 friends here live. Millions more

29:46 watching at home have gathered to

29:47 witness this.

29:49 But this is not baseball. No, this is

29:52 the arena where these Texas twos step

29:55 in. Tradition upsetting. Big hit getting

29:58 ball players await the opening of the

30:00 gate to deliver a Texassiz beatdown to

30:04 whoever lines up across from them. And

30:07 tonight, ladies and gentlemen, well, it

30:09 looks like the party animals are about

30:12 to find out why you don't mess with

30:16 Texas.

30:20 But this is not your granddad's pastime.

30:24 This is not just another night at the

30:25 ballpark. No, this game is baseball by

30:28 birth, but it's fruit by name and an

30:30 absolute worldwide phenomenon by the

30:34 grace of God. So now is the time for all

30:39 of you here in Midland, Texas on the

30:42 250th birthday of the United States to

30:46 get up on your feet and give me your

30:51 voices

30:54 because this is the greatest pregame in

30:56 sports and it never ends. Ladies and

30:59 gentlemen, this is Banana Ball.

31:05 IT'S TIME FOR THE starting lineup of

31:08 your TEXAS TAILGATOR.

31:10 IN LEFT FIELD, number two, Zack Watson.

31:25 The designated hitter NUMBER

31:39 get ready to ride.

31:42 >> The extra hitter number 27,

31:45 Kyle Martin.

31:54 Get ready

31:57 to riding out.

32:16 >> At first base number 85

32:20 Justin

32:22 Woah, get ready. Get ready to ride. Wo!

32:27 Get ready. Wo! Get ready. Wo! Get ready

32:33 number seven in Indiana

32:47 world.

32:53 Thank you.

33:02 >> BEHIND THE CATCHER number 46

33:08 quarter.

33:18 >> That's Saturday. Nice. Number 11.

33:22 Max

33:34 and show your song number five, the

33:37 Texas kid, Jordan. You say

33:50 >> the starting pitcher number 17, Barrett

33:55 San

34:00 and leading the tailgate is head coach

34:03 Joe Nichol, Coach Kenny, and Andrew the

34:09 founding Father of the tailgate.

34:24 Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we

34:26 ask that you please rise if able and

34:29 remove your caps as tonight's colors are

34:32 being presented by the Goodfellow Air

34:35 Force Base Honor Guard.

35:21 Come on, baby.

35:45 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to

35:47 the field Reagan to perform tonight's

35:50 national anthem.

35:56 Oh, say can you see

36:02 by the dawn early

36:06 light,

36:08 what so proudly

36:11 we held

36:14 at the twilight

36:16 last gleaming,

36:20 whose broad stripes and Bright stars

36:26 through the perilous

36:29 fight.

36:32 For the ramparts

36:34 we watch

36:38 were so galling.

36:45 And the rockets

36:48 red glare.

36:50 The bombs bursting

36:53 in air

36:56 gave proof through the night

37:02 that our flag was still there.

37:08 Oh, say does that star spangled

37:14 ber

37:16 yet wave

37:21 for the land

37:24 of the free

37:29 and the home

37:32 of the brave.

37:44 USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA, USA,

37:55 USA.

38:24 Texas.

38:27 else.

38:33 >> There are no words to describe how

38:36 blessed we are.

38:38 250 years has America

38:42 been what it is. And somehow someway in

38:45 this very moment, we have found

38:48 ourselves

38:50 here today at a banana ball game. It's

38:53 the party animals. It's the Texas

38:55 tailgator in the institution

38:59 of one of the places in this country

39:01 that love their country more than

39:03 anywhere, the great state of Texas.

39:07 Boogy boogy boogy. He's Drake to I'm

39:10 Brett Loftess.

39:11 Wow. Chills, man.

39:15 Let's look at the Tailgator defense here

39:17 to begin this ball game. Same one we've

39:20 had last night as well. Hawaii Indie and

39:22 Jose Brother Gonzalez in the outfield up

39:25 the middle still looking out for trick

39:27 play number 100 potentially tonight for

39:29 Jordan Hussein he looks to join Jonathan

39:31 Sunshine Lutters as the only two players

39:34 with 100 plus trick plays this year

39:36 justice and Bart on the corners Taj

39:38 Porter your showman from a night ago

39:40 catching now his 31st straight game here

39:43 tonight uh it's incredible what he's

39:46 done here and in the sport of an animal

39:48 where that's the longest active streak

39:50 you know you watch Major League Baseball

39:51 Those get a night off. Your catchers

39:53 about once every other week here in

39:55 Banana ball. So difficult. Taja heavy

39:58 involvement in the pregame entertainment

39:59 as well as most of the in-game

40:01 entertainment as well and still is

40:02 caught 31 straight games. The man he'll

40:04 be catching is up for pitch of the year

40:06 conversation. Heck, we got to even talk

40:08 to him about it the other night here in

40:10 the booth. It's Brett Sanchez, the pride

40:12 of Slideel, Louisiana, a graduate of

40:15 Division 3's Bell Haven University. And

40:18 here on the 4th of July, wearing that

40:21 American flag bandana. We mentioned it.

40:24 110 trick plays induced for Sanu this

40:26 year. That's second most in banana ball

40:28 only to his teammate Christian Davis.

40:30 That 364 erra and those 51 strikeouts

40:33 also ranked top six in the sport of

40:35 banana ball.

40:36 >> He's one of the most dangerous pitchers,

40:39 but those four letters BB, C, and L

40:44 represent.

40:46 That's a guy who's fun to watch. Has

40:49 been dominant in 2026. And the party

40:52 animals have the utmost respect for the

40:54 former visitor. The guy who played on

40:55 the developmental team in Banana Ball a

40:57 year ago

41:00 to tonight starting in front of 7,000 in

41:03 Midland, Texas against one of the

41:04 hottest teams in the sport, the party

41:06 animals.

41:08 led by the MVP Jake Skull hitting 346

41:11 and a man who's nearly impossible to

41:12 strike out behind him, Jason Swan, known

41:14 for working his count. Out of the three

41:16 spot, Andy Cosgrove and when one of

41:18 those inevitably reach, it'll be Reese

41:21 Hampton batting fourth and cleanup.

41:24 Former Detroit Tigers farm hand who

41:27 starts for the party animals today. It's

41:28 the number one Texas tailgator number

41:31 three party animals in the great Lonear

41:34 State.

41:34 >> There's only one thing left to do. It's

41:36 been happening in in backyards across

41:39 America already today. We got to start

41:40 that grill.

41:41 >> In banana ball, we like to say start the

41:43 clock. But in tailgator country and in

41:46 the great state of Texas, we're going to

41:48 say light THE GRILL. BUT I got three

41:50 THINGS TO SAY. FIRST, GOD BLESS AMERICA.

41:54 GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS. AND MIDLAND, LIGHT

41:57 that grill.

42:06 Wow,

42:09 >> it's a rubber match like no other rubber

42:12 match you've EVER SEEN ON AMERICA'S

42:14 250TH BIRTHDAY. SANCHEZ SKULL, LET'S

42:17 PLAY BALL, MAN. As the first one goes to

42:19 the back stop, one and0.

42:22 >> Come on, steal first base. Come on, do

42:24 it.

42:24 >> They pay him to hit. I don't know if you

42:25 know that or not.

42:27 >> Yeah, they do.

42:29 >> Skull, six hits already this weekend.

42:34 fans a potential opportunity down the

42:37 third base side

42:39 >> and it is dropped.

42:44 >> What do you got on this? It's been a

42:45 topic of discussion today, Drake. The

42:47 pink splatter tops.

42:48 >> Well, it's crazy

42:49 >> with the white pinstripe bottoms. We got

42:51 the shift on here for the tailgator.

42:53 Skull spools another one. We got to hear

42:54 your thoughts on this.

42:55 >> I don't think when Evo Shield crafted

42:57 these specific uniforms, they were ever

42:59 meant to come together. Today they do in

43:01 one of the most interesting

43:02 conglomerates possible. I've been told

43:05 that Garrett Deleno may have had a hand

43:07 in why the Animals are wearing this

43:08 today.

43:09 >> Sanchez can't get his glove up and with

43:10 the shift on Jordan Bart has to come all

43:13 the way over from behind the second base

43:15 bag and that's an infield single to

43:16 begin this ball game.

43:20 >> Yeah, Jake Scholes had a great weekend

43:21 as you mentioned. He was three for five

43:23 yesterday. Had another base hit on his

43:25 ledger here in Midland. played a whole

43:27 lot of time here during his minor league

43:29 days when he was a Frisco Rough Rider.

43:31 Now back in the Texas League, back in

43:33 Midland, Skullfield's right at home.

43:36 >> Jason Swan, four hits on the weekend for

43:38 Swany.

43:40 >> Got a ball in his track on him here.

43:43 >> He rocks the uniform really well.

43:45 >> Yeah, the white arm sleeve.

43:48 >> I mean, Swany rocks anything well. It's

43:51 a great point

43:55 >> to center. Indiana Stanley, what say

43:58 you, my friend?

44:00 Book it.

44:02 >> Skull was way off of first. Throw not

44:04 back in time, but one trick play and one

44:06 out here in the top of the first.

44:08 >> I love the way that Indiana Stanley

44:10 plays with fire in the trick play

44:12 category and then just executes. You're

44:14 thinking maybe back flip, maybe he's

44:15 going to tip it up. Will he pop it? No.

44:17 Behind the back. Last second decision

44:19 and he doesn't. Andy Cosgrove deep left

44:22 fail

44:24 and WE GOT SOME EARLY FIREWORKS HERE ON

44:26 THE FOURTH. A TWO-RUN SHOT FOR MR. C.

44:30 Fifth home run of the season.

44:33 Two-run shot for Andy Cosgrove.

44:39 Kirkland Washington kid, former 17th

44:41 rounder to the Minnesota Twins.

44:44 Farm hand turned banana baller.

44:50 says hello to Brett Sanchez in a loud

44:52 way in the top of the first.

44:54 >> Shades of Corpus Christie

44:57 >> and that was not the hardest hit home

45:00 run we've ever seen. The wind is a

45:02 whipping out towards left field today.

45:04 Ka able to hit it well. Get it up in

45:06 that jetream and now two runs on the

45:08 board here for the Animals in the top of

45:09 the first.

45:11 >> Heck, you mentioned shades of Corpus

45:12 Christie. This is shades of last night.

45:14 Yeah, Brett Sanchez has Corpus Christie

45:16 firefighters early home runs, early

45:19 offense in that game between both teams.

45:20 >> Sans gave him seven runs in the first

45:22 three innings and somehow still went

45:23 seven.

45:24 >> Yep.

45:31 >> One two foul off by Reese Hampton who

45:34 despite not getting a hit last night had

45:35 a couple of ball force sprints.

45:43 Sunshine plays it off the left between

45:45 the legs under the legs. Book it. Book

45:48 it.

45:50 Three trick plays. Two outs here in the

45:53 top of the first.

45:54 >> Really funky hop there for Sunshine as

45:56 well.

45:59 Still on top of it. Justice completes

46:01 it.

46:03 Animals up two zero the run spot here in

46:05 the first. But three quick trick plays

46:08 for the Texas Tailgator.

46:11 Party. almost failed to win the

46:12 equalizer on night one or two here in

46:14 Midland.

46:15 >> And we didn't see a very high tripleA

46:16 output whatsoever either of these teams

46:18 last night.

46:19 >> No. Eight to six. The tailgator

46:20 completed the ball game in that category

46:22 leading it. TJ Reeves has fallen behind

46:24 the ball in two.

46:26 TJ got hit last night. Trick pitch from

46:29 Sani. Swatted to center. Indie bucket

46:35 jumping.

46:36 GRABBING

46:38 A TEXAS TORNADO HERE in Midland

46:42 and four trick plays in the top of the

46:44 first.

46:46 >> Wow.

46:49 That dude's range and what he can do

46:50 with trick plays is one of the very best

46:53 in this sport, man.

46:55 >> Unreal.

46:57 Now, let's take a look at the Party

46:58 Animals defense. See if they can

47:00 replicate the exact same.

47:04 Notably, you'll see at second base

47:06 starting for the black and pink today in

47:08 her final weekend of 2026 is Ashton

47:11 Landell,

47:13 member of the United States

47:16 National Women's Baseball Team. Well,

47:18 you'll see it.

47:22 >> Oh, that's why we can't show the

47:24 graphic.

47:25 >> What is this, Drake?

47:26 >> Garrett Deleno's entering the field of

47:28 play on a horse. The starting pitcher

47:31 for the party animals.

47:34 A loud hello to Midland, Texas.

47:45 >> He's wanted.

47:51 >> I don't know if the walk up's even

47:53 started yet, has it? He may just be

47:55 riding the horse

47:57 in general.

48:00 This might just be the walk up. Is this

48:02 just for fun for Garrett right now?

48:04 >> He did in our ideas meeting this week

48:07 say, "I'd like to enter the game on a

48:09 horse."

48:10 >> Well, there is the horse. And there's

48:12 Garrett Deleno.

48:13 >> You ask and you shall receive.

48:14 >> He's an American man.

48:18 >> Kind of like that fade out right there.

48:19 >> Yeah.

48:21 >> That's called the net.

48:22 >> Yep.

48:26 >> Slow and steady wins the race.

48:35 Oh, there you go.

48:41 Here's how the party animals will line

48:42 it up today.

48:45 And Ashton Lance Dell will play second

48:48 base as noted

48:52 unless there's been a late switch. Team

48:55 leader in trick plays Chase AP at 74. I

48:58 give me another look. There's Garrett

49:00 Deleno just dismounted. Now that horse

49:04 is going to How do you say boogy boogy

49:06 boogy boogy?

49:08 >> OH, IT'S BOOGIEING. WE GOT TO GET THIS

49:10 HORSE. LOOK OUT center field.

49:13 >> MY GOSH. HOW AMERICAN IS THAT?

49:20 >> UH, you know what?

49:22 >> Hell yeah, brother.

49:28 Why don't you tell us a little bit more

49:29 about our good friend

49:30 >> Callahan, Florida kid?

49:32 >> What's his height and weight?

49:33 >> He's 6'2, 210 lbs. To what great fortune

49:39 do we as a society?

49:42 TO WHAT GREAT FORTUNE

49:44 DO WE HAVE THE SENTIENCE TO EXIST IN A

49:46 MOMENT such as this?

49:50 3 and1 record 65 and two/3 innings in

49:53 2026.

49:55 The 2025 Banana Ball Championship MVP

49:58 Garrett

50:00 Deleno.

50:07 I got nothing for you after that. I'll

50:08 be honest with you. Tailgator's batting

50:10 order.

50:12 There it is.

50:15 That was amazing.

50:20 Shades of the Nathan's hot dog eating

50:22 competition right there.

50:24 >> Zach Watson looks at the first one. One

50:27 and0. John Howard Bobo telling you that

50:29 Garrett Deleno is still wanted in the

50:31 background.

50:38 Eight minutes later,

50:40 Banana Ball on YouTube.

50:44 Oh, that got the Cameron guy right in

50:47 the shin.

50:48 >> He's one tough cookie.

50:50 >> Champion Casey Carlson, team trainer for

50:51 the party almost saying, "You good?"

50:54 >> Answer is yes.

50:56 >> Wadi to shallow right skull going back.

51:00 So is Ashton. She can't get to it. Wadi

51:02 a big round at first. Nobody's at the

51:04 bag, but he'll choose to stay there.

51:06 Lead off single for Zack Watson.

51:08 >> Yeah, Watson had a great night last

51:09 night for the Texas Tailgator, too. That

51:11 275 batting average is just not

51:13 indicative of how good of a banana

51:15 baller Zack Watson is. Bat in hand,

51:18 glove in hand. Zack Watson's not a guy I

51:20 want to play against. And again, a two

51:22 to nothing lead for the Animals here in

51:23 the first. And now it's Nick Lopez.

51:27 High chopper. Swani goes to second for

51:30 one behind the back. A cup to first. HOW

51:33 ABOUT THAT? 363 DOUBLE PLAY and a book

51:36 in between. Number 27 Kyle Martin

51:40 >> Animals grab their first trick play.

51:42 Chosen

51:44 finishing it off and with time to spare.

51:47 >> That was Silky.

51:48 >> Yep. Garrett Deleno can make quick work

51:50 of one, two, and three for the Tailgator

51:52 here in the first. And that's a huge

51:53 double play cuz Kyle Martin's the dish

51:55 right now.

51:56 >> Guy had a three-run homer last night.

51:57 >> Yeah, with the Animals up two runs to

51:59 zero in this inning. If any ducks are on

52:02 the pond, Kyle Martin's always a threat.

52:04 Kmart leading Banana Bowl with 14

52:06 walkovers.

52:08 >> And if Akub doesn't complete that, Kmart

52:10 can go two-run bomb. That would have

52:12 tied up this inning.

52:13 >> Yep.

52:15 >> He's got three straight games with a

52:17 home run right now.

52:22 >> First swing of the night is a big one. A

52:25 ball in two strikes.

52:33 Big time shift here

52:35 >> for the Party Animals defense. Ashton

52:37 Lens Dale is playing in shallow right

52:39 field. She's a second baseman tonight.

52:42 There's only one man on the left side of

52:43 the Party Animals infield

52:46 and it's Mikey Bon. First payoff pitch

52:48 of the night from 777.

52:54 Kmart spoils it just barely.

52:59 >> Garrett working very efficiently after

53:00 that double play.

53:01 >> Yep.

53:09 >> Kmart. Ooh, no net there. Drake tool has

53:11 a fan caught foul ball.

53:13 >> Well, I probably would have ducked out

53:14 of the way of it, but you could have

53:15 given the effort.

53:16 >> Yeah.

53:19 >> Some things you don't live down.

53:20 >> You got to toughen up those hands a

53:22 little bit, Dre.

53:22 >> Yeah. Got to get him calloused.

53:24 >> Yes, just like mine. 3-2 again. Ball

53:27 force Brett.

53:29 >> Here you see Kmart run moving really

53:31 really well today. Again, I know there

53:33 was some concern about him last night

53:34 after he fouled that one off of his

53:36 calf. Something he got to the yard early

53:38 today. He to be a part of a a podcast

53:41 shoot this morning, but got some early

53:43 treatment after that. And as you can

53:45 see, Trey Jones, the designated runner,

53:47 is not going to run for him. Kyle's all

53:48 good to run. first safety. Obviously,

53:50 he's the eh instead of the right fielder

53:52 tonight, but he's all good and at 100%.

53:55 >> Mark now at the dish.

53:56 >> We see that podcast.

53:58 >> We'll release.

53:59 >> Don't Don't tease us.

54:01 >> It will be out during the twoe break is

54:04 the plan. Kyle Martin, Chris Clark, Taj

54:07 Porter, Jordan Hussein, and myself got

54:09 to sit down this morning.

54:10 >> A lot of fun chatting with those guys. A

54:13 couple vets who are rookies and a couple

54:14 banana ball vets as well. Yep. Ball in a

54:16 strike here against JB.

54:19 The bestest of friends here. Jordan Bart

54:21 and Garrett Deleno.

54:24 JB's told me plenty of times he wants to

54:25 get him this year.

54:27 >> Oo, you see the swing right there.

54:30 >> They do not jiujitsu spar against one

54:33 another, though. That would not go very

54:34 well for Jordan Bar.

54:35 >> No, they do play golf together though.

54:37 That does go very well for much better

54:39 for Jordan.

54:42 >> Oh.

54:48 Whoa.

54:50 JB's a little upset.

54:52 >> He wanted to hit. He said, "Come on."

54:56 Giggles his way down to first base. No

54:58 malice there.

54:59 >> Goes about guys are best friends.

55:01 Obviously Garrett's not trying to hit

55:02 him. I think the reason that JB's so

55:05 frustrated is that he got him up towards

55:06 the Noggin.

55:07 >> Uh-huh.

55:11 Deleno has hit more batters than any

55:13 pitcher in the Banana Ball Championship

55:15 League this year.

55:16 >> 10 now. Double digits. Stay out of his

55:19 way.

55:20 >> It's his plate.

55:21 >> That's right.

55:21 >> As Roger Clemens told us last year, the

55:24 man who's tied for second in walk-offs

55:25 in the Banana Ball Championship League

55:27 stands at the dish. Taylor Justice, he's

55:29 got 10 of them this year.

55:32 >> Off the D, man.

55:33 >> Man, this is good.

55:34 >> Steve Holy, I love the tailgator

55:36 playlist is incredible.

55:40 on the beach.

55:45 >> Kissy Kitsy smoochy smoochy. It's

55:48 >> good call there. Kelly Dine behind the

55:49 plate.

55:52 >> Kelly behind the dish. Ashley Landell at

55:54 second. Some history in Banana Ball

55:55 today.

55:57 >> Kelly the first fulltime female umpire

55:59 in banana ball.

56:02 >> A ball and two now.

56:07 Kyle Martin in scored position at

56:09 second. Jordan Bars at first. Taylor

56:11 Justice representing the inning winning

56:13 run at the dish.

56:18 >> Oh, foul.

56:21 >> You know what, Garrett?

56:23 Maybe we don't throw that one again.

56:25 >> You pulled a B right there.

56:31 >> One,

56:33 two.

56:36 look good.

56:39 >> This one back spin

56:43 >> on the roof.

56:43 >> Every now and then you see one off the

56:44 bat and you give it a good

56:46 >> Yeah.

56:46 >> And it's just a pop up. It's just right

56:49 to the shortstop.

56:50 >> It's the stigmatisms.

56:51 >> It's what it is, man. I'm telling you.

56:54 >> Sun's out today, though, which is

56:55 helping us out a lot.

56:56 >> Uh-huh.

56:57 >> No more shadows like we had last night.

56:59 Beautiful day here in Midland. Hot one,

57:00 but a beautiful one nonetheless.

57:03 >> See, you've got a vertical stigmatism.

57:05 I've got a horizontal stigmatism. So,

57:06 between us, we're just one big old

57:08 stigmatism.

57:09 >> Well, we can help each other out as

57:10 well.

57:11 >> No, that's not how that works.

57:12 >> That's That's not it.

57:13 >> No. No.

57:14 >> That's what my optometrist told me.

57:17 Albeit my optometrist is on your screen.

57:20 >> The alligator.

57:21 >> Yeah. Grub.

57:22 >> Grub.

57:24 >> That's amazing.

57:25 >> Long AB here. One, two.

57:28 >> YEAH. OH, FROZEN PIZZA FROM TRIPLE 7S

57:34 AND THE PARTY ANIMALS WIN THE FIRST

57:35 INNING.

57:37 >> Delivered Taylor Justice right back to

57:38 the dugout.

57:41 >> Let's go uh check in on what the Beefy

57:43 Boys are doing. Party Animals lead this

57:45 ball game one point to zero headed to

57:46 the top of the third.

57:47 >> 250 gizzies.

57:51 >> Rhinestone Leopard, what you got going

57:54 on, buddy?

57:54 >> Midland. Nothing says Fourth of July

57:57 like eating way too many hot dogs. And

58:00 that's exactly what our Beefy Boys and

58:02 Tailgators cast members are about to do

58:04 because they have until the seventh

58:06 inning to eat 250

58:10 hot dogs and buns.

58:14 But Midland, the question is this. Do

58:16 you think they have what it takes?

58:21 >> Well, we're going to be here for a

58:22 while. So before they could start, we've

58:24 got to count them down. So count with me

58:26 in three, two, one. Shallow away, boys.

58:34 >> Look at them go. They'll be tallying on

58:35 the board.

58:36 >> Let's head OUT TO LIVE IN LEFT FIELD.

58:39 IT'S JASON.

58:40 >> NOW IT'S TIME for great thing ever.

58:43 Jason Art live in left field.

58:48 >> I don't think that uniform's regulation.

58:52 My old man's that old man.

58:56 >> He's a player for the Texas.

59:00 >> He has his jersey on, but

59:01 >> some somewhere down there.

59:02 >> The American flag overalls on top of

59:04 >> Maybe I'm too traditional that way. I

59:06 like the players either shirtless or

59:08 uniform.

59:15 >> Sky won first base.

59:18 Can I get to it, Chase? And there you

59:21 go. Had a sack fly, but was hitless.

59:25 >> It's the 57 mph slider

59:28 >> from Brad Sanchez.

59:29 >> Little slide L piece right there, huh?

59:32 >> Got him.

59:33 >> Uh-oh. Don't do it, please.

59:34 >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

59:37 >> Kids around, Brad.

59:41 >> First track out of the night.

59:42 >> We can't for Mr. Sanchez shaking rump

59:44 like that. Too many. We're in the middle

59:46 of West Texas. Too many tectonic plates.

59:49 You start shifting like that, things can

59:51 go wrong.

59:53 >> Sie's just trying to put some heels here

59:55 in

59:55 >> Midland.

1:00:01 >> 01 hit. Taylor Justice

1:00:04 flips it.

1:00:08 >> That is a trick play.

1:00:10 >> That's a trick play. The ball left his

1:00:11 hand.

1:00:12 >> Uhhuh.

1:00:13 We established that Eugene last week.

1:00:15 >> That's a trick play. The bell LEFT HIS

1:00:17 HAND.

1:00:17 >> NO, I I THOUGHT NO, it's not not a trick

1:00:19 play.

1:00:20 >> We'll check with our official score,

1:00:21 Riley Turner.

1:00:24 >> I thought the same thing. I was informed

1:00:26 of that a week ago. Jason Swan did the

1:00:27 exact same trick in Eugene, Oregon. No

1:00:29 trick play.

1:00:32 >> Now, if he had bounced it, that counts.

1:00:34 >> I know. This was news to me, too.

1:00:38 >> Take a second. Look at this. This is

1:00:39 good. See, it is. Looks tricky to me. No

1:00:42 doubt.

1:00:42 >> Can we roll that in full?

1:00:45 >> I'm not shooting you.

1:00:46 >> Don't. Please don't shoot.

1:00:47 >> I'm not going to shoot you. I promise.

1:00:57 >> To left center.

1:00:59 >> And that's down and two hops defense.

1:01:02 >> Noah Fischer stays hot with a two out

1:01:05 double.

1:01:06 >> Yeah, Fish was great last night. Two for

1:01:08 four home run.

1:01:10 a two-run home run to give him a couple

1:01:12 ribbies on the evening.

1:01:13 >> And now

1:01:16 stand by for this. Ashton Landell,

1:01:19 >> you see another replay of that signature

1:01:21 walk up on the way.

1:01:33 >> Drifting through the winding

1:01:36 again. Do you ever feel Feel so paper

1:01:40 thin. Like a house of cards, one glow

1:01:43 from caving in. Do you ever feel already

1:01:47 buried deep? Six feet on screens, but no

1:01:50 one seems to hear a thing. Do you know

1:01:53 that there's still a chance for you?

1:01:56 There's a spark in you. You just got to

1:01:59 ignite

1:02:01 the light

1:02:03 and let

1:02:05 it shine.

1:02:07 just on

1:02:09 the night like the fire of July. Baby,

1:02:15 you're a firework.

1:02:18 Come on, show

1:02:21 your work. Make them go

1:02:25 as you shoot across the sky.

1:02:30 Baby, you're a

1:02:32 you. Come on. Let your colors.

1:02:38 Make them go.

1:02:41 You're going to leave them all.

1:02:52 >> That's cool, man. Ashton Lansdale

1:02:56 her final weekend for a while here with

1:02:59 the party annals because she's going to

1:03:00 go and play for the US women's national

1:03:04 team and then going to go and play in

1:03:06 the women's professional baseball

1:03:07 leagues. Yep.

1:03:08 >> She's got her calendar filled up

1:03:09 elsewhere. Pretty cool. Here on the 4th

1:03:11 of July, she's getting a hit in her Team

1:03:13 USA jersey and she's got a ball and a

1:03:15 strike on her.

1:03:16 >> She's become an everyday starter. the

1:03:17 United States of America. Brett

1:03:20 >> and one of the faces of that team along

1:03:22 with Kelsey Whitmore as well obviously

1:03:25 to David Ez right here though.

1:03:28 >> Oh, don't do it. Don't do it.

1:03:29 >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

1:03:30 >> Smell that from here. Brett,

1:03:32 >> two strikeouts here in the top of the

1:03:34 second from a man I'm surmising that

1:03:36 we're going to hear from very very soon.

1:03:38 And Brett Sanchez

1:03:46 >> still. So cool. What a moment for Ashton

1:03:48 Landell.

1:03:50 >> And going from thank you, thank you,

1:03:51 thank you to now going down to the field

1:03:54 to cheek to cheek.

1:03:59 >> Let's head you on the field.

1:04:03 >> All righty, Midland. The relationship

1:04:04 between a husband and wife is a special

1:04:06 one. You get to know somebody really

1:04:08 well. But how well does this next couple

1:04:10 actually know each other? Well, we're

1:04:12 about to find out. Joining me on the

1:04:13 field is my good friend Berkeley. and

1:04:15 she's been married to her husband Katon

1:04:17 for 12 years. But how well do they

1:04:20 really know each other? We're going to

1:04:21 find out in a little game we call cheek

1:04:23 to cheek. In just a minute, Berkeley's

1:04:25 going to go down this line and rub her

1:04:27 butt against these three gentlemen's

1:04:29 butts, and she'll have to guess which

1:04:31 one belongs to her hubby. Berkeley,

1:04:34 follow me this way. Gentlemen, turn it

1:04:36 on around.

1:04:38 >> Here is butt number one for you,

1:04:40 Berkeley.

1:04:42 Rub it on in there.

1:04:44 Oh yeah, she said it's a big butt, but

1:04:47 is it a familiar one? All right, let's

1:04:49 find out. Let's move on to butt number

1:04:50 two.

1:04:52 >> Moving on down to butt number two.

1:04:54 Berkeley,

1:04:57 rub it on in there. I'm seeing some

1:05:00 chemistry in those cheeks. All righty,

1:05:04 our third and final butt.

1:05:10 Here we go.

1:05:12 Rub it on in there. It might smell like

1:05:15 cupcakes. Who knows? All righty,

1:05:16 Berkeley.

1:05:18 The rubbing is done. Now it's time to

1:05:21 choose. Was your husband one, two, or

1:05:24 three?

1:05:26 >> Two.

1:05:27 >> Berkeley. Meet your new husband, Shawn

1:05:32 Fluke.

1:05:34 >> Wow.

1:05:36 Special stuff. Cheek to cheek leads to

1:05:38 Shawn Fluke having a brand new bride.

1:05:39 >> Sean Fluke's had a busy weekend.

1:05:41 >> Yeah.

1:05:43 last night. The

1:05:45 >> bombs in left field or mil race. 50 of

1:05:48 them.

1:05:49 >> Can you say that?

1:05:51 >> 50 of them.

1:05:54 >> Sean flute red roof in room.

1:05:56 >> 207.

1:05:57 >> 207.

1:05:59 >> They'll be there tonight.

1:06:01 >> Indiana Stanley, Jose Gonzalez, and Taj

1:06:03 Porter here for the tailgate.

1:06:07 >> Indie has a sucker in his mouth.

1:06:10 >> Can we

1:06:11 Can we see that again? Yeah. Look at

1:06:13 this. Drake Indie has a sucker in his

1:06:15 back.

1:06:16 >> Little jazz chisel homage to the Yankee.

1:06:20 >> He's Aaron Boon and he can do whatever

1:06:22 he wants. He plays well

1:06:23 >> and he has been this weekend.

1:06:25 >> India is four for six against his former

1:06:27 team.

1:06:33 >> Deleno got out of some trouble there in

1:06:35 the first. Draed two guys on.

1:06:38 got to throw another zero here to

1:06:39 protect this one to nothing party

1:06:41 animals lead.

1:06:45 >> And you mentioned he was working

1:06:46 efficiently in the first inning. Could

1:06:47 have gotten out of the inning with 11

1:06:49 pitches total.

1:06:50 >> Yeah.

1:06:50 >> But after the double play

1:06:54 Andy stays hot against these party

1:06:56 animals, man. That's his fifth hit in

1:06:58 just seven at bats this weekend.

1:07:02 >> Deleno had to burn a couple extra

1:07:04 pitches there at the end of the first

1:07:05 inning. Get that third out. Now

1:07:08 >> just ahead of pitch number 30, Indie

1:07:10 Indy Stanley with a big league knock.

1:07:12 >> Pardon me. It's not Jose Brother

1:07:14 Gonzalez hitting his spot will be Jason

1:07:16 Arch.

1:07:16 >> Could you not tell

1:07:18 >> you know the overalls really prove

1:07:20 >> right?

1:07:24 >> He's had that planned out for months.

1:07:26 Him and his band.

1:07:27 >> Absolutely.

1:07:29 >> They didn't order that yesterday.

1:07:30 >> No.

1:07:34 He asked me if I wanted a pair and then

1:07:36 he told me how much they cost and

1:07:38 >> I said I'm good boss. I'm all good.

1:07:45 >> Indy staying close to the bag over there

1:07:47 at first after the pickoff attempt from

1:07:48 Garrett.

1:07:52 >> Oh and two.

1:07:56 >> Jason shares a smile and a conversation

1:07:57 with Kelly Don.

1:08:00 Indie running the bases still with the

1:08:03 sucker in the mouth. Would he dare steal

1:08:05 a bag with that sucker?

1:08:09 Got him.

1:08:13 No mercy. Triple seven Garrett Deleno.

1:08:18 >> Come on.

1:08:20 >> No crab silly today.

1:08:22 >> Some mercy on the Texas tailgator.

1:08:30 The biggest, the largest, Taj Porter,

1:08:33 the showman of the night

1:08:35 >> yesterday evening.

1:08:40 >> An opportunity walk to walk off the

1:08:43 bottom of the second here for Tom.

1:08:45 >> Talked to him for a while this morning

1:08:47 and he continues to talk about how good

1:08:48 his swing's feeling and almost the

1:08:51 volume of games he's caught, how that's

1:08:53 helping him at the plate, which is crazy

1:08:55 to think. the toll that that should take

1:08:57 on your body.

1:08:58 >> Yeah.

1:08:59 >> And somehow he feels like he's getting

1:09:01 better as the season's going on.

1:09:06 >> In the driver's seat here,

1:09:09 >> Andy dancing AROUND AT FIRST. GOT HIM.

1:09:12 WHAT A MOVE THERE from Derek Deleno to

1:09:15 get out number two.

1:09:16 >> Yep. No more suckers. That

1:09:18 >> That may do it.

1:09:20 >> Deleno on the money with it. Sucker

1:09:23 still in mouth.

1:09:26 And and I think a piece of that Indy's

1:09:28 had that such a great weekend, Brett.

1:09:32 >> At some point you almost feel

1:09:33 invincible. You're like, "All right, I

1:09:34 can maybe take off and put myself in a

1:09:37 position where a ball force sprint

1:09:39 scores me." That's what that's what's

1:09:40 going through Indy's mind.

1:09:41 >> It's an incredible tag, by the way, of

1:09:43 Jason Swan.

1:09:44 >> Yeah.

1:09:44 >> Taj highf fly ball.

1:09:49 >> Skull tracks it in front of the track.

1:09:51 tip trail,

1:09:54 huh? One of these days.

1:09:55 >> And that'll be out number three. By the

1:09:57 way, that Taylor Justice trick play was

1:09:58 ruled as such. So, it's five to two in

1:10:01 the trick play category. Animals lead it

1:10:03 on the scoreboard one point to nothing.

1:10:07 >> Yeah, looked dangerous there. Lead off

1:10:09 base knock for Stanley for the

1:10:11 tailgator.

1:10:13 >> But Garrett Delaneo shuts the door and

1:10:15 oh, does that say July 23rd?

1:10:18 >> Got a couple weeks off here. Let the

1:10:20 guys rest up. The arms, the bats, the

1:10:22 gloves, and the partyels will take on

1:10:24 the Indianapolis Clowns in Hartford,

1:10:26 Connecticut. That is a Clowns show.

1:10:29 They'll be the headliner for those three

1:10:31 games. Then going to Boise, Idaho on

1:10:33 ESPN, followed by Lehigh Valley and Salt

1:10:35 Lake City. That is through the middle of

1:10:37 August.

1:10:39 Now, it's time to look for the Tailgator

1:10:41 schedule again. The next four weekends,

1:10:43 obviously, post break. Couple of games

1:10:44 in Portland, Maine. Coconut's

1:10:46 headliners. Drake just mentioned the

1:10:48 Animals and the Tailgator will be on

1:10:49 ESPN 2 and ESPN in Boise, Idaho, July

1:10:53 31st and 1st. Three games in

1:10:55 Spartanberg, South Carolina against the

1:10:58 Indianapolis Clowns. Cannot wait for

1:11:00 that weekend. And then heading back up

1:11:02 to the Northeast to finish off these

1:11:04 four weeks, Wilmington, Delaware. All

1:11:07 right,

1:11:09 >> questioned. We should address it.

1:11:11 >> Can you or can you not poop on the

1:11:13 plane?

1:11:14 >> You can't poop on the bus. We learned

1:11:15 that. And I'm I'm unequivocal. You

1:11:18 cannot. Number two on the plane.

1:11:20 >> And Brett Sanchez there was in the air.

1:11:22 And Sanchez, we must ask you, did you

1:11:24 take a poop on the airplane?

1:11:27 >> You know, I posted the picture so it

1:11:29 makes it look like I do. It's up to you

1:11:32 to decipher whether I did or not.

1:11:33 >> Si, can I tell you a secret between me,

1:11:35 you, and God?

1:11:37 >> Can I?

1:11:37 >> Yeah.

1:11:39 >> I did take a poop on that plane.

1:11:42 It was as soon as we landed. I don't

1:11:44 know if you remember. I sprinted to the

1:11:45 back of the plane. It was a medical

1:11:47 emergency for me if I'm being honest

1:11:49 with you.

1:11:49 >> I remember. And also, that's just

1:11:51 between me and you and God. Nobody else

1:11:53 heard. Drake, you didn't hear anything.

1:11:55 >> Nope.

1:11:56 >> He's actually over here scrolling on

1:11:57 TikTok. So, no, he didn't hear anything.

1:12:01 >> Hey, God talks though, man.

1:12:02 >> God does talk.

1:12:03 >> That's how word spreads. Word spreads

1:12:05 real fast. That guy's got a direct line

1:12:07 to all human beings.

1:12:10 >> Ah, Sanchi.

1:12:11 >> Yeah.

1:12:12 >> How's it been for you today? first two

1:12:13 innings.

1:12:14 >> Uh if you remember the Nashville series.

1:12:16 >> Yes.

1:12:16 >> Uh

1:12:18 >> I basically started it the exact same.

1:12:21 >> What do we got here? Sunshine tip drill.

1:12:23 >> Double triple play.

1:12:25 >> It's two of them. Hey, but yeah, I

1:12:28 started the game the exact same way.

1:12:30 Jake Skull Squib Andy or I got Jason

1:12:34 Swan out. Andy Cosbro Homer over there

1:12:36 on a fast ball right down the middle.

1:12:39 >> So, uh let's try to break that curse

1:12:41 here. You don't have to if you don't

1:12:43 want to. That's okay.

1:12:44 >> Oh, no. Drake.

1:12:46 >> Oh, see Drake, you hush your mouth.

1:12:48 >> FAIR BALL. FAIR BALL. SEE, ALL the

1:12:50 tailgators wanted that to be fair the

1:12:51 other night.

1:12:52 >> No, it was 100 ft on the other side of

1:12:54 the pole and somehow they missed it.

1:12:58 >> All right. Talk us through this AB here

1:12:59 if you will, Sanche.

1:13:00 >> Oh, yes, he did.

1:13:02 >> Reggie says he didn't.

1:13:03 >> I wanted it. I didn't think he went, but

1:13:05 you know, you never know.

1:13:06 >> Goal is check swing proof.

1:13:08 >> Those 50/50 calls there, you know.

1:13:12 Yeah,

1:13:14 >> I really like that one. That was a

1:13:16 really good change up. I'm not going to

1:13:16 lie to you.

1:13:17 >> So, where do you go here?

1:13:18 >> Another one.

1:13:21 >> Roll over. Taylor Justice between the

1:13:24 legs. Book it.

1:13:25 >> Officially a trick play. I was

1:13:27 >> joing you earlier,

1:13:29 >> Drake.

1:13:30 >> Yes.

1:13:30 >> I want you to know

1:13:32 >> that Jake's goal Yep.

1:13:34 >> was eight for eight off of me with not a

1:13:37 single ball hit harder than 75.

1:13:39 >> Who's counting?

1:13:41 I was actually

1:13:42 >> Si told me that in the dugout pregame.

1:13:43 Sanchi, pretty cool. Your childhood best

1:13:45 friend Jacob is our fan challenge rep

1:13:47 today.

1:13:48 >> Yeah, that was awesome. Uh I didn't know

1:13:50 he lived in Midland. He called me at BBB

1:13:53 when we were in

1:13:56 uh San Antonio and asked me said uh

1:14:02 y'all go to Midland.

1:14:04 And I was like, yeah, why? Like nobody

1:14:06 lives there. And he was like, I do. I

1:14:09 was like, "Oh, sweet."

1:14:10 >> Wow.

1:14:11 >> So, he moved to Texas probably 5 years

1:14:13 ago. Haven't really seen him since.

1:14:15 >> Yes, he did.

1:14:18 >> Oh, Ninja.

1:14:19 >> Oh, I like this.

1:14:20 >> He can't see through the American flag

1:14:22 overalls.

1:14:22 >> I'm not going to lie. Jake Gold didn't

1:14:25 go. Jason Swan went right there.

1:14:27 >> Yeah, I'd agree.

1:14:30 >> Oh,

1:14:30 >> it's okay.

1:14:31 >> We got another trick play on us.

1:14:33 >> Wy,

1:14:36 >> I'll take a double trick play over all

1:14:38 day long. it.

1:14:39 >> Hey, I'll take two buckets over a K any

1:14:41 day of THE WEEK.

1:14:42 >> BRETT SANCHEZ, YOU JUST INDUCED FIVE

1:14:44 TRICK PLAYS IN A SINGLE INNING.

1:14:46 >> HEY, back to back innings, too.

1:14:47 >> How about it, man? Go take a breath.

1:14:49 We're going to send it down to the field

1:14:50 for Bananas Foster.

1:14:52 >> Love you, Brad.

1:14:53 >> Brett,

1:14:53 >> don't poop on planes.

1:14:54 >> Love you more. from

1:14:57 Lexi Kelly.

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1:15:02 400,000

1:15:04 children and teens in foster care

1:15:06 without a permanent home. To raise

1:15:08 awareness and support this community, we

1:15:11 created Bananas Foster, the official

1:15:14 nonprofit of Banana Ball. Our

1:15:17 organization is dedicated to celebrating

1:15:20 those in the foster care community while

1:15:22 educating and inspiring others to get

1:15:25 involved. Tonight, we are celebrating

1:15:28 the Smith family. Justin and Chelsea

1:15:32 became licensed foster parents because

1:15:34 they felt called to open up their home

1:15:37 to children and families in need. They

1:15:40 quickly saw the need for greater support

1:15:43 within the foster care community. So

1:15:45 they started a support group for foster

1:15:48 families. This grew into the Smiths

1:15:51 creating a nonprofit that works

1:15:54 alongside other organizations in the

1:15:56 area to recruit and retain foster

1:16:00 families across West Texas. This family

1:16:04 has been licensed for eight years and

1:16:07 have welcomed 16 children and teens into

1:16:11 their home. fans. Please help us

1:16:14 celebrate this amazing family for making

1:16:16 a difference right here in your

1:16:18 community.

1:16:27 Heaven

1:16:32 alone

1:16:34 stand

1:16:42 even

1:16:49 Wow, man. It It's been three really,

1:16:51 really, really just insanely cool nights

1:16:54 with Bananas Foster here in Midland,

1:16:56 Texas. Drake and yet again, Smith family

1:16:58 here tonight. You can text bunch to

1:17:00 50155 to support Bananas Foster. Been

1:17:03 able to honor three absolutely

1:17:05 incredible families here in West Texas.

1:17:07 That's what's so cool about Banana Ball

1:17:08 coming to a new venue is 21,000 folks

1:17:11 this weekend over the span of three

1:17:12 games get to learn what the organization

1:17:15 is about and what Fans First truly

1:17:17 means.

1:17:21 >> That's

1:17:24 that's a moment here in Midland, Texas

1:17:26 that that family will remember forever

1:17:29 >> 100%.

1:17:32 >> Garrett Deleno back out there on the

1:17:33 bump. has a new second baseman behind

1:17:36 him. Dustin Ber is now in the ball game

1:17:38 at second.

1:17:42 Ashton Lansdale

1:17:45 take this inning off at least as Ber is

1:17:47 the designated fielder tonight. He can

1:17:49 yep reenter and exit as much as possible

1:17:51 defensively. That is to be Mag Danford,

1:17:54 Jordan Hussein and Zack Watson. Nine 10

1:17:56 and one.

1:18:04 New walk up song for Matt.

1:18:07 >> Get some mojo going right, huh?

1:18:10 >> Grand Ridge, Florida guy. But he just

1:18:12 screams Texas.

1:18:14 >> He screams America the way he looks

1:18:15 today.

1:18:16 >> Yep.

1:18:22 >> And Mac would make no secret about it.

1:18:24 He's in a slump. He's trying to get out

1:18:26 of this slump. and hitting down here at

1:18:28 the bottom of the lineup is really going

1:18:30 to be able to help him. I believe

1:18:32 I tell you what, I haven't seen a guy

1:18:34 work harder who's been in a slump this

1:18:36 year in Banana Ball. Mack has been here

1:18:38 before me each of three days this

1:18:40 weekend. I've gotten here at 10:00 a.m.

1:18:41 every day

1:18:44 putting a lot of work in the cage with

1:18:45 his teammates.

1:18:47 Talked to Kyle Martin a lot.

1:18:49 >> He's doing all the right things. It's

1:18:51 going to start coming back together for

1:18:53 that Floridaian. He's behind here a ball

1:18:54 in two strikes.

1:19:05 Big time strike out for Garrett Deleno.

1:19:07 Now, number one here in the bottom of

1:19:08 the third.

1:19:09 >> Yeah, Deleno's now struck out three of

1:19:10 the last five cats that he's faced.

1:19:14 This is the same Garrett Delino that

1:19:16 Indianapolis a month and some change

1:19:18 ago. Struck out nine guys over the first

1:19:20 three innings. He's got that kind of

1:19:22 stuff.

1:19:25 Jordan Hussein

1:19:28 >> doesn't get much more Texas than this

1:19:30 guy.

1:19:31 >> Yeah, truly.

1:19:34 >> See, he's got on the green socks today.

1:19:37 The armed forces socks. He floats it

1:19:40 right side. SWATTY ON HIS HORSE IN FOUL

1:19:42 TERRITORY. WHAT A PLAY BY JASON SWAT.

1:19:48 >> INCREDIBLE.

1:19:50 First baseman are athletes, too.

1:19:53 >> Especially when they look like that.

1:19:55 >> Great range from Swany.

1:19:58 >> Off the shoulder,

1:20:02 >> man.

1:20:05 >> Silky from Swanie. And now Zack Watson.

1:20:10 He's got a walk up for us.

1:20:19 Where's Wy at?

1:20:20 >> Wow. Okay,

1:20:22 >> we'll find a view. Happy 4th of July,

1:20:24 right?

1:20:37 >> This one of those AI songs. Oh,

1:20:39 >> this is Brantley Gilbert.

1:20:40 >> Yeah. performed in Charlotte, North

1:20:42 Carolina's day last year. Party animals

1:20:45 were there. You were there.

1:20:47 >> I was there.

1:20:49 >> I've had a Tylenol or two since then.

1:20:59 >> You find out where you stand.

1:21:04 >> Bear slam and then a champagne shower.

1:21:07 America.

1:21:12 >> Oh, beautiful.

1:21:16 >> Oh, special guy.

1:21:22 >> That made me feel the helmet bounced

1:21:24 perfectly right back to him, didn't it?

1:21:27 >> Sometimes you'd rather be lucky than

1:21:29 good.

1:21:29 >> What can go wrong for that guy?

1:21:32 >> Well, why had a single to get in the

1:21:33 bottom of the first?

1:21:38 How much cooler would it be if he walked

1:21:40 off the bottom of the third right here?

1:21:42 And look at this. We can take a look at

1:21:44 it after this first pitch.

1:21:46 >> The four guys who are holding the

1:21:47 American flags are now running on the

1:21:49 warning track for the Texas tailgator.

1:21:54 >> Look at this.

1:21:57 >> Jonathan Hughes, Matthew Flatcher, Chris

1:21:59 Clark, and Christian Davis.

1:22:02 >> You've seen all four of those guys pitch

1:22:03 this weekend.

1:22:08 Watty swinging out of his shoes. Two

1:22:10 holes in a strike

1:22:22 >> fans. An opportunity deep down the first

1:22:24 baseline on the K course. Lands of the

1:22:27 hot dog stand.

1:22:32 >> These guys are still going, man.

1:22:34 They made their ways back to the infield

1:22:38 >> and a 2- two almost takes out an

1:22:40 American flag from Chris Clark.

1:22:46 >> Chris and CD ran out of gas. CD hands on

1:22:49 the hips.

1:22:52 Oh man.

1:22:54 >> Wow.

1:22:54 >> What a battle this has become.

1:22:56 >> Yeah.

1:22:57 >> Been stuck on 22 for a while.

1:23:04 Deleno taking his time.

1:23:08 >> We'll do the two tango for the fourth

1:23:10 time.

1:23:12 >> Chris Clark with big American flag grabs

1:23:15 the foul but

1:23:25 >> just a hair off. Yep.

1:23:29 >> What has Morin Bobo done back there?

1:23:32 rolling their shirts up. Gets us hot

1:23:35 today. 3-2 left side. Wy's two for two

1:23:40 with a couple of singles.

1:23:42 >> What a weekend for Zack Watson.

1:23:45 >> Even through the success yesterday,

1:23:47 batting average hits a 275 and it'll

1:23:49 tick up after both these base hits he's

1:23:51 collected here on Saturday.

1:23:53 But again, just that number 275 is not

1:23:56 indicative of what you get at the plate

1:23:58 for Zack Watson. Dude's just been so hot

1:24:01 and he's really good at banana ball too

1:24:03 here recently. Nicol Lopez.

1:24:13 >> Lie grounded in a double play his first

1:24:15 time.

1:24:19 >> Feels like you need to get one here off

1:24:20 of Delena. Tie ball game heading into

1:24:22 the fourth. I know it doesn't seem that

1:24:24 big in the grand scheme of things, but

1:24:25 for momentum purposes, it really is.

1:24:38 Bartman said he's going to grill 250 hot

1:24:40 dogs today. You believe him?

1:24:43 >> And they're all going to be burnt.

1:24:45 >> They're much better than they were last

1:24:47 year.

1:24:49 >> Mikey Ballard 360 spin throw the first.

1:24:52 What a play there

1:24:54 >> from the Floridaian.

1:24:55 >> Good defense, man.

1:24:58 Marty animals get out of a mini jam.

1:25:00 Still lead it one point to zero going to

1:25:02 the top of the fourth. Both these

1:25:04 pitchers settling in as well.

1:25:08 >> It's time for Red, White, and Moo.

1:25:11 >> Moo.

1:25:11 >> Moo.

1:25:12 >> Moo. Moo.

1:25:17 >> Rhinestone. What you got going on out

1:25:20 there in center field?

1:25:22 >> We are here to celebrate the 4th of

1:25:24 July. And in Texas, we celebrate loud.

1:25:28 And that's exactly what these two

1:25:29 gentlemen next to me are going to do.

1:25:31 The competition is simple. They're each

1:25:33 going to take a turn one at a time,

1:25:35 running towards home while making cow

1:25:37 noises. The one who runs the furthest

1:25:39 while making the noises will win a

1:25:41 competition we are calling red, white,

1:25:44 and moo. The loser will get a cow pie

1:25:49 right in the face. Coleman is our first

1:25:52 cow. Ready to go. Count him down in

1:25:54 three, two, one. Move.

1:26:04 Right there. Sunshine's going to help

1:26:06 him out. All righty, Nick. You know the

1:26:09 mark to beat. Run and move as far as you

1:26:13 can in three, two, one, move.

1:26:20 Oh no,

1:26:22 a yodelling moo doesn't get the job

1:26:25 done. And here comes the cowpie.

1:26:29 Coleman, you are our winner. Do the

1:26:32 honors. Count him down. Midland. Three,

1:26:35 two, one. Moo.

1:26:40 One more time for your winner of Red,

1:26:42 White, and Moo. It's Coleman.

1:26:45 When that guy woke up this morning, do

1:26:47 you think he said, "I'm going to find

1:26:49 myself in center field of this banana

1:26:52 ball game I'm going to tonight covered

1:26:54 in whipped cream and in a cow costume."

1:26:56 >> They both looked very uncomfortable the

1:26:58 entire time.

1:26:59 >> That guy was mooing and yodelling at the

1:27:01 same time. It

1:27:02 >> It was a rhythmic moo, which I

1:27:03 appreciate.

1:27:06 >> You ever mood?

1:27:08 >> That's against my religion, Brett.

1:27:10 >> Which is I'm not at the liberty to

1:27:12 disclose that. That's a hippo violation.

1:27:15 >> I don't think that's how that works.

1:27:20 >> One and two here on Andy Cosgra.

1:27:23 >> He can learn you a thing or two.

1:27:25 >> No, I don't think he can. Not Not on

1:27:27 this.

1:27:30 >> Papating, huh?

1:27:31 >> How many Talenol have you had today?

1:27:35 >> Seriously, how many Tylenol have you had

1:27:37 today since I've been playing Dr. For?

1:27:38 >> I think I'm working on six of them today

1:27:40 so far, which is

1:27:41 >> 3,000 milligrams. That's not crazy.

1:27:43 Daily limits 4,000. I I still got a two

1:27:45 in my bag.

1:27:48 >> Brother on his horse towards right

1:27:50 failed.

1:27:52 >> Oh, was it caught?

1:27:53 >> That kid caught that.

1:27:55 >> That kid That's a That's a grown man.

1:27:57 >> That grown man.

1:27:58 >> He caught that.

1:27:59 >> That real life human being man caught

1:28:01 that.

1:28:02 >> That's a fair BALL.

1:28:04 >> WELL, HE THREW IT back right in the top

1:28:06 right of your screen. Top right of your

1:28:08 screen. Nope. Nope. Well,

1:28:09 >> well,

1:28:11 >> I saw it.

1:28:12 >> I did, too.

1:28:12 >> Between you, me, and God.

1:28:16 >> No, he didn't throw it back. Okay.

1:28:17 >> He got it back.

1:28:20 >> Yeah. Foul balls

1:28:23 here,

1:28:23 >> too. Wow.

1:28:24 >> Top of four.

1:28:25 >> Yeah. The screening eagle on the shorts.

1:28:28 >> I'm really worried for your your stomach

1:28:30 line with all this talent. Reseo

1:28:39 backflip catch AND THEN HE SHAKES THE

1:28:42 HAIR.

1:28:43 >> That's one of the cleanest backflip

1:28:46 catches I've ever seen an animal. He

1:28:48 makes it look so smooth every time. No

1:28:51 struggle. Lands it perfectly.

1:28:57 >> He's having a weekend, dude. Yeah,

1:28:59 >> he's four for four in his last four at

1:29:01 bats. And then now he's does that

1:29:05 >> another opportunity for him potentially.

1:29:07 He'll

1:29:08 >> have to plant off a hop in left field as

1:29:09 TJ Reeves has his first hit of the ball

1:29:12 game.

1:29:12 >> And if Zack Watson doesn't have the kind

1:29:14 of range he does, that's a double, no

1:29:16 doubt.

1:29:16 >> Yep.

1:29:17 >> He got to that ball quick.

1:29:18 >> By the way, speaking of trick plays,

1:29:20 Tailgators only had eight of them last

1:29:22 night. They already have 11 of them this

1:29:24 evening.

1:29:25 >> What's that make you feel like? Oh,

1:29:30 >> would you uh reach over there, please,

1:29:32 if you can? And uh Nope. Brett, to your

1:29:35 left. That Yep. The bottle of Tylenol.

1:29:37 Could you just pass that over, please?

1:29:38 >> Yeah, I got you.

1:29:39 >> Thank you.

1:29:41 >> Yep.

1:29:43 That's That's the one. Thank you.

1:29:47 >> Beautiful curve ball there from Brad

1:29:48 Sanchez. 0 and two.

1:29:50 >> 11 trick plays, huh?

1:29:51 >> Yeah. Mark Smith's now running at first

1:29:52 as well.

1:29:54 >> Chosen.

1:29:55 >> Almost hits the fan. Oh,

1:29:58 >> that was real close to farting.

1:30:03 >> The child, but a grown man referred to

1:30:05 by Drake to now on the field with Chris

1:30:07 Clark.

1:30:10 >> He's a shorter guy.

1:30:14 >> What are you trying to say about short

1:30:15 kings, Drake? Just cuz you're 7'4

1:30:18 doesn't mean people can't be 6'

1:30:20 something.

1:30:20 >> 7 foot four and a quarter.

1:30:22 >> Yeah.

1:30:22 >> Me and Nate Teller

1:30:23 >> and Wimby. Oh, thank you. Thank you.

1:30:27 Thank you. Brett Sanchez is another

1:30:31 incredible inning with a strikeout

1:30:33 and another zero as well.

1:30:36 >> That's a change up by the way.

1:30:38 >> Look at that. The smile from Taj Porter.

1:30:41 There's a story behind that.

1:30:42 >> Whoops.

1:30:43 >> Foul.

1:30:44 >> Yep.

1:30:45 >> That's clean, too.

1:30:48 >> Taj Porter. That was the first time

1:30:50 >> dude in THE CAMO SAID, "YEAH,

1:30:52 >> there's a backflip by the WAY." OH, WHAT

1:30:53 A HALF.

1:30:54 >> First time this year. Taj has called a

1:30:55 change up with Brad Sanchez on the mound

1:30:57 to a right-handed hitter. How about

1:30:59 that? And gets a strike out. Send it out

1:31:01 to the field to Hey, baby.

1:31:05 >> Okay, put your hands up in the air.

1:31:07 >> You can follow along. Go on the dance.

1:31:10 >> Get those hands waving.

1:31:15 Baby,

1:31:18 I want to know

1:31:21 if you be my girl.

1:31:23 >> All righty, let's do it again.

1:31:32 >> I want to know

1:31:36 my girl.

1:31:37 >> Get those hands clapping while we

1:31:39 shuffle.

1:31:43 I bet that's the kind of girl I need.

1:31:47 She's so

1:31:53 >> Get those hands up.

1:32:05 >> One more time. Let me hear you sing it.

1:32:13 Ooh.

1:32:19 >> Give yourselves a round of applause. You

1:32:22 crush it.

1:32:27 >> I've been loving this year with Anthony

1:32:29 Cormo, VA, Thomas Simino, and whatever.

1:32:32 Garrett Deleno is not pitching. Their

1:32:34 little hey baby. And look at this. It's

1:32:36 George Washington on the Delaware.

1:32:43 You know what?

1:32:43 >> Yep.

1:32:44 >> Hell yeah.

1:32:46 >> You know, they never show in the history

1:32:48 books that an alligator was actually

1:32:49 there with them. They never tell you

1:32:51 that part. Cal Martin at the dish.

1:32:55 >> Appeal. Reggie Ligus says he went.

1:32:57 >> Yes, he did.

1:32:59 >> Well, Reggie points at Kelly Diamond and

1:33:01 says, "That's your call."

1:33:02 >> Which

1:33:04 >> is not correct. Not really. I mean,

1:33:06 >> yeah.

1:33:10 Kmart drew a sprint his first time

1:33:12 around.

1:33:21 >> Kyle

1:33:23 hits that one out of the ballpark. 97

1:33:25 F-150

1:33:27 American flag decal on it today. South

1:33:29 Carolina planes.

1:33:44 Kmart looking for another walk off. One

1:33:46 swing into that could do it.

1:33:48 >> That's not it. Garrett Deleno. Another

1:33:51 Paul Ch. Is it evening number four

1:33:53 tonight

1:33:55 >> in his bag? Big dog.

1:33:59 >> Off speed. Just gross rotation.

1:34:04 Andy Cosgrove. His back stops fired up.

1:34:06 >> This is cool. Sunshine on his unicycle

1:34:10 holding up the American flag here on

1:34:11 America's 250th birthday.

1:34:14 >> He's in the field while the party

1:34:15 animals are on defense. New meaning to

1:34:18 the term designated fielder.

1:34:20 >> Keep him out there, man.

1:34:22 >> All time defense.

1:34:24 >> Something Jason Art would never do.

1:34:29 Oh,

1:34:31 >> Garrett Delino is getting gross with

1:34:33 this.

1:34:34 >> Yeah, that slider looks disgusting

1:34:36 today.

1:34:38 >> He hit his best friend Jordan Barf in

1:34:40 the back of the noggin last time he was

1:34:41 up.

1:34:48 >> Oh,

1:34:52 >> this is the best I've seen Garrett go

1:34:53 look this year.

1:34:54 >> Yeah.

1:34:57 strike away from getting another PC.

1:35:00 Bark spoils it and bat flips.

1:35:06 One out single there from JB.

1:35:07 >> There he goes yelling at Garrett Deleno.

1:35:09 That's great.

1:35:14 >> Sunshine making his way around the

1:35:16 entire facility.

1:35:20 >> What happened here?

1:35:22 >> Jordan Bar.

1:35:23 >> Yeah, he's going to take second base.

1:35:24 Was there an errant throw back in the

1:35:26 infield?

1:35:32 >> I I'm not sure.

1:35:34 >> Reese Hampton has his hands up in center

1:35:36 field also questioning what's going on.

1:35:41 >> Did H throw the ball out of play?

1:35:43 >> Let's see it here.

1:35:44 >> Babber

1:35:45 >> Babers threw it back.

1:35:47 >> Oh, he threw it in the dugout trying to

1:35:49 get

1:35:50 >> Jordan Bar who was just standing on the

1:35:52 back.

1:35:53 >> Correct.

1:35:54 I don't that was unnecessary.

1:35:58 So

1:35:58 >> that that was totally unnecessary.

1:36:00 >> Yeah. So an E4 throwing here by Dustin

1:36:02 Ber will give Jordan Mark that extra 90

1:36:05 ft and now puts the inning winning run

1:36:06 in scoring position with one out.

1:36:08 >> That was the correct call.

1:36:14 >> Wow.

1:36:14 >> Great. Yeah, it's there.

1:36:16 >> And it'll be called very late.

1:36:18 >> Yeah, Kelly Dyn's done that a couple

1:36:20 times tonight. That's it. That's in in

1:36:22 any given umpire. That's her strike

1:36:23 cadence.

1:36:28 >> Justice is chirping it, I think, because

1:36:29 the delay, but that was there.

1:36:36 >> Do 0 and2 yet again. Joe Molick had to

1:36:39 play skip to my Lou to get out of the

1:36:40 way of that one.

1:36:47 >> What is a hoochie coochie?

1:36:49 >> You'd know.

1:36:53 Right again you are Mr. office trying to

1:36:56 get you off.

1:36:56 >> Oh man, you would know. I don't think I

1:36:59 need to explain it to you.

1:37:04 >> Chadi never knew how much that money

1:37:06 water meant to me. Lew.

1:37:13 >> I don't know how many that is.

1:37:15 >> Oh, that's too many tally marks for me,

1:37:16 boss. I'm from Arkansas.

1:37:18 >> Can we get Rex?

1:37:19 >> That one dude is not doing too hot.

1:37:21 >> Rex, if you could just text us how many

1:37:23 they got. I know you can hear me. Taylor

1:37:25 Justice shallow center. Bober can't get

1:37:28 to it. Reese Hampton, he's dealing with

1:37:32 the sun out there as is a cuff and Ber

1:37:35 backto- back singles. And now the

1:37:37 winning run stands 90 ft away. Big hit

1:37:40 by the way as well for Taylor Justice.

1:37:42 37 game on base streak now.

1:37:45 >> Now here he comes. The party animal

1:37:46 killer Indie Stanley wore the black and

1:37:48 pink in 2024.

1:37:52 George Washington currently is consuming

1:37:55 >> the hundth hot dog.

1:37:56 >> When do we get involved in this?

1:37:58 >> That's AJ Kazana by the way, also known

1:38:00 as White Lightning.

1:38:02 >> Oh, MIKEY BALOR. TOUGH PLAY. AND HE'S

1:38:05 NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET to it. The

1:38:07 Tailgator walk off the fourth and we're

1:38:10 back tied at one point a piece.

1:38:13 We'll

1:38:13 >> wait for an official ruling. Looks like

1:38:15 an error at first glance, but really

1:38:18 well hit Mindy Stanley.

1:38:21 Yeah, I would love to hear the official

1:38:22 ruling on that.

1:38:23 >> One to one to the top of the fifth we

1:38:25 go. Huh?

1:38:26 >> Look at this.

1:38:31 >> July. I'd like to introduce you to MY

1:38:34 FRIEND TREY JONES. He has a song he

1:38:36 wants to sing for you. Be nice.

1:38:47 >> Yeah, we won the ending. Yeah, we scored

1:38:50 a run. Yeah, we won the inning. Yeah, we

1:38:54 scored the run. Then we won the inning.

1:39:01 Yeah.

1:39:03 Yeah.

1:39:05 Yeah. We scored the run and then we won

1:39:09 the ending.

1:39:13 We're better than the banana.

1:39:20 One assist on assistant here.

1:39:24 >> That is one of the coolest runs.

1:39:26 >> I did not know he could sing like that,

1:39:27 man.

1:39:28 >> Trey Jones is well renowned by a lot of

1:39:30 the guys as one of the best singers on

1:39:33 this team.

1:39:34 >> Oh, yeah.

1:39:35 >> Proof's in the pudding right there.

1:39:39 >> Now we have the two- steppers in the

1:39:43 player dance.

1:39:44 >> Twostep me, why don't you?

1:39:48 unassisted.

1:39:58 >> I hopped off the plane at LAX.

1:40:04 Am I going to fit in? Jumped in the cab.

1:40:07 Here I am for the first time. To the

1:40:09 right and I see the Hollywood sign. This

1:40:11 is all so crazy. Everybody seems so

1:40:14 famous. My time is and I'm feeling kind

1:40:16 of homesick. Too much pressure and I'm

1:40:18 nervous. That's when the tax man.

1:40:26 So I put my hands up my song

1:40:31 in my head like

1:40:34 my

1:40:35 hands up my song. I'm going to be okay.

1:40:40 Yeah.

1:40:44 Yeah.

1:40:58 Jordan Hussein. Happy 4th of July.

1:41:01 >> Happy 4th of July, America. And God

1:41:04 bless Texas.

1:41:05 >> God bless Texas, man. You know, when we

1:41:07 go through and choose these miked ups,

1:41:09 said usually, you know, you want to

1:41:11 choose a guy who's been playing good

1:41:12 ball, which you obviously have been. got

1:41:14 an opportunity for you to get one more

1:41:15 trick play here, you can do something

1:41:16 really really cool this season. But I I

1:41:19 thought if there's one guy that

1:41:21 represents the tailgator and able to

1:41:23 represent what today means for America,

1:41:24 it'd be you. So I just wanted you to

1:41:26 kind of walk us through what today means

1:41:28 to spin on a diamond and inable on the

1:41:30 250th birthday of America.

1:41:32 >> Uh well, all I've ever wanted to do was

1:41:34 play baseball and because of this

1:41:36 country, the sacrifices that people have

1:41:37 made, me and my best friends get to

1:41:39 travel the world and do that for all

1:41:40 these lovely Americans. So, I've got

1:41:42 nothing else to say about that.

1:41:46 >> Jordan, the guard bringing the flags

1:41:47 out. Pregame, national anthem, the USA

1:41:51 chant. Is there any emotion with that

1:41:53 for you?

1:41:54 >> A whole lot of emotion and uh probably

1:41:56 two times the amount of goosebumps. I

1:41:58 had chills. Uh it's really cool to see

1:42:00 what our entertainment team does for us

1:42:02 pregame and stuff is really cool.

1:42:03 >> The USA chance, that's what got me. I

1:42:05 teared up a little bit. Um the high

1:42:08 socks from you today. Oh yeah, the USA

1:42:11 guys. Look at this.

1:42:13 >> Oo

1:42:14 yeah. What you got there? Just USA and

1:42:16 then the flag on the back. That's sick,

1:42:17 man.

1:42:18 >> Oh yeah. Uhoh.

1:42:19 >> Oh, Tanner.

1:42:20 >> Good find.

1:42:21 >> Yeah.

1:42:25 >> First hit by a pitch for Brett Sanchez

1:42:28 today.

1:42:29 >> Two ball, Bob. Two ball.

1:42:30 >> Yeah, you ought to roll one here. 11 or

1:42:32 two in trick plays after a night ago.

1:42:34 Jordan were tailgators only had eight of

1:42:36 them. Uh is that just been more

1:42:38 opportunities or what coming into

1:42:39 tonight?

1:42:40 >> Uh that game I had some opportunities. I

1:42:42 think uh we had a little chat with Mick,

1:42:44 our infield, and he said, you know, you

1:42:45 guys are one of the best defensive

1:42:47 infields in the league. And uh we just

1:42:49 we started getting a little carried away

1:42:51 and ripping tricks every single

1:42:52 opportunity, and it hurt us a little

1:42:53 bit. And we're smart enough to make an

1:42:55 adjustment. We kind of have. So we're

1:42:57 not slowing down on tricks. We're just

1:42:58 trying to be a little smarter.

1:42:59 >> You know, a storyline pregame that we

1:43:02 actually talked to to Zach Blankenship

1:43:04 about. I

1:43:05 >> Oh, catch it.

1:43:07 >> Oh,

1:43:07 >> hit the net.

1:43:08 >> That guy's been smoking the ball.

1:43:09 >> Yeah, he has.

1:43:10 >> Your former party animal has his taj has

1:43:12 his bambas Indian. I don't want to say

1:43:15 we modeled our locker room culture after

1:43:16 that, but you guys have definitely

1:43:17 brought some stuff over. What has been

1:43:19 that balance for you guys coming over

1:43:21 from the black and pink and now what

1:43:22 you've been able to build here with the

1:43:23 tailgator culture.

1:43:25 >> Man, it's very similar. I'm not going to

1:43:26 say where those guys cuz they're their

1:43:28 own brand, but uh we did bring

1:43:30 >> we did try to bring that party animal.

1:43:32 >> Oh, do it. They fight between the legs.

1:43:34 BOOK IT. SUNNY BOOKET. NO.

1:43:37 >> Jordan Hussein. You just joined Sunshine

1:43:40 is the only two players in Banana Bowl

1:43:42 this year with 100 trick plays.

1:43:45 >> Well, that's a big credit to our

1:43:47 pitching staff, man. They get us a lot

1:43:48 of grown balls, especially this dude on

1:43:50 the mountain. But it's been a fun year

1:43:51 and we're just getting started.

1:43:52 >> We should interview Jordan.

1:43:55 >> Yeah, we should do it right.

1:43:57 >> Jordan, how does it feel 100 trick

1:43:59 plays?

1:44:00 Uh, back to what we were talking about

1:44:02 locker room, man. These guys in the

1:44:03 black and pink, Chase Aub, Dustin B,

1:44:05 Bryson Bloomer, they showed me the ropes

1:44:07 of this game when I was a sped up

1:44:08 rookie. And, uh, I've got nothing but

1:44:11 thanks and praise for those three guys

1:44:12 cuz they kind of taught me everything I

1:44:14 know when it comes to banana. So, I kind

1:44:16 of carried that over to our locker room,

1:44:18 that swagger and that attitude that they

1:44:19 have. And we we model that. We really

1:44:21 do. We talk about it. So, kudos to them.

1:44:23 They're a great club.

1:44:25 >> We got a guy.

1:44:27 A really good one. Ted drill bucket

1:44:31 >> 13-2 in the trick play category. Jordan,

1:44:33 I know a big milestone you had set for

1:44:36 you was was 100 trick plays this year.

1:44:38 Third year of banana ball. First time

1:44:39 you've been able to do it.

1:44:40 >> How many you want to get to now?

1:44:42 >> Oh man. Uh

1:44:45 that second let's say we hit 200. How

1:44:48 about it? I don't want to slow down that

1:44:49 second half.

1:44:50 >> I love it.

1:44:50 >> We'll go 200. Why not?

1:44:52 >> You like it? I love it.

1:44:53 >> Right here. I want a zero.

1:44:56 >> We got the right guy.

1:44:57 >> Yeah. Brett Sanchez. Three straight

1:44:58 scoreless innings. Trying to make it

1:45:00 four here if he can get one more out.

1:45:03 >> Talk to him, JAY. OH, 360 BEHIND THE

1:45:06 BACK. NO, you didn't. Fiverr.

1:45:09 >> Yes, I did, Brett. Yes, I did.

1:45:14 >> Hey, you're pros pro, Jordan.

1:45:16 >> Thank you guys. I love y'all so much.

1:45:18 God bless Texas and thank you for all

1:45:20 the troops out there. Love you,

1:45:21 >> man. God bless Texas and God bless you,

1:45:24 Jordan Hussein. Love you, brother.

1:45:25 >> Love you. 101

1:45:28 on the microphone. And I'm gonna be

1:45:30 willing to say 101 was the best trick

1:45:32 play he's had this year.

1:45:34 >> Wow.

1:45:35 >> Happy birthday, America. Huh?

1:45:36 >> There's 100 right there.

1:45:47 >> Are you ready?

1:45:49 >> Big moment.

1:45:50 >> The sport of banana ball, the growth of

1:45:51 this sport.

1:45:56 What is happening here?

1:45:57 >> I don't know. It looked like me and you

1:45:59 after you took your 53rd Tylenol the

1:46:01 weekend.

1:46:02 >> We're just roughousing how good old boys

1:46:04 do.

1:46:04 >> Good old boys.

1:46:12 >> What are they doing, Drake?

1:46:14 >> Oh, they're trying to get the flag.

1:46:16 >> The flag out of the hat.

1:46:17 >> Yeah,

1:46:18 >> flag snatch. They almost do wig snatch.

1:46:21 >> I see somebody somebody got hit smacked

1:46:23 in the mouth. I was like, "That's not

1:46:24 what we're doing here." Oh,

1:46:30 >> hey, Grub. Yep. Guess we'll just cut

1:46:32 away from it in the middle of it.

1:46:33 >> All right.

1:46:34 >> Cool, man.

1:46:35 >> Grub looking.

1:46:36 >> Heck yeah, man.

1:46:37 >> You guys can see the winner later.

1:46:38 >> Yeah. No idea what happened.

1:46:39 >> No spoilers. No spoilers.

1:46:42 >> Grub. Grubs on the roof.

1:46:44 >> No spoilers.

1:46:47 >> Oh man. Jose Gonzalez at the dish.

1:46:56 He didn't hit his first time out. That's

1:46:58 when Jason Art hit strikeout.

1:47:03 Tailgator scored their first point of

1:47:05 the night in the fourth.

1:47:07 The walk-off from Indiana Stanley, which

1:47:09 really was an error there for Mikey

1:47:11 Ballard, but a walk-off nonetheless for

1:47:13 Indie.

1:47:14 >> I love watching the Tailgator dugout.

1:47:17 These are the only two dugouts in Banana

1:47:19 Ball that just dance the whole time

1:47:20 >> no matter what the score is. By the way,

1:47:22 >> right when they're on offense,

1:47:24 >> these dugouts are dancing.

1:47:27 >> Mikey Ballard, Andy Cosgrove giving a

1:47:30 chase to the net. Fans an opportunity

1:47:32 not to be.

1:47:33 >> Hey, big vote of credit too for on our

1:47:35 end. DJ JC who keeps him Yes. all game

1:47:38 long.

1:47:39 >> Kate Cox, the tailgator DJ who's doing a

1:47:41 great job tonight.

1:47:42 >> Driving man.

1:47:43 >> Hey, I got something controversial to

1:47:45 say. When when do you knock?

1:47:47 >> Uh, most of the time. 14 to two

1:47:49 tailgators lead a trick play battle. I

1:47:50 think the party animals can go ahead and

1:47:52 concede that.

1:47:54 >> So Brett

1:47:59 and and I'm asking a tough question

1:48:00 here.

1:48:01 >> Yep. I I want to hear it. That's why I

1:48:02 pose this.

1:48:02 >> But the party animals,

1:48:05 other than spirit of the game and and

1:48:06 entertainment wise, there's not much

1:48:09 reason to go for a trick play for

1:48:10 >> 100%.

1:48:12 They can end this night at two. And

1:48:14 that's the best way to try to win this

1:48:15 game because strict play miss can hurt

1:48:17 them. That won't hurt them.

1:48:18 >> Also, five strikeouts. That's a big

1:48:20 reason they only have two strict play.

1:48:21 >> That's right. That's right.

1:48:29 >> Taj Porter.

1:48:30 >> Yeah. Of the 11 outs for the party

1:48:31 animals, they've garnered defensively,

1:48:34 >> five strikeouts.

1:48:38 >> Chad's asking if Grub proposed last

1:48:40 night. He did.

1:48:41 >> Yeah. Grub's getting married, folks.

1:48:43 >> CHOSEN BEHIND THE BACK. BOOK IT.

1:48:46 >> Speaking of trick plays, the third one

1:48:48 of the night. Chase Auff has two of the

1:48:50 three.

1:48:50 >> Love of the game, baby.

1:48:53 >> Jordan Hussein just gave AUF a great nod

1:48:56 for teaching him what he knows.

1:48:58 >> Yeah,

1:49:00 >> he's Jordan's told me in in private

1:49:02 conversations that Chase has had the

1:49:04 single biggest impact of him at an

1:49:06 animal. And you know what's crazy is

1:49:07 coming out of 2023, very few people

1:49:10 would have called Chase Aub or a future

1:49:12 star. They they didn't see that kind of

1:49:14 progression. There are questions about

1:49:15 who he would become in this sport.

1:49:18 Blew up in 2024 and since then he's been

1:49:21 undeniable.

1:49:22 This year undeniable at the plate too.

1:49:24 He leads the team in batting average.

1:49:27 >> He might be the most complete player the

1:49:29 party almost have right now.

1:49:31 MIKE REESE HAMPTON CAN'T FIND IT, BUT A

1:49:34 JUMPING GRAB from Ree Lightning.

1:49:37 Launched himself on a trampoline for out

1:49:40 number three.

1:49:42 >> Ree Lightning.

1:49:45 That's majestic during golden hour. Do

1:49:47 it again. Do it again.

1:49:50 >> Reese Lightning.

1:49:52 >> Now we have Keg Stan Karaoke.

1:49:55 >> I'll do it. Me? I volunteer.

1:49:57 >> No, you have to stay here.

1:49:59 All righty, Midland. Each generation

1:50:02 thinks they have the best country music,

1:50:05 but we're about to put this to the test

1:50:06 in an intergenerational battle we like

1:50:08 to call cakestand karaoke. We have two

1:50:11 competitors. They're each going to get

1:50:13 an opportunity to sing. And then you,

1:50:15 the fans, are going to vote for the

1:50:16 winner. Let's meet our first contestant.

1:50:18 Sir, what's your name and how old are

1:50:20 you?

1:50:20 >> Garrett. I'm 22.

1:50:22 >> Garrett and he's 22. Just old enough to

1:50:24 play the game. Gentlemen, get him up

1:50:26 there. Let's Keg stand karaoke.

1:50:28 DJ

1:50:30 and

1:50:33 >> a Britney song was on and a Britney song

1:50:36 was on. So put my hands up playing my

1:50:40 song. The butterflies fly away.

1:50:43 Not in my head like Yeah. Moving my hips

1:50:46 like Yeah.

1:50:50 >> There it is. All right. Your first

1:50:52 contestant, 22year-old Garrett. All

1:50:55 right, buddy. Our second competitor,

1:50:57 what's your name and how old are you?

1:50:59 >> Aaron 39.

1:51:01 >> Aaron is 39, which is a lie. Here we go.

1:51:04 Hop on up there. This is not his first

1:51:06 keg stand, but can he cake stand

1:51:09 karaoke? Let's find out.

1:51:19 >> I'm proud to be an American. At least I

1:51:23 know I'm free. And I won't forget the

1:51:27 man who died and saved it.

1:51:31 And I gladly stand up next to you. Where

1:51:36 at least I know I'm free.

1:51:39 >> All righty. There he is. Ladies and

1:51:41 gentlemen, it is now time to vote.

1:51:44 Aaron, come here.

1:51:45 >> Midland was your winner.

1:51:48 >> 22year-old Garrett

1:51:53 or was your winner 39 and 12year-old

1:51:56 Aaron

1:51:59 >> your cake stand karaoke champ it's Aaron

1:52:04 >> don't you stop counting half years once

1:52:06 you turn four

1:52:08 >> n sir after at 40 I think you're you're

1:52:12 confusing with 40 39 and a half is still

1:52:14 kosher

1:52:14 >> oh man

1:52:17 >> man I love this

1:52:19 >> yes

1:52:19 >> starting pitcher for the Texas tail

1:52:21 Tailgators now come out for a sixth

1:52:22 inning of work. No movement in the party

1:52:24 animals bullpen.

1:52:25 >> No movement in the tailgator bullpen.

1:52:26 >> Let the boys play, man.

1:52:28 >> Man,

1:52:30 Si told me he's going at least six

1:52:31 tonight.

1:52:32 >> He told me that this morning. He said,

1:52:33 "I'm going at least six tonight." You're

1:52:34 going to have six out of me.

1:52:35 >> I'll let him go nine if he wants. I love

1:52:37 watching this guy throw.

1:52:38 >> Yeah,

1:52:39 >> he's only giving up two runs. It was one

1:52:41 swing of the bat. A two-run shot from

1:52:42 Andy Cosgro back in the first.

1:52:47 >> Tight. You can see Taj pulled the glove

1:52:49 in ever so slightly.

1:52:51 >> You also see Jake Skull waving back at

1:52:53 Brett Sanchez saying no. No.

1:52:54 >> Oh,

1:52:56 >> you got to have that one next time,

1:52:58 Brett.

1:52:58 >> No, that's actually Mohawk Mike, our

1:53:00 producers's job to catch that one

1:53:02 >> man. What a pleasure it's been to work

1:53:04 with him this weekend.

1:53:05 >> He's awesome.

1:53:05 >> Yep.

1:53:06 >> Alex Gross.

1:53:07 >> A couple guys who are rookies banana

1:53:09 ball rookies.

1:53:10 >> Yes, they're vets

1:53:11 >> who've stepped in this same way. Kyle

1:53:13 Martin.

1:53:15 Yeah. guys that walk into the sport and

1:53:17 have been great to work with. Incredible

1:53:19 at just the notes they give, the notes

1:53:21 they take, the improvement night in

1:53:24 night out.

1:53:27 >> Jordan Bar between legs. Look it by step

1:53:31 for trick play number 15.

1:53:33 >> All right, guys. We can we we get it.

1:53:35 You You can stop doing the trick plays

1:53:37 now. We're good. We're

1:53:39 >> We got to make up for last night. Drake

1:53:40 told

1:53:41 >> 15 bookets tonight.

1:53:42 >> Yep.

1:53:43 >> In venue, too. They're playing a bucket

1:53:46 audio file.

1:53:46 >> Surprised me earlier. I had a jump I had

1:53:48 an audible jump scare today when I heard

1:53:50 myself yelling booket over the speakers

1:53:52 here.

1:53:54 >> Also, for those wondering at home, the

1:53:56 visual with that is me dressed up as

1:53:58 George Washington, which I was also

1:54:00 surprised by today. Adam Bogart, big

1:54:02 shout out to him. He runs our video

1:54:04 board on the Tailgator Headliner Show.

1:54:06 Trick play pitch.

1:54:09 Swani skies it. Wadi, does he have

1:54:12 another one in him?

1:54:15 OH, HE DOES.

1:54:16 >> OH MY GOD.

1:54:17 >> AND THEN HE SAYS, "THANK YOU. Thank you.

1:54:19 THANK YOU." A WATTY WO A BUCKET. Happy

1:54:23 birthday, America.

1:54:24 >> That's unsportsmanlike.

1:54:28 >> We should review that.

1:54:34 Wow. They're just rubbing it in at this

1:54:36 point. Put that in the season

1:54:37 highlights. A young man in a party

1:54:40 animals jersey almost caught that foul

1:54:42 ball. He thought about it.

1:54:43 >> Santi getting ready to throw pitch

1:54:44 number 90 here.

1:54:47 >> Ka folks went into the net this time.

1:54:57 >> Hey, by the way, Drake told 16 trick

1:54:59 plays, single game records 22 that the

1:55:01 tailgator have set twice.

1:55:05 Interesting storyline to follow there.

1:55:07 I'm not saying they're going to get it

1:55:08 tonight. I'm just saying. GOT HIM. SAY

1:55:12 IT WITH ME. THANK YOU. Thank you. Thank

1:55:15 you.

1:55:15 >> Oh,

1:55:17 nightmare. Nightmare. Nightmare.

1:55:19 >> One of the best outings of Brett

1:55:20 Sanchez, his young banana ball career.

1:55:22 >> So good, man.

1:55:24 >> Five straight zeros after that blemish

1:55:26 in the first.

1:55:27 >> Costco looked right at the camera, too.

1:55:29 Right on queue there.

1:55:31 >> Toss. Yeah. Yeah.

1:55:34 >> Oh my goodness. Oh, and now to send it

1:55:37 to our wonderful acquaintance, Rex

1:55:39 Castillo, with the Banana Ball backstage

1:55:41 question of the night.

1:55:45 >> Guys, it's time for our Banana Ball

1:55:47 backstage question. We got the birthday

1:55:48 boy, 11-year-old white, with his

1:55:50 favorite player, Jake Skull. Got an

1:55:52 important question for X here. What is

1:55:54 it?

1:55:54 >> Oh, what is your favorite stadium?

1:55:56 >> All right, you played in a lot of them,

1:55:57 Jake.

1:55:58 >> Favorite stadium? We're going to go

1:56:00 close to your hometown. I played the

1:56:02 majority of my minor league games in

1:56:04 Frisco, Texas. So, we're going to Frisco

1:56:07 Ruff Riders. Favorite stadium we played

1:56:09 in.

1:56:10 >> Pretty sick. That's an awesome birthday

1:56:11 present, huh? Happy birthday, my guy.

1:56:14 >> Well, that young man's birthday is the

1:56:15 4th of July, huh? That's cool enough.

1:56:18 Jake Scope got to return back to Frisco

1:56:20 as he mentioned last year uh as a party

1:56:24 animal. What are you Hold up. You just

1:56:26 unbuttoned every single button on this

1:56:29 mopper. I And you unzipped yourself.

1:56:31 Okay. Well, we'll shut that down right

1:56:33 now. There's Jake Skull

1:56:35 >> again. He's played here a lot. Old Texas

1:56:38 League.

1:56:39 Okay. The Arkansas Travelers, Frisco

1:56:42 Rough Riders, Midland Rockounds, just to

1:56:45 name a few. Tulsa Drillers. I can keep

1:56:46 going, man. I grew up on that Texas

1:56:49 League.

1:56:49 >> You also have Texas League Googled over

1:56:51 there on your computer.

1:56:53 >> Stop looking at my computer.

1:56:55 >> Well, the way it's pointed at me, I

1:56:57 can't can't help myself.

1:56:58 >> And tell them what else I got pulled up.

1:57:00 Huh? You tell him. Come on.

1:57:01 >> The banana ball backstage. Question of

1:57:03 the game, of course.

1:57:04 >> Really well done from Rex Castillo.

1:57:06 That's a pros pro.

1:57:08 >> 101 and two here for the tailgator.

1:57:12 Jordan Hussein popped out to Jason Swan

1:57:14 on what was a web gym first time around.

1:57:17 >> So, we asked question earlier, can you

1:57:18 poop on a plane?

1:57:20 >> Which I still think unequivocally the

1:57:22 answer is no.

1:57:23 >> We can't go pooping on planes,

1:57:24 >> right?

1:57:27 >> Should a fellow

1:57:30 Oh, LOOK WHAT I FOUND. TRIPLE SEVENS

1:57:35 GIVES IT A STAB FOR OUT number one.

1:57:37 >> Happy birthday, America.

1:57:39 >> Garrett Delena.

1:57:42 >> That looked good.

1:57:46 >> In the spirit of Texas.

1:57:47 >> Yes.

1:57:48 >> Guy who's two for two today. Zack

1:57:49 Watson. Two back flip catches. I'd say

1:57:52 you're showman of the game so far.

1:57:54 >> Uh yeah, I'd say so as well.

1:57:56 As a man,

1:57:57 >> as a man or a woman?

1:57:59 >> No, this one's for the for the fellas

1:58:00 out there.

1:58:01 >> Okay.

1:58:02 >> Do you shave your chest hair?

1:58:05 >> I I true story. I did it once and I felt

1:58:07 weird. So then I did it again.

1:58:09 >> The stubble that comes around for it,

1:58:11 it's kind of awkward.

1:58:12 >> Did you shave yours? I mean,

1:58:13 >> I was going to I was I was headed right

1:58:15 for it.

1:58:19 >> Foul.

1:58:19 >> And then I was told, "No, no, no, you

1:58:21 can't do that."

1:58:22 >> You know, Kyle Martin actually shaves

1:58:23 his arm hair. And that is a true story.

1:58:24 >> His arm hair. Wow. He says it helps with

1:58:26 perspiration in the summertime.

1:58:28 >> How many home runs do I hit if I shave

1:58:29 my arm here?

1:58:34 >> That looks good right there.

1:58:39 >> Good on Delano, though. No reaction.

1:58:40 Correct. He's just a pro.

1:58:41 >> He's locked in right now.

1:58:42 >> Yeah.

1:58:45 >> Chad's saying not to shave chest there,

1:58:47 by the way.

1:58:47 >> Wow.

1:58:49 >> Oh my goodness. All right.

1:58:51 >> That was extremely a whole AB. What a

1:58:53 weed.

1:58:55 Yeah,

1:58:55 >> Costco's having a conversation with

1:58:57 Kelly D.

1:58:57 >> He should. He should.

1:58:59 >> Absolutely.

1:59:06 >> I think even Zack Watson's got that look

1:59:08 on his face like, "All right, okay.

1:59:09 >> Yeah, we'll take it."

1:59:10 >> Yeah.

1:59:11 >> Peggy, by the way, says men should not

1:59:13 shave chest hair, arm hair, or leg hair.

1:59:14 >> But see, Cosgrove does it once a summer.

1:59:17 Brett Helton does it a couple times

1:59:18 every summer. Those are my friends.

1:59:20 Brett,

1:59:23 >> I I want to be just like them.

1:59:25 >> Armpit hair. I'm down for shaving,

1:59:26 especially in the summertime. 100%.

1:59:29 >> I've gotten around on that trend yet.

1:59:33 >> This has been a very transparent

1:59:34 broadcast and I appreciate that. You

1:59:36 know,

1:59:45 >> low pass deep left center field. Reese

1:59:47 Hampton on his horse. looking up. It's

1:59:50 off THE BASE OF THE FENCE. LATTY, A BIG

1:59:53 TIME GREEN light around third. Throw in

1:59:55 FROM CHOSEN. NOT IN TIME.

1:59:58 Nick Lopez with a walk-off RBI double

2:00:02 gives the boys in red, white, and blue.

2:00:04 Their first lead on the 4th of July, two

2:00:06 to one.

2:00:07 >> That's the kind of hit Nick Lopez

2:00:08 needed.

2:00:12 >> Big time from Lopey. And here he comes

2:00:13 back out. Brett Sanchez.

2:00:18 And this is the tailgator needed this

2:00:20 today from their from their starter with

2:00:22 a bullpin that's thinned out.

2:00:23 >> You need it from this guy as well.

2:00:25 >> Yeah, it's

2:00:26 >> incredible relay, too, by the way.

2:00:28 >> I've been asking for this.

2:00:29 >> We must go down to the field.

2:00:30 >> Oh, yeah. Let's do it. Let's do it.

2:00:32 >> United States of America.

2:00:35 >> From 13 small ponies, America has grown

2:00:39 into the greatest nation this world has

2:00:41 ever known.

2:00:43 We gave the world the light bulb, the

2:00:46 telephone, the airplane, and the

2:00:49 transistor. We were the first nation to

2:00:52 put a man on the moon. In just 250

2:00:57 years, America has changed the world. We

2:01:00 lit the darkness, conquered the skies,

2:01:04 reached the moon, unlocked the digital

2:01:06 age, and inspired generations with the

2:01:10 enduring promise of freedom. And perhaps

2:01:13 the greatest gift to this world is this.

2:01:17 The belief that no dream is too big, no

2:01:21 dream is too small. And with hard work,

2:01:25 determination,

2:01:26 anything is possible. That is the

2:01:30 American dream.

2:01:36 Tonight, it doesn't matter if you're

2:01:38 young or old, male or female. No matter

2:01:43 your race, your background, or where you

2:01:47 come from, under these red, white, and

2:01:50 blue colors, we are one nation. We are

2:01:55 Americans. And the freedoms we celebrate

2:01:58 tonight were secured by generations of

2:02:02 brave men and women who answered the

2:02:04 call to serve. So, at this time, would

2:02:07 all members of the United States

2:02:09 military, both past and present, please

2:02:13 rise. Fans, please join the Texas

2:02:17 tailgators and the party animals in

2:02:20 honoring the men and women who serve

2:02:22 this great nation as we salute our

2:02:26 hometown heroes of the night.

2:02:32 to our police officers,

2:02:36 to our firefighters,

2:02:39 to our nurses,

2:02:42 to our EMS workers,

2:02:45 to our dispatchers,

2:02:47 and to our school teachers,

2:02:53 the Texas tailgators, and the party

2:02:56 animals. Thank you.

2:03:07 Wow.

2:03:08 >> Talk about a way to salute the troops

2:03:10 Drake toll.

2:03:12 >> You know, I think about Jesse and Emily

2:03:13 Cole sleeping on an air mattress in

2:03:15 Savannah, Georgia, believing in

2:03:17 something, you know, having a dream. And

2:03:20 in a country like this, the United

2:03:21 States of America,

2:03:23 >> afforded an opportunity to go for broke,

2:03:25 literally go for broke.

2:03:27 And now a shade over 10 years later, we

2:03:30 sit right here. You and your starched

2:03:33 shirt.

2:03:36 >> That was off the foot of Brett Sanchez.

2:03:37 I really hope he's okay.

2:03:39 >> Yeah.

2:03:40 >> Shake it up. But he just he nods over

2:03:41 says he's good.

2:03:42 >> You know who I think about during that?

2:03:44 You mentioned Jesse and Emily and the

2:03:45 American dream that they've given us is

2:03:47 Brett Sanchez is okay.

2:03:48 >> Yep. Off the bottom of the spike there.

2:03:50 >> He's helped make all of our dreams true.

2:03:51 You know who else I even think about? a

2:03:53 guy like Nick Wilson whose grandfather

2:03:55 played in the Negro Leagues and now he

2:03:57 gets to play for the Indianapolis

2:03:58 Clowns. The revived Indianapolis Clowns.

2:04:00 >> So, don't get me started. I will I will

2:04:02 cry again.

2:04:03 >> That those are the stories that I think

2:04:04 that have been made here in Banana Bowl.

2:04:06 >> Yeah. Because look,

2:04:09 250 years old, not been perfect by any

2:04:12 stretch of the imagination.

2:04:12 >> Absolutely not.

2:04:13 >> And that's not what today's about.

2:04:16 >> It's about the fact that we are one

2:04:17 country coming together.

2:04:18 >> Yeah, man. It's an opportunity to

2:04:20 recognize the deficiencies

2:04:23 But appreciate the opportunities.

2:04:26 And again, not to say we've gotten it

2:04:28 all right. Not even close.

2:04:29 >> Nope.

2:04:30 >> And there's still a whole lot that you

2:04:32 work. I mean, 250 is not that in the

2:04:34 grand scheme of it all.

2:04:35 >> No.

2:04:36 >> But today to to slow down and have an

2:04:38 opportunity

2:04:40 to be thankful for that word opportunity

2:04:44 and at a ballpark, no less at the

2:04:46 diamond

2:04:47 >> because of an animal.

2:04:48 >> Yeah.

2:04:49 >> On a microcosm level.

2:04:50 >> Shoot, man. You'd be an accountant.

2:04:53 The old dude come in and be like, "My

2:04:55 tax is done." You'd say, "Fuck it."

2:04:59 >> You'd probably be a hairdresser.

2:05:01 >> I could see that.

2:05:02 >> Damn good one, too, man.

2:05:03 >> You'd have the hairspray out.

2:05:04 >> A little off the top.

2:05:06 >> You'd give four perms a day.

2:05:08 >> And I'd be good at it.

2:05:13 >> They come from far and wide, man.

2:05:14 >> Oh, yeah.

2:05:16 from Bolognia to Tex Arcana to Downey

2:05:19 >> to Harrison to Bill to Little Rock to

2:05:22 West Memphis to

2:05:23 >> really only different parts of Arkansas

2:05:25 to Spartanberg.

2:05:26 >> That's all right. Y

2:05:29 >> Reese takes all chopper foul

2:05:37 had cupcakes by the way. I wish he'd

2:05:39 bring me one.

2:05:42 Rex, see if you can get us a cupcake or

2:05:44 two

2:05:44 >> or a hot dog. Rex

2:05:45 >> or a hot dog.

2:05:46 >> Got 250 of them to eat.

2:05:49 >> TJ fouls off another one. I'm serious.

2:05:51 If this at bat goes any longer, Rex, I

2:05:53 am going to need a hot dog and a cupcake

2:05:55 from Farty.

2:05:56 >> Yeah, Sanchez has over 100 pitches now.

2:05:57 This is what the party animals want. Try

2:05:59 to chase him out of this game. He's been

2:06:01 so good

2:06:02 >> to get through seven here. You really

2:06:03 need it. Guys are up and moving in the

2:06:06 bullpin now for the tailgator. Yeah, at

2:06:08 this point too, you're a ball away from

2:06:11 first and third for the party animals.

2:06:12 Heck, Hampton might be gunning for home

2:06:15 on a ball four sprint.

2:06:17 >> Gator could make a mitting change if it

2:06:19 gets there.

2:06:20 >> Matthew Fletcher is warming up in the

2:06:22 bullpen for the tailgator.

2:06:23 >> TJ GOT IT.

2:06:25 >> GOODNESS.

2:06:26 >> THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STANK

2:06:29 STANK. STILL DIRTY AS EVER IN THE TOP OF

2:06:32 THE SEVENTH.

2:06:33 >> Mid-inninging pitching change. Dude's

2:06:35 talking about that, huh? Gosh.

2:06:40 Just a slight change the arm slot, too.

2:06:42 I mean, the dude's just funky.

2:06:46 He's giving you the same game Brett

2:06:48 Helton gave you in Nashville or in

2:06:50 Indianapolis, Jersey Shore.

2:06:54 They both have such similar tendencies

2:06:56 in the way they vary their pitches.

2:07:03 chosen up the elevator shoot.

2:07:07 >> Everybody converging on it. Oh,

2:07:09 >> Jordan Bar has it

2:07:11 >> and that'll be out number two.

2:07:14 >> Yeah, you're right. Chase kind of stood

2:07:16 there and watched it.

2:07:17 >> Oh, I didn't realize foul.

2:07:21 >> And Barf catches that just a hair in

2:07:22 fair territory. That was the call from

2:07:24 Kelly Don.

2:07:29 >> 151. Our official Gizzy update.

2:07:31 >> Okay.

2:07:32 >> They have to finish them by the seventh

2:07:33 inning. I don't think that's going to

2:07:34 happen.

2:07:34 >> The se Why the seventh?

2:07:35 >> I don't know. I didn't agree with that

2:07:37 either, but that's what they said.

2:07:37 >> They should have all game long.

2:07:39 >> Agreed. Usually

2:07:39 >> overrule. This a democracy.

2:07:42 >> Good.

2:07:45 >> America wasn't created for seven innings

2:07:47 of baseball.

2:07:47 >> Was created for nine or two hours,

2:07:50 whichever one comes first.

2:07:51 >> America was created for two hours of

2:07:52 banana ball

2:07:55 >> and fan caught foul balls.

2:07:58 And no bunting

2:07:59 >> in the 11 rules with Jesse Cole.

2:08:02 >> Got him.

2:08:05 >> Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. That's

2:08:08 amazing. Six strikeouts

2:08:11 >> for Brett Sanchez.

2:08:12 >> Wow.

2:08:15 >> Leave him out there.

2:08:16 >> Dude's arm is rubber.

2:08:22 >> He looks like he wants to stay in the

2:08:24 ball game.

2:08:24 >> I I hope he does, man. Yesterday

2:08:27 morning, really cool cool thing that

2:08:30 happened. The tailgators

2:08:33 with the help of Andrew Bartman and his

2:08:34 relationship with the great grocery

2:08:36 store HB

2:08:39 were able to visit the Midland Soup

2:08:41 Kitchen.

2:08:47 They helped over 130 members of the

2:08:49 community at the Midland Soup Kitchen

2:08:53 and absolutely incredible yesterday

2:08:55 morning what they were able to do.

2:08:58 New pitcher on the mound here for the

2:09:00 party.

2:09:07 Peter Holden. Pistol Pete.

2:09:12 Pistol Pete.

2:09:15 >> Peter Holden.

2:09:18 >> Peter Holden's on the mound for the

2:09:20 >> Yep. No doubt.

2:09:22 >> Pistol Pete is on the mound for the

2:09:24 party animal.

2:09:24 >> Big left-handed pitcher.

2:09:25 >> Yep. Pistol Pete.

2:09:26 >> If you're trying to find him is on the

2:09:27 pitching ground. There you go.

2:09:28 >> Peter Holden.

2:09:31 >> What do you What do you want to know

2:09:32 about him? Huh? Ask me.

2:09:33 >> WHAT'S HIS HIDING WEIGHT?

2:09:34 >> HE'S 6'5, 215 LBS.

2:09:38 >> LITTLE lefty from Vero Beach, Florida.

2:09:41 Where do you go to college?

2:09:43 >> North Florida.

2:09:44 >> What year is this? As a party animal?

2:09:46 >> 2026.

2:09:49 >> Experience-wise as a party animal.

2:09:51 >> His third.

2:09:52 >> Good. Thank you, third.

2:09:53 >> That's amazing.

2:09:55 >> Kyle Martin.

2:09:57 They have the shift on him here yet

2:10:00 again.

2:10:00 >> Would you say Kyle Martin is the best

2:10:01 player for the Texas Tatas?

2:10:05 >> Brett Hilton's playing at third right

2:10:07 now.

2:10:08 >> Yeah,

2:10:08 >> he was. He was standing at third. That's

2:10:10 That's cool.

2:10:11 >> That's pretty funny, actually. That's a

2:10:12 good bit. That's a good bit.

2:10:14 >> Timmy Lewis is now up and getting warm

2:10:16 for the tailgators, by the way.

2:10:18 >> See if he comes in or not. Big looper

2:10:20 called a strike. Kyle Martin shakes his

2:10:22 head no. And smiles at Kelly D. Positive

2:10:25 discourse there.

2:10:29 >> Kmart.

2:10:33 >> Set the fireworks off. The auction is

2:10:37 ablazing ON AMERICA'S 250TH BIRTHDAY.

2:10:47 LADIES, GENTLEMEN,

2:10:49 sentient creatures of the world, that

2:10:52 right there is what happens when you

2:10:54 shave your arms.

2:10:55 >> WHAT DO WE OWE THE PLEASURE?

2:10:56 >> You go ya on America's 250th birthday.

2:11:00 >> What do we owe the great fortune? And

2:11:02 how blessed are we to get to watch this

2:11:05 guy? 22 home runs, 15 walkoffs, both

2:11:10 leading the banana ball championship

2:11:11 lead. And now he's hit a home run in

2:11:14 four straight banana ball games. And the

2:11:16 Texas Tailgator lead this one 3 to one.

2:11:20 >> There's a lab in Greenville, South

2:11:22 Carolina

2:11:24 where they create Kyle Martins. And

2:11:27 they're all really good at baseball.

2:11:29 >> And there's just one of them. And I'm so

2:11:31 happy he's a Texas tailgator.

2:11:32 >> They had to shut that lab down. SHUT

2:11:34 THAT LAB DOWN.

2:11:36 >> REX, what you got on the hot dog update?

2:11:39 >> We have 158 hot dogs consumed so far.

2:11:42 >> And we're not going to make it.

2:11:44 >> We're not doing buns right now down

2:11:45 there at the table.

2:11:46 >> What do you mean we're not doing buns?

2:11:47 >> Yeah. What does that mean, Rex?

2:11:49 >> Apparently, they ran out.

2:11:50 >> We're all ran out of buns. How are you

2:11:51 going to have a 250 hot dog? Rex, were

2:11:53 you down there, Rex?

2:11:54 >> He's right there. Rex is I can see Rex

2:11:57 down by the tailgator dugout. Heading

2:11:59 back now to check on George Washington

2:12:01 and Oh, wait.

2:12:02 >> Rex, here's what I would know.

2:12:04 >> Can we help with these hot dogs?

2:12:06 >> You know what? I They would welcome any

2:12:07 and all help. How many can

2:12:09 >> four hot dogs?

2:12:10 >> Yes. Make it Make it eight.

2:12:11 >> No. No. No. No. No. No.

2:12:13 >> 12 hot dogs. Got it. All for drink.

2:12:14 >> I've been

2:12:16 >> Yeah, I know. Four and four.

2:12:17 >> I can't do four and four. Boss.

2:12:19 >> Rex.

2:12:21 >> Break us eight.

2:12:22 >> No.

2:12:22 >> I'll finish whatever you don't.

2:12:23 >> Look, I've been oozing.

2:12:25 >> Roger that,

2:12:25 >> Rex. By the way, the cupcakes that Farty

2:12:27 had, I was serious. I'm an oozing

2:12:29 liquid.

2:12:30 >> Fortunately, they are all gone, but he

2:12:31 gave it to fans.

2:12:33 >> Okay, fans first, naturally. But the the

2:12:35 Gizzies, I'll take eight of those. I

2:12:36 >> I've had various plasmas protruding

2:12:39 through my orififices most of this week.

2:12:42 You know that.

2:12:43 >> But hey, how

2:12:44 >> Jimmy LEWIS IN A STANDOFF PITCH.

2:12:47 >> Saw this in Nashville. Ninth inning.

2:12:51 >> These two teams going right back at it.

2:12:55 >> At what point do we make them hug Brett?

2:12:58 I don't like the tension. They all get

2:13:00 together.

2:13:02 >> Todd Porter's butt get bigger.

2:13:04 >> Yes.

2:13:08 >> Oh no. No mercy.

2:13:12 >> Especially after that fast ball he took

2:13:14 off the bottom for Brett Helton last

2:13:15 night.

2:13:16 >> We got mustered up here.

2:13:18 >> I'm sure you could go find some.

2:13:19 >> If it's a hot dog that Andrew Bartman

2:13:21 grilled, I know it's going to be burnt.

2:13:23 I know it's going to be dry.

2:13:25 They ran out of buns.

2:13:29 I would rather just have the the weeny

2:13:31 itself.

2:13:34 >> Pause.

2:13:35 >> No, I'm talking about the Gizzy man.

2:13:37 >> I need a middle children media clip that

2:13:38 one.

2:13:39 >> Fisher.

2:13:40 >> No way.

2:13:40 >> DEEP LEFT. CLOUDY AT THE FENCE.

2:13:44 >> And he's got it for out number one.

2:13:46 Never a doubt.

2:13:47 >> Yep.

2:13:51 >> One more

2:13:53 bench press next time for Noah Fischer.

2:13:55 And he's right there. Or maybe just

2:13:57 don't try to hit another 25 mph winds.

2:14:02 >> Launch angle was there.

2:14:05 >> Bler

2:14:07 flew out to center field his lone time

2:14:09 tonight.

2:14:22 >> Two becomes two and one now to Bloomer.

2:14:24 One out. Top of the eighth. Trick play

2:14:26 battle 16 to4. Tailgator lead it. They

2:14:28 also lead the ball game three to one.

2:14:34 Back to even here. Jimmy Lewis trying to

2:14:36 get a clean inning.

2:14:41 >> BLOOMER. HE SENDS IT TO left

2:14:45 and this one's got THE JUICE. A SOLO

2:14:48 SHOT FROM COACH BLOOM HERE IN THE TOP OF

2:14:50 THE EIGHTH. consecutive weekends with

2:14:53 home runs now for Bryson Bloomer. And

2:14:55 they'll give him the train horn.

2:14:57 What a nod to the visiting team.

2:15:03 The Animals cannot go into the ninth

2:15:05 inning, Brett, with a tie ball game.

2:15:07 They'll be at a deficit no matter what,

2:15:10 but it puts you in a position where you

2:15:12 can be within a point when you face

2:15:14 Reese Miller in the final inning.

2:15:18 >> You go from facing Bloomer. Oh, Wii was

2:15:20 almost halfway over the fence. Jeez,

2:15:22 man.

2:15:23 >> That's effort, man.

2:15:27 >> Now it's Mikey Ballard

2:15:30 >> on the roof and into THE PARKING LOT.

2:15:33 >> OH, HERE COME THEM HOT DOGS.

2:15:35 >> George Washington is handd delivered as

2:15:38 well as Beef Daddy.

2:15:40 >> Oh my god.

2:15:43 >> I didn't need the buns.

2:15:44 >> That's one of the best hot dogs ever had

2:15:46 in my life.

2:15:46 >> That hot dog is amazing.

2:15:49 Run to the left side. Jordan

2:15:52 >> to the first. Not in time. Mikey Bon his

2:15:55 first hit in two days.

2:15:56 >> Played somewhere. All right. You figure

2:15:57 out the ball game. I'm figuring out the

2:15:58 hot dogs.

2:15:59 >> Okay.

2:16:02 >> I'm still going to eat it if you guys

2:16:03 don't mind.

2:16:05 >> We got a whole B. Oh my gosh. Beef

2:16:07 daddy. How many did you bring up here?

2:16:13 >> Wow. That's a lot of hot dogs. Jake now

2:16:16 facing Jimmy Lewis. Beef Daddy, how are

2:16:18 you doing today, my friend?

2:16:19 >> I'm doing great. We're eating all these

2:16:21 hot dogs for freedom.

2:16:23 >> It was only supposed to be 2.5.

2:16:25 >> Hold up, Beef Daddy. Jake hits one

2:16:27 right. Jose Gonzalez has it for out

2:16:30 number two,

2:16:32 >> man. Doesn't know how to drop one.

2:16:34 That's why

2:16:36 >> you seem tired.

2:16:37 >> I'm exhausted. This is a lot of a lot of

2:16:40 jaw work. You have to do your exercises

2:16:42 in the gym.

2:16:42 >> Well, yes, it's true. I see you working

2:16:44 out at every hotel we stay at.

2:16:47 Yeah.

2:16:48 >> All right. I got to get back down there

2:16:50 and eat these hot dogs. They taste like

2:16:53 freedom. It's delicious. I'll see y'all

2:16:55 after we win.

2:16:56 >> You enjoy that, Beef Daddy.

2:17:00 >> Ma'am,

2:17:01 >> what's wrong with that guy's voice, man?

2:17:03 >> He's eating a lot of gizzies today.

2:17:05 >> He also dumped them out all over the

2:17:06 table. I again, I want to go back to it.

2:17:09 This is one of the best hunts I've ever

2:17:10 had.

2:17:10 >> There's some spikes. My good. Thank you,

2:17:13 Rex. Thank you so much. Okay.

2:17:17 250 hot dogs, huh? For America.

2:17:19 >> Yeah, we're helping.

2:17:19 >> I feel patriotic right now,

2:17:22 >> bro. This is really good. And that's not

2:17:24 a bad This is fully the most incredible

2:17:27 thing I've ever had.

2:17:27 >> Uh-huh.

2:17:30 >> One to him.

2:17:32 >> Well,

2:17:34 >> Ballard single.

2:17:34 >> Yeah, that was two to him.

2:17:35 >> What Skull do?

2:17:36 >> Uh, Skull flew out to right.

2:17:38 >> Dang it.

2:17:40 >> Two two chopper foul.

2:17:44 How about Mark Smith who was batting

2:17:46 helmet at it?

2:17:54 >> How about mustard

2:17:56 >> Swani a sky to center

2:17:59 Bermuda Triangle Sunshine for the love

2:18:02 of the GAME

2:18:05 >> and throws it back into nobody covering

2:18:08 second. Nobody's covering third.

2:18:10 >> What's Jimmy doing?

2:18:14 It's

2:18:14 >> the same conversation we had with Joe

2:18:16 Melick the other night.

2:18:17 >> Yeah, it's it's just not necessary. You

2:18:19 know, in this spot, you're up by 12

2:18:22 trick plays.

2:18:33 >> And that goes from a one to nothing lead

2:18:35 in an inning for the animals to a two to

2:18:37 nothing lead.

2:18:40 And ma'am, Jimmy's a guy you want to

2:18:42 build confidence in right now. Correct.

2:18:43 You want to boost him up as much as you

2:18:44 can

2:18:46 and help him settle in in 2026.

2:18:50 >> That's not a good way to do it. You're

2:18:51 leading You're leading him out there,

2:18:52 >> especially in an inning where he's only

2:18:53 giving up a solo home run.

2:18:55 >> Uh-huh.

2:18:55 >> You escape it with just one run given

2:18:57 up.

2:19:00 >> Cosgrove the center. Indie calling

2:19:03 everybody off. Says, "I got it." And he

2:19:05 does for out number three.

2:19:07 >> What do you say we show the people?

2:19:09 Yeah, let's show them the dogs, man.

2:19:17 >> Yep, that was out number three. All

2:19:18 right, hot dogs.

2:19:21 >> I'm going to be honest with you guys.

2:19:22 I've already This is my third hot dog.

2:19:24 Like, I'm I'm not lying to you guys. I

2:19:26 had not eaten since 11:00 a.m. this

2:19:27 morning. And it's what, nearly 9:00. So,

2:19:29 I hadn't eaten in almost 10 hours. I'm

2:19:31 sorry, Mom. Um, those are the gizzies.

2:19:34 We had eight of them.

2:19:36 >> Yep.

2:19:36 >> This is my third one. Drake's already

2:19:38 consumed one. So, they brought us Well,

2:19:42 no, they brought us seven of them then.

2:19:44 Math's wrong.

2:19:44 >> In honor of America, we're eating 250 as

2:19:46 a staff. Fans first.

2:19:48 >> Well, not as a staff along with the

2:19:50 Beefy Boys.

2:19:51 >> Well, yeah.

2:19:51 >> Yeah.

2:19:52 >> Is it making you feel any better?

2:19:54 >> I've been sick all week.

2:19:55 >> Yeah.

2:19:55 >> I'm going to tell you what, this hot

2:19:56 dog's not helping.

2:19:58 >> But to help you with one of these,

2:19:59 >> America. Oh, you're going to have to

2:20:00 here in a little bit. I'll go ahead and

2:20:01 just take it.

2:20:02 >> Throw that. No, no mustard. Throw that

2:20:03 down the grill.

2:20:04 >> Dude, these things are juicy. What you

2:20:06 say we show those people from America

2:20:07 little uh friends in low places?

2:20:09 >> Yep. Let's look at it.

2:20:15 >> I toasted you said honey through

2:20:21 me.

2:20:23 >> Let me hear you.

2:20:24 >> I got

2:20:28 the whiskey

2:20:31 beer. X is my way

2:20:37 and I'll be okay

2:20:41 and not

2:20:44 sacra.

2:20:57 >> We love you so much Bigman. Let's get

2:21:00 her on.

2:21:07 >> Wow, so cool, man. Here on the fourth,

2:21:10 friends in low places as the sun begins

2:21:12 to set here in beautiful Midland, Texas.

2:21:14 We got a three to one tailgator lead

2:21:16 here in the bottom of the eighth. And

2:21:17 it's the man renowned for the pistol

2:21:19 squad trying to come in here, Drake, and

2:21:22 protect the two to nothing inning lead

2:21:24 for the party animals. This is just 24

2:21:25 hours after he felt like he got squeezed

2:21:28 on a pitch in the eighth inning last

2:21:30 night that helped the tailgator walk off

2:21:31 the eighth and earn a point.

2:21:34 >> Supporters pitching with a bit of a

2:21:36 gusto coming into this one.

2:21:38 >> Last two tailgators that have come to

2:21:40 this have walked off the sixth and

2:21:42 seventh innings.

2:21:44 >> Nice. No walk-off opportunity here for

2:21:46 Jordan Bar.

2:21:49 >> At least the beginning.

2:21:50 >> Yeah, this game flipped. You know, both

2:21:52 starters were really good.

2:21:56 Deleno maybe an inning too long out

2:21:58 there,

2:22:00 but Parian was in a position to make it

2:22:01 a 3-2 game going into the ninth.

2:22:06 >> You can say an inning too long, but he

2:22:08 made that great snag and the ball force

2:22:09 sprint and walk off double. I mean, just

2:22:11 a couple things that you can have.

2:22:13 Pistol squad. Pistol squat.

2:22:15 >> Ah,

2:22:15 >> and that ball force sprint I I think it

2:22:17 was pretty clear he got squeezed on that

2:22:18 AB.

2:22:19 >> Correct.

2:22:20 >> No, that's high level. Wish they

2:22:21 squeezed tight calls would be uh there's

2:22:26 a streaker on the field. Pants on which

2:22:28 is positive. He'd be a hell of a beefy

2:22:30 boy. I can tell you that much.

2:22:31 >> I like this guy.

2:22:32 >> I thought it was a beefy boy.

2:22:34 >> Okay, the fans here Midland seem to like

2:22:37 >> security's going to get him.

2:22:39 >> Oh.

2:22:39 >> Oh,

2:22:40 >> they're screaming.

2:22:41 >> OH, THEY'RE CHASING HIM.

2:22:43 >> HERE HE GOES AROUND CENTER FIELD

2:22:45 >> AND THEY'RE OFF.

2:22:46 >> THEY'RE TRYING TO TACKLE HIM.

2:22:47 >> ALL RIGHT. YEAH.

2:22:49 You know what?

2:22:51 >> They're shoving him.

2:22:52 >> He's This is a polite streaker. He's

2:22:55 He's running himself off.

2:22:57 >> George Washington is watching off to the

2:23:00 side

2:23:04 >> and they've gotten him off the field.

2:23:05 >> All right. Well, quick and easy.

2:23:14 >> Play ball.

2:23:15 >> Happy birthday, America.

2:23:16 >> Was that the first ever banana ball

2:23:17 streaker? No. Houston 2024.

2:23:21 >> Yep.

2:23:21 >> Dr. Meadows helped semi-tackle.

2:23:25 >> Most of us thought it was a bit a lot of

2:23:27 us in venue like, "Oh, funny. Good job."

2:23:30 >> He looked That's a big old dude, man. I

2:23:33 like that guy.

2:23:35 >> Strike out from Dylan Porter.

2:23:42 >> I got hot dog juice all over everything

2:23:44 here, man.

2:23:44 >> Yeah, I got it all over my scorecard

2:23:46 here. Taylor Justice

2:23:50 >> one and0.

2:23:52 >> Taylor extended his on base streak to 37

2:23:55 games earlier.

2:23:57 >> Hand me them roll eight, please.

2:24:00 >> Yeah.

2:24:01 >> Smoke the right skull.

2:24:03 Plays it off the fence. Taylor on his

2:24:06 horse

2:24:08 and into second with a one out double.

2:24:11 >> Taylor Justice entered the ball game

2:24:13 batting 404.

2:24:16 He's two for three tonight.

2:24:18 >> Just continuing to go up. Watch out Joe

2:24:20 Lo.

2:24:24 >> I know Joe had a heck of a game last

2:24:26 night, but Taylor's right on his heels,

2:24:27 man. Hitting over 400 right now.

2:24:30 >> Yeah.

2:24:30 >> And continuing to stay hot.

2:24:32 >> Joe Lle has been undeniable.

2:24:33 >> Yes.

2:24:37 >> Indie.

2:24:39 He's got a single and then walked off

2:24:41 the fifth via that error from Mikey

2:24:44 Ballard. Still got the sucker in his

2:24:46 mouth.

2:24:46 >> Yep.

2:24:52 >> Sky right side. Skull giving it some

2:24:55 chase, but that'll land out there on the

2:24:57 burn.

2:25:06 >> Wow. We've had just about everything

2:25:07 tonight. We had a horse on the field.

2:25:09 >> Yeah.

2:25:09 >> We're having a hot dog eating

2:25:10 competition on the field.

2:25:11 >> The band was on the field.

2:25:12 >> The band was on the field. A streaker's

2:25:14 been on the field.

2:25:15 >> Yeah.

2:25:16 >> Here in Midland, Texas.

2:25:17 >> He doesn't know it, but he may have just

2:25:18 earned himself a contract as a beefy

2:25:20 boy.

2:25:21 >> I mean, seriously. Yeah.

2:25:22 >> He's making great time foul pole to foul

2:25:23 pole, too.

2:25:25 >> Was pretty elusive.

2:25:27 >> Carson Duke, the intern trying to tackle

2:25:28 him. Duke's a good 63 225.

2:25:32 >> N I was going like 2 230 235. Okay.

2:25:35 >> He's got some meat to him

2:25:36 >> and he didn't budge.

2:25:38 >> He's a beefy man.

2:25:39 >> Yeah. D went for a tackle. That guy

2:25:40 didn't budge.

2:25:41 >> Yeah.

2:25:43 Low man wins

2:25:44 >> two and two.

2:25:51 >> I can't believe I wonder if that's the

2:25:53 same sucker Indie had earlier. Look now

2:25:55 Duke's in the background laughing about

2:25:57 it behind Grub.

2:25:59 >> Talking to Joe Miklick's brother.

2:26:01 >> That's a trio I never thought I'd see.

2:26:04 >> Grub,

2:26:05 >> the intern Garson Duke. Joe Miklick's

2:26:08 brother.

2:26:09 >> The only person we're missing is Indie

2:26:11 Stanley. He just struck out

2:26:14 >> heading back to the dugout.

2:26:16 >> And finally, man, Stanley has just been

2:26:19 tearing up these party animals.

2:26:21 >> Yeah,

2:26:21 >> including a walk-off earlier tonight. It

2:26:24 was ruled an error, but still well hit

2:26:26 to Ballard. Stanley's had a great

2:26:28 weekend.

2:26:34 >> Brother 1 and0

2:26:40 has one AB tonight.

2:26:42 struck out.

2:26:43 >> Taylor Justice stands aboard at second.

2:26:49 >> Tailgator's trying to

2:26:52 push the inning.

2:26:54 >> Taylor Justice will get an extra 90 ft

2:26:56 now.

2:26:58 >> And brother would have had first base.

2:27:00 It's that deep back stop here.

2:27:02 >> Yeah,

2:27:04 >> I'm surprised he didn't take that with

2:27:05 the Gator down two runs in the inning.

2:27:10 Now you're getting this steep into your

2:27:12 order, Drake. Top of the ninth looms. At

2:27:15 what point do you use your going batter?

2:27:16 How long does this inning have to go?

2:27:19 >> Now with two outs, Dylan Porter could

2:27:22 end it with one pitch.

2:27:23 >> Think about it, too. It's like, man,

2:27:25 brother's a rookie, so maybe he hasn't,

2:27:27 you know, settled in the whole steel

2:27:28 first base thing. He played in the very

2:27:30 first banana ball game ever.

2:27:31 >> Yep. Beef Daddy, by the way, delivering

2:27:34 free hot dogs to anybody who wants them

2:27:36 at home plate. delivered us seven of

2:27:38 them up here.

2:27:41 >> 3 0 is a ball for Sprint.

2:27:43 >> Tailgators are now halfway there here in

2:27:45 the inning.

2:27:47 >> That's one run. They now trail two to

2:27:49 one in the inning.

2:27:53 >> Yeah, man. I think 8 n 10 do up. You put

2:27:56 Mac Damn out there. Golden batter

2:28:00 >> here at some point. Taj played hero

2:28:03 yesterday in a big spot a couple times.

2:28:05 Yeah. But you could look at either for

2:28:07 Danford or Hussein going to Golden

2:28:08 Batter.

2:28:09 >> Well, Max's on deck and Jordan has his

2:28:11 glove and his cowboy hat.

2:28:12 >> Yep.

2:28:12 >> So, I figure if we make it through the

2:28:13 10th hole, that tells us everything we

2:28:15 need to know.

2:28:15 >> Yeah.

2:28:16 >> Then you won't The tailgators won't use

2:28:17 our golden batter tonight.

2:28:19 >> No.

2:28:20 >> Well, potentially in the bottom of the

2:28:21 ninth.

2:28:22 >> No.

2:28:22 >> Not where the not where the order's

2:28:23 coming up.

2:28:24 >> I mean, un Yeah, I guess if it's 8 N. I

2:28:28 mean, depends on what happens right

2:28:28 here. You're right. Depends on what

2:28:30 happens right here.

2:28:32 >> Dodge floated left side. Can the fans in

2:28:35 the eighth?

2:28:36 >> They cannot.

2:28:37 >> I would say it's 50/50 here from Mick.

2:28:40 Either leave the bat in the hands of

2:28:41 your your guys the eighth or go golden

2:28:43 batter. 50/50. I think it's a right.

2:28:45 This is

2:28:46 >> right down the middle.

2:28:49 >> And it's one of those you support mix

2:28:50 decision either way.

2:28:51 >> Absolutely. That's what I'm saying. No

2:28:52 matter what he does,

2:28:53 >> you nailed it. Yep.

2:28:55 >> Tung up the middle. Brother take a peek

2:28:59 at third, but play station to station

2:29:00 banana ball. All right. hitting tying

2:29:04 and winning runs aboard. Trey Jones will

2:29:05 now run for T.

2:29:07 >> And here comes the golden batter.

2:29:09 >> Yep.

2:29:13 >> Great call by you, Brett.

2:29:16 >> The Texas Tailgator are invoking the

2:29:19 golden batter rule. Now batting in place

2:29:23 of M. Danford is the tailgator golden

2:29:26 batter. Please welcome Kyle K. Marte.

2:29:32 Of

2:29:33 course,

2:29:35 he just hit home run number 22 to

2:29:38 conclude the seventh inning.

2:29:41 He leads Banana on walk-offs. Home runs

2:29:43 in golden batter appearances. And right

2:29:45 now with one more swing of the mat, he

2:29:47 can walk off the eighth. Jos Gonzalez at

2:29:50 second. Trey Jones at first. Cal Martin

2:29:52 against Dylan Porter.

2:29:57 >> I got bad news for those who are

2:29:58 questioning his character. By the way, I

2:30:00 talked to him pregame. He confirmed he

2:30:02 does love children, puppies, and ice

2:30:05 cream.

2:30:05 >> I told you that.

2:30:06 >> Not good, Brett.

2:30:08 >> Very good.

2:30:10 >> Turns out he's a great dude, too.

2:30:14 >> Just got under it. Noah Fisher calling

2:30:17 off his teammates

2:30:19 and he'll have it. What a big time

2:30:21 outing from Dylan Porter GETTING HIS GET

2:30:24 BACK AFTER LAST night and winning the

2:30:26 eighth inning. As we head to the night,

2:30:29 it is now a three to2 ball game in favor

2:30:31 of the tailgator.

2:30:34 Let's hear those final inning rules.

2:30:36 Ryan Stone,

2:30:38 if we cast our gaze upon the scoreboard,

2:30:40 you'll see that your Texas Tailgator

2:30:42 currently lead this game three points to

2:30:45 two. But this one is far from over

2:30:48 because here in the ninth inning, every

2:30:50 run that scores will count for a point.

2:30:53 Which means the party animals are as

2:30:55 dangerous as ever. But it also means

2:30:57 that your Texas tailgator need just

2:31:00 three outs to win the game right here.

2:31:03 Midland, the stakes have never been

2:31:05 higher. Welcome to the final inning.

2:31:15 Coming in to pitch, the closer with 13

2:31:21 saves,

2:31:22 30 strikeouts.

2:31:25 Number 22,

2:31:27 Ree

2:31:28 Miller.

2:31:32 >> THE MAN WHO IS TIED AT TOP THE BANANA

2:31:34 BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE in saves.

2:31:37 It's Miller time. Reese Miller, 13 of

2:31:42 them this year, trying to come in and

2:31:44 get number 14 for the Texas Tailgator

2:31:47 and give them their first ever threeame

2:31:50 series win over the party.

2:31:54 But it's not going to be easy. Nope.

2:31:56 He'll have to face Reese Hampton, TJ

2:31:58 Reeves, and Chase AUP, who are tonight a

2:32:01 combined two for nine. But those three

2:32:04 guys ready to pop off at any point in

2:32:06 time. And with the Animals only needing

2:32:08 a singular point to tie it and two to

2:32:11 take the lead, not a single tailgator is

2:32:13 feeling good in this vicinity

2:32:17 at all.

2:32:21 And Jake Skull has seen Reese Miller

2:32:23 well in 2026.

2:32:25 >> Where would you possibly go and bat for

2:32:27 him?

2:32:27 >> That's the problem. 456 do up. Do you

2:32:31 take the bat out of Hampton's hands?

2:32:32 Take the bat out of Revo.

2:32:34 >> Well, Hampton Hampton and TJ both have

2:32:36 bats.

2:32:37 >> Yep.

2:32:38 >> Chase Auff's due up third. I don't see

2:32:40 him down there in front of the dugout.

2:32:42 >> Not yet.

2:32:43 >> I doubt see him. He has a towel around

2:32:44 him. Well, that might answer our

2:32:46 question.

2:32:46 >> That could indicate that Skull would

2:32:47 come up to hit here.

2:32:49 >> Yep. Skull's got his back.

2:32:51 >> But here comes the 250th hot dog, by the

2:32:53 way.

2:32:54 >> Well, we gave some to fans, which felt

2:32:57 like an interesting decision to me, but

2:32:58 we helped out, didn't we?

2:32:59 >> We sure did.

2:33:01 >> All right, back to this final inning.

2:33:02 >> Here we go.

2:33:03 >> Three to two. Tailgator leading. Negated

2:33:05 another equalizer point tonight. 16 to

2:33:07 four.

2:33:10 >> Oh, Reese loses his bat into the

2:33:13 Tailgator dugout.

2:33:15 >> That's an intimidation tactic, by the

2:33:16 way. And it was the young fan who was

2:33:19 the banana ball backstage question of

2:33:21 the day who got who retrieved the bat

2:33:23 there for Ree Hampton.

2:33:25 >> Mikey Balor great teammate gives Reese

2:33:27 some pine tarp.

2:33:30 Yep, there you go. Souvenir City

2:33:37 Res to begin the night.

2:33:45 Hampton 0 and2

2:33:49 had a single his last time up.

2:33:51 >> Reese may not get another fast ball

2:33:52 either

2:33:57 >> or Miller blows it by him

2:34:00 >> right there. A change up that misses off

2:34:02 the plate.

2:34:07 Tailgator's defense playing no doubles

2:34:10 way deep.

2:34:13 did a great job by Taj. That one gets to

2:34:16 the back stop. Reese Hampton is thinking

2:34:17 about stealing first.

2:34:18 >> Absolutely.

2:34:21 >> Some pitting going on in front of each

2:34:24 dugout.

2:34:26 >> The two from the tailgator number 22.

2:34:32 >> That's it. Look at that from Reese

2:34:36 Miller and out number one here in the

2:34:38 ninth.

2:34:40 >> That delayed call from Kelly Diane.

2:34:43 I mean that looks good.

2:34:45 >> That's a strike.

2:34:46 >> Yep. That's what Reese Miller's just so

2:34:48 good at dropping it right back in there.

2:34:49 The way it comes back in.

2:34:54 >> Really impressive stuff from Reese

2:34:55 Miller, man.

2:34:56 >> Fouls it off. Rebo tonight's one for

2:34:59 three.

2:35:02 Reese Miller trying to send the boys in

2:35:03 red, white, and blue into a happy twoe

2:35:05 break

2:35:07 and send these fans into a happy rest of

2:35:09 their fourth.

2:35:11 Right now he's got TJ Reeves. One and

2:35:13 two. 0 and2.

2:35:23 >> GOT HIM. THROW HIM A CHAIR RACE. WE'RE

2:35:26 ONE OUT AWAY HERE ON AMERICA'S 250TH

2:35:29 BIRTHDAY DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS.

2:35:33 But first, the lights go out and I see a

2:35:36 golden robe coming out of the third base

2:35:38 dugout.

2:35:40 Ladies and gentlemen, the party animals

2:35:42 are invoking the use of the golden

2:35:45 batter rule.

2:35:47 Now coming to the plate in place of

2:35:50 Chase Aup, THE GOLDEN BATTER, JAKE

2:35:54 SCORE.

2:35:57 Of course, the two best hitters for each

2:36:00 side has been used as the golden batters

2:36:03 here tonight. the MVP front runner this

2:36:06 year in Cal Martin and the defending MVP

2:36:08 for the Party Animals and Jake Skull.

2:36:12 >> He replaces the man who leads the team

2:36:14 in batting average. That's how good Jake

2:36:16 Skull is. You have to have him in this

2:36:19 moment. Jake has seven hits this

2:36:21 weekend.

2:36:25 Number eight would extend this ball game

2:36:27 as he gets ahead 1 and0. Tailgator have

2:36:29 shifted him. Three of their infielders

2:36:31 on the right side. Jordan Bart the lone

2:36:33 infielder on the left side. One and one.

2:36:47 >> One strike away.

2:36:48 >> Man,

2:36:49 >> all 7,000 of these people here in

2:36:51 Midland are on their feet.

2:36:59 High chopper Reese Miller. HE HUSTLES TO

2:37:03 THE BAG AND HE BEATS HEX THERE. AND THE

2:37:06 TEXAS TAILGATOR ON THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY

2:37:10 OF AMERICA WIN THEIR FIRST EVER SERIES

2:37:13 against the boys in black and pink 3-2.

2:37:17 Where else WOULD YOU RATHER BE THAN

2:37:19 MIDLAND, TEXAS TONIGHT?

2:37:26 >> And that's Reese Miller.

2:37:29 doing the job himself.

2:37:32 >> One of the fastest guys in banana ball,

2:37:34 Jake Skull Miller beats him to the back.

2:37:36 >> Let him dance a little bit.

2:37:48 Shut my mouth.

2:37:50 They're all beer

2:37:53 on the phone and how she even

2:37:58 get

2:38:09 bless.

2:38:11 Happy birthday, America. And gator up

2:38:15 finally. O finally what is seemed to be

2:38:18 the kryptonite the only kryptonite in

2:38:20 2026 of the Texas tailgators they have

2:38:23 finally overcome

2:38:26 the only threeame series that the

2:38:27 tailgator and party animals have ever

2:38:29 paid were both sweeps in favor of the

2:38:32 party animals until this weekend where

2:38:34 the Texas tailgator avenge a game one

2:38:37 loss with a 4 to3 victory last night in

2:38:39 game two and a three to2 victory here

2:38:42 tonight where yet again we welcomed you

2:38:44 to the action. We told you thank you and

2:38:47 we've booked it 16 times and those

2:38:50 fellas here in their home state of Texas

2:38:52 where they won't be back for a month and

2:38:54 a half leave the lonear stayed in good

2:38:57 taste on the 4th of July and there was

2:38:59 one man who in particular last night was

2:39:02 the best player on the field tonight I

2:39:03 don't think you can make any beans about

2:39:05 it and Rex Castillo has him on the field

2:39:08 cool him off a little bit Rex

2:39:11 >> Watty for a while it looked like the

2:39:12 party animals just had your number they

2:39:14 were your kryptonite how Did it feel to

2:39:16 get this win, especially in Texas?

2:39:18 >> Holy cow, it feels good. Fourth of July,

2:39:20 we got after it. My man Brett Sanchez, I

2:39:22 want him over here. He pitched one heck

2:39:24 of a freaking game. And one thing that

2:39:26 we've been doing trying to do all year

2:39:28 >> Yeah.

2:39:28 >> is if I get a backflip catch while he's

2:39:30 pitching, hit the Thank you. We did it

2:39:32 together tonight.

2:39:32 >> Oh, we got to get stank. Let's go find

2:39:34 him.

2:39:35 >> Brett. Brett, as we go find Brett, you

2:39:37 had two incredible back flips and you

2:39:39 guys were consistently just trying to

2:39:41 rip tricks. Double digits seen by like

2:39:43 the third inning. Was that just an

2:39:45 emphasis? Like, look, last night didn't

2:39:46 go our way. We got to rip them now.

2:39:48 >> Look, that's what we do. We go out

2:39:49 there, we rip trick plays. If you're

2:39:50 going to come to our game, you're going

2:39:52 to see that we do trick plays. And

2:39:54 that's what we're all about. And that's

2:39:55 every game that we've had at least

2:39:57 double digits, right? And

2:39:58 >> there is a crazy streak right here.

2:39:59 Stang real quick. Hey, Wadi told me that

2:40:02 if you were on the mount and he hit a

2:40:04 back flip, there was a joint celebration

2:40:05 you guys wanted to do. How good did it

2:40:06 feel to pull that off?

2:40:07 >> It was awesome. We've been talking about

2:40:08 it for a couple weeks now and we've had

2:40:10 multiple opportunities. He's forgot

2:40:12 twice. I forgot once. And just to be

2:40:15 able to thank him for doing the back

2:40:17 flip, it's phenomenal.

2:40:18 >> And as we head into the break, boys, I

2:40:19 know you guys been grinding this

2:40:20 season's been incredible, but heading

2:40:22 into the break with this win, how good

2:40:24 do you feel?

2:40:25 >> Oh my gosh. Electric. I mean, Fourth of

2:40:27 July, we're in Texas. What else can you

2:40:28 ask for than a dub?

2:40:30 >> Are you kidding me?

2:40:31 >> Watti said it the best. Let's send it

2:40:33 back to you guys. Show me.

2:40:34 >> Zack Watson, man. He was the best player

2:40:36 on the field last night. And here

2:40:38 tonight, it was much of the same. They

2:40:40 didn't retire him the entire night. Wadi

2:40:43 had a couple of singles in a ball four

2:40:46 sprint. He also had not one but two

2:40:49 backflip catches and he was absolutely

2:40:52 special yet again. Zack Watson able to

2:40:56 get his get back this weekend in a big

2:40:57 way. And in a weekend where Kyle Martin

2:40:59 was still great, homered in each of the

2:41:01 three games this weekend, it was Zack

2:41:03 Watson who helped propel a lot of these

2:41:04 other guys and get this lineup back in

2:41:07 the direction we needed it to be. Drake

2:41:09 toll is to my left. I'm Brett Lus. Yes.

2:41:12 >> Did you

2:41:14 back flip? That's what you're looking I

2:41:16 was I WAS LOOKING AROUND TO see what's

2:41:17 going on. Brett, you got to get you got

2:41:19 if you want to do it, you got to do it

2:41:20 right.

2:41:23 >> What?

2:41:27 >> Yeah, man. We came to the booth too

2:41:29 quick. We didn't we we were not able to

2:41:30 show you the showman.

2:41:32 >> Uh we didn't show you the showman

2:41:34 graphic here. Three to2 win. Uh four

2:41:37 runs from each side, 10 to seven in the

2:41:38 hit category, 16 to four in trick plays.

2:41:40 And as we mentioned, already had Wad's

2:41:42 stat line, two back flip catchers

2:41:44 amongst his three trick plays. Now,

2:41:46 knowingly, we welcome back into THE

2:41:48 BROADCAST.

2:41:49 >> OH, HEY EVERYBODY.

2:41:49 >> How about that? He's Drake to I'm Brett

2:41:51 Loft.

2:41:51 >> Can I tell you something?

2:41:52 >> Between me, you and God.

2:41:53 >> Yeah, something like that.

2:41:54 >> I have been waiting for a game between

2:41:57 Nashville and Midland where one team

2:41:58 just dominates.

2:42:00 >> And it didn't happen any of those three

2:42:01 games in Nashville. There were late

2:42:02 tailgator mistakes or funky things that

2:42:04 ended the game. Night one here, it felt

2:42:06 like ah a couple tight calls the strike

2:42:08 zone. It was just a weird way to end a

2:42:10 Party Animals win, their fourth in a row

2:42:12 heading back to Nashville against Texas

2:42:14 Tailgator. And then going into night two

2:42:16 last night, the Tailgator win and it

2:42:18 also felt like all right was good banana

2:42:20 ball games both teams and there were

2:42:22 just mistakes. Trick plays missed errors

2:42:26 that led us to where we got tonight.

2:42:29 Good oldfashioned clean good solid good

2:42:34 banana ball.

2:42:35 >> Banana ball.

2:42:35 >> Garrett Deleno fantastic.

2:42:37 >> Brett Sanchez even better. Fantastic,

2:42:39 man. And that's that's what I've been

2:42:41 waiting for when these two teams just

2:42:43 the tailgators went out and beat the

2:42:44 party animals unequivocally. And and

2:42:46 that's that's what I've waited for from

2:42:48 these two teams.

2:42:48 >> They do it big time. And I mean again,

2:42:50 >> the party animals are the team it feels

2:42:52 like the tailgator always chasing.

2:42:54 They've already overcome the bananas.

2:42:55 They dominated quite frankly the

2:42:58 firefighters this year. They've been

2:42:59 about even with the Coconuts and they

2:43:01 have dominated Annapolis Clowns. It's

2:43:03 been the party animals who they haven't

2:43:04 been able to overcome until finally this

2:43:06 weekend here in Midland. Uh under the

2:43:09 greater great toutelage of our director

2:43:11 Alex Gross, our producer Mr. Mohawk

2:43:13 Mike, Drake Tol, Rex Castile. Uh man,

2:43:17 we're going to miss you guys over the

2:43:18 next two weeks and we're so happy that

2:43:19 you spent your Fourth of July with us.

2:43:21 The Texas Tailgator heading to the twoe

2:43:23 break still as the top seed in the

2:43:25 Banana Ball Championship League

2:43:27 playoffs. And boy am I happy to catch

2:43:30 some sleep. Man, you and I get back with

2:43:32 Savannah. We're going to get on the

2:43:33 boat. We're going to eat some fried

2:43:34 shrimp.

2:43:35 >> We'll take you to Deusky Island, man.

2:43:37 We're going to have a good time.

2:43:38 >> As long as we can go to Cancun, that'll

2:43:39 be good.

2:43:40 >> Film all of it. We're going to make it a

2:43:41 podcast. People Brett and Drake content.

2:43:43 >> They're putting that in there, huh?

2:43:45 >> Uhhuh.

2:43:45 >> Well, make sure y'all get some rest,

2:43:46 too, these next two weeks. Love you.

2:43:49 Stay safe. Stay happy. Give somebody a

2:43:51 hug that you do love. And Drake, you can

2:43:53 say your thing.

2:43:54 >> Party animals are still five and three

2:43:55 against Tailgators. Party on.

2:43:57 >> Gator up. And God bless Texas.

2:44:00 >> That's amazing.

2:44:03 >> Wow.

2:44:33 Make it

2:44:42 picky.