Indianapolis Clowns @ Loco Beach Coconuts

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8:39 Everybody

8:50 down.

9:21 Hey, happy 4th of July. We're feeling

9:23 festive. We've got to get our guys

9:24 looking right. 15-second blind makeup

9:27 competition. Maddie for Michael. What do

9:29 you want to start with? 7 seconds with

9:30 poll.

9:30 >> Glitter first for sure.

9:31 >> Three, two, one, go.

9:34 >> Oh, you're looking Cam, you have never

9:36 looked this good in your life, my

9:37 friend.

9:38 >> Switch. Switch. Switch.

9:39 >> Okay. Okay. Glitter. Yep. All right.

9:41 Michael's gonna be hanging out at the

9:42 beach, so we got to really just, you

9:44 know, bronze them up for being beach

9:46 side. You guys are looking great. Okay.

9:50 Take your blindfolds off.

9:53 Wow, you look good. Will you marry me?

10:07 >> Happy 4th of July and happy 250th

10:10 birthday to the beautiful United States

10:12 of America. Where else would you rather

10:14 be but right here in virtual banana land

10:17 to celebrate? It's a rubber match

10:18 between the 20 and 19 Loco Beach

10:20 Coconuts and the 15 and 23 Indianapolis

10:23 Clowns right here at Vicear Ballpark in

10:26 the Sunshine State. It's Jacksonville,

10:28 Florida. Tails are wagging, smiles are

10:30 good, vibes are high, and it's Coconuts

10:33 Clowns, the two youngest teams in the

10:34 league, ready to do battle once more

10:37 ahead of the twoe break.

10:39 Hey, welcome to the beach. I'm AJ Switec

10:42 alongside my good friend, my newest

10:44 compadre, Cam Stewart. Cam, before we

10:46 get to the nitty-gritty, dude, I thought

10:48 I killed it. What happened to the

10:49 makeup?

10:50 >> I just Look, it was hot out here. Hot on

10:53 the beach. I sweat it all out, man. We

10:55 working hard this weekend.

10:56 >> Well, you talk about hot.

10:58 >> That's one way to put it.

11:00 >> You also could talk about fireworks.

11:02 That's another way to put it. Since it's

11:03 the 4th of July, I'm going to choose the

11:04 latter. But how about last night deep

11:07 into the game, you see eight innings

11:09 with points and it's 4-4. We go to the

11:12 ninth. Cam, that was bananal. That's

11:15 your welcome to the show.

11:16 >> I mean, we brought the fireworks a

11:18 little bit early here in the Fourth of

11:19 July weekend and specifically that final

11:21 inning. The Clowns work their way back

11:23 to tie it after the eighth and then five

11:26 runs in the final inning, which here in

11:28 virtual banana land means five points in

11:31 the final inning. It came right down to

11:33 the wire. We had home runs to lead off

11:35 both halves of the inning. I mean, you

11:37 talked about the comeback coconuts. We

11:39 had the cardiac clowns. It all had our

11:42 hearts stopping last night. And I'll

11:43 tell you what, that's not just in

11:44 virtual Banana Land. It's in real Banana

11:46 Land as well. So, without further ado,

11:48 let's look at what happened last night

11:50 because it still has my heart pounding.

11:52 It still has my blood flowing at an

11:54 unhealthy rate. And it's because the

11:56 Coconuts started off the game on a tear.

11:58 How about a walk-off in the first inning

12:00 from Tanner Allen. It wouldn't stop

12:01 there. The Coconuts come up in the

12:03 second inning. They secure another point

12:05 because Zack Smith went six up, six

12:08 down. Two perfect innings with three

12:09 strikeouts. But we segue to the fourth.

12:11 Carell Prime, no play at the plate. This

12:14 led to a clown's point. So, you're

12:16 getting a little bit of the sense here.

12:17 We're going back and forth and back and

12:21 forth. Now, it's a 4-2 Coconuts lead

12:23 after this ball force sprint bought in

12:25 Tanner Allen. So, the Clowns have to

12:27 play from behind. They did just that.

12:29 Jaylen Vasquez big time bomb to right.

12:32 >> It was a struggle all weekend. 0 for 16

12:34 with runners in scoring position until

12:36 that moment. Jaylen Vasquez off the

12:39 bench with the big fly, his third of the

12:41 year. And Nick Wilson perfect in the

12:44 seventh and eight. He secures that game

12:46 tying point. It's his time late in the

12:49 ball game. But the Clowns still with

12:51 some work to do. Final inning. Every

12:53 point is a run. Every run is a point. CJ

12:56 Williams public enemy number one. Pitch

12:58 number one. Joe Lidle. Home run number

13:01 one. And what a time to get it. The

13:04 Clowns have their first lead of the

13:06 series, but they are not done there.

13:08 Nico Hollesizer pulls one down the left

13:10 field line. Flash the kid comes around

13:12 to score. Suddenly the Clowns got

13:14 insurance. And the best part about

13:16 insurance is just getting more

13:17 insurance. Eli Payton goes down the

13:19 other line and that is going to bring

13:21 home Nicolesizer 7 to four. And they're

13:24 feeling cushy here.

13:25 >> But you don't get the nickname the

13:26 comeback coconuts for nothing. You get

13:28 deja vu. That pitch was well low of the

13:30 zone. But Tanner Allen much like the top

13:32 of the ninth inning. Started with the

13:33 very first pitch leaving the yard. This

13:35 one went to right field and now we're

13:36 within two. But Nick Wilson, he gets the

13:39 last laugh. Gamewinning run on second

13:41 base, tying run on third. Wilson ensures

13:43 that the Clowns don't blow another save.

13:45 They've only blown one this season.

13:46 Wilson has looked dominant. It's been

13:48 perfect timing from the Clowns closer.

13:50 That sets up a rubber match tonight

13:52 between the Clowns and the Coconuts. But

13:54 last night, the big story, the go-ahead

13:56 home run in the ninth inning. First

13:58 homer for Joe Lidle here in 2026.

14:01 >> Yeah, he's been setting setting the pace

14:03 in so many categories this year on the

14:05 World Tour. One that he has to say

14:07 goodbye to going into last night. Had

14:09 the most RBI for any player without a

14:11 home run on tour. But what a way to get

14:13 it. Oppo Taco off arguably the best

14:16 closer in the league. The last month

14:17 it's been CJ Williams and Danny Hosley

14:19 neck and neck. That broken 0 for six for

14:22 Joe Lidle. Not many 0 for sixes this

14:24 season for the guy who's still hitting

14:25 over 400 and leading the tour in batting

14:28 average. That was the swing that finally

14:30 gave the Clowns the lead and it got

14:32 hairy, but they didn't look back after

14:34 that.

14:34 >> Well, Cam, we saw 16 runs last night.

14:36 And I can't predict the future

14:37 perfectly, but I'm going to tell you

14:38 what, with the pitchers we're seeing on

14:39 the mound today, I'm going to guess

14:41 that's not going to be the case. We have

14:42 the reigning pitcher of the month, Will

14:44 Ethridge, against David Griffin, the

14:46 Clowns presumably ace. Let's talk about

14:48 these June stats because they are

14:50 electrifying. What I want you to notice,

14:52 21 strikeouts to two ball four sprints

14:55 for Will A. He has been in the zone and

14:58 in your face hitting the baby boo

15:00 strikeout celebration. And let's do a

15:01 little storytelling. All right, these

15:03 two guys are no stranger to the 4th of

15:06 July. David Griffin, the last time it

15:10 was a 4th of July, you think about a

15:11 calendar year. How about this? He

15:14 started

15:15 >> in independent baseball and went seven

15:18 no hit innings. Will Ethridge on the

15:20 other side of things made his

15:22 professional baseball debut on the 4th

15:24 of July and in front of a home crowd he

15:26 got booed as he exited the mound because

15:29 he struggled and allowed four hits in

15:31 the first inning of his Colorado Rockies

15:33 affiliated day debut. So David Griffin

15:36 wants to dip into that same success.

15:37 Will Ethridge wants to rewrite history.

15:39 I talked to him last night. He said he

15:41 has been itching for another chance on

15:43 the 4th of July since that very night.

15:45 >> And these are guys who punch a lot of

15:47 tickets, too. They fill up the strike

15:48 zone. They get a ton of swing and miss.

15:50 Both of them 21 strikeouts in the month

15:52 of June. Neither of them went over 22

15:55 innings on the month. So these guys are

15:57 punching a ton of tickets. They have got

16:00 big time stuff. And we are going to see

16:02 quite a bit of swing and miss tonight.

16:04 >> Well, we have a prime time pitching

16:06 matchup. But after last night's game,

16:08 we've got to hear from both sides

16:10 skippers. It's Maddie, it's Michael,

16:12 it's Fox, and it's Crocco.

16:16 AJ Cam, I'm down here with Coach Fox

16:19 after an absolutely electric win for the

16:21 Clowns last night. Now, coach, I want to

16:23 ask you first about guys in your locker

16:25 room like Joe Lidle. What are guys that

16:28 are spark plugs like that for your team

16:30 doing for the rest of the guys in

16:32 moments like the end of last night's

16:33 game?

16:34 >> It's really just catapulting these guys

16:35 to get more comfortable with the game of

16:37 banana ball. Joe Lidle is a is a veteran

16:39 in this game. So for him to always come

16:41 up and get the job done for us and play

16:44 the game hard like he always does, it

16:46 just kind of it helps our locker room

16:48 just get more comfortable and feel more

16:49 confident about going into the banana

16:50 ball games.

16:51 >> Now on the other side of the ball, you

16:53 have Nick Wilson stepping on the mound.

16:55 He throws a shutdown seventh and eighth

16:57 inning and then you know the Coconuts

16:58 kind of battle back a little bit in the

17:00 ninth, but you see him keep his

17:01 composure on the mound. Where do you

17:02 think that comes from?

17:04 >> Nick's just being a dog, being who he

17:06 is, man. He's been that dog for us all

17:08 year and I expect honestly whenever we

17:11 get him in the game I expect for him to

17:12 just continue to be a bulldog for us and

17:14 always battle through the adversity if

17:16 it comes up.

17:17 >> All right, now we saw the clowns did.

17:19 Now I'm going to toss it over to my

17:20 colleague Michael Schwarz with another

17:21 head coach on this field.

17:23 >> Hey Maddie, thank you so much. Have the

17:25 honor and pleasure to be joined with

17:27 head coach of the Coconuts, Mark Croco.

17:30 A special day America 250 a special

17:32 jacket. What's the message to this team?

17:34 I saw you wrote happy July 4th. Uh happy

17:37 250th birthday on the lineup card.

17:39 What's the message?

17:40 >> Yeah, message today. I was fortunate

17:41 enough to uh to work at the Air Force

17:43 Academy in Colorado Springs and uh to be

17:46 around guys that got a chance to serve

17:48 our country and will continue to uh and

17:50 it's really been our narrative all year.

17:52 The family shows up and uh we're going

17:54 to show up for our country. We're going

17:55 to show up for Jacksonville, our banana

17:57 ball community today a little extra. Uh

18:00 we're going to make sure that everyone

18:01 knows that when you're free to do what

18:04 we get a chance to do, which is to love

18:05 these fans, to show up to bring great

18:08 entertainment and great ball every week,

18:10 week in and week out. Uh every time we

18:12 salute our troops, I tell them we cannot

18:14 do this without you. And I want our

18:16 players on both sides tonight to uh to

18:18 just embrace that and play free and play

18:20 hard.

18:21 >> I echo that. We salute everyone who has

18:23 served and defended our country. And you

18:25 said show out. Our fans here in

18:26 Jacksonville have shown out three

18:28 straight days through the heat. Another

18:31 sold out night. Mark Croco, thank you so

18:33 much. Uh where did Mattie and coach Fox

18:35 go? Well, we'll find him. We'll find

18:37 him. Guys, back up to you in the booth.

18:42 >> How lucky are we on this 4th of July?

18:46 For the first time, we get a game that

18:48 features the Indianapolis Clowns and the

18:50 Loco Beach Coconuts. And it's a rubber

18:53 match at that. Without further ado,

18:55 let's get to know these Indianapolis

18:56 clowns. I hear they all can juggle and

18:58 they know how to play shadow ball.

19:04 >> I've done the impossible.

19:08 Now that's proof. Just wait and see. I

19:12 got the feeling now. I can touch the

19:14 ceiling now. Anyway, anyhow, I can do

19:17 anything.

19:19 Just watch the way I move. And every

19:21 little thing I do, you won't believe it

19:24 till you see it right for you.

19:52 So come alive.

19:55 We got that magic

19:58 special.

19:59 Shine. Shine.

20:05 You got that mag.

20:13 Oh yeah, you got it.

20:18 >> So don't forget who you are.

20:24 If you could dream it, you could be it.

20:28 Just believe it.

20:31 Shadow.

20:35 We're made from

20:39 that.

20:42 You got that mag.

20:56 Go ahead.

21:02 Shine. Shine.

21:19 >> What's up, Jacksonville?

21:21 >> Yo yo yo. How y'all feeling? How y'all

21:23 feeling? Happy 250th birthday, America.

21:28 >> Oh yeah. Y'all ready to start clowning

21:29 around?

21:30 >> Welcome to the original baseball circus.

21:34 >> Yeah. Get ready to clap your hands and

21:35 stomp your feet because we're going to

21:37 clown around all night long. We need

21:41 you, me, them,

21:44 everybody.

21:47 Everybody

21:49 needs somebody.

21:52 Everybody, everybody

21:54 >> need somebody to love.

21:58 Someone to love.

22:00 >> Yeah,

22:00 >> sweetheart. We all miss.

22:03 >> Someone to kiss.

22:04 >> We to kiss. I need you. You, you. I need

22:08 you. You, you. I need you. You, you. I

22:13 need you. Make some noise to the

22:16 Indianapolis clones.

22:18 Let's get them, boys.

22:33 Dudes and dudets, as you can see,

22:36 surfing into home plate. Give it up for

22:41 Oscar.

22:45 What Oscar will be attempting to do is

22:47 to hit a home run off these Indianapolis

22:50 Clowns. And he will be facing the one

22:53 and only Nick Wilson.

22:59 And it seems like the Clowns are taking

23:01 this really serious.

23:03 And he stands in the box. It looks like

23:05 the Clowns aren't even paying attention

23:06 at the throw. Oh, and a foul. Paul, it

23:09 looked like Nick was throwing it at my

23:11 guy. What are you doing?

23:14 He's playing the innocent card. We're

23:16 getting him the ball back, Oscar. Good

23:18 swing. Way to protect yourself. But that

23:19 is strike one. Let's see what you got.

23:23 And the pitch. Oh, and he swings and

23:25 misses for strike two. But here at

23:27 Banana Ball, we still play three

23:29 strikes. And it looks like Peter the

23:31 Colada is coming out of nowhere. Looking

23:33 like he has beef. Oh, and he and he hits

23:36 Nick. Oh, he hit him with some gas. I

23:39 don't think that smelled too good. Who

23:42 knows what that bird's up to, but Oscar

23:44 stands in, gets a swing.

23:47 Oh, and he puts it in play. Hit it hard.

23:49 And the clowns aren't even paying

23:50 attention.

23:53 And the clowns are falling all over each

23:54 other. Looks like they're just clowning

23:57 around out there. Has no idea what's

23:59 going on. And Oscar's just going to keep

24:01 running.

24:02 It looks like Clark gets hit by the

24:04 ball. And he's all over. And I don't

24:06 know what Peanut's doing, but he's

24:07 trying to block him. And Oscar trips

24:09 him. And Peanuts on the ground

24:13 and the clowns are trying to hold him

24:14 back. But here come Oscar. Can he hurdle

24:16 him? Oh, and he jumps him and he punches

24:20 Joe. And he punches Joe in the face to

24:23 score. And he does it and he scores.

24:28 Give it up one more time for Oscar.

24:37 Happy 4th of July from Banana Land.

24:40 Clowns and Coconuts is coming up next.

24:42 But before we get to the action, let's

24:44 learn about the 11 rules that make this

24:46 sport special.

24:50 Banana Ball is the fastest and most

24:52 entertaining show in sports. And the 11

24:54 rules guarantee the most fans first

24:56 experience every second.

24:58 >> Unbelievable.

24:59 >> Welcome to the Banana Bowl Championship

25:01 League.

25:02 >> Rule number one, win the inning, win the

25:05 point. The team that scores the most

25:07 runs in an inning wins the point.

25:08 >> It's a walk-off winner to the deepest

25:11 point of the field. Oh my goodness.

25:14 >> With the equalizer point, trick plays

25:16 provide the away team an opportunity to

25:18 earn a point going into the final

25:20 inning. And in the final inning, every

25:22 run counts as a point. Rule number two,

25:25 banana ball has a 2hour time limit,

25:28 guaranteeing that every game is

25:30 fast-paced and action-packed. Rule

25:33 number three, no stepping out of the

25:35 batter's box. If you do, it will result

25:37 in a strike.

25:38 >> Max stepped out of the box and because

25:39 he stepped out of the box, that's it.

25:41 >> Rule number four, no bunting, cuz

25:44 bunting sucks. If you bunt, you'll be

25:47 thrown out of the game. Rule number

25:48 five, batters can steal first base.

25:51 >> Ball three, can you take it off for

25:52 first throw from Leroy in time?

25:55 >> Rule number six, there's no walks. Walks

25:59 are ball for sprints. The batter can

26:01 advance as far as they want until every

26:03 position player touches the ball.

26:05 >> No defenders have touched the banana

26:07 ball. It is a four base spread to open

26:10 up the ball game.

26:12 >> Rule number seven, no mound visits.

26:15 >> Nope. Rule number eight, foul balls

26:18 caught by a fan count as an out.

26:20 >> Oh, they did. They can't guard it on the

26:24 court. We're going to show

26:26 >> rule number nine, the showdowns. In

26:29 showdowns, the best of the best face off

26:32 in the biggest moment. One hitter verse

26:34 one pitcher with one fielder behind

26:36 them. And the hitter has to score. Deep

26:39 to right center. See you later.

26:43 >> Rule number 10. The banana ball

26:45 challenge role gives the coaches and

26:47 you, the fans, a chance to impact a call

26:49 on the field. Rule number 11, the golden

26:53 batter. Once a game, each team can give

26:56 any player in a bat, regardless of the

26:58 lineup. This offers the biggest matchups

27:00 on the biggest stage.

27:02 >> Big on big.

27:04 Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Get out of

27:08 here. Ball. That thing had a family.

27:13 And those are the rules of banana ball.

27:23 >> Hey, it's the 4th of July. We know what

27:26 a pun is. How about the founding

27:28 fathers? Four fathers in this game.

27:30 Jordan Brewer, Joe Filamino, Jackie

27:32 Bradley Jr., Carell Prime. Each have

27:35 left their mark on either franchise.

27:37 >> Yeah. And specifically looking at

27:39 Bradley and Prime. Those are guys who

27:41 are dads who take big daddy hacks up at

27:44 the plate for the Clowns. They have been

27:45 doing so all season long. But man, Joe

27:48 Filamino in this series has been a

27:51 workhorse. He has been tapping that

27:53 belly and has been punching some tickets

27:56 as well.

27:56 >> Yeah. Well, up in the North Pole, he's

27:58 known as Papa Filamino. So, let's learn

28:00 more about these founding fathers down

28:02 Beachside.

28:06 >> Our founding fathers here in Loco Beach,

28:09 the only fathers on the team, Jordan

28:11 Brewer and Joe Filamino

28:14 for AJ. Uh, leads a team in trick plays

28:16 right now. 279 batting average. You're

28:18 doing it all as a dad. How do you stay

28:20 so cool as a father? Oh, that's I have

28:24 to follow these guys, you know, like JBJ

28:25 over here, Prime Filamino, you know,

28:27 they they lead the way. I'm a new I'm a

28:29 newbie at it, so watching them how they

28:30 go about their stuff every day,

28:32 practicing, and then taking the time

28:34 away from the field and like really

28:35 following what they do and like really

28:37 taking notes. So, that's that's how I

28:39 really do it.

28:39 >> Joe Filamino, you have reinvented the

28:42 Dadbod in the best way possible. You

28:44 look great. You're in great shape. How

28:46 has Banana Ball transformed you? Uh,

28:48 well, I'll start by saying I'm

28:49 definitely not in great shape,

28:50 especially when there's a guy like

28:51 Jordan Brewer standing next to you on

28:52 the other side. Um, honestly, I've just

28:55 been having as much fun as one can

28:57 possibly have, right? Being away from

28:58 the game for 6 years and and doing

29:00 practically nothing. Um, it it

29:03 definitely it's easy to pack on a few

29:04 pounds, but um but yeah, getting out

29:06 again, getting out here and competing,

29:07 hanging out with the guys and girls on

29:09 the in the organization and having a

29:11 great time. It's it's made the uh weight

29:13 loss a lot easier. I don't even realize

29:14 it.

29:15 >> I love it. I'm going to pass along to my

29:16 colleague Mattie Warren who is with the

29:18 clowns.

29:19 >> Thank you so much, Michael. Now, Jackie,

29:21 your kids have been probably all over

29:23 the country at this point with you and

29:24 they had a little bit of a ferry ride

29:26 yesterday. How cool is it to get them to

29:28 kind of soak up the fun that you're also

29:30 having in Banana Ball?

29:32 >> Tell you what, ever since summer started

29:33 and they've been out of school, they've

29:35 been traveling everywhere with me. So,

29:37 they're living their best lives. They're

29:39 enjoying it and trying to get to

29:41 experience new things along the way.

29:43 Now, Prime, your kids also just get to

29:46 be running around the banana ball field.

29:48 Is it sweet to get to bring them onto

29:50 the field, have them see you see you

29:51 doing what you do and then maybe take

29:53 after you in the future?

29:54 >> Yeah, absolutely. Just the interaction

29:56 with all the guys. I mean, it it's

29:58 second to none. They have a lot of

29:59 uncles, you know, we call them many

30:01 uncles running around and and they

30:02 listen to them and they get to learn a

30:04 lot in the process. Um, and yeah, I'm

30:06 just overwhelmed with joy when they're

30:08 able to be on the field with us and and

30:09 to take it all in and be a part of it.

30:11 So yeah, I wouldn't change it for

30:12 anything.

30:13 >> Banana Ball, it's one big family, guys.

30:21 >> Banana Ball is a family, and how great

30:23 to hear from four fathers who have been

30:25 so integral in establishing these two

30:28 brands. It's 110° and sunny in my heart,

30:31 but the fans still got to get warmed up.

30:33 Let's check in on the field. Over 9,000

30:35 copying the little one on the first base

30:37 side.

30:39 Those hands once again, Adeline.

30:43 Everyone in this crowd is going crazy

30:45 for you. Let's hear it one more time for

30:49 sevenyear-old Adeline.

31:12 Ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls, and

31:16 beach bums from around the world. Since

31:19 the dawn of time, the world has battled

31:21 between order and chaos. For every sunny

31:24 day, there is the roar of a hurricane.

31:28 With every relaxing day at the beach,

31:30 there's the sheer force of a tsunami.

31:33 Nearly 200 years ago, America's pastime

31:36 was established with a sense of order.

31:38 For a time, it swept the globe. From

31:40 Honolulu to Malibu, from Bombay to

31:44 Monterey, the people came to see it in

31:46 droves until tradition faded. The people

31:52 wanted more, something new. Then came a

31:55 sport that erupted. like a volcano. A

31:59 sport that is of the fans, by the fans,

32:02 and for the fans. A sport that is

32:05 baseball by birth, fruit by name, and an

32:08 absolute worldwide phenomenon by the

32:12 grace of God. This is the time for all

32:15 10,000 people here in Jacksonville,

32:19 Florida to get on your feet, hang loose,

32:23 let loose, and go. Absolutely

32:27 loco

32:32 because this is the craziest show in

32:35 sports. Ladies and gentlemen, this is

32:39 Battle.

32:45 And now your starting lineups for the

32:48 look of these coconuts.

32:50 Leading off in center field, Ben Poops

32:55 Parker.

32:58 Batting second in left field, Tanner

33:03 Allen.

33:07 Batting third, short stop, Dane Tough.

33:15 Batting cleanup, the first baseman,

33:17 Jordan

33:19 Brewer.

33:23 Batting fifth, right fielder, Gideon

33:28 Antto.

33:31 Batting sixth, the catcher, SP Ving.

33:38 Batting seventh, third baseman JT

33:43 Erso.

33:47 Batting eighth, designated hitter Grady

33:51 Morgan.

33:55 Batting ninth, second baseman, Payton

33:58 Shatany.

34:02 Batting 10th, your extra hitter, Brett

34:07 Carson.

34:11 Your starting pitcher will

34:21 head coach Mark Croco assisted by Andy

34:26 Morales and Anthony Mars.

34:38 Ladies and gentlemen, at this time we

34:41 ask you to please rise if a remove your

34:44 caps and join us in the honoring of

34:47 America with the singing of tonight's

34:49 national anthem. Please welcome to the

34:52 field Victoria Johnson.

34:55 Oh, say can you see

35:01 by the

35:04 early

35:07 so

35:10 we held

35:12 at the twilight

35:15 lasting

35:17 whose broad stripes and bright stars

35:23 through

35:25 the perilous.

35:31 For the

35:33 parts we watched

35:37 were so gall

35:59 through the night

36:03 that our flag was

36:07 still there.

36:12 Oh, say

36:15 that star spangled

36:20 yet

36:23 or the

36:35 heart

36:38 of

36:41 breath.

36:45 One more time for Victoria Johnson.

36:51 The land of the free, the home of the

36:54 brave. Happy 4th of July.

36:57 Live from the United States of America,

36:59 right here on the shores of Loco Beach.

37:02 It's the Coconuts. It's the clowns. 250

37:05 years after the USA claimed

37:07 independence, we get cinema at five-star

37:12 ballpark. Five-star performance on the

37:15 way here in the Sunshine State. Happy

37:17 4th of July. Coconuts and clowns ready

37:20 for a rubber match. How else would you

37:22 rather celebrate? Where else would you

37:24 rather be? The answer for me is

37:26 absolutely nowhere. Right where my feet

37:28 are, right here at Loco Beach. It's the

37:30 two newest teams to Banana Land ready to

37:33 do battle ahead of the two-week break.

37:36 Happy Independence Day. What a beautiful

37:39 country. What a beautiful day. What

37:41 beautiful sights and sounds with over

37:43 9,000 in attendance. It's just about go

37:46 time. And that means we've got to take a

37:47 look at this loco beach coconut starting

37:50 defense. You're going to get deja vu.

37:52 It's identical to games one and two. The

37:54 only difference is Will Ether taking

37:55 over on the hill. Saljacobo going to be

37:57 the designated fielder. Dane Toofflin

37:59 hits in his place. Jacobo and Brewer

38:02 combining for 170 trick plays this

38:04 season. They ran third and fourth in the

38:07 Banana Ball Championship League. Payton

38:09 Shatany has been firing on all cylinders

38:12 at second. JD Erso the new everyday

38:14 third baseman looking the part at the

38:17 hot corner. The outfield reading like a

38:18 book goes Tanner Allen. Ben Pumps Parker

38:21 and Gideon the Ant-Man antel. You get a

38:23 third straight day of Ashby vining

38:25 behind the plate. of the story here is

38:27 who you're going to be calling baby boo.

38:30 Will Ethridge, the reigning pitcher of

38:31 the month, taking over on the mound on

38:33 this 4th of July, looking to rewrite

38:35 history. For Ethridge, his pro debut in

38:38 the Rocky system was one to forget. He

38:41 was booed off the field after struggling

38:44 on the 4th of July. Now he gets a chance

38:46 for redemption against a team that is

38:48 history embodied. Will Eth 430 earned

38:52 run average, 43 strikeouts to 15 ball,

38:54 four sprints. Absolute cinnamon. This

38:57 guy has been on a tear just working

38:59 through lineups with ease. He's got the

39:01 US on his face. The US ofA in his heart.

39:04 Number 20 on his jersey and the Factor

39:07 is ready to go against the Indianapolis

39:09 Clowns whose lineup exploded last night.

39:12 >> The beaches are open on this 4th of

39:14 July. But all up and down this Clowns

39:16 lineup, there are Sharks in the water.

39:19 They were held down for quite a bit of

39:21 this series, 0 for 16 with runners in

39:24 scoring position until Jaylen Vasquez

39:26 knocked one out of the yard at the

39:28 eighth inning last night. And you see he

39:30 gets rewarded for that. The extra hitter

39:32 rounding out the lineup today. Bobby

39:34 Leay at the top spot. One of the hottest

39:37 hitters the last month plus in the

39:39 Banana Ball Championship League. Joe

39:41 Lidle still. Whoa,

39:42 >> whoa, whoa, whoa. It is 7:00 Eastern

39:44 time. Cam Stewart, that means it's 5:00

39:47 somewhere. Specifically in Guam. Get

39:49 those frozen margaritas in the air. Dip

39:52 your twisty straw in your beverage. It's

39:54 the 4th of July live and in living color

39:57 right here at FiveStar Ballpark. The

39:59 clowns and coconuts coming up next. But

40:01 first, we got to start a wave and raise

40:03 a toast to America.

40:15 Ladies and gentlemen, in Banana Ball, we

40:18 start the clock. But at Loco Beach,

40:21 every game begins with a wave. So,

40:24 Jacksonville, I need your help creating

40:26 the biggest wave this stadium has ever

40:29 seen. Starting right here out in right

40:32 field. Get ready to get those hands up

40:36 on one two three. Start the wave.

40:43 >> Here we go.

40:43 >> Showtime.

40:44 >> Will Ethridge starts in the zone.

40:47 Homeplayed umpire crew chief Hunt Ives,

40:50 calls it a strike, and Baby Bu picks up

40:52 where he left off against Bobby Leidday.

40:56 Making an 02 count. Leed slashed into

40:58 the fans. not cup.

41:05 >> Couldn't handp pick a better place to be

41:06 on this Fourth of July.

41:10 >> Ethridge three pitch punch out to start

41:12 the day and she going to call him baby

41:14 boo. The F factor comes in and makes a

41:18 big impact right off the rip.

41:21 >> Three pitches, three strikes. That's

41:24 what we call in the industry efficiency.

41:27 Good morning, good afternoon, good

41:29 night.

41:31 Welcome to the Will Average Show. It's

41:33 your regularly scheduled programming.

41:35 The longtime Colorado Rockies farm hand

41:38 starts off in Fuego. Now he's getting

41:41 swords from Jackie Bradley Jr., the

41:43 twotime MLB All-Star and World Series

41:45 champion.

41:48 JBJ

41:50 fly ball into left center field. Ben

41:51 Parker calls off Tanner Allen and brings

41:53 it in for route number two. Two up, two

41:56 quickly down for the F factor.

42:03 >> Clowns have been quiet in the first

42:04 inning of each of the three games in

42:06 this series. They went down one, two,

42:07 three last night.

42:10 Will Ethridge trying to do the same

42:12 thing that Mark Smith did to start the

42:15 game. Zack Smith did to start the game.

42:17 I don't know if Mark Smith did that. He

42:18 might have somewhere.

42:21 >> I'll give him credit. Probably

42:23 >> just trying to throw a bone to Mark

42:24 Smith.

42:26 >> Can I get a bone? Golden retriever.

42:28 >> I got a bone to pick with you.

42:30 >> Chomp

42:33 one. Misses inside. I know it's the 4th

42:35 of July, but at Thanksgiving, you ever

42:37 play with the wishbone?

42:38 >> I used to. Yeah. Yeah.

42:40 >> Always got the long end of that. Maybe

42:41 that's why I ended up where I am now.

42:44 >> You know what? It all makes sense now.

42:50 >> Dale Francis Jr.

42:52 Explosion off his barrel. Deepest part

42:55 of the yard. It's out of here. Dale

42:58 Francis Jr. make a statement. It's a

43:01 first inning knock that touches him off.

43:04 Seventh homer of the year for Splash

43:06 Life Dale.

43:09 When you get a cannonball at the beach,

43:12 it makes one sound. Splash.

43:17 Splash life. Dale Francis Jr. is doing

43:21 it all. He's cutting hair. He's rapping.

43:24 He's going Yavo.

43:29 >> After watching Ethridge take care of his

43:31 first two. The tall task. Dale Francis

43:35 Jr. starts the game with a statement.

43:38 It's a one- nothing Clowns advantage in

43:39 the first with two down.

43:43 Here comes Joe Lidle. Last night's hero.

43:45 Hit the go-ahead home run in the ninth

43:47 inning. was the difference maker in a 76

43:50 Clowns win.

43:53 >> Sporting that Ted Williams average, it's

43:56 as close as it's been in the batting

43:57 average race in a long time. He's only

43:59 four points ahead of Taylor Justice, but

44:01 a cool 406.

44:07 >> Average back in the zone. Anything

44:09 possible now in a 3-1 spot.

44:15 He misses low. Joe Lidle follows up the

44:18 home run with a ball four sprint. So

44:19 after two quick ones from Ethridge,

44:22 he allows the pair to reach in opposite

44:24 forms, a home run and a ball four

44:26 sprint. It's going to be the first time

44:27 we see Flash the Kid, the designated

44:29 runner for the Clowns. He takes over

44:30 immediately for Lidle on the bases.

44:34 >> And with that Dale Francis Jr. home run,

44:36 the hitter before that's seven straight

44:39 games the Clowns have left the ballpark.

44:43 >> Carell Prime helped start that streak.

44:47 One of five Flidians on this team.

44:50 Bradenton native.

44:56 >> Ryan quickly in an O2 hole. Again, don't

44:59 believe in secrets here. We're going to

45:01 hear from Carell later tonight. I can't

45:02 wait for it. He's a treat to get miked

45:04 up. Veteran of the sport, 13-year

45:06 professional. Carell Prime battles it

45:08 off into the netting.

45:19 Ath

45:23 long breath and a fire pops up prime.

45:27 This a prime opportunity for a trick

45:29 play. Gideon Antel pops it up. Payton

45:31 shot. Tany got it in the brim and it's a

45:34 double trick play for the loco Beach

45:36 Coconuts.

45:38 One run comes in to score on a solo home

45:41 run from Dale Francis Jr.,

45:44 >> but that's all to show for it. Coconuts

45:46 tally a pair of tricks on a tip drill

45:48 from Antel to shot.

45:51 And we head to the bottom of the first

45:52 inning where the Clowns defense is going

45:54 to look to dip right into that same

45:56 success.

45:57 >> And this is a team that has been hot in

45:59 the trick play category. Although they

46:01 have been just so close, they have

46:03 missed the equalizer point by one each

46:06 time. They go back to where they were

46:08 for so much of June in the designated

46:09 fielder department and that is Brian

46:11 Dancero in left field. Kirkland Banks in

46:14 at second base today. David Griffin and

46:16 Daniel Foster too last night have been

46:18 two trick play masters uh from the

46:20 pitcher position. Eight between them.

46:22 Joe Lionel little little banged up last

46:24 night on a slide. He is back behind home

46:27 plate today. But Bobby Leay is the guy

46:30 that leads the way. Very nice season for

46:32 him in terms of the trick plays.

46:33 >> This screams independence.

46:35 It's the world's slowest race. On the

46:38 4th of July,

46:40 dressed in red, white, and blue. Which

46:42 little tank wants it the most? Claim

46:44 your freedom.

46:47 Go out and chase your independence. And

46:49 sitting at that charade style line. Oh,

46:51 no. Not like that. That's not how you

46:54 win.

46:56 >> Oh, dedication from that little one.

46:59 >> Right now, it's a two-horse race.

47:03 >> The betting favorites out in front. the

47:05 dirty diaper and American flags all

47:08 over.

47:11 >> Two to one odds to win for a reason.

47:13 She's out in front.

47:16 >> Right on her tail, a big time underdog.

47:18 22 to one.

47:24 >> Who wants it more?

47:28 >> Here. And everyone's got action on this

47:30 one.

47:32 I've got a prop bet in the one in the

47:33 red to crawl forward instead of sitting

47:35 straight. Come on, get off your feet.

47:37 That's cheating. There you go. Thanks

47:40 for listening.

47:43 >> Washington crossing the PTOAC.

47:45 Pickicket's charge.

47:47 This

47:49 great charges in American history.

47:55 Who will join the names of Michael

47:58 Johnson, of Carl Lewis, of Joe Benoy

48:02 Samuelson?

48:05 The favorite out in front. Does she got

48:09 it?

48:10 Oh, there's movement on the outside

48:12 lane. She's taking a stop. This could be

48:15 the great comeback.

48:17 Just like America 250 years ago.

48:22 my Atlanta from the outside lane.

48:27 It's the greatest comeback in sports,

48:29 but it comes up short.

48:32 Oh, the greatest comeback in the history

48:36 of the world's slowest race at 35 to

48:41 one. The longest shot. Kicks it into

48:45 high gear like you ain't never seen it

48:48 before.

48:50 This is America. on Independence Day.

48:55 >> Try to follow that one up. David

48:57 Griffin, the clowns ace. When the

49:01 gizzies are on the grill and the stars

49:03 and stripes are flowing, David Griffin

49:06 is cooking. Went into the seventh inning

49:09 with a no hitter the last time he

49:11 pitched on the 4th of July. He hopes to

49:14 keep that momentum going. He has been

49:16 punching tickets all season long for

49:18 this Clowns ball club. Well, if that

49:20 ball was fair, it would have tied the

49:22 inning. Ben Parker with two home runs

49:23 this year, just hit one foul.

49:25 >> It's good it wasn't, cuz I was still

49:27 talking.

49:28 >> My heart rate is never going to calm

49:30 down. That was a world's slowest race

49:32 for the ages.

49:33 >> You thought America over England was an

49:35 upset. How about that? What we just saw?

49:39 >> That's the USA.

49:42 That's what we fight for.

49:48 One-two spot for Ben Parker.

49:52 >> Comeback. Coconuts have a new rival as

49:54 that little one in the Navy.

49:59 Maybe the greatest comeback of the year.

50:02 Little comeback of the third. Eli Payton

50:03 gets the first Clowns trick play on the

50:05 first ball in play. It's a 5-3 put out

50:07 to start David Griffin's day on the

50:09 hill.

50:13 Eli Payton, the Swiss Army knife of this

50:16 infield for the Indianapolis Clowns.

50:17 Last night started the game at first

50:19 base. Fourth different position he has

50:21 played this year. Back at his

50:24 comfortable position in the hot corner.

50:25 You see why

50:29 game one showman of the game. Loco Beach

50:31 won last night. It would have been him

50:32 again. Tanner Allen has had himself a

50:35 series.

50:37 Two of his six home runs have come here

50:39 in Jacksonville.

50:41 >> One here would tie a game. Three-0

50:44 count. He shot to see him swing.

50:52 >> Oh, Tanner Allen's not happy with that

50:54 call.

50:55 >> Way over his head. He was frustrated

50:57 with a call on a potential ball four

50:59 sprint last night. Now in a 3-1 spot and

51:02 he's up there swinging and it's scraping

51:04 the sky. And David Griffin giving it

51:05 right back to him. He's down in a squat.

51:07 His defense behind him. Leed and Banks

51:10 get the one trick play on a tip drill.

51:12 Both sides have two tricks now in the

51:13 first inning. Clowns out away from

51:16 taking the lead early.

51:18 And the one time that David Griffin saw

51:20 the Coconuts this year, he shoved, which

51:22 he is wanting to do. Four innings

51:24 pitched, three earned runs, two

51:26 strikeouts, no ball, four sprints. But

51:29 this has been a long time since these

51:31 two teams have seen each other. That was

51:33 back on April the 10th.

51:38 >> Dane Toofflin fends it off.

51:41 >> Oh no, that set off a Roman candle on

51:43 the roof.

51:44 >> Uh-oh.

51:51 Okay, good thing that it let out all 16

51:53 of its fireballs. And it looks like

51:55 everyone's okay.

51:57 How is that sitting up there? Right next

51:59 to a fuse with a match.

52:02 Toofflin, a good swing. JBJ on his horse

52:05 comes in and gets it between the legs.

52:07 Jackie Bradley Jr. leaves no doubt. It's

52:10 a three trick play inning for the

52:11 Clouds. That earns a point and a one-

52:13 nothing advantage.

52:16 >> JBJ's got the kids with him and he's

52:18 making the Banana Ball Championship

52:20 League look like child's play. The Red

52:23 Sox fan gets the help from the former

52:25 Red Sox. How about that for a

52:27 three-trick play inning? Well, we just

52:29 saw maybe the greatest world's slowest

52:31 race. Now, I'm getting word from our

52:33 producer. We've got to watch the

52:35 greatest slowman.

52:39 >> They're going to run from bow pole to

52:41 foul pole and then we will see who is

52:44 the greatest slowman. Gentlemen, on your

52:49 mark, get set.

52:53 Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

52:56 Time's up. Yeah, take those shirts off.

52:59 We got to take the shirts off first,

53:01 baby.

53:03 Hey, you got one more shirt. Come on.

53:04 One more shirt. All right, let's do it.

53:08 On your mark, get set, go.

53:13 And they're off to a slow start. Which

53:17 daddy will get there first? They're

53:21 running. They're running.

53:24 Which big belly will make it? Oh, who's

53:28 going to make it? And it's Big Daddy

53:30 Steve.

53:33 Give it up for Big Daddy Steve, our

53:35 greatest slowman.

53:46 From the world's slowest race to the

53:48 greatest slowman. It's the only slow

53:50 thing going on in this sport. One of the

53:53 fastest NPI starters, Will Ethridge back

53:55 out for a second inning of work.

53:59 It's 6, seven, and eight. Starting with

54:02 the six bat and Eric Fox's order today.

54:04 Nicolesizer.

54:10 Nico found that swing again last night

54:12 in the ninth inning. He provided some

54:15 crucial insurance for the Clowns after

54:17 that Joe Lidle homer. It was a Jackie

54:19 Bradley golden batter ball for Sprint.

54:21 And then Nico

54:23 going a little too baggger to bring him

54:24 in and then came around to score

54:26 himself. Couple ribbies for him and

54:29 double number 11 which for most teams

54:32 you're in the top two sitting at third

54:35 when you got the league's leader in that

54:37 category and Bobby Leay ahead of you

54:39 with 14 and Joe Lidle with 13

54:41 >> would be fifth on Loco Beach.

54:44 >> That's how good these two offenses are.

54:45 >> We got the top five doubles hitters in

54:47 the league in this game.

54:48 >> Oh boy. Nicolesizer,

54:50 no doubt.

54:53 Kiss it goodbye.

54:56 Second solo home run for the Clowns. It

54:59 has many innings. It's the ninth homer

55:01 for Nicoer this year. And the Clouds are

55:05 right back on top and right back where

55:07 they left off.

55:13 Clear the deck. Nico Holesizer is coming

55:16 ashore.

55:18 his second nuke in as many weekends.

55:21 When he hits that ball, it goes a long,

55:25 long way.

55:28 Mercy. Two in two innings for the

55:31 Clowns. We said they cannot be held down

55:34 for long.

55:37 Yeah, that ball still hasn't landed yet.

55:41 No doubter by definition from Nico

55:43 Hollesizer. That's how you set the tone

55:45 for an inning. Eli Payton wants to make

55:47 it back to back. He's already homerred

55:49 in this series. Instead, it's right back

55:50 to the mound. Baby Boo between the legs.

55:53 Brewer gets it between the legs as well.

55:56 Stout defense from the Loco Beach

55:58 Coconuts

56:00 gives way for a Chris Burgess signature

56:02 walk up.

56:14 Super high

56:17 co

56:20 anywhere

56:25 over

56:26 there.

56:29 I'll just be looking

56:35 and somewhere on the way you might find

56:38 out who you are living in

56:49 America

56:56 living in America.

57:01 playing the role of the godfather of

57:04 souls, Chris Burgess.

57:07 Little Rocky four. A little James Brown

57:09 coming right into your living room on

57:11 the 4th of July.

57:13 >> Leave the flag.

57:17 One stunt for Chris Burgess.

57:20 Resilient from Will Ethridge. Always

57:23 unfazed by what he's done in the batter

57:25 prior.

57:27 followed up a home run with weak contact

57:29 right back to himself that he handled

57:31 cleanly and he hold the damage at a run.

57:33 Chris Burgess certainly has other plans.

57:35 He's ahead in the count 2-1.

57:43 Make it 2-2.

57:51 Ethridge got him to go around. It's

57:53 another strike out for the F factor

57:56 hitting the baby boo in style. There's

57:58 two down in the top of the second

57:59 inning.

58:00 >> Well, Will Ethridge might just be

58:02 playing the part of Ivan Drago because

58:05 as great as the James Brown was before

58:07 that fight, we do know how it ended. It

58:10 was a little something like that in

58:11 Banana Ball terms.

58:16 >> I knew it.

58:18 Just give it a watch sometime.

58:22 Greatest Christmas movie ever. Rocky

58:24 four.

58:26 >> It is July. Here comes the donut batter.

58:28 Free donuts. Should Kirkland Bank strike

58:30 out. Over 9,000 in attendance chanting

58:33 donut. With their hands over their head,

58:35 held high in the sky.

58:37 Ethridge dug himself in a hole though.

58:39 It's a three-0 count.

58:42 >> Baby Boos right back in the zone.

58:51 Make it 3-2. Good recovery from the F

58:54 factor. 35 pitches into his day. Two

58:56 runs to his bill. Both solo shots.

59:04 >> Payoff spot here.

59:06 >> Ethridge.

59:08 >> Kicks.

59:10 >> Banks spewed into center. Ben Parker

59:13 sizes it up. Oh yeah. Beck flip catching

59:16 a beauty from Pumps. That's how you

59:18 close out the top of the second in

59:20 style. It's a trick play with a coconut

59:22 center fielder and a beautiful one at

59:24 that.

59:30 >> Hey, guess what guys?

59:33 >> I've got some privileges back. It's the

59:36 4th of July. I said, "Please, please let

59:40 me have some freedom." I beg. I beg and

59:43 I plead to be able to drink Tropical

59:46 Smoothie Cafe like my partner Cam

59:49 Stewart

59:52 and in the festive feel. I've got it

59:54 back. Shout out to Tropical Smoothie

59:56 Cafe. It's the best smoothie you could

59:58 find at Loco Beach and across the

1:00:00 nation. I've got myself a Sunrise

1:00:02 Sunset. It's not going to spill today.

1:00:03 You know why? Cuz I said it wouldn't.

1:00:06 >> Good karma, good vibes, and great

1:00:08 smoothies. Drink Tropical Smoothie Cafe.

1:00:13 Hello. This is a smoothie.

1:00:17 >> Tastes like freedom. Cheers. Hope you've

1:00:20 got one at home. If not, I'd be jealous.

1:00:23 Oh man, is this thing good.

1:00:28 You know what? If I just chug this whole

1:00:30 thing, I can't spill it. That's the

1:00:32 plan. We're just going to start drinking

1:00:34 this thing down quick.

1:00:37 Keeping the lid on.

1:00:40 Don't want to get a brain freeze. Cam, I

1:00:42 might need some coverage here. I'm about

1:00:43 to just slam this thing cuz

1:00:45 >> can't talk smoothing.

1:00:46 >> It can't spill.

1:00:55 >> Well, it's been a smooth start for David

1:00:57 Griffin. I'll give him that. Three outs,

1:01:00 three batters, and all of them in the

1:01:02 trick play variety in the first inning.

1:01:05 He's got a one-run cushion once again.

1:01:07 Kind of like what we saw last night for

1:01:09 Zack Smith. Just kept getting the

1:01:11 walk-offs, kept giving his chance, his

1:01:14 team a chance. It's the opposite for

1:01:15 David Griffin. He is playing with that

1:01:17 cushion.

1:01:18 >> Oh, slow roller to Eli Payton, but that

1:01:20 throws way offline. Carell Prime jogs to

1:01:23 get to it. And what looked to be a

1:01:24 routine play turns into a twoagger for

1:01:26 Jordan Brewer. He's the inning's tying

1:01:28 run.

1:01:32 >> Maybe you just need to see something go

1:01:34 right if you're Jordan Brewer. Only the

1:01:36 second time he's been on base in this

1:01:38 series. Still looking for the first hit.

1:01:40 But yeah, that throw just gets way away

1:01:42 from Eli Payton. Nothing Carell Prime

1:01:44 can do to even keep it in front of him.

1:01:53 >> Gideon Antel

1:01:56 starts by watching him miss outside.

1:02:02 Only got about a quarter of this

1:02:03 smoothie left for making good progress.

1:02:06 Coconuts trying to make progress on a

1:02:08 comeback year. The JBJ's got time to

1:02:10 size it up. He tips it to himself for a

1:02:12 trick play. Good relay holds Jordan

1:02:14 Brewer at second. Clowns within one.

1:02:16 These teams are off to a tricky start

1:02:18 compared to the first couple of games in

1:02:19 this series.

1:02:21 >> I think JBJ might be saying to

1:02:22 Nicoleizer, "Hey, I can tip it to you.

1:02:25 Come here for me. I mean, I could do

1:02:27 this, but

1:02:29 you give me a hard run in from right

1:02:30 field, I will lay one up for you.

1:02:34 >> Here's the face of the beach.

1:02:37 Asby fighting, towering slam out to left

1:02:40 field. That ball is out of here. Hasbing

1:02:45 walks off the second inning with a

1:02:47 seismic slam.

1:02:56 This ball game is tied.

1:02:59 It's the fourth yd call for the face of

1:03:02 the beach.

1:03:05 He waves the flag and says good night to

1:03:08 the banana ball.

1:03:12 This contest is knotted at once

1:03:16 by the do of Ashby Viney.

1:03:22 David Griffin knew that one right away

1:03:25 and so did Ashby Vining. Got every

1:03:28 single bit of that one.

1:03:31 And that could be a big early momentum

1:03:33 swing in this game. AJ Switech.

1:03:36 >> I wouldn't be surprised if that ball

1:03:38 just hit the face of the sun and

1:03:40 eviscerated.

1:03:42 That thing scraped the sky.

1:03:46 >> Got through the clouds over the fence

1:03:49 and tied the ball game after allowing a

1:03:51 run the top of the inning. Will

1:03:53 Ethridge's bats have his back and just

1:03:57 like last night,

1:03:59 we have mustache TV from Jacksonville,

1:04:02 Florida.

1:04:08 Yeah, last night every inning led to

1:04:11 points and we are on that trajectory

1:04:14 once again and and who would have

1:04:16 expected this from two of the best

1:04:18 offenses in the league. Obviously, the

1:04:20 Coconut staff has been lights out since

1:04:22 the beginning of June. You basically

1:04:24 have your ace on the mound here if

1:04:26 you're the clowns. But this is what a

1:04:27 rubber game's all about. Coming up on a

1:04:29 break in the Banana Ball Championship

1:04:31 League. These two teams are letting it

1:04:33 all hang out on our Independence Day.

1:04:36 >> Couldn't have handpicked a better time

1:04:37 for the first hit of the game. Ashby

1:04:40 Viny feeling himself now. He's going to

1:04:42 catch shirtless here in the third.

1:04:46 >> I'm not complaining.

1:04:49 You know, seems like the folks at home

1:04:51 are okay with it, too.

1:04:55 Just hope you've got some protection up

1:04:58 in the chest.

1:05:00 >> It's a hot day, man. I

1:05:02 >> I'd hate to see an Andy Bernard

1:05:03 situation.

1:05:05 >> Vamos Allah. Top of the third inning.

1:05:08 The 10 hole. Jaylen Vasquez who hit the

1:05:10 homer right last night against Willidge.

1:05:13 Miss evens the count at one a piece.

1:05:17 >> Vasquez told our Michael Schwarz, he

1:05:19 said, "It's about time that I ran into

1:05:21 one."

1:05:23 having some time splitting games, you

1:05:25 know, as a hitter, as a fielder,

1:05:28 saw a pitch he loved and put it out to

1:05:30 the right field grandstand. That was

1:05:32 really the swing that changed the game.

1:05:34 At that point, they were 0 for 16 with

1:05:36 runners in scoring position. Two-run

1:05:38 bomb in the eighth. Got him right back

1:05:40 in it. They ended up winning that point

1:05:41 to tie the ball game.

1:05:45 >> Counts as full as the tropical smoothie

1:05:47 I smelled on night one.

1:05:49 Payoff

1:05:52 backwards K. Will Ethridge got him

1:05:56 looking took him like a frozen pizza.

1:05:59 Cooked him right in the oven and said,

1:06:01 "I've got a special delivery." Headed to

1:06:03 the Clowns dugout.

1:06:08 >> Some backo action from Will Ethridge.

1:06:10 That is nasty.

1:06:13 >> First pitch swing from Leed.

1:06:16 >> Gideon Anel. The manscape.

1:06:21 gets it between the legs. It's

1:06:23 backto-back nights with the manscape

1:06:25 from Antel. And he's got words for the

1:06:27 fans saying, "I told you I got that one

1:06:28 in me." Gideon Antel is putting on a

1:06:32 clinic in right field in Jacksonville.

1:06:37 Brought the crowd to its feet last

1:06:39 night. Doing the same thing early on

1:06:42 Saturday.

1:06:43 Man, he is a weapon out there in the

1:06:46 outfield.

1:06:51 Two down. Will Ethridge wheeling and

1:06:54 dealing here in the third, but he's got

1:06:55 to deal with Jackie Bradley Jr.

1:07:00 >> JBJ's got no more strikes to toy with.

1:07:09 >> JBJ a rare hitless night last night did

1:07:12 come into golden batter in the ninth and

1:07:14 drew a sprint and scored a run. who did

1:07:17 contribute to the offense once again.

1:07:19 >> The contact Ethridge was looking for. He

1:07:21 calls off Ashby finding and baby boo

1:07:23 reels it in himself. Three up, three

1:07:26 down. First scoreless frame for

1:07:28 Ethridge. Beautifully done. Speaking of

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1:08:46 Oh, the kids want to run the bases.

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1:09:11 It's fans first by every definition of

1:09:13 the phrase, as is the Banana Ball

1:09:15 backstage question of the day.

1:09:22 >> Winner's first Banana Ball game. This

1:09:25 7-year-old has the sparkly patriotic

1:09:27 hair for this July 4th. It's kind of

1:09:30 pointy. You have a question. Banana Bell

1:09:32 backstage for Peyton Shatan. What's your

1:09:35 question for Peyton?

1:09:36 >> How did he get so good?

1:09:38 >> How did I get so good? Uh, well, I think

1:09:41 you might have the wrong guy. I'm really

1:09:43 good. I'm a vibes guy. I'm a team team

1:09:45 player. Um, I let Dane hit all the home

1:09:47 runs. I let Pump do all the flexion and

1:09:49 I just cheer him on. That's my job.

1:09:53 >> A Payton, you're great at your job. But

1:09:56 Humble, the Old Miss Prada, starting

1:09:59 second baseman for the Coconuts,

1:10:02 one of a few that look to be catching a

1:10:04 vibe right now. JD Erso front and

1:10:08 center. He's due up again. I'm not one

1:10:12 to read the future, but reading between

1:10:15 the lines here, I think we're getting a

1:10:16 JD Erso signature walk up. And to that,

1:10:19 I say thank you, sir. May I have

1:10:20 another? It'll be a fourth straight

1:10:23 weekend with a signature walk up for JD

1:10:25 Erso. He's quickly become a dancing star

1:10:28 on the beach, surrounded by his

1:10:30 teammates on towels, feeling the good

1:10:33 vibrations, feeling the Florida sun.

1:10:36 Let's check in with

1:10:37 >> JD

1:10:49 on the microg.

1:10:51 All people in the dance will agree that

1:10:54 we're well qualified to represent the

1:10:58 me and me we run to the party and dance

1:11:01 to the harder.

1:11:12 >> Welcome to the LBC.

1:11:16 It's the loco beach coconuts world.

1:11:18 We're living in it. And JD Erso is ready

1:11:21 for a tarps off at bat against David

1:11:23 Griffin that starts with a miss outside.

1:11:28 >> And at every turn of his career, JD Erso

1:11:31 has been just sublime.

1:11:34 No different here on the beach.

1:11:37 >> Division 2 record holder. 93 game on

1:11:39 base streak for Erso. Starting shortstop

1:11:41 at the University of Miami. National

1:11:44 champion under his father Joe Erso at

1:11:46 Tampa.

1:11:51 Russo had the best at bat of the game

1:11:53 last night. A fight that kept the ninth

1:11:55 inning going.

1:11:58 >> Oh wow. JD was adamant he had a fourth

1:12:01 ball there. Instead he's got to get his

1:12:03 beer gear back. Not a beer. Not yet. Got

1:12:06 a game to play.

1:12:09 Swinging a full count. Battled off into

1:12:12 the sky. Fans on the first base side.

1:12:14 What say you? Bring a club. I'll tell

1:12:16 you what, if you've got the beverages

1:12:18 flowing right now, can you cheers to

1:12:20 banana ball? Cheers to America. Clink

1:12:24 s

1:12:26 ball for sprint. JD Erso,

1:12:30 >> a rarity. He holds it first base,

1:12:34 but that's good situational awareness.

1:12:36 His legs represent the inning winning

1:12:38 run.

1:12:41 And that is crucial in in the way that

1:12:43 we have seen the Coconuts run the bases

1:12:45 in this series and really all season

1:12:47 long. They have been so aggressive at

1:12:50 sending guys. We saw Payton Shatany do

1:12:52 that in night number one that

1:12:55 essentially sealed the game scoring from

1:12:56 first on a ball four sprint.

1:12:59 >> These guys got green lights.

1:13:02 >> Freddy Morgan made the last out in last

1:13:05 night's game.

1:13:07 >> I like that green lights. Again, there's

1:13:10 no red lights at Loco Beach.

1:13:12 >> Also, no middle seats. The planes at

1:13:14 Loco Beach, just aisles and windows.

1:13:16 >> Now, that I can get behind the red

1:13:19 lights thing. All right. No middle

1:13:21 seats. I'm there.

1:13:23 >> Well, you don't have much of a choice.

1:13:25 You're here right now.

1:13:27 >> I got stuck in the middle seat in cars

1:13:28 all the time, AJ. Slight vertically

1:13:31 challenged.

1:13:35 Brady Morgan makes it backto-back plate

1:13:37 appearances where a coconut felt they

1:13:39 saw ball four and has to get back in the

1:13:40 box. He wants the same success Özo found

1:13:47 battles it off over the grand stand and

1:13:48 into the parking lot.

1:14:00 >> Payoff again.

1:14:03 >> Griffin misses down and in.

1:14:05 JD Erso cruises into third. Grady Morgan

1:14:08 wants two. He's got it. Heavy base

1:14:11 running from Grady Morgan.

1:14:14 Force no longer anywhere but first. And

1:14:17 backto-back ball four sprints. And the

1:14:19 inning winning run 90 ft from scoring.

1:14:22 And Loco Beach's first lead in game

1:14:24 number three is that far as well.

1:14:27 >> David Griffin a long look back at home

1:14:30 plate. thought he had enough for strike

1:14:33 three there in his first punch out of

1:14:34 the game and instead it's a drastically

1:14:37 different scenario. A lot of ways the

1:14:40 Coconuts can walk this off.

1:14:42 >> Shot right back to Griffin. Oh, nice

1:14:45 move. David Griffin not only looks off

1:14:47 the runner but gets a trick play. The

1:14:49 starter goes between the legs for the

1:14:51 clowns fifth trick of the night.

1:14:53 >> How about that for some coonus?

1:14:58 A lot of traffic inning on the line.

1:15:01 I'll just get my fourth trick play of

1:15:03 the season.

1:15:06 >> Here's dual threat Brett. Oh no. Carson

1:15:09 won't have to do anything because JD

1:15:11 Erso watches it scoop by Joe Lidle and

1:15:14 does a boot scoot and boogie to home

1:15:15 plate. It's a 2-1 Coconuts lead on a

1:15:19 ball that gets to the back stop. Backto

1:15:21 back points in back-to-back innings for

1:15:23 the Nuts. Let's celebrate.

1:15:41 Oh, Jordan Brewer

1:15:44 with Kenzy's signature move, the splits.

1:15:49 Coconuts win the inning

1:15:52 >> on this pitch that went through the five

1:15:53 hole. Good read from Erso. He was able

1:15:56 to score on his feet

1:16:00 >> and let Brewer show off the flexibility

1:16:10 >> sitting on Saturn

1:16:13 playing out in the lifeguard towers in

1:16:14 left center.

1:16:19 Those guys have such good range to their

1:16:21 music. They're they're singing Country

1:16:22 Roads Take Me Home right now. Then you

1:16:25 hear them do Bob Marley. You hear their

1:16:27 original songs. Wabe now out on all

1:16:30 platforms. I am a big sitting on Saturn

1:16:33 guy. Enough to the point where I don't

1:16:35 really buy merch

1:16:37 period, but really not for musicians. I

1:16:40 have one of each of their t-shirts.

1:16:41 >> Oh man, look at you turning it around.

1:16:44 >> I mean, I'm always sitting on a rainbow.

1:16:47 >> The only thing potentially better than

1:16:49 being happy enough to always sit on a

1:16:50 rainbow is to always sit on Saturn.

1:16:53 If you like it, then you should have put

1:16:54 a ring on it.

1:16:55 >> I'll tell you what, I like what we see

1:16:57 on deck right now. The clowns

1:16:59 >> setting up for a signature walk up. Here

1:17:01 we go.

1:17:12 >> You

1:17:14 got to do it in the penthouse. That's

1:17:16 why I came up

1:17:18 with what you got. I'll see you with

1:17:21 your phone down. Let's get it. Forget

1:17:23 your Instagram or your Twitter. Be like,

1:17:25 "Whoa, wait a minute.

1:17:28 Take a minute."

1:17:36 You got to relax.

1:17:39 >> Hear that Drake toll. Throw some perm on

1:17:41 your attitude.

1:17:43 >> Don't have to tell him twice.

1:17:50 Dale Francis Jr. has already made a

1:17:52 splash in this game. That one point on

1:17:55 the board for the Clowns via his home

1:17:58 run in the first and then David Griffin

1:18:00 shut it down with a three trick play

1:18:02 inning.

1:18:04 first ever player for Loco Beach and a

1:18:07 representative for the United States of

1:18:10 America on the US women's national team

1:18:15 number 222

1:18:17 Donite

1:18:24 D. Bonitez is in the game to catch

1:18:28 by request of Will Ethridge. It's her

1:18:30 final game before leaving for the WPBL.

1:18:33 Eth said DA has earned this opportunity

1:18:36 and she has. Bonitez is catching this

1:18:40 fourth inning.

1:18:50 Today had herself a night last night.

1:18:53 Had a pinch hit appearance. Drew a ball

1:18:55 for sprint. This place went bananas.

1:18:57 9,000 and more. Francis Jr. over to

1:19:00 Saljacobo. He gets it to Brewer. It's a

1:19:03 snag between the legs. Great job to keep

1:19:05 the back foot on the bag for out number

1:19:07 one.

1:19:09 Bonitez.

1:19:10 First half bat. She calls. Gets weak

1:19:13 contact. Zjacobos has let it grow. It's

1:19:16 a double trick play for the Coconuts.

1:19:19 >> Bonitez

1:19:21 continuing to show her proise behind the

1:19:24 plate. One up, one down with two2 back

1:19:26 there. It's a quick 01 count for Joe

1:19:29 Lidle.

1:19:31 >> Hey AJ, do you remember the sixth inning

1:19:33 on Thursday night?

1:19:35 >> I'll forgive you if you don't. It was

1:19:37 the last time we had an inning without a

1:19:39 point in this series.

1:19:43 >> Wow.

1:19:44 >> It feels like forever ago and also a

1:19:47 blink of an eye ago.

1:19:50 >> Time flies when you're having fun.

1:19:58 Mitch misses upstairs. 3-1 count now.

1:20:01 Bonitez pulls three fingers in the sky,

1:20:03 telling the outfield to get in.

1:20:07 3-1 turns 3-2. Lidle's fouled off a

1:20:09 couple.

1:20:12 Looking for his second spread of the

1:20:13 game. And you know Joe Lidle, he likes

1:20:15 hits. He's only got one of them in this

1:20:17 series. And that was the go-ahead home

1:20:20 run last night on CJ Williams.

1:20:25 spoiled

1:20:26 >> and he told me about that homer. He

1:20:28 said, "Never faced CJ before. Saw he's

1:20:30 pretty good. Didn't really want to see

1:20:32 the stuff. I'm going to smack at the

1:20:34 first one." It worked.

1:20:39 Lidle another slow roller. Baby Boo's

1:20:40 got to cover the bag. Brewer goes

1:20:42 between the legs. It's nifty and it's

1:20:44 got him. These nuts are tricky. How

1:20:47 about nine trick plays for Loco Beach?

1:20:49 We're not out of the fourth inning.

1:20:51 As tight as the trick play races have

1:20:54 been in these first two games, they were

1:20:56 slow developing. We were talking single

1:20:58 digits for both. I don't think that's

1:21:00 going to be the case tonight. They have

1:21:02 been off and running both teams.

1:21:05 So follow me now. Bonitez behind the

1:21:08 plate, two batters faced, two outs. Can

1:21:12 222 make it three straight.

1:21:15 >> Oh, nice pitch from

1:21:18 >> ducked under Prime's barrel.

1:21:25 Two-1 count now. Ethridge just over 60

1:21:28 pitches into his Fourth of July start.

1:21:31 He's got a 2-1 lead.

1:21:36 Baby Boo pitched on the 4th of July in

1:21:39 his pro debut and left the field to

1:21:41 booze in front of his home park. Now

1:21:44 here in Banana Land, message me is all

1:21:46 about spreading love, spreading joy.

1:21:48 Average has rebound himself. Duch's wild

1:21:51 pitch. Got him to go around. D Bonitez

1:21:55 calls a perfect inning. Three up, three

1:21:58 out. Ethan, Bonitez, the dynamic duo,

1:22:01 and they're hitting the baby boo

1:22:03 together and hugging it out.

1:22:07 >> Hey baby, what do you say? Today Bonitez

1:22:10 is stealing the deck. Over 9,000 on

1:22:14 their feet.

1:22:15 Women belong in baseball. Bonitz belongs

1:22:18 both there and in Banana Land. And in

1:22:21 Banana Land, we've got a tradition

1:22:22 unlike any other. It's hey baby time

1:22:25 here at Bystar Ballpark.

1:22:38 Everybody

1:22:40 go.

1:22:44 Hey, baby.

1:22:54 >> Here we go again.

1:23:05 >> Be my girl.

1:23:07 All right, get ready in those steps.

1:23:22 Okay, here we go again.

1:23:35 >> All right, last one right here.

1:23:44 I want to know

1:23:47 you could be my girl.

1:23:51 >> Jacksonville, give yourselves a round of

1:23:53 applause. That was absolutely amazing.

1:24:03 >> Wow. We made it through Hey Baby and I

1:24:05 didn't spill my smoothie.

1:24:08 >> It's the first time for everything.

1:24:10 >> It's a modern miracle. As is banana

1:24:13 ball.

1:24:14 Once a vision from Jesse Cole come to

1:24:18 fruition.

1:24:20 Like only he and a select few saw.

1:24:23 And how lucky are we

1:24:26 >> to work under such a great visionary?

1:24:32 Jesse Cole's vision live and in living

1:24:35 color. It's banana ball. It's the two

1:24:37 newest teams as Brett Carson up for the

1:24:40 second time and as many innings as David

1:24:42 Griffin's wild pitch the last time up

1:24:46 scored the inning winning run.

1:24:54 That's the second straight night that a

1:24:55 walk-off comes with a ball getting by

1:24:57 the catcher. Now, technically last night

1:24:59 it ends on a sto steal of first base,

1:25:02 but the run's really scoring on the wild

1:25:04 pitch, and you saw it again in that

1:25:06 third inning. Any way to get points on

1:25:08 the board this series.

1:25:10 >> Eli Payton's been a busy man at third,

1:25:12 but that one gobbles him up. Two out of

1:25:14 the hot corner. That's why it has that

1:25:16 name. Brett Carson's on safely at first.

1:25:20 >> The corner, like the block, is certainly

1:25:22 hot tonight.

1:25:26 just eat you alive down there. In

1:25:28 >> that case, drop it like a top.

1:25:31 >> I'll get right on that.

1:25:33 >> Lineup turns over for Ben Pumps Parker.

1:25:42 >> Oh, one to Pumps. Right back to Payton.

1:25:44 Oh, it's over his glove again. Eli

1:25:46 Payton. Backto-back balls in play. Hit

1:25:48 to him. Backto back balls in left field

1:25:51 and backto-back runners in scoring

1:25:53 position. Loco Beach in the driver's

1:25:55 seat to walk off the fourth.

1:25:58 >> This one had an absolute vapor trail

1:26:00 behind it from the people's biceps. Ben

1:26:03 Parker,

1:26:04 that's two really tough plays for Eli

1:26:07 Payton to start this inning. If he makes

1:26:10 one of them, it's pretty impressive,

1:26:15 but I don't think either one was in his

1:26:17 favor.

1:26:19 >> Couple of toughs to the third baseman.

1:26:21 have two ducks on the pond for Loco

1:26:23 Beach.

1:26:25 Tanner Allen can get one to splash down

1:26:27 behind the infield that's playing in. It

1:26:28 will walk off this inning.

1:26:32 Oh, what a play. Webj Kirkland Bank

1:26:36 steals it from the sky and keeps this

1:26:38 inning going.

1:26:41 Look what I found.

1:26:45 Like a gator trap. Kirkland Banks might

1:26:49 save an inning for these clowns.

1:26:53 >> I was going to ask what a gator trap

1:26:54 was, but I think it's self-explanatory.

1:26:56 >> It's that right there.

1:27:01 >> Dave Tufflin says, "I'll walk it off on

1:27:02 the very next pitch." Big Timber

1:27:07 drives in Brett Carson and the Coconuts

1:27:10 double their lead.

1:27:11 You've got to go back to the sixth

1:27:13 inning of game one of this three-game

1:27:15 series to find the last inning. That

1:27:17 didn't result in a point.

1:27:19 >> The coconuts out in their way with David

1:27:21 Griffin.

1:27:24 >> It's a 3-1 advantage for Loco Beach.

1:27:26 That sends us to the wig party down on

1:27:29 the field.

1:27:32 W right now. They have one main goal to

1:27:37 capture and grab the wig that is on the

1:27:40 mound. The first one to do so will

1:27:43 complete their fit and be the ultimate

1:27:46 founding father. Nick, Nathan, and

1:27:49 Alexander, are you ready? They're ready.

1:27:52 On your marks, get set, go. Snatch that

1:27:58 wig. There ain't no party like a wig

1:28:00 party. The wig is getting away. Nick and

1:28:04 Nathan are closing in on him. Oh, but

1:28:06 there's a tackle happening. He's going

1:28:08 down.

1:28:10 Give it up for your completed founding

1:28:13 father.

1:28:15 Give it up for Nathan.

1:28:24 Ah, yes. Give it up for the completed

1:28:26 founded father, Nathan.

1:28:31 >> The history books will tell you that the

1:28:33 wig party disbanded in 1854.

1:28:36 But here in Banana, here on the beach,

1:28:39 we are having ourselves a wig party.

1:28:44 You would know that.

1:28:46 I love you, Cam.

1:28:49 >> What?

1:28:49 >> Say it back.

1:28:50 >> Kansas Nebraska act.

1:28:52 >> Say it back. I love the Kansas Nebraska

1:28:55 act almost as much as I love you. AJ

1:28:57 Switzer,

1:28:58 >> you had me in the first half, not going

1:28:59 to lie.

1:29:01 >> That might be the dagger.

1:29:05 Here's Nicole

1:29:07 falling off the first pitch, too. And

1:29:09 Will Ethridge, man. I mean, what a

1:29:11 feelood story. You know that it's a

1:29:14 feel-good story when it's my mom and

1:29:15 grandma's favorite player. Will Ethridge

1:29:18 is that, by the way, JD Erso, one of my

1:29:20 favorites, goes behind the back. It's a

1:29:22 trick play for the third baseman. Will

1:29:24 Ethric through his mental health journey

1:29:26 has been so open, helped so many realize

1:29:28 that what they're dealing with isn't all

1:29:30 that unique and that there's people in

1:29:33 your life you can reach out to.

1:29:35 Ethridge, a face of maturity,

1:29:38 face of reinventing yourself, is

1:29:40 rewriting his Fourth of July history

1:29:42 books. That's one down in the fifth

1:29:44 inning.

1:29:46 All the clowns thought about getting to

1:29:48 that one. They've been doing the

1:29:49 Macarena.

1:29:50 They've been doing pretty much

1:29:52 everything over there with the third

1:29:53 base umpire Chris Walker.

1:29:55 Now they watch a line drive into the

1:29:57 alley. Eli Payton not going to stop at

1:30:00 first. Takes a weird car. Ben Parker's

1:30:02 got it. But it's a stand up double for

1:30:04 Payton with one down.

1:30:08 >> Eli Payton needed a series like this.

1:30:11 Three extra base hits in three games.

1:30:14 And after the inning that we saw in the

1:30:16 top half of the fifth where he just had

1:30:18 laser after laser hit his way, he needed

1:30:21 a swing like that. Eli Payton a couple

1:30:24 of doubles and a dinger here in

1:30:27 Jacksonville.

1:30:28 >> Brings up Chris Burgess. Will Ethridge

1:30:30 quickly brings out the sword. No action

1:30:33 in either bullpen yet. Starters being

1:30:36 given long leashes on day three after

1:30:38 bullpens have been emptied through the

1:30:39 first two. Gideon Antel's got a long

1:30:42 running right. He dives and can't get

1:30:43 it. Eli Payton's moving to third. Chris

1:30:46 Burgess holds it first. And there's

1:30:49 runners on the corners with one down on

1:30:51 a little flare shot to right field.

1:30:53 That American flag waving in Eli

1:30:56 Payton's back pocket. But Eric Fox wise

1:30:59 to not wave him in. Gideon Antel covers

1:31:01 a ton of ground out there. There's

1:31:04 absolutely no guarantee that he is going

1:31:06 to miss that with the way he's played

1:31:08 this weekend. Now you got runners at the

1:31:11 corners and a good chance to answer.

1:31:14 >> Donut batter Kirkland Banks comes up for

1:31:16 a second time.

1:31:23 >> Swinging miss on his first one. Two more

1:31:25 of those. Earns free Dunkin' Donuts here

1:31:27 in Jacksonville.

1:31:30 >> Hit into a trick play his first time up

1:31:32 in the second inning. Now in his second

1:31:34 try, Banks hits it right up the middle.

1:31:37 Jacobo can't get to it. Eli Payton's in

1:31:39 to score. It's an RBI single for

1:31:41 Kirkland Banks to get the Clowns on the

1:31:43 board in the fifth.

1:31:46 >> Kirkland Banks starting to feel himself

1:31:49 the last couple of weekends. Had an RBI

1:31:52 last night with a base knock as well.

1:31:54 Stolen base and here he is in game

1:31:57 number three

1:31:59 giving the Clowns the advantage in the

1:32:01 inning.

1:32:03 >> Runners on first and second. Flash the

1:32:05 kid. The designated runners taken over

1:32:07 on the Keystone set. Long foul ball gets

1:32:11 over the netting. Oh, that one with the

1:32:14 glove. Almost had it. Jumping effort on

1:32:16 the third base side. Just a long strike.

1:32:25 >> Vasquez hit the homer that eventually

1:32:27 tied the game at fours last night to

1:32:28 right field.

1:32:30 0 for one today. 02 the count.

1:32:35 He was absolutely frozen by Will

1:32:37 Ethridge in that first at bat. Thought

1:32:39 he had a ball for sprint. Instead, back

1:32:41 to the dugout.

1:32:43 >> Important with Vasquez, you don't want

1:32:44 to let the 236 batting average fool you.

1:32:47 This is one of the premier played

1:32:49 appearances in the league. His on base

1:32:51 percentage is 378.

1:32:53 Full 142 above his batting average.

1:32:55 That's because he's so disciplined and

1:32:56 he works ball for sprints better than

1:32:58 anyone else in this clubhouse.

1:33:03 He's been in the top two of all four

1:33:05 sprint percentage on the Clowns the

1:33:07 entire season. Even when the at bats

1:33:09 haven't been there or the plate

1:33:11 appearances, I should say, haven't been

1:33:13 there.

1:33:15 He is a tough guy to knock out.

1:33:18 >> Vasquez hard hit ball left center field.

1:33:21 This one takes a dive on the warning

1:33:23 track and one hops into the wall. Flash

1:33:25 the kids in to score. Here comes

1:33:27 Kirkland Banks. It's a two RBI double

1:33:29 for Jaylen Vasquez. And the Clouds have

1:33:32 a three-run advantage in the fifth.

1:33:37 >> Jaylen Vasquez, welcome back. Homer,

1:33:41 RBI, double. Get your whole team

1:33:43 dancing.

1:34:03 And a good bounce on that play too. It

1:34:05 looked like that ball was going to hop

1:34:07 out of play. Would have been a ground

1:34:09 rule double and saved a run. Instead

1:34:12 hits off the top of that fence on the

1:34:13 carum. Kirkland banks in to score as

1:34:15 well.

1:34:16 >> Bobby Leay nubbed to first. Jordan

1:34:18 Brewer brings it in basket style in

1:34:20 front of his waist for out number two.

1:34:31 >> Two outs now. Bring up Jackie Bradley

1:34:34 Jr. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Here come the

1:34:38 tsunami sirens. Here comes the sprinkler

1:34:41 system. Wilco Beach has yet to surrender

1:34:44 a run when the tsunami ensues on the

1:34:47 field.

1:34:50 Looks like they just found that same

1:34:52 success in front of the sprinklers.

1:34:53 Tanner Allen brings it in.

1:34:57 And Jackie Bradley Junior's out for an

1:34:59 eighth straight time in this series.

1:35:02 Before we go to the bottom of the fifth

1:35:03 inning, today more than ever, ladies and

1:35:05 gentlemen, I tip my broadcast headset as

1:35:08 we go down to the field and into the

1:35:09 grand stands with a salute to service.

1:35:11 All of our members of the United States

1:35:14 military, both past and present, please

1:35:18 rise.

1:35:30 and the hometown of France

1:35:38 and commitment to our country,

1:35:47 to our police officers,

1:35:51 to our fire,

1:35:56 to our medical professionals,

1:36:01 to our EMS workers,

1:36:06 to our dispatchers,

1:36:10 and to our school teachers.

1:36:17 The coconuts and clouds, thank you for

1:36:19 your service.

1:36:29 What a special moment on Independence

1:36:31 Day. A salute to service. Over 9,000 in

1:36:34 attendance. And now we've got a real

1:36:36 treat. One of my favorites in all of

1:36:38 Banana Land, the 13-year professional.

1:36:41 Savannah Banana turned Indianapolis

1:36:43 clown. Carell Prime. How we doing?

1:36:46 >> Hey, I'm doing great, baby. How we

1:36:47 doing?

1:36:48 >> Oh, man. I'm sitting on a rainbow today,

1:36:50 Prime.

1:36:50 >> I love that.

1:36:51 >> Every time I get to talk to you, it's

1:36:53 always great vibes. And you've honestly

1:36:54 got the loco beach mentality down to a

1:36:57 tea. We talked today before the game

1:36:58 about how it's always process over

1:37:00 results. Can you let the fans in on the

1:37:02 great conversation we had about why for

1:37:04 you entertaining is always more

1:37:05 important than a win or loss?

1:37:07 >> Yeah, absolutely, man. For for any job,

1:37:09 any employee, working for an employer,

1:37:11 you want transparency. And uh Jesse Cole

1:37:13 does an incredible job of being

1:37:15 transparent with his players in his

1:37:16 organization. And he always preaches

1:37:18 fans first and we entertain always. So

1:37:21 nowhere in that sentence is there hit

1:37:23 homers first or be the best player on

1:37:26 the field first. It's fans first, nice

1:37:30 play, Bobby boy.

1:37:31 >> Fans first, entertain always. And um

1:37:33 that's all I try to do out here, man.

1:37:35 >> Well, that mic pop sounds great on your

1:37:38 glove. By the way, get used to that.

1:37:39 Prime, I want to take a trip into the

1:37:41 time machine. All the way back before

1:37:42 the season, we're sitting and having

1:37:45 dinner in the backyard. I remember a

1:37:46 quote that stuck with me to this day.

1:37:48 You said you will never let the little

1:37:50 yellow ball affect your attitude and you

1:37:53 have held true to that about as much as

1:37:55 anybody.

1:37:56 >> Absolutely, man. I feel like I'm over

1:37:57 the century right now and I'm having

1:37:59 just as much fun as I've had in weeks

1:38:01 where I can't get out. So, yeah, man.

1:38:03 The yellow little yellow ball will never

1:38:05 frustrate me. I would try my best to

1:38:07 never let it frustrate me. That little

1:38:08 white ball on the golf course might, but

1:38:10 not not the yellow one. Um, and just

1:38:13 what a pleasure, man, to be doing this

1:38:14 and to be able to entertain a great

1:38:17 group of people every time we step on

1:38:19 the field. It's it's pretty amazing.

1:38:21 >> Now, I want to get more nitty-gritty

1:38:22 into banana ball, but I've got to know

1:38:24 >> that was dangerous.

1:38:25 >> You had to play 18 innings. Sorry, 18

1:38:27 holes

1:38:28 >> with just one club in your bag. What

1:38:30 would it be?

1:38:31 >> Oh, man.

1:38:33 Probably a seven iron, man. I'm starting

1:38:36 all the old heads I play with are

1:38:37 starting to rub off on me. You can use a

1:38:39 seven iron pretty much anywhere in their

1:38:40 boat. Now, you don't have to out them

1:38:42 because you did just call them old

1:38:43 heads, but who do you golf with?

1:38:46 >> An old head. Jackie Bradley Jr.

1:38:49 >> Hey, old to my boy out there.

1:38:52 >> Yeah, we get on the course a lot and we

1:38:54 love it. It's very comparable to the

1:38:56 game that we're playing right now.

1:38:58 Banana ball, baseball, it doesn't

1:38:59 matter, man. We We always have the music

1:39:01 pumping out there. Uh we enjoy being in

1:39:03 nature for 4 hours, kind of unplugging,

1:39:05 getting away, having great conversation,

1:39:07 and meeting cool people while we're

1:39:08 doing it. So, it's a lot a lot of what

1:39:09 we do here in Banana Land.

1:39:11 >> Prime Visitor, Savannah Banana, now

1:39:13 Indianapolis Clown. How has your

1:39:14 experience helped you become a leader in

1:39:16 this clubhouse?

1:39:17 >> Um, it has a lot because I'll tell

1:39:18 everybody, man, when I came into Banana

1:39:20 Ball, I came in very open-minded and

1:39:22 very committed to doing whatever was

1:39:25 asked of me as a Banana Ball player. Um,

1:39:27 shout out to the guys over at the

1:39:28 Bananas, uh, Bill Loy, Kyle Lugs, Dan

1:39:31 Over, all the guys who were here before

1:39:34 me and kind of pioneered this sport. you

1:39:36 know, I really sat with them after every

1:39:38 game, picked their ear just to hear

1:39:40 about what this truly is because I

1:39:42 didn't want to come in and be a burden.

1:39:44 You know, I had my career, it came and

1:39:46 went on the professional baseball side,

1:39:48 but now I'm a banana baller and I want

1:39:50 to help push this thing forward as best

1:39:52 as I can. Man, that's that's honestly

1:39:55 um just been a true pleasure for me to

1:39:57 have that opportunity to kind of just

1:39:58 move move the game forward.

1:40:01 and Prime, kind of in that same vein,

1:40:03 you know, very in very quick succession,

1:40:05 you become a new banana ball player to

1:40:07 one of the real leaders, one of the

1:40:09 veterans on this team.

1:40:10 >> What has your leadership style been with

1:40:12 this group of almost all rookies with a

1:40:15 new team like the Clowns?

1:40:16 >> Dude, I call these kids iPad kids. I

1:40:18 said, "It's crazy." I came in in 2012.

1:40:20 I'm not old by any means, but we

1:40:22 definitely didn't have iPads when I got

1:40:24 drafted and uh or in high school or in

1:40:26 elementary school, middle school. I

1:40:27 remember begging my mom for a flip phone

1:40:29 in fifth grade. So, uh, you know, it's

1:40:31 uncharted territory and so the tech age

1:40:33 is very real and um, a lot of what we do

1:40:36 involves digital. You know, we're we're

1:40:39 putting stuff out on social media. Okay,

1:40:42 Bonnie sniffing that hit. You sniffing

1:40:44 that. Homer, you smelling that? You're

1:40:46 smelling that.

1:40:48 >> Can you tell Ashby I say hi?

1:40:49 >> Hey, man. AJ, say what up?

1:40:52 >> Um, he's gone.

1:40:53 >> Yeah, but it's been a real treat. Like I

1:40:54 said, I came in with an open mind. and

1:40:56 allowing these guys to help me, you

1:40:58 know, maturate on that side, too, man.

1:41:00 Just to learn what what makes them go,

1:41:02 what makes them tick, what they're into,

1:41:04 the trends, the viral stuff. So,

1:41:07 >> it's cool, man. It's cool to be alive

1:41:09 and and living and really just being

1:41:10 open to everything.

1:41:12 >> All right, Prime, we get two outs here.

1:41:14 >> Here we go.

1:41:15 >> And this this could be the end of it.

1:41:17 And by the time we play again, there

1:41:18 will be no more FIFA left. So, who is

1:41:20 your World Cup pick?

1:41:21 >> How can I not go USA? You know, what a

1:41:24 disservice that would be. on Fourth of

1:41:26 July. And to you, Cam, I know you're a

1:41:28 USA fan, rightfully so.

1:41:31 >> Let's go, big boys. Let's see what we

1:41:32 can do. Man, it seems like it seems like

1:41:34 a tricky World Cup this year, honestly.

1:41:36 >> It's been a lot of fun behind the

1:41:38 scenes. Prime and I have been talking a

1:41:39 lot about it. I love that pick and I

1:41:42 love having Carell Prime on the mic.

1:41:43 >> Hey, love you guys, man. Thank you very

1:41:45 much. Always a pleasure chatting it

1:41:47 over, y'all. Shout out to Banana Nation.

1:41:49 Banana Ball Nation, I should say. Love

1:41:52 you guys.

1:41:53 >> Thank you, Prime.

1:41:53 >> Love you, Prime. Thank you, sir.

1:41:56 >> What a pleasure it is to have a

1:41:57 personality like that here in Banana.

1:41:59 Someone who truly gets it

1:42:01 >> now. A leader for the Indianapolis

1:42:03 Clowns.

1:42:05 >> We go down to the field with no shoes,

1:42:08 no shirt, no problem.

1:42:09 >> They're going to start here at first

1:42:10 base, then run over to second. At

1:42:12 second, they're going to flip off their

1:42:14 shoes and then race over to third where

1:42:16 they will rip off their shirts and then

1:42:19 with no problem run and jump into the

1:42:22 pool by home. Zach and Andrew, on your

1:42:27 marks, get set, go. We got a slipping

1:42:32 start, but it's still anyone's race at

1:42:35 this point. Those shoes are coming off.

1:42:38 They were wishing they didn't have laces

1:42:39 on them, but it is still a dead even

1:42:42 tie. Those shirts come off, but no, he's

1:42:45 struggled a little bit. Andrew

1:42:47 struggled. Zach struggled to find the

1:42:49 pool. So, Andrew jumps and he wins

1:42:53 with a little bit of confusion. It just

1:42:56 goes to show that you do not need shoes

1:42:59 or a shirt to be a winner.

1:43:10 The Clowns win the point. They tie up

1:43:12 this ball game. Dale Francis Jr. going

1:43:14 to lead this off. The Clowns number 44

1:43:17 and the most famous number 44 of all.

1:43:20 Started his career with the Indianapolis

1:43:22 Clowns. Hank Aaron back in 1953, played

1:43:27 a couple of months, signed with the

1:43:28 Boston Braves, and a few months after he

1:43:31 was a clown, he was playing right here

1:43:34 in our great host city of Jacksonville.

1:43:37 Jacksonville Braves 73 years ago,

1:43:43 >> an original Indianapolis clown and went

1:43:45 on to inspire millions as a trailblazer

1:43:49 and one of the greatest athletes this

1:43:51 country has ever produced. American hero

1:43:53 Hank Aaron here on the 4th of July.

1:43:57 >> That's awesome. I mean, this team is

1:43:58 literally living history.

1:44:02 >> It lives, it breathes, it goes to the

1:44:04 beach.

1:44:06 And it has been a treat, I'll tell you,

1:44:07 AJ, it has been a treat to bring the

1:44:09 clowns all over the country, to see so

1:44:12 many people learning about the Clowns,

1:44:14 embracing the Clowns, and they have fit

1:44:17 right in in Banana Ball. This is

1:44:18 perfect.

1:44:20 >> You just feel something when you watch

1:44:21 the Indianapolis Clowns take the

1:44:23 baseball field.

1:44:26 >> So much history.

1:44:28 How beautifully it's been reborn.

1:44:30 >> Dale Francis Jr. dawning that number 44

1:44:33 that Hank Aaron did

1:44:36 nearly 70 years ago.

1:44:40 Works a ball force sprint and brings up

1:44:41 Joe Lidle who's doing a hair off with

1:44:43 Ashby Vining.

1:44:46 >> Man, that's a tough pick. YouTube chat,

1:44:48 I want to know whose hair do you like

1:44:49 more, Joe Lidle, Ashby Vining.

1:44:51 Obviously, both great heads of hair, so

1:44:53 no hard feelings. Uh-oh, Lidle doesn't

1:44:55 like this. We got a double trick play

1:44:56 opportunity. Just the one trick for

1:44:59 Jacobo. throw over gets by Jordan

1:45:01 Brewer. So, it's a fieldielder's choice

1:45:03 with an 11th trick for the Nuts.

1:45:07 >> And I just got to say before we go away

1:45:09 from it, that hair off between those

1:45:11 two, that's like Bob Feller versus Ted

1:45:13 Williams in their prime. That is that is

1:45:15 two of the best right there to ever do

1:45:18 it.

1:45:18 >> That's good. That's a reference I got.

1:45:20 >> You like that one?

1:45:21 >> I like that one a lot actually.

1:45:23 >> Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, except there's

1:45:26 no pitcher there.

1:45:35 YouTube chat seems super split on who's

1:45:37 got the better hair. It's a great

1:45:39 example that they both have great heads

1:45:41 of hair. And that's from someone who

1:45:42 takes his hair as seriously as about

1:45:44 anybody. I'll let you guys in on a

1:45:45 secret, YouTube.

1:45:48 I knew this would come up one day. I

1:45:51 knew it would.

1:45:55 If you want to know the secret to great

1:45:57 hair, it's doing the absolute least to

1:46:00 it.

1:46:02 The least to it. No product. I wash my

1:46:06 hair with lemon juice. Michelle.

1:46:09 >> So, that's the problem. I've just been

1:46:11 doing too much. That's how we got here.

1:46:15 >> My mom said, "Don't say that on the air.

1:46:17 They're going to think you're crazy.

1:46:18 Lemon juice naturally cleans your hair."

1:46:21 It does. It works for me.

1:46:26 Oh, Carell Prime right after he was on

1:46:28 the mic. Oh, but Johnny on the spot.

1:46:30 Tanner Allen

1:46:32 had enough of that swing. Two down now.

1:46:34 Will Ethridge through five and two/3 has

1:46:36 earned three points.

1:46:38 >> Now away from sending his team up to the

1:46:40 plate, only needing a run to walk off

1:46:42 the inning.

1:46:44 >> And I'm I'm a wishful thinker, AJ. I'm a

1:46:47 positive guy.

1:46:49 >> So positive, in fact, I just I gave the

1:46:50 Clowns an extra point.

1:46:53 Maybe that is manifesting. Is that what

1:46:55 they're calling it?

1:46:57 >> Love manifestation.

1:46:59 Also love a good tip drill. Ethridge

1:47:02 cuts off Vining and he's got it.

1:47:05 >> Will Ethridge post a scoreless top of

1:47:07 the sixth inning. The F factor dealing

1:47:10 today.

1:47:13 >> Gives his bats a prime opportunity to

1:47:16 double up the lead.

1:47:21 But

1:47:21 >> we're going to head down to the field

1:47:23 because there's no one I want to hear

1:47:24 from more than who's next to Michael

1:47:26 Schwarz right now. Michael, take your

1:47:27 time with this one. Introducing D

1:47:29 Bonitz.

1:47:32 >> Hey guys, we are here with D Bonitez.

1:47:34 Hard to hear you with all this crowd

1:47:36 noise. By the way, you got in to catch.

1:47:38 How did that go?

1:47:39 >> That was incredible.

1:47:41 >> I've been waiting for that. I have a lot

1:47:42 of fun doing it. That's that's my thing.

1:47:43 I love catching. So, it's good to be out

1:47:45 there.

1:47:46 >> I am so blessed. We are also blessed to

1:47:49 be in a game where Da Bonitez blesses us

1:47:53 with her presence. But we're going to

1:47:54 miss you. Can you tell us a little bit

1:47:56 about this experience with Team USA?

1:47:58 >> Yeah. So, in a couple weeks, I'm heading

1:47:59 out for Team USA. We got the women's

1:48:01 baseball World Cup coming up July 26th

1:48:03 or 22nd to the 26th. And then from

1:48:05 there, I'll be headed to the women's pro

1:48:07 uh pro baseball league.

1:48:08 >> Well, we wish you the best of luck.

1:48:09 You're going to be back and we're going

1:48:11 to be rooting you on USA. Go D. USA. Go

1:48:17 D. USA. Go D USA. Go D.

1:48:24 >> My dad's about to take his shirt off. I

1:48:25 got to go.

1:48:26 >> Yeah, that's electric. And I don't know

1:48:27 if you caught that on the back end. D

1:48:29 said, "My dad's about to take his shirt

1:48:30 off. I got to go." That's because it's

1:48:32 adult swim time and the adult men are

1:48:34 going tons off

1:48:36 >> here at Lo Beach.

1:48:37 >> That just usually happens in my house on

1:48:39 the 4th of July.

1:48:42 He just gets to a certain point of the

1:48:44 day. Bulldozer takes the shirt off. It's

1:48:48 probably popping off right now in

1:48:49 Rockwood, Massachusetts. USA go to Nay.

1:48:53 Cam Stewart's dad. Take off your shirt.

1:48:57 Fourth of July, middle of the sixth.

1:48:59 Coconuts lead at 3 to2.

1:49:02 Single run walks off this inning. It

1:49:04 starts with Grady Morton in the

1:49:05 left-handed box. David Griffin out for

1:49:06 another inning of work. Starts by

1:49:08 missing away. You know, meatball Joe

1:49:10 Filaminos pitched two days in a row. So,

1:49:12 I'm glad if he doesn't pitch tonight,

1:49:14 you got that opportunity to riff like

1:49:16 that.

1:49:16 >> Thank you. I had to get that off my

1:49:18 chest. I've been dying to do it.

1:49:20 >> And I know the chat is loving that, too.

1:49:23 >> Grady Morgan. Saltwater single into left

1:49:26 field. No, it's not. He wants two. Oh,

1:49:28 Morgan puts on the brakes quickly. It's

1:49:30 a good relay from Brian Dancer.

1:49:33 >> He would have been dead to rights.

1:49:37 Grady Morgan, he was upset last night.

1:49:40 He was the final out of the game. Tying

1:49:42 and winning runs were there in scoring

1:49:44 position. Beat himself up. Mark Croco

1:49:47 saying, "Of course." Mark Croco saying

1:49:49 that's not you, man. It's not you. All

1:49:50 right, chill. So far today, he's been on

1:49:53 twice. Crocco's exactly right. By the

1:49:56 way, obviously winning is fun. Most fun

1:49:59 thing is seeing the smiles and the

1:50:00 impact you have on all these fans, all

1:50:02 these lives.

1:50:04 Loco Beach.

1:50:06 You lose, you shrug it off. You just you

1:50:08 smile and you keep going. That's just

1:50:10 what we do here at the beach.

1:50:11 >> There's no true losses at the beach.

1:50:13 >> No.

1:50:14 >> Oh, hating shot. Tanya rips a line drive

1:50:16 foul.

1:50:18 >> And you're always winning when you're at

1:50:20 the surface.

1:50:20 >> Exactly. I mean, the record says 20 and

1:50:22 19 for Loco Beach. In my heart, it's 39

1:50:25 and0 because every day has been a win.

1:50:27 This has been an unbelievable journey in

1:50:29 this inaugural season. And the same goes

1:50:31 for the Indianapolis Clowns. 15 and 23.

1:50:33 Go on a limb and say, "Oh, wow. Payton

1:50:36 shot is rung up on a pitch he doesn't

1:50:38 agree with." But I'll go on a limb and

1:50:40 say those 38 days have all felt like

1:50:42 wins for the clowns, too. It's so

1:50:43 special what we get to do. It really is.

1:50:45 And I will never take it for granted.

1:50:48 Gratitude is the word that comes to

1:50:49 mind.

1:50:51 >> And you see the connection all the way

1:50:53 around this organization in this game.

1:50:56 Mark Croco in that same conversation

1:50:58 said he felt like faded betrayed him a

1:51:00 little bit. I'll tell you why in a sec.

1:51:02 >> Dual threat prep single into right

1:51:04 field. Again, you have to go all the way

1:51:06 back to the sixth inning of game one of

1:51:07 this three-game stint to find an inning

1:51:09 that didn't result in a point. David

1:51:10 Griffin wants to hold that troubling

1:51:13 trend right here. A ball on the ground

1:51:14 is what the doctor's ordering, but the

1:51:16 inning winning runs now in scoring

1:51:17 position. And the team's leader in on

1:51:19 base percentage, Ben Parker's into the

1:51:21 box.

1:51:22 >> So, Crocco saw me in my USA Miracle on

1:51:25 Ice Mike Rousion jersey yesterday.

1:51:27 Feeling patriotic, of course. casual

1:51:29 plug.

1:51:30 >> And he said, by the way, jersey of the

1:51:32 day at the Cam Stewart on Instagram,

1:51:35 >> every every game day

1:51:36 >> good.

1:51:37 >> But he said, "I saw that first thing in

1:51:39 the morning and thought win number 21 is

1:51:42 coming to the Coconuts tonight. Mike

1:51:44 Rouion, number 21,

1:51:46 delayed." Anyway,

1:51:49 >> long run for Nico Hollesizer. It drops

1:51:52 between him and Kirkland Banks, but

1:51:53 Holizer is able to get Brett Carson on

1:51:55 the bases because of where that Texas

1:51:58 Leager squeaked down.

1:52:00 Interesting. How often do you see a

1:52:02 fieldielder's choice from right field?

1:52:03 The answer is almost never. Only on a

1:52:06 ball hit exactly like that. And now it's

1:52:08 all up to Tanner Allen to walk off this

1:52:10 inning.

1:52:12 >> And let's see. It looks like a great

1:52:13 fake out job. Bullsizer looks like he's

1:52:15 under it. Kirkland Banks not quite

1:52:17 there. And you have to hold up. That's a

1:52:21 heads up baseball play here in banana

1:52:23 ball for Nico Holesizer to get the

1:52:25 force.

1:52:27 Not a lot of seven to six fielders

1:52:29 choices.

1:52:34 02 count now for Tanner Allen. He's had

1:52:37 himself a series. Really had himself a

1:52:40 few weeks here. Allen's been on fire.

1:52:43 The league's leader in hits. Fastest

1:52:45 player to 50 hits in banana ball

1:52:47 history. Now topple the 60 mark with

1:52:49 ease.

1:52:51 >> He's had himself a life on the diamond.

1:52:56 >> Won't have his life snatched from him

1:52:57 here by a fan at the plate, but boy oh

1:52:59 boy, he has. Played professional

1:53:02 baseball, national champion with

1:53:04 Mississippi State Bulldogs, national

1:53:07 player of the year, selected in the MLB

1:53:10 draft on three separate occasions.

1:53:13 Ellen does it all.

1:53:16 Here it's lofted to Jackie Bradley Jr.

1:53:18 left center field. JBJ brings it in and

1:53:21 for the first time since the sixth

1:53:23 inning on day one. We have an inning

1:53:25 with no points. It comes in the sixth

1:53:27 inning on day three. It's a 3-2 Coconuts

1:53:30 lead as we head to the top of the

1:53:31 seventh.

1:53:33 >> It has been that kind of entertainment

1:53:35 factor all series long that it's such a

1:53:38 rarity that we have a pointless inning.

1:53:43 And you've seen it in the offense.

1:53:45 You've seen it with the pitching, the

1:53:46 clutch pitching, but really the trick

1:53:48 plays have been so crucial in any banana

1:53:51 ball game, but especially in this

1:53:53 series. Both games have come down to one

1:53:55 on the trick play equalizer point

1:53:57 tracker, and that is something we will

1:53:59 be tracking the rest of this game.

1:54:01 That's what the Clowns are hunting here.

1:54:04 If they have more trick plays than the

1:54:06 Loco Beach Coconuts going into that

1:54:08 final inning, they will add an extra

1:54:10 point to their total. Now, they have

1:54:12 been hot with it, but they have not

1:54:14 gotten the equalizer point in this

1:54:15 series, and they have some work to do.

1:54:19 >> Both teams ahead of the series pace on

1:54:21 trick plays tonight. Right now, Loco

1:54:22 Beach has 12 to the Clown 7. The

1:54:24 Coconuts denied the equalizer point, as

1:54:26 you mentioned, by a single trick in both

1:54:28 games one and two. And right here,

1:54:30 they've got a guy who induces trick

1:54:32 plays at such a high rate, taking over

1:54:34 on the mound. Kyle Perry has faced 57

1:54:37 straight batters without allowing the

1:54:39 ball for spring. It's unheard of. He

1:54:41 throws two pitches, a fast ball and a

1:54:43 slow ball. And Mr. One of one, the

1:54:45 Nebraska Prada, is into the game. He's

1:54:48 the league's MPI King. 327, the best

1:54:50 among all qualified pitchers. This is

1:54:52 the fastest pitcher to the plate on the

1:54:54 planet.

1:54:56 And KP, he's going to have to start

1:54:58 against Old Knuckles. Here comes Fisher

1:55:00 Polyoroff for his third AP of the

1:55:02 weekend.

1:55:03 Kyle Perry, the value has been through

1:55:06 the roof. And both these teams have a

1:55:08 lights out reliever. They picked in the

1:55:10 eighth round.

1:55:13 Not bad for the final round of the

1:55:15 Banana Ball Championship League draft.

1:55:19 Fisher Polyoroff, a guy added to the

1:55:21 roster this year. Old Knuckles.

1:55:25 He's number that thing in your

1:55:28 scorecard.

1:55:29 And technically he's 85 years old, but

1:55:31 he's also 20.

1:55:33 >> However old he is, he likes to swing.

1:55:35 >> He's down on strikes. It felt like a

1:55:37 steal on draft day when the longtime

1:55:39 Savannah Banana Kyle Perry fell to the

1:55:40 eighth round. He brings such a veteran

1:55:43 leadership. An unspoken leader is Kyle

1:55:45 Perry. He's working quickly. We got to

1:55:47 get out of replays here because Perry

1:55:49 just goes move, move, move. He wants to

1:55:52 be the MPI king. He takes pride in being

1:55:54 the fastest pitcher on Earth. And watch

1:55:56 ball back in his glove. One, two, maybe,

1:55:59 maybe two seconds. Watch this. Kyle

1:56:02 Perry on the rubber. One Mississippi.

1:56:04 Two Mississippi. balls to the plate and

1:56:07 it's a swing in this. There's just not

1:56:09 many other people in the world who do

1:56:10 what Kyle Perry does, if any.

1:56:13 >> Had a three and a half minute inning in

1:56:16 the win in the win on Thursday night.

1:56:18 And that's impressive because he worked

1:56:19 around a hit in that inning. 3 and 1/2

1:56:22 minutes, 1 2 3 is still pretty

1:56:24 effective.

1:56:25 If

1:56:26 >> you recall, he actually had two runners

1:56:27 on in that inning with a trip play

1:56:29 missed as well. And that's how fast he

1:56:30 is.

1:56:32 >> Get ball, throw ball. That's Kyle Perry.

1:56:36 >> Brian Dancero breaks out of the slum

1:56:38 hitting a buck 17 this year. Feelood

1:56:40 moment for Dancer.

1:56:42 >> He's got a single against Kyle Perry to

1:56:44 the right side of the infield. That's

1:56:46 got to feel good.

1:56:47 >> Yeah, a couple ofers in this series.

1:56:50 Gets the atbat. First one here in the

1:56:52 seventh in game number three. He says

1:56:55 when he's working, he is going the other

1:56:58 way. And you saw it exactly right there.

1:57:01 >> Good for Dano.

1:57:04 Donut batter Kirkland Banks has yet to

1:57:06 go down on strikes tonight.

1:57:08 >> He's one for two on the day.

1:57:11 >> Darned an RBI with his hitting his last

1:57:13 time up.

1:57:15 Up into the sweet level.

1:57:17 >> That would have been a phenomenal catch.

1:57:23 >> Banks battles off another.

1:57:27 Takes a harsh hop off the top of the

1:57:29 dugout.

1:57:31 KP the strike away from making over

1:57:35 9,000 fans here.

1:57:38 >> I mean, what is better than free Dunkin

1:57:40 Donuts? Probably count on one half.

1:57:46 >> Deuce deuce.

1:57:49 >> Another foul off from Banks.

1:57:51 >> Where I come from, the temptation to

1:57:53 free Duncan.

1:57:55 That could be costly.

1:57:58 >> Banks lined in the left. Just

1:58:00 backto-back singles for the Clowns that

1:58:02 have runners on first and second. A

1:58:03 rarity. Kyle Perry. 18 pitchers into his

1:58:06 day.

1:58:08 >> He's going to have to deal with Jaylen

1:58:10 Vasquez now. The 10-hole.

1:58:13 >> Kirkland Banks heating up. Three for his

1:58:15 last four.

1:58:17 He sees that donut batter and the

1:58:21 baseball, the banana ball. Looks like as

1:58:23 big as a donut when it's coming into

1:58:25 him.

1:58:28 Kyle Perry's not afraid to pitch to

1:58:30 contact, by the way. He's not a true

1:58:31 strikeout pitcher. He wants to induce

1:58:33 trick plays. Oh, the runners are on the

1:58:34 move. Kyle Perry's got to get to the

1:58:35 plate. They're both in safely on their

1:58:37 feet. He's frustrated because he started

1:58:39 his motion right when he saw him

1:58:40 running. Would have been a ball.

1:58:43 >> Matt Miller, who's been with the

1:58:45 visitors, the developmental team here in

1:58:47 Banana Ball, Jacksonville native,

1:58:49 coaching third for the second straight

1:58:50 night for the Indianapolis Clowns.

1:58:53 Sending them both there. Exactly what

1:58:56 Kyle Perry needed to right field. Gideon

1:58:58 Antel brings it in. Oh, that's why you

1:59:01 don't test that arm. Wow, would he have

1:59:02 been out by a mile. I just love watching

1:59:04 that guy throw. And Ashby Binding is so

1:59:06 encouraging. He's telling Kyle, you're

1:59:08 not away from keeping this scoreless

1:59:09 again. The thing is

1:59:12 Kyle Perry now over 60 straight batters

1:59:15 face without a ball for a sprint. This

1:59:17 would be the worst time of all to break

1:59:19 that streak because two runs would come

1:59:20 in to score.

1:59:23 Leed nubb to the right side. Brewer

1:59:26 grabs it with his glove, goes between

1:59:27 the legs and gets the tag out. Kyle

1:59:29 Perry, another day, another scoreless

1:59:32 inning. He truly is one of one. Runners

1:59:36 on second and third with just one down.

1:59:38 KP gives JB a reason to do the splits.

1:59:42 It's a scoreless top of the seventh.

1:59:44 Coconuts in prime position to

1:59:47 potentially double up their lead when

1:59:48 we're back in the bottom of the seventh

1:59:50 inning.

1:59:52 the land of tea. She is a member of the

1:59:58 Queen Elizabeth Boxing Gym with 67

2:00:04 knockouts at the age of 62 year old.

2:00:11 Give it up for Leslie.

2:00:15 And now representing the US ofA.

2:00:21 She's broken two hips. Neither were

2:00:25 hers. She's been trained by the one, the

2:00:28 only Rocky Balboa.

2:00:31 Coming out is 64year-old

2:00:36 Rockin Robin.

2:00:45 Ladies, ladies, ladies, that back back

2:00:47 to the home. Back to home. Come to home.

2:00:48 Come to home, ladies.

2:00:51 Jacksonville, we are about to take part

2:00:54 in a battle that we like to call Noodle

2:00:58 Knockdown. We found the two baddest

2:01:00 warriors here in Jacksonville. It will

2:01:02 be up to you, the crowd, to decide on

2:01:06 our winner. Ladies, I want a good, clean

2:01:10 fight. Please touch noodles.

2:01:13 Touch noodles. In three, two, one,

2:01:17 fight. And they're going, they're going

2:01:19 off to strong.

2:01:20 >> Give me a hit. Give me a hit. Come on,

2:01:23 Granny.

2:01:24 >> Oh, no.

2:01:25 >> She hit on it, too.

2:01:26 >> America, America, Pierce. Oh, no. It's a

2:01:29 It's a trick. It's a trick. It's a

2:01:32 trick.

2:01:32 >> Watch it. Come on.

2:01:33 >> She's really attacking Brin. Oh, Brenn's

2:01:36 going down. She's down. And she's still

2:01:38 going in five, four, three, two, one.

2:01:43 Stop it. Stop it. Break it up. Break it

2:01:45 up. Break it up. Oh. Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.

2:01:47 Hey. Hey.

2:01:49 Jacksonville. It is now time for you to

2:01:52 decide our winner. Was it

2:01:57 Great Britain, England?

2:02:00 Or was our winner 64year-old

2:02:05 Rockin Robin?

2:02:09 Give it up for your noodle knockdown

2:02:12 champion, Robin.

2:02:18 A story retold

2:02:21 250 years to the date.

2:02:24 USA takes down Great Britain. Just this

2:02:27 time in a noodle knocked down between

2:02:28 granny's.

2:02:32 Two nothing by my count.

2:02:35 USA over GB.

2:02:37 Doesn't look so great right now.

2:02:44 >> David Griffin back out there for the

2:02:46 Clowns. AJ Sweitech, he said to me, he's

2:02:49 got a little break coming. He told Eric

2:02:52 Fox, I can go the full nine. And this is

2:02:54 important. This is a big time flip in

2:02:57 the game potentially. You know, the

2:02:59 Clowns have a long way to go in the

2:03:00 equalizer point. They're already down

2:03:02 3-2 and with a chance to, you know, no

2:03:05 margin of error here, they can give up

2:03:07 another walk-off on so many different

2:03:09 ways and go down 4-2. And that that is a

2:03:13 a tough margin at this point in the

2:03:16 game. And Eric Fox is sticking with his

2:03:18 horse here.

2:03:20 >> Griffin's only 83 pitches into his

2:03:22 outing.

2:03:24 >> He's been the face of consistency for

2:03:26 the Clowns this season. went over a

2:03:28 hundred last Saturday in Fargo. One of

2:03:31 his best outings of the year.

2:03:34 >> Now he gets a slow roller to second.

2:03:35 Banks goes between the legs. Oh, nifty

2:03:37 grab from Prime. Gets Big Timber on his

2:03:40 route to first and a trick play for the

2:03:42 Clowns. The Battles within four.

2:03:47 >> Kirkland Banks, you can put him at

2:03:48 second, you could put him at third. And

2:03:50 one thing he has caught on to really

2:03:52 quickly has been those trick plays. It

2:03:54 hasn't skipped a beat for a guy who was

2:03:57 a defensive player of the year in his

2:03:58 conference in college.

2:04:03 >> Wild even talking about his good

2:04:04 football career.

2:04:06 >> It's a wild pitch from David Griffin,

2:04:08 but Jordan Brewer wants to stay up there

2:04:09 swinging. He knows a home run walks off

2:04:11 the inning. He's got five of them this

2:04:13 year.

2:04:14 >> Former Big 10 player of the year with

2:04:16 the Michigan Wolverines is using Kaden

2:04:17 Bowler's bat for this plate appearance.

2:04:19 I know that cuz he's the only guy with a

2:04:20 yellow bat. So interesting.

2:04:22 >> Be a little superstition here. looking

2:04:24 for his first hit of the series.

2:04:26 >> Very rare, quiet weekend from Jordan

2:04:28 Brewer. He's still been phenomenal

2:04:30 defensively.

2:04:32 >> He's the gold standard of first baseman

2:04:34 in the field in this sport. Reinvented

2:04:37 what it means to be a first baseman.

2:04:38 He's a true trickster.

2:04:40 >> Now, the bat does look gold, but if

2:04:42 you're Jordan Brewer, do you have to

2:04:44 call it maze?

2:04:47 >> No.

2:04:48 >> M and blue. You catching me? Catching my

2:04:50 drift there?

2:04:51 >> Oh. Oh, now I'm catching your dream.

2:04:57 Sometimes I just feel like you ever just

2:05:00 like lay in bed and think to yourself,

2:05:02 "Whoa, whoa, whoa, I'm not on a boat."

2:05:04 Cuz every once in a while, I just feel

2:05:06 like I'm drifting at sea and then I I

2:05:08 jerk up and my head hits the ceiling in

2:05:09 my bunk bed.

2:05:13 >> Of course, that wakes me up cuz you hit

2:05:16 your head right into my back

2:05:17 practically.

2:05:18 >> Yeah, you're a good upstairs roommate.

2:05:20 You know that. Seniority top bunk.

2:05:24 Everyone in the chat knows how it works.

2:05:26 We've all been there.

2:05:31 There it is. First hit of the series for

2:05:33 Jordan Brewer. And it comes with Kaden

2:05:35 Bowler's bat. Maybe he needs to use it

2:05:37 more. Oh my gosh, it is superstitious.

2:05:41 Gideon Anel's immediately taking the

2:05:43 same bat to the plate. He just picked it

2:05:45 up off the ground and said, "Reer found

2:05:47 a hit with it. I want it too." And let

2:05:49 me tell you, I love Kaden Bowler. I

2:05:52 mean, this is not a dig at him. It's

2:05:53 just the truth. This is the lightest bat

2:05:55 in the Coconuts clubhouse by a fairly

2:05:57 sizable margin. So, it feels whippier

2:06:00 for sure in the box. Just doesn't have

2:06:01 the same power these guys are used to.

2:06:04 >> Well, getting in the same position that

2:06:06 Jordan Brewer was just a few minutes

2:06:08 ago, looking for his first hit of the

2:06:10 series now. He's gotten on base quite a

2:06:12 few times, but there you go.

2:06:14 >> Kaden Bowler's bat has magic in it.

2:06:17 Jordan Brewer's getting the signal in to

2:06:18 score. Gideon Edel has just walked off

2:06:21 the inning.

2:06:23 Backto back knocks with Kadan Bowler's

2:06:26 back.

2:06:28 Backto back players getting their first

2:06:30 hit of the series deep into day three.

2:06:34 It's an RBI double for Anzel and the

2:06:36 boys are hitting the tsunami.

2:07:02 Just the juice that the group in teal

2:07:05 and orange needed.

2:07:06 >> Kaden Bowler's bat

2:07:09 >> dawned by Gideon Antel.

2:07:12 And Jordan Brewer

2:07:14 >> doubles the Coconuts lead in a big way

2:07:16 in the seventh inning.

2:07:18 >> And we go down to the field for an

2:07:21 independent dance.

2:07:31 >> Never mind.

2:07:33 >> We are back to regularly scheduled

2:07:35 programming.

2:07:36 >> Sorry, Independence.

2:07:39 We've got marinara, spaghetti, and a

2:07:42 bowl of jelly on the hill right now.

2:07:46 >> His name is Joe Meatball Filamino.

2:07:51 And he's pitching for a third straight

2:07:55 day.

2:07:57 D

2:07:59 meatball. D

2:08:01 invincible. D meatball. Three straight

2:08:04 days. Da da da da da da da da. Pitching

2:08:07 3 and0 is the record. 548 the earned run

2:08:10 average. D

2:08:12 meatball. D

2:08:14 meatball. Oh my goodness. This guy is

2:08:18 just defying what we thought was known

2:08:20 by humanity. Coming back from an injury.

2:08:23 He's going to pitch in three straight

2:08:24 days.

2:08:26 Looking to slap that stomach. Joe

2:08:28 Filamino

2:08:30 said, "You know what? They can't get

2:08:32 enough of a song. I want you to sing it

2:08:33 on three straight nights. The meatball

2:08:36 man

2:08:38 with the banana ball so sloppy coming to

2:08:40 meat songs trying to get through the

2:08:42 eighth inning. Hold the coconuts lead at

2:08:45 two.

2:08:49 What's more patriotic? What's more

2:08:51 American

2:08:53 than dut dut d meatball on the 4th of

2:08:58 July? Good oldfashioned American grit to

2:09:01 go out there three days in a row in a

2:09:03 good oldfashioned American dad bod.

2:09:08 >> The guy eats hitters for breakfast,

2:09:10 lunch, and dinner. And a little

2:09:12 parmesano

2:09:14 on top of it. He eats meatballs three

2:09:17 times a day. He's got golden retrievers

2:09:19 that love him in the dugout. His name's

2:09:21 Joe Meatball Filamino. And if anyone's

2:09:23 better with technology than me, he wants

2:09:25 this to be his new ringtone.

2:09:30 looking to give me more reasons to sing

2:09:32 that song. Meatballs ahead 01 against

2:09:35 JBJ

2:09:36 who does not get to use Kaden Bowler's

2:09:38 bat. Notably,

2:09:41 he has a hit in this series, but it's

2:09:43 only one for JBJ.

2:09:46 0 for four last night, 0 for three

2:09:48 tonight.

2:09:50 D

2:09:51 meatball dap

2:09:55 the stomach. Joe Filamino strikes out a

2:09:58 twotime MLB Allstar. D.

2:10:03 The World Series champion is taking a

2:10:06 one-way trip right back to the Clowns

2:10:09 Dugout. Joe Filamino. Good morning, good

2:10:13 afternoon, good night. We eat meatballs

2:10:15 for all three meals here in the Filamino

2:10:18 household. Three pitch punch out to

2:10:20 start his day against JBJ.

2:10:26 Dale Francis Jr. got his first triple of

2:10:30 the season in this series. He was not

2:10:31 trying to go for his first steal of

2:10:33 first base.

2:10:36 Although Joe Filamino arguing, did he

2:10:38 take a step out of the box? That should

2:10:39 be a strike. No such luck.

2:10:46 Do they have answers in the month of

2:10:48 July for Joe Filamino?

2:10:51 You've heard of Christmas in July. Allow

2:10:54 me to introduce you to Filaminus in

2:10:56 July.

2:10:58 He's got a stomach full of gifts hiding

2:11:01 under that jersey.

2:11:03 He's got a 3-2 count now. Dale Francis

2:11:05 Jr. shattering one into his own front

2:11:07 ankle.

2:11:08 >> Bonatal.

2:11:12 Couple months on Dolingo and you're

2:11:14 going to get that one.

2:11:15 >> All right. If you want to speak Italian,

2:11:16 what's ma mean?

2:11:18 >> It's what Joe Filamino's been doing all

2:11:20 weekend.

2:11:22 Do you really know what it means? Cuz

2:11:23 that's a great answer.

2:11:24 >> Yeah.

2:11:24 >> What's it mean?

2:11:25 >> It's eating.

2:11:26 >> Wow.

2:11:26 >> Food.

2:11:27 >> Wow.

2:11:28 >> Come on now.

2:11:30 >> Nothing gets by this guy. I love this

2:11:32 guy.

2:11:33 >> Ma's on

2:11:34 >> Cam. I am so happy that you have been

2:11:36 added cuz no one else has got the manga

2:11:38 reference

2:11:39 >> in in the tech household. I said house

2:11:43 field. We didn't live in a house.

2:11:44 >> I'm going to do Conte Partiro later.

2:11:47 >> Growing up every Sunday was manga day.

2:11:50 Dale Francis Jr.

2:11:53 >> gets eaten up manga style by Ben Parker.

2:11:55 Two up, two down for the meatball.

2:11:58 >> Our producer Emerson was singing Cha

2:12:01 Luna last night. We We love

2:12:05 some good Italian in this booth.

2:12:12 >> Joe Filamino wheeling and dealing up to

2:12:14 96 on the in-house radar gun.

2:12:21 Now, before you were delivered here into

2:12:23 Banana Land by Stork, Joe Filamino had a

2:12:26 signature pitcher entrance to That's

2:12:28 Amorei.

2:12:31 That's Amorei from him right there. He's

2:12:33 a strike away from a perfect inning.

2:12:34 Only 12 pitches into it.

2:12:47 talked about one of the rules, 11 rules

2:12:49 of banana ball earlier in this inning. A

2:12:51 man stepping out of the box. One thing

2:12:53 we have to keep pay pay close attention

2:12:56 to once again in the bottom of the

2:12:57 eighth. That trick play battle. Clowns

2:13:00 trailing four. It can be done. It has

2:13:03 been done.

2:13:06 And there you go again. Highlighted that

2:13:08 rule. Joe Lidle both heels right on the

2:13:12 edge of the batters box almost tipping

2:13:14 himself.

2:13:18 Here we go. Payoff spot for Joe Meatball

2:13:20 Filamino.

2:13:25 Lidle spoils it foul. It's ticketed for

2:13:28 the seeds

2:13:30 and it bounces off the concourse. No

2:13:32 catch

2:13:32 >> for the stats nerds. Joe Lidle still

2:13:35 leading the BBCL but in batting average

2:13:38 but 406 coming into today only up by

2:13:40 four points. He's 0 for three.

2:13:42 >> Ball four sprint for Joe Lidle extends

2:13:44 the inning. A little frustration from

2:13:45 the meatball on the mound.

2:13:48 >> Lidle holds it first. Jacobo fake throws

2:13:52 the glove at him.

2:13:53 >> Lidle extends the inning.

2:13:55 >> And I do not want to short change my

2:13:57 good friend Joe Lidle. Okay, cuz Lord

2:13:59 knows he'll let me know about it. He's 0

2:14:01 for two. That's his second ball for

2:14:02 sprint.

2:14:08 I'm a Joe Lidle fan, too. He came up to

2:14:09 me today and said, "Hey, have you

2:14:10 recovered since spilling that smoothie?"

2:14:12 I said, "Physically, yes." Mentally, no.

2:14:16 >> It scarred us all. Really,

2:14:22 >> right, Famino misses outside.

2:14:24 This is a very big spot in this game in

2:14:26 the eighth inning and this series for

2:14:27 this matter. It's a rubber match. Series

2:14:30 tied at one. Game a 4-2 advantage for

2:14:32 the Nuts. Can the fans end the inning

2:14:34 for meatball? Not this time.

2:14:37 >> Carell Prime takes a sigh of relief. He

2:14:40 was the victim of a fan caught foul ball

2:14:42 last night.

2:14:46 >> It's no way to spend your holiday having

2:14:47 that two nights in a row.

2:14:54 >> Two-1 battle between Filamino and Prime.

2:15:01 turns 3-1.

2:15:09 Modest lead for Lidle.

2:15:12 Carell Prime launched into the sky. It's

2:15:16 in the left. Matan Allen's jersey

2:15:18 showing and Carell Prime has a two-run

2:15:21 blast.

2:15:24 Prime time

2:15:26 hits his sixth homer of the year.

2:15:30 Your clock reads 8:36 Eastern time, but

2:15:34 it is prime time at the beach.

2:15:38 Carell Prime, when you really need him,

2:15:40 has been there all season long.

2:15:44 No different on America's 250th

2:15:47 birthday.

2:15:56 For the second night in a row, this

2:15:58 eighth inning could make this game very,

2:16:01 very interesting as the Clowns try to

2:16:04 cut it to one.

2:16:06 >> Under the lights, it's prime time.

2:16:08 Carell Prime joins Matty Warren. Beach

2:16:11 shot.

2:16:11 >> Hey, how much more fun was that to run

2:16:13 with some guests on the field?

2:16:14 >> Oh, so much more fun. And it was off my

2:16:16 boy Meatball. I owe him one after that.

2:16:18 For the old guys right there. For the

2:16:20 old guys.

2:16:20 >> Oh, you love to see it, guys.

2:16:23 >> Oh, man. That's a national treasure.

2:16:25 Those were two national treasures

2:16:27 playing banana ball against each other

2:16:29 in Meatball and Prime

2:16:31 >> again with the old heads. Prime's all

2:16:33 about the old heads. Of course, he made

2:16:35 sure we knew he's not one.

2:16:38 >> Certainly didn't look like one right

2:16:40 there.

2:16:43 >> Oldizer went chasing for the heat high

2:16:45 at the zone and couldn't catch up.

2:16:48 Meatball going to leave the jersey on

2:16:50 after allowing the two-run home run. But

2:16:53 Joe Filamino pitches three innings in

2:16:58 one weekend. Backto backto back days.

2:17:02 And as much as I'd love to sing my song,

2:17:05 we've got one from a professional. A

2:17:07 tradition like none other here at Loco

2:17:09 Beach, it's larger than life. Good

2:17:12 chance to remind the over 9,000 here in

2:17:14 attendance. The 3,000 watching virtually

2:17:17 not to worry because everything's going

2:17:19 to be all right.

2:17:21 Smile.

2:17:38 I'll never

2:17:48 worry.

2:17:51 I see

2:17:54 you all

2:18:07 Everything

2:18:09 going to be all right.

2:18:23 Be all right.

2:18:26 Don't worry.

2:18:44 >> Everything is going to be all right.

2:18:47 Jacksonville, we absolutely love you.

2:18:56 Every little thing truly is going to be

2:18:58 all right. Happy 4th of July, everybody.

2:19:01 Thank you so much for opting to spend it

2:19:03 with myself, AJ Switech, alongside Cam

2:19:05 Stewart, Mattie Warren, and Michael

2:19:08 Schwarz. We've got a fresh man on the

2:19:10 mountain for the first time in this

2:19:11 game. After seven innings of David

2:19:13 Griffin, it gives way for Kobe Robinson.

2:19:16 >> Every little thing has been all right

2:19:18 for Kobe Robinson for a long time. Since

2:19:21 the last time these two teams matched

2:19:23 up, that was back on April 11th. Want to

2:19:25 take you down memory lane. Since then,

2:19:29 no pitcher in the Banana Ball

2:19:31 Championship League has a better erra

2:19:34 than Kobe Robinson's 1.62.

2:19:38 Not CJ Williams, not Danny Hosley, it is

2:19:43 Kobe. And that Mamba mentality has

2:19:46 carried him especially in the month of

2:19:49 June. Look at that microscopic numbers.

2:19:53 It's about easier to get a man on the

2:19:54 moon than it is to score on Kobe

2:19:56 Robinson the last month.

2:19:59 But Ashby Vining seeing beach balls at

2:20:01 the plate. First pitch swing from

2:20:04 Vining. Have yourself a day. The face of

2:20:07 the beach. A walk-off home run. Now a

2:20:10 double. And he's swimming on the bag

2:20:11 with Armani Henderson taking over. The

2:20:13 designated runner now in scoring

2:20:15 position. One pitch, one extra base hit.

2:20:18 A rarity. Robinson has been so good

2:20:21 specifically since the start of June

2:20:24 but sometimes movable force

2:20:29 just has other plans. That was Ashby

2:20:31 Vining.

2:20:34 Kobe, you got your work cut out for you

2:20:36 to keep that trend going.

2:20:42 >> A guy who has found himself a high

2:20:45 leverage role and this is pretty high

2:20:47 leverage here.

2:20:49 trying to win this point, make it a

2:20:51 one-point game

2:20:54 and give yourself a shot in the ninth

2:20:55 inning. I know we saw five runs and five

2:20:58 points in the ninth inning last night.

2:21:01 So, everything crucial at this point.

2:21:04 >> JD Erso watching Kobe Robinson and Joe

2:21:06 Lidle play catch. He's taken four

2:21:08 straight pitches. Makes it a 3-1 count.

2:21:14 >> Now it's full.

2:21:16 Verso

2:21:19 0 for one today.

2:21:22 >> Continues to work sprints.

2:21:27 The payoff misses inside. It's a ball

2:21:30 four sprint. This innings within one

2:21:32 run. JD Erso gets an RBI after Ashby

2:21:36 Binding's double. Armani Henderson, the

2:21:38 designated runner, takes over on the

2:21:40 bases. He quickly scores. Inning tying

2:21:42 runs on first base. inning, winning runs

2:21:45 at the plate.

2:21:47 >> And nobody's down against Kobe Robinson,

2:21:49 who's been outright dominant

2:21:53 since the last time these two teams

2:21:54 faced, but Loco Beach is out for

2:21:56 vengeance.

2:22:01 Coconuts felt frustrated after dropping

2:22:03 last night's game.

2:22:05 Felt like they had it right in the

2:22:06 grasps and watched it go away.

2:22:11 >> Chance for redemption.

2:22:14 redemption song, if you will.

2:22:17 >> Morgan a big part of it. He was the

2:22:18 final out in last night's game. He's one

2:22:20 for one with the sprint today.

2:22:23 >> Kobe Robinson just one earned run

2:22:25 allowed in the month of June. Equaled

2:22:27 that total on a beautiful night in

2:22:29 Jacksonville here in early July.

2:22:34 >> Beautiful shot there.

2:22:35 >> Gorgeous. Our

2:22:37 >> own Justin Schwab on the camera. We have

2:22:40 such a talented career. I mean, my

2:22:42 goodness.

2:22:44 Just along for the ride.

2:22:47 >> What a ride it is.

2:22:49 >> How lucky are we? Grady Morgan

2:22:53 over Nico Hollesizer's head. One hops

2:22:56 off the wall. JD Erso is getting the

2:22:58 signal in to score. Holizer lost his

2:22:59 footing. Morgan's headed for third. The

2:23:02 inning's tied.

2:23:04 JD Erso scores. Grady Morgan have

2:23:07 yourself a day and rub that bald head. I

2:23:10 did it this morning. It told me Loco

2:23:12 Beach was going to get a 21st win on the

2:23:13 season. They're in the driver's seat to

2:23:16 do just that. And knowing the big of

2:23:20 this situation, they call on a golden

2:23:22 batter.

2:23:22 >> Gentlemen, the Loco Beach Coconuts are

2:23:26 invoking the golden batter rule. Hitting

2:23:30 in place for Payy Shatanany

2:23:34 is the coconut cowboy

2:23:38 number 10.

2:23:47 Oh man, we're all so surprised. Said no

2:23:50 one ever. 14th golden batter appearance

2:23:53 for Tanner Allen this season. Third of

2:23:55 the series.

2:23:57 He can win the eighth inning here with a

2:23:59 sprint or a single. A ball hit deep

2:24:01 enough could score Morgan as well even

2:24:03 if it's caught. Missed an 0 for three

2:24:05 game. TA locks and loads. Watches his

2:24:09 count turn 2. This is rare. We haven't

2:24:11 seen this kind of struggle from Kobe

2:24:13 Robinson since the early going of the

2:24:15 2026 tour.

2:24:24 It goes without saying how critical this

2:24:27 is. The Clowns cannot win the point in

2:24:29 this inning. And without any outs, they

2:24:32 have not gotten any closer in the trick

2:24:34 play battle either.

2:24:37 Almost the worst case scenario for this

2:24:39 Clowns team in the bottom of the eighth

2:24:40 inning.

2:24:41 >> Robinson's got to find the zone and the

2:24:43 Coconuts take a 5-2 lead and deny the

2:24:45 equalizer point.

2:24:48 Here

2:24:51 we go.

2:24:53 3-1.

2:24:55 Tanner Allen gets by Carell Prime at

2:24:58 first and the Coconuts walk off the

2:25:00 eighth inning on a TA. Golden batter RBI

2:25:05 single. The Coconuts offense as

2:25:08 Indianapolis. Your two runs were never

2:25:10 enough.

2:25:12 It's a 52 advantage at the beach and

2:25:15 we're going loco baby. Let's learn about

2:25:18 the rules of the final ending in Midata

2:25:20 Ball because Tanner Allen just sent us

2:25:22 there in a jiffy.

2:25:30 Ladies and gentlemen, the sound of the

2:25:33 bell means it's time to take a look at

2:25:36 the scoreboard with the Coconuts leading

2:25:38 over the Clowns 5-2

2:25:41 going into the night. But in banana

2:25:44 ball, the final inning is the most

2:25:47 important because every run counts as a

2:25:51 point. Jacksonville, Florida, your

2:25:54 energy's been amazing all night, but I

2:25:56 need you now more than ever because it

2:25:59 all comes down to this. This is the

2:26:02 final

2:26:16 Hey.

2:26:19 >> Yeah. Let's see how you doing. The

2:26:21 pressure

2:26:23 truck him out. He goes, nails in the

2:26:26 coffin. Ice in his

2:26:31 trucks out the side.

2:26:34 CJ Williams. That's what he does.

2:26:38 Keep going. It's another save for the

2:26:40 villain. CJ Williams got him to go.

2:26:46 >> Hey, I see how you doing the pressure. I

2:26:50 see how you doing. A moment forever.

2:26:57 >> Bring out the villain. CJ Williams.

2:27:04 >> Allowed three runs last night.

2:27:07 But I'll tell you what,

2:27:10 this villainous closer who's dazzled in

2:27:12 his rookie campaign has put that far in

2:27:15 the rear view mirror. CJ Williams, wears

2:27:18 the number zero.

2:27:21 That's how many runs he typically gives

2:27:23 up. 12 for 14 and save opportunities

2:27:26 this season. Williams can secure the

2:27:28 Coconuts a series win. Headed into the

2:27:31 twoe break with three outs here in the

2:27:34 top of the ninth. His bats have given

2:27:36 him a three-point cushion. And all eyes

2:27:39 converge on the villain who's taken over

2:27:41 on the mound in search of save number

2:27:44 13.

2:27:47 CJ Williams will tell you it was

2:27:49 probably his worst outing of the year

2:27:51 last night. And the odds of getting

2:27:54 three runs against him again, which is

2:27:55 exactly what the Clowns need here, are

2:27:58 about the same odds as finding a polar

2:28:00 bear in Arlington, Texas.

2:28:04 essentially zero the number he wears,

2:28:06 but it's not impossible because Brett

2:28:09 Loftess has been to Arlington, Texas.

2:28:13 >> So, you're saying there's a chance?

2:28:16 >> Here we go. Eli Payton leading off the

2:28:18 ninth against the villain. CJ Williams

2:28:21 here to strike you out, tell you he did

2:28:23 it, and point you back to the dugout.

2:28:25 Looking to close out an Independence Day

2:28:27 win for these Coconuts. moved to 21-9 on

2:28:30 the year and for the first time in

2:28:32 franchise history beat the clowns in a

2:28:35 series. Fireworks going on in the

2:28:37 outfield. Williams doesn't want any

2:28:39 fireworks coming from the plate.

2:28:42 He wants this to be stressfree.

2:28:44 Typically is with Williams on the mound.

2:28:49 And it's redemption time from a night

2:28:51 ago for the Billing.

2:28:54 >> Here we go. Ninth inning.

2:28:58 Williams

2:29:00 >> sees the ball stabbed behind the plate.

2:29:01 Vining running out of real estate.

2:29:03 Watches the fans. Oh my goodness. It was

2:29:06 nearly caught by a guy in a Coconut

2:29:08 jersey. And Vinding's all smiles and

2:29:09 laughs.

2:29:11 >> You think Eli Payton was taking the same

2:29:12 approach as CJ Williams or as Joe Lidle

2:29:15 did against CJ Williams last night?

2:29:17 >> Yes.

2:29:17 >> Payton did have a double off CJ but said

2:29:20 first pitch I'm hacking. Can they get

2:29:23 some more fireworks?

2:29:28 Williams makes it 02. Beautiful change

2:29:30 up, his best pitch,

2:29:34 which is unreal because he's got three

2:29:36 pitches that will be most pitchers best

2:29:38 pitch.

2:29:40 Here comes his O2.

2:29:43 Williams got him.

2:29:45 Good morning, good afternoon, good

2:29:48 night. You'll see the villain in your

2:29:51 nightmares. One up, one down for

2:29:53 Williams. And it's golden batter time

2:29:55 for Indianapolis.

2:29:57 >> Invoking the golden batter rule. Batting

2:30:01 in place of Brian Deso is golden batter

2:30:05 Joe Lidle.

2:30:10 All right, it's a mental test for CJ

2:30:13 Williams. Only the third time Joe Lidles

2:30:15 dawned the golden helmet this season,

2:30:17 but last night he only needed one pitch

2:30:20 to go yard against the premier arm on

2:30:23 this coconut staff. One of the premium

2:30:25 closers in this sport. This is the

2:30:27 matchup and we're getting it for free.

2:30:29 Lidle first pitch swing. Allen camped

2:30:32 under it and left. CJ Williams gets the

2:30:34 last lap. Lidle's down on one pitch and

2:30:37 the Coconuts are out away from another

2:30:39 CJ Williams save. Another win and a

2:30:42 series win against the Clowns headed to

2:30:44 the break.

2:30:45 >> Every great heavyweight matchup needs a

2:30:48 rematch

2:30:51 and almost always you get a split. CJ

2:30:54 Williams gets that redemption.

2:30:58 Joe Lidle's now seen two pitches from

2:31:00 him.

2:31:02 >> Slow roller to short. Jacobo's got it on

2:31:04 the backhand. His throw across the

2:31:06 infield. No, Jordan Brewers off the bag

2:31:09 and the game's extended.

2:31:11 >> Let's see if we get a challenge here.

2:31:14 Can't take it with you. Potential last

2:31:17 out of the game.

2:31:19 >> Coconut saying no.

2:31:23 >> Looks like Brewer did lose the bag.

2:31:29 So, the game's extended.

2:31:32 Williams just got the exact contact he

2:31:34 was looking for, but his defense is

2:31:36 going to make him find a fourth out. A

2:31:39 true villain. He said he gets better the

2:31:41 more he throws each weekend. He lives

2:31:43 for game threes where he gets to throw

2:31:44 every game in a series.

2:31:48 Now he can end the game against Jaylen

2:31:49 Vasquez.

2:32:00 Two count. Williams has plenty of

2:32:03 cushion to work with. Even a home run

2:32:05 here wouldn't tie the game.

2:32:13 Two.

2:32:15 Vasquez. High fly ball into foul ground.

2:32:21 Nearly caught by a fan in a Coconut

2:32:23 jersey again.

2:32:29 2-1 count now.

2:32:31 >> Two strikes away from a series win.

2:32:35 >> What a sight. A beautiful night here in

2:32:37 Jacksonville. The fireworks going on

2:32:40 just beyond center field.

2:32:43 >> Swinging a miss. CJ Williams is one

2:32:45 strike away from save number 13.

2:32:50 >> The stage is set in a beautiful way.

2:32:59 Vasquez.

2:33:02 More foul contact into the grandstand.

2:33:06 Not caught again. He lives to see

2:33:09 another. You got to bring a glove.

2:33:15 We're going to have to try the douche

2:33:16 deuce again with fireworks in the

2:33:18 horizon.

2:33:22 High-fly ball left side of the infield.

2:33:25 Erso calls everybody off and in foul

2:33:28 ground. He's done it. Fireworks from

2:33:32 Five-Star Ballpark. CJ Williams closes

2:33:36 out a 5-2 Coconuts win.

2:33:39 Loco Beach victorious 2-1 in the series.

2:33:43 5-2 in the game.

2:33:46 Happy 4th of July from the beach and go

2:33:51 loco go baby. The Coconuts have done it

2:33:54 again. Their villain is closer gets the

2:33:57 train right back on the tracks and it's

2:33:59 time

2:34:01 to celebrate.

2:34:14 Feel

2:34:24 the rain on your skin

2:34:28 on America's 250th birthday. The two

2:34:32 newest teams to Banana Ball put on an

2:34:34 unforgettable show. A combined 23 hits

2:34:39 and seven points.

2:34:41 Who else would be the showman of the

2:34:42 game? It's the face of the beach. Ashby

2:34:44 Vining doing it again.

2:34:51 >> It's a home run for Vining.

2:34:54 It's a double for Viney. It's a single

2:34:56 for Viney.

2:34:58 It's a showman of the game for Ashby.

2:35:01 Viny, the face of the beach, has put on

2:35:04 yet another show to remember. The rookie

2:35:08 with the best head of hair you've ever

2:35:09 seen

2:35:11 was made to be a Loco Beach coconut. He

2:35:14 embodies what it means to be a coconut.

2:35:16 And on Independence Day, he just had a

2:35:18 game to remember. Let's go down to the

2:35:22 field because we've got Ashby Vining

2:35:24 Beachside with Michael Schwarz.

2:35:26 >> God bless America. God bless our

2:35:28 catchers. We're going to get to D Bonitz

2:35:30 in a minute, but our showman of the

2:35:31 night, you deserve to wear these, my

2:35:33 guy. How does this feel on July 4th? You

2:35:36 come over to me. By the way, Ash

2:35:38 providing always comes over to me. He's

2:35:39 like, I got it. I got it. You are so

2:35:40 determined. Just get that to do it on

2:35:42 July 4th. Put on a show for this amazing

2:35:44 crowd.

2:35:45 >> How great.

2:35:45 >> Yeah, it's special, man. I just want to

2:35:47 thank my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,

2:35:48 for giving me the opportunity to be

2:35:50 here. But I just I I thrive off energy.

2:35:52 I I I thrive off fans. And I just knew

2:35:54 July 4th, big crowd, big energy. It was

2:35:57 my day. Catching game three can be

2:35:58 tough. But man, just got to grind it out

2:36:00 and just have a full confidence in

2:36:01 myself and this team, man. I'm proud of

2:36:03 this team more than anything. They do a

2:36:04 great job competing. Lost a tough one

2:36:06 last night, but to bounce back and win a

2:36:07 series is huge. And I'm proud of our

2:36:09 guys.

2:36:09 >> Croco said when we're going to win, it's

2:36:11 going to be great. Three for three for

2:36:12 you. Your third showman of the game, but

2:36:14 let's talk about CJ Williams. Why is he

2:36:17 such a villain? He's not even in a

2:36:19 Disney movie.

2:36:20 >> Yeah, he's awesome. And the way he just

2:36:21 competes day in and day out and I always

2:36:23 confidence in him and not only him, but

2:36:25 my whole pitching staff, man, I I preach

2:36:27 on it every week. You know, they they

2:36:29 got a bad rap earlier this season. I

2:36:30 took that personal and we took that

2:36:32 personal as a staff to come out and

2:36:33 compete in their erra and continuing to

2:36:36 keep this offense in the game is special

2:36:37 and I love each and every one of those

2:36:39 guys.

2:36:39 >> Uh girls and girls

2:36:41 >> and women they deserve to be in baseball

2:36:44 and of course banana ball the sport we

2:36:46 are so blessed to be playing. But let me

2:36:48 tell you something. What do you think of

2:36:50 her performance? A perfect inning with

2:36:52 Will over there.

2:36:53 >> Yeah, I'm so proud of her. And what

2:36:54 people don't realize is she brings the

2:36:55 juice every day. the support we have for

2:36:57 each other. Warmed each other up before

2:36:59 games and I couldn't be more proud of

2:37:00 her and this team wouldn't be the same

2:37:02 without her. There's no doubt about it.

2:37:03 >> D, we're going to miss you, but you're

2:37:05 going to be back in just a little bit.

2:37:06 So, don't go anywhere. Let's get a USA D

2:37:09 chant. USA go. USA go. USA go. USA go.

2:37:19 USA go USA. We'll send it back up to you

2:37:23 guys. Happy 4th. Happy 4th of July and

2:37:26 what a farewell for Da Bonitz. Ashby

2:37:30 Vining caught 26 innings this weekend.

2:37:34 It's unheard of, but it's what he does.

2:37:36 The rookie was a part of this 2-1 series

2:37:39 win. He has his fingerprints all over

2:37:41 it. Your final today, 5 to2. Coconuts

2:37:43 deny the equalizer point for a third

2:37:45 straight game against the Clowns. They

2:37:46 out hit him, they outscored him, and

2:37:48 they outplayed him today.

2:37:49 >> Yeah, this was classic Coconuts today.

2:37:51 You know, this was not a case of, oh, a

2:37:53 bunch of all four sprints or just, you

2:37:55 know, errors in the in the field. This

2:37:57 was the coconuts mashing. Will Ethridge

2:38:00 giving you a terrific start and

2:38:02 obviously Ashby Vining a big part of

2:38:03 that. D Bonitez a big part of that, too.

2:38:06 Vining did it at the plate, but behind

2:38:08 the dish, you know, the encouragement of

2:38:10 his guys, they worked out of traffic

2:38:11 really all long. And so much of that

2:38:14 comes from the mental side of the game.

2:38:16 Ashb Vining a huge addition in that

2:38:19 sense keeping the guy's head in the

2:38:21 right spot and that stuff you don't see

2:38:23 on the score sheet. Now this is a pretty

2:38:26 poorly kept secret. I'm an emotional

2:38:28 guy. I'm going to do my best to keep it

2:38:30 together here. But man, YouTube,

2:38:34 especially those who are sticking around

2:38:35 this deep into the broadcast, I hope you

2:38:37 know how much it means to me, how much

2:38:38 it means to Cam, how much it means to

2:38:40 Maddie, how much it means to Michael

2:38:41 that you just chose to spend America's

2:38:43 birthday here with us at Vicear

2:38:46 Ballpark. I mean, my goodness, what a

2:38:49 special atmosphere. Fireworks going off

2:38:51 in the background, cheers throughout. It

2:38:54 just could not have been a better Fourth

2:38:56 of July. And again, I said it after the

2:38:59 Coconuts won game one. I said it after

2:39:00 the Clowns won game two. I'm going to

2:39:02 say it again after the Coconuts won game

2:39:04 three. Regardless of the outcome of the

2:39:05 game, you look out at those fans behind

2:39:07 you. You see the smiles. You see the

2:39:08 unforgettable moments, the memories here

2:39:11 in Banana Land, both on the broadcast,

2:39:13 in person, and everywhere in between.

2:39:15 And you can't help but smile. Joy is

2:39:17 infectious here in Banana Ball. And Cam,

2:39:19 I'll tell you what, after doing three

2:39:21 games with you, you embody exactly that.

2:39:23 So, I'm so happy that you're a part of

2:39:25 the team. And thank you so much for

2:39:26 putting up with me all weekend. This was

2:39:28 fun.

2:39:28 >> Oh, come on. And this goofball makes a

2:39:30 broadcast feel like a day at the beach.

2:39:32 It's truly that easy. I had so much fun

2:39:35 working with you for the first time, AJ.

2:39:37 I have a feeling this is the start of a

2:39:39 beautiful friendship, which is from

2:39:41 another movie that AJ Sweet has never

2:39:42 seen.

2:39:43 >> Very true,

2:39:44 >> chat. Tell them.

2:39:45 >> But this is the first of many because

2:39:47 The Coconuts and Clowns. We have two

2:39:49 weeks off. Let me read between the lines

2:39:51 a little bit here. Two weeks, no banana

2:39:53 ball. So sad. I don't know what I'm

2:39:55 going to do without you guys for the

2:39:56 next two weeks other than watch old

2:39:57 broadcast back and read the chat and

2:40:00 then feel like I'm still there with you.

2:40:02 But after those two weeks is going to be

2:40:03 the Coconuts in Portland, Maine against

2:40:05 the Tailgator. But then the second

2:40:08 series out of the break is Coconuts

2:40:09 Clowns in Buoie, Maryland. Can you be

2:40:12 any more excited for that series after

2:40:14 the great banana ball we just saw for

2:40:15 three straight nights?

2:40:16 >> I am itching for it. I am itching for

2:40:18 the end of July. I cannot wait. I'm

2:40:21 jealous you get to go to Portland. Very

2:40:23 jealous. It's one of my favorite cities,

2:40:25 but I can't wait for Buoie.

2:40:26 >> Well, Cam, thank you so much. It's been

2:40:28 a phenomenal weekend. So, for our

2:40:30 outstanding crew, top to bottom, the

2:40:32 producer Emerson Elgrren, the director,

2:40:34 Chris Haynes, everyone involved in the

2:40:36 control room, every camera operator,

2:40:38 every chat moderator, and I'll tell you

2:40:40 what, everyone who tuned in at any point

2:40:42 this weekend, you're just as much an

2:40:44 important part of this show because

2:40:45 without you, we wouldn't do what we love

2:40:48 the way that we do. So, you made this

2:40:49 truly special. Over the course of the

2:40:51 next two weeks, I have a challenge for

2:40:52 you. a real challenge. But if you can do

2:40:54 it, I promise you when I see you next in

2:40:57 Portland, Maine, you're going to feel

2:40:59 like a better person because when you do

2:41:00 good things for others, it comes right

2:41:02 back to your soul. So my goal for

2:41:04 everyone still listening is for the next

2:41:05 two weeks, do something every day for

2:41:08 someone else. Do something selfless. It

2:41:10 feels selfless and it's not selfish, but

2:41:12 in a sense it is. Because when you

2:41:14 spread kindness, when you spread joy,

2:41:15 when you let that infectious love

2:41:17 overtake your soul, I promise you it's

2:41:20 going to do a lot for yourself as well.

2:41:22 I'll stop rambling. We're going to say

2:41:24 so long. I'm AJ Switech. It's been a

2:41:26 pleasure with Cam Stewart. The Coconuts,

2:41:28 winners of the game, winners of the

2:41:29 series. Today's final score, 5 to2.

2:41:32 Until next time, spread love, spread

2:41:34 joy, and go loco, baby. Happy birthday,

2:41:37 America.

2:42:48 Whatever.