Firefighters @ Texas Tailgaters

0:44 just hit a home run in front of 60,000

0:46 people. How do you feel?

0:48 >> Well, Brett, it's plain and simple. I'm

0:50 the best there ever is. I mean, I wake

0:52 up in the morning and I It's excellent.

0:55 I'm I'm a big carrot. American winning

0:58 machine if you ain't first or last.

1:04 >> Bro, we went to Frisco and the Texas

1:07 tailgator finally unveiled their

1:10 official mascot. The cowboy wearing big

1:13 old green alligator himself who's going

1:16 to steal every piece of meat that you

1:19 have at your tailgate. Grub the gator.

1:22 And that weekend in Frisco was special

1:25 because then we played the Loco Beach

1:27 Coconuts and our captain does this

1:29 Fiverr. Jordan Hussein, the Texas kid, a

1:33 diving grab as the tailgator would be

1:35 tied up all at two apiece. And Fiverr

1:38 out there making web gyms just as he

1:40 does so very, very, very often for the

1:43 boys in blue and orange. And then golden

1:45 batter, Eric Osberg.

1:48 Magic can't happen twice, but Jordan

1:50 Hussein can. And then after the

1:53 defensive prowess, trailing by one point

1:56 going to the bottom of the ninth. Who do

1:57 the tailgator call on?

2:00 >> Big on big.

2:03 >> Kmart out to left field. Ta going back

2:08 at the fence. It's gone. It's gone. It's

2:12 gone. Kyle Martin's first home run in

2:14 the sport ties us up at three apiece.

2:18 crowds would you rather be

2:28 and how Taco

2:31 the first earn run CJ Williams has ever

2:34 conceded.

2:36 This is banana ball. The moment never

2:41 too big in the ninth, but what about in

2:43 showdowns? CJ Williams, Nick Lopez.

2:46 Bottom of round number one. How would it

2:49 end?

2:52 Lopei over the head of Gideon Antel.

2:55 It's going to roll for a while. Gideon's

2:57 got good wheels. Get on your horse, Liy.

3:00 Get on your horse. Antel finally gets to

3:03 it. Ly's on third and 80. Great arm.

3:06 Sells over the head. Tailgators win.

3:09 Tailgators win. Tailgator win. Nick

3:12 Lopez walks it off. Four and a three.

3:15 And we are so back in the Lone Star

3:17 State.

3:20 >> After going four and four over their

3:22 final eight games heading into the

3:24 Banana Ball Open, something caught fire

3:27 within the Texas Tailgator and

3:29 specifically their 33-year-old superstar

3:32 Kyle Martin in game one against the

3:34 >> quarter here for the Texas Tailgator.

3:36 And Kmart sends what? Deep center field.

3:40 Kmart with another long ball. Welcome to

3:43 the action here in the Banana Ball Open.

3:46 >> First of two home runs for Kmart in the

3:48 open. And then Sunshine provided us the

3:51 play of the year.

3:52 >> Mason Maxwell hard hit Sunny times out.

3:55 Trick play. Oh, it's a double trick

3:58 play. Is that the play of the year?

4:01 Jonathan Sunshine Loers lays out between

4:04 the legs bucket. Throws it to first.

4:06 Taylor Justice between the legs bucket.

4:10 That was psychotic.

4:12 is banana ball.

4:15 >> And from arguably the play of the year

4:17 to the play that helped win the

4:19 tailgator the equalizer point and win

4:22 the ball game on Friday night.

4:23 >> Kicked out over to J5 between the legs

4:26 and that's the equalizer point for the

4:29 tailgator. Double trick play.

4:31 >> Bucket bucket. And just like that, the

4:34 Texas Tailgator off the backs of the

4:37 Texas kid and Taylor Justice win the

4:40 equalizer point. is vitally important.

4:44 >> With a win on Friday night against the

4:45 firefighters, the Tailgator faced off in

4:47 game one of the Banana Ball Open

4:49 Championship against those Savannah

4:50 Bananas. And how about a start to it

4:53 from Jordan Hussein. A little booket

4:56 there on a 6463

4:58 double play. You've never seen anything

5:00 like that in your entire life. And then

5:02 we hadn't seen this yet this year

5:04 either. Jordan Bart hits his first home

5:07 run in his banana ball career in route

5:09 to putting the tailgator up two points

5:12 to none there in the third inning.

5:14 Feeling really good about those boys

5:16 from my hometown Corpus Christie.

5:21 >> Let's go.

5:27 >> Blue and orange, red and black, even a

5:30 little yellow. This weekend, the city of

5:33 Corpus Christi has been painted by the

5:36 sport of banana ball. Game three here in

5:38 the sparkling city by the sea is a big

5:40 one as the Texas Tailgator are looking

5:43 to earn their first ever threeame series

5:46 sweep and the firefighters are trying to

5:48 end their fiveame losing streak.

5:50 Jonathan Hughes will be the first arm,

5:52 the man, the grill for the boys in blue

5:54 and orange as the fireballer Jared

5:56 Donaldson will try to cool down the

5:59 Gator Bats. Come on in and stay a while.

6:04 He's Zach Stton. I'm Brett Loftess and

6:07 this is Bananal on the Texas Tailgator

6:10 YouTube channel and Valley Sports. Zack,

6:12 last night, another heartbreaker for the

6:15 firefighters, but another game they were

6:17 clearly one of the very best teams in

6:18 this sport. They just ran into the

6:20 juggernaut that has and continues to be

6:22 the Texas Tailgator.

6:23 >> There are not many words you can use to

6:24 describe the two games that have been

6:26 played here so far in Corpus Christie,

6:27 but the few you can. Instant classic,

6:30 unbelievable, and exactly what you come

6:33 to expect from Banana Ball. Great trip

6:35 plays, timely offense, even better

6:37 pitching, and mustsea moments. And

6:39 that's exactly what you get from the

6:41 tailgator and the firefighters tonight.

6:43 It's a massive one for the boys in the

6:45 black and neon. A huge one for the blue

6:48 and orange. They win tonight. They have

6:49 the most wins in banana ball,

6:51 potentially more than the Savannah

6:53 bananas.

6:53 >> Tied with those bananas right now. All

6:55 at 15. and these firefighters, these

6:57 tailgators, the middle children of our

6:59 sport. But there's one connection, one

7:01 connection that holds them very, very

7:03 true to each other. A man who was on

7:05 both of the first year teams, the

7:07 inaugural teams if you will. His name is

7:09 Zach Watson. He shares a very special

7:11 connection still with the firefighters.

7:13 Michael Schwarz caught up earlier with

7:14 him today.

7:21 >> Val Perez, head coach of the

7:23 firefighters. Zach Watson, left field

7:26 for your Texas tailgator. Now, we know

7:28 that this is Val's hometown Corpus

7:30 Christie. Her family and so many more

7:32 friends were here, including your

7:34 daughters. Your youngest daughter, Emma,

7:36 though, wore your jersey for the first

7:39 game. The second game last night, wore

7:42 this guy's jersey and sat in the

7:44 tailgator dugout. Why? First of all,

7:48 that guy bought her that jersey. Let me

7:50 just point that out as a gift. so kind.

7:52 Him and his wife Jess so kind. Um, no,

7:55 but Emma's loved Zach from year one. Um,

7:57 when we started off, Zach was a

7:59 firefighter. And, um, they really bonded

8:01 over our first MLB game at in DC. And

8:05 ever since then, she was a huge Watson

8:07 fan. So, um, you know, he's he's all

8:09 right of a guy, I guess, so I can't be

8:10 too mad about it. But when he went over

8:11 to the Texas Tailgator, um, her

8:14 allegiance to him did not waver. So, she

8:16 she continues to cheer for him and and

8:18 in cheering for him, she spent more time

8:20 around the rest of the tailgator. So,

8:22 you know, this organization is filled

8:23 with great people. So, I I can't be too

8:25 mad about it.

8:25 >> Can't be too mad because she is still so

8:27 super proud of her mom. She went to camp

8:30 and was helping her mom even coach. When

8:32 we got here in Corpus Christi, I asked

8:35 Emma, "Who's your favorite player in all

8:37 banana ball?" Zach Watson. What's with

8:39 this bond?

8:40 >> Um, I'm not sure. Like she said, uh,

8:42 when we walked out in the Washington

8:44 National Park, she kind of just became

8:48 my best friend. So, like every time she

8:49 sees me, she has a big smile on her face

8:51 and she's awesome. I even told Val and

8:53 me and my wife would we would adopt her.

8:56 >> Well, I don't know. I mean, we're still

8:59 good. She's she's not in trouble for

9:00 wearing his jersey or there's nothing

9:02 bad like that.

9:03 >> I mean, maybe like a joint custody

9:04 thing. We can work out something. You

9:06 know, we could figure that out. But no,

9:08 uh she's she's great. She's been having

9:10 so much fun. Um especially with whenever

9:13 she shows up in the Tailgator jersey, my

9:15 guys are just letting her have it just

9:17 left and right. So, she's learning a

9:19 little thick skin along the way, but

9:20 it's all in in good fun.

9:22 >> She wears her mom's jersey partly to get

9:25 more Christmas presents.

9:26 >> Sure.

9:27 >> Sure. But also Wally's jersey. That's

9:29 loyal, but that just shows the family

9:31 that Banana Ball is. Val, I just have to

9:33 say it's been a great time being with

9:34 you here in Corpus Christi and seeing

9:36 the the joy that your family and friends

9:38 have been having, partly because of what

9:40 Wad's doing for her younger daughter.

9:43 We'll send it back to you guys.

9:47 Both of those amazing humans were

9:50 involved in last night's game here in

9:52 Corpus Christi, Texas. Started off in

9:54 the first and second innings with a lot

9:56 of trick plays. There's your watty wo

9:58 from the man you just heard from,

10:00 Armando Betta after he was the

10:02 designated fielder on Thursday night.

10:04 Came in with a big RBI single in the top

10:06 of the second. Taylor Justice hit an

10:08 animal that is yet to land. If I had to

10:10 give a guesstimation, over 450 ft out of

10:14 Waterburgger Field last night. Zack,

10:17 despite the home run, firefighters still

10:19 struck first one to nothing and then

10:20 this happened.

10:21 >> This is the greatest play in Banana Ball

10:23 history. My biased aside, that was

10:26 incredible. Logan Lacy risked his life

10:29 for an out and made one of the coolest

10:32 moments ever, but the Tailgator got a

10:34 point off of it. Firefighters continuing

10:36 to try to do battle in the trick play

10:38 column until a ball for Sprint walked

10:40 in. The second point for the Texas

10:41 Tailgator of the night. M Danford able

10:44 to draw a ball for a sprint in the

10:46 seventh. Makes it three to one. Darren

10:48 McDow, big man, is a premier right

10:51 fielder. Showed it off yet again. Joe

10:53 Spiron. What say you, Peanut? He says a

10:55 lot. Home run number two on the year for

10:58 >> Peanut Power.

10:59 >> Well, I was going to say young nut, but

11:01 that works.

11:03 >> That works on the left side. Kyle Martin

11:06 uses the golden batter in the home half

11:07 of the eighth. It'll be the first of two

11:09 abs he would have in the bottom of the

11:11 eighth inning. What would he do here?

11:13 The auction with a base hit right over

11:15 the noggin of Tyler Hughes. That would

11:17 be Jordan Hussein would be running. He

11:19 would come home to score and then so

11:21 would Nick Lopez on the RBI single.

11:23 Reese Miller, do we have a double play

11:25 to end it? At least that right there as

11:27 he throws it into center field. Three to

11:29 two. Dalton Cornet, one of the clutchest

11:31 players our sport has ever seen. First

11:33 pitch he sees in his golden batter.

11:35 Taylor Justice steps on first, throw to

11:37 second. a 3-6 double play to conclude

11:40 the tailgator 15th win of the year.

11:43 Their fifth over the firefighters and

11:45 their seventh straight here in the Lone

11:48 Star State. But as we said at the top of

11:49 the show, Zach, it was an incredible

11:51 ball game where the firefighters really

11:53 just got beat. They were by far one of

11:56 the best versions of themselves we've

11:58 seen here in 2026.

11:59 >> Dalton Cornette hits that to almost any

12:01 other first baseman other than Taylor

12:03 Justice. That ball's probably getting

12:04 through because it was hit so hard. But

12:07 these Texas tailgators, they are the

12:09 most complete team in this sport.

12:11 Pitching wise and certainly fielding

12:13 wise, they are a cut above the rest of

12:15 the league. Nine hits, they just come up

12:17 so timely and in clutch situations where

12:19 it matters the most. The Texas Tailgator

12:21 are a juggernaut of this sport. And the

12:23 firefighters showed a lot of moxy last

12:25 night and a particular special city.

12:27 They showed it last night.

12:29 >> Yeah, the tailgator the best team in the

12:31 sport on the other side in the other

12:34 dugout I should say. one of the most

12:36 special people in this sport. We just

12:38 heard from her with Zack Watson. But

12:41 here, our very own Zach Stton got to

12:44 catch up with the skipper of the

12:46 firefighters earlier this afternoon, Val

12:48 Perez.

12:51 Brett, thank you very much. Val, last

12:52 year at the City Selection Show, I asked

12:54 you about one road series for the

12:56 firefighters, and that was here in your

12:57 hometown of Corpus Christi. Now getting

12:59 a chance to experience this week, what

13:01 has it meant to you? Uh, it's been

13:04 obviously incredibly special. Um, from

13:06 being born and raised here, I played

13:08 college ball here. I've been coming to

13:10 Hooks games at this stadium forever. Um,

13:12 and then of course I served in the fire

13:13 department here. And so every single

13:14 night there's been numerous firefighters

13:17 throughout the stands, people I went to

13:18 high school with, people I went to

13:19 college with, um, and people I worked

13:21 with. Um, and so, you know, just seeing

13:23 everybody at literally everywhere I'm

13:25 turning was is always incredible. So,

13:27 it's a huge homecoming. Um, but a big

13:29 big moment for me is this is Banana Ball

13:32 is the reason why I retired and the

13:34 reason why my my family and I moved. And

13:35 so bringing back to Corpus Christie, the

13:38 reason of why I left and showing them

13:40 how incredible it is and what Banana

13:42 Ball is and what it means um is

13:43 something that's really incredible

13:45 >> last night to get to go up into the

13:46 batters box, get an ovation, and take a

13:48 couple of swings at a field that you

13:50 worked at in multiple different jobs.

13:52 How special was that moment? Yeah, you

13:54 know this Chelsea and I were talking

13:56 last night about it and she was like,

13:57 "My favorite thing was watching your

13:59 guys watching them hyped up." Um, of

14:02 course the rest of the stadium was was

14:03 incredible and I was really special

14:05 moment and it got pretty loud here for a

14:07 little bit, but um, yeah, just looking

14:08 over our dugout and seeing my guys hyped

14:10 up and amped for me to to get that

14:11 moment was special.

14:13 >> You were also hyped up for one of your

14:14 guys, Logan Lacy might have had the play

14:16 of all time in Banana Ball last night,

14:18 flipping over the dugout. What were your

14:22 reactions to seeing him do that? And

14:24 then what were you told about why the

14:25 tailgator were allowed to score off of

14:27 that by the umpires?

14:28 >> Yeah, Logan Lacy's unreal. I don't know

14:29 if anybody hasn't figured that out yet,

14:31 but he he does things so nonchalant that

14:34 just wows everybody. So, you know, I'm

14:36 I'm never surprised anymore on the his

14:38 capabilities, but it's always amazing to

14:40 see it firsthand. So, I'm very lucky to

14:42 have him on my team. But, um, watching

14:44 that live was incredible. Some of my

14:45 friends were in the dugout watching too

14:46 as well. They were just like and Chelsea

14:48 was clipped on the broadcast with a

14:50 stunned face like it was all it was

14:52 incredible. Um but obviously um the run

14:55 ended up scoring and so I was talking to

14:58 the ump um after to try and figure out

15:00 what was going on and it it's a baseball

15:02 rule. It's you know he entered a dead

15:04 zone and when a player makes a play that

15:06 enters a dead zone the the base runners

15:08 are awarded one base. Unfortunately we

15:10 had a runner on third and that's

15:12 actually how we lost that inning. So

15:13 unfortunate uh outcome, but you know,

15:16 like I said last night, I'm never going

15:17 to pull Logan back on that. How do you

15:20 how do you take that away from a guy? I

15:21 want him to be that aggressive. I want

15:22 him to be that hungry. And so I I'm just

15:25 amazed with with his capabilities.

15:27 >> Real quickly here, Jared Donaldson in

15:28 the ninth inning last night, gathered

15:30 guys around, gave an impassion speech.

15:32 He's the starter tonight. How much is

15:34 his energy been a part of what this team

15:36 has been able to accomplish this year?

15:38 >> Yeah, it's a testament to his

15:39 leadership. That's one of the very

15:40 reasons why we drafted him. Um he's not

15:41 new here. Um, and he's cool, calm, and

15:44 collected. Um, he's always been a guy

15:46 who who's keeping us up in the stand on

15:48 the sidelines and keeping everybody in

15:49 it. Um, he saw a need to bring everybody

15:52 up. He did that. He talked to him, fired

15:54 him up. Obviously, things didn't turn

15:55 out the way we wanted last night, but at

15:57 the same time, that leadership and in

15:59 his fire to come out and and take a win

16:01 for us today, I'm I'm excited to see

16:02 what he's going to do on the mound.

16:04 >> Last thing from me, take away the

16:05 results of these last two nights. I know

16:06 they've been heartbreakers this weekend.

16:08 The emotion of it, the experience of

16:10 everything, getting to go back to your

16:11 old fire station, coming back here to

16:13 Waterburger Field. Has this been

16:15 everything you could have hoped it would

16:16 have been?

16:17 >> And more I mean, it's it more things are

16:20 happening and the story that's written

16:21 that I wasn't even a part of every

16:23 aspect of it. It's just kind of

16:24 unfolding in the way that it's meant to

16:26 be. Um, has been incredible. And I was

16:28 actually talking to to Dear earlier

16:30 today and I was like, you know, it's

16:32 it's crazy how this stuff these things

16:34 that we get to experience are happening.

16:35 I'm so grateful for people like you in

16:37 our social media team and our

16:38 photographers and everybody who's around

16:40 to capture it all and and so eloquently

16:42 put it into a beautiful story to where

16:45 when I take a break after, you know, in

16:47 a couple days, get back home and take a

16:49 little breather, um it gets to set in.

16:51 And so it's I'm trying to take advantage

16:53 and be where my feet are and absorb

16:55 every moment. Um but as we know,

16:58 everything moves like that, right? And

16:59 so, um, I'm excited to be able to review

17:02 this whole weekend, but it's definitely

17:03 going to be one of the most weekends of

17:05 best weekends of my life for sure.

17:06 >> Enjoy one more in the game here tonight,

17:07 coach.

17:08 >> Absolutely. Let's get the win.

17:09 >> Let's get one more win. Let's get one

17:10 win here tonight in Corpus Christie for

17:12 Val Perez.

17:15 >> What a burger field. And what an

17:17 interview from Zach State. And he's to

17:19 my right. I'm Brett Loftess. You see all

17:21 the good stats here about this

17:23 beautiful, beautiful ballpark in the

17:25 sparkling city by the sea. I I want to

17:27 revisit though what Val just said about

17:30 she never wants to rain her guys back.

17:31 Yeah, they've lost standing there, Zach,

17:32 because of that play and she eloquently

17:34 explained it. Ball going out of play

17:37 with the player, it's dead. So, a base

17:40 runner able to advance up. Never wants

17:41 to reign a player back. In essence,

17:43 that's banana ball.

17:44 >> That's that's what it means to be a

17:45 firefighter. You have to run into the

17:47 adversity and the danger, risk a lot of

17:49 things, including your life to save

17:51 somebody. obviously on a much smaller

17:54 scale of importance, but what Logan Lacy

17:57 did last night is trying to salvage a

17:59 point for his team. Obviously, it's not

18:00 what happened, but Val Perez, it's one

18:02 thing that I'm I'm so impressed with her

18:04 as our coach, never makes an excuse last

18:07 night. You even heard it after her AB

18:08 with Michael Schwarz talk about it. She

18:10 said it then, it was the right call. And

18:12 that was during the heat of the battle,

18:13 the heat of the emotion of everything,

18:15 she was even able to admit it. So, you

18:17 know, her being able to come back home,

18:18 getting a chance to visit her old

18:20 station with her yesterday, station 7

18:22 here of the Corpus Christie Fire

18:23 Department was so emotional, Brett, it

18:25 was this has been such a dream weekend

18:28 for her. I'm glad we all get to be a

18:29 part of it.

18:30 >> It's been a really big weekend in other

18:33 aspects of Banana Ball as well as some

18:34 tailgators and firefighters were able to

18:37 have a popup Banana Ball youth camp on

18:39 Wednesday afternoon. Michael Schwarz has

18:42 more on that from earlier today.

18:46 Yeah, here with Tailgator catcher Taj

18:48 Porter. You look, when we first got to

18:50 Corpus Christi, something really cool.

18:52 We went right to the fields to have a

18:54 youth camp, 100 kids. We're doing 12 of

18:57 these throughout the season. They're all

18:58 sold out right now, but how cool was

19:00 that to interact with the kids?

19:01 >> Yeah, it was dope. Uh we had a lot of

19:03 kids come out from Corpus. It was a

19:05 great showing. It was fun. We got a lot

19:07 of good talent out there. A lot of good

19:09 laughs. Kids were dancing. Taj was

19:11 teaching them the dances along with

19:12 Christian Dearman. Coaches from both

19:14 sides were there. We had Javon Ray

19:16 there. We had Indiana Stanley. They were

19:19 going through different stations of

19:20 trick plays, dances, and then it was the

19:22 game. Don't you wish that we had that of

19:24 banana ball when we were growing up?

19:26 >> Absolutely. I would have loved to have

19:28 banana ball growing up. And it's funny,

19:29 I was, you know, we were just doing BBB

19:31 and I got kids coming up to me asking

19:33 about like my route to banana ball and

19:35 told them I was like, "Biggest thing,

19:36 just have fun with what you do." These

19:38 kids are so fortunate to have banana

19:40 ball grow up with it. One of those kids

19:42 who got really successful. Bam. And he

19:46 hit one inside the park home run. I

19:48 said, "If you get another inside the

19:50 park home run, I'll give you a game

19:52 ball." So, I owe it to you. Here's your

19:54 game ball. You're coming to the game

19:56 today. Here it is. I lost the bet.

19:58 >> Thank you very much. But I thought part

20:00 of the bet was that I got to push you

20:02 into the pool.

20:02 >> No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No, that's

20:05 that's definitely that's definitely not.

20:14 >> Yeah, we got him.

20:19 >> Wow,

20:20 >> Michael Schwarz. Hopefully he dried.

20:25 >> Oh, he tossed the microphone out, by the

20:27 way. So, protecting the technology, too.

20:29 But

20:29 >> you know what happens in banana ball? If

20:31 you bot, you get tossed out of the game.

20:34 And for more of those 11 glorious rules

20:36 of our sport, let's toss it to the owner

20:40 and creator of our sport, Jesse Cole.

20:45 >> Banana Ball is the fastest and most

20:47 entertaining show in sports, and the 11

20:49 rules guarantee the most fans first

20:51 experience every second.

20:53 >> Unbelievable.

20:55 >> Welcome to the Banana Bowl Championship

20:57 League.

20:57 >> Rule number one, win the inning, win the

21:00 point. The team that scores the most

21:02 runs in an inning wins the point.

21:04 >> It's a walk-off winner to the def.

21:08 Oh my goodness.

21:09 >> With the equalizer point, trick plays

21:11 provide the away team an opportunity to

21:13 earn a point going into the final

21:15 inning. And in the final inning, every

21:17 run counts as a point. Rule number two,

21:20 Banana Ball has a 2hour time limit,

21:23 guaranteeing that every game is

21:25 fast-paced and action-packed. Rule

21:28 number three, no stepping out of the

21:30 batter's box. If you do, it will result

21:32 in a strike.

21:33 >> Max stepped out of the box and because

21:35 he stepped out of the box, that's it.

21:37 >> Rule number four, no bunting, cuz

21:39 bunting sucks. If you bunt, you'll be

21:42 thrown out of the game. Rule number

21:44 five, batters can steal first base.

21:46 >> Ball three, get it taken off for first

21:48 throw from Leroy in time.

21:50 >> Rule number six, there's no walks. Walks

21:54 are ball force sprints. The batter can

21:56 advance as far as they want until every

21:59 position player touches the ball.

22:01 >> No defenders have touched the banana

22:03 ball. It is a four base spread to open

22:06 up the ball game.

22:07 >> Rule number seven, no mound visits.

22:10 >> Nope. Rule number eight, foul balls

22:13 caught by a fan count as an out.

22:16 >> Oh my goodness, they did. They can't

22:18 guard it on the clock. We're going to

22:21 show

22:22 >> rule number nine, the showdowns. In

22:25 showdowns, the best of the best face off

22:27 in the biggest moment. One hitter verse

22:29 one pitcher with one fielder behind him.

22:32 And the hitter has to score deep to

22:34 right center. CU

22:37 Raider.

22:38 >> Rule number 10, the banana ball

22:40 challenge role gives the coaches and

22:42 you, the fans, a chance to impact a call

22:45 on the field. Rule number 11, the golden

22:48 batter. Once a game, each team can give

22:51 any player in a bat, regardless of the

22:53 lineup. This offers the biggest matchups

22:55 on the biggest stage.

22:57 >> Big on big.

23:00 Let's go. Let's go. Let's go. Get out of

23:03 here. Ball. That thing had a family.

23:08 >> And those are the rules of banana ball.

23:14 >> Gosh, I love banana ball.

23:16 And gosh, I love you, Zach Stton. Your

23:19 two keys to success tonight for the

23:21 firefighters are stick to the protocol.

23:23 Look, you've had a chance to win in all

23:25 three of the last three games, entering

23:27 the ninth inning, either with a lead or

23:29 a two-point deficit. You've got shots to

23:32 win. Just stick to what you do well and

23:35 power through. Hey, firefighters have

23:37 hit with some bombs this weekend. Three

23:39 bombs this weekend to be exact. That is

23:41 the most tied for the most they've had

23:43 in a series this year. Keep finding ways

23:45 for the power ball to go your way. Brett

23:47 Loftess, I love you too, Pooky Bear.

23:50 >> What you know about 2026? Taylor

23:54 Justice.

23:55 Since the banana ball open, Mr. TJ is

23:58 hitting 333 with a couple of pumps,

24:00 including one last night. And he also is

24:03 fifth in that time frame with 34 31,

24:06 excuse me, trick plays. He's a first

24:08 baseman with 31 trick plays since the

24:12 Banana Ball open. That is a 14 game span

24:16 since the open. Absolutely incredible.

24:18 And also, the tailgator

24:21 Texas. The boys in blue and orange have

24:23 won their last seven games they've

24:25 played here in the Lonear State. That's

24:28 dating back to Emarillo in that game

24:30 three victory over the Coconuts. They

24:33 then won both games in El Paso against

24:37 the Firefighters. They also won both

24:38 games in College Station against the

24:40 Bananas and then won the first two games

24:42 of this weekend as well. The

24:43 Firefighters playing the fifth game in

24:45 their young history in Texas and 0 and4

24:48 to this point in the Lone Star State.

24:52 If there was ever one to win in the

24:54 state of Texas, it would be tonight for

24:57 the firefighters and for Val Perez in

24:59 her hometown, Zack of Corpus Christie,

25:01 Texas. The guys are fired up for her

25:03 tonight. You saw, we talked about it

25:05 earlier, Jared Donaldson gathering the

25:07 guys around in the ninth inning. They're

25:08 impassioned, not just because of the

25:11 moments, but because of the person they

25:13 are playing for tonight in Val Perez.

25:16 This is someone who loves this city, and

25:18 her team loves it just as much as her.

25:20 Anna Douglas, the leader of the Texas

25:23 TwoStepers, has a microphone and wants

25:26 to get you all at home and the 7,000

25:28 folks here in Corpus Christi warmed up.

25:40 >> Whatever you do, all 8,000 fans are

25:44 going to do. Are you ready?

25:47 >> You heard her. Let's go.

25:51 Clap those hand on.

25:54 A little practice for Hey, baby.

25:57 >> She brought her lasso.

26:01 Oh, we got a disco queen tonight.

26:06 >> Time to boogie

26:10 >> and clap those hands.

26:14 All right, Corpus Christie. Nice and

26:16 loud for me. Let's hear it again for

26:19 six-year-old Laya.

26:41 Ladies,

26:43 gentlemen, boys and girls, and parking

26:47 lot party people from around

26:51 the world.

26:53 Tonight, you and thousands of your

26:56 friends here live. Millions more

26:58 watching at home have gathered to

27:00 witness something that frat boys across

27:03 the country could only ever dream of.

27:06 From parking lots to 80 foot yachts,

27:10 from backyard grills to a stadium that

27:13 thrills the pregamers come from every

27:16 corner of the globe to witness this. But

27:20 this is not baseball. No, this is the

27:23 arena where these Texas twostep in

27:26 tradition upset. Big hit getting ball

27:29 players await the opening of the gate to

27:32 deliver a Texassized beatd down to

27:35 whoever lines up across from them. And

27:37 tonight, ladies and gentlemen, well, it

27:40 looks like the firefighters are about to

27:42 find out why you don't mess with Texas.

27:52 But no, this is not your granddad's

27:54 pastime. This is not just another night

27:56 at the ballpark. No, this game is

27:59 baseball by birth, but it's fruit by

28:01 name and an absolute worldwide

28:04 phenomenon by the grace of God. So now

28:08 is the time for all of you here in

28:13 Corpus Christi, Texas to get up on your

28:17 feet and give me your voices

28:24 because this is the greatest pregame in

28:27 sports. Ladies and gentlemen, this is

28:30 Final Ball.

28:34 It's time for the starting lineup of

28:37 your Texas tailgator. From the concourse

28:40 in left field, number two, Zack Watson.

28:46 The designated hitter number nine, Nick

28:51 Lopez.

28:53 The extra hitter number 27, Kyle Martin.

29:01 At third base, number six, Jordan.

29:07 At first base, number 85, Taylor

29:11 Justice.

29:13 In right field, number 28, he's brother

29:18 Jose Gonzalez.

29:21 At second base, number 11, M. Dangford.

29:27 behind the played catcher number 26 Tosh

29:32 the quadfather Porter

29:35 in center field number seven Indiana

29:40 Stanley

29:43 at shortstop number five Jordan Hussein

29:49 with a starting pitcher number eight

29:53 Jonathan Hughes

29:57 The Texas tailgator are led by head

30:00 coach Chel Nichol, assisted by coach

30:03 Penny, and coach Andrew, father of the

30:07 tailgate, Bman.

30:18 I don't feel

30:38 >> it's bananable. ball on Valley Sports

30:41 and the Stadium app. It's the

30:44 firefighters. It's the Texas Tailgator.

30:47 And it's game three here in Corpus

30:49 Christie, Texas.

30:53 Come on in and stay a while. He's Zach

30:55 Stton. I'm Brett Loftess. We have a

30:58 great great ball game for you tonight.

30:59 Texas tailgator looking to sweep those

31:02 firefighters. The firefighters looking

31:04 to stop their fivegame

31:06 skid. We welcome you in. Cannot wait to

31:09 play banana ball tonight. But before we

31:10 can do that, we must throw it down to

31:12 the field here at Waterburger Field to

31:14 our national anthem.

31:42 Hey, really appreciate you making

31:46 the national.

31:52 And now, as we honor America with the

31:55 singing of tonight's national anthem,

31:57 please welcome to the field Haley

31:59 Gregory. I will start to grow

32:09 by the dawn early.

32:26 We'll go into our defense

32:34 through the par

32:41 or the railarts

32:44 we watched

32:47 were so gall

32:55 And the rock is red glare.

33:01 The bombs bursting

33:04 in

33:06 gave proof through the night

33:12 that our flag was still there.

33:18 Oh, say does that star spangled

33:28 way

33:33 for the land

33:36 of the free

33:42 and the

33:48 is going to walk off. So, take a little

33:49 breather here.

34:23 Tracy, give it up for

34:29 how blessed are we. The middle children

34:33 of our wonderful sport of an animal, the

34:35 Texas tailgators,

34:38 the firefighters.

34:40 Coming in with inversed records, the

34:42 boys in blue and orange at 15 and 10.

34:44 The boys in fire and flames coming in at

34:47 10 and 15. Where else would you rather

34:50 spend your Saturday night than with us?

34:53 He's sten. I'm Brett Loftess. And what

34:57 is on the line tonight? Well, we'll tell

34:58 you that as we take a look at the

35:01 Tailgator defensive setup here. The

35:04 Tailgator are trying to win their eighth

35:06 straight ball game in Texas and in their

35:08 first ever threeame sweep in their young

35:11 history as the Firefighters trying to

35:13 stop their fivegame skid. And they do so

35:15 with the best defense our sport has to

35:18 offer. That outfield as good as it

35:20 comes. Those corner infielders of Taylor

35:22 Justice and Jordan Bar. Both very elite

35:24 Taylor Justice. 31 of his 34 trick plays

35:28 have come since 35 trick plays, excuse

35:30 me, have come since the banana ball

35:31 open. But up the middle, let me

35:33 introduce you, if you don't already

35:34 know, to Jordan Hussein, the captain of

35:36 his squad at shortstop, and Jonathan

35:39 Sunshine. Looters at second base. Both

35:42 the league leaders in trick plays in our

35:44 sport of banana ball. Taj Porter, he's

35:47 making his 19th straight start behind

35:49 the dish tonight, 16th straight in the

35:51 regular season. And who does he get the

35:53 pleasure to catch tonight? It's his

35:55 battery mate, the man from Flowery

35:57 Branch, Georgia. A five-year pitcher at

36:00 Georgia Tech University and a second

36:02 round draft pick of the Baltimore

36:04 Orioles out of high school. Jonathan

36:07 Hughes, a right-handed fireballer who's

36:10 making just his second regular season

36:12 start, third on the year for the Texas

36:15 Tailgator. Made one in the Banana Ball

36:17 Open. And a big night for him in a spot

36:19 where we all thought the problem starter

36:21 was going to be Chris Clark, the ace of

36:23 the staff. Instead, it's Jonathan Hughes

36:25 and a big start nonetheless for him. The

36:27 lineup that he will face tonight, it'll

36:29 be led off by that man. They call him

36:32 Tiny. His mother, I'm sure, calls him

36:34 Tiner.

36:35 >> And we call him Big Time Impact in the

36:37 Firehouse. 341 average, six straight

36:39 games with a hit here coming tonight.

36:41 Kaden Peanut Green, 395 average, the

36:44 best on the firefighters. The guy I want

36:46 to focus on is Logan Lacy. You saw it in

36:48 our pregame show on the Texas Tailgator

36:50 YouTube channel. had maybe the play of

36:52 all time in banana ball history. The

36:55 firefighters tonight play their 78th

36:57 World Tour contest in the team's

36:59 existence. Logan Lacy has started every

37:02 single one of those 78 contest. This is

37:05 a massive one for him and his

37:07 confidence. Brett Loftess, this is a

37:09 massive one for the firefighters

37:10 tonight.

37:11 >> Andrew Bartman, my favorite father not

37:13 named Brandon Loftess has a microphone.

37:15 >> All right, Corpus Christie, let's close

37:17 this series out. In Banana Ball, we like

37:19 to say start the clock. But here at

37:21 Tailgator Country and in the great state

37:24 of Texas, we're going to say light the

37:26 grill. So help me out on the count of

37:27 three and say light the grill. Ready? 1

37:30 2 3.

37:33 >> Boo.

37:35 >> Showtime.

37:37 >> Leading off for the firefighters, number

37:40 55, Tiner.

37:42 >> Joe Mick lights up the grill.

37:46 How blessed are we? Game three of Banana

37:50 Ball here at Waterburger Field. Jonathan

37:52 Hughes and tiny using a tiny bat

37:57 takes the ball to begin the ball game.

37:58 First pitch at 7:07 Central time local

38:02 from Corpus Christi, Texas.

38:07 >> I'm just going to admit I don't like

38:09 being a little bit on the nose there

38:10 with the tiny bat for tiny.

38:13 >> Don't like it at all.

38:16 He'll swing his regular size bat as he's

38:20 still in the driver's seat here. Two

38:21 balls and a strike. Tiny one for three

38:23 last night.

38:25 >> He is struck out to begin both games

38:28 this weekend.

38:34 >> Out to center. Indiana Stanley. What say

38:37 you? Book it. behind the back trick play

38:42 to begin this ball game tonight for the

38:44 boys in blue and orange.

38:46 >> How much has Indiana Stanley had his

38:48 hands on each of the first two games

38:50 here this weekend? Another trick played.

38:52 That tornado catch just looks so

38:54 perfect. You called him the freakiest

38:56 athlete in the sport and he certainly

38:57 looked like it there.

38:59 >> Wow. Peanut had an opportunity to steal

39:02 first base. That's Kaden Green keeping

39:04 up with the government names at home. He

39:06 is in the MVP conversation at this point

39:09 and last night he continued to further

39:11 that conversation with a solo home run

39:13 in the eighth inning.

39:19 >> Yeah, Kaden Green is the most improved

39:22 in this sport this year in 2026. Was a

39:25 250 hitter last year

39:27 already at 395 this year. Even with a

39:30 couple of tougher weeks over the last

39:32 couple of weekends, he's been superb.

39:36 Chopper to his shortstop counterpart

39:40 J5 booket

39:43 and that's my captain. He was the on the

39:46 receiving end of that three to six

39:48 double play that in last night's ball

39:50 game and he is the engine that powers

39:52 this ball club getting out number two

39:54 here in the top of the first. Kaden

39:56 Green talks about how much he's learned

39:57 from Jordan Hussein. He learns from

39:59 again right there going right back to a

40:01 short stop mate on the other side. Day

40:03 Zay three. Dalton Cornet from Pipa

40:06 Passes Kentucky.

40:09 A man that hit 346 last year. Goes

40:12 inside out deep left field. Watt at the

40:15 wall. Makes a nice running grab. Is

40:18 going three up and three down is

40:20 Jonathan Hughes to begin the ball game

40:22 for the Texas Tailgator.

40:24 >> And did it in just a shade under three

40:26 minutes. That was awfully quick for

40:28 Jonathan Hughes making just his second

40:29 start on the world tour this year. But

40:31 boy, that was an oppo taco almost.

40:34 Instead, it just ends up as a 330 foot

40:36 fly out. As we take a look now at the

40:38 firefighters defense here in the bottom

40:41 half of the frame, led by just like the

40:43 Texas tailgator, the middle infielders,

40:46 Tiner Hughes at second base and Kaden

40:48 Peanut Green. 41 trick plays at

40:50 shortstop. Again, you focus on Logan

40:52 Lacy. The guy didn't have a trick play

40:54 last night on the flipping dugout catch,

40:56 but it's one that we will remember until

40:58 the end of time. and Brett Loth. You and

41:00 I both ran out of breath for a moment.

41:02 We both thought for a second we saw a

41:04 firefighter third baseman maybe lose the

41:06 rest of his season much like Chelsea

41:08 Perez who was sitting behind the

41:10 firefighters dugout. I think she lost

41:12 breath for about 10 seconds.

41:15 That's the firefighters defense. The man

41:17 in the middle is their second round pick

41:19 in the Banana Ball player draft and that

41:22 is Jared Donaldelsson. His fourth world

41:24 tour in Banana Ball. his first with the

41:26 firefighters after three spent with the

41:29 team in yellow in the Savannah Bananas.

41:31 A 2-1 record. He has become the

41:33 everyday, every weekend Saturday

41:35 starter. He's got elite stuff. If he

41:38 throws it tonight against a great Texas

41:39 tail tailgator lineup, he could be

41:41 tremendous again. And it's an inaugural

41:44 firefighter going to lead us off here in

41:46 the home half of the first. They call

41:48 him Watti. Zack Watson, Nick Lopez, and

41:51 Kyle Martin. Your first three hitters in

41:52 that lineup. Jordan Bar, you see

41:54 highlighted in the cleanup spot, leading

41:56 the Texas Tailgator in batting average

41:57 of 414. That ranks currently third best

42:01 in a ring tonight in the Banana Ball

42:02 Championship League.

42:07 >> What a great matchup we have. Jared

42:09 Donaldson, he's the emotional leader of

42:12 this bunch. Got the boys in the fire and

42:14 flames fired up before the ninth inning

42:15 last night. He's a fireballer in every

42:18 essence of it when it comes to the

42:19 emotion of a game. when it comes to the

42:21 fast ball, he throws out of his right

42:22 hand. And Donny's had a really good

42:24 performance. Three scoreless innings

42:26 back in Scottsdale, Arizona against

42:28 these tailgators this year. But then two

42:31 weeks ago, tonight actually gave up five

42:34 earned runs against him. Zack Watson

42:36 will begin the home half of the first

42:38 trying to get a hustle double and he'll

42:40 do so as Wadi belly flops and swims into

42:43 second base.

42:46 >> Well, we heard Val Perez's daughter's a

42:47 big fan of Zack Watson. It may be swings

42:50 like this for the reason why. That gets

42:52 all the way over to the corner. South

42:53 Trimble has to run a mile to get it. And

42:55 already a runner in scoring position.

42:56 Nobody away for Nick Lopez.

43:00 Lopey.

43:02 What a weekend. A guy who was hitting

43:04 230 entering this weekend. You see his

43:06 batting average now 44 points.

43:10 For big reason why last night he went

43:12 three for three. Thursday night in game

43:15 one hit his first ever walk-off home run

43:17 in his baseball/ banana ball career and

43:20 his first ever oppo o o o o o o o o o o

43:21 o o o o o o o o o o opp opposite field

43:22 home run as well.

43:25 >> Those three home runs he's already hit

43:27 in 2026 match his rookie year totals of

43:31 2025 with the boys in blue and orange.

43:35 Lopey hard hit to center field. Armando

43:38 Betta great play for out number one.

43:41 quickly gets it back in to hold Wadi at

43:43 second.

43:44 >> Such a veteran presence in center field.

43:46 You'd be tempted to try to go for a

43:48 trick play there, but Wad's got speed to

43:50 burn at second base. Armando holds him.

43:52 Remember, you can go as soon as the

43:54 trick play is initiated. Soon as a tip

43:57 drill touches the glove, you can go.

43:59 Armando just gets the out to send up

44:01 Kmart.

44:02 >> It's the action. Kyle Martin, the

44:05 33year-old extra hitter from Greenville,

44:08 South Carolina.

44:12 He's hitless

44:15 >> in his career or was. Excuse me. He's

44:19 not hitless tonight. Welcome to the

44:23 auction.

44:26 Home run number 12

44:30 as Kyle Martin makes it eight straight

44:33 weekends with a dinger and gives the

44:36 tailgator a one to nothing lead.

44:54 I can't tell you how much I love Kyle

44:57 Martin. Maybe Michael Schwarz can

45:00 explain it just a little bit.

45:06 >> Kmart 12 on the year now. How good did

45:08 that feel to do it in Texas with the

45:10 tailgator?

45:11 >> Through the win right there. That's

45:12 pretty good. I'll take that any day of

45:14 the week. Yeah, you do.

45:16 >> Go catch his breath. Zack Brit,

45:18 >> where is Latrell?

45:44 What y'all know about white chicks?

45:47 >> What y'all know about the uncction?

45:50 >> Two things that people say were probably

45:54 in their prime in the early 2000s. I'd

45:56 say Kyle Martin is in his prime in 2026.

45:59 That's the movie. White chicks, of

46:01 course. Kyle Martin, he is the auction.

46:04 And these Texas tailgators lead this

46:07 ball game one to nothing as my July

46:09 Jason Art is playing live in left field.

46:13 She's popping right out of the spot.

46:17 Oh, good lord. Having 10 days could help

46:20 myself. So I walked up and said, "Baby,

46:24 you made me want to roll around with

46:29 a background

46:36 Chevy.

46:42 Jason will continue to play because

46:45 where else would you hear a player who's

46:47 actively in a ball game also singing

46:49 concert

46:50 this is banana ball really in essence

46:53 Logan Lacy donates one to the good

46:55 people outside of whatever field

47:00 last night we saw Jason have to get to

47:02 work playing in live and left field

47:05 now over on the right side of the

47:06 infield Taylor Justice Jonathan Sunshine

47:09 Lutters oh sunny

47:12 Tripping over the bat, corraling the

47:14 banana ball for out number one.

47:18 >> It might not be a trick play, but that's

47:20 certainly one heck of a snag there over

47:23 at first base for the second baseman.

47:25 The wind is swirling. Look at this. At

47:27 the last second, has to just matrix back

47:30 to get that one in the glove. That's a

47:32 beautiful play ball from Sunshine. Eric

47:35 Jones Jr. 0 and one. He is hitless this

47:38 weekend. 0 for seven.

47:42 Three for seven. He was hitless last

47:45 night. Pardon me. 0 for four.

47:48 >> Goodness gracious. I was trying to say

47:50 Kmart was hitless Thursday night and

47:52 then he shut me up real quick.

47:55 >> That's all right. He had three singles

47:56 on Thursday night. EJ's been tremendous

47:59 since the month of April started. That

48:01 beautiful mustache, stoic as ever,

48:03 facing an 02 hole.

48:06 Got him. Backwards K for Johnny Boy and

48:10 out number two here in the top of the

48:12 second.

48:13 >> Brett, does this look like a guy that's

48:15 making just his second start on a world

48:16 tour this year?

48:18 >> He's very comfortable beginning bowl

48:20 games. It's what he did all five years

48:22 at Georgia Tech and to start off his

48:25 minor league career in the Phillies

48:26 organization.

48:28 >> He's been the long reliever out of the

48:29 pen. He being Jonathan Hughes a lot this

48:31 year for the tailgator. But he told me

48:33 he is as comfortable as they get when

48:35 he's able to start ball games. The

48:37 confidence that Taj Porter behind the

48:39 plate and steals and Jonathan Hughes is

48:42 paramount. Lars Sparks, he's feeling

48:44 very confident back in his neck of the

48:46 woods in Corpus Christie. Good. Taj

48:49 good. Caught a ball, two balls and a

48:51 strike. Eric Bar calling balls and

48:54 strikes this evening.

48:59 There's

49:00 >> one guy that can jumpst start this

49:01 offensive effort for the firefighters.

49:03 It is the man with the perfect name.

49:05 Five home runs as Jason Art sneaks in

49:07 for ball four sprint defense.

49:13 Now Jason Art drops the microphone,

49:17 comes in to grab the ball. As of all

49:19 four spread, all seven defenders have to

49:22 corral the yellow peel. And Lamar

49:24 Sparts, just like he did last night in

49:25 his first play appearance, gets the ball

49:27 for Sprint.

49:29 >> And by the way, that ball for Sprint

49:30 included defense from Jason Art trying

49:32 to sing on the way into the infield. He

49:35 drops a microphone this time. Learn from

49:36 what happened last night. Lamar made it

49:39 all the way to second base last night.

49:40 He'll call the brakes at first base.

49:43 >> Mason Maxwell comes up empty one that

49:48 gets away from Taj. Taj joking around

49:50 with his good friend Lamar Park saying,

49:51 "No, no, no. Better not try to run on

49:53 me.

49:55 >> One of the best defensive catchers the

49:57 sport has to offer in the quad. Father

49:59 behind home plate for the tailgator.

50:03 He's thrown out the second most runners

50:06 in the league this year. Only second to

50:08 the captain and the longest tenure

50:09 banana baller, Bill Loy.

50:16 >> Wow. Joe Peron protecting our lovely

50:20 entertainment staff over there on that

50:21 foul ball.

50:23 He

50:23 >> was agile, too. Making sure he got away

50:25 from that one.

50:28 >> Mason high chopper. Jordan Bart behind

50:31 the back. Book it.

50:34 Third trick play of the ball game. First

50:36 for Jordan Bart. And how about that?

50:38 Jonathan Hughes has retired six of the

50:41 first seven firefighters he's faced as

50:44 the Tailgator lead it one to nothing. We

50:46 roll on to the home half as the boys in

50:48 blue and orange try to take a two to

50:50 nothing lead. We welcome you to the

50:53 auction and we'll see you on the other

50:56 side.

50:57 >> All of those animals down here

51:01 who are ready to do just that in just a

51:03 moment. There

51:06 will be a couple animals for them to

51:08 grab. They'll have to grab the animal,

51:10 bring it back style. The first team to

51:13 bring back all their animals will win.

51:15 And of course that full marble water,

51:17 ladies and gentlemen, it's full of

51:19 buttermilk branch.

51:21 >> Hey YouTube.

51:22 >> That's right. We call this one.

51:25 >> I don't think they should have let Zach

51:26 and me talk on national TV.

51:29 >> Why not?

51:30 >> We ain't saying no words yet.

51:31 >> I didn't. We have said words.

51:33 >> We said words. We ain't saying them

51:34 words.

51:36 >> What?

51:36 >> The the the bad words. Good. Good. Good.

51:39 Good. Good.

51:41 >> I see another Kmart homer. I might say a

51:43 little bad word on TV. Have to hit that

51:45 cough button, though.

51:47 >> I'm sorry, guys. Full disclosure for all

51:49 of you watching on YouTube. I was trying

51:51 to say he was hitless on Thursday night.

51:53 Two hits last night and then Kmart said,

51:55 "I'm not I'm not hitless tonight at all

51:58 for sure."

51:58 >> Eight straight weekends with a home run.

52:00 You know how many weekends I've been

52:01 going to dinner with him? Eight.

52:04 >> I love that guy, man.

52:07 Can we have a podcast just like whenever

52:10 we're at national commercial break

52:11 tonight? Maybe we'll catch up with Zach.

52:13 How is lovely dogs doing?

52:15 >> Daisy's wonderful. She's getting all the

52:17 treats right now for my wife Logan just

52:20 doing tremendously. Filling my backyard

52:23 with all of her waste.

52:25 >> Caitlyn Sharky in the chat says you'll

52:27 see us next weekend in Charlotte. Good.

52:28 >> We will be there in the 704

52:31 >> cigar between me, you and God. That was

52:34 about uh about an hour from where I grew

52:36 up at in Charlotte, North Carolina. I

52:38 can't wait for next weekend.

52:41 >> I say we go get a NASCAR and drive at a

52:43 Charlotte Motor Speedway. What you say?

52:45 >> I say we have to be quiet because we're

52:47 about to come back from commercial

52:48 break.

53:02 It's Banana Ball on Valley Sports in

53:04 Stadium and he's Jordan Bar

53:08 lead us off in the home half of the

53:09 second after Kyle Martin hit a two-run

53:12 walk-off jack in the first inning.

53:17 Jordan Bar, what a second round pick

53:19 it's been this year for the Texas

53:20 Tailgator, hitting 419

53:23 top five in all the banana ball

53:27 got a ball in two against an all the

53:29 banana ball veteran and first year

53:31 firefighter Jared Donaldelsson

53:36 it's a great hold off there from Jordan

53:38 as that one sneaks inside last time he

53:40 faced Jared Donaldson two home runs in

53:42 El Paso against him

53:44 >> peanut tough bounce goes between the

53:47 legs Mason behind the back book it book

53:50 it The first two trick plays tonight for

53:53 the Firefox.

53:55 >> We said peanut powers for real last

53:57 night. Peanut butter right there. Smooth

54:00 as you could get. And then Mason

54:01 Maxwell, great plus there on the end of

54:04 that at first base to make it a double

54:06 trick play. You got to keep pace with an

54:08 historic Texas Tailgator defense.

54:11 >> What would we possibly have here?

54:21 I'm over calling you. I said I was

54:25 through but I'm

54:27 inside my head. Girl, I confess what I

54:32 said

54:34 and I'm not coming back. I feel the only

54:40 see your face in my brain. I let up

54:44 everything I want to say.

54:50 They're doing the swag surf

54:54 >> over the top of one number.

54:58 >> It doesn't get much more tailgator coded

55:01 than that.

55:04 >> Two worlds colliding.

55:07 Impaler justice getting ahead one and

55:09 up.

55:10 >> If I may tell you a secret between me,

55:13 you and God.

55:17 I scroll on Tik Tok a good bit as the

55:20 youngsters do. There's a Tik Tok account

55:22 I ran across that remixes country music

55:25 with the R&B and rap hits of today and

55:27 yesterday and I said, "Goodness gracious

55:30 alive." I heard Swag Surf with Luke

55:32 Combmes and it just made me feel

55:34 something that I've never quite felt

55:35 before. I mean, what an incredible walk

55:38 up for these Texas Tailgators. And how

55:40 about this? The fans of Corpus Christi

55:43 being able to be involved in that.

55:48 3 0 has turned into a full count between

55:50 Donnie and Taylor Justice.

55:52 >> We are going to set the record at this

55:53 point for foul balls put into the merge

55:55 tails here.

55:59 >> Ball for spread. Taylor Justice has

56:02 gotten one of those in all three games

56:05 now this weekend.

56:08 By the way, I meant to say merch tents,

56:10 not Merch Tales. I don't know what a

56:12 merch tail is. Maybe it's a a a tail

56:16 wrapped in clothing of an animal. Sounds

56:19 like an animal from the Amazon. Oo,

56:21 merchtails. Good.

56:24 Jose brother Gonzalez.

56:29 Oh, and one. You see he has a little

56:31 something hidden under his tailgator

56:33 jersey. Be interested to see what that

56:35 is later in this ball game. The man from

56:38 Spring, Texas.

56:44 brother.

56:46 >> He's got to hit both ball games. Had a

56:47 double last night.

56:50 >> Powerful left-handed bat. Has five home

56:53 runs this year.

56:55 That ranks top five in the BBCL.

57:01 >> Home run hack right there. Zack doing

57:02 two and two. Donnie and Brother faced

57:04 off against each other in Scottsdale

57:06 when brother was the golden batter and

57:08 Donnie got him struck out to end a

57:09 frame. A massive one

57:13 >> and he thought he had a massive strike

57:14 out right there.

57:18 Another payoff pitch coming from Donnie

57:22 right side. Tiner looking for one to

57:25 second and a triple trick play double

57:28 play. No,

57:30 caught him safe at first.

57:33 Oh, Mason's confidently asking for a

57:35 challenge. Confidently came right off

57:37 the bag

57:39 >> and said, "Go for it."

57:46 >> Oh, we see the banana ball. You You You

57:48 lose it.

57:49 >> I can't see it. There. Is there a

57:51 different angle we could possibly see

57:53 this from?

57:53 >> From the opposite side would be the

57:56 preferred angle.

58:00 A challenge has been initiated.

58:03 >> Oh yeah, Tiner. Woo! Flex on him. Tiny,

58:06 do it again. Let's see what we got here.

58:07 We could go slow. Very

58:10 >> No, we can see it. Can we go back here a

58:11 few frames if possible?

58:14 >> Oh, this will tell us everything we need

58:16 to know. As slowly as we possibly can.

58:19 See the banana ball? You see it? You see

58:20 it? You see it? When his brother's

58:23 foot's on the bag and the banana ball is

58:24 not quite in the mid, it doesn't get

58:26 closer than that. I think Jose Gonzalez

58:28 Jr. is safe. That'll officially go down

58:31 four to six fielders choice, but a trick

58:33 play nonetheless for these firefighters.

58:36 And that would make it three-3 in the

58:38 trick play column as the umpires are

58:41 back out.

58:42 >> The call stands. Runner is saved.

58:47 >> As bang bang as they get. You can't

58:49 blame Mason Maxwell for thinking he got

58:51 it.

58:53 But the Gator trade places with brother

58:55 at first and two away as Donnie trying

58:58 to get out of the second inning with a

59:00 clean zero a top.

59:02 >> My July, you just heard him singing live

59:05 in left field heading in the place of

59:08 Matt Danford.

59:19 >> Jason sprayed out to right.

59:22 Darien makes the play oldfashioned way

59:25 for out number three. And that will keep

59:28 the tailgator at bay here in the second

59:30 inning. They still lead the ball game

59:32 one to nothing.

59:35 >> But this is really the first time the

59:37 firefighters are facing pressure, but

59:38 they're right there in trick place.

59:40 Brett, that's huge. As we come back for

59:42 the third inning right here on Valley

59:44 Sports in the Stadium app.

59:46 >> I just want to be in this

59:59 Hey guys, I got news for you. It

1:00:02 definitely isn't the most fired up side

1:00:04 because over here with me, I've got the

1:00:06 entire first base side all the way out

1:00:10 into right field.

1:00:13 We're going to win this thing. DJ, give

1:00:15 me song number one.

1:00:18 I tell you

1:00:34 >> and the first round of tonight's singoff

1:00:37 goes to the first base side,

1:00:45 >> Jonathan Hughes.

1:00:47 He's retired six of the first seven

1:00:50 batters he's faced tonight. As we roll

1:00:53 on to the top of third, he's Zach State.

1:00:55 I'm Brett Loft watching here on Valley

1:00:58 Sports in the Stadium app.

1:01:03 >> Zack, what has been your favorite thing

1:01:05 about Corpus Christie? I must ask. What

1:01:07 a burger.

1:01:08 >> Good. Had it three times already. Not

1:01:11 the healthiest decision, but boy was it

1:01:12 good.

1:01:13 >> That can't be real. Darren McDow has

1:01:15 played 0 and one.

1:01:16 >> Oh, it is.

1:01:17 >> Did you get the same order all three

1:01:18 times?

1:01:18 >> Yep.

1:01:19 >> Double meat burger. Jalapenos on that

1:01:21 bad boy.

1:01:23 >> Is that what it's called? Double meat

1:01:24 burger.

1:01:25 >> Yes, it's double meat water burger on

1:01:26 there.

1:01:27 >> I am quoting it. Please don't flag me.

1:01:31 >> The one-1 pitch from Hughes turned into

1:01:33 a ball and two. Now,

1:01:36 >> Darren McDall owns about every hitting

1:01:38 record you could possibly find at the

1:01:40 University of West Florida.

1:01:42 That's why the firefighters took him

1:01:44 late in the banana ball player draft.

1:01:45 It's why he was a sixthround pick for

1:01:47 the San Diego Padres's in the 2024

1:01:49 draft. You've already seen him with a

1:01:51 big fly this weekend.

1:01:56 Swatz

1:01:57 the banana out to right. Brother

1:02:01 tip drill. Book it. Book it.

1:02:08 How good is Jonathan Sunshine? Looters

1:02:11 and how blessed are we to exist in the

1:02:13 same timeline that he is the second

1:02:15 baseman for the Texas Tailgator.

1:02:17 >> You cannot bring up any sort of lazy

1:02:19 contact into the air or the tailgator

1:02:22 are going to square up like that with a

1:02:24 tip drill into the hat. It's just what

1:02:26 they do. They have absolutely turned

1:02:28 trick plays into their behemoth.

1:02:32 >> Oh, off the foot of Jonathan Hughes. The

1:02:35 Conor McFad running. Jonathan Hughes

1:02:37 home now.

1:02:39 31 like you hardly ever see.

1:02:43 That's hustle. Pitchers are athletes,

1:02:46 too. I want to see a replay of this. Can

1:02:48 we look? I think they might have turned

1:02:50 a trick play on this. Can't see it here.

1:02:53 I think Taylor Justice flipped that

1:02:55 between his legs to make sure he got it.

1:02:58 Look at this

1:03:01 off his ankle. He did.

1:03:03 >> Bucket.

1:03:06 That's the most delayed booking we've

1:03:08 had in the history of the tailgating.

1:03:09 But by God, if it wasn't amazing, man.

1:03:15 >> And that one hits Armando Betetta.

1:03:17 Much like last night,

1:03:21 I'd rather not talk about

1:03:24 I instigated him. Ooh,

1:03:28 Mondo running backwards.

1:03:32 Ooh, we're doing this in reverse. Didn't

1:03:34 get that. Let me rewind it for

1:03:37 We're going in reverse.

1:03:40 >> Number 55,

1:03:42 Tyler Tiny Hughes.

1:03:44 >> Sounded like them old VHS machines.

1:03:50 I know you remember those.

1:03:53 My old ancient brain does. And then I

1:03:55 grew up with VHS. My mama has my entire

1:03:59 childhood documented on VHS tapes. Same.

1:04:02 Wow. Same. Wow.

1:04:05 That was a call that was made. Ball and

1:04:06 a strike.

1:04:13 >> How about that, man? Funny how things

1:04:15 work. Two balls in a strike. Tiner flew

1:04:18 out to center field to begin the ball

1:04:20 game in the first.

1:04:29 >> The fans perhaps. There's a lot of

1:04:31 backspin on it. Yes. No,

1:04:36 this gentleman is 50 ft away from us and

1:04:38 he did not bring his glove.

1:04:41 How dare he not bring his glove. There's

1:04:43 a man with a tailgator's hat who was

1:04:45 fully prepared to catch that. Instead,

1:04:47 we do deuces wild. Two balls, two

1:04:48 strikes, two outs. Tiner stand alive.

1:04:52 Tiner was determined today when I talked

1:04:54 to him about facing Jonathan Hughes. He

1:04:55 said every time he went up against him,

1:04:56 he struck him out. He didn't in his

1:04:58 first AB. Maybe not exactly what he

1:05:00 wanted, but a great opportunity here.

1:05:04 >> Tiner

1:05:06 deep left. Wally watches it go foul.

1:05:12 Are you serious? I don't even think

1:05:15 centimeters can describe how close that

1:05:17 was to leaving this ballpark.

1:05:21 That was millimeters. Maybe millimeters.

1:05:30 falling off to right. Sunshine on his

1:05:32 horse.

1:05:33 >> Brother calls him off but can't make the

1:05:36 grab.

1:05:37 Be an interesting scoring decision

1:05:39 there.

1:05:42 I got it down maybe as a single here cuz

1:05:44 nobody made a play on it. Nobody's glove

1:05:46 touched it. But boy, think about the

1:05:48 difference that just happened there.

1:05:50 Tiner nearly had a two-1 blast. goes

1:05:52 left of the pole by a few inches and

1:05:55 then just barely flips one down in front

1:05:57 of brother tried to make the call off on

1:06:00 Sunshine and that falls in. Now runners

1:06:02 on the corners for Young Nut. What that

1:06:06 mean

1:06:09 >> officially will go down as an E9.

1:06:16 >> Peanut trying to sell that he got that

1:06:19 he got hit by that. Eric of not not

1:06:21 buying.

1:06:29 >> Firefighters are a ball away from

1:06:31 plating their first run of the night.

1:06:34 Johnny boy takes a little bit of time

1:06:35 grabbing the rods and bag from behind

1:06:37 the rubber

1:06:43 right down what drive to get back in the

1:06:45 zone.

1:06:46 >> Does that exist? It sure does. Good.

1:06:51 left side. Jordan Bar tough play backand

1:06:54 >> throws it almost in the tailgator's

1:06:56 dugout but Taylor Justice makes a great

1:06:58 play to keep it in front of him. And now

1:07:01 the firefighters gathering on home plate

1:07:03 have something for us.

1:07:15 about

1:07:18 me

1:07:20 now.

1:07:27 Now,

1:07:36 >> it's such a tough play to make down the

1:07:38 line there by Jordan Barnes. incredible

1:07:39 hustle that will go down as an RBI

1:07:43 single officially.

1:07:44 >> And I think I think that's the right

1:07:46 call. It's it's an incredibly difficult

1:07:47 throw for Jordan Bar to make going the

1:07:49 opposite way across the diamond. That's

1:07:51 a big one though for the firefighters.

1:07:53 Their first run. What you know about

1:07:54 Limp Biscuit, by the way.

1:07:56 >> By the way, first hit of the ball game

1:07:59 tonight for the firefighters as well.

1:08:01 >> Yep.

1:08:03 >> Rough way to get it too, man. Jonathan

1:08:05 Hughes cruising through two and two/3

1:08:07 and Aaron and an infield single for the

1:08:10 firefighters able to plate their first

1:08:11 run.

1:08:14 >> Dton Cornette couple of foul balls. He's

1:08:16 behind 0 and two.

1:08:18 >> I just want to put that one in fair

1:08:19 play, Brett. That's all I want. Put it

1:08:21 in fair play. DC3.

1:08:23 >> Yeah, man. That's my passes. I love DC.

1:08:27 He's my best friend.

1:08:30 >> Taj, man. Gosh, he's so good. does a

1:08:33 good job of keeping it in front of him.

1:08:34 >> He has had some saves tonight and this

1:08:36 weekend that just save innings, they

1:08:39 save runs. They save bases. The biggest,

1:08:42 the largest.

1:08:47 I said that

1:08:52 >> sunshine.

1:08:54 >> Book it for out number three.

1:08:59 But a run does come home to score for

1:09:01 the firefighters vi single for Kaden

1:09:03 Green. And now one of the most special

1:09:06 nights of any Banana Bowl game. It's

1:09:08 Bananas Foster.

1:09:09 >> Bananas Foster, Victoria Rudolph.

1:09:14 Across the United States, there are over

1:09:16 400,000 children and teens in foster

1:09:19 care without a permanent home. To raise

1:09:22 awareness and support this community, we

1:09:25 created Bananas Foster, the official

1:09:28 nonprofit of Banana Ball. Our

1:09:31 organization is dedicated to celebrating

1:09:33 the foster care community while

1:09:36 educating and inspiring others to get

1:09:38 involved. And tonight we are celebrating

1:09:41 the Rosari family.

1:09:44 Lynn and Robert became licensed with the

1:09:46 goal of providing a safe home to

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1:09:52 On top of being a foster mom and a

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1:10:40 I

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1:10:58 >> Wow. The Rosari family. Six years of

1:11:00 fostering. Another one of the most

1:11:02 beautiful and special moments of every

1:11:04 single Banana Ball game. And how blessed

1:11:06 are we to be a small part of honoring

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1:11:47 Love you guys. YouTube love bananas

1:11:50 foster in the chat as well.

1:12:01 Get down.

1:12:27 YouTube, please tell me what you ate for

1:12:29 dinner in the chat.

1:12:31 >> That's what I would like to know.

1:12:34 >> I've eaten a lot of chicken tenders

1:12:36 today.

1:12:55 What a Burgerfield, Corpus Christi,

1:12:57 Texas. One of the most beautiful

1:12:59 spectacles of a ballpark you will ever

1:13:01 see. And there he is, the biggest, the

1:13:04 largest Taj Porter leading us off here

1:13:07 in the bottom of third. Home run on

1:13:10 Thursday night. 0 for two last night. He

1:13:12 Indiana Stanley and Jordan Hussein 8 n

1:13:14 and 10 here for the tailgator.

1:13:18 >> Want to point out two things. Jared

1:13:19 Donaldson clean inning in the second. I

1:13:21 think that starts to spark his

1:13:23 confidence. Tailgator's just got four

1:13:24 trick plays in the third. Very quiet.

1:13:29 >> Jonathan Sunshine Lutter something to

1:13:31 watch out for tonight. He's already got

1:13:32 two of them. Trick plays. That is six

1:13:35 away from 100 this year. If Sunshine

1:13:38 could get to 100 tonight or even next

1:13:41 weekend in Charlotte, he will become the

1:13:43 quickest banana ball player ever to 100

1:13:46 trick plays in the season. Jared

1:13:48 Donaldson a big time poche as he says

1:13:52 relax after he gets out number one in

1:13:54 the third

1:13:54 >> again. Maybe that clean inning is just

1:13:57 what the doctor ordered on Donnie day.

1:13:59 That famous splitter working to

1:14:01 perfection as it breaks below the knees.

1:14:03 EJ catching him for the first time since

1:14:05 Greenville. And I think you're starting

1:14:06 to see that confidence between the

1:14:08 long-term battery mates.

1:14:12 >> Called strike to Indiana Stanley. That

1:14:15 was a saucy slider.

1:14:17 >> You don't see Donnie makes that in a

1:14:19 whole lot. Goes right back to it. Gets

1:14:21 the same result. A guy who told me if he

1:14:24 settles in after the first, it's going

1:14:25 to be dangerous.

1:14:27 >> Looked dangerous there in the second.

1:14:29 Already got one out. And they had one

1:14:31 and two here against a man who went yard

1:14:33 on Thursday night.

1:14:36 and has a one out single here in the

1:14:39 bottom of the third. Mr. Stanley, I tell

1:14:41 you what, dude has been heating up. I

1:14:44 got a uh an indie shirt that was given

1:14:46 to me by one of our great great fans in

1:14:49 Tailgator land and I wore it to the

1:14:51 ballpark today because I was like I feel

1:14:54 like something special is going to

1:14:54 happen with the weekend. He's had the

1:14:56 web gems, the trick plays, the home run,

1:14:58 and a one out single from him right

1:15:00 there. And it's the captain, Jordan

1:15:01 Hussein, who comes up empty against one

1:15:03 of his really good friends in this life,

1:15:05 Jared Donaldson.

1:15:09 >> Quickly 0 and two. Wow.

1:15:16 >> Think every firefighter fan with a check

1:15:18 over to first as that one goes in the

1:15:20 dirt. Oh my goodness. Throw down to

1:15:22 second. Tiny. Make sure that doesn't get

1:15:24 into the outfield. Those are the

1:15:26 mistakes that cannot happen. And it

1:15:28 happened a couple times at Scranton on

1:15:30 checks over to first. That one gets away

1:15:32 from Donnie on the low throw. And now a

1:15:34 runner in scoring position.

1:15:36 That was weird. It's one of the weirdest

1:15:38 plays I think I've ever seen.

1:15:41 >> Pickoff attempt. Just got away from

1:15:44 Mason Maxwell.

1:15:48 >> Logan Lacy did a really good job of

1:15:50 backing that play up, too. Man, that

1:15:52 ball gets away after the throwback to

1:15:53 Donnie. It could have been real trouble

1:15:55 there. Indie might win went first to

1:15:58 third not just to first to second J5

1:16:01 left side that'll get down Joe Mik big

1:16:04 time stop sign as South Treble the

1:16:06 designated fielder tonight comes up

1:16:08 throwing now runners on the corners as

1:16:11 we turn the lineup card with one out to

1:16:13 the leadoff man Zack Watson again now

1:16:15 you see why some of those things can

1:16:17 come up big would have been just runners

1:16:19 on second and first with one away

1:16:21 instead now it's runners on the corner

1:16:22 for the guy who had a leadoff double in

1:16:24 this in this contest

1:16:30 I don't know what it is for Wy man, but

1:16:33 past couple weekends he's been a

1:16:35 different human.

1:16:43 >> Man, we got a good comment in the

1:16:44 YouTube chat here. I'll tell you about

1:16:46 it after this 200.

1:16:48 There is a health question there

1:16:50 necessary to watch Tailgator games. One,

1:16:51 do you have heart conditions? Two, do

1:16:53 you have high blood pressure? Three, any

1:16:56 anxiety disorders? Yep. We go down to

1:16:59 the final wire here with the tailgator.

1:17:01 Ball for Sprint will play to run here in

1:17:04 the third. Jared Donaldson is not happy

1:17:07 right now. And he should be. That's

1:17:09 strike one all the way right there. I

1:17:10 don't like to be the guy that points

1:17:12 that out.

1:17:13 >> Zack Watson is at first. Jordan Hussein

1:17:16 goes first to third.

1:17:19 and Jared Donaldelsson.

1:17:26 Now he's trying to avoid giving up a

1:17:28 walk-off.

1:17:32 Tailgators have at least pushed the

1:17:33 inning.

1:17:37 To your point though, Zach,

1:17:39 >> Donnie has a serious gripe there.

1:17:41 Massive. A massive one. That now negates

1:17:44 a point for the firefighters on a ball

1:17:47 four sprint.

1:17:49 But

1:17:49 >> again, this is where the controllables

1:17:51 have to go in your favor if you're the

1:17:52 firefighters.

1:17:54 >> The check over to first breaks down and

1:17:56 all of a sudden the Gator have an

1:17:57 opportunity to walk this inning off.

1:18:00 Lopei out to shallow center. It lands in

1:18:04 no man's land and Nick Lopez continues

1:18:08 to be hotter than the Sahara.

1:18:12 A walk-off RBI single here in the third.

1:18:15 gives the boys in blue and orange. A two

1:18:18 to nothing lead.

1:18:24 >> What Nick Lopez does, man. And he eats a

1:18:26 little kebab over there at first. He

1:18:28 just hits the banana ball. It may be

1:18:31 hard. It may be soft, but it's going to

1:18:32 find green grass. And he's going to play

1:18:34 a lot of runs. Tailgator already with

1:18:36 four runs tonight. Two points to nine.

1:18:38 And now we have something brand new.

1:18:41 It's firefighter coded. It's the

1:18:43 Dalmatian race, Chief.

1:18:48 >> Ladies and gentlemen, if you are a

1:18:49 Banana Ball fan, you might have seen

1:18:51 this game before. Some people call it

1:18:53 the world's slowest race, but here in

1:18:55 the Banana Ball fire department, we call

1:18:58 it the Dalmatian race. We have Carson,

1:19:03 Coulter, Josiah, Maverick, Joeen,

1:19:05 Emerson, and Casey. Whoever crosses the

1:19:08 finish line first will be the winner of

1:19:10 the Dalmatian race. On your mark, get

1:19:13 set, drop your babies.

1:19:17 >> Run to the dog house.

1:19:20 >> Look at them. It's 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mini

1:19:25 Chiefs dressed up in Dalmatian uniforms.

1:19:29 There's one crawling on all fours.

1:19:33 Rumbling, bumbling, stumbling,

1:19:37 curving. Now straightening it up. This

1:19:41 is your glory race. Wow. It's not even

1:19:45 close. On the outside, a youngster

1:19:48 getting going. The leader has stopped.

1:19:51 Now she's back going, barking at the

1:19:54 finish line. She's crying. She's

1:19:57 sitting. She's won.

1:20:01 How about that for a Dalmatian race? And

1:20:04 three of those young Dalmatians never

1:20:07 moved an inch.

1:20:10 That's your winner. The Dalmatian

1:20:14 loving grub

1:20:16 >> somewhere.

1:20:18 Chief is crying some puppy tears.

1:20:20 >> He's been honored. For those that don't

1:20:22 know Chief, the official Dalmatian and

1:20:24 dog of the firefighters,

1:20:26 >> the first ever Dalmatian bat dog, a

1:20:28 history maker. That young child just

1:20:31 made history.

1:20:35 >> How about that Victor Lemon Yama jersey

1:20:37 out there? Big game seven tonight for

1:20:40 the Thunder and the Spurs.

1:20:41 >> Don't talk about the biggest and the

1:20:43 largest.

1:20:43 >> I know, right? Game seven, Western

1:20:45 Conference Finals. I got distracted a

1:20:47 little bit by that ball in a strike.

1:20:48 Jonathan, he was Logan Lacy. Oh my gosh.

1:20:51 Logan was trying to hit that one to San

1:20:52 Antonio. One and two.

1:20:56 He popped out to Sunshine in this first

1:20:59 half. Got it. Jonathan Hughes d up for

1:21:04 out number one of the fourth.

1:21:07 The firefighters really got to find

1:21:09 their energy and their execution here.

1:21:12 Logan Lacy swung a great bat since the

1:21:14 banana ball open, but Jonathan Hughes

1:21:16 has a two-point advantage on him right

1:21:18 now. And he looks like a pitcher with

1:21:20 all his confidence. Mr. Jones 0 and one.

1:21:27 Eric Jones Jr. has one of the most

1:21:28 underrated mustaches our sport has. He

1:21:32 just misses an extra base. He's hit by

1:21:33 about 3 ft. People don't talk enough

1:21:35 about his mustache. Large part due to it

1:21:37 because he didn't have it during his

1:21:39 tenure with the Bananas, but as a

1:21:40 firefighter, he's sporting it well.

1:21:41 >> Yeah. The second he got drafted, he said

1:21:43 that was the journey of the stash. It

1:21:45 started right there when he was out in

1:21:46 San Diego on his vacation. Got drafted,

1:21:48 put on a red shirt and said, "Let's grow

1:21:50 this bad boy out."

1:21:57 The biggest, the largest is just a brick

1:22:00 wall that moves laterally so well behind

1:22:04 home plate.

1:22:09 >> I chopper J5. What say you? Takes off

1:22:12 the glove. Goes between the legs. Book

1:22:15 it. Oh, captain. My captain, you too

1:22:19 cool for school.

1:22:21 He abandoned the glove midway through

1:22:23 that and it actually made it so maybe

1:22:24 even No, it didn't. He caught that with

1:22:26 the bare hand. He never even used the

1:22:28 glove.

1:22:30 >> Now

1:22:31 there's Oh my I have no idea guys. Let's

1:22:34 look at home play. Oh. Oh,

1:22:40 >> oil.

1:22:46 >> Stop playing girl. Come on, baby girl. I

1:22:50 didn't mean to shout. I wanted you to

1:22:52 work it out. I never hurt my baby and

1:22:57 it's driving me crazy cuz I'm so

1:23:00 lonely.

1:23:02 >> Mr. Lonely.

1:23:13 Please tell me he's going to hit the

1:23:14 tower.

1:23:16 >> Brett,

1:23:17 >> your wish is big star Lamar's command.

1:23:21 He thought about doing it with the

1:23:23 without the helmet with the towel still

1:23:25 on his hair. That would not have been

1:23:27 smart.

1:23:28 >> And also, it was falling. Anyway,

1:23:30 >> Jonathan Hughes is one of his good

1:23:31 friends in this life.

1:23:34 gives him a first pitch heater as the

1:23:36 towel unravels.

1:23:38 >> Look at Taj.

1:23:43 >> Oh, he wanted it back. Tiny didn't give

1:23:46 it to him. He was trying to get wrapped

1:23:47 around. Oh my goodness gracious.

1:23:54 >> Lamar had to take about 5 minutes to

1:23:55 learn how to twist that towel around his

1:23:57 head. By the way, this morning with our

1:23:58 good friend Sarah,

1:24:01 >> it's harder than it looks. It really

1:24:03 shout out my mother Heather. She taught

1:24:06 me how to do that. I had long hair one

1:24:07 time in my life and I needed to tie the

1:24:09 towel around my head.

1:24:13 Lamar barking at Jonathan BK.

1:24:18 You don't like BK. You're the problem.

1:24:21 I know that's right.

1:24:23 >> Two balls, two strikes, two outs. Lamar

1:24:25 Sparks runs it full. Remember, he's

1:24:29 already earned a ball for Sprint. Tiner

1:24:31 good.

1:24:32 If Bradford Webb ever winks at me like

1:24:34 he did in that mirror, by the way, I'm

1:24:35 in trouble.

1:24:40 >> Jordan Bar chopper

1:24:43 oldfashioned five to3 put out for out

1:24:46 number three here in the fourth. Wow,

1:24:49 man. If you didn't know any better,

1:24:52 you'd think Jonathan Hughes has been

1:24:55 doing this all year. This is only his

1:24:57 second regular season start and he's

1:25:00 threw four with zero runs, one allowed.

1:25:03 Tailgators lead it two to nothing here

1:25:04 in Corpus Christi.

1:25:30 Ooh. Ah.

1:25:33 >> Folks, I'm receiving word that on that

1:25:36 bridge is a wild beaver.

1:25:40 >> I hope we can find him. You know my

1:25:42 thoughts about that. Ooh. Ah.

1:25:47 It's probably Bo's thoughts, too.

1:25:57 >> Where's he at?

1:25:59 >> I believe he's on that first pillar.

1:26:02 That's right over the left field

1:26:04 bleachers here.

1:26:07 >> Oh. Oh, we got him. You can see him

1:26:09 barely in this shot.

1:26:11 >> He's Well, stop. Oh.

1:26:16 Can we zoom out to see where he's at?

1:26:18 >> Slow pan, please. Slow pan. There was a

1:26:20 scooter. He took one of those lime

1:26:22 scooters up there.

1:26:24 >> Just watch. We don't have to say

1:26:26 anything.

1:26:30 >> Cinema.

1:26:35 Gosh. Incredible work by our BTV staff.

1:26:40 >> Guys, we've just made it back in the

1:26:42 ballpark at this point. You the little

1:26:44 spectacle.

1:26:46 Look at that.

1:26:53 >> I'm flabbergasted at what we just seen.

1:27:10 >> Zack Stton. The boys in red and black

1:27:13 have a new left in the ball game.

1:27:14 >> It's B Mo F Show, the man who was

1:27:18 teammates in college with the famed Noah

1:27:22 and Bridges. Excuse me, Noah and Zachary

1:27:24 Bridges. My goodness, I've just lost my

1:27:27 ability to talk. He's a hard thrower, a

1:27:30 fast thrower, and he's going to have to

1:27:31 get things working quick, fast, and in a

1:27:33 hurry against a dangerous Kyle Martin

1:27:36 and the Texas Hailgator lineup already

1:27:37 with two points on the board. Kmart had

1:27:39 a two-run shaft and walked off the

1:27:41 first.

1:27:43 Boys and blue and orange put up two more

1:27:44 in the third.

1:27:47 Zack Watson an RBI ball for Sprint Grub

1:27:50 up on the bridge

1:27:53 and then at Nick Lopez walked off the

1:27:55 third via RBI single.

1:27:59 >> Here's what I want to know. So we got

1:28:00 two and two here. How long does it take

1:28:02 Bo to get down from the bridge back

1:28:04 inside of Waterburger Field?

1:28:09 I'm serious.

1:28:10 >> If he had his way, he'd probably back

1:28:12 flip off of it and land on his feet and

1:28:13 go right to left field. It's not

1:28:15 possible.

1:28:16 >> Okay. Well, he has disappeared.

1:28:19 >> What has he

1:28:23 >> guys? It's a developing story

1:28:26 >> cuz I can't see him from the press box.

1:28:28 I even when I stand up and I'm a tall

1:28:29 fellow by tall, I mean I'm six foot. I'm

1:28:31 a good guy.

1:28:37 Full count BBO Kmart

1:28:43 >> and a backwards K from one of UNC

1:28:46 Wilmington's finest

1:28:50 >> B Mo Fau going right after one of the

1:28:54 best power hitters in the sport and

1:28:56 holding his own. As you look at the

1:28:58 lefty,

1:29:01 it's a heater and it works right there.

1:29:03 Eric Byron punching the ticket.

1:29:07 >> Cold strike to Jordan Bar Mcadoodle and

1:29:10 Grub.

1:29:11 >> Yeah, if you get that call every atbat,

1:29:13 I think he'd live up there. Tiner

1:29:16 between the legs

1:29:18 beneath the legs. Book it. Book it. Mad

1:29:21 Max and Tiny. And look, there's still

1:29:24 time here for the firing flames to get

1:29:26 that equalizer point. They're down just

1:29:29 three trick plays. And if you start

1:29:31 going after these double trick plays,

1:29:33 that's your best way to get back into

1:29:35 it. And already quickly two down here

1:29:37 for the Texas Tailgator.

1:29:41 >> 0 and one to Taylor Justice. Zag

1:29:44 mentioned you're unfamiliar with the

1:29:45 sport of banana ball. The equalizer

1:29:47 point. That is when the away team has

1:29:50 more trick plays than the home team.

1:29:53 >> The tailgator as the home team this year

1:29:55 have only given up the equalizer point

1:29:57 twice.

1:29:59 This is their 16th home game of the

1:30:01 year.

1:30:02 >> He is still up there.

1:30:04 >> Good ball on a scooter.

1:30:10 >> Taylor

1:30:12 in foul territory. Mason tip drill. Book

1:30:15 it.

1:30:18 One trick play for Mason Maxwell in

1:30:21 three up and three down for Blake

1:30:24 Morgan. Mason Maxwell's already got

1:30:26 three trick plays. That might have been

1:30:27 his toughest Mason. Please don't ever

1:30:29 scare me like that again. Falling like

1:30:32 that. But hey, that shows the maturation

1:30:34 of that young man at a new position.

1:30:36 Nearing 30 trick play outs in his first

1:30:39 fulltime year at first base. Brett 18th

1:30:42 home game, by the way, for the Tailgator

1:30:44 this year. 12 and five in their home

1:30:46 games. Only giving up two equalizer

1:30:48 points right now. Six trick plays for

1:30:51 the Firefighters. Eight for the

1:30:52 Tailgator. And there are some tailgators

1:30:55 and two steppers on the field.

1:31:06 Rap your sit

1:31:15 up

1:31:18 go

1:31:25 up go Go

1:31:34 fing

1:31:40 apology.

1:31:53 Hey ladies. Everybody get it lined up.

1:31:58 >> Give it up for your Texas twostepers and

1:32:02 your Texas tailgator.

1:32:08 The wonder from down under and the

1:32:10 craziest man I know. Brett Donnie Allen

1:32:15 appeared Thursday night where he threw a

1:32:18 scoreless frame in a really cool 143

1:32:22 double play to get himself out of a jam.

1:32:24 Erra's high, all four sprints are high.

1:32:27 But if Donnie can do what he did on

1:32:28 Thursday night and get out of big time

1:32:30 jams, that RA is going to come down and

1:32:33 he's going to be a guy that's going to

1:32:34 be used in this role as he is tonight a

1:32:36 lot more in 2026. one of the 14 visitors

1:32:39 from last year, the developmental team

1:32:41 in Banana Ball on the World Tour in 2025

1:32:44 along with his teammate Brett Sanchez

1:32:46 and Tiner Hughes of the Firefighters.

1:32:48 Shows you how important that club has

1:32:51 become to the sport this year. There are

1:32:53 14 of those guys spread across our six

1:32:55 teams. Seven of them, by the way, on the

1:32:57 Loco Beach Coconuts, coached by the

1:32:59 visitors head coach Mark Roco. But

1:33:01 Donnie Allen, you can see the importance

1:33:03 of those games and being able to find

1:33:05 ways to get through innings, get through

1:33:07 moments like he had on Thursday nights.

1:33:09 >> Look at the youngsters here sporting

1:33:12 with firefighters and tailgators gear.

1:33:13 Great crowds we've had in Corpus Christi

1:33:16 all three nights. Over 20,000 people

1:33:19 combined in three games here in Corpus

1:33:21 Christie, Texas. Mason Maxwell

1:33:25 will lead us off here in the top of the

1:33:26 fifth.

1:33:29 I want to point out with Mason, by the

1:33:31 way, 11 trick playouts last year in all

1:33:34 games. He's already got 30 this year and

1:33:36 we're just in our 26th contest.

1:33:39 >> He's made himself invaluable over at

1:33:41 first base for the Firefighters this

1:33:43 year. And this is your 11th round pick

1:33:45 in the draft.

1:33:48 >> Spray to center. Indiana Stanley. Book

1:33:51 it.

1:33:54 Man,

1:33:56 >> that guy is a superhuman athlete.

1:34:06 >> Tonight's firefighter tonight, Chief Jim

1:34:10 First.

1:34:16 Mr. is a 30-year veteran of the Corpus

1:34:18 Christie Fire Department, which means

1:34:21 for more than three decades, he's been

1:34:23 running toward danger when others were

1:34:26 running away. He served as a battalion

1:34:29 chief for 15 years before recently being

1:34:32 promoted to assistant chief, a testament

1:34:35 to his leadership, dedication, and

1:34:38 service to the community. Chief Deviser

1:34:42 has deployed across Texas and throughout

1:34:44 the nation during disaster response

1:34:46 efforts, bringing experience,

1:34:49 leadership, and the kind of calm

1:34:51 confidence that says, "Giddy up. We've

1:34:53 got this." He holds a bachelor's degree

1:34:56 in emergency management, an associates

1:34:59 degree in fire science, and enough fire,

1:35:02 medical, and rescue certifications to

1:35:05 make alphabet alphabet soup feel

1:35:07 underqualified.

1:35:09 Corpus Christie, give it up for

1:35:11 tonight's firefighter of the night,

1:35:13 Chief Jim Deviser.

1:35:23 I got the wonderful chance to meet Chief

1:35:26 Jim Deviser yesterday when we visited

1:35:29 fire station 7 here at the Corpus

1:35:31 Christie Fire Department where Val Perez

1:35:32 served for 10 years along with station

1:35:35 8. That man was so fired up to see

1:35:38 Valick again. his young children, Kylani

1:35:40 and Koa

1:35:43 were thrilled, were just joyful

1:35:45 yesterday meeting myself, Marshall

1:35:48 Chill, and Val Perez. Again, a salute to

1:35:50 to Jim Deviser

1:35:55 donated a Corpus Christie Fire

1:35:57 Department helmet for the team today as

1:35:59 well.

1:36:04 Might see that awarded if somebody can

1:36:06 uh can go for a big fly. Darren McDow

1:36:09 went big fly on Thursday night.

1:36:12 >> Falling two from Brett Allen.

1:36:15 >> The pistol squad trick pitch.

1:36:19 Jordan Barh behind the back. 360 book

1:36:23 it.

1:36:26 My goodness. Jordan Bar.

1:36:32 >> I mean that's just incredible. Number

1:36:34 one, the pistol squad. If you've tried

1:36:35 it at home, it's difficult. But then

1:36:37 what Jordan Bar just did, twisting,

1:36:40 turning. Oh man, behind the back. That

1:36:43 is a superstar level play.

1:36:46 >> 0 and one to DMAC.

1:36:49 >> Yeah.

1:36:52 One of my favorite people ever, Dakota

1:36:55 McFad. Hits it out to Jordan Hussein.

1:36:58 Weird hop. Very weird hop. And one that

1:37:02 quite frankly, Zach, I don't know what I

1:37:04 would score. I want to take another look

1:37:06 at the replay just to see as Noah

1:37:08 Bridges steps on in as the designated

1:37:10 runner. DMAC,

1:37:13 >> he's put a lot of banana ball in

1:37:15 contact. I the ball never touches his

1:37:17 glove,

1:37:19 so I'm tempted to say single, but that's

1:37:22 a that's a difficult one to take as Noah

1:37:24 Bridge is off. Tie throw down.

1:37:32 will officially go down in E6 how DMAC

1:37:36 reaches but a stolen base there for Noah

1:37:38 Bridges

1:37:44 Mondo is it through the five hole Noah's

1:37:47 getting away Zack coming up throwing

1:37:50 home line

1:37:52 a great back pick to first not in time

1:37:57 >> an RBI single officially for Armando

1:37:59 Veta

1:38:02 This is a big couple of days for

1:38:04 Armando's confidence at the plate.

1:38:06 >> Ooh, the Bridges brothers.

1:38:19 Stupid

1:38:23 >> boy. That's what they just did right

1:38:25 there. The Bridges brothers sing like

1:38:29 there's no tomorrow. Maybe one to rival

1:38:31 Popsico. But Armando Viser, by the way,

1:38:34 came in with a 130 average. Already a

1:38:37 couple of big knocks this weekend.

1:38:38 That'll do some wonders for his

1:38:39 confidence going forward. Boseback, by

1:38:41 the way, on that lime scooter. That's

1:38:44 funny. That's really funny.

1:38:48 >> Look at him. Record time. He made it

1:38:51 back into the ballpark as well.

1:38:57 Tyler Hughes back to the top of the

1:38:59 order.

1:39:01 >> Reached me an error last time. Huh.

1:39:04 >> Started the ball game off with a tiny

1:39:06 back.

1:39:07 >> That was funny. And they called tiny

1:39:11 again. His second AB was about five

1:39:13 inches away from getting his second

1:39:15 homer on the year.

1:39:17 >> Foul ball. Of course,

1:39:20 >> ball is really flown here in Corpus

1:39:22 Christie.

1:39:26 That first home run came all the way

1:39:27 back on opening night

1:39:29 >> for Tiner H.

1:39:33 >> On the campus of Florida State. That

1:39:36 seems like years ago at this point in

1:39:38 the Banana Ball season. Both of these

1:39:40 two teams playing game number 26.

1:39:45 Up the elevator shoot. Oh my gosh.

1:39:48 What's Donnie got for us?

1:39:50 >> Nothing. It's Jordan Bart who calls him

1:39:53 off. Book it for out number three.

1:39:57 What an inning for JB. Making two trick

1:40:01 plays in the inning.

1:40:05 >> Run still comes home to score for the

1:40:07 firefighters. Can they protect it and

1:40:09 earn point number one of the night on

1:40:11 the other side?

1:40:28 Brett, I have a question for you.

1:40:30 >> I'm sure the YouTube chat would love to

1:40:31 know as well.

1:40:32 >> Okay.

1:40:32 >> Why do y'all call him Princess JB?

1:40:34 What's the lore?

1:40:35 >> Funny story.

1:40:36 >> Yes.

1:40:36 >> Um, so Jordan Bars,

1:40:38 >> I forget if it was spring training or if

1:40:40 it was one of our first few weekends of

1:40:42 the year. Okay. there's somewhere and we

1:40:44 were at rehearsals and somebody calls

1:40:46 him Princess JB

1:40:48 >> and I kind of laugh. I go Princess JB

1:40:52 and I told him if he hits a home run I'm

1:40:53 going to call him Princess JB. So he

1:40:56 went yard in the banana ball open scall

1:40:58 the voice of our sports doing playoff

1:41:00 play but I don't get it obviously say it

1:41:02 there and then we're at Amarillo the

1:41:05 week after the open and he hits one and

1:41:08 I call him Princess JB. He goes back,

1:41:10 listens to it, tells me he absolutely

1:41:12 loved it. And I'm like, you know what?

1:41:14 It sticks. He's hit four home runs

1:41:16 since. And, you know, ripping the trick

1:41:19 plays and everything else he's doing. I

1:41:20 mean, he's Princess JB. That's it.

1:41:23 >> That's who he is now.

1:41:24 >> And that's the bottom line.

1:41:28 >> The Texas Rattlesnake reference in

1:41:31 Texas.

1:41:32 >> Good Brett Loftess. again somewhere in

1:41:34 Salem, Virginia. My father, Steve Stton,

1:41:36 would be very proud that you just pulled

1:41:38 out a Stone Cold reference. Shout out

1:41:41 Steve, man.

1:41:42 >> What

1:41:50 second inning of work from the South

1:41:53 Paul, Blake Morgan. Such a cool story. A

1:41:56 dude who didn't throw a competitive

1:41:57 pitch for seven years. Finished up his

1:42:00 last year at UNC Wilmington in 2019. And

1:42:02 how about this? Christy Hook. And now

1:42:05 he's one of the most dangerous bats in

1:42:07 the Banana Ball Championship League with

1:42:11 22 hits, five home runs, 17 RBI, and a

1:42:18 314 batting average. Returning to the

1:42:22 Lonear State from Spring, Texas, Corpus

1:42:26 Christi. Please welcome back Jose

1:42:31 Gonzalez Jr.

1:42:39 played 10 games here last year. Did Jose

1:42:42 Gonzalez Jr. as a Corpus Christi hook,

1:42:46 25 games across two levels in the Astros

1:42:49 organization. And now we are so blessed

1:42:51 to have him as a Texas tailgator.

1:42:54 Brother played in the first ever game of

1:42:56 banana ball in 2020. when they were

1:42:59 experimenting with Banana Ball. He was a

1:43:00 collegiate Savannah Banana that summer.

1:43:04 And then now as we formed the league in

1:43:05 the Banana Ball Championship League, he

1:43:07 was the 10th round pick of the Tailgator

1:43:09 in the draft back in November. And how

1:43:12 blessed are we that we get to watch him

1:43:14 play right field and swing that big

1:43:17 left-handed stick of his all summer long

1:43:19 in 2026. Doesn't have to swing it right

1:43:22 there. Five pitches, four of them balls,

1:43:24 and he's got a sprint. brother gave us a

1:43:27 hard 90

1:43:29 and now he'll stand over at first. Coach

1:43:32 Andrew Bartman feeds to McGizzy and now

1:43:35 Bart is going to feed us some words. How

1:43:38 are you my friend?

1:43:39 >> What's up boys? How we doing tonight,

1:43:41 >> man? HB's over there blessing you, huh?

1:43:44 >> Oh, buddy. We're cooking so much good

1:43:45 stuff. We've got jalapeno poppers. We

1:43:47 had budan filled jalapeno poppers. We've

1:43:49 got You can't see it. We got fruit

1:43:52 skewers. I toasted fruit with angel food

1:43:54 cake bites. The Beefy Boys might throw

1:43:57 someone on the ground right now. It's

1:43:58 pure chaos down here and I love every

1:44:00 minute of it.

1:44:01 >> M right side. Three firefighters

1:44:04 converging. Darcy.

1:44:07 >> Yeah, baby. Yeah, baby.

1:44:10 >> First and second now, not out. Uh Bart,

1:44:13 there's a graphic we just showed. If our

1:44:16 control room could put it back up, you

1:44:18 had a record day at the tailgate today.

1:44:21 Well, you know, the three game series

1:44:22 are tough and uh some were calling it

1:44:24 similar to the Jordan flu game. I mean,

1:44:26 I didn't have my legs under me. It's

1:44:28 game three. I went out and just gave the

1:44:30 effort. Man, we're a bunch of junkyard

1:44:31 dogs. Even on the grill. Junkyard dogs

1:44:33 on the grill, baby.

1:44:34 >> Bark got them one time. Bark.

1:44:38 >> Uh Corpus Christie, something you got to

1:44:40 do yesterday. One of the coolest deals I

1:44:43 think we've ever seen was you getting to

1:44:44 go to the firehouse with Al Perez.

1:44:46 >> Oh, dude. HB is such a great partner and

1:44:49 um the stuff they do not just for us as

1:44:50 an organization but uh we took Valres oh

1:44:53 yeah Taji baby. Yeah, Taji.

1:44:57 >> Yeah, we took uh we took uh a

1:44:59 refrigerated truck full of groceries to

1:45:04 the firehouse and it was awesome. And

1:45:06 then they're taking him a new grill too.

1:45:07 It's fantastic.

1:45:09 So we've had Baltimore Brett trick play

1:45:12 missed in a single bases juiced nut out

1:45:14 for Indiana Stanley who Bart he told us

1:45:17 a story the other night about how

1:45:19 Brandon Pennington our pitching coach

1:45:20 has been working with him and has gotten

1:45:22 him back going in a big way.

1:45:23 >> Yeah, dude. It's one of those things

1:45:24 like Penny's got a great relationship

1:45:26 with them and they had a like not just a

1:45:28 hitting talk but a life talk one day,

1:45:30 you know, and uh got him going, man. I

1:45:32 love it. I love it for him. I know he

1:45:33 puts a lot of pressure on himself

1:45:34 because he wants to be successful but

1:45:36 he's doing a great job this weekend.

1:45:39 The 01 in the broken bat.

1:45:43 >> Peanut goes to second for one and over

1:45:45 to first.

1:45:46 >> Are you serious? He was saved by

1:45:51 >> tailgators do get a run.

1:45:53 >> I just heard the beefy boy there. Bart.

1:45:55 Oh my gosh. I got to walk away from him.

1:45:58 >> He's got that megaphone.

1:46:00 >> 643 double play. 90 ft away now stands

1:46:04 the inning winning run.

1:46:05 >> Oh, he just got ejected.

1:46:06 >> Tailgator just got ejected. He's gone.

1:46:08 >> Are you serious?

1:46:09 >> He's ejected.

1:46:11 >> Brett, I know you've talked about

1:46:12 already, but how much fun was watching

1:46:14 these dudes work in Knoxville the other

1:46:16 weekend?

1:46:17 >> Oh, that was incredible.

1:46:18 >> Holy smokes.

1:46:19 >> That was the most fun I've ever had on

1:46:20 tour.

1:46:21 >> Unbelievable.

1:46:23 >> Unbel Come on, Jake. Let's win an

1:46:24 inning, baby.

1:46:26 >> Bart, the YouTube chat wants me to ask

1:46:28 you about the mosquitoes here in Corpus

1:46:29 Christie.

1:46:30 >> Yeah, I told my wife Nicole, love you,

1:46:31 Nicole. Uh, I told her they were birds

1:46:33 because they are legit. They're not

1:46:34 insects. They're birds here. They are

1:46:36 humongous

1:46:39 and they're all over. Now, the good news

1:46:40 is so much smoke rolling at the pregame

1:46:43 barbecue. They stayed away from me a

1:46:44 little bit because of that. That was

1:46:46 good. There's brother Gonzalez, my guy.

1:46:48 >> Man, that was so cool. That moment he

1:46:49 just had here.

1:46:50 >> Unbelievable. Love it.

1:46:53 >> High in the sky, telling towards foul

1:46:56 territory.

1:46:56 >> All right, good. Yeah, brother. Um,

1:46:59 before the draft, one of my best friends

1:47:01 in baseball, Jeff Calhoun, coached him

1:47:02 here in Corpus last year, and he sat

1:47:04 down with me at lunch. He goes, "Dude,

1:47:05 you have to take brother." A+ human. He

1:47:08 can bang. He can hit the ball hard, but

1:47:10 overall, he'd be a great fit for Banana

1:47:11 Ball again. And boy was he right.

1:47:15 >> Hard point. Jane Green. Jordan who said

1:47:18 it hard 90 and J walks off the inning.

1:47:24 >> Two

1:47:25 hits for him tonight in a three nothing

1:47:28 ball game. Mark, go talk to your

1:47:29 captain. Our captain.

1:47:31 >> Oh, he's the man, man. Thank Thank

1:47:33 y'all. Love chatting with you.

1:47:35 >> I love you more, Bart.

1:47:37 >> A commanding three to nothing lead for

1:47:40 the Texas Tailgator after five frames in

1:47:43 Corpus Christi.

1:47:55 We thank you for your service

1:47:58 to our great country.

1:48:07 This is so cool, Zach. Firefighters

1:48:10 playing here in Corpus Christie.

1:48:12 >> Getting to salute the troops and salute

1:48:14 all of those here in Corpus Christi.

1:48:17 This is one of the coolest moments about

1:48:19 every single Banana Ball game. And I

1:48:20 know we say that about quite a few

1:48:22 things, but for what this weekend means

1:48:24 for Val Perez and to have some of our

1:48:27 former comrades be firefighters of the

1:48:29 night each last night and tonight, this

1:48:31 is just even better on a weekend like

1:48:34 this to honor our first responders, our

1:48:36 troops, and everyone else who makes such

1:48:38 a great impact in our society.

1:48:40 >> It continues to go back to this idea

1:48:42 that the firefighters play for something

1:48:43 much bigger than the name on the front

1:48:45 or the back of your jersey. It means

1:48:47 that you play for people who sacrifice,

1:48:50 who represent heroism and courage and

1:48:53 honor, and being able to run into the

1:48:55 danger and not sink away from the tough

1:48:58 moments in life. To be able to tip your

1:49:00 cap to those people in the crowd,

1:49:02 especially those who do this on a daily

1:49:05 basis, it just it warms your heart.

1:49:07 Really does.

1:49:20 You see the apron? It's Bam Bam. Zack

1:49:24 Blankenship. An entertainment pitcher,

1:49:28 but a guy who's been shoving thus far

1:49:30 for the Texas Tailgator. This one goes

1:49:32 to the bag stop. Kaden Green trying to

1:49:34 steal first will steal first to begin

1:49:36 the top of the sixth.

1:49:39 The team that is tied to top the Banana

1:49:41 Ball Championship League in sto steals a

1:49:43 first base just gets themselves another

1:49:45 one. Peanut represents the leadoff

1:49:48 runner at first base and they've got to

1:49:50 find some execution at the plate right

1:49:52 now trailing by three.

1:49:56 Yet at this point, Zach

1:49:58 equalizer point still within grasp but

1:50:01 doesn't look probable. 11 to six the

1:50:02 tailgator trick play category.

1:50:06 At best you win the sixth, seventh, and

1:50:07 eighth innings and catch back up to

1:50:09 these tailgators. When in the sport of

1:50:11 banana ball, leading by three points or

1:50:13 more is a very commanding lead, which is

1:50:16 currently our score here in the top of

1:50:17 the sixth. Is Daltton Cornet will take a

1:50:20 strike. Two balls and one strike.

1:50:31 >> Two in one becomes two balls and two

1:50:33 strikes.

1:50:36 DC3's only homer of the year came

1:50:38 against these Texas Tailgators back in

1:50:40 Scottsdale, Arizona.

1:50:45 >> Second one would be massive here in this

1:50:48 contest.

1:50:53 >> All four spread

1:50:55 quickly out of net. Peanut's got good

1:50:56 speed. He could walk to third. Dalton

1:51:00 rounds big at first,

1:51:02 but the firefighters runners on the

1:51:04 corners and it's the man they call

1:51:07 showtime

1:51:09 at the dish. Logan Lacy. Again, you've

1:51:12 heard his name so much this weekend

1:51:13 because of the play he made last night,

1:51:16 dumping himself over the dugout wall to

1:51:18 get an out.

1:51:20 >> Jordan Hussein. Book it. Book it. Book.

1:51:33 That was almost the third

1:51:35 triple trick play, double play in the

1:51:37 young history of the tailgator, but

1:51:39 instead would be a fieldielder's choice.

1:51:41 A run comes home to score. Still another

1:51:43 trick play though for Jordan Hussein.

1:51:47 >> More importantly, it brings in another

1:51:48 run for the firefighters. And this is

1:51:50 just what you've got to do. Just keep

1:51:52 finding ways to produce.

1:52:01 Wow,

1:52:03 >> I lost that foul ball very quick. I

1:52:05 followed it the entire way. EJ has had

1:52:07 some bad luck with fan caught foul balls

1:52:08 this year.

1:52:13 >> Jordan B Air JB the first night in time.

1:52:19 >> Who said princesses can't fly?

1:52:25 EJ's just got to be thinking, what do I

1:52:27 got to do?

1:52:28 >> I hit it as hard as humanly possible in

1:52:30 that spot. And you just run up into a

1:52:32 guy and Jordan Bara just makes a play.

1:52:34 Bam. Bam. Cannot believe it. I can't

1:52:36 believe it. Lamar Sparks represents the

1:52:39 last potential batter of this inning.

1:52:47 >> This weekend

1:52:49 has been exceptional. Whether it's been

1:52:51 trick plays, these two teams combined to

1:52:54 break the single game trick play record

1:52:56 in the history of banana ball on

1:52:58 Thursday night when they had 33 combined

1:53:00 trick plays. But it's been plays like

1:53:02 that with Jordan Bart. It's been plays

1:53:05 like Logan Lacy. It's been plays that

1:53:08 we've seen out of Indiana Stanley.

1:53:11 An exceptional exceptional weekend.

1:53:19 Oh, ties the first.

1:53:22 >> What?

1:53:25 >> Yeah.

1:53:26 >> Taylor says, "Not even close."

1:53:29 >> Mick initiates his coach challenge.

1:53:33 >> I think he got him on the foot side.

1:53:35 >> Let's see again.

1:53:37 >> Can we Oh, we will see it again. We We

1:53:40 will, guys. I'm I'm I'm sure we will.

1:53:48 be a big out number three.

1:53:53 >> I don't know that he puts the glove on

1:53:55 the foot.

1:53:56 >> I I mean, we got to see something slower

1:53:57 than that.

1:53:58 >> Yeah, I'd like to see another angle

1:53:59 again. Billy's pretty confident. Yep,

1:54:01 this is a good one.

1:54:04 >> He doesn't get it on the ground, but in

1:54:06 the air here,

1:54:08 >> I don't think

1:54:09 >> we can't we can't tell if the glove is

1:54:10 on the front side or not when his foot's

1:54:12 on the back. that low three angle. Well,

1:54:15 umpires already have their decision.

1:54:16 >> Review the call on the field stands.

1:54:20 >> Field stands is safe.

1:54:24 >> I would have loved to seen a few

1:54:26 different music at that. I'm going to be

1:54:28 quite honest with you, Zach. I don't

1:54:29 know how the umpires came to that

1:54:30 conclusion that quickly,

1:54:32 but call stood probably the right call.

1:54:35 Anyways,

1:54:40 >> Lamar

1:54:42 hits one about 150 m an hour into the

1:54:45 ocean. That's the power of Lamar Sparks.

1:54:49 Just got to straighten it out just a

1:54:51 little bit more.

1:54:56 >> Another ball for Sprint.

1:55:02 And the firefighters will yet again in

1:55:04 this inning have runners on the corners.

1:55:07 >> That's two via the free pass there for

1:55:08 Lamar Sparks tonight. His first and

1:55:10 third ABS no longer in the stat sheet in

1:55:13 two ball sprints form is Mason Maxwell

1:55:15 who had an RBI double in the second

1:55:17 inning yesterday to get the Firefighters

1:55:19 their first run and subsequently their

1:55:20 first point can really help break things

1:55:22 open

1:55:26 and Mad Max comes up clutch.

1:55:29 >> A two out RBI single.

1:55:32 to make you two runs now in the inning

1:55:35 for the Firefox.

1:55:38 >> I mean, what can you say about what

1:55:39 Mason Maxwell has put together this

1:55:41 season coming into tonight 329 average

1:55:44 after last year batting below 250, he's

1:55:47 come in and been a wizard of trick plays

1:55:50 and has come up with some massive hits

1:55:52 for the firefighters.

1:55:56 >> Darian sends that one out of the

1:55:57 ballpark. Foul. 0 for two tonight.

1:56:09 First time tonight that the firefighters

1:56:11 have put up a crooked number in a frame.

1:56:14 How important can that be?

1:56:17 >> Pretty important when you look, they've

1:56:19 scored a run in the third and the fifth.

1:56:21 Didn't win either one of those innings.

1:56:22 In fact, they lost them via wall calls

1:56:24 for the tailgator in the home half.

1:56:26 >> Shows how important run production is in

1:56:29 this sport.

1:56:31 Give yourself plenty of wiggle room and

1:56:33 insurance.

1:56:40 >> Dare you. Tell you what, nobody hardly

1:56:43 in this league is better at fighting off

1:56:44 pitches than Mr. McDow. And he just

1:56:47 broke his bat and needs a new piece of

1:56:48 lumber.

1:56:49 >> Yeah. Gone it, man. Seen a lot of busted

1:56:51 bats this weekend.

1:56:54 Yeah,

1:56:54 >> that's what we've come to see here in

1:56:56 Banana Ball.

1:56:58 And Wood ain't cheap.

1:57:00 That's what they're telling me.

1:57:06 >> If it's a price of gas right now, we got

1:57:08 some serious issues.

1:57:10 >> Full count. Three balls, two strikes,

1:57:12 two outs, runners on the corners.

1:57:16 >> And another ball for Sprint. And Mason

1:57:18 got a great leap off of first. Could he

1:57:20 come all the way around? He's getting

1:57:22 the windmill. He is going to score with

1:57:24 ease.

1:57:26 make it four runs now in the top of the

1:57:29 sixth for the firefighters. A two-run

1:57:32 ball four sprint for Darren McDow.

1:57:35 >> What Logan Lacy was trying to do on the

1:57:37 three 0 count is what Mason Maxwell just

1:57:39 did. When it's full and two outs and

1:57:41 you're at first base, feel free to go on

1:57:44 a ball four spread. Feel free.

1:57:54 >> Yeah.

1:57:58 3001

1:58:00 >> turns into O2.

1:58:02 >> One strike.

1:58:04 >> Two strikes.

1:58:08 One ball. Hot. Two strikes. Demback said

1:58:12 he's getting some uh shirts bait going

1:58:14 through hell with a squirt gun. So,

1:58:17 we'll see when those arrive here

1:58:18 shortly. Who inspired them him to make

1:58:21 those? By the way,

1:58:22 >> I'm not going to say any names. I will.

1:58:25 Brett Loftus and Zack Stton in El Paso,

1:58:27 Texas.

1:58:27 >> 100%.

1:58:28 >> Two two from Bam.

1:58:34 >> It's almost a sweep in the railing and a

1:58:36 fan makes a great play. No, it was

1:58:38 bobble.

1:58:40 >> Again, you cannot catch it off a

1:58:42 ricochet. It's got to be a clean snag

1:58:43 right out the sky. There are no trick

1:58:45 plays with these fans.

1:58:47 >> That was a sick play though, man.

1:58:48 >> It was. It was right with the bare hand,

1:58:50 too.

1:58:50 >> That was cool. It hit off the the

1:58:52 building here and then the railing and

1:58:54 then right into his bare hand.

1:58:57 This is in play. Sunshine

1:59:01 tip drill. Buckets. Book it. 14 trick

1:59:06 plays. The 12th straight game in which

1:59:08 the tail tailgator have done that. But

1:59:10 Zack Stton a four-run inning for the

1:59:12 Firefox. And they did it in a lot of

1:59:14 ways without having to swing the bat

1:59:16 very much. Four runs. Can they get their

1:59:18 first point when we come back on the

1:59:21 other side?

1:59:28 >> I just want to be in this.

1:59:39 >> Hello YouTube chat.

1:59:42 >> Brett Loftess has gone to uh do

1:59:44 something real quick. I'll be back in a

1:59:45 >> moment. run down the pool and they are

1:59:48 going to in front of 8,000 of their

1:59:51 closest friends and family

1:59:53 >> drop a log.

1:59:55 >> The first couple to do that twice is

1:59:57 going to be the winner. And the loser,

1:59:59 well, by the way, my father with a bunch

2:00:01 of water cuz you're damn broke.

2:00:03 >> Are you ready? On your mark, get set,

2:00:06 grab that log.

2:00:09 >> Ladies and gentlemen, will it be the

2:00:11 little couple? Will it be the Rio

2:00:13 couple?

2:00:15 They are both running down to the pool.

2:00:17 They are going to drop their log in.

2:00:20 >> Funny story, by the way.

2:00:21 >> The firefighters helped get those pieces

2:00:24 of plywood

2:00:27 >> off of uh some pallets earlier. Val

2:00:30 Perez, Zachary Bridges, Logan Lacy using

2:00:33 two hammers, one of which was very tiny

2:00:36 to pry some nails in those pieces of

2:00:37 wood out the pallets as Odam is

2:00:41 complete. Brett Loftess has rejoined me

2:00:43 back in the booth. By the way, Brett, my

2:00:44 father just texted me. He said, uh, two

2:00:47 things. Number one, tell Brett to give

2:00:48 me a whole heck yeah. Can't say the

2:00:50 actual word. And I'll tell you on the

2:00:53 other side.

2:00:59 >> The moon.

2:01:02 >> Have you ever seen the moon?

2:01:05 Yeah.

2:01:07 illuminating

2:01:09 >> kind of

2:01:10 >> the beautiful sky here in Corpus

2:01:12 Christie, Texas. And now fired up on the

2:01:15 mound is the fire marshall himself,

2:01:18 Marshall Shield. He works with a

2:01:21 four-point lead is sack Watson out to

2:01:24 left. South Trimble.

2:01:28 Oh, book it.

2:01:31 That might be one of the best trick

2:01:32 plays South Trimble has ever pulled out

2:01:35 in his banana ball career. Going behind

2:01:38 the back. The magic man does a little

2:01:41 trick for us right here. One away

2:01:43 quickly for Fire Marshall.

2:01:46 >> Want to welcome in on YouTube all of

2:01:48 those who are in Orlando, Florida

2:01:49 tonight watching the coconuts and party

2:01:51 animals.

2:01:54 >> Quickly 0 and2 here for Nick Lopez.

2:01:58 Tailgators win the first, third, and

2:02:01 fifth innings. Obviously, the

2:02:03 firefighters in the driver's seat to win

2:02:04 the sixth. Lopey deep left center field.

2:02:09 South. Oh my gosh, a jumping diving grab

2:02:13 for the magic man. Did he just do this

2:02:17 again?

2:02:20 >> Nick Lopez can't believe his eyes.

2:02:23 >> But Houdini's in the house.

2:02:27 >> Unreal. Those

2:02:30 fans get a signature souvenir

2:02:34 as South Trimble gives Marshall Shield

2:02:37 some help. He couldn't believe it.

2:02:41 >> Wow.

2:02:43 >> Wow. Down to third. Kelly nine says Kyle

2:02:47 Martin did not go. One ball and no

2:02:49 strikes to the auction with two outs

2:02:52 here in the bottom of the six.

2:03:00 Already a home run on the night for Kyle

2:03:02 Martin

2:03:03 >> on a night where Brett

2:03:05 >> has predicted these dinners continue to

2:03:08 affect his home run totals.

2:03:10 >> Your clear your theory has proven even

2:03:12 more true.

2:03:13 >> Eight straight weekends Kyle Martin's

2:03:15 hit a home run eight straight weeks.

2:03:18 Kyle Martin and myself at some point

2:03:20 during the week he went to dinner. He

2:03:22 went out to dinner with me on my

2:03:23 birthday.

2:03:25 Good. By the way, I'll stay here for a

2:03:28 second.

2:03:28 >> Trick pitch. Maybe

2:03:33 >> Kmart way up in this beautiful sky in

2:03:35 Corpus Christie. Mason Maxwell trying to

2:03:38 find it. Instead, it ricochets into the

2:03:40 tailgator dugout. We might have had to

2:03:42 see a Logan Lacy play to get that one to

2:03:44 be the third out.

2:03:46 >> Kyle Martin has played against these

2:03:48 firefighters five times in the last

2:03:49 three weeks. He has a first inning home

2:03:51 run in three of those games.

2:03:58 What?

2:04:03 >> Full count now

2:04:05 >> to the man we call the auction.

2:04:09 >> Marshall Shield trying to go three up

2:04:10 and three down.

2:04:12 >> Kmart smoke down the right field line.

2:04:15 Fair. That's going to roll for a little

2:04:17 bit. Darien gets to it in the corner and

2:04:20 Kmart will slide in with a two out

2:04:22 double. Couple extra base hits now for

2:04:25 the under action tonight.

2:04:28 >> Great way to swing the stick for Kmart.

2:04:30 Not only because it's a double.

2:04:31 Firefighters outfielders were in for

2:04:33 ball force sprint defense which Kyle

2:04:35 Martin is very good at drawing. So they

2:04:38 have to run a lot more to get to the

2:04:40 corner and Kmart gets his second extra

2:04:42 base knock of the night.

2:04:46 >> Jordan Bar

2:04:48 of a couple of ground outs tonight.

2:04:53 that gets away from EJ. And Jordan Bar

2:04:57 will steal first without a throw.

2:05:01 >> Four to nothing in the inning.

2:05:04 And I know we're still a little ways

2:05:05 away from it, but a potential two out

2:05:08 rally, if you will, here in the six

2:05:10 after Jordan Bar steals first. That's

2:05:13 the first time a tailgator has done that

2:05:15 in a long time.

2:05:16 >> It took Bar about 3 to 5 seconds to

2:05:19 decide if he really wanted to. And at

2:05:21 some point you have to go cuz you're out

2:05:22 of the box.

2:05:24 >> 0 and one to Taylor Justice. I don't

2:05:27 think he was the biggest fan of that

2:05:28 call.

2:05:30 >> Taylor had a sprint in his first plate

2:05:31 appearance.

2:05:36 >> First time we've seen Marshall this

2:05:37 weekend getting a full inning of work.

2:05:42 >> The man who not does not dumber number.

2:05:44 Brother the fire emoji.

2:05:48 >> He's bigger than numbers, Brett.

2:05:53 Yep.

2:05:55 Let that sink in.

2:06:00 >> Marshall trying to get a scoreless

2:06:02 frame.

2:06:04 >> Two balls, two strikes, two outs.

2:06:10 >> Sprayed to shallow right. That'll get

2:06:11 down. JB goes first to third. Kmart

2:06:15 comes home to score in 2026. Taylor

2:06:18 Justice. I can't wait to tell

2:06:20 generations to come about him. An RBI

2:06:24 single and that will bring the inning

2:06:26 tying run to the plate in form of Jose.

2:06:32 And think about what the tailgator have

2:06:33 done in this inning. Kyle Martin right

2:06:35 down the line fair for a double in which

2:06:38 the outfielders were playing in. Steal a

2:06:41 first base and now just a shallow bloop

2:06:43 single gives the Gator an opportunity

2:06:45 here.

2:06:46 >> Brother had hit home run in a while.

2:06:49 Be cool if he did. Right here.

2:06:51 >> Okay, look at Mason.

2:06:53 >> Runs that in to make sure he actually

2:06:55 gets it to the pitcher this time. Well

2:06:56 done, Mace.

2:06:59 >> If you were just joining us earlier,

2:07:01 Jared Donaldson had a pickoff attempt

2:07:03 over at first. Mason Maxwell threw it

2:07:05 back to him. Throw got away.

2:07:10 >> Someone in the YouTube chat says, "Let's

2:07:12 go Savannah Bananas." Sure, they're

2:07:14 playing in Kansas City tonight. This is

2:07:17 the Texas Tailgator and the

2:07:18 Firefighters. Corpus Christie, Texas.

2:07:24 >> Yep. Two balls, two strikes, two outs,

2:07:27 two runners on

2:07:28 >> for the tailgate.

2:07:31 >> Former Corpus Christy Hook at the dish.

2:07:34 >> Brother runs it full.

2:07:46 Mason yet again runs out of frame and

2:07:48 back

2:07:49 >> the Marshall shield.

2:07:51 >> Taylor Justice will get a head start

2:07:53 here with a full count, two outs and a

2:07:56 cold strike three as the fire marshall

2:08:00 puts out the fire and gives the boys in

2:08:03 red and black their first point of the

2:08:04 night.

2:08:06 >> That's what Marshall Schill does. just

2:08:08 grits and grinds his way through some of

2:08:11 these abs. Tough, but no cigar there for

2:08:14 the firefighters. They get their first

2:08:16 point. They pull within two points of

2:08:18 the Gator as we go down to the race for

2:08:21 one of the coolest events in

2:08:22 entertainment, the sheet race. Great

2:08:25 time, but I got some bad news cuz you're

2:08:27 about to see the sheetiest promo of the

2:08:30 night. And that's Sheety with two E's

2:08:33 because it's time for the sheet race.

2:08:36 These four sheets are going to go racing

2:08:38 to be top sheet. Let's meet them. We've

2:08:40 got the orange sheet, the blue sheet,

2:08:43 the pink sheet, and of course, the brown

2:08:47 sheet. All righty. Let's see which sheet

2:08:50 reigns supreme. The sheet race will

2:08:52 begin in 3 2 1 go.

2:08:55 >> The bull sheet race.

2:08:57 >> All right,

2:08:58 >> a tailgator staple, a banana ball staple

2:09:01 in tailgator blue and orange is out

2:09:03 first and second. And oh my goodness,

2:09:06 >> there's a bull on the field,

2:09:08 >> ladies and gentlemen.

2:09:10 >> Who's that bull going for? Oh, orange is

2:09:12 down. Blue is tackled. Here comes Brown.

2:09:15 Here comes the bull. Pink on her horse.

2:09:19 Oh my gosh. Orange by himself. Wins in a

2:09:24 landslide.

2:09:28 Those are tackles Split could only dream

2:09:30 of on small children.

2:09:35 Wow.

2:09:37 >> Who's in that suit?

2:09:38 >> I don't even want to know.

2:09:41 >> What I do know is my friend who is 6'7

2:09:44 and Dol number 99 is on the bump now for

2:09:47 the boys in blue and orange. Jimmy Lewis

2:09:49 III.

2:09:51 And we have a standoff pitch to begin

2:09:54 the seventh inning.

2:10:10 The crack of the whip.

2:10:12 A ball to Armando Betta.

2:10:16 Armando Tyler Hughes and Kaden Green.

2:10:18 10-1 and two in the seventh for the

2:10:20 firefighters.

2:10:22 It should be Tanner Hughes, but Val

2:10:25 Perez has grabbed the helmet and she

2:10:27 stands on deck here for the Firefox.

2:10:31 >> Two and one.

2:10:40 >> Jimmy Lewis, the pride of Lake Travis,

2:10:42 Texas.

2:10:44 >> Big time inning for him

2:10:46 >> to try to stop the momentum for the

2:10:48 firefighters after they just won their

2:10:49 first point of the night.

2:10:51 Good pitch there to run it full.

2:10:59 >> The ball for Brent. Mondo. Great speed.

2:11:02 He's taking that big round at first.

2:11:04 Mondo slams on the brakes and he will

2:11:07 stand aboard as just like last night.

2:11:10 The Corpus Christie native Val Perez is

2:11:12 going to come up to the dish.

2:11:27 Ladies and gentlemen, now batting the

2:11:31 firefighter head coach, a member of the

2:11:35 USA Women's National Team, the Women's

2:11:38 Professional Baseball League, and a

2:11:41 firefighter from right here in Corus

2:11:45 Christie. Please welcome Val,

2:12:01 >> a member of the US women's national

2:12:04 baseball team, a standout softball star

2:12:07 at Texas A&M Corpus Christi,

2:12:10 a 10-year firefighter in the Corpus

2:12:12 Christi Fire Department, comes back home

2:12:16 and takes her second trip to the batters

2:12:19 box. Last night flew out to Indie

2:12:20 Stanley on a trick play, but now an

2:12:25 opportunity to reach base for the first

2:12:28 time.

2:12:30 We wait three balls and a strike.

2:12:38 >> Ball four sprint. Mondo got a late

2:12:40 start. Oh, the ball gets away from

2:12:42 Jordan Hussein. It's going to be a weird

2:12:44 ball for sprint defense. Val's trying to

2:12:46 go two. She will do so. A two base ball

2:12:49 four RBI spread for Val Perez back in

2:12:52 her hometown of Corpus Christi.

2:12:56 Absolutely incredible moment. Not only

2:12:59 is Val productive for her team, but it's

2:13:02 a twobase ball force sprint.

2:13:06 That is her first offensive stat of 2026

2:13:11 and it comes right back here in her

2:13:12 hometown. Unbelievable moments.

2:13:17 >> Kaden Green takes another one that

2:13:18 misses up.

2:13:20 >> The ball four sprints are the reason

2:13:22 that the firefighters have this

2:13:24 momentum.

2:13:27 Three of them in the sixth already. Two

2:13:29 of them here in the seventh. Jimmy Lewis

2:13:31 finally gets back in the zone. Two and

2:13:33 one.

2:13:35 A rapacious approach

2:13:38 from these firefighters led by their

2:13:40 skipper Val Perez who just got one of

2:13:42 her very own. Tiner is back out running

2:13:44 at second. Two balls and two strikes.

2:13:53 >> Now we're one more pitch away from her

2:13:55 third straight sprint which would bring

2:13:57 in back-to back runs

2:14:00 for the Firefighters.

2:14:03 Chopper Jordan Bar

2:14:06 oldfashioned five to3 put out as Tiner

2:14:09 awfully aggressive

2:14:12 gained another 90 ft

2:14:16 >> and Jordan Bar and Tiner nearly meeting

2:14:19 in the middle there. Yeah,

2:14:21 >> look at this. Just inches away from each

2:14:23 other. It's a heck of a play from Jordan

2:14:25 Bar. Didn't go for the trick play.

2:14:27 >> Ball hits Tiner.

2:14:30 >> He's going to be out. So that's a very

2:14:32 very good but aggressive base running

2:14:35 decision there from Tiner infield in one

2:14:38 out 01 to DC3 poked through the right

2:14:41 side and the firefighters have found

2:14:43 their scoring in the back half of this

2:14:45 ball game. Another ribbing for DC3

2:14:48 making two runs now in the top of the

2:14:50 seventh

2:14:52 >> and it's six runs between the sixth and

2:14:55 seventh inning combined and there's only

2:14:57 one away here in this frame.

2:15:01 One ball, no strikes to Logan Lacy.

2:15:12 You know, I know these guys have been

2:15:13 giving up a lot of sprints here in the

2:15:14 Tailgators, but it's not helping when

2:15:16 you have calls like that. Logan deep

2:15:20 right field. Brother on his horse. Indie

2:15:23 calls him off. They collide and the ball

2:15:26 drops. It gets way away from Indie. DC3

2:15:30 on his horse. No relay throw and an RBI

2:15:33 double from Logan Lacy.

2:15:37 What did I tell you in the beginning of

2:15:39 this contest in our keys to success?

2:15:41 Stick to protocol and the firefighters

2:15:45 have done it now and all of a sudden the

2:15:48 offense is moving.

2:15:53 Joe Spiron now in this ball game to

2:15:55 pitch

2:15:56 >> for the tailgator after Jimmy Lewis can

2:15:58 only record one out.

2:16:02 And I mean no disrespect to the

2:16:04 firefighters when I say this because

2:16:05 they are capitalizing with a patient

2:16:07 approach right now. But the tailgator

2:16:10 with the mistakes here in the last few

2:16:11 innings

2:16:13 not helping out the calls for the boys

2:16:14 in blue and orange. 0 and one Eric Jones

2:16:17 Jr.

2:16:18 Both teams have done it to themselves at

2:16:20 some points tonight. Mason Maxwell, the

2:16:22 throwback, the pitcher

2:16:24 going under Jared Donaldson that really

2:16:27 moved forward and got a point for the

2:16:29 Texas Tailgator. They capitalized on it.

2:16:31 Now the Firefighters turn about fair

2:16:32 play.

2:16:34 Taking off for third hit and run. Taj

2:16:36 throws it into left field.

2:16:40 Backto back innings. The firefighters

2:16:42 have scored four runs and Taj Oh no. Taj

2:16:47 immediately grabbing his right arm. Oh

2:16:50 no. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no.

2:16:55 Oh no. Oh no.

2:17:19 Taj Porter's on his feet.

2:17:23 >> Athletic trainer Brian Chopore is on the

2:17:25 field.

2:17:29 >> And Taj is having a conversation with

2:17:31 the home plate umpire. Joe Mik is also

2:17:34 having a conversation with the home

2:17:36 plate umpire Eric Bum. Taj now seems

2:17:39 back heated about something. Max also

2:17:41 heated about something. If we could now

2:17:43 knowing that Taj is okay. If we could

2:17:46 take a look at that replay cuz Taj is

2:17:48 clearly I rateate about something.

2:17:54 >> Let's see what happened here.

2:17:57 >> Oh yeah, there it is.

2:18:00 Taj his armor's hand looked like his

2:18:03 hand and his elbow hit the bat of Eric

2:18:06 Jones Jr. And they're trying to call

2:18:08 batters interference.

2:18:10 That's why the throw from Taj went into

2:18:12 left field. One of the most accurate and

2:18:14 powerful arms in Banana Ball is not

2:18:16 going to throw one in left field. Mick's

2:18:18 eye rate. Taj's eye rate. Taj has a

2:18:22 case.

2:18:26 >> And if we could just show this replay a

2:18:28 little slower this time.

2:18:32 >> And you see EJ's about out of the box.

2:18:35 And right where the contact, you see it

2:18:37 there, Taj's elbow and the handle of

2:18:39 EJ's back. Great replay by replay

2:18:41 operator Aurora Huddle. That's exactly

2:18:44 why Taj is mad. Taj has a gripe to be

2:18:46 upset right there.

2:18:50 >> Lamar Sparks now at the dish.

2:18:58 >> They will call Eric Jones Jr. out, but

2:19:01 that doesn't keep the run from scoring.

2:19:03 Lamar Sparks,

2:19:06 welcome back to the Lone Star State

2:19:08 Lamar.

2:19:13 Big Star Lamar, his sixth homer of the

2:19:17 year. And we're about to see one of the

2:19:21 most beautiful moments in firefighter

2:19:24 history.

2:19:34 That is his little sister, Jensy.

2:19:38 And she's about to give Lamar the ride

2:19:41 back home, recreating a moment from

2:19:44 their childhood.

2:20:04 What a incredible moment. And here's

2:20:07 what they just created, recreated. Zack

2:20:09 Stton. Lamar told me this on the bus

2:20:12 ride over on the first morning. That is

2:20:14 his younger sister and him

2:20:17 just a few short years ago.

2:20:20 And now they get to recreate that moment

2:20:22 together. I've got tears in my eyes,

2:20:23 man. That don't make you feel something.

2:20:25 Your something feelers all the way

2:20:27 broken.

2:20:29 That's it. Cool stuff, man. I told y'all

2:20:31 last night if you were with us, I don't

2:20:33 root for too many other guys that hit

2:20:35 home runs, not wearing blue and orange.

2:20:37 I really wanted Lamar Sparks to go yard

2:20:40 this weekend. It's one of the best

2:20:42 banana ball moments of the year. One of

2:20:44 the best banana ball moments you'll ever

2:20:45 see. It's what makes our sport so so

2:20:49 special.

2:20:50 Bigger than the wins and losses, but

2:20:52 that's a huge win for everybody. That

2:20:54 was here in Corpus Christie. Mason to

2:20:57 center.

2:20:58 Indie

2:21:01 out number three.

2:21:03 A fiveun top of the seventh, including

2:21:07 one of the coolest moments you will ever

2:21:10 see in between the lines of any athletic

2:21:12 field as Lamar Sparks goes yard and then

2:21:16 rides the bases with his little sister.

2:21:18 Three to one tailgator lead it.

2:21:20 Firefighters get point number two on the

2:21:22 other side.

2:21:28 I just want to be

2:21:53 stacked

2:21:59 How cool was that?

2:22:00 >> On the mound.

2:22:01 >> Number 25, Javon Ray.

2:22:05 Second

2:22:06 >> year.

2:22:16 Number

2:22:31 11, Mac Dford.

2:23:01 Javon Ray the new right-handed arm in

2:23:03 the ball game now for the firefighters

2:23:05 facing Matt Danford lead off the bottom

2:23:08 of the seventh. Firefighters. Another

2:23:10 big inning. Five to nothing. They lead

2:23:14 this inning. Trying to make it three to

2:23:15 two in the ball game. Such a beautiful

2:23:17 moment. Maybe the most beautiful moment

2:23:20 you will ever see in between the lines

2:23:21 of any athletic field. Val Perez getting

2:23:24 an RBI ball for a sprint at her

2:23:26 hometown. And then that from Lamar

2:23:28 Sparks. And this from Peanut and Mad

2:23:31 Max. Book it. Book it. Double digit

2:23:34 trick plays. Excuse me. The night trick

2:23:36 play I should say for the firefighters

2:23:37 tonight. I mean, that was as last second

2:23:41 as you could get from Mason Maxwell at

2:23:42 first base. Peanut maybe a touch of

2:23:45 trouble there going between the legs,

2:23:47 but that was unbelievable. And Brett,

2:23:48 that might be the best inning.

2:23:51 >> A firefighter pull. Logan Lacy

2:23:54 on a rope. Showtime. Flashes the

2:23:58 leather.

2:24:01 >> Trying to get a quick inning now from

2:24:02 Javon. Indiana Stanley in the dish.

2:24:07 Javon quickly a strike

2:24:15 >> hit up the middle. Peanut behind the bag

2:24:18 to first. Oh, Indie quickly going to

2:24:21 second. A great job by EJ to back that

2:24:24 up.

2:24:26 That's a hustle play from a veteran

2:24:28 banana baller.

2:24:31 >> Man, we could had an alltime MPI inning.

2:24:34 And in a ball game where you're at 15

2:24:36 minutes in the bottom of the seventh, I

2:24:38 would never discourage a player from

2:24:39 doing a trick play. Maybe that's not the

2:24:41 time you want to go to it.

2:24:43 >> Jordan Hussein deep left field.

2:24:47 South triple misses it.

2:24:51 >> And that'll play the run for the

2:24:52 Tailgator, making it five to one in the

2:24:55 inning.

2:24:57 >> Brett, this is about the closest the

2:24:59 firefighters have been in the trick play

2:25:00 column this late into a game this

2:25:03 weekend. I think you can sense they're

2:25:05 feeling like they have a shot to get

2:25:07 that equalizer point with the way their

2:25:09 offense is moving.

2:25:11 >> I mean, they do, Zack, but you still

2:25:12 want to push the ball game to nine

2:25:14 innings.

2:25:17 >> Jordan Hussein will not advance up 90

2:25:19 ft. It's such the duality of our sport

2:25:22 where you both want to be able to make

2:25:23 it to the night, but also at the same

2:25:26 time,

2:25:28 you also want to win the equalizer point

2:25:30 if you're the firefighters.

2:25:32 the delicacy of both. You understand the

2:25:35 aggressiveness from both South Treble

2:25:37 and Mason Maxwell, but you both have to

2:25:39 just get the out when the top of the

2:25:41 lineup looms here for the Texas

2:25:43 tailgate.

2:25:44 >> And it should go pointed to those run

2:25:46 that run is not going earned against

2:25:48 Javon Ray because it came a missed trick

2:25:51 play.

2:25:53 >> Wadi fighting them off.

2:25:56 >> Full count.

2:25:57 >> Three balls, two strikes, two outs.

2:25:59 Jordan Hussein at second.

2:26:05 And a ball for sprint.

2:26:10 >> Guadi stays at first. Five to two now

2:26:12 this frame.

2:26:13 >> Wadi gets his second RBI ball for sprint

2:26:16 of the night.

2:26:18 >> And Nick Lopez who's been hotter than

2:26:20 hot comes to the dishes.

2:26:23 >> The inning tying run would be in the

2:26:24 hole in form of Jordan Bar here.

2:26:28 Javon's been one of the best middle

2:26:29 relievers in this sport.

2:26:32 >> Pitching in a setup role tonight in the

2:26:34 seventh inning.

2:26:36 >> This should do it. Peanut between the

2:26:38 legs to first. That'll end it. That will

2:26:41 make it the 10th trick play of the

2:26:43 night. And that will give the

2:26:44 firefighters their second point. Still

2:26:46 trailing three-2 at the conclusion of

2:26:49 seven.

2:26:50 >> Boy, how big are the bats now becoming

2:26:53 for the firefighters?

2:26:55 Nine runs in the last two innings.

2:26:59 >> Matthew Fletcher, the new left-handed

2:27:01 pitcher on the bump from Lel College.

2:27:04 Going quickly here because we have to.

2:27:07 12 and 1/2 minutes remaining on the

2:27:09 clock again. Bananal has played on a

2:27:11 2-hour time limit. See Fletch coming in.

2:27:15 It was an inseason signing for the Texas

2:27:18 Tailgator. Five strikeouts this year.

2:27:21 Six and two/3 innings pitched. He has

2:27:24 kind of been, and I mean no pun intended

2:27:26 here, he's been the guy that comes out

2:27:29 and either fights the fire that the

2:27:30 tailgator's already in the middle of or

2:27:32 tries to come in and put it out. He has

2:27:34 been the Swiss Army knife in this bull

2:27:36 pit. He's been Mr. Do it all. He's

2:27:38 either had to rain the storm or he's

2:27:40 been asked to come on in some big

2:27:41 situations. Here is the ladder. Three

2:27:44 to2 ball game trying to work quickly.

2:27:47 Here comes Fletch still with a three to2

2:27:49 lead for the Tailgator as he starts

2:27:51 Darren McDow out with a strike 0 and

2:27:53 one.

2:27:58 >> Ball four sprints have been the biggest

2:28:00 thing that have been plaguing these

2:28:01 tailgators the last couple of frames

2:28:05 right here. A lead off base hit for Dar.

2:28:08 Indy runs it down. Keeps it in front of

2:28:10 him.

2:28:13 >> Yeah, Daren McDow. You can just see the

2:28:15 the talent he's got with the bat in his

2:28:18 hands there. He's not trying to do too

2:28:20 much. Just get contact, get on base,

2:28:22 keep the fire going.

2:28:25 >> That is correct. Mr. Do It All, Danny Do

2:28:28 It All does play for this fan of

2:28:29 Bananas. Noted in the YouTube chat, but

2:28:32 Matthew Fletcher has done it all when it

2:28:34 comes to bullpin relieving jobs this

2:28:36 year for the Texas Tailgators.

2:28:39 >> Won't get to call the airball in a

2:28:41 strike.

2:28:47 Same pitch, different result. Ball and

2:28:49 two.

2:28:52 >> Noah Bridges is running over at first.

2:28:54 The designated runner tonight for the

2:28:55 Firefox.

2:29:10 And let's not lose the plot here, Zach.

2:29:12 Trick play battle is 14- 10.

2:29:16 Pretty important that the tailgators

2:29:18 play a little offense by getting trick

2:29:21 plays of their own. Wild pitch. Dags

2:29:23 trying to steal first. Taj.

2:29:27 >> Oh, that was a ball for a sprint.

2:29:32 >> No, it wasn't.

2:29:34 Wow, that was that was ball three. Yeah,

2:29:37 DMAC stole first. I thought it was ball

2:29:39 four. Sprint. Too short. He might have

2:29:42 would have had an opportunity at first

2:29:44 getting DMAC who does successfully steal

2:29:47 first base.

2:29:50 Zack Phillips now running over there in

2:29:52 place of DMAC as Armando Betta hits. No

2:29:55 outs.

2:29:57 Corner infielders in. Runners on the

2:29:58 corners for the firefighters.

2:30:01 up the middle. Sunshine between legs.

2:30:04 Jordan Hussein throw to first. Book it.

2:30:07 463 double play as the tailgator trade a

2:30:10 couple outs for a run.

2:30:14 >> And if you're the firefighters, I think

2:30:15 you make that trade, too. Yes, the trick

2:30:17 play is important because it's now five.

2:30:20 The separator in that column.

2:30:23 Out to Indie.

2:30:26 Tip drill to himself. Book it. 16 trick

2:30:30 plays in this ball game. How important

2:30:32 is that one right there from Indiana

2:30:35 Stanley. Now we're going to have to see

2:30:38 three double trick plays in the home

2:30:41 half for the firefighters to even tie

2:30:43 it. The equalizer point is all but out

2:30:46 the window. However,

2:30:49 while that may be the case, Javon Ray

2:30:52 working with a one to nothing lead in

2:30:53 this inning can still send us to the

2:30:55 home, send us to the ninth with a tie

2:30:58 ball game at three apiece. He has to

2:31:00 face the hardest part of the tailgator

2:31:02 lineup though, Zach. Kyle Martin, Jordan

2:31:04 Bart, and Taylor Justice.

2:31:07 >> This is the battle you sign up for in a

2:31:09 game like this.

2:31:20 ladies and gentlemen

2:31:22 join us in singing as loud as you can a

2:31:25 little friends in low places.

2:31:32 Friends in low places

2:31:34 with my good friend Garrett

2:31:36 >> Lampind.

2:31:51 >> We're doing friends in low places

2:31:54 >> as the banana ball is going to continue

2:31:55 to be active in what is a big time

2:31:58 moment in this ball game in the bottom

2:31:59 of the eighth. Tailgators need one to

2:32:02 push and two to win the inning. And

2:32:04 again, it's Kyle Martin, Jordan Bar, and

2:32:06 Taylor Justice. Let friends in low

2:32:08 places serenade you as Zach and I try to

2:32:11 do the same. Kyle Martin hard hit out to

2:32:14 center. Lead off single.

2:32:17 The ocean now three for four tonight and

2:32:20 is a triple shy of the cycle.

2:32:25 Grump bouncing around.

2:32:28 Kmart now represents the inning tying

2:32:31 run aboarded first. Jordan Bart at the

2:32:33 dish. A home run would win the inning.

2:32:36 JB has not hit one of those this

2:32:37 weekend. A ball and no strikes. You see

2:32:39 the clock. Not that big of a worry, but

2:32:43 still a worry.

2:32:45 >> Chopper Logan Lacy to second for one

2:32:48 over to first. Got him. 543

2:32:51 and a big time twin killing for the

2:32:53 firefighters. Logan Lacy turning it

2:32:56 quick. Tiner Hughes even quicker at

2:32:59 second base. Just as soon as Kmart gets

2:33:02 on, the firefighters defense gets him

2:33:04 right back out with the double play.

2:33:08 And now a breath of fresh air can be

2:33:10 taken for both sides. Two outs in the

2:33:13 inning. 6 and 12 minutes. Just a hair

2:33:15 under on the clock.

2:33:17 >> Fans, could they help us out?

2:33:20 >> Mason Maxwell

2:33:22 gave it some chase, but it hit off the

2:33:24 net.

2:33:27 Ball and a strike to Taylor Justice who

2:33:29 had a big time yaya last night.

2:33:35 >> Jose Gonzalez would be up next in the

2:33:37 inning. Javon Ray has already earned one

2:33:40 point tonight in the seventh.

2:33:42 >> Tailgator trying to win their third

2:33:44 straight inning.

2:33:49 >> Humongous

2:33:51 after they got down three to nothing.

2:33:54 This is what we said they had to do. Win

2:33:56 the sixth, seventh, and eighth and send

2:33:57 us tied to the ninth. And they've almost

2:33:59 done just that. However, ball four

2:34:02 sprint will put the inning tying run yet

2:34:04 again aboard. This time in form of

2:34:06 Taylor Justice.

2:34:09 >> Firefighters have not really struggled

2:34:11 with the ball four sprints this game.

2:34:12 That looks like just their fourth issue

2:34:15 of the free pass. But now brother with

2:34:18 the stick in his hands and a runner on.

2:34:22 Jacob Pippers takes off. EJ can't get

2:34:25 the ball out of the net. And Pep, who's

2:34:28 fourth in banana ball now with 12 stolen

2:34:30 bases on the year, has only been called

2:34:32 stealing once.

2:34:43 >> Chopper foul. In all reality of things,

2:34:47 Javon really nich just just needs to be

2:34:50 worried about Jose Gonzalez here. Jacob

2:34:53 Pipperick incredible base stealer

2:34:57 as they'll try to backpick the second.

2:34:59 Oh my gosh, EJ, I love you, but that's

2:35:02 an aggressive move.

2:35:03 >> Kaitton just saved the inning right

2:35:05 there.

2:35:12 Javon Ray just tied this ball game up at

2:35:16 three apiece.

2:35:18 >> He's a doll. And the firefighters have

2:35:22 come all the way back from being down

2:35:24 three to nothing.

2:35:29 >> My goodness, the middle children rivalry

2:35:32 of this sport.

2:35:34 >> It don't get much better than this. The

2:35:36 final ending up next.

2:35:53 are as dangerous as ever. But if your

2:35:56 Texas tailgator can get three outs

2:35:58 before they score a run, they'll need

2:36:00 just one to win it in the bottom of the

2:36:02 ninth. But Corpus Christie, the stakes

2:36:05 have never been higher. Welcome to the

2:36:08 final in

2:36:18 Corpus Christi, Texas.

2:36:21 Coming in to close for the Texas

2:36:25 Tailgator.

2:36:27 He has the most saves in the Banana Ball

2:36:31 Championship League from Update, Texas.

2:36:36 Number 22,

2:36:38 Ree Neil.

2:37:03 this simple truth. You can't find

2:37:09 that.

2:37:17 >> It's Miller time.

2:37:21 The man who leads banana ball in saves.

2:37:25 got number nine last night. Reese

2:37:29 Miller,

2:37:30 he has a win and a save already this

2:37:34 weekend. He calls Houston, Texas home.

2:37:38 And now with an opportunity just like he

2:37:41 did on Thursday night, not to earn the

2:37:44 save, but potentially the win here this

2:37:47 evening.

2:37:49 It's the firefighters. It's the

2:37:51 tailgator. The Tailgators winning the

2:37:53 first, the third, and the fifth innings.

2:37:55 The Firefighters Zack winning the last

2:37:57 three.

2:37:58 >> And up to bat here is two, three, and

2:38:01 four. Kaden Green, Dalton Cornet, and

2:38:05 Logan Lacy.

2:38:07 >> This is as good as it gets. You don't

2:38:09 even need a golden batter here if you're

2:38:11 Val Perez. The three best hitters in

2:38:14 your lineup

2:38:15 going up against one of the best closers

2:38:17 in the sport.

2:38:19 >> 0 and one.

2:38:29 This matchup has yet again lived up to

2:38:31 the hype. What's at stake here? The

2:38:33 tailgator are looking for their first

2:38:35 ever three-game series sweep.

2:38:37 Firefighters trying to put an end to

2:38:39 their fivegame losing streak. The 0 and2

2:38:42 to Peanut.

2:38:43 Got it.

2:38:46 >> The fast ball from Mr. Miller and out

2:38:49 number one.

2:38:51 And you see that second pitch got to

2:38:53 Peanut. That slider was incredible.

2:38:57 Maybe expecting it again. He goes down

2:39:00 swinging as Reese Miller quickly gets to

2:39:02 Dalton Cornet. DC3 grounded out into a

2:39:06 double play to end the ball game last

2:39:07 night. He'll get started out with that

2:39:09 big old Frisbee of a slider. 0 and one

2:39:18 hit right side this night

2:39:21 it makes it through the go ahead run/p

2:39:24 point in the ninth inning where those

2:39:27 are the same stands aboard it first and

2:39:30 it's the man who made the play of the

2:39:32 year last night and so far tonight had

2:39:35 an RBI double on his line show Logan

2:39:38 Lacy

2:39:40 and Now running at first, Noah Bridges,

2:39:43 the designated runner for the

2:39:44 firefighters.

2:39:47 Left side and through. Moves the line

2:39:49 here for the firefighters. Backto back

2:39:52 one out singles.

2:39:55 This is what you got to do in the ninth

2:39:56 inning. Just string them together. Put

2:39:58 pressure on as Eric Jones Jr., the

2:40:01 all-time leader in home runs for the

2:40:03 Savannah Bananas, has a shot to create

2:40:06 some magic in his first season with the

2:40:08 Firefighters. He's 0 for his last nine

2:40:12 between last night and tonight.

2:40:15 But as Zach just mentioned it, he's put

2:40:17 more long balls over the fence than any

2:40:20 more than anybody that ever suited up in

2:40:22 yellow. Now he's a firefighter trying to

2:40:25 ride his own history with the black and

2:40:28 red. Right now he's behind 0 and2

2:40:31 against the third round pick of the

2:40:33 Texas Tailgator in the first ever banana

2:40:36 ball player draft.

2:40:42 Got him.

2:40:44 >> There's that slider again and Reese

2:40:48 oozing confidence as he gets his second

2:40:51 strike out in the frame.

2:40:53 Disgusting. And a great job by Taj to

2:40:56 keep it in front of him. However, it's

2:40:58 the man who went yard his last time up

2:41:00 at the dish. Lamar Sparks.

2:41:07 You couldn't script this any better if

2:41:09 you try.

2:41:10 >> After a moment he had with his little

2:41:12 sister after he hit that solo shot in

2:41:14 the seventh inning. Now coming up here

2:41:17 in the ninth with an opportunity to give

2:41:19 the firefighters the lead.

2:41:24 A couple of Texans and rookies here in

2:41:28 this great sport of banana ball facing

2:41:30 off against each other.

2:41:34 The O2 from Ree

2:41:37 >> down the first baseline. Hits off the

2:41:38 bag. Taylor Justice bareheaded it and he

2:41:42 just saved the game

2:41:46 as he throws the banana off the roof.

2:41:49 That's my first baseman.

2:41:54 >> And that's bananatable ball.

2:42:00 defense.

2:42:02 >> We'll look to have our second walk off

2:42:04 on the weekend.

2:42:06 >> This is banana ball.

2:42:23 It all comes down to this.

2:42:45 Broke my heart

2:42:55 just on my

2:43:08 sing

2:43:10 it to the sea.

2:43:16 on your life, but it's just

2:43:22 destiny.

2:44:06 We're happy

2:44:13 Javon Ray

2:44:15 >> is going to look to send this ball game

2:44:19 to showdowns,

2:44:21 but there's a man in a gold hood ready

2:44:23 to appear from the tailgator dugout.

2:44:26 >> The Texas Tailgator are invoking the

2:44:29 golden batter rule. Now batting in place

2:44:33 of Mag Danford is the Tailgator Golden

2:44:36 Batter. Please welcome Kyle Kmart Marte

2:44:45 for an unprecedented 14th time this

2:44:47 year. The man who has 12 home runs in

2:44:51 the Banana Ball Championship League is

2:44:54 going to lead off the bottom of the

2:44:56 ninth as the Golden Bat.

2:45:01 He hit his 12th home run back in the

2:45:04 first and walked off the first one here

2:45:07 with walk off the ball game.

2:45:12 >> He is hitting in place of Mac which is

2:45:14 the seven hole. Tires border and Indiana

2:45:17 Stanley do up next. High chopper Mason

2:45:20 Maxwell

2:45:23 filled it. Go between the legs.

2:45:27 >> That's out number one. And a trick play.

2:45:29 Book it. I was watching the home plate

2:45:31 umpire who tripped coming from behind

2:45:34 home plate. I didn't know if that one

2:45:36 had hit home on plate or not, but ruled

2:45:38 out number one nonetheless. Now it's the

2:45:40 biggest, the largest, the quad father.

2:45:44 >> Brett, let's not forget Thursday night

2:45:47 against Javon Ray. Taj Porter hit one to

2:45:50 deep right for his only homer of the

2:45:51 weekend.

2:45:54 >> Missed extra bases by about two feet

2:45:56 right there. Also worthy to note with

2:45:58 Jacob Pipper being used in the eighth.

2:46:01 The designated runner cannot be used

2:46:02 until we reach Zack Watson again at the

2:46:04 top of the order. Taj is sitting here in

2:46:07 the eighth hole. Indiana Stanley and

2:46:09 Jordan Hussein

2:46:11 do up next if we can make it to Jordan.

2:46:14 Hadn't seen showdowns in a while between

2:46:16 these two teams. All the way back in

2:46:18 Scottdale,

2:46:20 >> excuse me. All the way back in

2:46:22 >> Salem.

2:46:22 >> Salem, Virginia last year. Almost went

2:46:25 to Scott showdowns game one in Scottdale

2:46:27 did not

2:46:32 got him. Javon Ray fired up as he's one

2:46:37 out away from us getting Freeman out of

2:46:39 them all.

2:46:40 >> That's his 20th strikeouts of the year.

2:46:44 Javon Ray might be one of the most

2:46:46 improved pitchers in the sports in 2026.

2:46:51 But here we have a man we know we can go

2:46:53 yard. He did so in the ninth inning on

2:46:56 Thursday. Indiana Stanley. A game tying

2:47:01 home run

2:47:03 off of Johnny Hmel.

2:47:06 He's got a ball and a strike on

2:47:16 the captain is on deck. Jordan Hussein

2:47:21 and the tailgators are throwing out

2:47:22 their yards. Randy

2:47:28 >> out to Peanut. Gather is up and we are

2:47:32 going to showdowns in Corpus Christi.

2:47:40 It is the best

2:47:43 extra ball roll in all of sports.

2:47:46 Showdowns right here in Corpus Christi,

2:47:50 Texas as Javon Ray his first ninth

2:47:54 inning this year. And he goes golden

2:47:57 batter out, strike out, ground out.

2:48:00 Javon Ray big time. And now the most

2:48:04 exciting moment in Banana Ball

2:48:10 >> to begin round one. If you don't know

2:48:11 showdowns, it'll be a pitcher and a

2:48:14 defender versus a hitter. Round two,

2:48:17 remove that defender. It's just the

2:48:19 pitcher versus the hitter. And then

2:48:21 round three and beyond, it will be a

2:48:23 defender and a pitcher against the

2:48:25 hitter, but with the bases loaded. And

2:48:28 as you see down there on that footnote,

2:48:29 if any home run is hit by either team at

2:48:32 any time, again, the home run that

2:48:34 leaves the yard, the ball game ends

2:48:36 automatically. That is the only way that

2:48:38 the Firefighters is the away team can

2:48:40 walk this one off. And Daltton Cornette

2:48:42 did so in the Banana Ball playoffs a

2:48:45 season ago. Here in round one of

2:48:47 showdowns, it's Reese Miller back out on

2:48:50 the B. It's Jordan Hussein as the

2:48:52 defender here for the Texas Tailgator.

2:48:55 And it'll be the man that they call

2:48:58 showtime. A historic weekend for him

2:49:01 already. Logan Lacy for the firefighters

2:49:05 will be the first man to face Reese

2:49:08 Miller. He already has. He did so in the

2:49:10 ninth inning where he got a single off

2:49:13 of show off of Reese Miller and he put

2:49:16 it through a gap where if there's no

2:49:18 fielder there, it's rolling all the way

2:49:19 to the track and you can run home. He's

2:49:22 got confidence and he's already seen it

2:49:25 go the right way.

2:49:30 Three to3 ball game. Tailgator won the

2:49:33 first, third, and fifth innings. The

2:49:36 firefighters won the sixth, seventh, and

2:49:38 eighth. Neither team scored in the

2:49:40 ninth.

2:49:44 No balls and a strike.

2:49:57 Showtime in the sky out to center.

2:50:01 Jordan Hussein on his horse

2:50:04 lands halfway to the fence. Fiverr picks

2:50:07 it up. Relay in over Reese Miller's

2:50:09 head. Taj keeps it in front of him and

2:50:12 applies the tag. Reese Miller with a

2:50:15 shut out shutdown and the Lone Star

2:50:18 State.

2:50:29 And now it goes to the other side.

2:50:33 The first time in 11 months these two

2:50:35 teams have met in showdowns. And it's a

2:50:37 much different face than we were used to

2:50:40 seeing last year as it's Javon Ray, the

2:50:43 man who has earned all three points

2:50:48 tonight for the firefighters. Noah

2:50:51 Bridges will be his defender and it'll

2:50:53 be Nick Lopez, the first man to swing

2:50:56 the stick for the Tailgator and

2:50:58 Showdowns. Can I take you back to the

2:51:00 Banana Ball Open, the championship game?

2:51:03 It was that man, Nick Lopez, who gave

2:51:06 the Tailgator

2:51:08 a playoff spot in October with a

2:51:10 walk-off of the Savannah Bananas in

2:51:13 Showdowns.

2:51:16 A bunch of junkyard dogs. Lopey not

2:51:20 coloring that mustache, not shaving his

2:51:22 hair, just gritty. Can he win it here

2:51:25 for the boys in blue and orange.

2:51:28 0 and one. Low pee

2:51:32 had an RBI single to win the third

2:51:35 inning tonight.

2:51:41 >> All 7,000 people here in Corpus Christi

2:51:44 are on their feet and they haven't moved

2:51:46 an inch.

2:51:54 Javon shut down tonight. Allowed two

2:51:58 runs, but neither of those earned.

2:52:04 Two and two.

2:52:08 If he can get a shutdown, we'll go to

2:52:10 round two.

2:52:12 The two from Java.

2:52:16 >> Got him.

2:52:18 We are seeing a legend being made here

2:52:21 at Corpus Christi. You're not real Javon

2:52:24 Ray.

2:52:26 >> Brett Loftess, it was his first ninth

2:52:28 inning of the year. Shuts it down. His

2:52:31 first showdown opportunity ever. And he

2:52:34 goes shut down with the K. Javon Ray is

2:52:38 not real.

2:52:47 A couple of shutdowns

2:52:49 >> and yet again we have Reese Miller.

2:52:52 >> This time things are a lot different. In

2:52:55 round two of showdowns, there is no

2:52:57 defender. There is pitcher versus

2:53:00 hitter.

2:53:01 And this hitter is one of the most

2:53:03 clutch ones we've seen in the history of

2:53:05 this sport. Let me take you back to

2:53:07 October of last year. Dalton Cornet

2:53:12 leaves the yard in showdowns against the

2:53:14 Savannah Mananas in game two of the

2:53:16 semifinals

2:53:18 in the playoffs.

2:53:21 One of four times we've had a walk-off

2:53:23 home run in showdowns. And now DC3

2:53:28 will face Reese Miller in the top of

2:53:31 round number two here in Corpus Christi.

2:53:41 The only time the firefighters have been

2:53:43 in showdowns this year, Dalton Cornet

2:53:45 was the one that walked it off in

2:53:47 Albuquerque, New Mexico. He's got a huge

2:53:50 chance to repeat history.

2:53:56 >> 0 and two.

2:53:58 Only way he could walk it off here would

2:54:00 be by putting it over the fence.

2:54:03 Tailgator one and two in showdowns this

2:54:06 year.

2:54:13 02 from Ree.

2:54:17 Another foul ball.

2:54:22 How good has this banana ball game been

2:54:24 here tonight? My gosh. Five to three

2:54:27 victors via a walk-off in the ninth

2:54:30 inning Thursday night. Three to2

2:54:31 tailgator won last night. Somebody's

2:54:33 going to win it in showdowns tonight.

2:54:40 Again, Tailgator trying to sweep their

2:54:43 first ever three-game series.

2:54:47 Firefighters trying to stop their

2:54:49 fiveame losing streak. The one, two from

2:54:51 Ree.

2:54:54 Swatted into right field. Going to roll

2:54:56 for a while. Reese on his horse. DC3

2:54:59 good wheels. It is going to be hard to

2:55:01 track that one down. Reese still running

2:55:04 all the way out at the track and he

2:55:06 won't even offer up a throw. DC3

2:55:10 makes it a four to three ball game

2:55:12 applied all the pressure on the

2:55:14 tailgator.

2:55:17 You want to know why the firefighters

2:55:19 call that man Captain Clutch? It's a

2:55:22 piece of hitting like that. 02 count and

2:55:26 he rips it down the right field line.

2:55:27 And how appropriate. After last night

2:55:30 getting robbed by Taylor Justice, he

2:55:32 goes to nearly the exact same place. And

2:55:34 this time it rolls all the way to the

2:55:36 track as now the firefighters get a new

2:55:39 hurler on the mound. Brett Loftess.

2:55:41 Johnny Hmel will be the man on the bump.

2:55:45 The closer who this weekend got roughed

2:55:49 up on Thursday night. He was the man

2:55:51 that relinquished the walk off. We

2:55:53 didn't even see him last night and now

2:55:55 we see him here tonight with an

2:55:57 opportunity if he's able to earn a

2:55:59 shutdown to earn a win for these

2:56:02 firefighters. However, the man he will

2:56:04 have to face has been absolutely on

2:56:07 fire. Zack Watson

2:56:10 Guadi an RBI single here tonight

2:56:15 and a man we know with home run power.

2:56:18 Just a reminder, just because the

2:56:21 firefighters

2:56:23 were able to score there in the top of

2:56:25 round number two,

2:56:28 if Wadi still hits a home run here, that

2:56:30 will end this ball game.

2:56:33 If he if he can score it inside the

2:56:35 Parker, we will go to round three. If

2:56:37 Johnny Hmel gets a showdown shutdown,

2:56:39 the firefighters win.

2:56:43 >> One and0.

2:56:53 Two and0.

2:56:55 A ball for spread would result in a

2:56:57 tailgator being placed on second base.

2:57:01 The new showdown rule implemented in

2:57:03 2026 here in Banana Ball.

2:57:07 >> Johnny able to get in there with his

2:57:08 wonderful curve ball. Two and one.

2:57:10 That's where he's most effective. If

2:57:12 that is working, he is hard to hit.

2:57:21 There are no steals of first in

2:57:22 showdowns,

2:57:24 >> but a three ball count nonetheless.

2:57:27 And what a predicament to be in for

2:57:29 Johnny Hmel.

2:57:31 You can relinquish the ball force Brent

2:57:33 put a man on second makes it 180 ft

2:57:36 closer for the tailgators to score. Or

2:57:38 you can challenge Zack Watson.

2:57:43 He will choose to put a man on second.

2:57:44 That man will be Jacob Pipperick as we

2:57:47 will reset the count. Pip will go out to

2:57:49 run now at second base and Zack Watson

2:57:52 will stay in the box to hit.

2:57:55 Now, just in case we make it there, if

2:57:57 Wadi draws another sprint, Pit will only

2:58:00 advance up 90 ft and then we'll be on

2:58:02 third base.

2:58:05 0 and one.

2:58:08 At this point, you just need to put it

2:58:11 in play if you're Zach Watson. With no

2:58:13 defender behind Johnny Hmel

2:58:16 and Jacob Peppersick on second,

2:58:23 Johnny Hmel has the Texas Tailgator down

2:58:26 to their final strike.

2:58:30 The man they call Lightning has an

2:58:32 opportunity to put this fivegame losing

2:58:35 streak in the history books.

2:58:39 No two to

2:58:42 hit in the sky. Will it stay in play?

2:58:45 It's going in foul territory.

2:58:48 Oh,

2:58:50 fan caught foul ball. Still counting

2:58:53 showdowns, might I add,

2:58:55 but dropped

2:58:57 and Zack Watson could take

2:59:00 a sigh of relief as we will do the O2

2:59:04 once more.

2:59:12 deep left field but fat

2:59:16 again.

2:59:17 A home run that leaves the yard here

2:59:20 will result in the tailgator down. A

2:59:24 showdown shutdown from Johnny Hmel. The

2:59:26 firefighters win.

2:59:30 The O2

2:59:32 got him. And the firefighters win it

2:59:35 four to three in showdowns in the

2:59:38 hometown of their skipper Val Perez.

2:59:43 You want to talk about learning from

2:59:45 adversity. Going through the fire in

2:59:48 flames. Johnny Hmel with a heartbreaking

2:59:51 Thursday. comes back on Saturday back

2:59:55 against the wall and gets a K. The

2:59:58 firefighters come back from three down

3:00:01 to win it in two rounds of showdowns.

3:00:04 What a night. What a team. And that one

3:00:08 is for Val.

3:00:20 the fire. I'm a height.

3:00:40 Well, my good friend Zach Stton, that

3:00:43 fivegame losing streak is in the past.

3:00:46 And your skipper Val Perez gets a win in

3:00:50 Corpus Christi with a team in a city

3:00:53 that she loves so much

3:00:57 after the last two nights of heartbreak.

3:01:00 You couldn't have blamed it if this team

3:01:02 after going three down would have thrown

3:01:05 in the towel. But they come back and

3:01:07 survive. They come back and they win.

3:01:11 That's why this is the grittiest team in

3:01:12 sports. And how about this? Lamar

3:01:15 Sparks, who hit a home run in this game

3:01:17 and got a ride home from his younger

3:01:19 sister, Gypsy, who battles cerebral

3:01:21 pausy, recreated a beautiful picture

3:01:24 from their youth on route to one of the

3:01:28 greatest wins the firefighters have had

3:01:30 this season.

3:01:33 >> It's in the middle, too.

3:01:34 >> What an incredible team. What an

3:01:36 incredible group of guys. And what a

3:01:39 moment

3:01:41 >> as

3:01:44 Michael Schwarz has entered

3:01:48 >> the photo circle and you see who he's

3:01:50 grabbed. We're not spoiling that. Down

3:01:52 to you, Michael.

3:01:53 >> Javon, you told me last night, you can't

3:01:55 teach that. You can't teach what you

3:01:56 just did on that mound. How did you stay

3:01:59 so poised, stay focused in the heat of

3:02:01 that moment?

3:02:03 >> Uh, first thing I did, I prayed.

3:02:04 Couldn't do it without God. And um

3:02:07 second of all, this team, this team

3:02:08 behind me, you know, we've been going

3:02:09 through some hard times, but we stayed

3:02:11 together as a team no matter what. No, I

3:02:13 know they got me.

3:02:14 >> This team is so close. I want to bring

3:02:16 in Lamar Sparks because I was with your

3:02:18 sister. I've been with your family and

3:02:20 we were waiting for that home run. You

3:02:22 were going to recreate the moment. First

3:02:23 night didn't happen. Second night didn't

3:02:25 happen. I was in left field and I had

3:02:27 tears in my eyes. Everyone just had

3:02:29 tears in their eyes as you recreated

3:02:30 that moment. We have the ball in the

3:02:32 dugout for you. What did that mean?

3:02:36 I mean, it's in I don't really have

3:02:37 words for it. It's something I've been

3:02:38 wanting to recreate for a long time now.

3:02:41 And finally, I'm in a league. I'm in a

3:02:42 place where I can recreate that and uh

3:02:44 have some great people around me, have

3:02:45 some great staff, some great teammates.

3:02:46 Val stuck her neck out as well and said,

3:02:48 "We're going to make this happen. We

3:02:49 want to make this happen, you know, cuz

3:02:50 this is bigger than banana ball, you

3:02:52 know, and so this was a indescribable

3:02:54 moment.

3:02:54 >> There's no other sport. That's why we

3:02:56 have the greatest sport in the entire

3:02:57 world that you can recreate that moment

3:03:00 and just feel that energy. What did it

3:03:02 mean for your family, your sister?

3:03:04 >> For my family and sister, that's I mean,

3:03:06 she's been grinding everywhere we go.

3:03:09 Every baseball anywhere we go, she's

3:03:11 been grinding to be there. If she's

3:03:13 there, she's in the front row sitting

3:03:14 through the sun, sitting through the hot

3:03:15 days, sitting through the cold days,

3:03:17 grinding to come watch me, my family as

3:03:19 well. And so, it was a great experience

3:03:20 to have them all out here and have them

3:03:21 behind me.

3:03:21 >> The first time that she's getting you

3:03:23 see getting to see you play in person.

3:03:24 Is Val here at Val?

3:03:27 Hey, I think Corpus Christi was rooting

3:03:30 to get that one win. Guys, did you do it

3:03:32 for Val this weekend?

3:03:34 >> They didn't need to do it for me. It's

3:03:35 all about all of us. We've been a family

3:03:37 the whole all year and um you know,

3:03:38 we've been doing playing good banana

3:03:40 ball and it's about time we got a win.

3:03:41 So, I appreciate that.

3:03:42 >> Well, it what an this was one of the

3:03:44 most incredible weekends. Javon, the

3:03:46 banana ball backstage question.

3:03:48 >> Yeah.

3:03:49 >> What was the nastiest play that you made

3:03:52 this season? Is it this game?

3:03:55 Um, I just want to say it doesn't

3:03:57 matter. It doesn't No, I just want

3:03:58 >> Hey, wait. There. Wait, there's a pool

3:03:59 out there, guys.

3:04:00 >> There's a pool. Hey, I say we jump.

3:04:02 Should we jump?

3:04:03 >> Should we You want to do it?

3:04:04 >> Should we? Let's go

3:04:05 >> to the pool. All right, let's to the

3:04:06 pool. A great game here. Set it up to

3:04:08 the booth.

3:04:10 >> Michael Schwarz, thank you very much.

3:04:12 The showman of the night is that man

3:04:15 wearing number 25 in red tonight. His

3:04:18 first ninth inning of the year. He goes

3:04:20 one, two, three. his first showdown

3:04:22 opportunity in his banana ball career.

3:04:24 He earns a showdown shutdown. A night

3:04:27 removed from giving up a home run to Taj

3:04:29 Porter and giving up a point for the

3:04:32 first time in a long time. Javon Ray

3:04:34 comes back and absolutely shoves.

3:04:38 As you take a look at the showman of the

3:04:39 night and what this game represented,

3:04:42 this is a weekend of three of the best

3:04:45 banana ball games you could ever see.

3:04:48 And they happen backto backto back

3:04:51 nights. The firefighters use their

3:04:53 offense to find a way. After going down

3:04:56 three points to none, they win the

3:04:58 seventh, the eighth, and the ninth. And

3:05:01 they find a way, excuse me, the sixth,

3:05:03 the seventh, and the eighth. And they

3:05:05 find a way to win in showdowns.

3:05:08 What a moment. What a game. And what a

3:05:11 special weekend Brett Loft is for this

3:05:13 team. Welcome you back inside the booth.

3:05:16 He's Zach Stton. I'm Brett Loftess. And

3:05:20 might I can I tell you a story between

3:05:23 me, you, and God.

3:05:25 Javon Ray, to be quite candid with you,

3:05:28 and to peel the curtain back a little

3:05:29 bit at home, is probably the the the

3:05:32 only player, and I wouldn't say the only

3:05:33 player, but probably the player that I'm

3:05:35 closest with outside of the Texas

3:05:36 Tailgator locker room. He's quite

3:05:38 frankly the easiest player to root for

3:05:40 that plays on any of the other five

3:05:42 teams that is not the blue and orange. I

3:05:44 don't say that disrespectful to anybody

3:05:45 else. And I just say that to uplift

3:05:47 Javon. I've met with him almost every

3:05:49 single week. We go back and watch every

3:05:51 single one of his outings either back in

3:05:52 Savannah or when we're on the road with

3:05:54 each other. the work that that young man

3:05:56 has put in behind the scenes from

3:05:58 December to January to February to

3:06:01 working through some things early on in

3:06:03 his mechanics in March to the

3:06:04 performance that you've seen tonight

3:06:06 against one of the best three offenses

3:06:08 in this sport who swats long balls left

3:06:10 and right has veteran baseballers up and

3:06:12 down this lineup that have made their

3:06:14 offensive presence known in our sport of

3:06:16 banana ball is special. what Javon Ray

3:06:19 did and the maturation we've seen from

3:06:21 him from year one to year two. There

3:06:23 were some questions when Val Perez took

3:06:26 him in the fifth round of the banana

3:06:27 ball player draft. All those questions

3:06:30 were hushed tonight. Javon Ray, like it

3:06:32 or not, is one of the very best bullpin

3:06:34 arms in this league and he proved that

3:06:36 in a big way tonight.

3:06:37 >> Yes, he did. On a different note, Val

3:06:40 Perez has been begging Banana Ball to

3:06:43 come back here to Corpus Christi, Texas,

3:06:45 her hometown, at a ballpark where she

3:06:47 was at on April 17th, 2005, working in

3:06:51 concessions the day this ballpark opened

3:06:53 up. Worked here two years in

3:06:55 concessions, multiple years after that

3:06:57 as an EMS worker, and now was able to be

3:06:59 a part of a brand that she helped

3:07:03 establish themselves in their inaugural

3:07:05 season. the only skipper that this brand

3:07:06 has ever seen able to get a win for the

3:07:10 firefighters as a former firefighter in

3:07:12 her hometown of Corpus Christi. Brett,

3:07:14 she contributed offensively to it as

3:07:16 well. Drew a ball force sprint that

3:07:18 batted in a run. I want to show you this

3:07:20 right here that says CCFD. I know it's

3:07:22 hard to read because it's all in black

3:07:23 and camo, but this is a win for them

3:07:25 tonight. They were all supportive of Val

3:07:28 ever since she thought that this was a

3:07:29 possibility. When she retired after 10

3:07:31 years, her biggest fans were her family

3:07:34 and her family in the Corpus Christi

3:07:36 fire department. All of them who are

3:07:38 watching tonight, this one is for you.

3:07:40 For Val Perez, this will go down, I

3:07:42 believe, as maybe the most emotional win

3:07:45 in the most emotional weekend of her

3:07:47 career. And I'm so proud of the way this

3:07:49 team battled back. Just look at Johnny

3:07:51 Hmel. Had one of the most gut-wrenching

3:07:53 outings on Thursday night. Comes back

3:07:55 back against the wall with a runner on

3:07:57 second and he shuts the door. This is

3:07:59 why this team is not just the hottest

3:08:01 team in sports. I believe they are the

3:08:03 grittiest team in Banana Ball. Let's

3:08:05 take a look at next week in our great

3:08:07 sport of Banana Ball. These firefighters

3:08:10 and tailgators, if they like what you're

3:08:12 seeing here in Corpus Christi, we get to

3:08:14 play three more of them in the Queen

3:08:16 City. The 704 Charlotte, North Carolina.

3:08:18 Thursday night, June the 4th is when

3:08:21 we'll kick off that three-game series at

3:08:23 700 p.m. Eastern. Clowns and bananas

3:08:25 will also run it back again next weekend

3:08:27 as they will be playing in our home of

3:08:30 Savannah, Georgia, historic Grayson

3:08:31 Stadium. And the Coconuts in Party

3:08:33 Animals also will run it back next

3:08:35 weekend when we have history take place.

3:08:38 The Party Animals will headline the

3:08:40 first ever Major League Stadium, not

3:08:42 against the Bananas, when they play the

3:08:44 Loco Beach Coconuts at American Family

3:08:46 Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

3:08:49 I'm going to say something. I'm going to

3:08:52 say something. Bo Scalla you're in the

3:08:55 chat. Correct me if I'm wrong. This was

3:08:56 the greatest three-game series in the

3:08:58 history of Banana Ball. Period.

3:08:59 Tailgator win the series two to one. We

3:09:02 have a new combined single game trick

3:09:04 play record on Thursday night with a

3:09:06 walk-off from Nick Lopez. His first ever

3:09:08 walk-off home run in his life. Last

3:09:10 night we have a ninth inning rally from

3:09:12 the Firefighters that falls short

3:09:13 because of a web gym double play from

3:09:16 Taylor Justice and Jordan Hussein.

3:09:18 Tonight, the firefighters are down three

3:09:21 points to none when the sixth, seventh,

3:09:23 and eighth innings. We then go to

3:09:25 showdowns where Javon Ray proves himself

3:09:28 to be a hero and one of the best

3:09:29 relievers in this sport. Johnny Hmel

3:09:31 writes his wrongs from Thursday night

3:09:34 and the firefighters in that fivegame

3:09:36 losing streak. And Val Perez gets win

3:09:38 number one as a skipper in her hometown

3:09:41 of Corpus Christi, Texas. for everyone

3:09:44 in the production truck under the

3:09:45 doodelage of our director Alex Gross,

3:09:48 our wonderful producer Mohawk Mike. He's

3:09:50 Zach Stton. I'm Brett Loftus telling you

3:09:52 to stay safe, stay happy, stay healthy,

3:09:55 and until we see you in the 704 Zack

3:09:58 Stton everybody, axe is up, shop hard.

3:10:08 Heat. Heat. N.

3:10:44 Heat. Heat.

3:11:02 Heat.

3:11:05 Heat.