Hit and Sit Show 31 Smoky Mountain Classic Sat, Jul 29, 2023 5:08 PM to 8:22 PM
Transcript
00:00:00 Yeah, text me if it's on UAAA Live and it's working.
00:00:07 Just text me.
00:00:08 I gotta go.
00:00:09 Alright.
00:00:10 Yep.
00:00:11 And now let's meet the USA Women's National Team.
00:00:16 Number 66, Megan Baltzel.
00:00:21 Number 1, Tylee Isilisteen.
00:00:27 Number 12, Alyssa Schreiner.
00:00:30 Number 22, Fianna Fanow.
00:00:33 Number 13, Mandy Holman.
00:00:36 Number 8, Ashley Langone.
00:00:39 Number 9, Steffi Cole.
00:00:42 Number 3, Steph Hurtness.
00:00:45 Number 25, Amber Harish.
00:00:48 Number 15, Terri Ross.
00:00:51 Number 33, Tara Laquanen.
00:00:54 Number 24, Patrika Barlow.
00:00:57 And number 51, Shelby Engel.
00:01:00 Head coach for Team USA is Don Cooper,
00:01:03 assisted by Shannon Cooper and Tammy Higginbotham.
00:01:10 Ladies and gentlemen, your Team USA Women's National Team.
00:01:19 And now ladies and gentlemen, at this time we ask you to please rise.
00:01:25 Gentlemen, if you would, please remove your caps.
00:01:28 And in lieu of a flag, we ask you to just please stand with your hand over your heart.
00:01:34 And if so desired, please join me in the singing of our national anthem.
00:01:39 Alright, so we'll get the camera going here.
00:01:43 Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light
00:01:51 What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?
00:01:59 Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
00:02:06 O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
00:02:15 And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air
00:02:22 Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
00:02:31 Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
00:02:40 O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
00:02:51 [applause]
00:02:56 Let's play ball.
00:03:03 Alright, we're ready to get started. We've got some new camera technology here.
00:03:08 We're trying out to live stream from a moving, zooming camera.
00:03:13 Team USA, the plow horses as Coach Don Cooper calls them,
00:03:19 because they've got a lot of power and they hit a lot of the extra base hits.
00:03:22 In the gray and white against, on the first base side, in the all white,
00:03:29 is the future stars, 32 and under, 32 and under.
00:03:42 A little bit of a crowd here, Canadian crowd hanging around.
00:03:48 And on the other side, the Team USA crowd, parents, fans, brothers and sisters, locals.
00:03:58 A little bit of music.
00:04:16 Cara Laquanen on the mound for the Team USA.
00:04:21 Long time pitcher for Derby Girls.
00:04:24 Steph Calls doing the catching.
00:04:28 Tylea Silestine, if I'm saying that right, at third base.
00:04:33 Schreiner at left.
00:04:36 Terry Ross at short.
00:04:39 Mandy Holman in the middle.
00:04:43 Holly Holman actually at second base.
00:04:46 Baltzell at first.
00:04:49 Langonian right.
00:04:58 It's about 75 degrees, humid, starting to cool off here in Cleveland, Ohio,
00:05:03 at the Brooklyn Brookside Reservation tally field.
00:05:08 USA softball about to get started.
00:05:11 Futures batting against Team USA.
00:05:28 Danny Waite, fly ball to right.
00:05:30 Langonies there, makes the catch.
00:05:32 An all-turf field.
00:05:36 Fence distance is 315 down the lines, 355 to the gaps, and 365 to center.
00:05:45 Casey Britt the batter.
00:06:02 That pitch was called illegal, it's got to go six feet.
00:06:14 Britt swung on center field, could be a hit.
00:06:17 Diving attempt by the center fielder,
00:06:20 and the ball falls in for the first hit of the game.
00:06:33 Now batting for USA Futures, number 21, Megan Pearson.
00:06:49 Pearson the batter, base hit center field.
00:06:51 Britt is going to go first to third.
00:06:58 Pearson stays at first with a single, runners on the corners.
00:07:02 First one out.
00:07:23 Sandy Pauly, first pitch swinging, caught by Baltzell at first base,
00:07:27 for the second out, runners hold.
00:07:36 Now batting for the USA Futures, number 45, Chelsea Showers.
00:07:48 Two on, two out, top of the first, Chelsea Showers,
00:07:52 plays with team 24 during the regular season, stands in.
00:08:06 And she walks them loaded.
00:08:29 Big spot here, Ruby Ritchie bounces to the middle,
00:08:33 fielded, and team USA gets out of it.
00:08:40 They left them, Futures left them loaded.
00:08:42 [Music]
00:09:01 [Music]
00:09:17 [Music]
00:09:32 [Music]
00:09:52 [Music]
00:10:12 Alright, DW here at the Border Battle 2013.
00:10:15 I'll get my act together on the camera here.
00:10:17 I'm not used to the between innings video.
00:10:21 Megan Baltzell going to lead things off.
00:10:31 Baltzell, deep swing, 3-15 out there,
00:10:36 Chelsea Showers with the backpedal and the catch.
00:10:47 Now batting for team USA, number one, Tanya Silestine.
00:11:01 Silestine over the shortstop, Danny Waite in the left center.
00:11:06 She's going to hold at first, 75 foot bases.
00:11:09 They use an 11 inch ball and they start with a 1-1 count.
00:11:18 Now batting for team USA, number 12, Alyssa Shryna.
00:11:35 Line drive past Danny Waite.
00:11:42 And the double.
00:11:54 Now batting for team USA, number 22, Fianna Finale.
00:12:11 Fianna Finale the batter.
00:12:13 Runners on second and third.
00:12:16 No outs, Shryner hit the double there.
00:12:22 Swung on right off the pitcher's leg.
00:12:24 She picks it up, she's still going to make a play and got it at first.
00:12:27 The run does score.
00:12:29 And team USA is on the board.
00:12:33 I tell you, these pitchers are tough.
00:12:37 Took that flat off the fly, but she still made the play.
00:12:43 Coach Carter coming out to check on her.
00:13:02 Anybody else to the butt?
00:13:18 [Indiscernible]
00:13:46 All right, she's going to stay in the game.
00:13:48 She is tough.
00:13:50 Going to do a little practice pitch here.
00:13:53 Looking good, 50 foot pitching rubber.
00:14:00 Mandy Holman the batter.
00:14:16 One nothing team USA.
00:14:18 Three, two straight hits to start the game and then a ground out.
00:14:22 Fielder's choice scored the run.
00:14:24 There's a church league spinner hitting the left center.
00:14:28 Diving catch and that will end the inning.
00:14:32 Ruby Richie out there with the diving catch.
00:14:35 One nothing.
00:14:39 Futures coming up.
00:14:43 It all started in 1933 with a simple idea.
00:14:46 Softball is a game for everyone.
00:14:49 And from that idea, the ASA was born.
00:14:52 With standardized rules and organized competition across the nation,
00:14:56 dreams of all shapes and sizes now have a chance to come true.
00:15:01 So no matter your age, level, or experience,
00:15:05 you are a part of the journey that started 90 years ago.
00:15:09 It's time to tell the story of USA softball.
00:15:13 It's time to tell your story.
00:15:16 [Music]
00:15:23 Top of the second inning for USA Futures.
00:15:26 Number four, Kaitlin Johnson.
00:15:37 Kaitlin Johnson the batter.
00:15:41 Top of the second.
00:15:42 Team USA up one nothing.
00:15:45 2013 USA showdown.
00:16:09 Kaitlin Johnson hits the knuckle ball to center field.
00:16:13 And a running catch.
00:16:23 Now batting for USA Futures, number three, Shana Finley.
00:16:26 Shana Finley pops it up.
00:16:47 Shana Finley, the trying her coming on.
00:16:49 Makes the catch.
00:17:01 Batting for USA Futures, number 27, Bernadette Tonoto.
00:17:22 [Crowd noise]
00:17:47 All right, last pitch to Tonoto.
00:17:50 Down the middle, swung on off the pitcher's glove.
00:17:55 And she stays with it, makes the play.
00:17:58 That will end the inning, one nothing.
00:18:01 Hi, I'm Craig Kress, CEO of USA Softball.
00:18:05 Throughout the last 90 years, USA Softball has worked extremely hard
00:18:09 to not only create first for the sport of softball,
00:18:12 but also to continue to be a leader and to listen to its constituents in the United States.
00:18:18 We're the first in many, many things that have been created for the softball sport.
00:18:22 The first set of unified rules.
00:18:24 The first organization to help amateur umpires be their best and hone their trade.
00:18:30 And also the first to be able to put quality athletes on the field
00:18:33 and continue the training for these athletes as we changed.
00:18:37 USA Softball originally started with women's fast pitch and men's fast pitch.
00:18:41 We now have slow pitch for men and women.
00:18:44 We now have a lot of J.O. ball, which is youth, anywhere from the ages of 8 to 18.
00:18:49 Recreation may have been our start, but we have really worked extremely hard
00:18:54 to give something to the game for everyone.
00:18:57 The last 90 years have been great.
00:18:59 [Game noise]
00:19:20 And Goni walks on three pitches.
00:19:30 Now batting for Team USA, number nine, Steffi Cole.
00:19:39 Steffi Cole the batter.
00:19:43 Runner on first.
00:19:53 That one swung on.
00:19:54 Center field, they're playing a four-woman outfield.
00:19:58 And the right center fielder makes the catch.
00:20:02 Here's out in the field with a four-man.
00:20:13 Now batting for Team USA, number three, Steph Hartness.
00:20:26 A quick spinner fielded by Britt throws to wait at second for the force.
00:20:43 Now batting for Team USA, number 25, Amber Parrish.
00:21:11 That ball fell in.
00:21:14 Foul.
00:21:37 Amber Parrish right center field.
00:21:39 Randy Pauly on the run makes a great catch.
00:21:43 That will end the inning.
00:21:44 One-nothing.
00:21:45 Team USA leads the Futures.
00:21:48 Softball has provided so many opportunities for athletes and umpires and coaches,
00:21:52 but we must continue to look for what our real purpose is,
00:21:56 and that is to promote the sport of softball for everyone.
00:21:59 It doesn't matter what you want to play, whether it be a league game
00:22:02 or whether it be the Olympic level.
00:22:04 It is our job at USA Softball to make sure that we continue to offer those
00:22:08 opportunities for each and every person that wants to play the game.
00:22:12 [Music].
00:22:16 [Music].
00:22:19 [Music].
00:22:42 A little bit of a crowd here, so we go to the top of the third.
00:22:48 Leading off the top of the third inning for USA Futures, number 17,
00:22:58 Kaitlyn Stoner.
00:23:07 Top of the third, Kaitlyn Stoner, first pitch swinging, right center field.
00:23:14 And gives way to Steph Hartness in center.
00:23:20 One-nothing, top of the third.
00:23:22 Futures has not scored.
00:23:27 Now batting for USA Futures, number 00, Stacey Moore.
00:23:37 Stacey Moore at the plate, the pitcher, trying to roll the top for Futures.
00:23:42 Goes right through the wickets.
00:23:44 Amber Parrish has it, throws her out.
00:23:48 Two outs.
00:23:58 Now batting for USA Futures, number five, Danny Waite.
00:24:08 Top of the order, Danny Waite.
00:24:17 Bouncer, Terry Ross, the shortstop coming on, throws to first.
00:24:22 Safe.
00:24:44 Now batting for USA Futures, number two, Casey Britt.
00:24:51 Casey Britt hits the spinner.
00:25:17 Mandy Holman's on the ground, got it, throws to second.
00:25:20 Danny Waite beats the throw.
00:25:23 Runners on first and second, two outs.
00:25:35 Now batting for USA Futures, number 21, Megan Pearson.
00:25:43 Sun's popping out here in Cleveland, Ohio.
00:25:47 Sun's going to be in the fielder's eyes here.
00:25:52 Megan Pearson hit it off the pitcher last inning.
00:25:55 Flies deep center and caught.
00:25:59 That'll do it for the Futures.
00:26:01 They still don't score.
00:26:02 It's one-nothing.
00:26:10 Ever since the formation of the ASA in Chicago, Illinois,
00:26:13 softball has been the game America plays.
00:26:16 Fast forward 90 years and you'll find our sport headquartered in
00:26:19 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, surrounded by 10 regions built to organize
00:26:24 competition and grow the game across the country.
00:26:27 Within each region, groups of volunteers run local associations to provide
00:26:31 leagues, tournaments, and trainings for players, teams, coaches, and
00:26:36 umpires within their area, all who work with the national office located
00:26:41 back in OKC, or as you may know it by, the softball capital of the world.
00:26:47 Over the last 90 years, USA Softball has grown from a single national
00:26:51 tournament to a massive organization with over 1 million members stretching
00:26:55 from coast to coast.
00:26:57 Within all these moving parts, there are opportunities for everyone.
00:27:01 Men, women, girls, and boys can play fast pitch, slow pitch,
00:27:05 or even modified pitch.
00:27:07 These grassroots programs lay the foundation for six--
00:27:11 [inaudible]
00:27:17 All right, Terry Ross going to lay it off the bottom of the third for
00:27:21 Team USA, and she starts it with a single.
00:27:24 [inaudible]
00:27:33 Now batting for Team USA, number 31,
00:27:36 Tyra Laquanen.
00:27:38 [inaudible]
00:28:02 Laquanen hits it off the pitcher's glove, and everybody's safe.
00:28:07 [cheering]
00:28:09 Throw to first was not in time.
00:28:11 First and second, nobody out.
00:28:13 [inaudible]
00:28:24 A courtesy runner for Team USA is number 24, Patrika Barlow.
00:28:30 Now batting for Team USA, number 26--
00:28:33 You get a courtesy runner once in inning.
00:28:35 That's Patrika Barlow at first base for the pitcher, Tyra Laquanen.
00:28:41 Megan Baltzell, the batter.
00:28:45 Nation's leading power hitters.
00:28:51 Comes in, runners on first and second, no outs.
00:28:56 Swung on, right field.
00:28:58 Shower started back, comes in, and the ball falls foul.
00:29:02 [chatter]
00:29:26 Baltzell swung on, right field.
00:29:28 Showers again, started back, comes in, makes the catch.
00:29:33 One out, the runners are going to advance.
00:29:35 [chatter]
00:29:55 Aliyah Silestine, the batter.
00:30:00 One of the nation leaders in on-base percentage last year.
00:30:05 [chatter]
00:30:11 Swung on, left field line, it's fair.
00:30:15 Even though they have a four-woman outfield.
00:30:17 Still going to be two runs on the base hit by Silestine.
00:30:22 It's three-nothing, Team USA.
00:30:26 [chatter]
00:30:54 Alyssa Shriner plays with La Familia during the regular season.
00:31:04 Taking all the way here, takes a strike.
00:31:07 [chatter]
00:31:17 Last pitch to Shriner.
00:31:20 Deep center field, right center, Randy Pauly fighting the sun,
00:31:24 makes the catch.
00:31:26 Way out there, about the 340 mark.
00:31:28 [chatter]
00:31:40 Now batting for Team USA, number 22, Fianna Fennac.
00:31:45 [chatter]
00:31:58 And now first pitch swinging, Taylor Johnson's got it,
00:32:02 throws to Britt at first, that'll do it.
00:32:05 Three-nothing, USA.
00:32:07 [music]
00:32:11 Different national team programs.
00:32:13 Giving athletes a chance to take their game to the international stage
00:32:17 and embark on the path to the podium.
00:32:20 Each of these moving parts is a piece in the puzzle,
00:32:23 and those pieces are you.
00:32:26 You are part of our umpire staffs.
00:32:28 You are in our national team program.
00:32:31 You are involved in our grassroots.
00:32:34 We thank you for completing our puzzle,
00:32:36 for continuing the dream that started 90 years ago.
00:32:40 Whether it's in your local community or representing the red, white,
00:32:43 and blue somewhere across the globe,
00:32:45 you are and always will be a part of our story.
00:32:54 The score?
00:32:56 Forget it.
00:32:57 Forget it.
00:32:59 I didn't know he was doing the score.
00:33:01 [music]
00:33:21 Tap of four, Randy Paulie hits a liner to center,
00:33:24 caught by Steph Hartness, one out.
00:33:28 Three-zip, USA beating the Futures.
00:33:31 Futures just can't get the offense going,
00:33:33 but they're playing a nice game defensively.
00:33:37 Wind, wind's kind of swirling.
00:33:41 They said it was 75 degrees.
00:33:43 USA Futures, number 45, Chelsea Showers.
00:33:46 Sun's finally out this weekend.
00:33:57 Showers bouncer to short.
00:33:59 Ross has got it, dropped it, and everybody's going to be safe.
00:34:04 I was just looking for someone to put this lower so I could put my elbow on it,
00:34:08 but I didn't know you were scoring.
00:34:16 Now batting for USA Futures, number 33, Ruby Richie.
00:34:22 All right, it's Ruby Richie.
00:34:25 If anyone's got power for the Futures team, it's Ruby.
00:34:30 Runner on first is Showers.
00:34:34 Pitch, knuckle ball just missed.
00:34:44 And a strike just made it past the plate.
00:34:48 Of course, you can steal in USA softball.
00:34:52 Once the ball gets past home plate, it gets away from the catcher.
00:34:56 Usually you'll see a steal.
00:34:58 We did see a straight steal yesterday.
00:35:00 Stuff hardness.
00:35:04 Richie swung on deep, left center, Shriner on the run,
00:35:08 makes the shoestring catch, holds the runner to first.
00:35:27 Now batting for USA Futures, number four, Kaelin Johnson.
00:35:37 Bouncer past the diving Ross of the base hit.
00:35:40 Showers going to hold at second.
00:35:43 First and second, two outs for Shana Finley.
00:36:04 Quarter battle 13, USA showdown tonight.
00:36:09 Shana Finley with a base hit to the left center.
00:36:11 Showers is going to score, and the Futures is on the board.
00:36:16 Down 3-1.
00:36:27 Now batting for USA Futures, number 27, Bernadette Tenuto.
00:36:41 Bernadette Tenuto plays with SNI during the regular season.
00:36:46 Down the left field line, fair, and kicked by Shriner in the foul territory.
00:36:50 Two runs are going to -- up, play at the plate, out.
00:36:56 Finley dead at the plate.
00:36:59 One run did score, so Futures makes it 3-2, a nice relay.
00:37:05 [MUSIC]
00:37:33 [MUSIC]
00:37:38 Down a little more.
00:37:41 Lift it up and then --
00:37:46 Just a little more.
00:37:47 Right there.
00:37:49 Thanks.
00:37:51 Also, my guy back at the office is saying the commercials are two and a half minutes,
00:37:57 and they're not.
00:37:58 They're not taking two and a half minutes between innings.
00:38:00 So I don't know what we can do about it.
00:38:03 Yeah.
00:38:04 [MUSIC]
00:38:12 I've gotten a few, but --
00:38:16 I mean, I've gotten a few.
00:38:18 ASA's gotten a few.
00:38:21 Yeah.
00:38:25 All right, bottom of the fourth.
00:38:27 Bouncer to left side.
00:38:28 Fielded by Johnson.
00:38:29 Throws from the knee.
00:38:31 Britt catches and tags and gets the out.
00:38:35 Futures hanging tough here, 3-2 in the bottom of the fourth.
00:38:39 [CHATTER]
00:38:46 Now batting for Team USA, number eight, Ashley Langone.
00:38:52 It's Ashley Langone, the batter.
00:38:54 One out.
00:38:56 She's got that church league spinner just missed inside.
00:39:01 Another one.
00:39:02 Langone deep left center.
00:39:05 Left center fielder Ritchie going back makes the catch about the 335 mark.
00:39:10 [CHATTER]
00:39:19 Now batting for Team USA, number nine, Steffi Colt.
00:39:25 Quarter battle 13.
00:39:27 The men are next for the USA showdown.
00:39:30 The two USA teams playing each other.
00:39:33 Line drive by call, a base hit with two outs.
00:39:36 [CHATTER]
00:39:45 I understand we have a little microphone problem,
00:39:47 like you can only hear out of one side.
00:39:51 We'll have to get the headset out tomorrow for the real border battle.
00:39:55 [CHATTER]
00:40:06 Steff Hartness, the batter.
00:40:08 Runner on first, two outs.
00:40:10 Liner past the diving Britt in the right field.
00:40:13 And the runner's hole.
00:40:27 Now batting for Team USA, number 25, Amber Parrish.
00:40:38 Amber Parrish, the batter.
00:40:40 Takes ball one on the plate.
00:40:47 That one swung on over the infield, drops down, a base hit.
00:40:53 Play at third.
00:40:57 Safe.
00:40:59 And the runner moves up.
00:41:00 So second and third run scored.
00:41:02 It's four to two.
00:41:10 Now batting for Team USA, number 15, Terry Ross.
00:41:31 And a walk to Terry Ross.
00:41:34 Base is loaded.
00:41:41 We're in Cleveland, Ohio, the 13th edition of the border battle.
00:41:46 Put on by USA Softball.
00:41:50 A lot of hard work behind the scenes.
00:41:58 And Tara with a big base is loaded.
00:42:00 Single's going to score at least one.
00:42:02 Randy Pauly's throw to the plate holds the runner at third.
00:42:06 Steff Hartness scores.
00:42:08 It's five to Team USA.
00:42:12 And they got the top of the order coming up.
00:42:17 Now batting for Team USA, number 66, Megan Baltzel.
00:42:30 Megan Baltzel plays with --
00:42:35 popped out to the catcher.
00:42:37 Pearson alertly makes the catch.
00:42:40 And it's five to USA after four complete.
00:42:50 It all started in 1933 with a simple idea.
00:42:53 Softball is a game for everyone.
00:42:56 And from that idea, the ASA was born.
00:42:59 With standardized rules and organized competition across the nation,
00:43:03 dreams of all shapes and sizes now had a chance to come true.
00:43:08 So no matter your age, level, or experience,
00:43:12 you are a part of the journey that started 90 years ago.
00:43:16 It's time to tell the story of USA Softball.
00:43:20 It's time to tell your story.
00:43:23 [MUSIC]
00:43:31 Only one more game, right?
00:43:32 [MUSIC]
00:43:44 Yeah.
00:43:46 No.
00:43:49 It's one field.
00:43:50 You're going into the shade and then you're coming back.
00:43:54 You're going out to eat and then you're coming back.
00:43:59 You like raisin cake?
00:44:04 It's a little salty.
00:44:07 All right, top of the fifth inning, Kaitlin Stoner going to lead things off
00:44:11 for Futures down three.
00:44:17 Katara Laquanen, the pitcher for the USA.
00:44:24 Gone the distance.
00:44:26 Church League spinner.
00:44:27 Hits it in the left.
00:44:30 And that was blocked a little, but it's a base hit.
00:44:33 Stoner thinking about second, holds up.
00:44:45 The pitcher for USA Futures, number six, Jessica Hester.
00:44:54 That's Jessica Hester.
00:44:56 I think I called her Mowdy earlier.
00:45:04 Jessica Hester with one on.
00:45:07 That's a knuckle ball popped up right side.
00:45:11 Katie Holman makes the catch.
00:45:37 Wind blowing in just a little bit now, about eight miles an hour.
00:45:42 Knuckle ball, fouled off.
00:46:03 Danny Wade trying to roll the top.
00:46:06 Line drive right field and Langone's positioned right there for the out.
00:46:29 Casey Britt the batter.
00:46:41 Tars pitch down the middle, swung on right center field, nobody there.
00:46:45 The three-woman outfield, Britt's on the run.
00:46:50 She's got herself an RBI triple, 5-3.
00:46:56 She holds it third with two outs.
00:47:12 Now batting for USA Futures, number 21, Megan Pearson.
00:47:37 Hi, I'm Craig Kress, the CEO of USA Softball.
00:47:40 Throughout the last 90 years, USA Softball has worked extremely hard to not only create first for the sport of softball,
00:47:47 but also to continue to be a leader and to listen to its constituents in the United States.
00:47:53 It's the first in many, many things that have been created for the softball sport.
00:47:57 The first set of unified rules, the first organization to help amateur umpires be their best and hone their trade,
00:48:05 and also the first to be able to put quality athletes on the field and continue the training for these athletes as we changed.
00:48:12 USA Softball originally started with women's fast pitch and men's fast pitch.
00:48:16 We now have slow pitch for men and women.
00:48:19 We now have a lot of J-O ball, which is youth, anywhere from the ages of 8 to 18.
00:48:24 Recreation may have been our start, but we have really worked extremely hard to give something to the game for everyone.
00:48:32 The last 90 years have been great.
00:48:34 USA Softball has provided so many opportunities for athletes and umpires and coaches,
00:48:38 but we must continue to look for what our real purpose is, and that is to promote the sport of softball for everyone.
00:48:45 It doesn't matter what you want to play, whether it be a league game or whether it be the Olympic level.
00:48:50 It is our job at USA Softball to make sure that we continue to offer those opportunities for each and every person that wants to play the game.
00:49:01 3. Tylea Silistine.
00:49:06 Really a murderer's row of bats coming here.
00:49:11 Silistine flicks it down the left field line.
00:49:14 It's going to fall in and kick away from the left fielder.
00:49:18 She's going to have a leadoff double.
00:49:21 [cheering]
00:49:23 Not bad for Team USA.
00:49:32 12. Alyssa Schweiner.
00:49:36 [cheering]
00:49:39 Schweiner, bouncer to the middle and through for base hit.
00:49:58 Of course, Futures only has four infielders.
00:50:01 [cheering]
00:50:04 That's Johnson over there at third.
00:50:09 Danny Wade at short.
00:50:12 Finley at second and Britt at first.
00:50:16 Runners on the corners bottom of the fifth.
00:50:20 For the power hitting finale.
00:50:26 [cheering]
00:50:29 Church League spinner up the middle.
00:50:33 Wade pitches to Finley for the out.
00:50:36 Runs going to score 6-3.
00:50:39 Not a bad in for Team USA.
00:50:53 13. Andy Holman.
00:50:56 Andy Holman.
00:51:02 Kind of a miss hit down the left field line.
00:51:04 Falls in for a base hit.
00:51:06 First and second.
00:51:09 One out.
00:51:11 [cheering]
00:51:14 And Goni the batter.
00:51:32 Swung on, left center field.
00:51:35 A base hit. It's going to load them up.
00:51:38 [cheering]
00:51:41 Now batting for Team USA, number 9, Stephie Call.
00:51:58 Steph Call the batter.
00:52:01 Swung on, right center field.
00:52:03 Showers, I think, is out there.
00:52:05 Makes the catch. Out number 2.
00:52:08 Finale is going to score from third.
00:52:11 7-3. Team USA beating the Futures.
00:52:19 Now batting for Team USA, number 3, Steph Hartness.
00:52:32 Hartness first pitch swinging through a huge middle.
00:52:36 Nobody there with only the four infielders.
00:52:38 Hartness going for two.
00:52:40 Slides safely ahead of the tag.
00:52:43 The run scores and it's 8-3.
00:52:46 Now batting for Team USA, number 25, Amber Parrish.
00:53:01 [cheering]
00:53:04 Parrish fouls it off.
00:53:19 Johnson on the run makes the diving catch and foul territory
00:53:23 to end the inning and keep Futures in the game 8-3.
00:53:28 [cheering]
00:53:31 Ever since the formation of the ASA in Chicago, Illinois,
00:53:40 softball has been the game America plays.
00:53:43 Fast forward 90 years and you'll find our sport
00:53:46 headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,
00:53:48 surrounded by 10 regions built to organize competition
00:53:52 and grow the game across the country.
00:53:54 Within each region, groups of volunteers run local
00:53:57 associations to provide leagues, tournaments, and trainings
00:54:01 for players, teams, coaches, and umpires within their area.
00:54:06 All who work with the national office located back in OKC,
00:54:10 or as you may know it by, the softball capital of the world.
00:54:14 Over the last 90 years, USA Softball has grown from a single
00:54:18 national tournament to a massive organization with over
00:54:21 1 million members stretching from coast to coast.
00:54:24 Within all these moving parts, there are opportunities
00:54:27 for everyone. Men, women, girls, and boys can play fast pitch,
00:54:31 slow pitch, or even modified pitch.
00:54:34 These grassroots programs lay the foundation for six--
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00:54:53 Holly, first pitch swinging. Shriners out there on the left.
00:54:59 Makes the catch.
00:55:01 I gotta get a little better on my camera work here.
00:55:04 Sorry about that.
00:55:06 Now batting for USA Futures, number 45, Chelsea Showers.
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00:55:21 Chelsea Showers plays with Team 24 during the regular season.
00:55:28 That one's flat and on the plate.
00:55:31 Has to be 6 foot to 10 foot arc.
00:55:34 And Showers takes a strike.
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00:55:50 Last pitch to Showers.
00:55:56 Swung on, deep center field.
00:55:58 Hartness giving it a chase.
00:56:00 It's overhead, up against the fence on two bounces at the 365 mark.
00:56:06 And Showers is in the third with a triple.
00:56:09 A one-out triple here in the top of the sixth.
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00:56:17 Now batting for USA Futures, number 33, Ruby Ritchie.
00:56:34 Ruby Ritchie plays with Smash It Sports during the regular season.
00:56:39 Swings at the first pitch. She got it good.
00:56:42 Deep left, Schreiner fighting it.
00:56:44 Makes a nice running catch. The run will score.
00:56:47 And it's 8-4.
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00:56:55 Now batting for USA Futures, number 4, Kaitlin Johnson.
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00:57:15 Johnson, left center, Schreiner, another nice running catch.
00:57:29 That'll end the inning.
00:57:30 Go to the bottom of the sixth, 8-6.
00:57:33 Futures 8-4, Futures trail.
00:57:36 Different national team programs
00:57:38 giving athletes a chance to take their game to the international stage
00:57:42 and embark on the path to the podium.
00:57:44 Each of these moving parts is a piece in the puzzle.
00:57:48 And those pieces are you.
00:57:50 You are part of our umpire staffs.
00:57:53 You are in our national team program.
00:57:56 You are involved in our grassroots.
00:57:59 We thank you for completing our puzzle,
00:58:01 for continuing the dream that started 90 years ago.
00:58:05 Whether it's in your local community
00:58:07 or representing the red, white, and blue somewhere across the globe,
00:58:10 you are and always will be a part of our story.
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00:58:24 Bottom of the sixth.
00:58:48 If I messed up the score before, it's 8-4.
00:58:51 I'm sure it's on your screen.
00:58:52 Team USA leading the Futures.
00:58:55 Bottom of the sixth, Terry Ross.
00:58:59 Try to drive it deep.
00:59:01 Kaitlin Stoner's out there, makes the catch.
00:59:03 Now batting for Team USA,
00:59:13 number 31, Tara Laquana.
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00:59:41 Laquana goes back through the middle with another base hit.
00:59:44 Curvesy runner for Team USA is number 51, Shelby Ingram.
01:00:04 Now batting for Team USA, number 66, Megan Baltzell.
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01:00:13 Baltzell stands in, takes the ball inside.
01:00:25 Courtesy runner is allowed once per inning.
01:00:28 That's Shelby Ingram at first base.
01:00:30 Baltzell hits it deep right, but it's in here.
01:00:35 Showers makes the catch, angles gonna tag and advance.
01:00:39 Now batting for Team USA, number one, Tylee Silestein.
01:00:52 Silestein drives it, but it's foul.
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01:01:40 Silestein popped up, Finley's calling for it.
01:01:44 That'll do it.
01:01:45 We'll go to the top of the seventh, 8-4.
01:01:48 Futures trailing by four.
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01:02:25 I don't know.
01:02:26 If I had a couple practice games.
01:02:29 I don't know.
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01:02:46 Leading off the top of the seventh, 8-4, USA Futures.
01:02:59 Number three, Shana Finley.
01:03:02 All right, this is it for the Futures.
01:03:07 They need four runs to extend the game here
01:03:09 in the top of the seventh.
01:03:12 Finley takes the knuckleball inside.
01:03:14 Swung on, left center, that's a good start.
01:03:20 Base hit, could be extra bases, gets between the outfielders.
01:03:24 And Finley's in with a double.
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01:03:31 Now batting for USA Futures, number 27, Bernadette Tenuto.
01:03:56 Tenuto might be fair.
01:03:58 Fair, curved back in towards the field.
01:04:02 Finley's gonna score easy.
01:04:04 And Futures have cut the lead to 8-5.
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01:04:49 Shana walked a stoner, first and second.
01:04:52 Now batting for USA Futures, number 00, Stacey Moore.
01:05:02 Stacey Moore, the pitcher, is gonna try to
01:05:10 load 'em up here in the seventh.
01:05:18 No outs, tying run at the plate.
01:05:21 Swung on, back side, they're playing way in
01:05:24 and they make the catch.
01:05:26 I believe they already used one of their pinch hitters.
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01:05:46 Danny Wade, the batter, again the outfield,
01:05:49 the three outfielders way in.
01:05:51 This one's fair, steps on third for the second out.
01:05:56 Ball's close to going foul for sure.
01:06:08 Wind blowing in now.
01:06:15 Top of the order for the Futures,
01:06:18 tying run at the plate is Casey Britt, the leadoff hitter.
01:06:22 Knuckleball, swung on, right field line,
01:06:27 if it's fair, it's trouble, it's fair!
01:06:29 Foul, foul, they call 'em.
01:06:32 Foul, they'll reset the runners at first and second.
01:06:36 That was close.
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01:07:16 Casey Britt will stand back in after the near miss
01:07:20 down the right field line, she hits it to right
01:07:23 and caught, and that'll do it.
01:07:27 8-5 your final, we'll be back with the men's showdown
01:07:32 coming up next.
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01:07:37 Ladies and gentlemen, a round of applause
01:07:40 for both of these outstanding teams.
01:07:43 [applause]
01:07:46 I thought it was fair, but then we have their whole dugout
01:08:03 standing outside, I might have got blocked from the video,
01:08:06 and I'm looking through that little screen.
01:08:09 Real tough, though.
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01:24:29 Gentlemen, let's play ball.
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01:24:50 Bear with me here a second.
01:24:53 All right, sorry about the camera work there.
01:25:02 Futures are going to be in the white and blue,
01:25:05 and Team USA in the blue and white,
01:25:10 I guess you would say, reverse colors.
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01:27:58 Alright, Border Battle 2013, Team USA in the field,
01:28:04 led by pitcher Travis Clark taking on Austin Daw,
01:28:08 hitting for the Futures inside-out swing.
01:28:11 And the first baseman's got it.
01:28:14 That's Kyle Pearson at first.
01:28:17 Pearson at first, Canell at second, JoJo Bennett in the middle.
01:28:23 Tyler Marshburn at short, Bubba Mack at third,
01:28:27 a star-studded infield.
01:28:30 Left to right in the outfield, kind of looks like Bradley Jones, Ben Dunn,
01:28:35 and Jeremy Yates, I'm going to say. Phil Mattes catching.
01:28:40 Jeremy Frey, the two-hitter, stands in.
01:28:45 Knuckleball from Clark hits the plate.
01:28:47 74 degrees at game time, wind swirling at about 5-6 miles an hour.
01:28:58 Frey hits it down the first baseline, nobody home.
01:29:01 He's in at second with a double, 75-foot bases.
01:29:08 Fences here, 315 down the line, 355 to the gap,
01:29:13 and 365 to center field.
01:29:23 USA softball rules, 6-12 on the pitching, 50-foot pitching rubber.
01:29:28 The ball is a 52-core, 300 compression.
01:29:34 Tyler Irvine, right over Clark's head, a base hit, it's going to be the first run.
01:29:47 Futures have beaten Team USA four times over the years,
01:29:52 and they did so last year in Oklahoma City as Frey scores.
01:29:56 [players shouting]
01:29:59 Now batting for USA Futures, number 22, Jason Matusek.
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01:30:17 I did say 6-12, that's the old rules, it's 6-10.
01:30:37 6-10 on the arc.
01:30:41 Jason Matusek at the plate, runner on second is Tyler Irvine.
01:30:47 Clark blocked him.
01:30:52 Matusek walks to bring up Eric Lehman.
01:30:56 Now batting for USA Futures, number 12, Eric Lehman.
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01:31:13 Alright, you get one courtesy runner in the inning, and that's Emelson Marquez at second for Irvine.
01:31:27 Lehman at the plate.
01:31:36 He swung on, hits a deep left.
01:31:40 Bradley Jones leaps up and makes a catch.
01:31:45 Marquez, the runner, is going to tag two bases and score.
01:31:50 It's 2-0, but a nice play. Jones didn't quite know where he was at on the fence back there.
01:31:55 That's about six feet high.
01:32:00 Now batting for USA Futures, number one, Ryan Deserve.
01:32:06 We're at the Talti Field at the Brookside Reservation in Cleveland, Ohio.
01:32:11 Thanks to the Cleveland Parks and Recreation, former Indians player Jim Tomey had a lot to do with this field.
01:32:20 And Brian Deserve burns the right fielder, runs, going to score.
01:32:25 Deserve on his way to third, and the Futures up three-zip.
01:32:31 [players shouting]
01:32:35 Tyler Story plays with Monsta during the regular season.
01:32:58 And Clark struggling with the zone here in the first.
01:33:02 Two outs now, he's in front of the rubber.
01:33:07 Story takes a strike. Must be fair, last pitch.
01:33:12 Swung on, missed it, back side, long run for Yates. It's going to be a strikeout.
01:33:19 And the Futures get three on no homers in the first. It's a ten home run limit.
01:33:26 USA coming up.
01:33:28 It all started in 1933 with a simple idea. Softball is a game for everyone.
01:33:35 And from that idea, the ASA was born.
01:33:39 With standardized rules and organized competition across the nation, dreams of all shapes and sizes now had a chance to come true.
01:33:48 So no matter your age, level, or experience, you are a part of the journey that started 90 years ago.
01:33:56 It's time to tell the story of USA Softball.
01:34:00 It's time to tell your story.
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01:35:21 Bottom of the first inning. Eric Lehman on the mound for the Futures.
01:35:27 Brian Deserne at third. Brian McClanahan at short.
01:35:37 Jeremy Fry in the middle. Connor Murray at second. First base, Austin Dawe.
01:35:42 Left to right in the outfield. Looks like maybe, I'm going to say it's Kyle Fisher on the left, but we'll check on that.
01:35:51 Austin Andrews in center. And Tyler Storey in right.
01:35:56 Actually, it looks like Quinn Kanoy on the left.
01:36:00 Lead off hitter for USA, Travis Clark, goes through the middle of base hit.
01:36:06 [crowd noise]
01:36:09 Now batting for Team USA, number 23, Kyle Pearson.
01:36:30 Team USA playing without Josh Riley, had to work.
01:36:34 Everett Williams has the bad knee, but available to pinch hit.
01:36:38 And Kevin Bazad is out this week.
01:36:42 Pearson deep left. Fisher with a long run into foul territory.
01:36:51 And out of play.
01:36:54 [crowd noise]
01:36:57 Pearson deep left center. About the 360 mark and a line drive.
01:37:19 Former two runs I crossed. 3-2 USA trailing.
01:37:25 Now batting for Team USA, number 03, Andrew Collins.
01:37:42 Andrew Collins the batter. First pitch swinging, backside, Daw goes through his legs, off his glove, and into foul territory.
01:37:51 Marked that an error.
01:37:54 Now batting for Team USA, number 30, Jeremy Yates.
01:38:07 The sun is dropping and the sky could affect probably the center fielder, I'm thinking, at some point during the game.
01:38:16 Here's Yates the lefty. Swung on deep right center field by the scoreboard and into the woods.
01:38:26 Collins scores, Yates scores, and USA leads 4-3.
01:38:35 Now batting for Team USA, number 7, Greg Connell.
01:38:39 Greg Connell the batter. I believe that is the correct pronunciation, Connell.
01:38:57 I think we've said Connell for years.
01:39:02 That one's down the middle, swung on a base hit. Both teams of course using a three man outfield.
01:39:08 Here's C. Everett Williams coaching first.
01:39:14 Now batting for Team USA, number 13, Phil Mapp.
01:39:36 Phil Mapp plays the regular season with Rosamondo. Connell at first. Swung on left center, long run for Dunn.
01:39:46 Can't get there, up against the fence. Double for Mapp, Connell cruises in the third as a ground rule double.
01:40:04 Now batting for Team USA, number 25, Bubba Mack.
01:40:08 52 core, 300 compression. Ball, all turf field.
01:40:16 That one's down the middle, back through the box, a base hit.
01:40:21 Matt's running hard on the hit, but he stays at third. It's 5-3 USA.
01:40:28 Now batting for Team USA, number 21, Bradley Jones.
01:40:42 Bradley Jones the batter. Runners on the corners, no outs. Missed it.
01:40:56 Story started back, now he comes in, makes the catch.
01:41:00 Front's going to score, 6-3.
01:41:04 Dunn!
01:41:06 Come on, JoJo, pick him up! Pick your teammate up, let's go!
01:41:11 Now batting for Team USA, number 99, JoJo Bennett.
01:41:22 Bennett hits the knuckleball right back through the box.
01:41:31 You can feel a Rob Humphrey visit coming on.
01:41:34 Humphrey's calling for more arc.
01:41:45 Marshburn the batter.
01:41:58 Swung on, base hit. USA's adjusted their game here this weekend.
01:42:10 The home runs are not free, the bases are loaded though for Ben Dunn.
01:42:15 Over here in the crowd, mighty Mike Masenko there on the left.
01:42:26 Prolific home run hitter of all time in slow pitch.
01:42:29 Lives here in Cleveland. Here's Ben Dunn.
01:42:33 Dunn.
01:42:37 Tried to spin it.
01:42:40 Back goes the left fielder, Kanhoye makes the catch, runs going to score.
01:42:53 Now batting for Team USA, number 8, Travis Clark.
01:42:58 Two outs, USA has seven across, back to the top of the order with Travis Clark.
01:43:17 Runners on second and third, first pitch swinging, back side of base, that should score two.
01:43:23 It'll be 9-3.
01:43:46 Courtesy runners, Ben Dunn in for Travis Clark.
01:43:50 A long first inning for USA, they've put nine across.
01:44:04 They lead by six, Pearson at the plate.
01:44:10 That one's on the plate.
01:44:13 That one's inside, but he hits it through the 5'6" of a set.
01:44:22 Dunn's going to steal third, he's the courtesy runner.
01:44:28 Hey!
01:44:30 Now batting for Team USA, number 0-3, Andrew Collins.
01:44:54 Collins, he goes through the 5'6", making it look easy.
01:44:58 That's why they are the best, Ben Dunn scores, 10-3.
01:45:04 And here comes the Rob Humphrey visit to the mound.
01:45:20 What?!
01:45:21 What?!
01:45:22 What?!
01:45:23 What?!
01:45:24 What?!
01:45:25 What?!
01:45:26 What?!
01:45:27 What?!
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01:45:57 Now batting for Team USA, number 30, Jeremy Yates.
01:46:20 Yates with two on, two out.
01:46:23 Swung on, base hit, right field.
01:46:26 And it gets by Story on the bounce.
01:46:30 Yates got himself a triple.
01:46:33 Collins scores, Pearson scores, it's 12-3.
01:46:38 Now batting for Team USA, number 7, Greg Conniff.
01:46:49 Greg Conniff.
01:46:50 Conniff deep right, it's about 320 right there.
01:47:11 And it goes out.
01:47:14 Two run homer, 14-3, USA came to play today boys.
01:47:19 Now batting for Team USA, number 13, Phil Matt.
01:47:35 Phil Matt.
01:47:36 Phil Matt hits it to the short part, that's out of here.
01:47:47 15-3.
01:48:03 Now batting for Team USA, number 25, Pablo Matt.
01:48:08 Eric, text me if you guys can hear the lineups when they come up, or the batter that's coming up.
01:48:15 Tyler Story with a running catch down in the right field corner.
01:48:19 About the 310, 315 mark, he'll do it.
01:48:23 15-3.
01:48:24 Hi, I'm Craig Kress, the CEO of USA Softball.
01:48:30 Throughout the last 90 years, USA Softball has worked extremely hard to not only create FIRST for the sport of softball,
01:48:37 but also to continue to be a leader and to listen to its constituents in the United States.
01:48:43 It's the first in many, many things that have been created for the softball sport.
01:48:47 The first set of unified rules.
01:48:49 The first organization to help amateur umpires be their best and hone their trade.
01:48:54 And also, the first to be able to put quality athletes on the field and continue the training for these athletes as we changed.
01:49:01 USA Softball originally started with women's fast pitch and men's fast pitch.
01:49:06 We now have slow pitch for men and women.
01:49:08 We now have a lot of J-O ball, which is youth, anywhere from the ages of 8 to 18.
01:49:14 Recreation may have been our start, but we have really worked extremely hard to give something to the game for everyone.
01:49:22 The last 90 years have been great.
01:49:24 USA Softball has provided so many opportunities for athletes and umpires and coaches.
01:49:28 But we must continue to look for what our real purpose is.
01:49:32 And that is to promote the sport of softball for everyone.
01:49:35 It doesn't matter what you want to play, whether it be a league game or whether it be the Olympic level.
01:49:40 It is our job at USA Softball to make sure that we continue to offer those opportunities for each and every person that wants to play the game.
01:49:48 [Music]
01:49:53 15-3, USA leads Futures.
01:50:03 Top of the second, Murray slices it into right, Ben Dunn on the run.
01:50:08 Not going to make it.
01:50:10 Murray runs well, he's going to have a triple.
01:50:14 Plays the regular season with competitive edge.
01:50:19 Shout out to Mark Patterson and the boys.
01:50:41 Lead off runner on third is Murray.
01:50:44 McClanahan stands in, first pitch from Clark, knuckleball, bouncer between short and middle, and an RBI single.
01:50:53 He's going to score one, 15-4.
01:50:57 Follow the action on Game Changer.
01:51:04 Look up Team USA.
01:51:09 They got the box score there live, as well as the video.
01:51:13 Tomorrow morning, Border Battle 13, USA and Canada.
01:51:19 Women start at 10, men at 11-30.
01:51:23 This one's popped up, Connell's going back, makes the catch.
01:51:28 15-4, McClanahan stays on first.
01:51:39 [unclear]
01:51:41 Wind blowing in now, about 8 miles per hour.
01:51:46 As the sun goes down.
01:51:50 Here's the runner for, or the courtesy runner, Quinn Canoy.
01:51:58 [unclear]
01:52:07 [unclear]
01:52:09 Canoy at first, Austin Andrews at the plate, trying to roll the top with one out.
01:52:15 Illegal, I believe, was the call.
01:52:22 Andrews swung on, two hopper to Connell, Connell to JoJo Bennett for the force.
01:52:35 [unclear]
01:52:37 Come on, Eddie. Now batting for USA Futures, number 11, Austin Dahl.
01:53:01 Austin Dahl positions, done to right center.
01:53:05 I think Dahl's going to be free swinging here.
01:53:09 Nope, paints the line, gets it past Bubba Mack.
01:53:17 Austin Andrews coming home, he's going to score.
01:53:22 And it's 15-5.
01:53:25 [unclear]
01:53:27 At the Talty Field at the Brookside Reservation, Cleveland, Ohio.
01:53:35 Close to downtown.
01:53:39 About a mile from the zoo over here.
01:53:43 Had a crowd about 100 people on each side.
01:53:51 [unclear]
01:53:53 Fry takes a deep.
01:54:04 Jeremy Fry plays with Rufex during the regular season, takes a strike.
01:54:12 Dahl on second, two outs.
01:54:17 Pitch to Fry, back side, one hop, scoop by Connell.
01:54:21 And he throws them out to Pearson, 15-5 go to the bottom of the second.
01:54:27 Ever since the formation of the ASA in Chicago, Illinois, softball has been the game America plays.
01:54:40 Fast forward 90 years and you'll find our sport headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
01:54:46 Surrounded by 10 regions built to organize competition and grow the game across the country.
01:54:51 Within each region, groups of volunteers run local associations to provide leagues, tournaments, and trainings for players, teams, coaches, and umpires within their area.
01:55:03 All who work with the national office located back in OKC, or as you may know it by, the softball capital of the world.
01:55:12 Over the last 90 years, USA Softball has grown from a single national tournament to a massive organization with over 1 million members stretching from coast to coast.
01:55:21 Within all these moving parts, there are opportunities for everyone.
01:55:25 Men, women, girls, and boys can play fast pitch, slow pitch, or even modified pitch.
01:55:32 These grassroots programs lay the foundation for six different national team programs, giving athletes a chance to take their game to the international stage and embark on the path to the podium.
01:55:43 Each of these moving parts is a piece in the puzzle, and those pieces are you.
01:55:49 You are part of our umpire staffs. You are in our national team program. You are involved in our...
01:55:57 20 after 4, 15 after 5. I'm not sure if there's a three inning run rule or not.
01:56:05 Bouncer cut past the third baseman. Deserne Jones got himself a single.
01:56:24 Now batting for Team USA, number 99, JoJo Bennett.
01:56:29 [crowd noise]
01:56:57 Fast pitch to Bennett, runner on first. Driven to deep left. Kanhoye goes back, and it's gone.
01:57:05 Out the 320 mark. Two run shot for Bennett.
01:57:09 17-5.
01:57:15 The mental game now is USA scores easily, quote unquote, with the home runs.
01:57:25 Whereas the future stars kind of have to work for it.
01:57:29 That's fouled off by Marshburn.
01:57:47 Marshburn the batter. Bases empty, back through the middle, over Lehman's glove.
01:57:52 Fry's got it, throws the daw for the stretch.
01:57:56 Bad camera work by B.W. Hopefully I got the play though by Fry up the middle.
01:58:03 Showing some serious range.
01:58:06 Now batting for Team USA, number 17, Van Dunne.
01:58:17 Van Dunne the batter.
01:58:20 That one is outside strike.
01:58:27 Start with a strike on you, so this ball must be fair.
01:58:32 Lehman's pitch, a little short, but Dunne hits it well. Center field.
01:58:39 It's in there. Dunne runs well. He's going to have an easy triple.
01:58:43 Spread the helmet over there, coach, and third.
01:58:46 The legend and Hall of Famer.
01:58:50 The legend and Hall of Famer.
01:58:54 The legend and Hall of Famer.
01:58:58 The legend and Hall of Famer.
01:59:02 The legend and Hall of Famer.
01:59:06 The legend and Hall of Famer.
01:59:11 The legend and Hall of Famer.
01:59:14 Knuckleball, strike, nice pitch.
01:59:30 One out swing by Travis Clark, deep right, but it might be playable.
01:59:40 Tyler Story makes the catch, the run scores.
01:59:43 And it's 18-5.
01:59:47 Now batting for Team USA, number 23, Kyle Pearson.
02:00:02 Kyle Pearson.
02:00:31 Pearson steps out with two balls and no strikes.
02:00:34 Defense set to the left side.
02:00:41 And he walks on three pitches.
02:00:45 The lights are on here at the reservation.
02:00:49 This one may end.
02:00:55 Of course, if it ends with a run roll, it's going to end in the sunlight.
02:01:00 Andrew Collins.
02:01:03 Down the middle, swung on left center, an easy double.
02:01:10 Pearson's going to score from first.
02:01:15 It's 18-19, 19-5.
02:01:20 [crowd noise]
02:01:23 Now batting for Team USA, number 30, Jeremy Yates.
02:01:43 Two outs for Yates, Collins on second.
02:01:49 Takes a ball deep.
02:01:52 That one's short, but he hit it anyways.
02:01:57 It's fair down the right field line, up against the fence, run's going to score.
02:02:02 Harvey had double, makes it 20-5.
02:02:06 [crowd noise]
02:02:09 Now batting for Team USA, number 7, Greg Connell.
02:02:24 Connell inside out swing, bounce to right side.
02:02:33 Connor Murray's got it, throws to Dov for the out.
02:02:36 We'll go to the top of the fourth.
02:02:39 [music]
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02:02:48 [music]
02:03:12 [music]
02:03:15 It's all one base if it's a base hit.
02:03:29 Good.
02:03:39 [music]
02:04:07 [crowd noise]
02:04:10 None for Sons to catch.
02:04:26 Point out to Sons at the bottom of the third, USA leading 20-5.
02:04:30 They blocked the blanchers on the top of the fifth.
02:04:36 USA softball showdown.
02:04:39 USA versus the future stars.
02:04:43 The women just flipped a few minutes ago.
02:04:46 Women's Team USA beat their future stars.
02:04:51 8-5.
02:04:56 Tusic places it down the left field line, goes up baseball.
02:05:01 Gives himself a double.
02:05:06 [crowd noise]
02:05:09 You see these players every weekend and they're out here mixed up on the futures and the USA team.
02:05:25 You get things confused.
02:05:27 We are on the top of the third.
02:05:30 Is that right?
02:05:32 I don't have game changer in front of me.
02:05:35 Might have the inning wrong.
02:05:37 Lehman, anyways, bounces it off the glove of the middle man, Bennett.
02:05:41 Matusik's going to score.
02:05:43 Make it 20-6, I believe.
02:05:58 Now batting for USA futures, number one, Brian Desern.
02:06:02 One out, one on.
02:06:09 Down by 14.
02:06:11 Missed it.
02:06:14 I think it's in here.
02:06:15 Bradley Jones keeps drifting back.
02:06:17 The leaps, it's gone!
02:06:19 A big home run for Brian Desern who spun it out of here.
02:06:26 [crowd noise]
02:06:29 Buds call, 28.
02:06:32 Stories at the plates.
02:06:49 Nobody in.
02:06:51 It's a knuckleball, one hopper to Bob Mack who guns it.
02:06:56 Forget the bouncing it.
02:06:58 Stuff he gunned it over there, Pearson.
02:07:01 Now batting for USA futures, number 77, Connor Murray.
02:07:12 [crowd noise]
02:07:15 Connor Murray stabbed by Clark up the middle.
02:07:26 He saw it coming.
02:07:28 That'll do it.
02:07:29 USA playing some good offense and some good defense.
02:07:32 They lead 20-8.
02:07:35 [music]
02:07:40 It all started in 1933 with a simple idea.
02:07:43 Softball is a game for everyone.
02:07:46 And from that idea, the ASA was born.
02:07:49 With standardized rules and organized competition across the nation,
02:07:53 dreams of all shapes and sizes now have a chance to come true.
02:07:58 So no matter your age, level, or experience,
02:08:02 you are a part of the journey that started 90 years ago.
02:08:06 It's time to tell the story of USA softball.
02:08:10 It's time to tell your story.
02:08:13 [music]
02:08:18 Yeah.
02:08:22 Yeah, it was a long, long first inning.
02:08:34 It was just the bottom of the third.
02:08:37 Had my teams mixed up there for a half inning.
02:08:41 20-8, USA leading future stars.
02:08:47 Sun going down here in Cleveland.
02:08:53 Border battle tomorrow, 13.
02:08:56 Canada's won two out of 12 over the years.
02:09:01 They'll take their best shot tomorrow morning at 11.30.
02:09:05 On the men, 10 o'clock, 10 a.m.
02:09:07 Eastern on the women.
02:09:10 Fry bounces it across the daw for the out.
02:09:14 Ready your way, bud.
02:09:22 Now batting for Team USA, number 25, Bubba Mack.
02:09:28 [chatter]
02:09:33 You'll have to let us know how the remote live stream camera works here.
02:09:41 How you like it?
02:09:43 Fly ball to left.
02:09:45 Two quick outs for USA.
02:09:56 Now batting for Team USA, number 21, Bradley Jones.
02:10:01 Get out of here. Let's go.
02:10:08 Futures have some fans over here.
02:10:14 Jones cuts it, and the third baseman looks it in.
02:10:21 Brian DeZern doing it with the bat and the glove.
02:10:25 [chatter]
02:10:30 Hi, I'm Craig Kress, CEO of USA Softball.
02:10:33 Throughout the last 90 years, USA Softball has worked extremely hard
02:10:38 to not only create firsts for the sport of softball,
02:10:41 but also to continue to be a leader and to listen to its constituents in the United States.
02:10:46 It's the first in many, many things that have been created for the softball sport.
02:10:51 The first set of unified rules.
02:10:53 The first organization to help amateur umpires be their best and hone their trade.
02:10:59 And also the first to be able to put quality athletes on the field
02:11:02 and continue the training for these athletes as we changed.
02:11:06 USA Softball originally started with women's fast pitch and men's fast pitch.
02:11:10 We now have slow pitch for men and women.
02:11:13 We now have a lot of J.O. ball, which is youth, anywhere from the ages of 8 to 18.
02:11:18 Recreation may have been our start, but we have really worked extremely hard
02:11:23 to give something to the game for everyone.
02:11:26 The last 90 years have been great.
02:11:28 USA Softball has provided so many opportunities for athletes and umpires and coaches,
02:11:32 but we must continue to look for what our real purpose is,
02:11:36 and that is to promote the sport of softball for everyone.
02:11:39 It doesn't matter what you want to play, whether it be a league game or whether it be the Olympic level.
02:11:44 It is our job at USA Softball to make sure that we continue to offer those opportunities
02:11:49 for each and every person that wants to play the game.
02:11:52 [music]
02:11:57 [crowd noise]
02:11:59 Leading off the top of the fourth inning for USA Futures, number 26, Ryan McClenahan.
02:12:05 [crowd noise]
02:12:22 McClenahan flies out, looks like maybe Ben Dunn will get it.
02:12:28 One out here in the top of the fourth, down 20 to 8.
02:12:36 Now batting for USA Futures, number 01, Quinn Kanoy.
02:12:45 Quinn Kanoy playing with LSR during the regular season.
02:12:51 May still be with the herd as well.
02:12:53 First pitch swinging, right field line, he's got a bead on it.
02:12:57 Ball's in, Kanoy runs well, he's headed for third.
02:13:01 The ball got by the right fielder, Collins.
02:13:05 [crowd noise]
02:13:09 Andrew, let's go Andrew!
02:13:11 [crowd noise]
02:13:15 Let's go zero, huh, let's go!
02:13:17 Now batting for USA Futures, number 0, Austin Andrews.
02:13:22 [crowd noise]
02:13:40 Andrews to the gap, nobody home.
02:13:45 Back to back triples to start the fourth after that first out, and the run scores.
02:13:52 [crowd noise]
02:14:00 Now batting for USA Futures, number 11, Austin Dahl.
02:14:05 [crowd noise]
02:14:31 Kanoy swinging a bad pitch, but he pounded it through the middle, passed Bennett, the run's gonna score.
02:14:36 Dahl's gonna try to steal second, and he's in.
02:14:41 A crowd favored here, and they've cut the lead in half, 20 to 10.
02:14:45 Here we go!
02:14:47 Fry, let's go Fry!
02:14:49 [crowd noise]
02:14:53 Now batting for USA Futures, number 20, Shirley Fry.
02:14:59 And Fisher, he hurt his ear at the second foul.
02:15:05 The crowd stumbled and bumbled in the second base.
02:15:08 [crowd noise]
02:15:11 Jerem, let's go Jerem!
02:15:13 [crowd noise]
02:15:15 Come on Fry, let's go!
02:15:17 He's hitting right here!
02:15:19 [crowd noise]
02:15:25 Come on Jerem!
02:15:27 [crowd noise]
02:15:34 Fry didn't like the knuckleball strike right there, here's another knuckle.
02:15:38 Passed Bennett on the other side.
02:15:40 Fisher, the courtesy runner, is gonna score. Fry holds it first, and it's 20 to 11.
02:15:47 [crowd noise]
02:15:49 Let's go boys! Let's go!
02:15:51 Let's go!
02:15:52 Big boys are coming up, let's go!
02:15:54 Come on, Tyler!
02:15:56 [crowd noise]
02:15:58 Tyler, let's go Tyler!
02:16:00 [crowd noise]
02:16:02 Come on big boy!
02:16:04 Tyler Irvine at the plate.
02:16:07 [crowd noise]
02:16:09 Ball one, hit the plate.
02:16:11 Travis Clark looking right into the sun now.
02:16:14 That one's driven deep left field and no doubter for Tyler Irvine.
02:16:20 [crowd noise]
02:16:23 Two run shot and it's 20 to 13.
02:16:26 [crowd noise]
02:16:44 Jason Matusik, another MONSTA player.
02:16:47 [crowd noise]
02:16:49 Swung on, left center. Plays for MONSTA, don't know what he swings.
02:16:54 [crowd noise]
02:16:56 He's got himself a double, fisted in the left center.
02:16:59 [crowd noise]
02:17:03 Now batting for USA Futures, number 12, Eric Lehman.
02:17:08 Lehman, let's go big boy!
02:17:10 Come on kid!
02:17:12 [crowd noise]
02:17:13 Come on kid!
02:17:15 Let's go!
02:17:17 [crowd noise]
02:17:25 Lehman swung deep left center, nobody there, well placed.
02:17:29 One hops and bounces over the fence for a ground rule double.
02:17:33 That's going to score Matusik.
02:17:35 And it's 20 to 14.
02:17:38 [crowd noise]
02:17:40 Good job Moose!
02:17:42 [crowd noise]
02:17:44 Come on, let's go!
02:17:46 [crowd noise]
02:17:51 Now batting for USA Futures, number one, Ryan Dessert.
02:17:55 Come on bud!
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02:18:07 Dessert reached out, reached for the pitch but hits it in the center.
02:18:12 So that's going to score another run. Dessert is the third.
02:18:16 Futures is pulling in the far, down 20 to 15.
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02:18:45 Now batting for USA Futures, number zero, Semi, Michael Gonzalez.
02:18:50 That's what I do!
02:18:53 Michael Gonzalez.
02:18:56 Let's go boys!
02:18:58 Appeals.
02:19:01 The bases are, they kind of stick up and they're slippery.
02:19:06 And now time out on the field, Barnes comes out.
02:19:11 Assistant manager Tim Barnes to the mound to discuss the situation with Travis Clark in the infield.
02:19:18 Good job boys, let's go! Beautiful!
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02:20:29 Like download, yeah we can download them for you.
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02:21:07 Alright, after the time out, Gonzalez the batter.
02:21:11 Runner on third, 20 to 15 the score.
02:21:16 Swung on backside, bouncer to second.
02:21:19 And I threw him out.
02:21:21 Two outs, runs, scores 20 to 16.
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02:21:34 Batting for USA Futures, number 76, Connor Murray.
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02:22:05 Connor Murray smothered by Pearson, steps on third.
02:22:11 And that'll do it, 20 to 16, bottom of the fourth coming up.
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02:22:22 Ever since the formation of the ASA in Chicago, Illinois, softball has been the game America plays.
02:22:29 Fast forward 90 years and you'll find our sport headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
02:22:34 Surrounded by 10 regions built to organize competition and grow the game across the country.
02:22:40 Within each region, groups of volunteers run local associations to provide leagues, tournaments, and trainings for players, teams, coaches, and umpires within their area.
02:22:52 All who work with the national office located back in OKC, or as you may know it by, the softball capital of the world.
02:23:00 Over the last 90 years, USA softball has grown from a single national tournament to a massive organization with over 1 million members stretching from coast to coast.
02:23:10 Within all these moving parts, there are opportunities for everyone.
02:23:14 Men, women, girls, and boys can play fast pitch, slow pitch, or even modified pitch.
02:23:20 These grassroots programs lay the foundation for six different national team programs, giving athletes a chance to take their game to the international stage and embark on the path to the podium.
02:23:32 Each of these moving parts is a piece in the puzzle, and those pieces are you.
02:23:38 You are part of our umpire staffs.
02:23:40 You are in our national team program.
02:23:43 You are involved in our grassroots.
02:23:46 [Ball hitting bat]
02:23:52 Line out to first stop with the catch.
02:23:57 2016, bottom of four.
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02:24:03 [Ball hitting bat]
02:24:17 Marshburn flicks it over the first baseman of base.
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02:24:58 And on base, it's going to be a double.
02:25:02 Marshburn to third, slap tag at second, he's safe.
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02:25:18 Now batting for Team USA, number eight, Travis Clark.
02:25:24 [Ball hitting bat]
02:25:39 Clark to our lead one.
02:25:44 Clark is going to score as well.
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02:26:00 Now batting for Team USA, number 23, Kyle.
02:26:06 [Ball hitting bat]
02:26:23 Foul ball.
02:26:25 [Ball hitting bat]
02:26:53 I think he spun it out of here.
02:26:55 He thinks he missed it, but nope, it's caught.
02:27:00 Throw to second, safe.
02:27:02 Clark is in the slot.
02:27:04 Team USA, bottom of four, two outs.
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02:27:42 Allen to center.
02:27:46 Allen out of center.
02:27:51 To run homer.
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02:28:16 [Ball hitting bat]
02:28:34 Everett pinch hit homer.
02:28:38 Team USA now up 25-16.
02:28:42 20-run rule after four, 15 after five.
02:28:47 Good start coming into play here.
02:28:49 [Ball hitting bat]
02:29:01 McConnell, shot to the fry, fry throws him out.
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02:30:42 All right, we're moving the ball around.
02:30:44 That's all we can do.
02:30:46 We're down here in the valley.
02:30:48 The sun must be setting after working for a while there.
02:30:56 Always check out the Canucks game next week.
02:30:59 I've been doing that as I went here.
02:31:04 Top of the fifth, 25-16, Bay.
02:31:10 And a flip foul for the chance.
02:31:39 Oh, I agree, it's a flyer.
02:31:54 Travis Clark with the silent protest on the call.
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02:32:17 The leadoff double.
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02:32:41 Flyer, right away.
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02:33:35 This game suddenly has no rhythm to it.
02:33:37 And there's a strike.
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02:35:08 Swung on deep left, about the 345 mark, leaping up and making the catch.
02:35:15 Bradley Jones, and he's going to move up a base to us.
02:35:25 Hey, Brad, we need you right here, Brad.
02:35:27 Come on, Brad.
02:35:28 Now batting for USA Futures, number 20, Jeremy Frum.
02:35:32 Come on, Jeremy.
02:35:36 Jeremy, we need you right now, Jeremy.
02:35:41 Come on, Jeremy.
02:35:45 Come on, Jeremy.
02:35:47 Come on, Jeremy.
02:35:49 Come on, Jeremy.
02:35:51 Right here, Jeremy.
02:35:59 Fry hooked it into the corner fair.
02:36:04 And it bounces over for a ground rule double.
02:36:06 Jeremy Fry with an RBI.
02:36:09 25-18.
02:36:12 Let's go, Tyler.
02:36:14 Come on, Irv.
02:36:21 Come on, big Irv.
02:36:24 Let's go, Tyler.
02:36:32 Come on, Irv.
02:36:38 Ball hit in the center.
02:36:40 Dunn can't see it.
02:36:42 And he runs out from it.
02:36:43 But it's a two-run shot.
02:36:46 Makes it 25-20.
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02:37:23 A two-second.
02:37:26 He's going to hold it first.
02:37:45 Curve runner is in third.
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02:37:56 System manager, Tim Bar.
02:38:00 Kevin Bitt.
02:38:03 Injured member of the team.
02:38:13 Bounce.
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02:39:45 USA futures number two.
02:39:49 Let's go.
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02:42:10 It all started in 1933 with a simple idea.
02:42:13 Softball is a game for everyone.
02:42:16 And from that idea, the ASA was born.
02:42:19 With standardized rules and organized competition across the nation, dreams of all shapes and sizes now have a chance to come true.
02:42:28 So no matter your age, level, or experience, you are a part of the journey that started 90 years ago.
02:42:36 It's time to tell the story of USA softball.
02:42:40 It's time to tell your story.
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