In the blink of an eye, these ballplayers went from 8U to young adulthood.
Go be great, @ipsd204 grads!
First up, our Louisville-bound crew: @ethanpierce0, @Deanalb99 and @27_NJB!
Tomorrow, we start our final tournament as the best baseball friends anyone could ever have.
Everybody has been together for two years…most for five…and several going all the way back to 9u!
Today we relive rally hats, rafts, fireworks and sand in Myrtle Beach.
We start our last tournament together in a few hours.
In today’s Wayback Machine, we relive last year’s quadruple-header in Crystal Lake. Another great day (and night) together!
#ESPTrained
If tonight was the last outing of @27_NJB's travel career, then he went out in a blaze of glory. Nolan needed just 62 pitches to go 5.2 IP, 2H, 5K, 0BB.
@GianniGotDrip22: 2-3
Jake Quinn: 1-2, 2 RBI
Two days left. We've saving our best for last!
#ESPTrained@wvhsbaseball
Next up: Jake Quinn
You decide which was more impressive:
A) Going 8-for-11 with 2 2B and 6 RBI out of the cleanup spot or…
B) Closing the semifinal with a perfect inning, then taking a no-hitter into the 4th of the title game and getting the W.
More tomorrow…
#ESPTrained
Leadoff man/CF/RHP @NathanNap4820.
Threw 32.2 IP this summer with 40 Ks — 21 looking — and just 7 BB.
As for his CF play, he covers the third of the earth not covered by water. 😄
On Sunday, he kept setting the table and scored 6 runs.
Simply put: He wins games.
#ESPTrained
We've known for months this would be our last day together on the field — bittersweet for sure.
But to have so many family members out today — so many people who love these boys — and then to go out with three Ws and a championship?
Couldn't have been any sweeter.
#ESPTrained
Our team has been incomplete the last two weeks without @DylanFri345.
He has been busy at @NDengineering camp — being part of the team honored for building the best bridge!
Congrats, Dylan! Be great at Purdue’s STEP, too!
If tonight was the last outing of @27_NJB's travel career, then he went out in a blaze of glory. Nolan needed just 62 pitches to go 5.2 IP, 2H, 5K, 0BB.
@GianniGotDrip22: 2-3
Jake Quinn: 1-2, 2 RBI
Two days left. We've saving our best for last!
#ESPTrained@wvhsbaseball
This is not a repost. For the second time in 15 hours, @Deanalb99 clears the bases with a first-inning XBH to spark a W!
@NathanNap4820 goes 5IP, 6K, 0BB, then @Deanalb99 closes out our 7-3 win.
@QPaprockas goes 2-3 with 2B, RBI.
Now we enjoy the 4th in Nashvegas!
#ESPTrained
Hey, we’re undefeated in the Volunteer State!
@Deanalb99 (2-for-3) bashes a bases-clearing 2B in the first and that’s all we need as @satyamehta079 fires five scoreless and @27_NJB and @Carterbehrns3 close out a 3-0 win in Clarksville.
#ESPTrained
Thank you, Google, for creating this to celebrate @27_NJB and his three stellar relief appearances so far this summer (1-0, 6 IP, 1 ER)!
#ESPTrained@wvhsbaseball
Two big come-from-behind victories today in @PrimetimeIL play!
Game 1: We put up a 7-spot in the fourth to earn a 7-4 W.
@NathanNap4820 and @Carterbehrns3 combine for 9Ks, no walks and no earned runs.
@27_NJB gets two of our nine hits.
#ESPTrained
No. 3: @Carterbehrns3 of @MeteaBaseball
Seen here pulling a triple into the corner at @NUCatsBaseball, Carter has started in the OF for Metea the last year-and-a-half -- but he's also fluent in 3B, SS, 2B and pitching. You like line drives? Carter hits 'em.
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No. 27: @27_NJB of @wvhsbaseball
Who hit our most recent grand slam? Nolan. Who threw our most recent no-hitter? Nolan. Who'll handle multiple roles this year, including RHP, 3B and OF? Nolan. And, as you see below, Nolan affects our team in other ways, too. 😂
#ESPTrained
We debated whether to RT this. We prefer for our opponents to find out during games that it's useless to run on @QPaprockas.
But seriously...keep piling up the highlights, young man!
#ESPTrained@TaddGibby24