🚨👿2026 MPSSAA South I Region Champs👿🚨
Blair defeats Paint Branch 13-3 F/5
@OwenHauser4 faced 13 batters & K'd 10, keeping the Panthers hitless and without an earned run.
Hauser went 2/3 at the dish with 4 RBIs
Charles Pucci: 3/3 w/ a R and 2 RBIs
@Ole_hage7: 2/3, BB, 2Rs
If you are a parent trying to run a HS coach off for your kid not playing I got news for ya
You are doing your kid a disservice, you are probably a bad person, and in the long run you’ll definitely find that out
The stories I’m hearing from multiple HCs across DFW are baffling and some of yall need a reality check for dang sure
Raising spoiled brats ain’t it yall
🚨NO HITTER ALERT🚨
Paint Branch 3
Laurel 2
The Panthers score 3 in the first and didn’t look back to advance to the 4A South I semifinals. The staff throws a no-no led by Nolin Cockerham unhittable in relief to preserve the lead: 5 IP, 0 ER, 12 K.
Jon Bernthal quit The Punisher once. Then Marvel asked him to write it.
During the original Born Again production in 2023, Bernthal walked off set because he didn't like how Frank Castle was being written. An actor with no credited screenwriting experience looked at a Marvel paycheck and said no.
Marvel retooled the entire show. Hired Dario Scardapane from the original Punisher series as showrunner. Bernthal came back. Then during filming he pitched them a standalone special. Marvel reviewed his writing samples and told him to formally pitch it.
He co-wrote the screenplay with Reinaldo Marcus Green, who directed King Richard. It runs 60 minutes, the longest Marvel Special Presentation ever. It carries a TV-MA rating. He's also an executive producer. First credited writing work of his career.
The line he gave in interviews: "I didn't want them to just hand it to me. They've held me accountable to every step along the way."
That's three MCU projects in one year. Born Again. One Last Kill. Spider-Man: Brand New Day. He filmed the Punisher special and then walked directly onto the Spider-Man set and told Tom Holland and the director the character had to feel the same across both.
The actor who had zero leverage in 2019 when Netflix canceled him now has more creative control over a Marvel character than almost any actor in the MCU's history. He got it by being willing to lose the role twice.
First look at Blair was very positive today.
Generally speaking, defensive errors and pitcher walks are common at the start of the spring. What really stood out was that Blair's arms had a 4:1 K:BB ratio and made zero errors in the field. Good signs for vs. Whitman in 6 days.