PREDATORS vs. DIAMONDBACKS | MLW Wiffle Ball 2023

The Diamond Backs return to The Meadows today as they look to get their potential season off to a good start with three Pat wins, but it won't be an easy task as two-time MVP Ryan crashes and PRS stands in their way. Hello everyone and welcome back to the mews, I'm Kyle Schultz with TC3, today we have an elite matchup with a lot of talent and a lot of big names in mlw and one of those big names is of course Jimmy norp the MVP of the Last year's World Series and only one. one of the best players talent-wise, he can do it on offense, he can do it on defense, he can do it on the mound, he's just the complete package of a true five-tool guy and he's joined by his partners in crime Michael Shima and Jonah Heath, those who played big roles in those last two title-winning seasons and to round out your roster, you have Casey Bennett and Trey here today and looking at the Pacific Predators, you have everyone except their rookie Jake Longman, uh , as well as on the other side of the Dbacks they don't have pishka, so both rookies in this series are not in action, it will give other guys some opportunities, which is good to see, but when you look at the PRS, of course that have.

Ryan is the two time MVP like I said Alec W Brendan Russell Steven McGlade and Rudy Ramirez he was actually the gak player of the year uh he's a really good base

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to be his breakout year at Whiffle Ball, that is, yes. Without a doubt, Rudy is one of the best athletes in mlw, from an unbiased standpoint, so we'll see how that translates today. He's had problems in the past, but I think he has the potential to do it and I want to get in. more of the pitching matchup right now, uh, it's really good, Ryan crat versus Jimmy Norberg, the projected starters in the first game, both guys who are always in a young contest and conversation every year, so last year, crch had that 129 ra nor not too far away. behind him at 220, but two guys that have a lot of different pitches, um, and guys that really learned from the previous year and experimented and expanded their Arsenal, so these guys are going to bring it on mew day, for sure, and the fans last week.

We are excited to announce the Detroit series taking place in just a few weeks. Plus, we'll be in Philadelphia on June 24th. The MS will face the PRS in a three-game series at Citizens Bank Park in the fan field, while the base

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field before. the phillies play that day for more information on that event, in the description below there are only 100 tickets available for that day so if you want to come see mlw make sure you get in right away and if you are not included in those 100 innings, we will also be there for that baseball game on Saturday night when the Phillies play the Mets, so you can find us there too.

We will be in the fan field area and will also be doing meet and greets all night. so I can't wait for that um without further ado now it's time for player interviews okay crash in your speech when you won the MVP award you mentioned you wanted another world series title and

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could be that year, what is it? It will take a lot of different things to get off to a good start this season. I mean, it takes a lot of different things. We've been doing everything we can to prepare for this series for the last few months and, you know, this will continue. building as the year goes on so I hope in the end you know that we are a complete team and we are everything we need to make it work well and it's no secret that you guys are back to back champions so I want to know what you told them to your guys to motivate them and not make sure they come here with their big horse thinking you're going to win the series just because you're the Dbacks, yeah, you know, I told my guys that.

Up to this point we have nothing more to prove, you know, play loose, we are a good team, we know that it is important that we have a good start this year because I can't lie, the slow start last year was very stressful for the rest of the year , so PRS is a good team. It's going to be a difficult task today, but we hope to achieve victory so we can stay on top early this year. I love it. PRS bex, here we go. Prime Time match right here Dbacks PRS game one count 3-2 to start game one a pitch from Jimmy and he hit Ball Four which was a slider with a little late bite but it hits with all rights in the box batting B four ball four in four and it's first and second for Brennan Russell.

He has had a knack for big moments, especially early in the year. He has two guys here against him. Not even in the first inning did he hit right field. Bron Russell again on the first board. He owns this board. It seems like every year he goes to the yard, go bab and once again at the beginning of the season, boom. Russ makes it three 0 PRS like that, come on Russ, yeah, baby, oh yeah, shot to right field. BR Russell again in the first legacy. Oh, he's painting the corner there, good cut, swing and a miss made him strikes two down for w inside good eyes for Malik oh, what a throw from Jimmy nor does he land the drop ball absolute movement 126 take another look here however Russ attacks first with that three run bomb and that's our score 3 0 as we head to the bottom of the first ball lost four quickly to Jimmy great pitch from Ryan crashes into the corner strike three Fair ball to the right side is fair just over the base the he doesn't pull and he doesn't even go to Third oh, that's a mistake in the field if you watch the replay here Ward waited, he thought he was going to foul and then he shakes right on the base, that's costly, now it's first and third for the dcks. making a miss nice pitch from ryan crch which is a great out, two outs now for jimy nor and he hit it.

Ball four, they had an open base and now we're ready for number nine. Jonah Heath in a great place. Fair ball for the left side crashes with a hand but goes out of play. Not only will one run be scored but two, since that is a tackle error and they recover two. Oh, that's a costly 3-2 game on Jonah's first big job of putting that ball in play. was down 02 in the count before in that AB making a Miss Nice throw from Ryan crash comes out, they maintain the lead 3-2 in the game until the second making a Miss Nice throw from Jimmy the outside ball four shows it and it feel oh, that was sick, he's really finding that slider here, good throw from Jimmy nor the drop ball there sits Russell, clean frame 3 on 2 Headed to the bottom of the second true guy, he has an extra step, he follows the line of the ball swinging to lose Shima chasing on the grass, what a throw from Ryan, little slip, drop there, oh, what a knuckleball from Ryan.

Can't wait to see replays of that, that thing was dancing to the tin and another clean frame will lose perfect speed at 72, hard hit. to the left side it's Shima caught it at the beginning that's what Shima and Heath does very clean at the beginning as always it's Diamond Back free defense folks shima is a black hole out there stops the ball four hits strong in the middle, knocks it down, but no one is there, it's safe for first, first and second. Russ beat Norp almost with a crazy acrobatic play to recover, but Brenan Russell with another hit first and second for Rudy got him to get the third strike with the slider strike three 32 It's still the score and the pr look. to close it out here in game one, Ryan comes back to the mound to the right side and it's a fly ball.

W claims it, you're one pitch, one out, one hard hit, two pitches, two outs in the third, what's it called when you get three? three is that immaculate inning huh so what is this just a three pitch inning guys this could be a three pitch inning. try to extend this game, give life to his team, hit hard up the middle, he'll do just that, it's a single and it goes to two, it goes to three, mind and save Jimy or score a little home run off the leg, oh Oh my god, 33 in the third, unbelievable. TI, oh, what a mistake CR tried and the game in third people, that's going to be a triple and a mistake in the book, no, Ball Four, that some want to be a hero, can the floodgates be open today?

Don't know. how Pi raised the R so fast oh good pitch Ryan crashed and we're headed to extra innings at The Meadows in the first game thanks to Jimmy n getting a triple and an error as Jimmy n Play and it's 3 to three in the earth. oh, to the right side, Jonah catches it and Ryan won't score, he stays in first, one less for Russell, who left this game on a very high note to miss the dirty drop ball, oh yes, he did it in 72 , that will end the top of the fourth Dbacks will look to get it out at the bottom of the frame Shima will guide it from S to miss a good pitch excellent location what Ryan's pitch took something sit Jimmy Two in the fourth what Ryan's knuckleball crash , we go to the fifth game, a shot, Ryan crashes towards the center, he left and a big jump back accompanied him, it's 4 to three after that solo shot, the right idiot taking out that anger.

Ryan cratch, the first of the year, from center to center. yeah, ground ball to the left side just over the base wing with a single consecutive hit here in the fifth tipped in the strike zone off of Russell swinging a Miss on the slider swinging a Miss strike three, we're headed to the end of the 5th Brian crouched once again on the mound to close out the first game, let's see if he can do it. Quick release. Swang and missed. Good speed and strike three. Trey falls. Truly what a perfect tone. Ryan's speed 72 on the wall. this replay just stuns Shima Full count for Jimmy, they're going to do it, it's a battle of the titans, hit three, but 77 Auto no, that's it, hey, those four go it's war, oh yeah, 77 brother, come on , Ryan almost made another mistake.

Let's see if Jonah makes him pay, which pitch will Ryan go to? Here's a full count again, same situation as the previous batter here's the pitch that gave him strike three leaning into the zone and that's at a valid velocity of 72, PRS wins in the first game, oh how wild you think in Homer Russell's Little League home run clash with a home run and crou finally closes out an exciting game. 4-3 is our final score, yeah, okay guys, pitchers game on this Steven mcglade vs. Trey Flood here. is number two mcglade hit hard to the left side Russell grounded out what was the play G63 Ball Four hit Russell hard again the throw grounded him out again in the first Jonah goes up to second two outs now for Casey Bennett now in the lineup back to mcglade cancels everyone and makes the catch really well for mlade on the first one Trey locked in right now he hit Jimmy hard and dropped the throw oh he dropped it first it doesn't happen often but Heath can't make it yeah to Center at the Off the Wall yard Ryan crash stays on second base consecutive hits for PRS are in business here in the first tip in the zone at 73 but it's good just when first of the inning Russ strikes out swinging to miss on a nice slide there from Trey Blood settling in a little bit here leaning into Strike Zone three yeah that hit takes a rep on his rep not only did it hit the back post but he got that frame good work from Trey settling in there hard hit to Russell again it's like clockwork again Russell the other ground ball that's a warm up ball Just that's a good ball Shima hits a single to the left side fa Russell plays smart with the outfielders Choice makes Jonah run to third first and second now just another route PR's defense is good today to not shoot a bomb, certainly in the left center and Jimmy is not the first in 2023, it is a three-run shot from mlade Jimmy doing Jimmy things to make his presence known at the Met 3-0, not towards the left center. strike three watching from mg polish after afternoon northbound run even though it's 3 nothing is heading at the end of the second ball fair to the right side it's Jonah the flip good game banana route .

High school baseball coaches across the country are smiling, they took a little off. good pitch by Trey great pitch good pitch again by Trey flood a clean inning 1 2 three we go to pr at the end of the second and that will move us to the trivia question of the day BL 101, friends who are the only three players in mlw story to start their careers with backtack titles and it's Tommy and Kyle Schultz and Michael Shima, we're sailing here in the second game, hit Russell hard, but this time he did sa, oh man, oh to the right side, it's w, but mlade will take himself one on one out to norp yeah you didn't do the ball four first and second Sky into the air mcglade canceled everyone making the play one more time now it will be Trey flood the mound to close it out so the Dbacks can get there try it Have Mak play one down in the third, here's Alex Sky on the right.

Alec W's first of the season, a solo shot from his Riser from left to right down the middle for w and he takes a 3-1 game lead. Alec W goes to the yard on the second play on the right. Alexhe got the first ground ball back to Trey, flipped and gets it on the first two down and is now mcglade away from Trey's first win in mlw TI in the Zone strike through three. Trey W gets his first mlw win 3-1. Final Score Great performance by Trey, only blemish on that Alec War home run, but that will bring us to a game 3 rubber match between PRS and the Dbacks.

An interesting development here and I love it. Trey Flood, the beginning of the third game is very noticeable. of confidence in the Young Gun Shot to the left nor catches him one away on the first good P of Trey Blood strike three looking at Alec W, what about the young kids in our league, friends who had RJ the week last, Trey today is a youthful move, but like I don't know, swing a Miss on something high Cheez Trey Mak something from Chase another clean frame more of the flood he did it strike three looking yeah, he did it strike three turned around definition of an attempt falls swinging out 73 first warning of the inning also B for Aima B, left field, sees Casey and it's 20 oh in center Diamond Beck in the first inning, the second home run of his career makes this team get on march, that's his man and he goes to the yard on the first series of 2023, he made him look at the third strike. that will end the inning, but not before Casey's home run that makes the game 2-0, we head into the second inning, we missed the throw to left field or in the ground, the play got it in the beginning, what a play, nomination for best play, right. there, Jimmy, nor do it, oh my God, Trey's speech, flood, three.

Look, this kid is handing out another donut on the board today, six up, six down, for the PRS and Jimmy doesn't even have a microphone, how about Casey Bennett, ladies and gentlemen, everyone? people that the guy moves from Illinois to Michigan to get better, well I'm telling you we probably played whiffle ball seven of the last nine days, come on, that ball is dented, are you kidding me? You gotta give us a chance, you gotta give us a shot, you saw that ball when you caught it, it was in, it was dented, so it just jumped like that that thing fooled me like if it fooled me more, I would have known what was going on, that's how deluded I don't want to like cursing, but we're talking about four-man rules and you're talking about Trey Flood right now doing his thing, Casey Bennett doing his thing, Scott dead, okay? while I'm on the mic Tik Tok Jim linicum follow patreon subscribe $5 a month it's great content it's amazing it's what it's good tone Tron I made Michael Shima break eggs over our heads we're dedicated yeah yeah try friends camera camera , here we go. dbck swing and a miss got him strikes one down on the second inside and low ball four oh yeah he made a hesitant swing very late we got two for Jimmy norp here low ball fourth first and second now for Heath Riser he just missed and we load in bottom of the second as the Dbacks look to extend their lead, what a PCH for strike three comes out of the Bas is loaded with two left, nothing heading to third and here's Trey flooding in once again to close it out. was lost and that is ball four to open the third for Rudy Ramírez, where a swing of the bat will tie this game.

I marked it, I hit the throw to the left, it's norp, the turn to second, he got a good field selection play and there. there's one down in the third on swing on a miss Trey Flood dominated here in the last two games Alec Ward with two away. Come on, come on Sky, center field for Jimmy and that will make what a performance from Trey Flood in the second. Bay City Michigan player secures first two wins in mlw today didn't play much last year, gets married a couple of times here at The Meadows and takes advantage Trey, so not only did you get two wins, but they were your first two. wins, you had a shutout in the third game, only one win, run the second game, how proud are you, of yourself and your team, uh, I'm super proud of the team you know, a big thank you to Jimmy for letting me throw both, uh, game. two and three games and you know he was in the moment again with that big home run game to thank Casey Bennett.

You know he had a big clutch moment in the third game. I'm very proud of him and then obviously and Jonah, you know they. They're just doing their thing, they're helping us win, so if we continue to do that, we'll be ready to go and you know, we're ready to face the Eagles in the next series. I know it's going to be the Detroit series, how excited are you for that? I'm absolutely happy come on honey, not only do we have that, but we have the Philadelphia series premiering here in June, so once again, all the related information.

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