Babe Ruth League

Oh man.

Okay, so I would probably say, if it has to be one, I would probably say, so when I was 17, going into my senior year of college, senior year of high school, sorry, our team, I was on the Babe Ruth 16-18 all-star team.

We won the Connecticut State Tournament, swept it, and then we won the New England Regional Tournament.

And I would probably say the day we won the New England Regional Tournament was pretty awesome because it was in Cape Cod.

Yeah, yeah.

And then when I was 18, we hosted in Stanford, which was even cool.

So I played in two Babe Ruth World Series back-to-back years.

But the day we won, there was just this awesome.

I always used to look at that bat he used when he was with St. Louis and wonder how short it really is, and went down and picked it up today, and I bet it's no more than 31 or 32 inches.

It's like a kid would use in Babe Ruth League almost, a very, very short bat.

Swings and misses at the next pitch, which was low and inside.

No balls and two strikes on McBride.

Nina Payne for Activities have got a group.

Lake Region Babe Ruth League from Burlington.

Half tap from Bradley is here.

Travers, two balls and a strike.

We had success in high school.

We had success playing baseball in Babe Ruth and in different leagues.

Part of my growth and success in life is because I had a friend who pushed me to be the absolute best that I could be all the time and I pushed him to be also the best that he could be.

Our relationship was tremendous.

Well, that's all ahead because what you saw last night might be the last baseball game that we see for quite some time, played at this level.

Might be able to see a little Little League, Babe Ruth, but not on this level.

So that's a little depressing when you think about it.

But overall, for the Bombers, that's the message to me.

And to me, it was always better when you had...

the American Legion or the Babe Ruth type situation where you had the same group of kids from the same area who grew up together, who bond together, who become a team and lifelong friends, most likely that, uh, Keep those guys together.

And if one of those guys happens to excel, then he can go on and do some other stuff.

But not everybody's a select baseball player.

Why not? I played little league,

played Babe Ruth baseball

way back.

I mean, what a fun, what a fun business for,