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AJ Green what happened on that last play?   I don't think I've ever seen that before.  Pack and Cards are now both 7-1.   1972 Dolphins popped their champagne again.
PETA stick to pets and stay away from baseball.  Bullpen really?
Roger Goodell $128M in bonuses the last two seasons?  Commissioner shouldn't make more than Tom Brady.   
Knicks are 4-1.  BING BONG!

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Bullpen Tournaments at Grand Park
11u & 13u

Location(s):
Grand Park Sports Campus
Westfield, Indiana

Championship Park
Kokomo, Indiana

Today we talk about Bullpen Tournaments at (primarily) Grand Park in Westfield, Indiana. We have attended four of these tournaments so far:

• May 7-9 - 11u May Slugfest
• May 14-16 - 13u Super Select
• May 21-23 - 11u USSSA Rocks Grand Park
• June 4-6 - 11u Freedom Classic at Grand Park

And our 13u team will also be attending the Youth Amateur Baseball Championship June 23-27

Rating

• Facility: 5/ 5 points 
• Tournament Management: 5/ 5 points
• Fees: 4/ 5 points 
• Restrooms: 5/5 points 
• Umpires: 3/ 3 points
• Concessions: 1/ 2 points 
• Miscellaneous: 3/ 5 points

TOTAL RATING: 26/ 30  (HOME RUN)

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Moms and Baseball Tournament Ratings Scale (30 possible points)

• 28+: Grand Slam
• 25-27: Home Run
• 22-24: Triple
• 19-21: Double
• 16-18: Base Hit
• Under 16: Strikeout

Grading System:

• 5 pts: Fields/Facilities (maintained, fences, turf, lights, bleachers, nets, etc)
• 5 pts: Tournament management (Scheduling, communication, rules, etc)
• 5 pts: Fees (Tournament, parking, entry)
• 5 pts: Restrooms
• 3 pts: Umpires
• 2 pts: Concessions
• 5 pts: Miscellaneous (location, coolers, alcohol, dogs, playground, things to do, trophy type, etc.)

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 Alvarado 3 week suspension, 

Astros series Ugliness  Yarbrough uncomfortable? Timely hits needed- RISP –LOB
 Look back at 2019 ALCS series with Houston McCullers and Charlie Morton
 Josh Fleming struggles 6 innings and 5 walks

Rays – Missed Opportunities week & May Calendar

Rays face Top Money Teams in May - including Cohen's Mets

Mets & Phillies summary - Hoskins fielding and HR debacle - plus 

Rays Astros series what happened?

Bullpen Challenges – Diego Castillo  - Nick Anderson – injuries

Catchers
 We Reminisce about Mikey Perez, d’Arnaud, Ramos and Jesus Sucre
 Francisco Mejia behind the plate on the track for success

One place we don't have a challenge - behind the plate with Zunino, UF & SEC award. Mike was leading Rays in Home Runs. “Won’t Back Down” walk-up music. Zunino “Stands My Ground”

A look at Joe Maddon his history as bench coach and manager

1,000 victories!  USF Softball Coach, Ken Eriksen achieves 1,000 career wins. Pitcher, Georgina Corrick delivers back to back no-hitters

Angels & Rays game 1 – What happened to Ohtani? Quintana & Glasnow face off and the Rays offense takes off.
Update on Angels and Rays game  Glasnow pitches – Ohtani injured & ditches  & Jose Quintana enters and pitches with strong strikeout count.

Jenna is joined by current Head Coach of Duke Softball, Michigan All-American, and one of the best pitchers in Big Ten history, Marissa Young! They talk about building a new program from scratch, becoming the first black female head coach in Duke history, setting goals that matter, the ACC landscape, hyping up her players and staff, the “crazy” pitching mindset, and more.

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In this episode, we talk with Stephanie Brogdon from Madera Ranchos, California, about her son, Connor Brogdon, the up-and-coming 6'6" right-handed Phillies bullpen pitcher. Connor made his major league debut in 2020 and had a very rocky start. He was sent back to the Phillies' alternate site and returned in September looking stronger than ever and had a dominating performance for the rest of the season.

Stephanie discusses how Connor took a bit of a nontraditional path to the MLB. For starters, he didn't play any travel or select baseball until high school, but she does discuss his opportunity to play in the Area Code games in the summer between his junior and senior year of high school, which ultimately lead to him being drafted in the final round by the Atlanta Braves. Connor turned down that opportunity and was going to attend Division 1 Fresno State University on scholarship, but Stephanie discusses why that option didn't work out and offers advice to parents on the college recruiting process.

Instead, Connor attended Fresno City Junior College before transferring to NAIA Lewis-Clark State College. From Lewis-Clark, Connor was drafted in the 10th round by the Philadelphia Phillies. 

Stephanie discusses how  Connor handled the transition from starting pitcher to the bullpen while in the Minors and talks about his notorious debut game in 2020. Then she talks about how Connor performed since that day, and offers some insight for youth baseball parents.

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In this episode, we discuss: (1) recent hobby connections (7:47), (2) attending Tradefest II in Santa Monica, CA (20:50), (3) three theories behind Luka Doncic's NBA success (36:02), (4) two concerns about Luka's future (59:53), (5) Luka's historic 2019-20 season (1:07:49), (6) the Luka card market (1:18:49), (7) the current state of the Michael Jordan card market (1:53:38), (8) key MJ auctions from PWCC's October 2019 auction (2:04:21), (9) Luka's key RC market vis-a-vis Lebron's key RC market (2:40:23), (10) the 2018-19 Prizm Mosaic set (2:54:39), (11) Brian's Luka maildays and Chris' MJ maildays (3:03:51), (12) a Giannis PC pay day (3:17:03), and (13) the James Harden and Blake Griffin National Treasures RPA sales histories (3:21:40).

In this episode, we discuss: (1) Kristina's new gig as a guest breaker for the Bullpen, (2) Luka's origins, (3) the sales histories of the Lebron James Ultimate Collection rookie autograph card and the Michael Jordan Jambalaya insert, (4) Arena Design's comment about the influence of pop art on card designs, (5) visiting the Frank and Son Collectible Show, (6) a rave-worthy mailday, and (7) an analysis of the auction history of PSA 10 Luka Doncic Silver Prizm cards. We conclude with some reflections on 2019-20 Panini Contenders basketball.

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