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WELCOME, EVERYBODY. NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
THAT'S RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS, BOYS AND GIRLS.PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
[4 a. Presentation to the La Verne Little League Teams]
WELL, WE HAVE A CELEBRATION TONIGHT.AND AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOYS, GIRLS, GIRLS AND BOYS FOR THE WONDERFUL SEASON.
CONGRATULATION TO THE COACHES, THE FAMILIES.
AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST TONIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BRING ON.
FIRST OFF, WHICH IS OUR GRACE NAPOLITANO, OUR CONGRESSWOMAN.
AND SHE IS SHE PLAYED SOFTBALL AND ALSO HER DAUGHTER, I THINK, PLAYED COLLEGIATE SOFTBALL.
SO SHE'S REALLY JAZZED ABOUT THIS.
AND SHE HAS A FEW WORDS TO SAY TO YOU GUYS, PLUS SOME PRESENTATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
IT IS WONDERFUL TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SAY HELLO AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH TEAMS. THEY'RE TO BE COMMENDED.
WE DON'T CELEBRATE WHAT THEY DO GOOD AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD.
SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE TEAMS. AND THERE ARE SOME CERTIFICATES THAT WERE ISSUED.
OKAY. AND I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, CONGRESSWOMAN. ALWAYS WITH THAT.
SO LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL ALL-STAR TEAM TO GO TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES.
I LIKE IT. OKAY. LA VERNE WENT 8 TO 0 AND OUTSCORED THEIR OPPONENTS BY A COMBINED MARGIN OF 95 TO 2.
A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. [APPLAUSE] COME ON.
COME ON, COME ON. TO MAKE THEIR TRIP TO NORTH CAROLINA EVEN MORE SATISFYING WAS THE FACT THAT THEY HAD TO BEAT ARIZONA TWICE TO GET THERE.
IN 2021, IT WAS ARIZONA WHO ENDED THE LITTLE LEAGUE SEASON IN THE WESTERN REGIONAL.
THIS YEAR, LA VERNE BEAT ARIZONA TWICE AND DID SO BY A MARGIN OF 20 TO 1.
THE TEAM WAS MANAGED BY CHRISTIAN TORRES AND WAS COACHED BY MIKE MANN AND LORETTA WASHINGTON.
THE TEAM ROSTER IS AS FOLLOWS.
I'M GOING TO HAVE MR. MANN AND KRISTEN COME UP AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE TEAM ROSTER.
COME ON UP. I WANT TO SAY, TOO, THAT WE WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE TEAM AND ALL OF OUR COUNCIL AND THE CITY.
WE'RE A SMALL LITTLE CITY, BUT WE'RE TINY BUT MIGHTY AND WE REALLY DO A GREAT JOB.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU.
KRISTIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND COACHES.
THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANKS FOR HAVING US.
A LOT OF OUR GIRLS, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE SOME BUSY SCHEDULES AND WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT.
SO WE HAVE STRONG REPRESENTATION HERE, THOUGH.
THOSE ARE OUT HERE WE'LL TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY.
MIKE WILL KEEP THEIR CERTIFICATE.
PEYTON MANN, PEYTON IS OUR YOUNGEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM.
PROUD FATHER. WHERE IS YOUR DAUGHTER? LANEY SWEENEY, OUR CATCHER.
LANEY PLAYED TWO YEARS WITH US AND SHE CAUGHT A LOT OF INNINGS AND NEVER COMPLAINED.
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AND SHE WORKED REALLY HARD FOR VERY AND HAD A HUGE BAT.GOOD JOB, LAINEY. TO PLAY ONE MORE TIME.
AGAIN, SHE'S SHE'S NOT AGED OUT, SO MAYBE THERE'S A CHANCE SHE MIGHT DO IT AGAIN.
AINSLEY DORNIC. SHE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT WITH US.
AINSLEY IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR 11 YEAR OLDS.
LEFTY PITCHER. SHE SHE THREW ON THE MOUND FOR US QUITE A BIT.
AINSLEY WAS GREAT. SHE IS NOT HERE.
SHE WAS A RETURNING PLAYER, BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.
SHE WAS OUR OUTFIELD AND SHE WAS A GREAT PART OF OUR TEAM.
LEILA WASHINGTON IS ALSO A SECOND YEAR PLAYER IN THE SERIES WITH US.
LEILA HAS BEEN WITH US FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SHE WAS THE FORCE AT SECOND BASE LEADOFF HITTER.
SHE LED US IN BATTING. DON'T LET HER SIZE FOOL YOU.
SHE LET US IN THE BATTING AVERAGE IN THE WORLD SERIES.
RYAN IS ALSO RETURNING PLAYER.
AND LAST YEAR, RYAN PITCHED FOR US THIS YEAR.
AVA WAS OUR THIRD BASEMAN, AND I'M BUMMED SHE'S NOT HERE EITHER, SO.
YEAH, AVA. I'M SOPHIA [INAUDIBLE].
SHE WAS ALSO A LEADING FORCE IN CENTER FIELD AND ALSO OUR SECOND STRING CATCHER.
KYLIE HELD IT DOWN AT FIRST BASE.
KYLIE HAD A HOME RUN IN THE WEST REGION.
NOT HERE. ADRIAN ORTIZ, OUR SPEED DEMON.
YOU CAN COUNT ON ADRIAN TO GET IN A PICKLE OR SOMETHING CRAZY.
AND ALSO, ONE OF OUR BEST OUTFIELDERS, ADRIAN, IS A SECOND YEAR RETURNER.
SHE PLAYED WITH US LAST YEAR IN THE SERIES AS WELL.
KATIE COLD IRON, OUR PITCHER, OUR LEAD P ONE.
KATIE HELD IT DOWN ON THE MOUND VERY WELL FOR US.
SO WE WANT TO GIVE HER A PLUS FOR SURE.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BAILEY OSBOURNE, BAILEY HIT A HOME RUN.
WAS THAT WHAT IT WAS? WHICH GAME WAS THAT? ERIC TO NEVADA.
SHE HIT A HOME RUN AND ALSO PLAYED OUTFIELD FOR US.
MIKE WAS OUR FIRST BASE COACH AND ALSO LIFE MENTOR.
COUNSELOR. TEEN MOM, RAPPER, TEAM COMEDIAN.
KNOW LOTS OF LOTS OF TITLES, BUT NOT ALL RAP.
YEAH, FOR SURE. MIKE WAS A BIG PART OF THIS, THIS WHOLE VENTURE, AND WE WOULD HAVE DIED WITHOUT HIM.
AND WHERE IS SHE? LORETTA, WHERE ARE YOU? LORETTA WASHINGTON.
LORETTA, THIS IS HER THIRD COACHING RUN WITH ME.
WE DID A RUN WITH SOME OLDER GIRLS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
BUT LORETTA, THIS IS HER THIRD RUN.
AND LAST YEAR WAS A COACH WITH US IN THE SERIES.
AND IT WAS IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE HER BY OUR SIDE.
AND ALSO, WHERE'S BRANDON? BRANDON THIS WOULD NOT HAPPEN WITHOUT BRANDON EITHER.
BRANDON WAS A HUGE PART OF IT.
WHEN IT CAME TO BRANDON'S TIME, RESOURCES OR BELIEF LIKE IT WAS UNLIMITED WITH HIM.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU GUYS.
AND WE WERE GETTING UPDATES ALL THE TIME.
AND IT'S REALLY COOL BECAUSE WE JUST LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF.
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AND IT WAS GREAT YOU GUYS WERE PUMPING THIS WITH INFORMATION.IT WAS LIKE EVERY SECOND WAS GOING ON.
ANYTIME YOU HAD A FUNDRAISER OR ANYTHING WAS GOING ON.
AND THESE PEOPLE UP HERE MADE SURE YOU WERE SAFE, EVEN IF YOUR BATS DIDN'T COME WITH YOU, WAS IT? YEAH. EVERYTHING CAME ON THE BUS, THE KIDS, EVERYTHING EXCEPT THEIR BATS.
YEAH, IT WAS LIKE, REALLY? SERIOUSLY. BUT ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU NEED TO SPEAK ON THIS WOMAN HERE.
JUST BRIEFLY, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE MIC.
AH KRISTEN ALONG WITH BRANDON, MIKE AND I AS WELL A FEW YEARS AGO HAD THIS VISION, RIGHT? SHE EXECUTED ALONG WITH HER SUPPORT.
ALL OF THIS MANIFESTED IT FOR THESE GIRLS.
GIRLS REALLY MADE THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPEN AND CONTINUES TO MAKE THE IMPOSSIBLE HAPPEN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK I WANT TO GET SOME PICTURES REAL QUICK, BUT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO SOME PICTURES OF THEIR FAMILY REAL QUICK AND THEN WE CAN DO THE BOYS. YES, WE WANT DO PICTURES.
I WANT TO GET TO YOU GUYS FIRST.
IS IT A GOOD ONE? ARE YOU SURE? THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. OKAY.
OUR NEXT CONGRATULATIONS ON THE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WONDERFUL JOB. I THINK I NEED MY EYEBALLS.
LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE SENIOR BASEBALL.
THEY WENT UNDEFEATED IN THE REGULAR SEASON AND ADVANCED TO THE DISTRICT TOURNAMENT.
IN THE SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT, THEY WENT 4 TO 1 TO ADVANCE TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT.
IN THE STATE TOURNAMENT, THE TEAM WENT 4 TO 2 TO ADVANCE TO THE WEST REGION TOURNAMENT.
THESE ARE A LOT OF ADVANCES GUYS.
CONGRATULATIONS. I THINK A ROUND OF APPLAUSE ALREADY FOR THAT.
LET'S GO. [APPLAUSE] IN THE WEST REGION TOURNAMENT, THE TEAM WENT TWO TO TWO.
THE TEAM IS MANAGED BY BRANDON MOLDER AND WAS COACHED BY JOSHUA ALBA AND KEVIN DUFFIELD.
THE TEAM ROSTER IS AS FOLLOWS.
COACH'S COME ON UP. YOU'RE GOING TO CALL THESE NAMES.
CONGRATULATIONS, TEAM AND FAMILY.
OH, THANKS. WHAT? CAN I PUT THIS RIGHT HERE? SURE.
ALL RIGHT. YOU GUYS DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
I LOVE FOLLOWING YOU GUYS ON THIS JOURNEY.
AND AS YOU GUYS GO ALONG IN YOUR LIVES, YOU'LL REALIZE HOW SPECIAL THESE MOMENTS WERE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF THAT.
IT'S BEEN A RIDE. SO PROUD OF YOU GUYS.
AND MIKE HAS ACTUALLY INSPIRED THEM THAT ONE NIGHT WHEN WE CALL THEM IN OAKLAND.
BUT HEY, JUST REAL QUICK ON THE JOURNEY.
SO WHAT SENIORS IS, IT'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF BASEBALL.
MAJORITY OF THE PLAYERS ARE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS.
WE'VE KIND OF EXPANDED OUT TO OTHER AREAS AND WE'RE SENIORS.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS A REALLY COOL TEAM.
THE PARENTS, IT'S A WILD RIDE BECAUSE IT GETS THROWN TOGETHER SO FAST.
THERE'S A LOT OF WHAT IFS AND THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
SO AROUND THE CLASS, ALL THE PARENTS.
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AND ULTIMATELY I'VE COACHED WITH THESE GUYS THE LAST TWO SEASONS AND COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THEM BECAUSE I GOT A HECTIC SCHEDULE AND I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO A LOT OF THE GAMES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON WHEN YOU GUYS PICKED UP THE SLACK AND DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.
WE LEANED ON EACH OTHER FOR DECISIONS IN THE GAME AND IN SUPPORT.
THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE JOURNEY.
THEY GO THE VANS UP TO UP TO OAKLAND.
SO OBVIOUSLY IF THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, THOSE BOYS WOULDN'T HAVE GOT THERE.
WE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF A LOT OF TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS UP THERE AND OAKLAND, TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUT THANK GOD WE GOT OUR VOICE THERE AND BACK HOME SAFE.
AND THE GAMES. THE GAMES ARE TOUGH.
SO YEAH, WE ONCE WE DID WIN THAT STATE TOURNAMENT TO MAKE IT TO THE WEST REGION, BUT IT WASN'T EASY.
WE HAD TO WIN FOUR GAMES IN THREE DAYS AND WE CAME BACK AND WON A NAIL BITER AT THE END.
I THINK IT WAS CORBIN HIT UP THE MIDDLE THAT THEY GOT US THROUGH AND WE WENT ON A DOUBLE STEAL TYPE OF DEAL AND HESTER CAME ACROSS AND SCORED THAT. AND I THINK DOMINIC GARCIA WAS ON THE ON THE BASELINE AND OUR I'M NOT GOING TO CALL THE PLAY BECAUSE IT'S ON THE INTERNET.
SO WE WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS.
SO FIRST OF ALL, HEY BOYS, THANKS.
GOOD TO SEE YOU GUYS ALL AGAIN.
HAVEN'T SEEN THESE BOYS IN A LONG TIME, SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THESE FRESH FACES.
I COULDN'T IMAGINE DOING THIS WITH ANOTHER GROUP.
YOU GUYS WERE AWESOME, TRAVELING UP TO OAKLAND AND SEEING YOU GUYS PLAY AND COMPETE AND BATTLE AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, JUST GELLING AND BONDING AND HAVING FUN IN THE HOTEL ROOMS. THAT WAS A SIGHT TO SEE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S MY LITTLE SPIEL.
NOW WE'LL GO OVER THE ROSTERS.
ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT NUMBER ONE.
CARTER ALBA. CARTER ALBA IS OUT THERE.
SO HE'S NOT HERE TODAY. BUT CARTER WAS OUR CATCHER COMING [INAUDIBLE] CLUTCH HITS.
BUT DOMINIC ALSO WAS A CONTRIBUTOR ON OUR TEAM, MIDDLE INFIELD.
SO HERE'S ONE OF THOSE CROSS SCHOOL GUYS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, AN INTEGRAL PART, RIGHT.
NOT ONLY DID HE PLAY ON OUR SENIOR TEAM, HE WAS A HE WAS AN UMPIRE AT OUR LITTLE LEAGUE AS WELL.
IT WAS A SHOT TO THE LEFT CENTER GAP HIT THE NET.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NET, I'D STILL BE GOING, RIGHT? ACTUALLY, YEAH, I HAD A BABY.
THIS GUY PLAYED WITH US LAST SEASON.
I CAME BACK FOR A SECOND YEAR, PITCHED HIS BUTT OFF.
WITHOUT HIM, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE ADVANCED THROUGH AS FAR AS WE DID.
WHERE IS HE? RIGHT HERE NOW, JACK.
HE WAS JUST HERE. I TALKED TO HIM.
ALL RIGHT. THIS GUY RIGHT HERE, HE WAS A STUD FOR US, MAN.
I'M LIKE, WHAT THE HECK? WHERE IS HE AT? THEY'RE LIKE, COACH SENIOR'S WAS HIS LAST HURRAH.
I GO, WHAT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HE'S HIS SWINGING THE STICK, MAN.
HE WAS RUNNING HARD. HE WAS PLAYING WELL.
I MEAN, HE WAS WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
SO THEN WHEN I SAW HIM ON THE TRACK THE OTHER DAY, I KIND OF GAVE HIM A LITTLE TROUBLE.
I WAS JUST HAPPY TO BE THERE. BUT HE'S A HUMBLE, HUMBLE KID.
HE'S GOING TO DO SOME GOOD THINGS IN THE FUTURE.
THIS KID'S BEEN WITH US FROM FOR AS LONG AS HE COULD HAVE PLAYED.
THE SENIORS WITH US LOVE WATCHING HIM GROW UP THROUGH THE LITTLE LEAGUES.
AND I GOT A GOOD A PIECE TO SEE THESE KIDS GROW UP FROM, YOU KNOW, THE MINOR DIVISION OF LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE TO WHERE THEY ARE NOW AND THEN OBVIOUSLY BLESSED ENOUGH TO SEE THEM CONTINUE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL CAREERS.
BUT THIS KID'S BEEN BEEN A JOY TO BE AROUND.
PROBABLY MAYBE NOT THIS YEAR, BUT HE'S DEFINITELY CAUGHT FOR US, BUT NOT THIS YEAR.
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BUT PITCH AND WE NEED HIM TO COME IN AND PITCH, PITCH THIS OUT OF SOME CLUTCH, CLUTCH SITUATIONS WHEN WE'RE OUT OF PITCHING.AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, HE GOT A HE HIT AND I THINK HE'S A FAN OF A LADY FAN OVER HERE.
YEAH, HE DOES. HE GETS THAT FROM HIS MOM.
THERE YOU GO. SO THIS GUY IS NOT HERE? I DON'T SEE HIM, BUT HE WAS OUR SHORTSTOP.
HE'S A GAMER. DID WHAT? YEAH, HE CAME TO AND PITCHED FOR US, TOO.
A LOT OF THESE GUYS OUT HERE CAME IN THREW OFF THE BUMP AND GOT US OUT OF INNINGS.
THIS GUY IS NOT HERE, BUT HE'S A STARTER.
WE REALLY APPRECIATED HIS SUPPORT AND HIS PLAY.
GREAT SET, GOOD GOOD MORALS, GOOD VALUES ON THIS KID.
AND TO WHERE WE SEE THIS GUY REALLY JELL AND GROW AND PROSPER, HE'S WORKED SUPER HARD OVER THE LAST FEW SEASONS TO KIND OF REFINE HIS GAME AND STRENGTHEN THE AREAS THAT HE NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN. AND HE CAME OUT THIS SEASON.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HE CAN DO.
HE'S ALSO PLAYED WITH US A FEW YEARS ON OUR.
THE JUNIOR TEAM IS BASED IN MONTOYA.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT, NEXT GUY'S NOT HERE, BUT HE WAS OUR OUTFIELDER CENTERFIELDER, LEADOFF GUY.
AND I LOVE THIS KID. HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET HIM.
YOU KNOW, LAST SEASON, I WAS ON MY FRESHMAN TEAM.
ABSOLUTE STUD. I LOVE HIS ATTITUDE, WORK ETHIC.
HE'S A HE'S A GAMER, AGAIN HE DID WHATEVER HE ASKED US TO DO.
WHAT WAS THE LEAD UP GUY, THREE HOLE GUY PLAYING THE INFIELD, PLAYING IN THE OUTFIELD.
COME IN AND PITCH. NO MATTER WHAT IT WAS, IT WAS.
YES, COACH COACHING. HE DID IT WITH A SMILE AND GRITTY.
I LOVE THE WAY HE PLAYS, AUSTIN OWENS.
YOU. WHERE WE AT? OH. ALL RIGHT.
THIS KID RIGHT HERE. HE'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE, TOO.
I THINK HE PLAYED ON OUR INAUGURAL INTERMEDIATE TEAM.
TELL ME WHO IT IS. THEY DON'T KNOW.
HE PLAYED ON AN INAUGURAL INTERMEDIATE TEAM.
HE KIND OF GREW UP WITH THE RANKS WITH US AND.
AND HE CAME UP AND HE HELPED US OUT.
HE PITCHED ME SOME TOUGH GAMES.
AND HE CAME IN AND HE DID A GREAT JOB.
BUT AGAIN, HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A WHILE, PLAYED IN A LOT OF HANDS.
WE GOT A LOT OF GUYS. WE'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING HERE.
SO HOPEFULLY THERE'S NOT A LOT MORE ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP ON COMING.
THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT TO THE SENIOR LEAGUE WESTERN REGION SOUTH.
SO WE NEED DEPTH. RIGHT? AND WHAT WE GOT IS DEPTH ON THIS ROSTER.
WE'VE GOT HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
HE HE'S STRETCHED THIN, BUT HE'S A STUD, TOO.
HE'S GOING TO BE ON THE BASKETBALL COURT.
HE'S GOING TO BE BACK IN THE DIAMOND LATER THIS MONTH.
BUT HE'S WORKING HARD AND HE'S JUST GOT COLTON PEREZ.
THIS GUY IS ANOTHER LA VERNE KID, LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE.
SEEING HIM GO UP THROUGH THE RANKS TO HELP OUT MANAGING COACH ON TEAMS. AND AGAIN, TO SEE THESE KIDS COME THROUGH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN SPECIAL.
I THINK HE WENT AWAY FOR A LITTLE BIT.
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AND THEN HE CAME BACK, YOU KNOW, TO THE CITY.RIGHT. AND HE PLAYED MULTIPLE POSITIONS FOR US.
AND THEN WHEN HE GOT IN THERE, HE GOT A HOT BAT.
HE WAS A GUY THAT WE COULD COME OUT AND COUNT ON FOR A CLUTCH HIT.
HEY, MAN, I APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT, THIS NEXT KID, ANOTHER CROSS, ANOTHER CROSS SCHOOL KID, RIGHT? I HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO COACH THIS KID PRIOR TO THIS SEASON.
AND WHEN HE SHOWED UP TO THE FIELD, HE DIDN'T DISAPPOINT.
WHAT? HE COMES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF SWAG.
HE'S GOT YOU KNOW, HE'S JUST THAT TYPE OF GUY.
SO WE HAD. WITH HIM AND SPENCER IN THE OUTFIELD WE HAD IT LOCKED DOWN.
WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO GET TRACKED DOWN.
HE'S FAST, HE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS FOR US ON THE BASES.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE WAS JUST A GOOD GUY, GOOD GUY IN THE HOTEL RIGHT.
DIDN'T, WAS ALWAYS SUPER POLITE AND WE APPRECIATED HIM.
I REALLY ENJOYED HAVING HIM ON THE TEAM FROM DAMIAN HIGH SCHOOL, JORDAN YOUNG.
ALL RIGHT. OR WE JUST CALL THEM JY.
THAT'S RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE'LL GET TO THE NEXT QUAD.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT GUY, ANOTHER LA VERNE.
I GREW UP IN THAT. GREW UP IN THE RANKS.
DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO COACH THEM, BUT HAD A CHANCE TO COACH WITH THEM AROUND HIM LAST SEASON.
LIKE WHAT I SAW ON THE PRACTICE FIELD WHEN HE CAME OUT TO THE FIELD, A SUPER IMPRESSED AGAIN.
AND THESE KIDS WERE JUST A LOT OF YOUR PARENTS.
GREAT, RAISED REALLY, REALLY GOOD KIDS.
I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER, MORE POLITE GROUP, HUMBLE.
THAT'S JUST WHAT THESE GUYS ARE.
THEY KNOW HOW TO HAVE FUN, BUT THEY KNOW HOW TO LOCK IN.
THIS GUY, AGAIN, PLAYED EVERYWHERE.
I MEAN, HE DID WHAT HE PLAYED IN THE INFIELD.
HE PLAYED IN THE OUTFIELD. HE HIT MULTIPLE PARTS OF THE LINEUP.
AND IN THE END, HE CAME UP WITH SOME CLUTCH HITS.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT GUY. SAME THING.
ANOTHER LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE KID GOT TO KNOW HIM AND HIS FAMILY OVER THE YEARS.
GREAT KID. DAD SUPPORTS THE LITTLE LEAGUE.
HE SUPPORTED US THROUGHOUT THE COACHING, ALL STAR TEAMS AND REGULAR SEASON TEAMS. THIS KID WAS START GROWING UP IN LITTLE LEAGUE AND TO SEE HIM CONTINUE TO GROW AND DEVELOP AND BE EVEN A BETTER PLAYER THAN HE WAS BACK IN LITTLE LEAGUE.
BUT IF HE STAYS FOCUSED, IF HE STAYS FOCUSED AND HE WORKS HARD THE WAY THAT HE HAS BEEN, I HAVEN'T SEEN IT OUT THERE WHERE AND HE'S SUPER SMOOTH WITH THE GLOVE, HE CAN SWING THE STICK.
HE CAN DO A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT BASEBALL GUYS NEED TO DO.
HERE YOU THAT WE'RE DOWN TO THE LAST COUPLE OF GUYS HERE.
I'M GOING TO SKIP TO THE ONE THAT'S NOT HERE.
YOU WANTED TO START HERE? CAME THROUGH WITH SOME BIG HITS.
TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF OUR LEADOFF HITTERS WHEN WE GOT UP TO THE WEST REGION.
NORMALLY A CATCHER, BUT HE PLAYED THE OUTFIELD FOR US AND DID A GREAT JOB.
HERE WE GO. NEXT GUY AGAIN, HAVE THE PLEASURE OF MEETING THIS KID OVER THE OVER THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR, WHEN I COACHED HIM BOTH AS FRESHMEN, DIDN'T GET TO COACH ONE MORE THAN I DID THE COACH ONE MORE THAN I DID THE OTHER.
BUT EVERY CHANCE I GOT TO BE AROUND THIS KID, IT JUST PUT A SMILE ON MY FACE.
EVERY SINGLE TIME HE SAW ME, IT WAS, HI, COACH.
HOW ARE YOU, COACH? AND BOTH OF YOU GUYS SAID IT.
OKAY, SO I'M JUST GOING TO SAY BOTH OF THESE KIDS ARE SUPER POLITE.
EVEN WHEN I CAME THROUGH ON CAMPUS LATE.
HE WOULD ALWAYS PAUSE AND SAY HELLO.
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HIS FAMILY WAS OPENED UP THEIR HOMES TO US FOR A TEAM DINNER WHILE WE WERE STUCK IN THERE.AND NOT ONLY THAT, HE WAS AN ABSOLUTE STUD.
BUT THE ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT HIM IS NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS, HE KEEPS A SMILE ON HIS FACE.
HE WORKS HARD. HE CAME BACK IN THE SECOND GAME AND LITERALLY PITCHED THE GYM.
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT FOR HIM AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE HIM IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT NOT LEAST, GOT A CHANCE TO COACH THIS KID LAST YEAR.
I'VE KNOWN ABOUT HIM FOR A WHILE, RIGHT? JUST THROUGH JOSH AND KEVIN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THROUGH THE BASEBALL CIRCUIT.
HIS BROTHER CAME THROUGH BENITA.
BUT IT WAS AN ABSOLUTE STUD FOR US.
LIKE I SAID, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB WITH HIM AND ALL OF YOU GUYS.
AGAIN, SUPER POLITE, HUMBLE, SUPER HARD ON HIMSELF AT TIMES.
HIS CONFIDENCE HAS BEEN BUILDING AND HE'S COME THROUGH SO, SO CLUTCH FOR US TO GET THROUGH HERE.
HE PLAYED ANY ROLE WE ASK YOU TO DO, EVEN SHORTSTOP AT TIMES, RIGHT? AND HE STILL REMINDS ME OF THAT.
BUT HE PITCH SOME HUGE GAMES, CAME IN AND SET THE GAME DOWN WHEN WE NEED TO.
GOT THE CLUTCH HIT, STOLE THE EXTRA BAG, TOOK THE EXTRA BASE.
HE'S AGAIN GRITTY, GAMER, HUMBLE KID, MAN.
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT HE DOES IN THE FUTURE.
ALL RIGHT. SO THEY'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND THE NEXT TEAM IS GOING TO COME IN.
SO FOR THE NEXT ROSTER MEETING.
THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU, GUYS.
THANK YOU, PARENTS. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WELL, WE'LL DO AWAY WITH THE QUESTIONS.
LET'S LINE UP AT YOUR TALLEST.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR COMING. AND THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING COUNCIL MEETING.
SO YOU GUYS CAN ALL STAY OR YOU CAN GO RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE RECESS.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE TEAMS.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.