July 3, 2025 • 30 mins
In today’s episode of Baseball Talk, we’re looking ahead to two major events on the Missouri Legion Baseball calendar:
📅 2025 Triple-A State Championships
🗓️ July 24–27 | 📍 Sedalia, Missouri
📡 Live streamed by Youth Baseball Midwest
📅 Mid-South Classic
🗓️ August 6–10 | 📍 Washington, Missouri
📡 Live streamed by Youth Baseball Midwest
🔥 Top Legion teams from the region battling for bragging rights!
After that, we roll out our latest 19U Power Rankings — who’s climbing, who’s sliding, and what to watch for as championship season closes in. Plus, we talk about the impact of live streaming and how it’s helping elevate the Legion baseball experience across Missouri.
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🔥 Top Legion teams from the region battling for bragging rights!
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Speaker 1 (00:10):
Definitely a different type of process cut down or freeze,
you know, being a coach's son jackson of course. Uh,
they keep reaching one still the SA SA hit five pitch.
Oh my, hello every one walking inside the Red Earth
(00:38):
Production Studios for this edition of YBM cast Baseball Talk
powered by Game seven Baseball, Game seven Baseball dot Com.
Uh yeah, we just finished up the World Series. We
got one more of this coming this weekend. We will
be out at the whack with the Firecracker n I
(00:58):
T got some great stuff coming up. July is not over, man,
we got we're booming in July, and we're gonna be
talking about this. We're finishing up here over the fourth
July weekend, heading into some celebrations. American Legion Baseball. We're
gonna be talking about American Legion Baseball today. They just
got through their PBR showcases. There was one that happened
(01:26):
in Warrensburg and one here in Saint Charles, So we're
gonna talk a little bit about that. Uh. Kevin Mulder
couldn't make it in. He's doing uh uh youth camps,
instructing and whatnot, doing doing his things. So we'll hope
to catch up with Kevin later on this but we'll
(01:47):
we'll talk a little bit about what's going on. We
just put out our power rankings for the first time
this summer UH for American Legion Baseball usual some usual suspects.
A few things here on the night U level because
we want to share with you some information. The end
(02:08):
of this month, we're heading toward it. State Championships will
be held at Liberty Park in Sidelia, Missouri, July twenty
fourth through the twenty seventh. Youth Baseball Midwest will be
on hand live streaming the state championships. I think you know.
We end up with three or four games per day
(02:29):
until of course the end. It's a double elimination format.
It's a really cool format. We were there last year.
Last year we were in Blue Springs. Year before that
we were at Siedelia. Liberty Parks got a makeover. They
got it all turfed. Connor Spinagel over there with that
(02:51):
program Post six forty two. The Travelers, they're having a
good season again this year, so could be seeing them.
So we're looking forward to this one State Championships July
twenty fourth to through the twenty seven. If you're not there,
all those folks in sadel you come on out and
watch some good baseball. We're gonna push and push that
(03:12):
pretty well. Great concessions, support the community, support American Legion baseball.
It's a lot of fun. If you're not able to
make it out. We will be live streaming all games
for the state championship. One other thing to add, we
just finished this up. We're going to be live streaming
(03:33):
the Mid South Regional Tournament. Now, the Mid South Regional Tournament.
I got I think I clicked out of this. Oh yeah,
I did. I'm gonna come back to this. Hang on
one second, Mid South le Jen. Oops, I thought I
(04:05):
had this pulled up and I didn't. Folks, Sorry about that,
but well, any of who I'm trying to remember all
the states Mid South Regional Tournament we are going to
be We just talked with the folks over there. Washington
(04:27):
Post two eighteen are hosting. Can't Getsey, Joe Buller his
group over there. They do a fantastic job of putting
this on. Well, we talked to them and finalized that
this week that we will be live streaming all the games. Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana,
(04:50):
Mississippi and I know I'm missing one Kansas. Those are
the seven states that will be at representing American leg
Baseball at the Mid South Regional. The winner of that
will head over to the World Series in Shelby, North Carolina,
which is broadcast on ESPN. You last year, Troy, Alabama
(05:15):
Post seventy beat Midland, Michigan five to three in the
for the World Series title in American Legion Baseball. These
states that are represented here there are they are the
state champions from each of these states and come here
to compete to head over to the World Series. So
(05:37):
we've got these seven states represented. We're going to be
live streaming over there. We're going to have our booth
set up to do some player spotlights. We're going to
have a good time. We're doing a lot of this
like we do with our state championships over there. So
appreciate the folks working with the folks over there, especially
Joe Bueller. Big shout out to Joe Binto talking with him.
(06:01):
Looking forward to bringing you this. Not to mention this
is what's cool about all of this this year, folks,
is this is the one hundredth celebration, one hundredth year
of American Legion Baseball in the United States. We're happy
to be a part of this. We're celebrating. We got
(06:22):
one of our Summer Bash series that we're holding over
in Saint Peter's at Prime Sports at seven five zero
five Drew Right seventy five seven five oh five Mexico Road.
Prime Sports. We're gonna be celebrating American Legion Baseball's one
(06:44):
hundredth year there with a Summer Batch. We're doing our
live stuff, gonna have some fun. That's a Tuesday on
the twenty second, just before we head to Sedelia for
the state championships. We're gonna be we'll see if we
can get some folks over. We're gonna be doing a
live podcast from there. Make sure you're coming out to
Prime Sports for our Summer Bash series. We got April eighth,
(07:05):
next Tuesday at Prime Sports. We're gonna be celebrating kind
of fourth July. I know it's a little laughter, but hey,
you know, what are you gonna do. We're gonna do
our live podcast from there. Come on out Summer Bash.
We're gonna have con Ice the Shave the ice truck out.
We're gonna be looking to do a few other things,
(07:26):
so we'll keep you posting on what's gonna be happening
Summer Bash series July eighth. We're gonna be back over
there July seventeenth with the Savannah Bananas Meet and greet
and then the twenty second the American Legion Baseball celebration
one hundred years of American Legion Baseball. We're looking forward
(07:49):
to it. It's gonna be a lot of fun. Let's
get into this a little bit. We dropped our, as
I said, our first nineteen U MO Legion power rankings.
At the top of that Ellsbury Post two two six
number two is the Moberley Sixers at number three, jeff
(08:11):
City Post five Baseball at number four, Sedelia Post six
forty two at or that was number four, excuse me,
at number five, Washington Post two eighteen, that's the top
five now since then Post two two six had a
tough weekend. They played in some tough I would like
(08:37):
to know. I think they were in a tournament, because man,
they were playing some teams. Friend played the BOSSI or
Phillies and U two P forty nine ers and Troy
(08:59):
Post seventy, Columbia Post nineteen Seniors eighteen. I believe that's
Tennessee if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So
tough Week had some losses. These are all really good teams.
They lost seven, six to two below. The forty nine
(09:20):
ers were in the Mid South Regional last year. I
believe the Boss here Phillies were as well. That team
is I think from Louisiana, and I think they were
in the state title state or the Mid South Regional
last year as well. Troy Post seventy. They were the
(09:43):
World Series champions last year. Folks. They lost five to
two there and a five. So man, go ahead and
challenge yourself, Elsbury, put yourself. I love what they did
here because this team is really good and you it's
a loaded squad I thought I had. We're good to
(10:05):
hear players. Austin Mayhall, Avon Weaver's back, Brady Creech is back,
Brendan Howard, Brady Eulinger, Camden Palmer, Caden Palmer, Chase Mullen,
Colin Phillips, Corey Martinez, Dalton Hosak back with this team,
(10:26):
Gavin Woodson back, Jackson Ryder, Lance Stuckey, DJ Bar, Timmy Emmons,
Warren Conrad. These are a lot of the players that
are back with this team from the state championship team
last year. So I'm looking forward to seeing and I
love what they did there on this schedule, going out
and playing the top competition around American Legion baseball in
(10:51):
the Bossio Phillies two P forty nine ers, Troy Post seventy,
Columbia Post nineteen. Go ahead and challenge yourself. Now see
what's out there. You know this is a team looking
to make a run to the World Series, is what
this tells me. And so at the top of the rankings, Elsbury,
big shout out to those guys over there, coach Creach
(11:13):
and Howard for taking on a schedule like that. They
did defeat Post to eighteen yesterday July first, nine to one,
and so and as we see, Washington sixteen and four
on the season took the loss. They've been playing some
(11:35):
really good baseball again. A lot of the guys coming back.
Andrew Elbert, Ben Galinis, you got Colton Carrier back on
this squad, Drew Buehler, Drew eck Off, Caleb Hass, Lane Mallencrott.
(11:56):
We saw Lane Mallencrott played for Saint Francis Borgia. We
saw them against saw this young man against Blair Oaks
High School in early in the season last year. Had
a live stream there, so, uh, this is a very
good team as well. In that five spot. The Moberly
Sixers are the one that's gonna be interesting to me. Uh,
(12:20):
there's a lot of kids that came back off of
that squad. Hang on, Nemo, I gotta gotta look through
my Oh boy, I'll get there, Drew maybe. Oh that's
(12:44):
that's summer. Yeah, that's summer. Okay, Well, I'm just gonna
pull it up like this Moberley fat fingered that bad
boy Drew. There. We are twenty one to twelve and
(13:11):
two on the season. Just got to win over Post
fifty five. Ar excuse me, No, just took a loss
to Elsbury on June thirtieth. Oak Grove with a win
lost to Elsbury and back to back games. So that's
(13:32):
that's a big test for them. Post one to eighty
nine outlass ten two. That was the championship game last year.
Our top two teams here, Elsbury and Moberley, and Moberley's
Elsberry's got the best of them so far this season.
That's gonna be interesting. To see how that fall. I
would expect to see both these teams in the state
(13:52):
championship again this year. Moberley's got a lot of those
kids coming back as well from last season, and Ashton Hunt,
Kate Bomb, Carson Fletcher, Connor Hayes, Cooper, Harvey, Hayden, Burns, Jackson, Engele, Mitchell, Bruce, Nolan, Samuel,
(14:14):
A lot of the kids we saw last year, they've
added some. So, you know, heading towards this championship run,
I think this is going to be a very interesting scenario.
Oh I was looking, No, I'm sorry, they're fifteen and two.
I was looking at last year's my fall. Guys, we're
going to start over. How about that, Drew? All right? No, okay,
(14:39):
So recently they've been on a run. They lost to
Eden Prairie Legion a nine to one Eden Prairie. I'm
not quite sure. I think that might be a Kansas.
I haven't heard of Eden Prairie, so I'm gonna have
to look that up. All right, But again, team wise, yes,
(15:06):
Ashton Hunt, k Bomb, Carson, Fletcher, Cole, Irwin, Cooper, Gering, Cooper, Harvey, Jackson, Angle, Mitchell, Bruce, Nolan, Samuel. Yeah,
a lot of the same guys. Probably not as deep
as they were I think last year, but definitely fifteen
and two. They got playing Sheridan County and a doubleheader
(15:30):
on Sunday the sixth. Then they've beat jeff City the
other day five to three. Jeff City is another team,
the number three seed or the yeah in our power
rankings post three seventy nine, a big win. They beat
Eden Prairie Legion two to one on the Friday the
(15:51):
twenty seventh, so they played him again. I gotta find
out where that Eden Prairie team is and we'll catch
that up. Beat Mule Club and a couple of wins
over Hannibal. So our top two teams I think are
sitting pretty good position to continue to be. Fourteen and
(16:13):
five is jeff City the number three seed of course
with the low a couple of losses there back to back,
lost to Sedelia eight to six and lost them overly.
They've lost they've won out of their last five there,
two and three jeff City is, so that'll be interesting.
Sedelia post six point forty two, the Travelers, I know,
(16:45):
I got them in here. I will come back to that.
So that's a little rundown of what's going on there
at number six Jackson, the Jackson Tribe, Jackson Post one
fifty eight. You got number seven is Saint Peter's Post
(17:08):
three to one three in uh in the mix there
the eighteen U there eleven and seven. It'll be interesting
to see how that shakes out. I liked what they did.
We did the tour stop with them in the winter time.
Adam Kenobi, Austin Bauer, Braden Coppen, Copenhager, Brady Donovan, Kyle Jenkins,
(17:33):
Cameron Mayler, Chase, Cookie l Smith, Pretty Deep Grant, Bishop,
Evan Hickman, Ryan Shipley, Tyler Smith, Zach Griegel. Saw a
couple of East kids on there, Max McCarter, Jordan Barrett.
So it'll be interesting to see how this team continues
(17:54):
to make their way towards the state championship. The Mule
Club eleven nine and one. We had them at ten
and then Eureka Post one seventy seven. Nineteen U is
ten nine and one. They've had a couple of losses
(18:17):
since we did that here. They lost to Ballwin ninety
six and Chesterfield five to three. So and then they
lost to Kirkwood six', five so they took three losses
in a, row so we'll have to kind of keep
an eye on, that looking forward to seeing what they do.
Next kirkwood's an interesting. One we'll see What post one
(18:39):
fifty six has got and we'll keep you up to.
Date and So monday we'll have a new power rankings
out for our nineteen. Years we head towards the state.
Championships AND i want to finish off today's show talking
a little bit about the showcases that were held For
American Legion. Baseball our good Buddy Kevin mulder out working
(19:05):
with these. Kids had let me see how many kids
we had out. There fifty two represented here in The
Saint charles. Area Man Timmy, emmons young man FROM. UH
i believe he's playing on THE i think he's on
(19:30):
The elsbury squad six four five sixty man with INFIELD
v eighty two twenty twenty six. Class he's gonna he's
gonna be a senior this coming. SEASON i really like
this young. Man it will be interesting to SEE. UH
i think he plays At Winfield High school and he's
(19:54):
playing for The Elsbury post two two. Six i'm gonna
find out BECAUSE i didn't see his name on. THERE
i wonder if he went. Over, yeah, no there it
Is Timmy. Edmans that's. Correct that was. Correct Ryan shipley
FOR uh post three one Three Saint peter's RAN a
(20:18):
six five. Seven we got it's lookly the top five
one to top six under. SEVEN Dj barth a six
seven eight with an eighty three mile an hour info
infield V. Low that's. Good Kyler huckfeldt a six seven
Nine gunner Uh pleviac a six eight five And Jack
(20:39):
dwyer a twenty twenty Seven. Gunner pleviac is a twenty twenty.
Eight he's gonna be a sophomore RAN a six eight.
Five Jack dwyer a junior six nine. Eight man has
some speed out. THERE i love these six four to
five From Timmy. Emmons that's, impressive. Folks. GOODNESS i want
(21:01):
to see pitching stat wise max Fastball Timmy evans at
the top of, that he was sitting around eighty four
to eighty. Five love to see. THAT Dj barth is
another one sitting eighty to eighty. Two he's a senior
that'll play in a lot of small. Colleges. Man that'll
(21:24):
get you some that'll get you get you. Around let's
get over to the track. Man we'll get some hitting.
HERE i love the average exit. Villo this is the
one THAT i always look at WHEN i look at
(21:44):
we talk about statistics and. Players Lane, mallencroft young man
At Borgia High. School he's going to be a senior
this year playing For Washington post to. Eighteen his average
EXIT villa was eighty seventy. Nine that's and his max
was ninety one, Six so that tells me his sweet
(22:04):
spot percentage was fifty. SEVEN i love to see that
because that means you're barreling more, balls you're consistent in your,
swing and uh gotta love that forty two percent line.
DRIVE i like. It Ben, galinis Another Washington post two
one six, kid average eggxitv low eighty five to. Four
(22:27):
caleb McCullen had a ninety three max and averaged eighty
one to eight sweet spot forty. TWO i want to
see what who had the best sweet subpot? PERCENTAGE i
love that right. There Chase. Mullen Chase mullen is a
(22:47):
young man playing For Elsberry Silex High School small school
twenty twenty, six so he's going to be a. Senior
his sweet spot exit v low was seventy nine to two.
People oh that's not, Huge, well BUT i love this.
(23:08):
Man he's barrel and. Baseballs his sweet spot percentage was
eighty seven. Percent his line drive percentage seventy. Five this
young man is hitting line, drives popping things everywhere eighty
two point six. Max, hey you keep doing. That if
you add some, size you get a little more. Strength
maybe he'll get stronger as he gets. Older AND i
(23:29):
didn't get to see this young, man BUT i love
those statistics right. There Mason hickerson twenty twenty. Five he's
a senior eighty five percent on the sweet spot eighty seven,
max seventy nine point five average. Junior Drew bueller seventy
(23:50):
five percent sweet, spot sixty two percent line drive. Percentage
those are really. Good so those are some things that
stand out to. Me timmy emans down there are going
to be his in your ninety five point one. Max
but seventy seventy eight point nine. Percent but he had
good sweet, spot, barrel seventy percent on the barrel sweet.
(24:13):
SPOT i love that forty percent line. Drive Ben galinas
showed very well sixty six percent sweet. SPOT Dj Barth Colin,
Lynch Jack. Dwyer so some of the names still there
in those. Numbers, yep there we. Go pitching. Stats we
(24:36):
went through a little. Bit let's see who had a pop.
Time pop times were, okay outfield V low best outfield
Ve low eighty five miles per per hour From Gunner.
(24:59):
Pleviac like to see. That let's get over to The warrensburg.
Side let's take a look at some of these. Numbers,
here got some hitting numbers, Again i'm gonna go to
the sweet. Spot we start. There Sheldon, dean this young
man From Oak, grove he's a. Senior i'm not quite
sure he's where he's going at this, point but we've
(25:24):
seen this young man hit the baseball for the last
couple of years From Oak Grove post three uh sixt
on the on the barrel ninety five exit max and
eighty five point eight exit vel. Average the next best
Was Jackson, palmer a junior fifty sweet spot twenty eight
(25:49):
percent line. Drive it was interesting to see who. Maxed
Sheldon deane was a max at ninety, Five Logan morgan
Or Logan moran at ninety, four but the sweet spot
(26:11):
twenty five. Percent like you want to see a little
bit more barrel. There Charlie morgan ninety four point one
with the Exit philo average of seventy nine to six
distance max three sixty. Two it's, good but sweet spot
on the barrel twenty two. PERCENT i want to see
a few more barrels. There in in that, scenario he
(26:36):
can hit the. Ball he's having a good, season had
a good season For Warrensburg High. School but if we're
just looking at numbers and things that were we talk,
about that's where we get to not a lot of
pitchers at this. One So Connor Harris junior eighty five.
(27:00):
Max he was eighty one to eighty. Five Connor, Harris,
uh gotta get hang. On we're going to a. Profile
it's still spinning ding ding du dun. Du all, right
we'll have. TO i think it froze over In. Morrisburg it's.
(27:33):
Interet we're on that side of. IT i froze At,
drew SO i want to get back to let's see
it DOESN'T i don't see where they ran a. Sixty
maybe they didn't have the. FACILITY i don't. Know we
got in field below's and pop times outfield V low
(28:00):
is eighty Three Blake, Abby Sheldon dean was at eighty.
One that's In, Warrensburg Top outfield V low in The
Saint charles, area eighty, Five Gunner, pleviac that, sophomore this young.
Man it'll be interesting to. See we're gonna have To
(28:22):
we'll come back and we'll start trying to see where
these guys are and we'll talk a little bit more
in length about these players Because i'm not getting Those
they may not have all the information up on these
kids just. Yet so, interesting so it'll see what the tools.
Are i'm looking forward to seeing what happens here With
(28:43):
Missouri American Leisure baseball, schedule these, Teams Hey FRESHMAN jv
all of. It get, out check out Some American Legion.
Baseball support it. Again we'll be out with Our Summer
bash series On july twenty second At Prime sports On
(29:05):
Mexico road And Saint. Peter's we want to get as
many folks out as possible celebrate the one hundredth year
Of American Legion. Baseball we got some, names we got
some stuff coming. Up we're looking forward to. It. Everybody
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Time m. Hmmm
Definitely a different type of process cut down or freeze,
you know, being a coach's son jackson of course. Uh,
they keep reaching one still the SA SA hit five pitch.
Oh my, hello every one walking inside the Red Earth
(00:38):
Production Studios for this edition of YBM cast Baseball Talk
powered by Game seven Baseball, Game seven Baseball dot Com.
Uh yeah, we just finished up the World Series. We
got one more of this coming this weekend. We will
be out at the whack with the Firecracker n I
(00:58):
T got some great stuff coming up. July is not over, man,
we got we're booming in July, and we're gonna be
talking about this. We're finishing up here over the fourth
July weekend, heading into some celebrations. American Legion Baseball. We're
gonna be talking about American Legion Baseball today. They just
got through their PBR showcases. There was one that happened
(01:26):
in Warrensburg and one here in Saint Charles, So we're
gonna talk a little bit about that. Uh. Kevin Mulder
couldn't make it in. He's doing uh uh youth camps,
instructing and whatnot, doing doing his things. So we'll hope
to catch up with Kevin later on this but we'll
(01:47):
we'll talk a little bit about what's going on. We
just put out our power rankings for the first time
this summer UH for American Legion Baseball usual some usual suspects.
A few things here on the night U level because
we want to share with you some information. The end
(02:08):
of this month, we're heading toward it. State Championships will
be held at Liberty Park in Sidelia, Missouri, July twenty
fourth through the twenty seventh. Youth Baseball Midwest will be
on hand live streaming the state championships. I think you know.
We end up with three or four games per day
(02:29):
until of course the end. It's a double elimination format.
It's a really cool format. We were there last year.
Last year we were in Blue Springs. Year before that
we were at Siedelia. Liberty Parks got a makeover. They
got it all turfed. Connor Spinagel over there with that
(02:51):
program Post six forty two. The Travelers, they're having a
good season again this year, so could be seeing them.
So we're looking forward to this one State Championships July
twenty fourth to through the twenty seven. If you're not there,
all those folks in sadel you come on out and
watch some good baseball. We're gonna push and push that
(03:12):
pretty well. Great concessions, support the community, support American Legion baseball.
It's a lot of fun. If you're not able to
make it out. We will be live streaming all games
for the state championship. One other thing to add, we
just finished this up. We're going to be live streaming
(03:33):
the Mid South Regional Tournament. Now, the Mid South Regional Tournament.
I got I think I clicked out of this. Oh yeah,
I did. I'm gonna come back to this. Hang on
one second, Mid South le Jen. Oops, I thought I
(04:05):
had this pulled up and I didn't. Folks, Sorry about that,
but well, any of who I'm trying to remember all
the states Mid South Regional Tournament we are going to
be We just talked with the folks over there. Washington
(04:27):
Post two eighteen are hosting. Can't Getsey, Joe Buller his
group over there. They do a fantastic job of putting
this on. Well, we talked to them and finalized that
this week that we will be live streaming all the games. Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Louisiana,
(04:50):
Mississippi and I know I'm missing one Kansas. Those are
the seven states that will be at representing American leg
Baseball at the Mid South Regional. The winner of that
will head over to the World Series in Shelby, North Carolina,
which is broadcast on ESPN. You last year, Troy, Alabama
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Post seventy beat Midland, Michigan five to three in the
for the World Series title in American Legion Baseball. These
states that are represented here there are they are the
state champions from each of these states and come here
to compete to head over to the World Series. So
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we've got these seven states represented. We're going to be
live streaming over there. We're going to have our booth
set up to do some player spotlights. We're going to
have a good time. We're doing a lot of this
like we do with our state championships over there. So
appreciate the folks working with the folks over there, especially
Joe Bueller. Big shout out to Joe Binto talking with him.
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Looking forward to bringing you this. Not to mention this
is what's cool about all of this this year, folks,
is this is the one hundredth celebration, one hundredth year
of American Legion Baseball in the United States. We're happy
to be a part of this. We're celebrating. We got
(06:22):
one of our Summer Bash series that we're holding over
in Saint Peter's at Prime Sports at seven five zero
five Drew Right seventy five seven five oh five Mexico Road.
Prime Sports. We're gonna be celebrating American Legion Baseball's one
(06:44):
hundredth year there with a Summer Batch. We're doing our
live stuff, gonna have some fun. That's a Tuesday on
the twenty second, just before we head to Sedelia for
the state championships. We're gonna be we'll see if we
can get some folks over. We're gonna be doing a
live podcast from there. Make sure you're coming out to
Prime Sports for our Summer Bash series. We got April eighth,
(07:05):
next Tuesday at Prime Sports. We're gonna be celebrating kind
of fourth July. I know it's a little laughter, but hey,
you know, what are you gonna do. We're gonna do
our live podcast from there. Come on out Summer Bash.
We're gonna have con Ice the Shave the ice truck out.
We're gonna be looking to do a few other things,
(07:26):
so we'll keep you posting on what's gonna be happening
Summer Bash series July eighth. We're gonna be back over
there July seventeenth with the Savannah Bananas Meet and greet
and then the twenty second the American Legion Baseball celebration
one hundred years of American Legion Baseball. We're looking forward
(07:49):
to it. It's gonna be a lot of fun. Let's
get into this a little bit. We dropped our, as
I said, our first nineteen U MO Legion power rankings.
At the top of that Ellsbury Post two two six
number two is the Moberley Sixers at number three, jeff
(08:11):
City Post five Baseball at number four, Sedelia Post six
forty two at or that was number four, excuse me,
at number five, Washington Post two eighteen, that's the top
five now since then Post two two six had a
tough weekend. They played in some tough I would like
(08:37):
to know. I think they were in a tournament, because man,
they were playing some teams. Friend played the BOSSI or
Phillies and U two P forty nine ers and Troy
(08:59):
Post seventy, Columbia Post nineteen Seniors eighteen. I believe that's
Tennessee if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So
tough Week had some losses. These are all really good teams.
They lost seven, six to two below. The forty nine
(09:20):
ers were in the Mid South Regional last year. I
believe the Boss here Phillies were as well. That team
is I think from Louisiana, and I think they were
in the state title state or the Mid South Regional
last year as well. Troy Post seventy. They were the
(09:43):
World Series champions last year. Folks. They lost five to
two there and a five. So man, go ahead and
challenge yourself, Elsbury, put yourself. I love what they did
here because this team is really good and you it's
a loaded squad I thought I had. We're good to
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hear players. Austin Mayhall, Avon Weaver's back, Brady Creech is back,
Brendan Howard, Brady Eulinger, Camden Palmer, Caden Palmer, Chase Mullen,
Colin Phillips, Corey Martinez, Dalton Hosak back with this team,
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Gavin Woodson back, Jackson Ryder, Lance Stuckey, DJ Bar, Timmy Emmons,
Warren Conrad. These are a lot of the players that
are back with this team from the state championship team
last year. So I'm looking forward to seeing and I
love what they did there on this schedule, going out
and playing the top competition around American Legion baseball in
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the Bossio Phillies two P forty nine ers, Troy Post seventy,
Columbia Post nineteen. Go ahead and challenge yourself. Now see
what's out there. You know this is a team looking
to make a run to the World Series, is what
this tells me. And so at the top of the rankings, Elsbury,
big shout out to those guys over there, coach Creach
(11:13):
and Howard for taking on a schedule like that. They
did defeat Post to eighteen yesterday July first, nine to one,
and so and as we see, Washington sixteen and four
on the season took the loss. They've been playing some
(11:35):
really good baseball again. A lot of the guys coming back.
Andrew Elbert, Ben Galinis, you got Colton Carrier back on
this squad, Drew Buehler, Drew eck Off, Caleb Hass, Lane Mallencrott.
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We saw Lane Mallencrott played for Saint Francis Borgia. We
saw them against saw this young man against Blair Oaks
High School in early in the season last year. Had
a live stream there, so, uh, this is a very
good team as well. In that five spot. The Moberly
Sixers are the one that's gonna be interesting to me. Uh,
(12:20):
there's a lot of kids that came back off of
that squad. Hang on, Nemo, I gotta gotta look through
my Oh boy, I'll get there, Drew maybe. Oh that's
(12:44):
that's summer. Yeah, that's summer. Okay, Well, I'm just gonna
pull it up like this Moberley fat fingered that bad
boy Drew. There. We are twenty one to twelve and
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two on the season. Just got to win over Post
fifty five. Ar excuse me, No, just took a loss
to Elsbury on June thirtieth. Oak Grove with a win
lost to Elsbury and back to back games. So that's
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that's a big test for them. Post one to eighty
nine outlass ten two. That was the championship game last year.
Our top two teams here, Elsbury and Moberley, and Moberley's
Elsberry's got the best of them so far this season.
That's gonna be interesting. To see how that fall. I
would expect to see both these teams in the state
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championship again this year. Moberley's got a lot of those
kids coming back as well from last season, and Ashton Hunt,
Kate Bomb, Carson Fletcher, Connor Hayes, Cooper, Harvey, Hayden, Burns, Jackson, Engele, Mitchell, Bruce, Nolan, Samuel,
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A lot of the kids we saw last year, they've
added some. So, you know, heading towards this championship run,
I think this is going to be a very interesting scenario.
Oh I was looking, No, I'm sorry, they're fifteen and two.
I was looking at last year's my fall. Guys, we're
going to start over. How about that, Drew? All right? No, okay,
(14:39):
So recently they've been on a run. They lost to
Eden Prairie Legion a nine to one Eden Prairie. I'm
not quite sure. I think that might be a Kansas.
I haven't heard of Eden Prairie, so I'm gonna have
to look that up. All right, But again, team wise, yes,
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Ashton Hunt, k Bomb, Carson, Fletcher, Cole, Irwin, Cooper, Gering, Cooper, Harvey, Jackson, Angle, Mitchell, Bruce, Nolan, Samuel. Yeah,
a lot of the same guys. Probably not as deep
as they were I think last year, but definitely fifteen
and two. They got playing Sheridan County and a doubleheader
(15:30):
on Sunday the sixth. Then they've beat jeff City the
other day five to three. Jeff City is another team,
the number three seed or the yeah in our power
rankings post three seventy nine, a big win. They beat
Eden Prairie Legion two to one on the Friday the
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twenty seventh, so they played him again. I gotta find
out where that Eden Prairie team is and we'll catch
that up. Beat Mule Club and a couple of wins
over Hannibal. So our top two teams I think are
sitting pretty good position to continue to be. Fourteen and
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five is jeff City the number three seed of course
with the low a couple of losses there back to back,
lost to Sedelia eight to six and lost them overly.
They've lost they've won out of their last five there,
two and three jeff City is, so that'll be interesting.
Sedelia post six point forty two, the Travelers, I know,
(16:45):
I got them in here. I will come back to that.
So that's a little rundown of what's going on there
at number six Jackson, the Jackson Tribe, Jackson Post one
fifty eight. You got number seven is Saint Peter's Post
(17:08):
three to one three in uh in the mix there
the eighteen U there eleven and seven. It'll be interesting
to see how that shakes out. I liked what they did.
We did the tour stop with them in the winter time.
Adam Kenobi, Austin Bauer, Braden Coppen, Copenhager, Brady Donovan, Kyle Jenkins,
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Cameron Mayler, Chase, Cookie l Smith, Pretty Deep Grant, Bishop,
Evan Hickman, Ryan Shipley, Tyler Smith, Zach Griegel. Saw a
couple of East kids on there, Max McCarter, Jordan Barrett.
So it'll be interesting to see how this team continues
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to make their way towards the state championship. The Mule
Club eleven nine and one. We had them at ten
and then Eureka Post one seventy seven. Nineteen U is
ten nine and one. They've had a couple of losses
(18:17):
since we did that here. They lost to Ballwin ninety
six and Chesterfield five to three. So and then they
lost to Kirkwood six', five so they took three losses
in a, row so we'll have to kind of keep
an eye on, that looking forward to seeing what they do.
Next kirkwood's an interesting. One we'll see What post one
(18:39):
fifty six has got and we'll keep you up to.
Date and So monday we'll have a new power rankings
out for our nineteen. Years we head towards the state.
Championships AND i want to finish off today's show talking
a little bit about the showcases that were held For
American Legion. Baseball our good Buddy Kevin mulder out working
(19:05):
with these. Kids had let me see how many kids
we had out. There fifty two represented here in The
Saint charles. Area Man Timmy, emmons young man FROM. UH
i believe he's playing on THE i think he's on
(19:30):
The elsbury squad six four five sixty man with INFIELD
v eighty two twenty twenty six. Class he's gonna he's
gonna be a senior this coming. SEASON i really like
this young. Man it will be interesting to SEE. UH
i think he plays At Winfield High school and he's
(19:54):
playing for The Elsbury post two two. Six i'm gonna
find out BECAUSE i didn't see his name on. THERE
i wonder if he went. Over, yeah, no there it
Is Timmy. Edmans that's. Correct that was. Correct Ryan shipley
FOR uh post three one Three Saint peter's RAN a
(20:18):
six five. Seven we got it's lookly the top five
one to top six under. SEVEN Dj barth a six
seven eight with an eighty three mile an hour info
infield V. Low that's. Good Kyler huckfeldt a six seven
Nine gunner Uh pleviac a six eight five And Jack
(20:39):
dwyer a twenty twenty Seven. Gunner pleviac is a twenty twenty.
Eight he's gonna be a sophomore RAN a six eight.
Five Jack dwyer a junior six nine. Eight man has
some speed out. THERE i love these six four to
five From Timmy. Emmons that's, impressive. Folks. GOODNESS i want
(21:01):
to see pitching stat wise max Fastball Timmy evans at
the top of, that he was sitting around eighty four
to eighty. Five love to see. THAT Dj barth is
another one sitting eighty to eighty. Two he's a senior
that'll play in a lot of small. Colleges. Man that'll
(21:24):
get you some that'll get you get you. Around let's
get over to the track. Man we'll get some hitting.
HERE i love the average exit. Villo this is the
one THAT i always look at WHEN i look at
(21:44):
we talk about statistics and. Players Lane, mallencroft young man
At Borgia High. School he's going to be a senior
this year playing For Washington post to. Eighteen his average
EXIT villa was eighty seventy. Nine that's and his max
was ninety one, Six so that tells me his sweet
(22:04):
spot percentage was fifty. SEVEN i love to see that
because that means you're barreling more, balls you're consistent in your,
swing and uh gotta love that forty two percent line.
DRIVE i like. It Ben, galinis Another Washington post two
one six, kid average eggxitv low eighty five to. Four
(22:27):
caleb McCullen had a ninety three max and averaged eighty
one to eight sweet spot forty. TWO i want to
see what who had the best sweet subpot? PERCENTAGE i
love that right. There Chase. Mullen Chase mullen is a
(22:47):
young man playing For Elsberry Silex High School small school
twenty twenty, six so he's going to be a. Senior
his sweet spot exit v low was seventy nine to two.
People oh that's not, Huge, well BUT i love this.
(23:08):
Man he's barrel and. Baseballs his sweet spot percentage was
eighty seven. Percent his line drive percentage seventy. Five this
young man is hitting line, drives popping things everywhere eighty
two point six. Max, hey you keep doing. That if
you add some, size you get a little more. Strength
maybe he'll get stronger as he gets. Older AND i
(23:29):
didn't get to see this young, man BUT i love
those statistics right. There Mason hickerson twenty twenty. Five he's
a senior eighty five percent on the sweet spot eighty seven,
max seventy nine point five average. Junior Drew bueller seventy
(23:50):
five percent sweet, spot sixty two percent line drive. Percentage
those are really. Good so those are some things that
stand out to. Me timmy emans down there are going
to be his in your ninety five point one. Max
but seventy seventy eight point nine. Percent but he had
good sweet, spot, barrel seventy percent on the barrel sweet.
(24:13):
SPOT i love that forty percent line. Drive Ben galinas
showed very well sixty six percent sweet. SPOT Dj Barth Colin,
Lynch Jack. Dwyer so some of the names still there
in those. Numbers, yep there we. Go pitching. Stats we
(24:36):
went through a little. Bit let's see who had a pop.
Time pop times were, okay outfield V low best outfield
Ve low eighty five miles per per hour From Gunner.
(24:59):
Pleviac like to see. That let's get over to The warrensburg.
Side let's take a look at some of these. Numbers,
here got some hitting numbers, Again i'm gonna go to
the sweet. Spot we start. There Sheldon, dean this young
man From Oak, grove he's a. Senior i'm not quite
sure he's where he's going at this, point but we've
(25:24):
seen this young man hit the baseball for the last
couple of years From Oak Grove post three uh sixt
on the on the barrel ninety five exit max and
eighty five point eight exit vel. Average the next best
Was Jackson, palmer a junior fifty sweet spot twenty eight
(25:49):
percent line. Drive it was interesting to see who. Maxed
Sheldon deane was a max at ninety, Five Logan morgan
Or Logan moran at ninety, four but the sweet spot
(26:11):
twenty five. Percent like you want to see a little
bit more barrel. There Charlie morgan ninety four point one
with the Exit philo average of seventy nine to six
distance max three sixty. Two it's, good but sweet spot
on the barrel twenty two. PERCENT i want to see
a few more barrels. There in in that, scenario he
(26:36):
can hit the. Ball he's having a good, season had
a good season For Warrensburg High. School but if we're
just looking at numbers and things that were we talk,
about that's where we get to not a lot of
pitchers at this. One So Connor Harris junior eighty five.
(27:00):
Max he was eighty one to eighty. Five Connor, Harris,
uh gotta get hang. On we're going to a. Profile
it's still spinning ding ding du dun. Du all, right
we'll have. TO i think it froze over In. Morrisburg it's.
(27:33):
Interet we're on that side of. IT i froze At,
drew SO i want to get back to let's see
it DOESN'T i don't see where they ran a. Sixty
maybe they didn't have the. FACILITY i don't. Know we
got in field below's and pop times outfield V low
(28:00):
is eighty Three Blake, Abby Sheldon dean was at eighty.
One that's In, Warrensburg Top outfield V low in The
Saint charles, area eighty, Five Gunner, pleviac that, sophomore this young.
Man it'll be interesting to. See we're gonna have To
(28:22):
we'll come back and we'll start trying to see where
these guys are and we'll talk a little bit more
in length about these players Because i'm not getting Those
they may not have all the information up on these
kids just. Yet so, interesting so it'll see what the tools.
Are i'm looking forward to seeing what happens here With
(28:43):
Missouri American Leisure baseball, schedule these, Teams Hey FRESHMAN jv
all of. It get, out check out Some American Legion.
Baseball support it. Again we'll be out with Our Summer
bash series On july twenty second At Prime sports On
(29:05):
Mexico road And Saint. Peter's we want to get as
many folks out as possible celebrate the one hundredth year
Of American Legion. Baseball we got some, names we got
some stuff coming. Up we're looking forward to. It. Everybody
thanks for tuning in to this episode Of Baseball. Talking
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stripes and hitters hit them They we'll see y'all next.
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