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<v Speaker 2>The world sometimes seems like it's a crazy place, Like

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<v Speaker 2>we constantly open our eyes to more and more insanity,

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<v Speaker 2>and we try to figure out what's the next steps

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<v Speaker 2>that we can take to try to alleviate some of

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<v Speaker 2>the insanity. We get wrapped up in the red versus

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<v Speaker 2>Blue fight and we don't pay attention to little things

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<v Speaker 2>that could maybe bring a smile to our face. Last week,

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<v Speaker 2>I was a part of such an event when I

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<v Speaker 2>saw the local high school in the town that I

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<v Speaker 2>live in win the South State Championship to earn a

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<v Speaker 2>spot to go to Pearl, Mississippi to play for the

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<v Speaker 2>Baseball State Championship. In a minor League Stadium. It was incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>The crowd was really just engaged in the game, and

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<v Speaker 2>I think they helped elevate those players on the field.

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<v Speaker 2>And the joy on those kids' eyes just seeing the

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<v Speaker 2>excitement knowing that they've got a chance to play for

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<v Speaker 2>a championship. It's one of those things that I was

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<v Speaker 2>happy to witness. And of course I adopted nephew, Cambridge

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<v Speaker 2>McDaniel is on that team, so that made it that

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<v Speaker 2>much more special. Later today they'll play Game one in

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<v Speaker 2>the state championship series. They're a really good team. They're

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<v Speaker 2>probably the favorite team going into this game. But it's baseball.

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<v Speaker 2>We never know what's going to happen in the game

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<v Speaker 2>of baseball. But one thing's for certain, and one thing

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<v Speaker 2>that I'm going to take with me to Pearl I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to take with me that the fact that I'm

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<v Speaker 2>getting to watch these kids, some of them who are

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<v Speaker 2>putting on their high school uniform for the last time,

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<v Speaker 2>go out there and give it their all. They're working

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<v Speaker 2>just two wins away. They're working towards the goal they

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<v Speaker 2>set many years ago. This school, South Jones has not

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<v Speaker 2>won a state championship in baseball in forty one years.

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<v Speaker 2>As a Cubs fan, I can completely understand and relate

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<v Speaker 2>to long droughts. Forty one years seems like nothing to

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<v Speaker 2>US Cubs fans, but to these South Jones Braves fans,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a big deal. Today, we'll see how Game one

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<v Speaker 2>goes and we'll know if tomorrow night might set the

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<v Speaker 2>stage for a championship celebration. We'll see. But as I said,

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<v Speaker 2>this is baseball, and baseball can be one of the

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<v Speaker 2>cruelest games on the planet. Baseball can be that sport

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<v Speaker 2>that punishes you. It's that sport that even when you

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<v Speaker 2>hit the ball dead solid, perfect, it still ends up

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<v Speaker 2>in somebody's glove. You throw the best pitch you've ever thrown,

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<v Speaker 2>and the batter just times it right and crushes it.

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<v Speaker 2>It's part of why we love baseball so much. It

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<v Speaker 2>is just such an interesting game, a game that teaches

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<v Speaker 2>you failure because you're going to fill in the sport

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<v Speaker 2>of baseball. There's no way around it. These kids last

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<v Speaker 2>Wednesday night, sitting on their home field, they got to say.

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<v Speaker 2>For those seniors, they get to say we won, and

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<v Speaker 2>not to have a dogpile and watch fireworks in our

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<v Speaker 2>final game on our home field. So no matter what

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<v Speaker 2>happens this week in Pearl, those kids have already cemented

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<v Speaker 2>a legacy for themselves. Several of them are going to

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<v Speaker 2>go play at another level, and then there's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be several more that when they take off that uniform

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<v Speaker 2>for the final time, after the final game this week,

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<v Speaker 2>that would be it for their baseball career. Doesn't always

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<v Speaker 2>seem fair, It doesn't always seem right that at some

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<v Speaker 2>point you no longer get to play the game you love.

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<v Speaker 2>For those who are fortunate, they get to play for years,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe even make a career out of it. But for

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<v Speaker 2>most it's going to end sooner rather than later, whether

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<v Speaker 2>it ends after Little League, or ends after high school

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<v Speaker 2>or ends after college. At some point, that uniform that

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<v Speaker 2>you so love to put on, that field that you

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<v Speaker 2>so love to step out on and just smell the

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<v Speaker 2>grass and play ball, you're not going to get to

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<v Speaker 2>any longer. Maybe you'll go into coaching, maybe you'll join

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<v Speaker 2>a beer softball league, but it's never going to be

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<v Speaker 2>the same of what you're experiencing right now. It's never

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<v Speaker 2>going to be the same experience to what you're experiencing

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<v Speaker 2>right now. My advice to these young men, these amazing

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<v Speaker 2>group of athletes there at South Jones here in Ellisville, Mississippi,

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<v Speaker 2>is enjoy every moment. Play the game like it's the

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<v Speaker 2>last game you'll ever play. Leave nothing, leave it, leave

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<v Speaker 2>nothing behind, Take everything with you onto that field and

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<v Speaker 2>play like champions. Let the other things ring sizes and

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<v Speaker 2>discussing discussions of a championship. Let that stuff be discussed

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<v Speaker 2>another day. You step out on that field and be

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<v Speaker 2>the best versions of yourselves. We've already seen it, and

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<v Speaker 2>when we've seen it, we know what you're capable of

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<v Speaker 2>in those moments. So hopefully this week we'll see a

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<v Speaker 2>little bit more and just two more wins. But no

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<v Speaker 2>matter what, understand, what you guys did last Wednesday night

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<v Speaker 2>to set off the fireworks and trigger that dog pile

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<v Speaker 2>celebration has already submitted your life legacy and that is

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<v Speaker 2>something you should be completely proud of for the rest

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<v Speaker 2>of your lives. This has been Morning Coffee with the

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<v Speaker 2>Right Side and I'm your host, Jack Fairchild's and we're

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