Husky Hardball- talking Big East Championships

Husky Hardball- talking Big East Championships

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Beat unstoppable. In the stands, the crowd's alive. Cheering for Yukon, they won't give up The fight. From the first pitch to the Final Out, we've got the All right. Well, you Had to cut the song short. I was just Starting to get into it. You want the Whole uh haircut? No, it's okay. Yes, it is Husky hard ball time. I am Your host, the best podcast host in the Universe, Steve Cully. And with me as Always, Um, detective Sergeant Uh, Dave Schum. Coach Schuman. Detective. Well, yeah. I'm I I put on the Marilyn Monroe thing that I'm the lieutenant. And uh you're you're you're you're the Detective. I I'm your I'm your Supervisor. Well, I I that that's my that I I think That show's going to become one of my Favorite shows. It is. It's been it's Been great. It's been great. It's been Great. I just I I I was I was boring you With with too much biographical Information. So, I'll we'll just we'll Just go to the Death and Yukon changed their website Around which is angered me. Now they Have, How about this? They have donate. On the website, which never used to be

There, You can donate. Oh, they God, that's why Burton's Yeah. So you can donate to sports. Wow. Ways to support the Husky Athletic Fund. Fight on fund Giving annual giving sports this W. That's now I get it. Okay, That makes sense. You can stop playing The song now. Why you don't like it? I Know you're into it. You love this song. It is a great song. It is a great song. It's not bad. It's not bad. It's not No, It's great. I like It. I like it. Um the good news, uh Yukon played a double header last Weekend against the mighty Bulldogs of Butler and they smoked them. They smoked Them. continuing just uh an incredible Second half of the season. They swept Butler um the double header. The first Game was 18-4. The second game was 11 to6. And it Just amazes me The production we're getting Offensively. Um, and it's it's just like I said, it's it's murderers row with our With our batting order. Um, Robert Foley, Ryan Daniels, Tyler Minnick. I Mean, they're just killing it and that Is why we are having so much success. Uh, this Game Yukon took a 6 nothing lead in the

First inning. Six nothing lead in the first inning. Uh Daniels singled up the middle and scored Uh Rpolei and uh Shapor advanced to Third. Uh Biller was hit by a pitch uh That put the bases loaded and guess what Happened? What? Well, you don't have to guess. Um, Apparently we had a grand slam home run By MacArthur. MacArthur hit a grand slam Home run. Grant MacArthur, he's the First baseman. Um, and he had a whopping Seven RBI's this game. So, that's that's Uh pretty good start. RBI's. He had Seven RBI's. He uh he was three for four. three for Four with seven RBI's and his only, you know, he walked So that that that's why he was three for Four. Um, and he also scored two runs. Talk about production. So, you're get And and he he is batting he was batting I believe seventh or eighth. Um, so to Get that Production at the bottom part of your Lineup is incredible. Uh, Rpolei again, I mean, he was he was one for two. Shapor was three for five. Daniels four For five, three RBI's. And then, you Know, the the player Tyler Tyler Minnick, I mean, he was he was two for Four. Um, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. He was Three for four. He had two RBI's and he Also scored three runs. So, I mean, it's

Just Unbelievable the hitting the the offense That they have turned on. Like, they They they just score double digits. I Mean, their offense is unbelievable. I Mean, the hits and the I mean, they are Like Well, yeah. I mean, the the 20 plus Runs they scored against Nova last week Was incredible, but I mean, the pitching Was good, too. Um, they only went they Only went with two pitchers, uh, Obviously because I I think it was Because it was a double header. Oliver Pudver, uh, Pudver is now five and one. He went six innings, gave up four hits, Two runs, one earned run, and he struck Out six. Great job. Great outing. And Kyle Peters uh pitched three innings. Um He gave up two earned runs uh and struck Out six. So that's an outstanding Outing. Uh, Villanovavva, poor Andrew Hendris, went one and a third, gave up Four hits, six runs, six earned runs, And uh I believe did he give up the Yeah, so he gave up the Grand Slam home Run. Um, six runs in the first inning. That's That's uh pretty pretty big hole to dig Yourself out of. And overall, this is What's even more impressive. I mean, They had eight Hits and 31 at Bats. Eight hits and 31 at bats. Um, and They, you know, they scored four runs

And they had 12 strikeouts. V Butler Butler's and they left nine guys on Base. So great start for Yukon in the First half of the double header. Now I I Believe the double headers are they Yeah. So they I I they're nine innings And uh because I do the Worcester Red Sox show when they do double headers They're seven innings. So that's why It's surprising to see. Uh the second Game Yukon won Again it looks like double digits. So, So this one was 18-4. Uh, the second game was a little Bit tighter. It was 11-6. 11-6 Yukon won. Uh, putting them To 32 and 18 overall. Butler is 14 and 36. So, uh, the first inning was Balanced. Both teams scored three runs. Uh Butler had Townson who had a threerrun Shot that scored Drum and Solomon. Yukon Uh Daniels homered to right field and it Was another three-run home run. uh Shapor scored and uh Rpolei scored and Then uh Daniels homered to right field in the Third um which put which gave them the Lead. It was a two-run shot that put him Up five to Three. Uh Garbowski homerred and knocked in two. Uh that put him up seven to three and That was in the fourth. And from there

They cruised. Um they just kept adding Runs. They just kept adding runs and Runs and runs and got up to 11. Uh Again, just an impressive output Offensively. Robi was uh one for three. He scored three Runs. Caleb Shapor was uh one for four. He scored two runs. Ryan Daniels, how About this? Four for Five, seven RBI's. Another seven RBI game. Uh, and Then Tyler Minnik, he was only one for Four, but he did score a run. Uh, no RBIs. So, it's just Wow. I mean, the the Hitting they have I Which game Which one Game Which game are you talking about? This is the second game of the double Header against Butler, right? The 11 to6 Win. And then they beat Butler a third Time. Yes, they swept Butler. They swept Butler the third game. Um, but I'm just I'm just looking and the only two Players that did not get a hit, uh, Grant MacArthur who dhed, he was 0 for Three. Um, and that that was it. I mean, Everyone else got a hit. Uh, I'm Sorry. Yeah, Minn's the stud. Min the Stud. Yeah, for sure. Minim the stud. But pitching wise, uh Tommy Ellison went Six and two3. He gave up four runs, Three earned runs, struck out four. Greg Shaw III, Um pitched one batter, gave up one hit,

And hit another pitch hit someone uh With a pitch and that was it for him. So, uh, that was I'm sorry, they Wow, he Hit a run. He He He hit someone with a Pitch, and I guess counts as a hit. I Didn't know that. Um, then JT Caruso Came in, pitched twothirds of an inning. Uh, not great. Two hits, two runs, two Earned runs. And then Brady Afram came In and, uh, shut it down. He pitched one And Two/3. He gave up no earned runs and he Struck out three. So he finished the Game strong. Thomas Ellison got the win And that put him to five and three. So, I mean, when you have run support like This in double digits, like I said Before, I said it last week, if you're Scoring seven or eight runs, you you're Thinking that's enough offense to win a Game. Not against Yukon. Not against Yukon. I was going to Look and see how many games Consecutively they scored double digits Or how many double digit games they've Had on the year. So, the third game of The series Was a little bit slower paced, but Yukon Dominated. They won 721. 7 to1. Um, and this was a little Bit slower. They did have 10 hits, but Um you didn't have the run production Early on. It was spread out primarily Throughout the game. Uh Grant MacArthur

Homerred in the second inning. It was Just a solo shot. Um then it was Connor Lane uh who who caught this game. He Doubled the center doubled to center Field and uh MacArthur scored and uh Doherty scored. Made it three nothing. Uh Minnik in the sixth inning reached on A fieldielder's choice. There was a Throwing error. Uh Daniels uh tried to Go to second and was thrown out, but Shapor scored. That put him up 4 Nothing. Uh Biller, Sam Biller, he's Another great player. Singled to right Field. Minnik scored uh to make it 5 Nothing. Rpolei singled in the seventh. Padilla scored 6 nothing. Uh Biller had A sacrifice fly and Rpolei scored that Made it 72 nothing. Going into the eighth Inning, uh Butler's only run came off of Carr who doubled. Um it was a ground Rule double and uh Ayes scored. So Another impressive outing. Uh the Pitching is picking up. It's It's coming In line, I would say, with the with the Offense. Uh Charlie West got the win. He Is now 4-0. He went five innings, one Hit, no earned runs. He he did walk six. Uh he also struck out six and he Wow. He Threw a lot of pitches. Threw 99 pitches In five innings. That's quite quite a Bit. Uh Sam Hutchinson came in. He went One and a third Um and got got the out they needed. They

Pulled him. They went to Greg Shaw the Third. He pitched one and two/3. Two Hits. No runs. Uh one walk, two Strikeouts. Great job. JT Caruso came in, pitched a Third, got out who he was supposed to Get out with just a strikeout. Great job There. Four pitches. Good day. Must be Nice to be a pitcher. Uh and then Shawn Finn came in at the end when they were Up seven nothing. He went one and two3, But he also gave up two hits and the Only earned run of the game. So Charlie Charlie West got the win. Uh and that Put him to 4 and0. They swept Butler Handedly. So they go to unfortunately Northeastern. And this is Uncharacteristic, but Nor Eastern I Believe is one of the best Teams. And I I don't know if they're in The Big East, but they're they're They're a great team. They're 42. They're 42 and top 25 team, too. Yeah, They they beat us up. Uh it was seven to One. Seven to one. They beat us up. It Put us at 33 and 19. Uh we got we just Got no no production offensively. Um Overall, I mean, we had six hits. We had Six hits, uh seven strikeouts, and we Left seven on base. Okay. We did not Uh, I mean, runners weren't really in Scoring position. It was just just a Poor outing. Uh, Rpolei went 0 for four. Uh, Daniels went 0 for four. Minnik went

One for four. He also scored a run. I Think early on, but Yeah. Yep. Uh, Biller was 0 for four. MacArthur one for Four. So, I mean, they just they they They just were overmatched in uh in this Game. And again, you Think giving up seven runs, Yukon Usually scores in double digits, they Can handle it, but not against a quality Team like Nor Eastern. Well, you need Pitching in the end. That's I think the I if you were to say what their weakness Is, they're they're they're pitching, Especially in the starting role, giving Up a lot of runs. Um, 100%. That's That's where their weakness is. Their Their hitting is phenomenal. Yeah, 100%. But when they face a team that can pitch When you're going to be limited. Yeah. The the hitting is, by the way, did you On a totally different note, did you see The softball girls won the uh I did not. They won the championships. Oh, that's Amazing. That's great. Yeah. I mean, Maybe we should be this. It's their Eighth Title. And uh Jesus. Wow. Yeah. I'll Give you Let's Let's get a couple clips. I mean, let's give the girls some credit Here. Let's uh see if we can Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. Kickstart a little Excitement. Uh I just hate how they Changed the website. That irritates me. Well, we I got to look at that. I didn't

See it. Yeah. I don't know why they Changed the website. Here we go. Really No need for that. I mean, they just they Really didn't change it. They just moved Things over. Last night, they beat 12 to one to Clinch their spot today. Oh,ionship. Did it say what the record was? Let's Get to the end. Strike one on 18-4. Holy Crap. They're one strike away again. Wow. That is amazing. She's wearing once Again on the wearing a lot of earrings Of making a little history In the 50th season of Yukon softball. That group of women just made history For the first time in almost 25 years. I Wonder if Joe D called the game. Years. Wow. That's like you were in school. So that Was when I was there. Yes. The softball Girls. Yes. They were crazy. No matter what, they always play the Connecticut Husky song. Connecticut. You Did. Uh Randy Did uh Randy. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. We had to sing the goddamn fight Song. Yes. You know who started that, by The way? Was it Skip? Oh, yeah. Listen, You know what? I I really bad idea. I Think I don't have a problem with it. I Don't have No, I like it. I like it. It It is It's good for camaraderie. It's Good for team building. And it's never

Going to be out of my head because I had To memorize because you had to sing. I Know. Did you have to sing it? You had To sing it, right? Yeah. You had to know The words and sing it and everything. Absolutely. Um, so the men then went and Played uh Maine. They played Maine. Maine is 20 and 28. Yukon 34-19. And this game they cruised again 13 runs. They won 13-4. Uh, and they open the first Inning. Five runs. Five runs. Uh, Biller Walked and so they had the bases loaded. Biller walked and a run scored. Shapor Scored. That put them up one- nothing. Uh, Dherty singled to right field and Had two RBI's. Minnik and Daniels both Scored. Uh, Biller advanced to second. MacArthur singled up the middle and Dory Advanced the third. Biller scored. Lane Had a sacrifice fly and Doherty scored And that made it 5 nothing in the first Inning. Then the second inning, uh, Daniel singled to left field. Uh, Shapor Scored and Tyler Minnik Casey at the bat Homer to left center. Uh, it was a Two-run shot that put him up eight to Nothing. Maine did not score until the fourth Inning. Uh they had Menzel who doubled And uh O'Neal scored and then uh Bardy Singled up the middle and there was a Throwing error and uh Reynolds scored. Um actually they had two people score so

It made it eight to three. Biller again Comes to the plate bottom of the fourth Solo home run makes it nine to three Uh in the fourth. Fast boy. Yeah man. And Mensel for Maine had a solo home run Made it nine to four. Then in the Seventh uh Lane singled MacArthur Advanced the second. Dohy scored it made It 10 to four. Ruspolei reached on a Fieldielder's choice. Padilla was out at Second. Lane advanced to third and MacArthur scored. Made it 11 to four. Man, they get runners on base. Um Shapor Had a ground out but Rpolei advanced to Third and lane scored in the seventh. And then uh Daniels reached on a throwing air and Rpolei scored and it made it 1324. So again, you just you just look At the bats. Uh Rpolei was um well he he had an RBI Because of the walk, I believe. Uh and Then Caleb Shapor one for three. He Scored two runs, had an RBI. Ryan Daniels, one for four, scored two runs, Had an RBI. And then Tyler Minnik was one for five with two RBIs. Sam Biller was one for four, two RBI's. Dherty one for four, two RBI's. But you Look at it throughout um every one of Their top six batters scored runs. Two Runs, two runs, two runs, two run, one Run. Uh Grant MacArthur was two for four

With a run scored and an RBI. Connor Lane, the catcher, was one For three with two RBI's. I Mean, every Player got a hit except for uh Brian Padilla, the third baseman. He was 0 for Two. Uh but he was walked twice. So, I Mean, Nobody grounded out, fly out. I mean, Everyone hit. Everyone hit. And then, You know, the Pitching Oliver Hudvar Uh was three innings pitched, one hit, No runs. He struck out four. I'm just Curious why they pulled him. Uh he did End up getting the win, putting him at Six and one. Greg Shaw III, he came in, Did a s did a okay job. Pitched five Innings, four hits. He gave up three Earned runs. He did have three walks, But he struck out four. Uh he faced 17 Batters, too. Uh Evan Hamburger, that's A great name, uh did his job. He was one And a third. He got his out and he was Done. And then Cameron Meyer came in for Twothirds and uh closed the game out. Uh Struck out one. That was all she wrote. So another big win. Another double digit Win 13 to4. So wow. It It's just an Onslaught at certain times. like when They turn it on, it it's like I I Compare it to football where once you Get that momentum

Going, it is very very hard to stop Momentum. That train gets going, it it Is it is not it is not being slow down Or stopped anytime soon. Uh so their Final Games are tonight against Maine or Tonight and tomorrow against Maine. That'll be the final of the regular Season. And then the Big East tournament Is next week in Ohio from Wednesday to Saturday. So, I just wanted to see what the what The standings were for Them. It doesn't really say. Um, let me See if it does here. Okay. Stats. Yeah, I can't see the standings. I'm just curious where they are because I I thought you had said at the top LA Last was one, right? Yes. Right. Yeah, Kraton was one, but I mean they I mean They went four out of five last weekend, So that Definitely must have have put them in a A better position. Um they are 17-4 in The conference. So that that's a great Record. What's interesting though, They're 15 and3 at home. They're 17 and 13 Away. So they're not the best away from Home. They did they they played a very Very difficult out of conference Schedule early on. And I think that's That's probably why they own the Big

East. There's a, you know, we talk about The Big East and all different sports, But you definitely can see in baseball. I do not think the Big East is revered. No, it's not. Or Has basically maybe Kraton. Yeah, I mean It it's it's you know, Villanova Rhode Island used to be good. Are they good Still or no? No, I didn't I didn't believe Villanova Was good um from what I from what I saw Um out of out of last week. Let me just Double let me just double check because I I thought they had a losing Record. They are Yeah, they're they're They're 20 and 25. This was when Yukon played them. So, They I mean they have a losing record. And then Rhode Island is Rhode Island a Big a Big East team. Um that that I don't know. Oh. Oh, no. They're not a Big East team. They're not A Big East team. Butler's a Big East Team. Butler's horrific. Nor Eastern is not a Big East team. Maine is not a Big East team. So they they closed out their Big East Schedule with uh sweeping Butler. So Maybe that that Obviously has something to do with how They're putting their lineup and Pitching against Maine to close out the Season cuz we don't know Um we don't know if if they are able to

Advance up the standings, if they will Be able to win the Big East based on um The season being over leaguewise. But my god, The the Stats. Ryan Daniels, I mean, he's Batting 367. He's got 14 doubles, 15 home runs. Tyler Minnick, he's the guy. He bats 362, 10 doubles, 19 home runs. And oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry about that. Uh Ryan Daniels has 15 home runs, 66 RBI's. Minnik, 19 home runs, 64 RBI's. Uh and then you have Caleb Shapor Batting 347. He has four home runs. He is more Of an onbase guy who scores runs. Uh but I mean he's got 33 RBI's. Aiden Dherty bats 336. Um he has 27 RBI's. He's got 11 Doubles. My god. And that, you know, Sam Biller uh 13 doubles, 13 home runs, 58 RBI's. Grant MacArthur 43 RBI's, 10 home Runs. He bats 295. I mean, it's just Unbelievable the power that they have. You know, you have slugging percentages Over 700. Like Ryan Daniels slugging Percentage is uh 734. Uh Minnik's slugging percentage is 739. That's amazing. That's the That's a Great number. Uh the rest of the guys, I Mean, they're 400 and above. Grant MacArthur has a 600 slugging percentage. And I mean just all around you see the

Hitting, the run scoring. I mean Ryan Daniels is just an incredible leadoff Guy. He gets everything started for Them. He scored 63 runs which leads he Leads the team. Uh Tyler Minnik has Scored 59 runs. Uh Caleb Shapor scored 61 runs. Is T is Tyler Minnik a Um a a draftable guy for them? I Yeah, That's what I got to check and see if he Was drafted out of high school. If Okay, So he had a Great great summer season last uh last Summer in the New England Collegiate Baseball League. Um he batted 316. Um he had 24 hits, seven home runs, And 23 RBI's. Uh he had a great 2024 Season. I'm trying to see if he was Draft. It doesn't say that he's been Drafted. So I mean he's from Pennsylvania. So again, it's not the Best baseball state. Um, is pretty good. I think Pennsylvania is pretty good Baseball state. They They are. Yeah. Oh, Okay. I didn't know that. Yeah. I I Thought everyone in the Northeast stunk In baseball. New Jerseyy's pretty good Baseball state. Oh, okay. I didn't know guys were Getting drafted out of there. Oh, yeah. New York is a terrible baseball state. Thank you for pointing that out. Thank

You for for New York State being a terrible too cold Up where you It's the weather. Yes. Yes, You're absolutely right. I agree with You. And it's um uh where they could Play more. New York City, there's not Enough people playing baseball anymore. Long Island and Lacrosse. Uh uh and Long Island lacrosse. Yeah. So New York area I think plays some baseball Is maybe Westchester County and Yes. by The city down Long Island Staten Island. Staten Island maybe. Yeah. And Tyler Minnik. I mean he's only a sophomore. He's only a sophomore. So that's Huge. It's got the little cash thing on There. So if you want to donate to him You Can. You can get a shout out for $21. He'll make a social media post for $42. He'll appear at a practice or event For $43. And he will give you an autograph For $41. They must be lining up. That's amazing That they're setting this up the Website. So, now we know why Bleeding Blue for good was uh dropped. They're Doing it all on the website. Um I I Wanted to just check out the Pitching. So it looks like Yeah. So they have uh Oliver Pudvar who leads the team with uh Six wins and one loss. They have Thomas

Ellison who's 5 and three. And then After that Charlie West is 4-0. Sean Finn is six and one and then down the Rest of the line it's kind of a Mishmash. Uh Saves Brady Afram was the guy we talked About. He has eight Saves and it doesn't really look like Anyone. Yeah, nobody else stands out in The save category. Uh Oliver Pudvar has Leads the team in strikeouts. He's got 66 strikeouts. Thomas Ellison is five And three. He's the guy. He's got 54 Strikeouts. And then uh the closer Brady Afram is 47 strikeouts. So I Mean it's really I'm trying to see what They're Yeah. I mean the the ERAs are Are kind of all over the place. The only One with a really good ERA is the closer Brady Afron with one point. He's got a 1.39 RA. Uh, but Greg Shaw has been good As a as a middle reliever. It's good to See him him come on. They have a huge Pitching staff. Uh, so they're, you Know, they're trying to get guys innings And time before the Playoffs. I am Okay, so here is the Conference. Okay. I still can't I still Wanted to see what The I just wanted to see what the Conference standings Were cuz uh the the tournament is played In Ohio. So, they're going to have to go Out to Ohio next

Wednesday. I don't know how many Teams particularly make the Tournament. And you know, we we rolled last year Through I think it I think the Tournaments it's hosted Xavier uh Xavier With Xavier at Prasco Park in Mason, Ohio, 21st to the 23rd. Uh seventh time it'll be hosted at Prasco Park, which is a uh Um I'm trying to pull up the facility Here. I can't picture Xavier having a good Facility for baseball. We have a brand New one. I mean Oh, it's nice. Presco Park. Oh, it is really. Yeah. Um, well, I'll show you. I just want to See if I can find The Big East baseball Standings. Oh, here. You can see it Here. Presco Park. Oh, holy crap. Um, that Is that is beautiful. Oh, the Cincinnati Spikes play there. So, that must be a a You know you know this stuff from your Woo the Woo days. Yeah, but the Spikes That they can't be AAA. Does it say They're AAA? Yeah. Uh, Big East Championships. Yeah, I that it's a beautiful stadium. Uh it looks like we should we should get Media passes to Pasco Park. I can't get You I can get you a media pass to the Worcester Red Sox. I can't get you a

Media pass to see the Cincinnati. You Want to drive to Cincinnati, Dave? I Can't get you to drive. Have you ever Been to Cincinnati? Yeah, I I've been to Cincinnati. I like Cincinnati. Nice. Cincinnati is nice. Yeah, it is. It is. Cincinnati is right on the borderline of Uh Kentucky and um across AC across in in Kentucky is um uh the ponies at um What's the name of the uh well what well What like the Kentucky Derby. No, Kentucky Derby is a little ways away From there because that's um that's Louisville. Oh. Oh, okay. I see. Well, Let me see how far uh but right near Cincinnati. Uh, let me see what the Heck's the name of it. Um, You're saying a city in Kentucky, isn't It? It's in Kentucky. Um, what's the name of it? Belura Park, Is it? No, that's Cincinnati. Turf. Maybe it was Turfway. Yeah, Turfway. Okay. Turfway Park. I guess I guess Cincinnati has a racetrack, too. So Yukon is now first in the Big East. Flo I I've stayed in Florence in Kentucky. Thank you. Nuc. You You like You like Kentucky. I enjoy I've been to Lexington. I've been to Louisville. Oh, Okay. And I've been to Florence, which Is I like Louisville's okay. Um Louisville's okay. There's not much There. I'm not a I'm not a Lexington.

Lexington is nice. Lexington's nice when You and you when you leave Lexington Like when you go out to the Um uh like you go out I don't know what You would call it rural area Right it's like rolling hills you see Horse farms all around there and um so Does Marquette not have a baseball team Oh um so Yukon is now first in the Big East at 17 and4 four. Kraton is 15 And4. Xavier is 14 and seven. St. John's Is 11 and 8. And then uh Satan Hall's 8 And 12. Nova's seven and 13. Butler's 4 And 15. And the mighty Hoya are three And 16. So, I I'm just surprised because Um I was looking like the the Paul isn't Listed, Marquette's not listed, right? Uh Providence isn't Listed. So, I was just curious if they Don't have a baseball team or if they're Only showing the teams that Are No, they they can't be showing the Teams that are in the tournament. Well, Maybe they Are. I mean, would a three and 16 Georgetown team be in the tournament? I Didn't I I don't know how it works in Baseball if everyone qualifies for It. So, it's going to be Let me just see If it says Um the Tournament Schedule. Okay. No, it does not. It does Not. It does not. It does not. It just

Shows everyone finishing Up. And apparently Providence and Marquette do not have baseball Teams. They're they're nowhere on the Schedule. It's a ve it's a very it's a It's a small baseball Conference. Two, three, four, five. There's there's there's nine Teams. So that's that's small for Baseball. That's a that's a very small Conference, but it's wow. I I just Remember looking at them when they were 10 and 13 and uh they they were Struggling. But when you look at the the Competition they played early on, it Makes sense and it definitely makes Sense why they're dominating in the uh In the Big East. I I think I think that they're Going To roll through. I I don't think I mean I don't think there's anyone that's Going to give them trouble. Um, I just wanted to see what their Their their four their four conference Losses who they came From. Um, they did lose to Xavier, but that Was in March. They lost twice to Xavier In March and they lost twice to Kraton In April. Uh, that was it. M they have Yeah they have rolled um the only Losses since

April since April 6th when they lost to Kraton their only losses have been to Rutgers Ruters beat them 13-11 and Northeastern beat them 7 To1 other than that they have just [ __ ] They have rocked and rolled So, I mean, but I mean, they're beating Up Georgetown, Satan Hall, Uh, Army, UMass, Uh, they they beat Rhode Island, they Swept Villanova, they swept Butler. Wow. So I I mean it it's a case of Them being good or the league just being So god awful, Right? Cuz I mean They Well, they did beat Miami. Um they lost to Campbell. They Lost to Duke. Um, they beat North Carolina, lost to BC, played Northeastern twice, lost Twice. They started off Wow. They Started off 0 And5. They They started in March playing In Puerto Rico and they lost to Stson, Missouri, Penn State, and Florida, Atlantic three In a Row after that. So they and then you Know they played at USC and UCLA uh lost Both those games. So they started off One and uh Seven. That's uh you know good coaching Good

Comeback and it looks bright for them. A Very bright future. I Predict Wednesday through Saturday Uh that they should they should roll the Big East. I don't know how the playoffs work After that, but I think they'll win the Big East. Scoring double digits and everything and The pitching. It's gonna be them unless There's a major. I I think they'll They'll they'll beat Kraton. They they Lost to Kraton early on. They're they're Just they're too hot right now to lose. Um, and we we can Officially congratulate uh we talked About Mike Burton, his son, joining the Huskies. Very happy for him. Right. Yeah. Right. I'm going to Mars tomorrow. I don't know if you knew that or not. You're going where? I was just saying that because I know You're not paying attention. You're Going to Mars. Yeah. It's a It's a It's A Seinfeld joke. You're going to Yeah. So, you're going to Is that what Cuz When someone was paying attention, They're going to Mars. Yeah. Cast Castanza got pissed cuz or Jerry got Pissed cuz uh Castanza or Kramer wasn't Listening to him. He's like, "So, I'm Thinking about going to Mars uh next Week." Yeah, it doesn't seem like it'll Take too long. Um, really excited for

The trip. And they're like, "Yeah, well, Good. Good. Sounds good. Whatever." I Like to throw that in there when people Are ignoring me and not paying Attention. Well, I am paying attention. I paid Attention to the whole entire breakdown Of the baseball series, which, by the Way, I stayed awake for and I thought it Was interesting. Well, it was. I mean, I I think the uh Yukon's vats are too good For anybody in the Big East. I think the Uhraton is the only one that could could Could have a chance. But you you gotta Remember they haven't played Kraton in Months. So that's why I think that They'll um they'll roll through, right? Because they haven't played him since uh Early March. That was their last loss Was to Kraton. So they're I think They're a different team, right? Since They faced Kraton. Um, and they they Lost to Xavier twice, but right, they're Just they're I think they're gonna smoke Maine and they'll finish strong and go Into the Big East tournament on a roll And come out winning and uh hopefully Get to the Final Four again. It's just great to see Overall Yukon for 2024 2025 has had a very good Year in sports doing more with less. There's no doubt about it. Um I mean we have we have the best we have

Incredible facilities. It's just, you Know, with the landscape changing, NIL And all That being able To like we talked about kids who would Normally get scholarships are falling Through the cracks and it's all about Transfers. I don't know how it works for Baseball. I would think less because Kids get drafted and then they could, You know, some will go to college and They all play in wooden bat leagues over The summer. I'm sure there's not as many Kids in the transfer portal for baseball Compared to the other sports. No doubt. No doubt. There's no doubt. How about listen, softball? 25 years to Win. Yeah. Since they won a Championship, pretty incredible stuff. I Mean, uh yeah, huge. If Yukon men win, You will have a softball and and Baseball. What would we change the name Of the show if we did both softball and Hard ball? Oh, I don't think we'd be Able to. We call husky hard and soft. Is this soft and hard? Soft then hard. A husky. Husky. Husky ball. Husky balls. Husky balls. Yeah, they have to be husky balls. Make It You have your balls. They can be soft Or they can be hard. I wouldn't I I have No I like I I I have no clue how to Cover softball. Baseball I I do. So, What would be? Let me think.

No, it' be Husky Balls. I'll have to come up with a name for it. No, it's Husky Balls. It's not Husky Balls. It is Husky Balls. We have Husky Balls. Husky hard ball sounds good, Though. That's a good name for Well, I Mean, husky hard ball is universal. I Mean, you could use it for baseball and Softball, but I I don't I I have no idea How to cover softball. I don't know the Rules. I don't know what's good Pitching, good hitting. I mean, they Throw Underhand. Uh they do. You don't know That they throw underhand. They they use A lot of pronouns. I mean, I I wouldn't Know what to do. You call it husky Diamond. That's what that's what Lockdown calls their laughable. Husky Hardball's so much better than Husky Diamond. That's a terrible L locked on Still has a has a baseball show. Locked On Yukon. Maybe they don't. Maybe they don't have Locked On anymore. I don't even know. I Really don't. Well, can I officially Then say locked on my balls again? You 100 You You could say it when you Weren't allowed to say it. I couldn't Say it when I was allowed to say it Because I was reprimanded about five Minutes after I said it. Let's see. Uh, Husky locked on. Well, it's it's Yukon locked on. Yukon

Since S since he left. There is no Yeah, They stopped. Okay. So, they stopped Production. They stopped production Because I I I asked to host. I You ready For this? So, Yukon, they're looking for A new PA announcer. How about that? Where? Uh, it was on Facebook because Leven Marsh put my name in. He said Steve Cully. Oh, no. Yeah. Uh, for what? Yukon football. No, I I think for everything. What do you go to every game and you Just uh You're the PA announcer. Yeah, It was it was a Facebook Post. I I I don't know if it was real or What, But Laben um generously decided to throw My name in like they'd ever hire me for Anything. But Uh I can say they are um excited. It's Real. Maybe I'll apply for that. You're not going to apply for that. You're not gonna You're not going to Leave Jersey. Of course I Would. Of course I You would not leave Jersey. Your wife would have a meltdown. And next up to bat is Tyler Minnik. Tyler Minnik is batting .385 on the Season with 15 home runs. Yeah, you got The jersey accent. You can't do it. You Got that that Jersey accent. Uh, and then Oh, wow. We have a special Guest today. We have Billy the Liquor Guy. Billy the Liquor Guy. Yes. And

That's Steve Curry as their agent. All Right. Yes. Yes. Billy the Liquor Guy Coming. Don't forget Billy the Liquor Guy show. New movies coming out. Uh yes. In 2030 And it's expected on Netflix in Scheduled for release in 2030. 2028. The Executive producer is Steve Cully. Uh The uh special guest Frank Cristiano, Voice of reason Playing playing Frank said he wanted to Be the guy on the jet ski that goes in The ice hole. His job is called jet ski Guy. He's jet ski guy. Uh oh. Oh, and oh Uh it's Oh, what? Wilbur Gillards found His way into the PA announcing booth. Shocking. Not surprising. Um and uh oh Yes, Steve, please stop swinging Cigarettes. Steve, no. There there there Is no smoking. No smoking on the Grounds. Yes. Oh my goodness gracious. Uh oh, and we are looking for uh Advertisers if you want to advertise uh On the PA. Um Uh it's uh you can go ahead and do that And we'll get Venmo at Coach Schuman. Um Yes, Venmo at Coach Schuman, please. We'll do all that. Um and then oh wow special guest we got Um uh the score is now yes Yukon 42 Um Marramax 7 Joe Fagano's thrown five More touchdowns against uh Figaniano Figaniano I'm sorry Fagano I used my Jersey accent on that yeah I know you

Can't see let let me do my New York Accent New York you know I got I got in Trouble for Um for I I posted Um Jamal Lundy's wide receiver and all The Yukon. Yes. Right. You told you told Us that. I think Yeah, I did. And bash Everyone for not taking him. Bash. You Didn't have to bash anybody. Yes, I do. And then I posted Julius's guys and Bashed him for that. How come we How'd You get in trouble though? Who got you In trouble? I didn't get in trouble yet. I'm sure I will. Um, why would you? Because you have Resources like Julius Yourself. Uh, Jamal, no one's using Serious. Well, they that that's the Problem. Julius would, you know, he's Called Yukon and tried to get them to Look at his kids. They don't. Uh Jamal Brought drove seven hours to bring his Kid there and Moira didn't even look at Him And I I hope you know he got invited to Penn State's camp and and UCLA and USC. I hope he gets offered and goes there And just dominates and then I can say Congratulations. You could have had this Kid. He just if you just offered him he Would have he would have committed. He Didn't want money. He didn't want Anything. you just wanted an

Opportunity. But um yeah, so I will be going to Yukon, our elma mater on Wednesday or no, Thursday. I'm going to See Maria Uh Courtney Williams on uh Wednesday. Uh Wednesday Night, we're going to Maria's Restaurant. Maria's letting me stay at Her place. And then uh Thursday we are shooting our Documentary at uh Yukon. That's exciting. Well, we'll see. We'll See. I don't know which direction it's Going to go in. We'll see how we'll see How they Do. We'll see. We'll see if you know how How excited Phil is about it. Freeman Was excited about it. I mean, what was He excited about? He he's just shocked that he was very Happy to, you know, he wants Well, no, I Mean, he wants to take advantage of it And feature Yukon and, you know, show The campus And act like, uh, I'm some important, Loved alumni. You are beloved. No, no, no, no. I'm I'm I'm not I'm not beloved. Um but you know he he likes the fact That the documentary you know if it ends Up going anywhere like she claims it Could it well it will well two guys two Guys with movies

Who you and Billy the liquor your guys Should combine your movies I it's not a Movie it's a Documentary you're you're gonna be in it You're going to be interviewed Oh wow. It's a documentary. It's completely Different. What do they want to know About with me? Well, no, the the the the Podcasting. I know, but what would they want to Know? I I have no idea. I'm not in Charge. What do I think about um the Great Steve Cully? I I don't I have no Idea what she's gonna ask. She just she she just loves The she loves the idea That overcoming multiple adversities and Yes, reinventing yourself and and being A podcast host And all that good stuff And partnering working with you and Having the success that we're Having. I think that's what she'll want To talk about. I mean, I I gave her my List. You're you're on the list. I was Shocked that Randy Yatzel said yes. Not your boy. It's not It's first of All, it's not my boy. I was just I like When I because I asked him I said, "Coach, I I have to ask your permission On something." And I explained it. I Said, "Listen, I'm not making this up. I Know it's crazy. They're doing a

Documentary on my life and uh I had to Put a list together of people to be Interviewed. And maybe you should get Billy the Liquors Guy's agent. I Yeah, cuz he's he's doing a b he's Doing a banner job for Billy the Liquor. Well, uh Well, maybe they are. You don't Know. You don't know if they are. They're not. They the the movie. Is it In production? No. This Phantom movie we keep hearing about My documentary will be done by the time They even sign a movie deal. Could you Can you imagine? All right. So, you Could do I see I'm looking at the Application here. Uh I'm I'm putting my Name in there. You are not. You [ __ ] Did you find it? Yeah. PA basketball PA Sports PA. Oh, you [ __ ] Is it on The website? Oh, so you want you want The job then? My idea. No, what are you gonna [ __ ] Do for a living? Steal ideas. You you There's no You can't pull it off. You Run 10,000 clubs. How are you going to Do it? You're not going a FUD for three. Yeah, you could you could do that. Another three ball, you know. Well, you Could find lots of good in the FUD. Yeah, you're not you're not doing it. You're not doing it. There's no way. There's no way. You You got You got You Got to do uh You got to do So, you want Me to read it? So, you you submit links

Of the recordings the following PA Reads. So, we Oh, God. Are you serious? All right. Here we go. So, let's let's Let's do let's do our read on air. Let's Have you do your read. Okay. You I'll Put it up here. You're going to go and Then I'm going to go. This is our Audition right now. Here we go. Let's See. Let's see who Let's see who Auditions for. Don't Okay, you're Auditioning right now. Here we go. You're You want You You go. You go. Tell Me what I have to say. Oh, please submit Links of recordings of the following PA Reads. YouTube or you You're going to Have to make I'll go first. I'll go First. You're gonna have to cut this up. Okay. Is that You're going to have to Cut it up in the reels. So, I'll go then You go. I'll go. Go ahead. Go ahead. You Ready? You ready? Yeah. All right. So, This first one is a welcome message. I Got it. I see it. Go ahead. All right. Let me just read it first to myself. Fans, welcome to the XL Center for Tonight's game presented by Siko Petroleum and Lewis Business Center Featuring the Georgetown Hoya and your University of Connecticut Huskies. All right, your turn. That's pretty Good. That's pretty good. Fans, welcome to the XL Center for Tonight's game presented by Sitco Petroleum in Lewis Business Center

Featuring the Georgetown Hoya and your University of Connecticut Huskies. Not bad. Not Oh, my dog my dog is Interested in this. He's right up next. All right, that was pretty good. I've Done PA announcing before. I know you Probably woo socks it up. All right, Next one. This this is near and dear to Your heart. You ready? Oh god. As long As it doesn't read it real quick, Nick Evers. I'll be okay. Okay. All right. Yukon football. This one is Yukon football has closed out their Season as the Fenway Bowl champions with The most wins since 2007. Join Connecticut's team this fall at the Rent. Season tickets are now on sale at Yukontick.com. That's going to be tough. You got to Beat that one. Go. Yukon football has Closed out their season as the Fenway Bowl champions with the most wins since 2007. Join Connecticut's team this fall At the rent. Season tickets are now on Sale at Yukon-tick.com. Don't miss out. Oo, you admit. I love it, dude. I Dude, This is this is what I do. All right, You go first for this one, then I'll go. This is sponsoring. You know, you're Going to nail this one. You should nail This one. You're a spot. You're No, I Yeah, I do that because I do all the

Okay, you do all the spot. Okay. All Right. You got You got it. The Husky Mania fan shop is the official Fan shop of Yukon Athletics. They've got The perfect selection of all official Husky gear for fans of all ages and Sizes. Support Yukon athletics and Student athletes by visiting the merch Stand or shop online at Shop.youukonhuskies.com now. Attention loyal Yukon Husky fans. The Husky Mania fan shop is the official fan Shop of Yukon Athletics. They've got the Perfect selection of official Husky gear For fans of all ages and sizes. Support Yukon Athletics and student athletes by Visiting the merch stand or shop online On shop.youukonhuskys.com. Yeah. Yeah. That's got That's That's got All the passion and enthusiasm of a DMV Employee. It sounds like you're screaming at me Like I'm in a WWE. You got to show Passion and enthusiasm. You got to get The crowd involved. Your last one. Your Hardest. Your your hardest is the thing Below. Please submit your resume, cover Letter, and list of professional References. That'll be your toughest. I Got a great resume. I don't do cover Letters, and I got great references. All Right. You ready? your your last one Then my last go. All right. She dribbles Down the or no hold on Chen dribbles

Down the floor floor passes to the right Corner. Easy FUD for three and it's Good with Paige Packers no longer has The one. Easy. Fud gets the ball and she Drills it for three. Beautiful. Beautiful. All right. Now There's your hard part. What else you Got here? See, you got that was fun. Actually, you got to send it to Mark. You know who probably who probably fills This who reads this is marketing Atyouukon.com. You know who's filling This spot? You know, Who do you think's fing Phil's not doing That? No. No. No. He knows it. He knows Marketing. I I think Wouldn't you have Um Muny involved? Oh, Kyle. Yeah, Kyle's up. Oh, no. No. He's more on licensing. He's licensing. It could be Kyle. You're right. Yukon Marketing. Uh or Enight. Mike Enright Could be. Oh, Enryight. Oh, hey, I Remember Enright. Um, well, chief Communications Officer. Uh, let's see. U Yukon Athletics. Let's See what Let's Let's see who your go-to Is here. All right. They have so many I know people in that On on staff. It's I know. I don't even know who uh Marketing Uh maybe I don't know. assistant

Associate director of marketing and Digital media Emily Quigley. I don't know she is. She's so Young. All right. I I'll ask next week. I'll ask Phil. I don't know if she's in Charge. It's probably I bet she's the Athletic director. Nah, Benedict Wouldn't give a [ __ ] about That. A PA announcer. That's like Peanuts. That's like nothing. I don't Know. That's probably important part in Some of the games. is probably pretty Important. Um, not really. I mean, you could, Steve, you could be the voice of the Huskys. I mean, come on now. I am the Voice of the Huskys. I do more Husky Shows than anyone. And you know where it Got me? You would You wouldn't be able To say Blumpkins, though. I would not say Blumpkins. What would You do if you couldn't do that? No. I I Got yelled at. Frank would do the high School football games for our new Hartford team. He couldn't make it one Me one game. He sent me in his place and I got yelled at. Did you really? Yes. By The head coach's wife. The head coach Sent his wife up to the booth to yell at Me. Why? What were you doing? It was It Was the semifinals of the playoffs and The winner was going to the dome to play In the the dome that Syracuse plays in. Right. We were up. We were smoking this

Team. It was like 35 to7 and we scored And I said, "Who's ready to go to the Dome? Here we come. Carry your dome." And what happened? The wife came up and Said that uh he didn't say that the Coach uh coach was not happy and wanted Me to tone it down. So I said, uh, you know, she's like, "The game's not over yet." I go, "They've had two first downs this entire Game. We're up 35 to7. There's four Minutes left in the fourth quarter. I Think we're fine." Either the coach hates me. Kramer, his Name is, he just hates me. Well, yeah, Because I I I wanted to I wanted to Help. I wanted to volunteer. I wanted a Coach and he wouldn't bring me on Because I know way more football than Him and he doesn't want anyone who knows More than him. Well, it's cuz you're going to be the Next announcer. No, I'm not going to be The next announcer. I'm not going to be The next announcer. Would you if they Said to you, Steve, we have a job for You. You're going to be the PA Announcer, but you're going to be doing Golf and diving. There's no PA announcer for golf. Diving I can handle. I was I was going To go there. Ra Razul had wanted to Offer me a job to work at the the House Of Changes, but it's just with I I can't

I can't afford to pay for rent and Housing. Housing is Like 1,700 a month, 1,500. My car insurance would be 700 a month. So I I there's no way I could afford to Live with the with the salary that would Pay. And this is a part-time gig. So So what Oh, yeah. So that's also something I Want to ask you about. What? Uh, let's see. Hold on. What? You know Someone who sells car insurance? Geico. No, thanks. Um, no, I'm I'm joking. Uh, what was I Going to say? Um, yeah. So, I think we Should wrap the show. I had something I Have to ask after. Okay. Okay, that's Fine. So, this has been Husky hard Balls. Um, great job sweeping Butler. Uh, Rounding out the season with Maine. And We'll be talking about the Big East Tournament next weekend. For Coach Schuman, I'm Steve Cully, the best Podcast host in the universe. Remember, When life gives you lemons, don't make Lemonade. Take two oranges. Throw them Right back.

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