Alright, so you wanna know about this Providence Catholic baseball, huh? Lemme tell ya, it’s a big deal, like when the prize-winning hog gets loose at the county fair. Everybody’s watchin’.
Providence Catholic, they’re good. Real good. Like, better than my prize-winning tomato plants good. They play this baseball, see, and seems like they win a whole bunch. Heard tell they’re in some kinda state finals game. Big stuff, I tell ya. All them fancy folks in their fancy cars, they all go watch. Probably eat hotdogs and them…what do ya call ‘em…pretzels? Yeah, them things.
Heard they played some team called Andrew, from Tinley Park. Beat ‘em, I think. Then they had some playoff game. Folks get all worked up about these playoff games. Screamin’ and hollerin’ like a bunch of banshees. Don’t get it myself, but hey, to each their own, right? It’s like that time the neighbor’s rooster got loose and nobody could catch it. Chaos, pure chaos.
- Heard tell they got this kid, Jackson Smith.
- Hit a double, won the game.
- Walk-off, they call it.
Sounds fancy, but I bet it just means he hit the ball real hard and got everybody home. Like when I used to whack them walnuts outta the tree with my broom handle. Same kinda idea, I reckon.
They say Providence is real good at defense and pitching. Now, I don’t know much about that fancy baseball talk, but I do know this: if you don’t let the other fellas hit the ball or run around, you’re gonna win. It’s like keepin’ them chickens in the coop. Gotta keep ‘em contained. Seems these Providence boys, they’re good at keepin’ the other fellas contained.
They even had some fella, Tom Kelley, made a fancy throw. They call it a “throwout at 3rd”. Don’t ask me, I ain’t no expert. But from what I gather, it was a real humdinger of a throw. Like when I threw that old shoe at that mangy dog tryin’ to get at my chickens. Except, you know, more… baseball-y.
Providence, they been playin’ this Saint Ignatius team since way back when, 2015 they say. And seems like they beat ‘em most of the time. Eight outta nine times, to be exact. That’s a whole lotta beatin’. Like when I used to beat old man Johnson at the checkers tournament every year. Good times, good times.
This year they’re in the 4A IHSA State finals. Folks are sayin’ it’s a big deal. Edwardsville, York, and Conant are the other teams. Sounds like a bunch of fancy names, if you ask me. But these Providence boys, they ain’t afraid of no fancy names. They’re gonna go out there and play their hearts out, just like they always do. Gonna hit that ball, run them bases, and try to win that game.
Now, I ain’t sayin’ I understand all this baseball stuff. But I do understand winnin’. And these Providence Catholic boys, they seem to do a whole lotta winnin’. So, good for them, I say. Good for them.
So next time you hear about Providence Catholic baseball, you remember what I told ya. They’re good, they win a lot, and they got some fellas who can really throw and hit that ball. And that, my friends, is all ya need to know.
And if you get a chance, go watch ‘em play. Might be more excitin’ than watchin’ paint dry, and that’s sayin’ somethin’.
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