2023 Team Canada vs Team USA - Border Battle 13 CONDENSED Game

Condensed Game - 2023 Border Battle 13 - Team Canada vs Team USA from the Brookside Reservation - Talty field in Cleveland, Ohio - July 30, 2023. 52 core 300 compression ball on an all turf baseball field with dimensions 315-355-365-355-315. It was 72 degrees but humid.
www.softballcenter.com/ for more information and links to Border Battle 13!
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[@gonedeep43]

What's with the Helmets??🤔🤣

[@gndoug]

Even on the deep flyouts to center its still impressive to hit a 52 ball 360 feet. Those fields are HUGE playing with a 52-300.

[@bballlegend4580]

Not with a Monsta bat. I agree hitting a 52 far is impressive but only with a non Monsta bat. Those bats are flat out ridiculous.

[@sw48]

It was a very big field especially in the gaps.

[@RowdyJay19]

So team Canada vs Resmondo? 😂

[@ChumPlattenBB]

This was the only way I got to truly watch my little brother Hunter Platten play at the Border battle this year for Team Canada thank you bud Eh

[@sw48]

Hunter can do it all!

[@ChumPlattenBB]

@@sw48 yeah and he doesn’t believe that sometimes that he’s top 3 or top 2 best hitters in Canada but I tell him all the time you won athlete of the year last year for softball Canada everyone wants to go up to him and ask him for hitting tips and fielding advice, they tell me all the time, and I told him go for it but there just a little nerves because they don’t know him that well and I just tell them he’s just like me my brothers and I are always there to help other players at anything

[@SamPhillips01]

Glad to see Bradley Jones playing for USA 🇺🇸

[@Jay_Shrimp_Master]

For the gentlemen playing 3rd base, what size glove are you guys using?

[@coreymcdonald5858]

Thanx for the videos. See some familiar faces

[@bosoxdanc1]

As a USA umpire, I want to give credit to the home plate ump for getting in the slot on both sides of the plate. It's WAY too common in slow pitch umpiring for umpires to just stand directly behind home plate or only be in the slot on a right-handed batter.

[@jarrettsmith6745]

I was waiting for these videos😊

[@sw48]

Hope you enjoyed it!

[@bosoxdanc1]

Hell of a throw at 12:25.

[@sw48]

Hunter Platten with the gun!

[@swingcartel_slowpitch_softball]

Was the sound recorded in mono?? Can only hear it from one speaker.

[@sw48]

I used a new video camera which the sound is fine on my computer. Not sure on earbuds.

[@swingcartel_slowpitch_softball]

@@sw48 Soun comes out of one side and static from the other.

[@pab1ofresh529]

let me guess. helmet team lost

[@CodyGi]

😂😂

[@tylerrasmussen798]

Haha awesome comment

[@brianlee2345]

Why are they wearing helmets?

[@mikeolander4933]

I heard the Canadians wear helmets for ping pong and air hockey as well.

[@xKelseyGlamourx]

Struggle bus when the big boys have to hit those 52/300s.

[@thepatriotwarrior4823]

Don’t forget those wonderful ASA bats. If they use USSSA bats they score fifty easy. That Juno technology is some real good shit. No wonder they stole it from carucci.

[@bosoxdanc1]

@@thepatriotwarrior4823 the game is better when teams don't score 50 runs, and it's not even close. ASA/USA all the way, and twice on Sundays.

[@ClassicGameMusic]

Vasectomy Battle. Ever since the hot dot and other 52/300 balls the bats are breaking less. The manufacturers were tired of all the bat RMA returns and fake receipts they honored.

[@BillyPinto33]

Is it me or is Bradley Jones HUGE now?!

[@DonaldActivo]

Dunn over Mitch Lendeski from Competitive Edge ?

[@thepatriotwarrior4823]

I’m with you on that one. Mitch can flat out play. I guess they thought there wasn’t anyone else so they picked Dunn. No offense to Dunn but Mitch is better right now. He probably didn’t play ASS/USA last year.

[@sw48]

Teams are picked back in February but yes many different players could have been picked.

[@kevindick1110]

No Ryan Harvey??

[@johny.6134]

Hard to believe that was the best Canada could muster :/

[@DD-bs4wx]

There is more talent to choose from in Canada but with the border battle team selection it’s a buddy buddy system. If you aren’t bros, you don’t go.

[@iceguy1158]

So many better hitters out west

[@raider3164]

Ya exactly what I was thinking. Have some in my local league who can place and smash the ball anywhere. In big games to

[@xXHomerBushXx]

@@DD-bs4wx feels like most A ball has turned into this unfortunately. They best guys dont always come together to play anymore. Gotta be a bro. lol

[@catonsvilleman6900]

Hey Canada, bend down I'll whisper something in your ear. Ahh.....its SLOW PITCH.

[@redreddington2968]

Lots of outs per USA rules not being called. You can't hit the ball with a foot outside of the box like you can in USSSA. Directly from the 2023 Rulebook: "ILLEGALLY BATTED BALL: Occurs when the batter hits the ball fair or foul and: A. At the time the bat makes contact with the ball, the entire foot is completely outside the lines of the batter’s box and on the ground"

[@sw48]

The umpire before the game said it wasn't a usa softball batters box.

[@b.nicholas2782]

USA uses old baseball players, Canada uses lob ball players

[@bluefalcon3ID]

They should probably go ahead and wear helmets in the field too. Just because

[@ColtTMR]

8:02 the runner didn't touch home plate?

[@sw48]

He probably got a corner

[@derksy3468]

Anyone else not hear the audio???

[@sw48]

You might have it muted?

[@garrettbruno2550]

If they’re gonna do that then why don’t they have the catcher wearing full gear and all the infielders wearing the mask the pitcher wears and leg guards.

[@djwhokidd1514]

Men amongst boys

[@romeroj821]

Why in the world would they be playing on a baseball field, with all of the many softball fields in the area? Seems poorly planned unfortunately

[@walleye204]

They using utrip bats or ASA? Instead of making 240 bats they should make leagues down South use utrip bats with 52's 😂

[@sw48]

They are using USA bats

[@mx_ata2d642]

Kyle Pearson batting #2? Uhmm 3,4,or 5 but not 2.

[@sw48]

Traditionally in Major slowpitch the best hitter bats 2nd

[@mx_ata2d642]

@@sw48 no, I get it. You always want your best hitters to have as many, at bats, as possible. But I would like there to be a couple guys on base if possible. I also realize this only matters through the first rotation.

[@SamLachtara]

Helmets for Canada..?

[@The_yeffy1]

Canada has never been known for common sense I think all the sugar in that syrup gets to them

[@SamLachtara]

@@The_yeffy1 awfully strange, not sure I understand that one. Can’t be a comfortable fit for slow pitch lol

[@willydog26]

@@The_yeffy1 Says the American who voted for Biden.......

[@SamLachtara]

@@willydog26 NOBODY with a brain voted for that vegetable, we don’t claim that thing

[@michealblue497]

So it's pretty much team Canada vs team resmondo lol

[@kadenrohr2921]

Lmao team USA? That's just Resmondo

[@mx_ata2d642]

Why is Canada wearing batting helmets?

[@sw48]

Their country requires them.

[@redreddington2968]

Helmets should be required honestly. Over the years we've all seen multiple people take a ball to the dome when running the bases. Pushes to third base with the ball coming from behind are when a helmet is nice.

[@ClassicGameMusic]

52/300 Biggest Waste of Time in recent softball history.

[@andrewmoore1536]

Might as well play t-ball

[@lonnieodom8036]

Are Black Players aloud to play?

[@sw48]

That is a black player hitting the ball in the thumbnail.

[@coachl7771]

Only took Connell 2 hitters to show how god awful he is defensively… hammers it no question. But if he’s not the worst infielder in the conference I’d hate to see who was

[@DFW817]

That ball was complete trash.

[@michaelsteinhauer6980]

to many fly outs from canada.

[@garrettbruno2550]

Why are the Canadians wearing helmets???? Are they really that soft

[@mattvaneeuwen160]

Relax buddy it’s Slo-pitch any drunk guy can hit that. Try playing fastpitch bet you will strike out

[@sw48]

Yes in fastpitch your goal is to make contact first. In slowpitch contact is guaranteed. Two completely different games which I am not sure why you are comparing them?

[@jeremyharbin22]

That ball is bad bad!! Its not fun watching softball anymore.

[@sw48]

If you like homer's watch this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/porPYWd7opibiLc

[@mkwy8782]

This isn't softball!

[@sw48]

Slowpitch softball. It is a great game that has been around for almost 100 years. Give it a try.

[@josephrandal4720]

Where’s Steele Lewis? Probably too embarrassed to play with this bush league Canada squad eh? Lol