Irish Girl Tries American Baseball ⚾ for the First Time - A Total Curveball in Lynn Massachusetts!

[@CoachKyle11]

Hey everyone! Coach Kyle here! I'm already overwhelmed by the positive responses on this video & compliments I've seen. I truly love what I do & I got to step away from my normal lessons & had an absolute blast helping Diane try baseball! Please reach out anyone in the North Shore area for lessons!

[@CapnDan57]

Thanks again, Coach Kyle, for being such a gracious host to our beloved Irish Girl. She really did have a blast. Wish you more success with yer work in the future.

[@joeybats1590]

@@CoachKyle11 my boy kd knows ball

[@CoachKyle11]

​@@CapnDan57thank you my man!

[@CoachKyle11]

​@@joeybats1590what a great KZbin handle! Thanks brother 🙏🏻

[@BBBYpsi]

Ron Laflore did not start playing baseball until he was in Prison. Thanks to Billy Martin for getting him out of jail & on the Detroit Tigers & talk about fast.

[@NormSioda]

This was entertaining. Kyle sounds like a great coach and someone I would have loved to have coached my boys as they progressed through Little League. Hitting a baseball is one of if not the hardest thing to do in all of sports. Good effort out there!

[@Bob_just_Bob]

I literally burst out laughing when editor Diane 😈 called her alter ego Diane 😇 the S word! 😂😂😂

[@raym.434]

Diane + baseball = best video ever. Coach Kyle is awesome as hell too!

[@CoachKyle11]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@phillipsmith3431]

Coach Kyle seemed like a really good teacher. Very personable plus he taught the fundamentals which is so important in Baseball.

[@CoachKyle11]

Thank you my man!!!

[@JohnMountonyoutube]

agree...i wish i had someone like Coach Kyle to teach me something back in little league

[@CoachKyle11]

@@JohnMountonyoutube appreciate that!!!

[@Courtney-Alice-Gargani]

I love that you are making a different kind of video.

[@DianeJennings]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@kimsparks5811]

Yay Coach Kyle! Thanks for helping our Irish kid learn about an American sport 🎉🎉 You'd be a great teacher for the young children. - Oh & thanks for not bashing our visitor with the throwing machine balls😅

[@DianeJennings]

Heehee he was probably right about that part ⚾️💥

[@CoachKyle11]

She was my favorite lesson I've given so far! Fast learner!

[@sterling557]

He could have given her a big wiffle ball bat and a rubber ball, with some gentle tosses. That's how we played in elementary school. She could have hit that I think.

[@kindredspiritbaseballmom7913]

I love everything about this video. As a baseball mom, from Little League to Travel ball to Highschool, you got a great coach! Kyle really knows his stuff!

[@jameswilson7790]

Diane Jennings, field hockey enforcer. Who would have guessed that? As a varsity letterman in baseball, I enjoyed this.

[@DianeJennings]

Whoda thunk 😂

[@Marcus-p5i5s]

Awesome that you are trying out baseball!

[@DianeJennings]

Thanks!

[@dongleason9878]

I think this is the most we've seen you out in the wild. It's a good look.

[@scottferguson2092]

Thanks Diane! I really enjoyed today’s video. You seemed like you were having a lot of fun. I burst out laughing when ED made the comment about you regarding bases. 😂

[@DianeJennings]

I'm so glad! She’s the slut, not me! 😜

[@elvinjonas5451]

Diane is a strong athlete! If I remember, her Dad is an athletic coach in Ireland.

[@chipparmley]

he was a very good one

[@dongleason9878]

I never liked baseball but the best thing about it is how good you are is completely up to you. You don't need another player to make you look good. You can either hit, catch and throw or you can't. With other sports like football you need someone else to let you be your best, a quarterback is only as good as his receivers.

[@TimGibson-qp8tn]

That was great, Diane. Happy to see you enjoyed your introduction to the sport. Do go to a game sometime when you're here during baseball season perhaps at Fenway (Boston) or Wrigley (Chicago). Big difference between watching a game on television and in person where you can see everything going on beyond what you see on camera.

[@DianeJennings]

Great idea!!

[@raybernal6829]

Fun time beautiful ❤ as someone who has played and coached ball since I was 6(over 55 years😊)that was awesomeness 🔥

[@ginger00022]

Coach Kyle was so awesome!!

[@ekanglawrence6794]

One of her best videos yet, she should do more videos w him!

[@jkp2712]

We found out Diane is a catcher and not pitcher!!! Yay!!

[@davidwillford3119]

That was a fun video. The Babe Ruth style bat came from the 1920s, where the thinking was that heavier bats equaled more power, thus more home runs. Later the theory came into vogue that lighter bats resulted in faster swings to give more power. The pros use wooden bats. The ball comes off much faster on metal bats, so the pro players use the older style wooden bats as a built-in handicap. At the pro level, using metal bats would result in more hits and skew the game away from pitching and defense. Oh, and Rounders is generally recognized as the precursor to baseball.

[@DianeJennings]

That is suuuuuper interesting thanks for telling me! 😊

[@blueboy4244]

and turn a lot of career third basemen into second basemen

[@wabash9000]

Several people in the comments and live chat are confused by your upload schedule and think it is Friday. That's how engrained your schedule is to all of us. I had to go look just to make sure I wasn't crazy thinking it was Thursday.

[@LindaC616]

That's me!

[@DianeJennings]

haha soz my schedule changes a lil bit around Christmas but I wanna keep you gettinging all the time ids and be rounding Christmas Day for ya

[@rickeycarey4556]

@@DianeJennings I saw the premiere was today though I look everyday. A lot of stuff shifts around during Christmas season. This weekend is going to be a lot of traveling since its the weekend before Christmas.

[@mikesilva3868]

​@@DianeJenningsmerry Christmas 🎉

[@HoneyMike]

6:38 that's why I love you Diane And Editor Diane I love you for your reactions

[@ASMRPeople]

That guy is really good at teaching hitting.

[@CoachKyle11]

Thank you!!!

[@bugvswindshield]

@@CoachKyle11 kudos, bud. Some got it, most don't. You good sir, got it. You're well on your way to being a great coach at higher levels.

[@CoachKyle11]

​@@bugvswindshieldthat's the goal! I appreciate that feedback!

[@boroblueyes]

This is one of "Editor Diane's" best work. 🙂

[@sterling557]

😆😆😆

[@russellreyes184]

Diane knew about the bases 🤭

[@ticnatz]

I wasn't even going to watch this, but I'm so glad I did. I have enjoyed your channel for a while now. Love the music & comedy reviews. I'm an American living in Europe and am a HUGE baseball fan. Good on ya....

[@pb51-d8f]

One of the best descriptions of baseball is” it’s a leisurely game that demands blinding speed”

[@dreamshakejunya]

@@pb51-d8f gotta hit a round object square with a cylindrical one… and if you only fail 75% of the time you could be a multi millionaire 😂

[@dylandunne2675]

Kyle is awesome. What a kind and PATIENT guy.

[@CoachKyle11]

Thanks Dylan! Means the world!

[@Kelnx]

Yeah, Kyle was being very professional. And Diane was being Diane 🤣

[@jimbressler1333]

Coach Kyle is great

[@ptournas]

Ah, you're in the city I grew up in. Lynn, Lynn the city of sin You never come out, the way you came in You ask for water, but they give you gin The girls say no, yet they always give in. I lived in Southern California and Las Vegas and was always surprised by how many people would recite that little ditty to me when I told them where I was from, I had always thought it was just a local thing! I'm surprised to see you there, its not really much of a tourist spot. There are some interesting places though, High Rock Tower and the Stone Tower in Lynn Woods are cool. There's also Dungeon Rock, where many believe a buried pirate treasure is deep in the bottom of the cave and a man died in a 1638 earthquake trying to dig to it. Much of what he dug out also collapsed and now there's a deep hole at the end of the tunnel filled with water at the bottom. It is known that way back then pirate ships occassionally sailed up the nearby Saugus River to avoid British naval ships. The old burial ground on Wetern Ave. has graves dating back to the 1600's. Lots of bars and pubs in the city, talk to the locals, some aren't the safest places to be. Lots of great eating places, and don't forget to try a roast beef sandwich, they're among the best in the country, and Brothers Deli on Market Street is a great place for breakfast or lunch. Enjoyed the reaction very much!

[@kerrykelly3699]

Way back in the 90's I worked in defense. One day we had a company softball game instead of a work day. It was the first time I ever wore cleats. I came to bat, assumed the opposite of the stance illustrated here (legs together, not apart) and when the slo-pitch pitcher lobbed his first pitch, I stepped into the swing, made contact, and the giggling behind me became one drawn out Woooooah! The ball went so far it ended up on the other diamond. I also caught a right field fly ball while I was running away from it with my back turned. The moral is: always play with cleats!

[@DianeJennings]

Ahahhha clears and pleats! 😊

[@justgreta1796]

What a great guy! I can see how athletic you are. This was a great one!

[@paullangland7559]

Thanks for trying out our pastime. It's an interesting sport, it can be boring to watch but it's way better to play it.

[@DianeJennings]

No worries! I haven’t watched a whole game yet 

[@sterling557]

​@@DianeJennings The professional players are so good that sometimes no one gets a hit, or hardly gets on base.

[@3750jlt]

Great video! Baseball is the best sport. Thank you, Kyle, for helping Diane understand and practice some basics of the game. Diane, you did great, showing your athleticism. And you showed real curiosity about this wonderful game and coordination in doing the some of the basics. Thank you, Diane!

[@CoachKyle11]

She made it super easy!

[@Maddie-zv3gv77]

Coach Kyle did a awesome job.

[@farfromperfek]

Diane would make an excellent "Bat Girl".

[@DianeJennings]

Like the superhero 🦸‍♀️?

[@farfromperfek]

@DianeJennings both on the screen and at the game 😁

[@justinblumberg8101]

I wasn't aware that this place existed. When my back injury heals, I might celebrate by doing something active like going to The Swing Factory. My favorite bowling place (near the Alewife station) was demolished and replaced with fancy apartments some years back and I haven't found a replacement like activity yet. Coach Kyle seemed cool and he let you do a video with him so that extra points for him. This is definitely one of your best videos Diane. Good job!

[@DianeJennings]

Aww thank you so much!! That would be amazing. Please share pics if you do!!

[@CoachKyle11]

Stop on by my man!!! Just look us up and Google and schedule a lesson!

[@edsteadham4085]

Coach Kyle is a great young man

[@JasonMoir]

For someone with little experience in baseball, you did really well Diane!

[@Stevarooni]

Good guy. Methodical, cheerful, and encouraging. 👍

[@CoachKyle11]

Means a lot! 💪🏻

[@Mr.Schitzengigglez]

Diane.. Just know that, when I giggle at your exploits, it's in good humor. I love seeing people try new things. And, you remind me of a little kid in this one. But, as he said... That's when baseball is the most fun.

[@susanmolnar9606]

Just wanted to say that my grandmother dated Babe Ruth. And boy do we have stories about him! Lots of escapades about the Babe! 😂

[@chipparmley]

wow!

[@TheDesertwalker]

TELL SOME!!!!

[@Snoopydad]

When Ruth went to England, he tried out Cricket and reportedly hit some of the longest balls that his instructor had seen. His instructor who was a noted Cricket pro wanted to train Babe up as a Cricket batsman and thought he could in a short term be one of the best. Babe asked him how much a top Cricket player made and was told about the equivalency of $250 a month. Since Babe at the time was making $80,000 with the Yankees, he said that he was going to stay with baseball.

[@edsteadham4085]

Diane you did really well for a newbie, hitting is hard! Round bat round ball and you try to hit it square.

[@kg4wwn]

I just love that you asked if the glove was for children, but never asked the normal age cuttoff for T-ball.

[@hifijohn]

Hitting a baseball is one of the hardest thing to do in any sport. softball was created in Chicago to be an indoor version of baseball.

[@winterburden]

Thanks for mastering America's favourite pastime Diane!

[@DianeJennings]

Thank you too!

[@fr2ncm9]

When Juan Soto swings, he makes a cha-ching sound.

[@mattheweudy2396]

3:41 coach Kyle is such a good sport🤣

[@mikegottes]

Probably the best video you have done. Loved it. You seemed to be more like yourself. Excellent.

[@DavidBenner-cy4zl]

Merry Christmas! George was only 53 when he died. Many speak of "Babe" as if he were still alive today, just in retirement. Respect. Rest in peace. Again, Merry Christmas

[@DianeJennings]

That’s very sweet! Festive returns!

[@DavidBenner-cy4zl]

@DianeJennings Everyone loved the "Babe." Dear old dad knew everything about him. My being born and raised outside the "States", mom and dad being involved in espionage, I personally only knew what dad told me.

[@CapnDan57]

Take Me Out to the BallGame....I Don't Care if I Never Get Back! Well, that was a Blast, Irish Girl!! A very fun video indeed. But I missed the flow of it, being too busy with the Premiere Chat....guess I'll just hafta watch again.

[@DianeJennings]

Oh nooooo 😅😅😅

[@paulsmith8510]

"Lynn Lynn the city of sin, you never come out the way you went in." Glad you survived!

[@DianeJennings]

I thrived! 😊

[@seancooney5814]

Such a fun video! Just goes to show how much skill it takes to make baseball look effortless. On a side note, I was just in Louisville Kentucky a few months ago and got a chance to hold one of Babe Ruth’s actual game used bats at the Louisville Slugger museum.

[@rickeycarey4556]

Thankful Thursdays Video is Here Whoo Hoo! Christmas Party On! Music On! Food On! Baseball On! Thanks for Premiere bringing lots of Happiness, Celebrations, Cheer, and Christmas Vibes. Sent a Gift Wednesday and Today to Bring some Extra Joy to Your Day. Only 6 days left till Christmas. Not much time left to do some last minute shopping for Gifts and Food. Iam sure Chewie would like some of His teddies in Christmas wrapping paper to Shred. Happy Thursday

[@DianeJennings]

I bought some wrapping paper for him today thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. I just checked in on PP thank you so much for your kind gifts 🎁 🥰

[@rickeycarey4556]

@@DianeJenningsCool, gives Chewie some entertainment. Enjoyed it very much. Your Welcome Always Here for You and Chewie Merry Christmas 🎁🥰

[@nkfd4688]

This looks like a good bit of fun ⚾😄

[@billsantospianomore678]

The Baby Ruth candy bar was named after Ruth Cleveland, the daughter of U.S. President Grover Cleveland.

[@user-sc2gz2mv5h]

Romeo is here. Well, thank god she didn't end up in the hospital 🙏👀 She had me worried there for a moment 😢😊😂😂😂 I think, these comments long enough for the algorithm❤❤ And don't worry, I did hit the smash button 😉 Until next time. Merry Christmas 🤶🎅🎄🎄✨️💘😁👋👋👋👋

[@jeanine6328]

I never knew the difference on the wood vs aluminum bats. I learned to play using a wooden bat. I only used aluminum at school or on a softball team, they wouldn’t let me use my wood bat. I actually prefer the wood bay…. Sadly, I broke it when I was teaching my niece to play. It started as my brothers bat when we were kids. When he moved out he left it behind when he moved out… could be because it was in my closet. 😉 so it lasted us around 25 years. I was sad when it broke. But I didn’t throw it away… so it’s been about 40 years. I’m going to give it to my niece because it’s one of her, as she calls them, core memories.

[@CapnDan57]

YahHoo! Another premiere! Will hafta watch at least twice, just to see the video without distraction! Clever one, that Editor is.

[@DianeJennings]

You're the best! Haha is she so smart!?

[@gnome53]

Bat girl/bat boy are the volunteer young people who stay in the foul territory (left and right of the playing area) and retrieve bats after a player makes a hit, and many of the foul balls (balls hit into foul territory). The Red Sox is the major league baseball (MLB) team from Boston. Happy (unofficial US) National Hard Candy Day!

[@Dunybrook]

What a fun video. I've heard softball is even harder than baseball when it comes to batting because they have even less time to react to the pitches due to the reduced distances. Both require such quick reflexes.

[@blindblow]

always entertaining.

[@Xsyfrx]

Excellent, love to see this. 🇺🇸 ⚾️

[@artao5]

With baseball hitting it's important to remember that even the best of the best of the best only get a hit around 30% of the time. Hitting a baseball well is very hard.

[@RanManRaider]

"Hey" from the Tampa Bay area of Florida, USA. Hope ya doing outstanding. Enjoy ya videos. It was good to see ya trying something ya had no experience. Such actions often lead to the rewards of enjoying life. Well done ! Have fun and be safe. :)

[@LeonardGoldsmith]

Looks like you had a grand time!😊😊Coach Kyle was a fountain of great info and very personable.😊😊Its a great game for all!!😊😊😊 (oh! Groovy new intro too!)

[@DianeJennings]

Yes he was great fun!

[@CoachKyle11]

She was my favorite lesson so far!

[@TyOneWorld66230-y]

Hit the ball. Throw the ball. Catch the ball. Run the bases. The four fundamental baseball skills. Plus, you have to learn the mental part of the game.

[@joannunemaker6332]

Just as long as you enjoy yourself, it's all good.😊❤

[@-RONNIE]

Thank you for the video

[@benjaminbrighton1614]

Lynn, Lynn, City of sin. 🤘🏻

[@LS1007]

That was a great video! You did great. Like everything, it takes lots of practice. I played Little League Baseball and played left field and wore number 14, the same number and position that Pete Rose played at the time. He was my favorite player growing up. In case you haven’t heard of him he is basesballs all time hit leader and recently passed away. He was banned from baseball for betting on games and was denied being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Coach Kyle was a good instructor. Take care! 🙏🏼

[@DianeJennings]

Very interestinggggg

[@CoachKyle11]

Thank you!

[@TR4200]

6:42 First-base, second-base, third-base, Home! Around the bases we shall roam!

[@mattheweudy2396]

6:38 these baseball mitts look different to the ones I remember in the eighties

[@michaelmcgourty9535]

Diane goes places and does stuff.

[@jimross7648]

Well, sometimes in life you've just got to go for it, and swing for the fences. Maybe you'll hit a home run or at least make in on base. Editor Diane seems to have some inside information on Diane's interaction with bases. Diane also indicated a familiarity with baseball bats for whacking both balls and people. Sometime on the same person at the same time. However, Diane's not going to face down a fastball. A fun video.

[@DianeJennings]

Haha very well put!! Thank you for the gift and all the new members Jim!

[@ctmdarkonestm]

Kyle's a good coach

[@CoachKyle11]

🙏🏻

[@jwolfe01234]

He said baseball goes back to the early 1900s, but it actually goes back to the mid 1800s. It was significantly different at first, and originally called Base Ball (two words), but mostly recognizable to a modern baseball fan. The rules to baseball had settled close to what we have today when the first professional team was formed in 1869. The first major league was formed in 1871. It was replaced by the National League in 1876, which is half of what we now know as Major League Baseball (MLB). The other half, the American League, was formed out of a minor league and it claimed major league status in 1901. The two leagues cooperated throughout the 20th century, but did not formally merge until the year 2000. There are quite a few professional and amateur teams and leagues across the country and around the world, but MLB is generally considered the highest level, certainly in the United States at least. And Canada, there is currently one Canadian team in MLB.

[@sterling557]

Baseball surged in popularity in the latter 1800's when the US switched down from a 6-day work week, to a 5 day, plus a half-day Saturday. The city Fathers didn't think it would be morally good to have everyone loafing about on the Saturday getting into trouble, so they encouraged men to go to the parks and play baseball.

[@hifijohn]

original name was townball.

[@mattheweudy2396]

4:58 🤣🤣🤣 he hears you Diane

[@kirbywilliamson2942]

I am so glad that at this time of the year I was able to catch your reaction during the premier . I have missed the first hour club recently , but not today ❗ Really enjoying your expanded and varied programming , keep it up our Irish Lass . Have a great Christmas , and all the best in the new year .

[@DianeJennings]

Thank you soooo much! It means a lot to meeeee 😊😊😊

[@chitownlivingston7007]

PS - great video D & ED. PPS - sports! D is now ready for Suzie Ray yoga! Too bad there's not a love button.

[@thatcat8442]

Great video!

[@richardmead5969]

as far as I know under hand with a softball is faster pitch than major league baseball pitchers by 10 mph, and closer by 30% in pitching mound

[@matthewwilliams-kg4hx]

Knew a girl that swung her bat as if it was an axe used to split wood, we could never break her of that and was always a given out.

[@Aeroxima]

Sometimes I forget or didn't fully realize or think about it, that a lot of people in Europe probably don't even think about the basics of baseball. A lot of terms and expressions (like the bases she mentioned) are baseball related. I'm not even into it myself, I guess I just kind of took it for granted that most people knew the game and its rules, we did it at school along with other things like soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis (maybe others). I think American football was more optional and only if you were on a team, but in gym we did a variety of sports.

[@gregmcmahon957]

Happy Friday!! I'm looking forward this video.Have a great weekend.

[@DianeJennings]

Thank you! You too!!

[@scottski51]

The Natural ! From Ireland !!

[@cjn585]

Great video

[@jeffersonbrown768]

Jennings put hip in to hahaha I cant believe in hitting the ball wow

[@stephent2114]

Diane goes to Fenway for a Red Sox game is a must

[@chipparmley]

agreed, but she hates crowds

[@TheOtherBill]

Maybe she can just go to a local high school game in whatever US small town she happens to be near during spring.

[@lanthanien]

How do I give this two thumbs up! Great video!

[@mikesilva3868]

Looks like fun😊

[@jeffhunt2778]

I don't care what anyone says, Baseball is the greatest sport in the world. If every country made it their national pastime wars would cease and we would all get along like kittens.

[@jeanine6328]

There’s one part of a baseball players body that tends to be the same across most if you look at major league ball players. I think it’s because of their workouts. You only see the similarity from behind. At least, that was my observation.

[@glennblackwell9679]

Happy Thursday to you Diane. My Father was a good pitcher in baseball. He held all the records at the high school he went to for years, and had offers to play at colleges. I always liked basketball myself. A game called horse is a fun basketball game to play with a group. You should do a reaction to Pete Maravich. He played in the 1960s and 1970s. He still holds the record for highest points per game in division one college with 44.2 points per game. Unfortunately he died pretty young from a heart defect, that they didn’t know he had until he died.

[@DianeJennings]

That’s very sad. What cool memories though!

[@glennblackwell9679]

@ Pete Maravich played before my time, but I research the history of a lot of things. I guess I’d say I’m a history buff.

[@blueboy4244]

he may still hold the record for the shortest shorts too

[@shaunellis3060]

St. Louis Cardinals were my home town team.

[@DennisMay-vf9vi]

Baseball is the best sport in the world

[@MrQuispx]

Bit of a Ty Cobb grip on that babe Ruth bat

[@jerryjoe88]

I wanted to see Diane sing the 7th inning stretch song. ♫take me out to the baaaall game ♪

[@williamowsley9771]

Baseball is probably the easiest game in the world to play and the hardest one to master.

[@rickeycarey4556]

Babe Ruth Memorabilia can go for some really good money. Babe Ruth most expensive autograph went for 800,000 dollars from 1933 signed baseball. There is a movie made about Babe Ruth playing baseball called The Babe(1992). some good baseball movies are bad news bears original and remake, the sandlot, mr baseball, a league of there own, angels in the outfield, mr. baseball, major league. I still have some baseball cards I collected as a kid. I would like to see You try some other sports too. Treat Yourself to some good sports concession stand foods like hotdogs, hamburgers, chicken fingers with BBQ sauce, pizza, nachos, fries, crisp chips, pretzels, cracker jacks, pop corn, ice cream, chocolates, candies, and Guinness.

[@mattheweudy2396]

13:25 wow😮 that DID look so much better😂