Riptide Baseball Club

Baseball is the ultimate team sport. It’s never about just one guy. It’s about a whole team. But sometimes a player just has that special moment that lifts a team. Out of the many great moments of our Cooperstown trip, 3 stick out heads and tails above the rest.

1. Big Ben comes on to close game 2 and throws a scoreless inning, leaning heavily on his newly developed Michael Jackson pitch. Ben goes on to start game 3 and throw three innings giving up 1 unearned run to start the game.

2. In a bracket game, Cruz came to the plate with bases loaded and we were trailing by 2 with 2 out. He launched a 3-2 fastball over the wall giving LC a 4-2 lead.

3. Game 5 ended with Derek on the mound to close out the game. Derek gave up zero runs and struck out the last batter of the game. First to greet him on the mound was Gerard, our team captain for the week. Due to injury Gerard was not able to play but came to Cooperstown and led the team with his cheering, pep talks, and helped the coaching staff.

Congratulations to the The LC Riptide Yard Crew! A total of 6 homers hit by 5 stellar young men at Dreams Park Baseball in Cooperstown. (Ruxin, Landon, Evan(2), Vihaan, and Cruz)

Ruxin got us started with a 2-Run homer on missile to left field on a 2-2 count in the first inning of Game 1 in his first AB of the tournament giving LC a 7-1 lead early.

Landon had a big game in Game 2 with 2 doubles, 3 RBI, and a 2-Run opposite field blast to right.

Evan came to the plate in the first inning of Game 4 and hit a hit a 2-run nuke to dead center to give the Riptide a commanding 7-0 lead.

After being close on two doubles to right during the tournament, Vihaan had his big moment in the top of the 4th of Game 4 when he hit a towering moon shot that landed on top of the wall and bounced over for a solo shot.

In Game 5 vs Evanston, our very own Evan hit his second HR of the tournament by launching an oppo taco over the right field wall for a solo homer.

All homers are memorable, but some are instant classics. Down 0-2 in bracket play, Cruz stepped to the plate with the 2 outs and the bases loaded. He battled to a 3-2 count. On the next pitch he sent a now doubt laser over the fence to left center for a Grand Slam and put the Riptide out front 4-2. There was not a dry eye in the parent’s viewing area.

The Ripfam showed up and showed out in Cooperstown. Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, sibs, moms, and dads all rallied to Dreams Park Baseball to support the boys. What a great week!

When your team heads to Cooperstown, sign up for the free Baseballism experience and get a tour, the history, of the brand, a free pin, and some do some of your own pin trading.

They don’t know how special this time is yet, how special they are to each other, or how much closer they will grow over the next few years. But, as time passes and they reflect on their Riptide time, it will standout as some of the best times of their lives. Let it Rip.