 I don't care how many fucking homeruns he hit in the major leagues. It is dead! Deep Dill. Any threat to him, he's afraid of. And I feel as if he thinks that we can actually kick his ass and he doesn't want to lose to supposedly no-ball player teams like me at all. Are you kidding me? We got to get Trevor. Get in there, we got to get Trevor, Trevor. I think we've done a really good job. We've had some big homeruns, some high drama, some comebacks. You know, pool play was interesting because we didn't know how much seating would really matter going into a single elimination tournament. Hey everybody and welcome. That is Pete Moylan. I am Chris Rose. This is Joe McFly from In Strive Strong. And yeah, somebody's just two wins away from getting their hands on this nice, shiny little trophy. We're very calm and excited. You know, we want to say nice and poise. We're excited for the challenge today. We've got Lovias taken on Shea Station as far as Lovias goes. We know that they're former high school baseball teammates in Nicky Cass and Dalton Feely. And I think that Nicky Cass, after struggling a little bit early in the tournament, has got his swag bang. We're going to worry about this game. All right. So it's a five pitch walk to start off the top of the second for Lovias. All right. So 10 straight balls to start this inning by Jolly Olo. Control is an issue. They're going to max out at five. If you keep them at three, if you come and get the house. I think it's a one run single. It is now three nothing Lovias. And they're into the championship. Another defensive gym. It's not a rivalry at all. Would you meet Nicky? Oh, no. We know we're the best team here. One banner going up today. Another banner going up whenever the next time we play this damn tournament. So let's scoot back a little bit. And then right there, Joe's on that spot. Ever since we won the championship last year, a lot of things changed for me in my life. The camera just goes across everyone's faces like an all-star game. We got to go. We got to get this repeat here. And the sky's the limit for Forgotten Rotten. As long as I show up, we should walk right through the championship and win it. Let's focus on the semifinal matchup. Winner is going to take on Lovias. Let's talk about the reigning champion, Forgotten Rotten. Trevor Plouf has certainly been in the MVP discussion. Off the ceiling, and that falls for a single. So mark that one down. I got three big league homers. Got me. That was a good pitch. And he gets it. I want Forgotten Rotten. I want Trev. I called you up, and I was like, I want Forgotten Rotten. How do you feel now? You know, Nicky, Nicky Cass, you know who he is? The TikToker or whatever. He sent me a video of him practicing. He's like, oh, you're at home. And here I am practicing. I'm grinding. He said, I've been doing this my entire life. You went out to the park on a Saturday afternoon and threw some glitz balls around. I've devoted my life to this game. Yeah, he played in the big leagues, but that's all he talks about is the past. And I'm going to hopefully humble the fuck out of Trevor, because I want to send a message. We welcome you to the championship match. It is a blitzball fans' dream. You've got the defending champion, Forgotten Rotten, taking on Nicky Cass and Dalton Bailey of love years. I've been doing this my entire life. This is the best I've felt about winning something you haven't. Trevor and Nicky have had a rivalry for him. Fuck you, Nicky Cass. And now it's finishing up on this field. Holy smoke. Wait. Wait a second. What was that?