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Gavin Piekos hit a home run and drove in three runs in Prairie Ridge baseball's win over Palatine, Ryan Koltz had a homer for Cary-Grove baseball in a win, Marian Central softball cruised to a nonconference, and more in Tuesday's roundup.

@blakecowellx Sounds like Brady Anderson

PCA in his age 23 season had… - Gold Glove season (probably deserved platinum) - 30/30 season - Started CF for the National League in the All-Star Game And some people really comparing him to Kevin Kiermaier/Billy Hamilton The cope is REAL

@ChiSoxFanMike @Meta4icall Sox have nothing to do with it. Merchandise is handled by MLB properties.

@Meta4icall They didn’t ask for his permission to use his name on the new City Connect jerseys. They didn’t give him compensation either. Seems like a big oversight on their part

The best player to ever put on your uniform is suing you two days before Opening Day. Only the White Sox.

@Porkchop__2007 @JomboyMedia @royalpratt He’s mentioned. Second black MVP behind Dick Allen as the first.

@JomboyMedia @royalpratt They are always shitty to Frank.

Frank Thomas is suing the Chicago White Sox, Nike and Fanatics for selling City Connect jerseys using his name without receiving his permission or compensating him for it, per @royalpratt

@jzux And yet we were cancelling kids because the sang rap lyrics on tik toks not to long ago.

“zohran’s wife tweeted bad stuff at age 15” ok have you seen what the president of the United States is currently tweeting at age 79

@low_and_outside @RobertStock6 He didn’t want that smoke and wanted Tatis to bat.

@RobertStock6 How does a walk help here, really? He should be thinking game-tying RBI and be ready to hit. He wasn't. Lots of games have been won by guys smacking a pitch like that past the infield. He didn't even try. ⚾️

If you watch this video and STILL believe Perdomo should have swung, you’re on drugs.

@joe4deadcat @RobertStock6 Exactly - these fools can’t even agree how many inches it was below the zone but the ump was wrong and we need ABS.

@RobertStock6 I’ve seen a half dozen tweets, each claiming the pitch was a different distance from the strike zone.

"This is why the WBC needs the ABS system."

Ok say it’s ball 4, why is everyone so convinced DR wins the game? Tatis just would have K’d. #WBC

@knights_hs_bb @PaulHembo @WaddleandSilvy You are wrong. The zone is established by the batters normal batting stance .

3.6 inches from edge of strike zone
1.25 feet off ground (front of plate)   There was not a single strikeout looking in MLB last season with both characteristics that extreme.

@LeBatardShow All I hear is crying… apparently it was a forwgone conclusion the next batter would have won the game.

Did the Dominican Republic get robbed in last night's game?

@PWaynorth @dirtydan1894 @lizaboth Competent ? The umpire score card had him at 97% accuracy , but ok .

@dirtydan1894 @lizaboth This is w the understanding that you have a competent ump The pitch we're all referencing was not close enough to be called a strike w a competent ump. It wasn't close enough, the ump just blew the call - all blame to the ump, zero to the batter

wtf does “protect the plate” even mean brother it was a ball

@BColon40 You tell me?

Is that a strike? Asking for a friend.

@JTCharles01 @joeybbennett @PaulHembo Wasn’t clearly a ball but OK. Guess we’ll assume where it’s caught is a strike , got it.

@UnitedGreys @joeybbennett @PaulHembo It was clearly a ball. Period. End of debate. We can argue semantics about takes vs not take. But it was still very clearly a ball.

@JTCharles01 @joeybbennett @PaulHembo Which has also been incorrect. Point being the BS that this ball almost hit the ground is wrong and was too close to take.

@joeybbennett @UnitedGreys @PaulHembo The strike zone on broadcasts represents where it crosses at the plate. Like this is common knowledge lmao

@joeybbennett @PaulHembo Strike 3 - Sit down , game over

@PaulHembo I would like to see the angle from the third-base dugout. Height can be deceiving from this view.

@jen_schro Caught in foul territory

@jen_schro Amazing play but is the batter out? I thought the rule was the ball had to go above the batters shoulders to be legally caught for an out? Maybe I’m making that up or don’t know the rule.

This is INSANE.