09/01/2026
The whole team showed up this weekend. Every single one of them. But two guys need their own moment. π€βΎ
Elliott "Snacks" Esparza π
Somebody get this kid more snacks. He earned them.
462 average. 1.231 OPS. Two doubles. A triple. 7 RBIs at the plate.
Then he went behind the dish and threw out FOUR runners trying to steal. Four. Hosed down. Gone. Don't even think about running on Snacks.
Then he took the mound and threw 3 clean innings β 1 hit, zero earned runs.
Oh and when he wasn't doing all of that? Outfield. Second base. Third base. Wherever the team needed him.
Snacks does it all. Every single bit of it. π€
Jaxon "Smiles" Ricker π€
Called on three times. All three times the game was on the line. All three times he delivered.
5.2 innings. 4 hits. 1 earned run. 5 strikeouts β all looking. As in nobody even swung.
25 batters faced across three high pressure appearances. And the moment that defined the whole weekend? Tying run on third. Winning run on second. Game on the line.
Strike. Three. Looking.
Game over. HWPO wins.
And for the first time all weekend β Smiles smiled. π
Turns out all it takes is a strikeout to win the game. Or a curveball so nasty it folds someone in half. Either one will do it apparently.
We'll take it. Both of them. π
That's not luck. That's ice. That's Smiles. π€