Bridgeton Invitational Tournament 2025 with Gary Fischer

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Bridgeton Invitational Tournament 2025 with Gary Fischer

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5 months ago

Bridgeton Invitational Tournament 2025 with Gary Fischer

Full EP page: https://www.bridgetonbeacon.com/bridgeton-invitational-tournament-2025/Play ball! Welcome to the 2025 Bridgeton Invitational Baseball Tournament, with Gary Fischer and Meg McCormick Hoerner. Transcript:Announcer (00:01)This week, the Bridgeton Invitational Tournament Spring Classic is in full swing at Alden Field in City Park. Played every year since 1967, this tournament is more than just a local tradition. We spoke with Gary Fischer the man who's kept this tournament going strong, to hear about its roots, its impact, and what it means to Bridgeton today.Meg & Gary (00:24)All right, welcome back to the Bridgeton Beacon. We are here with Gary Fischer at the 57th Bridgeton Invitational Baseball Tournament. And tonight is night one. We just finished our first game. Gary, how are things going so far? It's a good start. Game one went on time. So that's a good thing. Excellent. What's the lineup looking like for the week? Yeah. So tomorrow night we have ⁓ two more teams coming in. We have the Garden Seminoles from Vineland.And we have a new entry this year. The Jersey Bananas, they're out of Haddonfield. As far as the events go, Wednesday night starts off three nights in a row of different things. The Bridgeton Fire, Bridgeton Police started off. I believe that's also Dollar Dog Night, followed by Friday is the Philly Phanatic and that will be Philly Pretzel Night. Excellent. We just saw the DC Expos take care of Gildy's Raiders tonight.but both teams are coming back. it looks like you've got, everybody gets to play, what is it, twice? It's a double elimination event. All right, sounds good. Got some good concessions, we got some good baseball. We do. And we got some good weather. We're just, yes, we want to keep that weather going the whole week. Excellent. Now the question that everybody wants to know is any torpedo bats on the field? There is a few, yes.Yeah? Have you tried any out yet? You know what, my son got one, he'll be using his tomorrow night. All right, excellent. Feels good.Great. Well, thanks so much, Gary, for all that you and the entire committee do to keep this going. We appreciate it. And let's go play ball. Thank you.Announcer 1 (01:55)Here's what's coming up. Wednesday, May 21st at 6 p.m. The Battle of the Badges softball game. Bridgeton Police and Fire take on their Vineland counterparts. Friday, May 23rd at 6 p.m. A special appearance by the Philly Phanatic, the Phillies' iconic green mascot. Saturday, May 24th at 3.30 p.m. The Bridgeton Invitational Tournament Spring Classic Championship game. Please support local nonprofit media.You're listening to the Bridgeton Beacon podcast, shining a light on the people and stories that make our community special.Play ball! Welcome to the 2025 Bridgeton Invitational Baseball Tournament, with Gary Fischer and Meg McCormick Hoerner.