RTTS (Minors - Season 1) FUTURES GAME - Hapshoops32's Dynasty

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RTTS (Minors - Season 1) FUTURES GAME

Posted on March 13, 2011 at 10:52 PM.

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HAPPEL, U.S.A. WALK OFF WITH A DRAMATIC WIN

Phoenix, AZ (AP) - Talk about launching your career. That's just what Richmond right fielder Brian Happel did yesterday at the Futures All-Star game at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. In the bottom of the tenth, with the score tied at three, Happel put himself in the national spotlight, sending a 1-2 slider over the fence in right-center field, ending the Futures All-Star game in memorable fashion with a game-winning home run. "Unbelievable. I honestly don't know what to say," said Happel, who at this time last summer had just barely been drafted by the New York Mets out of Neshaminy High School in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHT OF HAPPEL'S WALK-OFF HOME RUN

Happel actually came into the game in the 7th inning as a pinch hitter. He had a chance to knock in a run and add to what was then a 3-1 lead. Instead, he weakly popped up. The World all-stars came back to tie the game, setting up the incredible finish, which was televised nationally by ESPN. "All I wanted to do was get on base, really, that's it. I figured the pitcher would try to come at me with something off speed, he made a mistake, and I'm just thankful I was able to capitalize on it. This is truly a day I'll never forget."

A close up view from behind just moments after Happel connected

Happel is already having a season that's hard to forget. He's hit 20 home runs, knocked in more than 80 runs, and was traded from a team dominating the Eastern League to a team near the bottom of the league. "The Kid" has already showed a flair for the dramatic. In his very first game with Richmond last week, he went 5-6 with a majestic home run, a game-tying 2 RBI double in the eighth, and he nearly hit a walk-off home run in the tenth, hitting the top of the fence. Yesterday's homer in the Futures game was the first walk-off of his short career.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS: The blimp's view of Happel's home run

Happel is already ranked as the top right fielder in AA ball. He's still pretty raw, especially in the field. But, his arm is getting only stronger, and Happel is certainly a force to reckon with at the dish. He's still having some trouble working the count, walking just 3 times and striking out nearly 50 times already this season. He likely won't stay in AA for very long. San Francisco Giants fans certainly have plenty to be excited about.

The pitcher's perspective as Happel crushes the ball, and the World's chances of winning

Comments

# 1 Ship3510 @ Mar 16

how do you get your videos on here and on youtube? also im glas the futures game is still an option in 2011

# 2 Hapshoops32 @ Mar 17

You basically have to save your highlight or highlights to the PS3, then I copy it from the PS3 to a flash drive, put that on my computer, and then upload to my youtube account. Once it's uploaded to youtube, you can click on the video, and there should be an option if you scroll underneath the video that says "embed" - click that, then copy the code that comes up in the window underneath... and you can paste that in forums, in dynasty/blog updates, wherever you want, and the embedded video will come up.