Michael Lorenzen is Phillies’ Little League Classic ambassador
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WASHINGTON — Michael Lorenzen solely has good reminiscences of Little League from rising up in Southern California, and never solely from his taking part in days.
As the youngest of 4 baseball-playing brothers whose ages spanned 10 years, Lorenzen was at East Anaheim Little League so much. Decades later, the 31-year-old Phillies right-hander cherishes reminiscences of all of it.
“Great memories of playing games like Over-the-Line during [my brothers’] games and watching my dad coach them,” Lorenzen stated. “I grew up on all their games, playing on the same fields, and it was a ton of fun.”
Lorenzen is revisiting these reminiscences this weekend as Philadelphia’s ambassador on the 2023 Little League Classic. The sixth annual occasion will characteristic the Phillies and the Nationals within the finale of the three-game sequence the groups started within the nation’s capital on Friday, with first pitch set for 7 p.m. ET on Sunday at Historic Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pa.
In their roles as Classic ambassadors, Lorenzen and Nationals first baseman Dominic Smith will take over MLB’s social channels upon arrival in Williamsport on Sunday, that includes a Q&A and interview by a Little Leaguer. Lorenzen and Smith may also be mic’d up on the Little League advanced, the place they are going to play video games at “The Grove” with their younger counterparts.
For Lorenzen, who’s recent off his thrilling Aug. 9 no-hitter towards the Nationals, the position was simple to simply accept.
“I always wanted to play in the Little League World Series,” Lorenzen stated. “It’ll be fun to see the excitement of the kids, and they’re living a dream that I never got to live out. So it’s kind of cool to see.”
Phillies supervisor Rob Thomson echoed Lorenzen’s sentiment; he, too, remembers longing to play within the LLWS as a boy. But Thomson, who grew up in Ontario within the Nineteen Sixties, stated groups from his area in Canada couldn’t qualify for the match again then.
“I’m looking forward to it,” Thomson stated. “I watched it every year and dreamed of playing in the tournament, so I’m kind of excited about it.”
The Phillies have been part of the second Classic in 2018, Thomson’s first 12 months because the crew’s bench coach. Lorenzen, who has additionally performed for the Reds, the Angels and the Tigers since ‘18, has never participated in the Classic. He’s ready to relish his first expertise within the one-of-a-kind occasion.
“I’m just looking to have fun with it,” Lorenzen stated.
