If you want to make it in girls softball in Brooklyn, you better know how to chant

By Sally Herships

Published June 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM EDT

At these softball playoffs for 11- and 12-year-old girls, you may hear singing. There's a chant for almost every moment in the game and all of them require full-on K-Pop, selfie energy.

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