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Every now and then an athlete will give an all-time inspiring pre-game speech that captures the internet’s attention. Rarely is that athlete getting ready to play in a little league baseball game.
That all changed this week when Major League Baseball re-posted a video of a young man named Ro on X (formerly Twitter) with the caption, “This little leaguer gives the speech of a lifetime.”
Viewers of the video were obviously impressed as it has garnered over 200,000 views on the MLB X account, another 2.1 million-plus on TikTok, and received over 24,00 likes on Instagram.
“Alright, listen up! Listen up!” Ro begins his inspirational pre-game speech. “It all starts tonight! We must win! One inning at a time, one game at a time, all the way to the championship! And when we become champions, we become the Rolex-wearing, diamond-ring blaring, kiss-stealing, WOOOO, wheeling-dealing, limousine-riding, jet-flying son of a gun!
“Now I’m having a hard time keeping these alligators down. WOOOO!” Ro finished up.
@roknowswrestling • Win • #gametime #1stgame #baseball #eyesontheprize #championship #ricflair #natureboy #woooo #roknows #letsgo ♬ original sound – Ro
Ro obviously got his inspiration for his little league pre-game speech from “the dirtiest player in the game,” Ric Flair.
If he looks familiar to some of you, that’s probably because you saw him go viral last May with his epic promo after getting off the bus at home on the last day of school.
@roknowswrestling • School’s Out • #lastday #1stgrade #done #bus #elementaryschool #summer #stonecold #wwe #wrestling #letsgo ♬ original sound – Ro
That TikTok video got over 4.4 million views.
Ro has also had run-ins with Sylvester Stallone and threw down an epic Rocky speech in his presence.
@roknowswrestling • Keep Punching • #rocky #rockystatue #sly #roknows ♬ original sound – Ro
That one has been watched over 15 million times.
Ro is also apparently buddies with none other than Hulk Hogan, who he has also impressed with his motivational stylings on more than one occasion.