# @stjoemustangs on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMqxSNzspqb
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/57401635-stjoemustangs-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/a86bedffac.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-28T22:30:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** St. Joseph Mustangs (@stjoemustangs) — https://gondola.cc/stjoemustangs

## Caption

Everything in life has seasons, and we can always tell when the last out occurs at Phil Welch Stadium and the stadium lights go dark. 

In a world full of Artifical Intelligence, there is something so authentic that can only be found at places like Phil Welch Stadium.

Darius’s smile can light up a room. His swing can light up the scoreboard. Any one of our outfielders at any game making a diving catch. Truman Bodenhausen adding another Glove Glove. Jaren Guck adding a new name to his strikeout list, aka the Gucket List. Our manager Johnny Coy scooping up his son in a giant hug after a Mustangs victory so they can watch a fireworks show together on the field.

You might jump into a conga line or start  doing the chicken dance, or the YMCA comes on the radio. There are certain songs that will just take you right back to a summer night at Phil Welch. Hopping into a golf card and remembering your trip into the stadium. When Sluggerr and Fredbird showed up to Phil Welch and threw a party on July 3, or when Miss Missouri Courtney Rowe and Mary Grace Rice lost by half a hot dog in their hot dog eating contest with Tyler Lupfer, when he wasn’t in his inflatable chicken costume.

All winter long, we dream of nights like these. Lines to the parkway to get inside the stadium and get your own Mustangs Hawaiian shirt. A full 360 of fireworks at the stadium on the 4th of July. A stranger that just so happens to sit next to you one game. That stranger turns to a friend, and next thing you know, they are like family. You notice a former Mustangs player shows up to a game, and then you realize it’s 5 years since they last played. Time never slows, the stories continue to grow.

Yogi Berra himself once played at Phil Welch Stadium. He is quoted as saying, “The game of baseball is never over until it’s over.” We’re nowhere close to being over here in St. Joseph. Until next time, Mustangs Nation.

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## Credits

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| St. Joseph Mustangs | @stjoemustangs | https://gondola.cc/stjoemustangs | Amateur Baseball Team |
| Aaron Hare | @aaronharephoto | https://gondola.cc/aaronharephoto | Photographer |

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