{"id":2596,"date":"2026-06-13T08:03:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2026-06-13T08:03:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:03:58","slug":"with-his-dad-a-former-red-sox-pitcher-at-his-side-jeff-plympton-jr-coaches-king-philip-to-first-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bostonrelocationinsider.com\/?p=2596","title":{"rendered":"With his dad, a former Red Sox pitcher, at his side, Jeff Plympton Jr. coaches King Philip to first title"},"content":{"rendered":"
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WORCESTER \u2014 As the final out of Friday\u2019s Division 2 championship game sailed into King Philip first baseman Thomas Lutfy\u2019s glove, Jeff Plympton Jr. started his celebration with an impassioned fist pump.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For the sixth-year head coach that celebration soon turned into hugs with each member of his coaching staff, including an extra-long embrace with his father, https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/plympje01.shtml, before the Warriors players reached their beloved head coach. As soon as they did, he hoisted junior Collin Hasenfus into the air in a moment of pure, shared joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first state title in program history, captured with a 4-1 win over Milton in the Division 2 title game at Polar Park, meant the world to the King Philip baseball community \u2014 a group that has come agonizingly close over the last few seasons, and to their coach, a 2011 alum.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cA lot of tradition, a lot of pride,\u201d Plympton Jr. said. \u201cSome great coaches in the past, great players, and we\u2019re doing it for everybody. We hope we made the tri-town happy and proud tonight.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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