Monthly Archives: May 2015

Very quick game…

Today, my AAA Rockies played the AAA Giants.  It was an early start, 10am at Optimist so we were there shortly after 8am. The game started a few minutes late, we were waiting on the umpires for some reason. My … Continue reading

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That’s a good start…

They did it last night, finally.  I took a new approach to pitching and threw 7 different pitchers over 7 innings.  This also included two boys making their pitching débuts.  All seven of them threw very well, we only game … Continue reading

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The Baseball Saga Continues…

I have a AA game tonight.  It is against the Indians, again.  We have three games in a row against them.  At our last meeting, we were destroyed, there really isn’t another word for it.  The final, as I know … Continue reading

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Well, that didn’t work…

We had a great practice on Monday evening.  Did a lot of infield and outfield work, catcher work as well.  The boys were working hard and doing a good job. So I was optimistic for last evenings game.  We had … Continue reading

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Start of the ball season (round 2)

Had a very good baseball practice last night.  Most of the team was out, which was a good thing.  I had two players missing because they were at the final try-out for the travel team.  I could have been a … Continue reading

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Healing – Personal and Baseball

It has been just over a week since I had to make the hardest decision of my life and put Zeus down.  It was a bit of a hard week, for both myself and Blondie. Blondie still isn’t eating quite … Continue reading

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First umpiring gig of the season

I have returned to umpiring this summer, albeit in a very part time basis. With coaching two teams (well, coaching one, managing one), I have very little spare time. On the days that I do have off, I don’t want … Continue reading

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And, it got worse…

I am sort of at a loss. My AA team last night took a huge step back.  I can’t really describe it in any other way. We started out well.  We battled in the first inning and gave up on … Continue reading

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A step forward, a couple back

My AA club played last night against the Dodgers.  Great night for baseball, temperature was in the low 20’s and stayed there for most of the game. We played a great 4 innings.  Unfortunately, we play 7 inning ball games. … Continue reading

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Starting to get there

Last evening, my AA team had batting practice in one end of town and then when that ended, the AAA team played in the other end of town. So, I started the night at batting practice.  I didn’t have to … Continue reading

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