Monthly Archives: April 2016

Season Opener…

The AAA Rockies had their season opener last evening.  It started out not too badly, but the wheels fell off in the 5th inning.  The diamond was in nearly perfect condition for the weekend and for some reason, the City … Continue reading

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Rain, rain go away…

This past weekend was the Tournament Jamboree for the Babe Ruth Calgary 2016 season. In the days leading up to the weekend, the weather forecast changed every hour it seemed. On Friday night, it was calling for rain all day … Continue reading

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Play Ball !!!

Last night we had a scrimmage game between the AAA Rockies and the AA Rockies.  The AAA’s had to borrow a catcher from the AA team as we didn’t have any catchers there, but otherwise, AAA vs. AA. We saw … Continue reading

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We are playing baseball, stop raining…

We are supposed to open our baseball season this weekend with the Jamboree Tournament, each clubs plays three games.  That is great, it is a nice tune-up for the season to be sure.  One problem, by the looks of it … Continue reading

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Four years already…

Today marks four years since I arrived in Calgary, well, 4 years ago today was my first full day in the city.  The trip from Ontario was an interesting one.  Four days across country, I drove through Ontario as opposed … Continue reading

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Let’s play ball

This is the final week of pre-season practices before the opening Jamboree Tournament next weekend. We have two practices this week, Tuesday and Thursday.  I think both teams are just about there, there are tweaks of course but in general, … Continue reading

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It is almost time for the first pitch…

The AA and AAA teams have now been split up for the 2016 Rockies.  We have two weeks until the Jamboree Tournament (3 games,2 hour time limit) and then the regular season starts up.  I am looking forward to getting … Continue reading

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Indoor training wrap-up…

Our indoor workouts are just about done for the Spring.  The weather is nice enough now to get outside, unfortunately, the parks are not yet open.  We had a batting cage session last night at the Coyote Den. Saturday, we … Continue reading

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I have a blog? Better update it…

Well, I guess I have not had the blogging bug the last few months.  I suppose that is OK, it is my blog after all. For those of you wondering what has been going on, well, here it is. We … Continue reading

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