Category Archives: Baseball

Anything relating to baseball, umpiring or the lovely politics of minor baseball – both in Ontario and now in Alberta.

The off season…

Posted on July 21, 2016 by kdarcy21

It is now officially the “off season”.  It is weird, it is only the middle of July and baseball has wrapped up.  Now, had we made the playoffs and gone deep, we could be playing until the end of the … Continue reading →

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AA’s wrapped up…

Posted on July 20, 2016 by kdarcy21

The AA Rockies made the playoffs this year, they lost their first game in a rain shortened affair on Sunday by a score of 5-3.  Last night, a rare double header was scheduled so the pressure was on to win … Continue reading →

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End of our season…

Posted on July 15, 2016 by kdarcy21

I last blogged that the AAA season came down to one game versus the Dodgers, that was on July 3, nearly 2 weeks ago.  In that time span, we’ve been rained out a total of 4 times.  We played a … Continue reading →

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Baseball and Canada Day

Posted on June 28, 2016 by kdarcy21

The weather this past weekend did not cooperate for baseball.  It rained Friday night and into Saturday morning and the park was closed.  Our (meaning the AAA Rockies) last game against the Dodgers was rained out, postponed.  This game, when … Continue reading →

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Great night of ball…

Posted on June 23, 2016 by kdarcy21

Last night the AAA Rockies played the AAA Dodgers in a game with playoff implications for the Rockies.  Essentially, lose and we finish in 5th place and we’d be out of the playoffs.  There was a faint hope that if … Continue reading →

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Hopefully getting back on track…

Posted on June 14, 2016 by kdarcy21

This past weekend, the AAA Rockies played a pair of games and, unfortunately, dropped them both.  In the first, we held a 6-2 lead against the Dodgers and were unable to stop their comeback, losing 7-6.  The second game saw … Continue reading →

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The ups and downs of baseball…

Posted on June 2, 2016 by kdarcy21

The ups and downs of baseball.  Last night the AAA’s played the Angels, we didn’t start out too well, a few errors and our hitters were hitting right to them.  We gave them a 10-0 lead in the fifth inning … Continue reading →

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Baseball, or football?

Posted on June 1, 2016 by kdarcy21

I was coaching at the AA Rockies game last evening, the Manager is out of province.  It was an interesting game.  We won, the final score was 22-12. So, as you might have guessed, it was NOT a defensive gem. … Continue reading →

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A good weekend of baseball…

Posted on May 30, 2016 by kdarcy21

My AAA Rockies baseball team played Saturday and Sunday this past weekend and picked up two wins. On Saturday, we made up for a pounding that we took in the first game of the season and defeated the Indians 7-5. … Continue reading →

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My week off…

Posted on May 27, 2016 by kdarcy21

I have been on vacation this week.  It is a staycation, but that is fine with me, I needed some downtime.  I didn’t pick the best week, weather wise.  The May 24 long weekend was miserable, rain, rain, more rain … Continue reading →

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