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blue23ll
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I have an appointment with a bottle of beer today....

Richvee
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Sunny and 70.. DH at 1230. Get there at 11:30. Parking lot's empty. Phone rings, assigner tells me team just called, can't field a team.     

th3
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ouch rich...had a decent level u16 dh at 930...a little long but a beautiful day on a nice field with a good partner...had 2 and then two innings of a 3rd before the rain yesterday..good to be out the

Majordave

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I'll see your four and raise you one! After four yesterday and two friday night plus two more Monday night Dave will be a hurting puppy.

Richvee

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Sunny and 70.. DH at 1230. Get there at 11:30. Parking lot's empty. Phone rings, assigner tells me team just called, can't field a team.  :hopmad:  :no:  :hopmad:

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th3

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ouch rich...had a decent level u16 dh at 930...a little long but a beautiful day on a nice field with a good partner...had 2 and then two innings of a 3rd before the rain yesterday..good to be out there

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ouch rich...had a decent level u16 dh at 930...a little long but a beautiful day on a nice field with a good partner...had 2 and then two innings of a 3rd before the rain yesterday..good to be out there

Nice.  I was supposed to have 16u today. Was looking forward to it. Weekdays have been nothing up here, now I miss out on a nice Sunday out on the field. 

grayhawk

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Sunny and 70.. DH at 1230. Get there at 11:30. Parking lot's empty. Phone rings, assigner tells me team just called, can't field a team. :hopmad::no::hopmad:

Full game fee I hope.

Richvee

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Sunny and 70.. DH at 1230. Get there at 11:30. Parking lot's empty. Phone rings, assigner tells me team just called, can't field a team. :hopmad::no::hopmad:

Full game fee I hope.

 

I'm not holding my breath. 

Tksjewelry

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Made a mistake on my first one today, turned my head on a bounce and took a bounced pitch off the throat. Ouch. Lessoned learned. Last two games were almost a joke, one of the teams was so much better than the other one that the team switch hit the whole second game and tried a ton of trick plays. It was a long day.

JasonPalo

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Games went good today, a little chilly, I wore my honigs black long sleeve shirt not impressed with it, my lips are windburned lol.

Thunderheads

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Games went good today, a little chilly, I wore my honigs black long sleeve shirt not impressed with it, my lips are windburned lol.

I love mine .......... wore it yesterday .............

Had a DH starting at 10 ....dish second game.......... Fall ball in these parts is pretty relaxed.  Nice opportunity to work on things .....

MadMax

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We're squeezing every drop out out of this melon here...

4 on last Saturday – 2 "15U" that were woeful, and 2 17U where actual baseball was played. 15U is in quotes because if there's a 15-year old on these rosters, he's never played baseball before. The closing game of the night found me behind the plate in MLB Black long sleeve (Honig's, @JasonPalo, so what aren't you liking about it?) and the last out at 9:58pm. Get to sleep around 11:45pm (drive, eat, clean up).

4 on last Sunday – all four were the last gasp of 17U travel ball "tuning" tournament. First pitch was to be 9am, and it's an hour drive to the field for me, so I was a bit foggy in da head at 8:50am. OBR (thank goodness!), but everybody (bats, umpires, etc) was a little sleepy. For the first inning of the first game, I found myself feeling like I was controlling an XBox version of myself with a low-battery controller – mashing on the buttons, but nothing happens. Kept my zone consistent, but didn't like it. The second game was _much_ better, and everything was snappier. By the middle of the fourth game, though, I was longing to go home. Inevitably, it got tied up in the bottom of the 7th, and we had to bust out the California rules to finish it.

Friday was a _disgusting_ day. Temperature dropped, and it rained and gusted all day. Earlier in my life, I _loved_ days like that. But now, because I have this thing called "foresight", which comes with being old(er), I was bemoaning the entire day, because it _could_ spell disaster for the weekend baseball games. But more impactful, I had a soccer game to play in. Oh, what a mess. Thank God I didn't get injured, but it was one of those games where my hamstrings actually filed a complaint. And, of course, I intercepted a crossing pass... With more of my face than my head.

So back to baseball, and 4 on Saturday – again, 2 15U and 2 17U. I am feeling incredibly sore and unresponsive, and the nightcap game has gotten to be so un-engaging that you can hear the monotonous droning of the lights' capacitors over the crowd.

3 on Sunday – the whole reason I wrote this post... 12U baseball for the first game, played on a FP softball field with _three_ pitching plates to choose from. Went surprisingly good and quick, with plays being made that I remarked to the applauding parents and coaches, weren't being made by 14 year olds the day before! (11 year olds can perfectly execute the wheel on a bunt attempt? Really?! Wow!) Then get in the car to go across town to the games I had been dreading... 13U. Back-to-back, with no partner (yet) assigned. Right before first pitch, though, help arrived. I did plate, but my zone, which had been geared to seeing 60+ mph and catchers who could actually catch, was suddenly bombarded with... 30 mph? Really? Did that ball really just bounce _twice_ on the way in?? Made for a really... Long... Day.

Fall Ball is almost over.

KenBAZ

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5 on Sat., 4 on Sun.. Sunday included a HS 1 man game to start things off. Did two more plates, ended up soaking wet and wrung out in the 100+ degree heat. Who said they were wearing long sleeves?

FleasOf1000Camels

FleasOf1000Camels

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Was set to do 16u tournament this weekend, but had to give it up because of a business conflict.

Out-of-town client that needed to meet with me on Saturday just called and needs to reschedule.

Called tournament director, he's already filled my slot.

 

I'm left with 2 choices for this weekend:

A.  Golf

B.  Honey-do list

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