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A GREAT RALLY IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 7TH INNING LIFTING OUR TEAM PAST THE BULLDOGS TONIGHT. CHAD KULIK PITCHED GREAT AGAIN, BUT DID NOT FIGURE IN THE DECISION. JOHN TERLECKI GOT THE WIN BY HOLDING THE BULLDOGS TO ONE RUN IN THE TOP OF THE SEVENTH TO EARN THE VICTORY. JOHN RECORDED A SAVE LAST NIGHT. WE MAY HAVE FOUND A CLOSER!
6-26-09 THE TEAM WENT OUT TO AN EARLY 3 TO 1 LEAD, BUT THE RENEGADES SHOWED SOME POWER BELTING A 3 RUN HOMER OFF RELEIVER JOHN TERLECKI, WHO ALSO WALKED IN TWO RUNS. CHAD KULICK OUR #1 STARTING PITCHER CAME IN AND MANNED UP TO STOP THE RENEGADES FROM DOING ANYMORE DAMAGE FOR TWO STRONG INNINGS. BRIAN SZCZUR CAME IN TO GET THE RENEGADES 1,2,3. IN THE LAST INNING IN HIS FIRST CHANCE OF THE YEAR ON THE HILL.
WE ALSO LEFT THE BASES LOADED AGAIN, AND WAY TO MANY MEN LEFT ON BASE.
KEVIN ERICKSON STARTED THE RALLY WITH AN RBI DOUBLE IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SEVENTH, KNOCKING IN MIKE SPROWL WHO PINCH RAN FOR WAYNE DENEEN.
AFTER WALKS TO PAUL DESTEFANO AND BEN PEARCE, ALEX BUCCILLI CAME UP WITH A BIG GAME WINNING SINGLE UP THE MIDDLE SCORING ERICKSON AND PINCH RUNNER TY HOLDERBAUM FOR THE VICTORY. GO TEAM WE ARE ON OUR WAY!
6-25-09
VENDICTIVE UMPIRING TONIGHT BY WAYNE BLUE KILLED OUR TEAM. LOOK OUT FOR MORE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS GUY, HE REALLY SHOULD NOT BE AN UMPIRE! HE REALLY NEEDS TO APOLIGIZE TO OUR TEAM FOR HOW HE HANDLED TONIGHT'S GAME. BLOWING 5 CALLS AND SHOUTING AT OUR MANAGER. WHOA WHAT A TOOL!
6-29-09 WAYNE DENEEN WAS 2 FOR 4 WITH A HOMERUN AND 3 RBI'S, PAUL DESTEFANO WAS ALSO 2 FOR 4 WITH A SOLO HOME RUN AS JOEY HRIBAR AND NATE ANTONE PUT TOGETHER A STRONG PITCHING PRFORMANCE TO BEAT 1ST PLACE MARTELLA'S. HRIBAR IS 2 AND 0 SINCE JOINING THE TEAM. NATE ANTONE STRUCK OUT 4 IN RELIEF TO EARN THE SAVE!
6-30-09 AN UNTOUCHED MISS PLAYED BALL THAT TOOK AN UNEXPECTED HOP IN RIGHT FIELD THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A SINGLE, ROLLED ALL THE WAY TO THE FENCE TO ALLOW THE HITTER TO ROUND THE BASES, WAS ALL THAT MARTELLA'S NEEDED TONIGHT TO DOWN THE CREAMERY.
WE WERE NO HIT, WHICH WAS A BIG SURPRISE SINCE WE POUNDED THE BALL LAST NIGHT. WE WERE ALSO WITHOUT WAYNE DENEEN FOR THE NIGHT. WERE PLAYING .500 BALL RIGHT NOW, AND REALLY LOOK LIKE A TEAM! CHAD KULICK PITCHED ANOTHER GEM ALLOWING ONLY 4 HITS. WE JUST CAN'T GET HIM ANOTHER WIN.
7-1-09
WE GOT RAINED OUT TONIGHT AT THE POINT. UNFORTUNATELY, MANAGER CHUCK ERICKSON HAD TO SUSPEND DAVE BROWN FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON FOR ACTIONS DETRIMENTAL TO THE TEAM. BROWN WAS ALSO TOSSED FROM A GAME EARLIER THIS YEAR FOR SWEARING AND HAD TO SIT OUT A ONE GAME SUSPENSION. JOEL ACKERMAN WHO HAS PLAYED FIRST AND THIRD THIS SEASON AND SEEN SOME ACTION EARLIER THIS YEAR AT SECOND IS EXPECTED TO DO HANDLE THE POSITION. BEN PEARCE WHO IS CURRENTLY INJURED WILL ALSO SEE TIME THERE WHEN HE RETURNS. THE TEAM OPENS A CRUCIAL SERIES TOMORROW NIGHT AGAINST PRINCIPAL DEVELOPEMENT, WITH THE LEAGUE LEADER IN STRIKEOUTS NICK BRUGH ON THE HILL. SHOULD BE A GREAT SERIES!
7-7-09 CHAD KULIK JUST KEEPS ON GIVING THE TEAM GREAT PITCHING PERFORMANCES, BUT AGAIN HE DID NOT FIGURE IN THE GAME DECISION AS IT ENDED BECAUSE OF THE 12PM CURFEW AT THE POINT STADIUM IN A 5 TO 5 EXTRA INNING TIE. THE SUSPENDED GAME WILL BE COMPLETED JULY 21.
7-8-09 IT'S EXTREMELY HARD SOMETIMES AS A MANAGER TO EXPRESS YOUR FEELINGS TO YOUR PLAYERS, BUT TONIGHT I HAVE TO SAY THAT OUT OF THE 10 STARTERS ONLY 5 ACTUALLY CAME TO PLAY BALL, AND WITH ONLY 50% OF OUR TEAM READY, WE WERE ONLY 3 RUNS DOWN IN THE LAST INNING, GIVING UP 5 IN THE 7TH INNING. YOU GUYS JUST DON'T REALLY GET HOW CLOSE YOU ARE TO BEING AN EXCEPTIONAL TEAM. YOUR NOT OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS, YOUR NOT A BUNCH OF UNTALENTED PLAYERS, YOU ALL JUST REALLY NEED TO COME TO THE BALL PARK READY TO PLAY. BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS ON THE FIELD, STOP COACHING, START LISTENING, AND ABOVE ALL, STOP UMPIRING! TWO MORE NOTES:
BRETT DALY, I'M GLAD YOUR BACK PLAYING AFTER YOUR INJURY, YOUR TEAMMATES WHO PLAY THE FIELD WITH YOU SHOULD RALLY AROUND YOUR ENTHUSIASM AND OUR PITCHERS, MAKE A RUN AT THE PLAYOFFS, AND TAKE OUR TEAM TO THE NEXT LEVEL!
NATE ANTONE WENT TWO FOR THREE WITH A HOMER AND SIX RBI'S, AFTER A STRONG PITCHING JOB THE NIGHT BEFORE. YOU CAN DEFINATELY HIT, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE A PITCHER, PICK UP THE HUSSLE ON THE BASES AND YOU COULD GET SOMEWHERE IN THIS GAME. TURN ME INTO A BELIEVER!
7-9-09 WE GOT KILLED TONIGHT BY DELWELD. INJURIES AND SORE ARMS CAUGHT UP TO US, WE WERE JUST PLAIN OUT OF PITCHERS AS WE THREW EVERYBODY WHO SAID THEY WOULD TRY! THINGS WILL IMPROVE STARTING WITH TOMMOROWS GAME AS SZCZUR WILL TAKE THE BALL WITH HIS FRESH ARM FOR HIS FIRST START OF THE SEASON. ONE BRIGHT SPOT, JOEL ACKERMAN HIT HIS FIRST HOMERUN OF THE SEASON, SO CONGRATS GO TO HIM!
7-10-09 AS PREDICTED, BRYAN SZCZUR PITCHED VEERY WELL AGAINST DELWELD TODAY. AFTER GIVING UP 2 RUNS IN THE FIRST, HE PITCHED STRONG THE REST OF THE WAY. UNFORTUNATELY OUR OFFENSE HIT EVERYTHING RIGHT AT SOMEONE AND WAS UNABLE TO PRODUCE ANY RUNS TO SUPPORT THE GOOD PITCHING PERFORMANCE.
7-11-09 WILLIE NELSON GAVE THE TEAM A GOOD OUTING IN HIS FIRST START IN OVER 2 WEEKS AND THE REST OF THE TEAM PLAYED WELL TOGETHER, BUT CAME UP SHORT ON ONLY 3 HITS.
WEE WILLIE KEELER WHO WON THE MAJOR LEAGUE BATTING TITLE IN 1897 BATTING .424 WITH 239 HITS WHEN ASKED HOW HE ACCOMPLISHED IT SAID "KEEP YOUR EYE CLEAR AND HIT 'EM WHERE THEY AIN'T". OUR GUYS ARE HITTING THE BALL, BUT NOT IN THE RIGHT PLACES. PICK A TARGET WHEN YOU GO UP TO THE PLATE AND IF YOU GET THE RIGHT PITCH, HIT IT WHERE THEY AINT! NICE JOB TODAY, THE LAST CALL ON THE DOUBLE PLAY BY THE BASE UMP WAS NOT RIGHT, ANTONE WAS HUSTLING, AND APPEARED SAFE! I THINK WE WERE ROBBED OF ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY. SOMETIMES IT ONLY TAKES ONE MORE SWING TO KEEP A RALLY ALIVE, AND I THINK CRAIG KNUPP, THE UMPIRE ON THE BASES TOOK THAT CHANCE AWAY.
7-13-09 CHAD KULIK LEAD THE WAY WITH SEVEN STRIKOUTS AS OUR TEAM CRUISED BY THE BULLDOGS TONIGHT. IT FELT GREAT TO GET HIM THE WIN, HE HAS PITCHED OUTSTANDING THIS YEAR! THE TEAM HIT THE BALL WELL AND PLAYED SOLID DEFENSE TO GET THE VICTORY. WELL DONE!
-14-09 - TONIGHTS LOSS CAN BE PLACED ON MY SHOULDERS AS MANAGER. I ARRIVED EXTREMELY LATE FROM WORK, AND WAS NOT READY FOR THE START OF THE GAME. HELL, I WAS STILL DOING THE LINEUP WHEN THE UMPIRES TOOK THE FIELD. I HOPE OUR PLAYERS UNDERSTAND, THAT COACHING AAABA BASEBALL IS NOT A PAID POSITION, AS A MANAGER I STILL NEED TO FEED MY FAMILY. THAT MEANS THAT ONCE IN A GREAT WHILE, I NEED THEM TO PICK ME UP TOO. AMETUER BASEBALL IS ALL ABOUT TRUST AND CREDIBILITY. LET'S GET EM TOMORROW NIGHT!
7-15-09 I ACTUALLY CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TONIGHT WITH UMPIRE CRAIG KNUPP. IT'S THE SECOND TIME IN AS MANY GAMES HE HAS UMPIRED FOR US THAT WE HAVE HAD TROUBLE WITH HIM. ONE OF MY PLAYERS BROKE HIS FINGER SLIDING INTO SECOND. HE WAS OUT AND WHEN HE WAS WALKING OFF THE FIELD HOLDING HIS BROKEN FINGER AT HIS WASTE, KNUPP TOLD HIM TO GET THE HELL OFF THE FIELD! THIS UMPIRE IS AS ARROGANT AS ANY UMPIRE I HAVE EVER COME IN CONTACT WITH. HE EVEN BLEW A CALL IN THE LAST INNING, AND HE DID NOT EVEN ALLOW ME TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT, COWERING AWAY TOWARD IS HIDING PLACE IN RIGHT FIELD. HE NEEDS TO LEARN TO GIVE SOME RESPECT TO THE MANAGERS IN THIS LEAGUE, STOP HIDING BEHIND HIS LOUD MOUTH AND CONCENTRATE ON BEING A GOOD UMPIRE. GOOD JOB TONIGHT TEAM EVEN THOUGH YOU LOST, THE EFFORT WAS THERE. JOEY HRIBAR, YOU KEEP ON PITCHING LIKE TONIGHT AND NEXT YEAR YOU WILL BE AN ACE! TY HOLDERBAUM. TOUGH BREAK (NO PUN INTENDED) WITH YOUR FINGER . YOU WILL BE MISSED THE REST OF THE YEAR.
7-21-09 ANOTHER GAME WE WERE IN LEFT THE BASES LOADED TWICE, AND STILL HAD A CHANCE IN THE SEVENTH. JUSTIN COLAMARINO HAD HIS BEST HIT OF THE YEAR TAKING AND OUTSIDE PITCH DOWN THE RIGHT FIELD LINE, THROWING HIS BAT AT THE BALL. GREAT PIECE OF HITTING! NEXT BATTER, JOEL ACKERMAN LINES A SHOT BACK AT THE PITCHER, I DON'T KNOW HOW HE CAUGHT IT, BUT HE DID, JUSTIN WAS CAUGHT OFF SECOND FOR THE DOUBLE PLAY TO END THE GAME. GOOD JOB AGAIN BY BRYAN SZCZUR PITCHING 5 INNINGS WITH NO EARNED RUNS!
7-23-09 THE TEAM SHOWED SOME REAL CHARACTER TONIGHT HANGING IN THERE WITH A TEAM FIGHTING TO WIN THE LEAGUE. GOOD JOB TONIGHT BY ALL. FOR A FIRST YEAR SQUAD, THE GUYS WHO WANTED TO PLAY SHOWED UP TILL THE END OF YEAR AND REALLY SHOWED SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE LAST 10 GAMES, PLAYING WITHOUT A COUPLE OF HOT SHOTS WHO WERE AFRAID TO GET HURT. YOU GUYS WHO SHOWED UP HAVE MY GRATITUDE, ESPECIALLY MY 20 YEAR OLDS, I HATE TO SEE YOU GO! TO THOSE OF YOU WHO GAVE UP, DON'T EXPECT TO BE PLAYING AAABA BALL NEXT YEAR. AT LEAST NOT IN JOHNSTOWN.
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