A humbling game to say the least
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
The third day of the week opened with the photo sessions. We made the long walk over to First Data Field where the big team plays their home spring training games. Team photos were first and then each player took a photo with the entire group of coaches.
From there we made our way over to field 2 for our matchup with the '86ers, coached by Barry Lyons and Ed Hearn. Our bats were in good shape but we kept giving the lead away. After leading 9-3 after three innings we scored but once more and dropped the contest by a score of 18-10. I finally got my first hit of camp in my plate appearance. But in my first at bat I hit a blooper over the head of the shortstop, a young man who is I believe the youngest camper here at age 30 (I own ties older than that) who made an Ozzie Smith-like play to foil the at bat and keep me from getting an rbi. He also doubled the runner on second base off to complete the double play. But the two hits later in the game and the two ribeye steaks, as Keith Hernandez would say, felt good to come through with.
Game two on the day pitted us against the Spin Rates, coached by Buzz Capra and Chad Kreuter. This was even more of a see-saw affair. We jumped out to a 5-2 lead after one frame. Trailed 7-5 after two. Led 11-10 after three. Trailed 13-12 after four. And then the well ran dry as we fell 17-12. There were plays in this game that will be talked about for a long time. Many of them faux pas by us on defense, yours truly included. It's like there's a curse on some of our gloves/hands and we're gonna need to sacrifice a live rooster or find Jobu to take the hex away.
The evening ended with the bull session in the tent at the complex. I did not actually attend the session as I was invited by some very good friends to dinner here in PSL. But I will be looking to hear of some of the tales that were told at the event. The team actually met in the hotel bar to have a little time to let each other know that we just need to relax and play within ourselves and that we can win some games starting with tomorrow's pair.
Tomorrow we get back to it with our first game at 9:30 am, and game two at 2:00 pm. As Yogi Berra once said, "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win". THAT'S what we're trying to avoid. Tune in tomorrow to see what happened.
The third day of the week opened with the photo sessions. We made the long walk over to First Data Field where the big team plays their home spring training games. Team photos were first and then each player took a photo with the entire group of coaches.
From there we made our way over to field 2 for our matchup with the '86ers, coached by Barry Lyons and Ed Hearn. Our bats were in good shape but we kept giving the lead away. After leading 9-3 after three innings we scored but once more and dropped the contest by a score of 18-10. I finally got my first hit of camp in my plate appearance. But in my first at bat I hit a blooper over the head of the shortstop, a young man who is I believe the youngest camper here at age 30 (I own ties older than that) who made an Ozzie Smith-like play to foil the at bat and keep me from getting an rbi. He also doubled the runner on second base off to complete the double play. But the two hits later in the game and the two ribeye steaks, as Keith Hernandez would say, felt good to come through with.
Game two on the day pitted us against the Spin Rates, coached by Buzz Capra and Chad Kreuter. This was even more of a see-saw affair. We jumped out to a 5-2 lead after one frame. Trailed 7-5 after two. Led 11-10 after three. Trailed 13-12 after four. And then the well ran dry as we fell 17-12. There were plays in this game that will be talked about for a long time. Many of them faux pas by us on defense, yours truly included. It's like there's a curse on some of our gloves/hands and we're gonna need to sacrifice a live rooster or find Jobu to take the hex away.
The evening ended with the bull session in the tent at the complex. I did not actually attend the session as I was invited by some very good friends to dinner here in PSL. But I will be looking to hear of some of the tales that were told at the event. The team actually met in the hotel bar to have a little time to let each other know that we just need to relax and play within ourselves and that we can win some games starting with tomorrow's pair.
Tomorrow we get back to it with our first game at 9:30 am, and game two at 2:00 pm. As Yogi Berra once said, "The other teams could make trouble for us if they win". THAT'S what we're trying to avoid. Tune in tomorrow to see what happened.
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