It's been a while since I've updated the site. This will catch us up to current.
First off, a second-round loss placed us in the bottom bracket. The Cubs fought back with some good playing to meet the Padres again in the championship game. After struggling for the first couple of at-bats, the offense finally got going. Mason Baker earned the Silver Slugger Award for a triple with three runners on. He was 75 feet short of a Grand Slam. The Padres beat us and the Cubs won second place in the pre-Season tournament.
The first week of league play was marred by rainouts and a game delay due to a lighting issue at the park. The next week the Cubs faced the Redhawks. Good solid game play resulted in a victory.
The weekend of April 12th the Cubs played in a tournament at Moore. The defense played very well, but the bats never got going. The highlight play - and a Golden Glove Award - go to Andy Gatlin for an outstanding catch he made against the Tribe. The batter swatted a deep foul toward Left Field. Andy flew in and made a one-handed grab. Good job Andy!
Week three rolled around and once again, the Cubs played the Redhawks. Once again solid play on both sides of the ball resulted in a victory. On Wednesday, April 16th, the Cubs faced the Angels (who had revenge on their minds). Each inning the Angels scored on errors. The Cubs got their bats going solidly but were never able to pull ahead. The Cubs dropped the game in a 12 - 7 loss. However, Garrett Parker earned a Golden Glove Award (maybe a "Golden Mitt" Award) for a great catch on a pop-up at Home Plate. He and Ian Hudson also stopped a run from scoring on a passed ball with the old "find and flip".
Stay tuned to see what happens next.
--Coach
First off, a second-round loss placed us in the bottom bracket. The Cubs fought back with some good playing to meet the Padres again in the championship game. After struggling for the first couple of at-bats, the offense finally got going. Mason Baker earned the Silver Slugger Award for a triple with three runners on. He was 75 feet short of a Grand Slam. The Padres beat us and the Cubs won second place in the pre-Season tournament.
The first week of league play was marred by rainouts and a game delay due to a lighting issue at the park. The next week the Cubs faced the Redhawks. Good solid game play resulted in a victory.
The weekend of April 12th the Cubs played in a tournament at Moore. The defense played very well, but the bats never got going. The highlight play - and a Golden Glove Award - go to Andy Gatlin for an outstanding catch he made against the Tribe. The batter swatted a deep foul toward Left Field. Andy flew in and made a one-handed grab. Good job Andy!Week three rolled around and once again, the Cubs played the Redhawks. Once again solid play on both sides of the ball resulted in a victory. On Wednesday, April 16th, the Cubs faced the Angels (who
had revenge on their minds). Each inning the Angels scored on errors. The Cubs got their bats going solidly but were never able to pull ahead. The Cubs dropped the game in a 12 - 7 loss. However, Garrett Parker earned a Golden Glove Award (maybe a "Golden Mitt" Award) for a great catch on a pop-up at Home Plate. He and Ian Hudson also stopped a run from scoring on a passed ball with the old "find and flip".Stay tuned to see what happens next.
--Coach
Labels: baseball, Game Report, Spring 2008, Tournaments
Tournament #3 - The MYBA Pre-Season - Game 3 - 3/10
0 Comments Published by Coach Clay on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 at 12:49 AM.
The Cubs faced the Padres in Game 3 of the tournament. The game lasted 5 1/2 innings. Colton started at Pitcher. Cal relieved him in the 5th inning. The best highlight from this game was the 
single-handed double-play by Colton Scott in the 4th inning. After the first batter got tagged out on a steal at third by Ryan Brantley, the second batter got walked. He stole second. Then, on the second pitch, the third batter popped up a fly to the infield. Second base and short gathered in to assist with the catch, but Colton reached up and grabbed it. The runner on second was almost all the way to third base. Colton raced back to second and stepped on the bag just mere moments before the runner returned. A solo Double-play! This earn Colton the Golden Glove Award for the game.
In the end, the Padres held on to win 8 - 4 in a well-played, defensive struggle by both teams. Both teams had very solid pitching and defense. Good game to both.
--Coach
single-handed double-play by Colton Scott in the 4th inning. After the first batter got tagged out on a steal at third by Ryan Brantley, the second batter got walked. He stole second. Then, on the second pitch, the third batter popped up a fly to the infield. Second base and short gathered in to assist with the catch, but Colton reached up and grabbed it. The runner on second was almost all the way to third base. Colton raced back to second and stepped on the bag just mere moments before the runner returned. A solo Double-play! This earn Colton the Golden Glove Award for the game.In the end, the Padres held on to win 8 - 4 in a well-played, defensive struggle by both teams. Both teams had very solid pitching and defense. Good game to both.
--Coach
Labels: Game Report, preseason, Spring 2008, Tournaments
The 2008 Season - Tournament #1
1 Comments Published by Coach Clay on Monday, February 25, 2008 at 10:35 PM.
The cold, damp air didn't stop the Cubs from playing in their first tournament of the season. On February 23 with the temperature hovering just below 40 degrees and the wind-chill feeling more like something in the low thirties, the Cubs faced the PCO Indians. They played for 3 innings before time expired. The score: Indians - 14, Cubs - 5.
Game two was settled by the weather. The PCO White Sox had enough of the cold in their first game and threw in the towel for the day, forfeiting to the Cubs.
Sunday was a contrast in weather compared with Saturday. The wasn't any wind and the temperatures rose into the 50's (although it seemed much warmer to me). It was a beautiful day for baseball. The first game of the day was with the PCO Broncos. The Cubs really looked good and played with a lot of enthusiasm.
It just so happened that it was Don Dobel's birthday. He was the lead-off batter and in both of his at-bats made great hits. For this effort, he earned the Silver Slugger award for the team. His hitting sparked his teammates and before it was all over the Cubs won the game. The Cubs - 7, Broncos - 3. The winning pitcher was Calvin Miller.
The fourth and final game of the tournament saw the Cubs take on the Edmond Storm, a traveling team. As the temperature dropped, the Storm clouds grew. However, there was at least one bright spot in the game. With a left-handed batter at the plate, Short Stop Ryan Nelms was holding the runner at second base. The hitter drove a hard, line shot just to the right of second base. In a very athletic move, Nelms caught the ball, robbing the batter of his base. Ryan had made other great catches in the tournament. For his great performance, Nelms was named the Gold Glove winner for the tournament.
In addition to Nelms' spectacular catches, Ian Hudson made two excellent grabs in center field. In the first and last games of the tournament. Both catches underscored the benefit of having great speed and good catching skills in the outfield. Other noteworthy plays included a late-game throw in from left-field by Calvin Miller to Catcher Garrett Parker that deprived one Storm player from scoring.
All in all, the team played well as a TEAM. Everyone did his part. Did we play perfect? No. Do we have room to improve? Always. Did we have fun? Yes. Will we continue to improve? Definitely.
In the end, the Cubs went two and two, taking third place in the tournament. Certainly not a bad starting point.
Keep up the good work and Go Cubs!
--Coach
Game two was settled by the weather. The PCO White Sox had enough of the cold in their first game and threw in the towel for the day, forfeiting to the Cubs.
Sunday was a contrast in weather compared with Saturday. The wasn't any wind and the temperatures rose into the 50's (although it seemed much warmer to me). It was a beautiful day for baseball. The first game of the day was with the PCO Broncos. The Cubs really looked good and played with a lot of enthusiasm.
It just so happened that it was Don Dobel's birthday. He was the lead-off batter and in both of his at-bats made great hits. For this effort, he earned the Silver Slugger award for the team. His hitting sparked his teammates and before it was all over the Cubs won the game. The Cubs - 7, Broncos - 3. The winning pitcher was Calvin Miller.
The fourth and final game of the tournament saw the Cubs take on the Edmond Storm, a traveling team. As the temperature dropped, the Storm clouds grew. However, there was at least one bright spot in the game. With a left-handed batter at the plate, Short Stop Ryan Nelms was holding the runner at second base. The hitter drove a hard, line shot just to the right of second base. In a very athletic move, Nelms caught the ball, robbing the batter of his base. Ryan had made other great catches in the tournament. For his great performance, Nelms was named the Gold Glove winner for the tournament.In addition to Nelms' spectacular catches, Ian Hudson made two excellent grabs in center field. In the first and last games of the tournament. Both catches underscored the benefit of having great speed and good catching skills in the outfield. Other noteworthy plays included a late-game throw in from left-field by Calvin Miller to Catcher Garrett Parker that deprived one Storm player from scoring.
All in all, the team played well as a TEAM. Everyone did his part. Did we play perfect? No. Do we have room to improve? Always. Did we have fun? Yes. Will we continue to improve? Definitely.
In the end, the Cubs went two and two, taking third place in the tournament. Certainly not a bad starting point.
Keep up the good work and Go Cubs!
--Coach
Labels: Game Report, preseason, Spring 2008, Tournaments
Current Fund Raising Status
0 Comments Published by Coach Clay on Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 5:28 PM.
Here's the current online fundraiser status as of 2/16/08.We will begin other fund raisers in the next week.
--Coach
--Coach
Labels: Fund Raiser, Spring 2008
