Mid-May

After 4 more games we're perched atop the Division II standings with an 8-3 record. Our toughest games are yet to come, but at this point we're on pace to finish among the best records in the league.

After 2 more weeks of softball, we're sitting on a 6-1 season record and at the top of Division 2. Everybody's hitting well and playing solid defence.

Since starting last season with a 2-9 record, we've gone 16-4 in regular season games.

 Next game is 5/9/12 at 6:15 against the only current undefeated team left the league this season.

Back to work...

It's that time of year; chilly mornings with warm afternoons and always a chance for an 6:30 thunderstorm. Down by the river where the smell of manufactured ceiling tiles fills the air, the boys in black are back on the diamond.

We're off to a 4-0 start. That's 4 wins in as many games. 4 wins by mid-April. Last year we didn't win our 4th game until early June. We've got 3 tough games lined up this week; Mountville A on Monday, Etown Red on Wednesday and Mt. Cal. Navy on Sunday. We'll see how it goes.

Playoff Week

We played 3 smashmouth games of ball this week and were ultimately eliminated 15-11 last evening at the hands of Mt. Calvary Black. Other scores during the week included a 13-8 loss to Mountville I and a 14-13 win over Mountville II.

It was an awesome season! While our team can't claim any divisional, league, or tournament championships, I've got to believe we're the most overall athletic team on the field. Any team who wants to challenge our guys to a combined time 5K in the offseason, bring it on!

Thanks to everyone, I had a blast this year! Special thanks to folks who filled in at the last minute when we were short guys...Danny, April, Nystrom, anyone I missed.

I'll see you guys at the Armstrong fields the first day temps hit 60 in March 2012.

Stay classy...xoxo, gossip girl

7/25/2011 - Double-header - Bainbridge game 1, Mountville II game 2

We won a pair last evening on a field that played in our favor. No outfield fence gave our speedy outfielders the luxury of tracking deep fly balls with no obstacles except each other. Long outfield grass let us turn singles into doubles and doubles into triples. 15-10 was the score in game 1, and 12-2 in game 2. We finished the regular season at .500, a decent accomplishment after a 2-9 start.

Playoffs start next week...yes we're talkin' 'bout playoffs.

6/18/2011 - Hershey Free

I missed this game but it sounds like a doozie. We won via 15-run rule with a final of 21-6. Not too many teams we can't beat with that kind of run production. We have one double-header left in regular season play, next Monday 7/25, against two division opponents. It's crowded in the middle of our division, we could finish as high as 3rd and as low as 6th, we'll see what happens...

7/9/2011 - DACSL Tournament

We went 2-3 in the annual tournament yesterday and were knocked out in the 2nd round of elimination with a 18-14 loss to Weaverland Mennonite. All-in-all, a good day of ball, lots of swings and fielding practice. Players with .500 or better OBP's for the day were:

Justin Weaver - .778 (12/16, 2 walks)
Lloyd Herr - .667 (6/9)
Tom Gish - .589 (9/16, 1 walk)
Dustin Ebersole - .579 (10/18, 1 walk)
Shane Miller - .556 (10/18)
Lance Nissley - .556 (5/9)
Kreg Hortnig - .500 (3/6)

We're coming down the home stretch with 3 season games left followed by playoff week in August.