May 2007
Independents vs Midland River Hogs
Saturday, May, 19, 2007 | vs.
Midland | +
Bay City 8, Midland 4
Rain, Loons, Hogs, and Chicken Oh my!
Carroll Park, Bay City – The day began with rain, a sparse crowd, and a visit from Lou E. Loon, the mascot of the new, all professional base ball club in the nearby county of Midland. While the Loon’s striking was most foul, he found many a friend in the Bay City crowd and was a welcome addition to a day which started quite drearily in all aspects.
The match began with the coin toss, overseen by our own “Honest” John Gravlin, and was won by the River Hogs of Midland County. They rightly chose to strike first and tallied a run for their side due to the fine striking of one Sean Schrempf, who reached his third before the ball could even be retrieved from the long field by the Bay Citys, and Pat “Horse” Brandt who reached his first and allowed Mr. Schrempf to score. The Independents would put an end to the scoring by some fine infield play by Misters LeRoux, David and Garcia, whom always seem to have a hand in killing rallies of the opposition.
The Bay
Citys would also find success in the first innings by
scoring four runs in the persons of LeRoux, David,
“Doc” Garcia, and Revette. The Independents left the
bases full before the third hand was declared lost,
and most definitely should have tallied more aces
with more heady base running. As it is, they were
able to take the advantage of the River Hogs with 4
runs scored to only 1 at the end of the first
innings.
The River Hogs would score again in the second innings thanks to the fine striking of the left fielder, Mr. Jason Kain. His play in the match was exemplary, as he would tally 2 of the Hogs 4 runs and was not responsible for a single hand lost in their striking. He was also responsible for bottling many outs in the long field against his opponents.
Not to be
outdone, the home town boys would score a run of
their own thanks to Fred “Twinkle-Toes” Brissette’s
nimble base running, which saw him scamper all the
way to third sack thanks in part to an errant
over-throw of first sack by the Hogs. He was then
driven home by the Bay City Captain, Jayme “Dandy”
Johnson. The Bay City luck would come to a quick end
as the captain was caught in quite a sticky situation
when Adam “Little-Train” Johnson struck a sky ball in
the infield which was dropped by the River Hogs first
sacker, Dirk Westbury, the Midland ballist then
simply tagged Mr. Johnson, as the other Mr. Johnson
made his first. What a dandy play it was, but not for
Bay City. The Bay Citys now led the contest at 5-2.
The third and fourth innings would see the advent of sunshine, and with it came more spectators. They would witness some fine defensive play by both clubs as each would whitewash each other and leave the match unchanged until the gentlemen from Midland tallied in ace in the fifth innings thanks to the striking of Mr. Craig Martens, a new member of the club, who upon scoring slipped in the mud and found his backside a tad more soggy then it had been. The Bay Citys would also score a run of their own when Dennis “Double D” Dinauer crossed the plate for the home town club. The Bay Citys would score again in the sixth innings and increase their lead to 7-3.
In the seventh innings the two clubs would conclude the scoring by trading aces. The final score would stand at 8-4. The Bay Citys did exercise their option of taking their last turn at the plate, despite the fact that the game was already won. The hometown boys simply treated the spectators to some more base ball, as the food carriages had not yet arrived with the chicken dinner which they had purchased to feed to their guests, The River Hogs. In the end the, the day would end as it had began, with the arrival of a foul, in this case the fine chicken dinner.
Record of striking
Ballist H.L. Runs
LeRoux ss 2 1
David 3b 1 1
Garcia lf 3 0
Garcia 1b 1 2
Revette 0 1
McInerney cf 2 0
Dinauer D. 1 1
Freehling 2 0
Koch 1 0
Decuf 3 0
Brissette p 1 1
Dinauer J. 2b 1 0
Johnson J. c 3 0
Johnson A. 2 0
Banister 2 1
O’Laughlin 1 0
Umphrey 1 0
Total 27 8
Rain, Loons, Hogs, and Chicken Oh my!
Carroll Park, Bay City – The day began with rain, a sparse crowd, and a visit from Lou E. Loon, the mascot of the new, all professional base ball club in the nearby county of Midland. While the Loon’s striking was most foul, he found many a friend in the Bay City crowd and was a welcome addition to a day which started quite drearily in all aspects.
The match began with the coin toss, overseen by our own “Honest” John Gravlin, and was won by the River Hogs of Midland County. They rightly chose to strike first and tallied a run for their side due to the fine striking of one Sean Schrempf, who reached his third before the ball could even be retrieved from the long field by the Bay Citys, and Pat “Horse” Brandt who reached his first and allowed Mr. Schrempf to score. The Independents would put an end to the scoring by some fine infield play by Misters LeRoux, David and Garcia, whom always seem to have a hand in killing rallies of the opposition.
The River Hogs would score again in the second innings thanks to the fine striking of the left fielder, Mr. Jason Kain. His play in the match was exemplary, as he would tally 2 of the Hogs 4 runs and was not responsible for a single hand lost in their striking. He was also responsible for bottling many outs in the long field against his opponents.
The third and fourth innings would see the advent of sunshine, and with it came more spectators. They would witness some fine defensive play by both clubs as each would whitewash each other and leave the match unchanged until the gentlemen from Midland tallied in ace in the fifth innings thanks to the striking of Mr. Craig Martens, a new member of the club, who upon scoring slipped in the mud and found his backside a tad more soggy then it had been. The Bay Citys would also score a run of their own when Dennis “Double D” Dinauer crossed the plate for the home town club. The Bay Citys would score again in the sixth innings and increase their lead to 7-3.
In the seventh innings the two clubs would conclude the scoring by trading aces. The final score would stand at 8-4. The Bay Citys did exercise their option of taking their last turn at the plate, despite the fact that the game was already won. The hometown boys simply treated the spectators to some more base ball, as the food carriages had not yet arrived with the chicken dinner which they had purchased to feed to their guests, The River Hogs. In the end the, the day would end as it had began, with the arrival of a foul, in this case the fine chicken dinner.
Record of striking
Ballist H.L. Runs
LeRoux ss 2 1
David 3b 1 1
Garcia lf 3 0
Garcia 1b 1 2
Revette 0 1
McInerney cf 2 0
Dinauer D. 1 1
Freehling 2 0
Koch 1 0
Decuf 3 0
Brissette p 1 1
Dinauer J. 2b 1 0
Johnson J. c 3 0
Johnson A. 2 0
Banister 2 1
O’Laughlin 1 0
Umphrey 1 0
Total 27 8
Independents vs. Kawkawklin Old Timers & Friends
Saturday, May, 12, 2007 | at
Kawkawlin | +
Kawkawlin Twp. Park, Kawkawlin, MI – The Independents of Bay City opened play this year traveling to the township of Kawkawlin, in order to take on some fine gentlemen of the local hamlet. The match was umpired by “Honest” John Gravlin, and began with the customary coin toss. The fellows from Kawkawlin were fortunate enough to win the toss, but chose to allow the Bay Citys to strike first.
The Bay Citys found their striking to be in fine form, despite the winter break, and tallied 4 aces in the opening innings. As was per usual Misters LeRoux, Garcia, and Koch all had a hand in the scoring, but they were also joined in the parade of runs by a newcomer just home from his time with the Union lads, Mr. Jason “Mac” McInerney.
Despite the final score, The Kawkawlin gentlemen came off quite well in their first organized match and will not doubt be better for their experience in the future. As for Bay City, they will host the River Hogs from Midland County next Saturday at Carroll Park in their first home match of the season.