at Greenfield Village
W.T. Match 3. Independents vs. Squires
Sunday, August, 05, 2007 | +
Champion Division Semi-final
Bay City 14, Spiegel Grove Squires 15 – Slip Slidin Away
The second day of the tournament for the Independents held no sunny skies, no rainbows, but only mud and persistent rain. This was the semi-final match in the Champion Division of the tournament, and it would be a re-match of last year’s semi-final pitting the Spiegel Grove Squires of Ohio and our fine Bay City nine. In last year’s sunshine the Bay Citys emerged triumphant by a score of 16-7, but this year Mother Nature had conspired against our boys and placed them in a precarious situation.
The match began with Bay City winning the coin toss and electing to strike first. It seemed a wise choice as the ball would only become heavier and much harder to drive cleanly as the day went on. Mr. LeRoux led off for the Independents, and as has become his custom, drove a clean ball to the third base man that allowed him to make his first. In an act of thievery, LeRoux took his second and then his third in succession. He was driven home on a liner to right field by Big Wood David. David would also take his second on the next pitch from the Squires. The next striker in the Bay City order would lose his hand to a sky ball to center field. Doc Garcia then strode to the plate and immediately crushed a sure double down the left field line, no easy feat as right field is ordinarily where he places the ball. What appeared to be a sure hit was not as in a brilliant move the Squires left fielder bottled the ball in a one handed effort, and then forced Mr. David off of second when he had scurried away in what looked like a sure scoring chance. The Bay Citys would leave the innings with only one tally, and the Squires would match the effort to produce a tie at 1-1.
Since Mr. David produced the third out in the previous innings the Garcia brothers would have another chance to prove their mettle in striking, and this time they would not fail. Kid Garcia, the elder of the brothers, showed his younger sibling how to properly drive the ball into the long field and was able to make his first. He then took his second on a clean steal. Kid attempted to show Doc, the younger of the two, how to thieve third base when Doc saw a pitch he simply had to have. Doc, the fine first base man of the nine, sent a howitzer to the long field between center and first and had the last laugh between the two boys as he easily made his third on that single blow. “Buttons” McInerney would strike next. Fresh off his home run from the previous day Mr. McInerney placed a fine daisy cutter into right field. Buttons easily made his first, but on a fine play by the Squires defense, he was caught trying to reach his second and the first hand in the innings was lost. Mr. Dennis Dinauer would strike next and he was robbed of his first by a sliding catch in left field. A two hands lost rally seemed in order again for the Bay Citys, and in customary fashion they obliged. Rope Revette made his second on a clean drive to the long field stole his third and then was brought home by another daisy cutter by Mr. Koch. Sawmill Koch made his second on yet another liner by “Shoeless Jeff” Dinauer. Koch then stole third, and Dinauer took his second on the same play. Jayme “High Steppin” Johnson then hit a drive to second base that allowed him to make his first and brought home Mr. Koch. Johnson later took his second by theft. Dan “Rainmaker” Decuf then hit his second triple of the tournament and drove home the two base runners to tally. Unfortunately Decuf would be stranded at third as the next striker in the order would lose their hand to the Squires defense. The Bay Citys then quickly dispatched the Squires in a whitewashing and at the close of the second innings the score stood at 7-1 in the Independents’ favor.
The Squires then laid down some whitewashing of their own in the third innings and then tallied two runs for themselves to bring the contest to 7-3 for Bay City. The fourth innings saw Bay City lose their first hand in the innings before bringing up “Tanner” LeRoux for his second turn at striking. LeRoux hit another mud raker to the third base man that allowed him to make his first. Despite muddy conditions the speedy LeRoux took both his second and his third in successive steals. As had become tradition for the tournament, Mr. David then drove a ball to right field to allow Mr. LeRoux to tally. David then stole his second, but he would get no further as the next striker would lose his hand on a sky ball to the center field, and a fine play by the Squires first base man would take the third hand in the innings from the next Bay City striker. The score now stood at 8-3.
The rain persisted into the fourth innings, and should have been an ominous sign of things to come as the Squires took their turn to strike. The ball had by now simply become as heavy as a cannonball, and as slick as a greased pig, as a consequence through a succession of fine hits by the Squires and missteps from Bay City, the Squires placed seven tallys on the ledger and took the lead 10-8.
In the fifth innings the Bay City boys would tie up the match when Buttons McInerney took his first on a blow to center field. He then took his second and third on stolen bases, and was then driven home on a daisy cutter to left field by “Double D” Dinauer. Dinauer would take second and third in the same manner as Mr. McInerney and come home on a drive to the short stop by Rope Revette. Revette would lose his hand on the play and the next striker, Sawmill Koch, would take up the gauntlet for the Bay Citys with another hit to left field. Koch would then take his second by theft and would be brought to third by a fine swing of the willow by “Shoeless Jeff” Dinauer. Dinauer would then steal his second. With runners on second and third the following striker, Mr. Johnson, would see his hand lost to a fine play by the Squires first base man on a foul bound to the right side. The next hand would also be lost to a sky ball in the infield, and the runners would be left on base. A chance to take the lead in the contest would be lost and the match now stood at 10-10.
The sixth innings would see “Twinkle-Toes” Brissette return to the stripe for Bay City, and he and the Independent defense skunked the Squires in order in both the fifth and sixth innings. In their sixth innings the Bay Citys took the lead in the contest again when Mr. Brissette hit a clean single into left field and then stole his second and third. He would be driven in by yet another two hands lost stinger into left field by Ron “Irish” O’Laughlin, a veteran to many a tight scratch in his days. The next hand would be lost and the sixth innings finished, but with the sun now trying to push back the clouds, Bay City took back the lead at 11-10.
After the above mentioned whitewashing of the Squires, the Independents sent “Tanner” LeRoux to the plate again, and as before the results were the same. A clean ground ball to the short stop allowed the fleet striker to make his first. He then steamed up the base paths for two more stolen bases, and would be driven home on a ground ball to the first base man by Mr. David. David would lose his hand though and there would be one less out to be had by the Squires. Kid Garcia now came to the plate and drove a clean single to the long field. He then took his second by theft and would be brought in to score on a safety by Garcia the younger. Doc Garcia would then flash his speed as he stole second base. He then took third on a ground ball to short stop by Buttons McInerney. Buttons would lose his hand in the process, as would the next striker in the order and Doc would be left at third. Bay City now led in a close match at 13-10.
The sun would be lost to the clouds again, and in a near recurrence of the fourth innings, the Squires would take advantage of the Bay Citys to place five runs into the ledger. The gentlemen from Ohio now took the lead for the second time in the match at 15-13.
Bay City, in their last time at bat, sent Rope Revette to the plate. He sent a fine ground ball to the Squires third base man, and to his credit he made a fine play to nip Revette at first. Bay City now had only two hands left to lose. The next striker was Sawmill Koch. The Squires had not been able to keep Koch off the bases all day, and now would be no different as Koch sent another daisy cutter between the third base and short stop for Spiegel Grove. Koch would then steal his second, and “Shoeless Jeff”, who had been equally elusive on the day, drove Koch to third on a fine hit to left field. Dinauer would steal his second and place the tying run of the match in scoring position. Mr. Koch would then tally and Mr. Dinauer took third on a ground ball to first base that would see Mr. Johnson lose the second hand of the innings for the Bay Citys. The Independents would leave the tying run at third as the last out of the innings would be recorded by the Squires defense, and the hopes of Bay City returning to the Championship game would be extinguished. The humble gentlemen from Ohio would take the contest at 15-14. Bay City would now pack up their wagons and head home, their hopes dashed by the fine play of the Spiegel Grove gentlemen. The only solace they could take with them was their own fine play, and show of sportsmanship in their previous matches.
Ballist H.L. Runs
LeRoux ss 0 3
David 3rd 2 0
K.Garcia lf 2 2
D.Garcia 1st 2 1
McInerney cf 2 1
D.Dinauer 2 1
Revette c 2 1
Koch 0 2
J.Dinauer 2nd 0 1
Johnson 2 1
Decuf 2 0
Banister 2 0
Brissette p 1 1
Freehling 2 0
O’Laughlin 1 0
Umphrey rf 2 0
Totals 24 14
W.T. Match 2. Independents vs. Mules
Saturday, August, 04, 2007 | +
Bay City 12, Mules 5 –
Stubborn Mules
Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan – The second match of the day would see the ballists of the candy cane hosiery take the field against the Canal Fulton Mules from Ohio. This would be the second time these clubs would meet in World Tournament play, and if the last match was any indicator, it would be a fine game indeed.
The Mules would win the coin toss and their fine captain, Ed Shuman, would defer to Bay City and his club took the field. Bay City would retain their striking momentum from the previous match and would put five runs in the ledger before losing their three hands in the innings. The runs would be scored by a combination of daisy cutters and stolen bases by the likes of Misters LeRoux, Kid Garcia, Doc Garcia, Dennis Dinauer, and Revette. The Mules were stubborn as can be and refused to be whitewashed themselves and place two tallies in the books to make the match a tight scratch at 5-2.
In the second innings the Bay Citys would tally again with four straight safeties by Misters Banister, Brissette, Freehling and O’Laughlin. All of this action would take place after the first two strikers in the innings would find themselves out, and two aces would be made when Banister and Brissette crossed the plate. The Mules would answer again with a run scored by Mr. Koster, and the match would now stand at 7-3 in favor of the Independents.
The third innings would be a whitewash for both clubs, but in the fourth innings the gentlemen of the scarlet and white would push another ace across the table at their foes from Ohio way. After skunking the Mules in the fourth the Bay Citys would tally again when the law firm of Banister and Brissette would garnish two more runs for their mates. After yet another skunking in the fifth for the Mules, the score would now stand at 10-3 for Bay City.
Kid Garcia would tally in the sixth innings for the Independents and “Shoeless Jeff” Dinauer would do the same in the seventh innings. The Mules would see another goose egg laid on their doorstep in the sixth innings, but in the seventh innings they would mount a near furious come back. Mr. Walker and Mr. Knoch would each tally in the innings for the Ohio boys, while Mr. Testa would reach his second and threaten to score before the third hand would be put out by the Bay Citys. The Scoring for the Mules was furious at the end, but it would not be enough as the Independents would find themselves victorious again on the day with a score of 12-5.
Ballist H.L. Runs
LeRoux ss 1 1
David 3rd 2 0
K.Garcia lf 0 2
D.Garcia 1 1
McInerney cf 2 0
D.Dinauer 2 1
Revette c 1 2
Koch 1 0
J.Dinauer 2nd 2 1
Johnson 2 0
Decuf 2 0
Banister 1 2
Brissette p 0 2
Freehling 2 0
O’Laughlin 1 0
Umphrey rf 1 0
Total 21 12
Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan – The second match of the day would see the ballists of the candy cane hosiery take the field against the Canal Fulton Mules from Ohio. This would be the second time these clubs would meet in World Tournament play, and if the last match was any indicator, it would be a fine game indeed.
The Mules would win the coin toss and their fine captain, Ed Shuman, would defer to Bay City and his club took the field. Bay City would retain their striking momentum from the previous match and would put five runs in the ledger before losing their three hands in the innings. The runs would be scored by a combination of daisy cutters and stolen bases by the likes of Misters LeRoux, Kid Garcia, Doc Garcia, Dennis Dinauer, and Revette. The Mules were stubborn as can be and refused to be whitewashed themselves and place two tallies in the books to make the match a tight scratch at 5-2.
In the second innings the Bay Citys would tally again with four straight safeties by Misters Banister, Brissette, Freehling and O’Laughlin. All of this action would take place after the first two strikers in the innings would find themselves out, and two aces would be made when Banister and Brissette crossed the plate. The Mules would answer again with a run scored by Mr. Koster, and the match would now stand at 7-3 in favor of the Independents.
The third innings would be a whitewash for both clubs, but in the fourth innings the gentlemen of the scarlet and white would push another ace across the table at their foes from Ohio way. After skunking the Mules in the fourth the Bay Citys would tally again when the law firm of Banister and Brissette would garnish two more runs for their mates. After yet another skunking in the fifth for the Mules, the score would now stand at 10-3 for Bay City.
Kid Garcia would tally in the sixth innings for the Independents and “Shoeless Jeff” Dinauer would do the same in the seventh innings. The Mules would see another goose egg laid on their doorstep in the sixth innings, but in the seventh innings they would mount a near furious come back. Mr. Walker and Mr. Knoch would each tally in the innings for the Ohio boys, while Mr. Testa would reach his second and threaten to score before the third hand would be put out by the Bay Citys. The Scoring for the Mules was furious at the end, but it would not be enough as the Independents would find themselves victorious again on the day with a score of 12-5.
Ballist H.L. Runs
LeRoux ss 1 1
David 3rd 2 0
K.Garcia lf 0 2
D.Garcia 1 1
McInerney cf 2 0
D.Dinauer 2 1
Revette c 1 2
Koch 1 0
J.Dinauer 2nd 2 1
Johnson 2 0
Decuf 2 0
Banister 1 2
Brissette p 0 2
Freehling 2 0
O’Laughlin 1 0
Umphrey rf 1 0
Total 21 12
W.T. Match 1. Independents vs. Detroit B.B.C
Saturday, August, 04, 2007 | +
Revenge of the Bay Citys
Bay City 22, Detroit Base Ball Club 3
World’s Tournament, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan – In 1866 Bay City challenged the mighty Detroit Base Ball Club for the State Championship Cup. The Detroiters easily dispatched the gentlemen from Bay City 40-13. On this day, 141 years later, Bay City would have some satisfaction.
The match began with Bay City winning the right to strike first. The speedy “Tanner” LeRoux led off Bay City in fine fashion by taking his first on a ground ball to the short stop. LeRoux would then take his second and third by theft, and was driven home on a fine strike by “Big Wood” David. After obtaining his first Mr. David also took his second by means of a steal, but would find himself stranded as the next three hands would be lost due to some fine play by the gentlemen from Detroit.
The Detroiters scored a run of their own as the speedy second base man for the club, Tricky, would reach his second on a fine blow to the long field. He then took his third on the following pitch. He would then score on a play that would see their second striker, Razorback, lose his hand due to some fine defensive work of Mr. David and Mr. Garcia of the Bay Citys. The next two hands went down in order, and at the end of the first innings the scored stood a tight scratch at 1-1.
In the second innings the Bay Citys hoped to make more out of their opportunities at the plate. The innings started off in fine fashion as Dennis “Double D” Dinauer would reach his first on a fine hit and then stole second. Mr. Revette then followed that exact recipe, and in the process drove Mr. Dinauer home to tally. The next striker would lose his hand, but “Shoeless Jeff” Dinauer would continue the tally rally by driving home Mr. Revette and taking his second by theft. Jayme “High Steppin” Johnson would then move Mr. Dinauer over to third with a safety into right field, and he too poached a second base on the next pitch from the defense. Dan “Rainmaker” Decuf then came to the plate and drove a sky ball deep to right field. The right fielder made the play, but juggled the apple in the process. Mr. Dinauer was able to tag up and score on the play, but the umpire judged that Mr. Johnson had left his base before the fielder gained complete control of the ball, and so the innings would end. The Independents now led the contest at 4-1.
The Detroiters would still make a game of it in their half of the seconds when they tallied two more aces thanks to some fine striking by “General” and “Lefty”. The run scoring would end there, and the match would still be in Bay City’s favor at 4-3.
The Bay City gentlemen would score only one run in the third innings, thanks in part to a long drive by “The Rainmaker”, which allowed him to make his second. He later scored on successive hits by Fred “Twinkle-Toes” Brissette and Brian “Hooks” Freehling. The scoring would end there, and the Bay City nine would stretch their lead to 5-3.
The match would turn frightening in the Detroiters third innings. Tricky would lead off the innings with another fine hit and he rightly took his first. Tricky would then try to steal his second, and would do so successfully, but in the process he was struck in the head by a lightning throw from behind the plate by “The Rope”. After some frightening moments “Tricky” would regain his feet and return to the bench, and a runner was inserted for him. The next striker would lose his hand by means of a fly to the short stop LeRoux, and the runner for Tricky, Go-Go, would be erased from the bases when the center fielder for Bay City caught a high fly, and then caught Go-Go to far from his base of origin. The innings would end with no score for the Detroiters and the match stood at 5-3.
The Detroiters would be whitewashed from then out by the Independents, but the Bay Citys were by no means done tallying themselves. The home town boys would score one run in the fourth, three runs in the fifth, and 8 runs in the 6th. The 6th innings scoring all came after the first two strikers had lost their hands, and was capped off by a long home run by Jason “Buttons” McInerney. The Bay Citys would finish their scoring in the seventh innings by adding five more runs behind doubles by Misters Dinauer and Brissette, and a triple by Mr. Decuf. The day would end in Bay City’s favor with a tally of 22-3. It was a fine start for Bay City in the Tourney, and a bit of revenge, 100 years in the coming.
Ballist H.L. Runs
LeRoux ss 0 3
David 3rd 1 1
K. Garcia lf 2 1
D. Garcia 1st 2 1
McInerney cf 1 2
D. Dinauer 0 2
Revette c 2 1
Koch 1 2
J. Dinauer 2nd 0 2
Johnson 3 0
Decuf 2 2
Banister rf 2 1
Brissette p 2 1
Freehling 0 1
O’Laughlin 1 1
Umphrey 2 1
Total 21 22
Bay City 22, Detroit Base Ball Club 3
World’s Tournament, Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan – In 1866 Bay City challenged the mighty Detroit Base Ball Club for the State Championship Cup. The Detroiters easily dispatched the gentlemen from Bay City 40-13. On this day, 141 years later, Bay City would have some satisfaction.
The match began with Bay City winning the right to strike first. The speedy “Tanner” LeRoux led off Bay City in fine fashion by taking his first on a ground ball to the short stop. LeRoux would then take his second and third by theft, and was driven home on a fine strike by “Big Wood” David. After obtaining his first Mr. David also took his second by means of a steal, but would find himself stranded as the next three hands would be lost due to some fine play by the gentlemen from Detroit.
The Detroiters scored a run of their own as the speedy second base man for the club, Tricky, would reach his second on a fine blow to the long field. He then took his third on the following pitch. He would then score on a play that would see their second striker, Razorback, lose his hand due to some fine defensive work of Mr. David and Mr. Garcia of the Bay Citys. The next two hands went down in order, and at the end of the first innings the scored stood a tight scratch at 1-1.
In the second innings the Bay Citys hoped to make more out of their opportunities at the plate. The innings started off in fine fashion as Dennis “Double D” Dinauer would reach his first on a fine hit and then stole second. Mr. Revette then followed that exact recipe, and in the process drove Mr. Dinauer home to tally. The next striker would lose his hand, but “Shoeless Jeff” Dinauer would continue the tally rally by driving home Mr. Revette and taking his second by theft. Jayme “High Steppin” Johnson would then move Mr. Dinauer over to third with a safety into right field, and he too poached a second base on the next pitch from the defense. Dan “Rainmaker” Decuf then came to the plate and drove a sky ball deep to right field. The right fielder made the play, but juggled the apple in the process. Mr. Dinauer was able to tag up and score on the play, but the umpire judged that Mr. Johnson had left his base before the fielder gained complete control of the ball, and so the innings would end. The Independents now led the contest at 4-1.
The Detroiters would still make a game of it in their half of the seconds when they tallied two more aces thanks to some fine striking by “General” and “Lefty”. The run scoring would end there, and the match would still be in Bay City’s favor at 4-3.
The Bay City gentlemen would score only one run in the third innings, thanks in part to a long drive by “The Rainmaker”, which allowed him to make his second. He later scored on successive hits by Fred “Twinkle-Toes” Brissette and Brian “Hooks” Freehling. The scoring would end there, and the Bay City nine would stretch their lead to 5-3.
The match would turn frightening in the Detroiters third innings. Tricky would lead off the innings with another fine hit and he rightly took his first. Tricky would then try to steal his second, and would do so successfully, but in the process he was struck in the head by a lightning throw from behind the plate by “The Rope”. After some frightening moments “Tricky” would regain his feet and return to the bench, and a runner was inserted for him. The next striker would lose his hand by means of a fly to the short stop LeRoux, and the runner for Tricky, Go-Go, would be erased from the bases when the center fielder for Bay City caught a high fly, and then caught Go-Go to far from his base of origin. The innings would end with no score for the Detroiters and the match stood at 5-3.
The Detroiters would be whitewashed from then out by the Independents, but the Bay Citys were by no means done tallying themselves. The home town boys would score one run in the fourth, three runs in the fifth, and 8 runs in the 6th. The 6th innings scoring all came after the first two strikers had lost their hands, and was capped off by a long home run by Jason “Buttons” McInerney. The Bay Citys would finish their scoring in the seventh innings by adding five more runs behind doubles by Misters Dinauer and Brissette, and a triple by Mr. Decuf. The day would end in Bay City’s favor with a tally of 22-3. It was a fine start for Bay City in the Tourney, and a bit of revenge, 100 years in the coming.
Ballist H.L. Runs
LeRoux ss 0 3
David 3rd 1 1
K. Garcia lf 2 1
D. Garcia 1st 2 1
McInerney cf 1 2
D. Dinauer 0 2
Revette c 2 1
Koch 1 2
J. Dinauer 2nd 0 2
Johnson 3 0
Decuf 2 2
Banister rf 2 1
Brissette p 2 1
Freehling 0 1
O’Laughlin 1 1
Umphrey 2 1
Total 21 22
World Tournament of Historic Base Ball
Saturday, August, 05, 2006 | +
Bay City 8, Mules 4
August 5, 2006
Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI
The World Tournament of Historic Base Ball began with the Bay City gentlemen winning the coin toss and electing to strike first. Their efforts went for naught in the first innings, and the Mules from the Canal Fulton, Ohio took full advantage scoring 2 aces of their own.
The Mules would tally 2 more runs in the match, but it would not be enough as the Bay Citys would score at run in each of the successive innings to win the match 8-4.