Wahoos at Sidewinders

Wahoos 2, Snakes 0

Aug. 20 Wahoos 8, at SSWs 4

Wahoos jump on John Danks in the second when backward 2B Will Rhymes hit a bases-loaded double to score 3. The only Wahoos starters to not get a hit? Austin Jackson and Jayson Werth both finished 0-for-5. Wahoos had 11 hits and were led by Fausto Carmona. Jay Bruce hit a 3-run homer in the ninth off Nick Masset.

Aug. 21 Wahoos 2, at SSWs 1

Tommy Hunter was masterful, allowing only a homer to Joe Mauer with 2 outs in the ninth. Will Rhymes and Johnny Damon combined for the game's first run and Justin Morneau added a pinch hit homer in the ninth that proved to be the difference.

Inmates at Wahoos

Inmates 2, Wahoos 0

Two games played on the reservation.

 

INMATES 2 – WAHOOS 1: A solo homer by Beltre turned out to be the game winner as Wahoo base running blunders prevent the tribe from scoring more.

 

INMATES 5 – WAHOOS 2: Howard hits a 3-run tater in a b-flat game. Inmates match longest winning streak of the decade with two.

 

The HEAD INMATE

Killer Bees at Tweeners

Tweeners 3, Bees 1

We suck.  Tweeners take 3 of the last 4 at the Hive to finish 5-2 in Beeville.

(Editor's note: The games were actually played at the Hooverdome, not the Hive. And since they were played BY the Beeboy, you'd think he would know that. As they said in Animal House, "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.") 

Bee attack kills 1,000-pound hog in Arizona

Story posted 2011.09.16 at 08:35 PM CDT

By MARK CARLSON

Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) - A southern Arizona hog farmer said Thursday that she watched in horror as thousands of bees swarmed a 1,000-pound hog during an attack that lasted about two hours.

"I went out three times to hose him down," June Hewitt told The Associated Press. "The very last time I went, he lifted his head when I called his name, flicked his ears, and that was the end."

Farmers were trying to move a hive that weighed around 200 pounds when about 250,000 Africanized bees swarmed like a black cloud and attacked animals and workers, KOLD-TV ( http://bit.ly/nd3tO3 ) reported.

Hewitt said the attack killed her male pig, Franklin. An 800-pound pregnant sow nearby also was stung so many times that she went into a coma and lost her litter.

"It was very unpleasant," said Hewitt, who lives in the border town of Bisbee.

Bee expert Reed Booth said Franklin had no chance because Africanized bees had spread pheromones all over the farm animals, riling up other bees.

"The pigs started getting stung, and the pheromone was on the pig and that was the target area for the rest of the bees," Booth said. "So the rest of the bees went completely goofy and killed that poor pig. We watched him take his last breath."

Booth said he can't explain why the bees are so agitated this year.

"It doesn't make any rhyme or reason," Booth said. "I've been doing this over 20 years. For some reason, this year, they're (Africanized bees) just going completely insane."

Bee attacks aren't limited to the southern part of the state. A 49-year-old man in northern Arizona remained hospitalized after he was stung more than 1,000 times on Sunday. Yavapai County authorities say DeWayne Spires disturbed bees nesting under a cattle trough.

Killer Bees at Tweeners

Tweeners 2, Bees 1

Game 1: Tweeners 6, Bees 1 - Luke Scott blasted 2 homeruns and Adam Wainwright retired 12 batters on strikeouts at Great American Bpk as the NORM TWEENERS beat the PHILLIP Killer Bees 6 to 1.

Game 2: Bees 5, Tweeners 4 - Jeff Francoeur launched 2 homeruns as the PHILLIP Killer Bees defeated the NORM TWEENERS 5 to 4 at Great American Bpk.

Game 3 - Tweeners 2, Bees 1 - At Great American Bpk, the NORM faithful were treated to an intriguing pitcher's duel. Daniel Hudson(1-0) finally bested his PHILLIP counterpart, Tim Hudson(18-10), by the score of 2 to 1.

 

I will probably play the remaining 4 tomorrow night after drinking about 22 beers.  Hopefully that will get my bats going.

DVs at Sidewinders

Sidewinders 3, DVs 2

Sidewinders win 3 of 5 in the Snake Pit to thrash any DV playoff hopes. A rather lackluster performance both ways as the winning team scored either 3 or 4 runs in every game.

Scores are:

Game 1: SSW 4-1

2: SSW 3-1

3: DVs 4-3 in 17 freaking innings

4: DVs 4-2

5: SSW 3-1

Where are the cards?

Extra Reserve Contest

Congratulations to the Rhinos for winning the extra reserve pick. The competition was apparently close, although with something as bizarre as picking the final order of the California League, who could keep up?

Here are the final  number of teams picked correctly by each of us:
1. Rhinos (7 out of 10 teams picked right on the money)
2. Wahoos and Nads (6)
4. Drillers and Tweeners (5)
6. Warpigs, Sidewinders, and DVs (4)
9. Inmates and Fungoes (3)
11. FFTs and Zaps (2)
13. Killer Bees, Buckeyes, Mavs, and SuperGoofs (1)

Tweeners at Nads

Tweeners 3, Nads 2

Tweeners mess with draft position by taking 3 of 5 at Wrinkled Pink Park.  Only Hal's beat writer can properly report the action.

In game 1, The DAVE NADS ended a long winless drought and toppled the reeling NORM
TWEENERS by a 10 to 6 score at Kauffman Stadium.

DAVE went ahead for good in the 2nd inning plating one baserunner.  Josh
Willingham clubbed a solo home run.  Miguel Montero followed, but he was set
down on strikes.  J.D. Drew then reached on an error.  Cody Ross followed and
he drew a walk.  After another out, Erick Aybar got his turn next, but he was
a strikeout victim.  DAVE ended up with 12 hits for the game while NORM had
6. 

The winning pitcher was Ryan Dempster(4-8) who allowed 4 runs in 7 and 1/3
innings. Brandon Lyon earned his 9th save.  Gio Gonzalez(7-6) was the loser.
He got hammered, allowing 10 hits and 4 walks in 6 innings. 

'Ahhh, that victory was surely needed.  Man alive, things were getting awfully
grim,' noted DAVE's manager.  'Now, we need to string a bunch of wins
together and turn things around!'

Next day at Kauffman Stadium the NORM TWEENERS snapped a 7 game losing streak and
outdistanced the pathetic DAVE NADS by a final score of 5 to 1.

NORM brought 4 runs across the plate in the top of the 5th inning.  The
critical plate appearance was by Mark Reynolds who deflated the crowd as he
launched a Grand Slam homerun.  NORM and DAVE each finished the night with 4
hits. 

The victory was credited to Felix Hernandez(13-10) who went 6 innings,
allowing 1 run. C.J. Wilson(4-9) ended up with the loss.  'It's been a rough
ride lately, but this was a good win for us' said NORM's manager, 'Maybe this
will put us back on track.'

Game 3, The NORM TWEENERS and the DAVE NADS locked up in an exciting one-run game at
Kauffman Stadium.  The final score was the NORM TWEENERS 7, the DAVE NADS 6
in 12 innings.

Both teams had scored 6 runs after nine full innings.  NORM won the hard
fought contest in the 12th inning.  After an out was recorded, Corey Hart
doubled.  Nick Swisher came next and he ripped a base-knock.  Swisher was
safe on a stolen base.  After another out, Ryan Hanigan came up and he was
walked intentionally.  Paul Janish came up to bat and drew a walk to load the
bases.  Ben Zobrist was a strikeout victim, unable to help out.  NORM rapped
out 11 hits for the afternoon. 

The win went to Javier Lopez(2-1) who allowed no runs in 2 and 1/3 innings.
Matt Capps(0-2) was the loser in relief.  He pitched 1 and 1/3 innings and
surrendered 2 hits and 1 walk.

More extra innings in game 4.  Erick Aybar had 5 hits and 3 RBI at Kauffman Stadium as the DAVE NADS beat the
NORM TWEENERS in 11 innings by the count of 5 to 4.

The score was tied at 4 after nine.  DAVE won it in the 11th inning.  Chris
Coghlan drew a walk.  Miguel Montero was the next batter, but he struck out.
J.D. Drew then was hit by a pitch.  Coghlan proceeded to steal third base.
Aybar stepped into the box and slapped a single resulting in an exciting win
for DAVE and a wild post-game celebration by the home town fans.  DAVE
finished with 8 hits in the victory. 

The victory went to Grant Balfour(2-1) who went 1 inning, allowing no runs.
Luke Gregerson(4-9) took the loss in relief.  For DAVE the victory was a
welcome one, indeed.  They had been struggling in their last ten games with a
disappointing 2-8 record.  NORM can't seem to snap out of their recent
'funk'.  Now they have a miserable 2-8 record over the last couple weeks.

In the rubber game, Corey Hart had 2 base hits at Kauffman Stadium where the NORM TWEENERS beat
the woeful DAVE NADS 4 to 3.

NORM had the game winning rally in the 8th inning with 2 runs on 3 hits.
After an out was recorded, Ben Zobrist keyed the rally when he lashed a
single.  Jose Tabata stepped up to the plate and he blasted a two-run home
run.  Luke Scott then slapped a base-hit.  Vernon Wells was next to the
plate, but was promptly struck out.  Hart was next to bat, but he was a
strikeout victim.  NORM had 7 hits for the afternoon. 

Sergio Romo(5-3) was the winner allowing 1 run in 3 innings. Shaun
Marcum(2-13) took the loss.  He allowed 4 runs and 7 hits in 7 and 1/3
innings.

Trade

"Who are those guys?"

The FFTs traded Daric Barton to the Warpigs for David Ross.

Trade

The Buckeyes trade Daric Barton and Matt Guerrier to the FFTs for Mark Ellis and Ryan Sweeney.

Mavs at Rhinos

Mavs 3, Rhinos 2

MAVS............. 1 0 0  1 0 0  0 3 0  -  5  9  2
RHINOS.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  4  2

MAVS............. 1 0 0  0 0 0  1 2 0  0 1 -  5 12  0
RHINOS.......... 1 0 3  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 -  4  6  0

MAVS............. 0 0 2  2 0 0  0 1 0  -  5 12  0
RHINOS.......... 0 0 2  3 0 1  0 0    -  6  6  0

MAVS............. 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  8  1
RHINOS.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 3    -  4  7  1

MAVS............. 0 0 0  3 0 0  0 3 0  0 1 -  7 10  2
RHINOS.......... 0 2 0  0 2 0  1 0 1  0 0 -  6 10  0

Mavs at Sidewinders

Mavs 3, Snakes 2

Game 1

MAVS.................. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 2 0  -  2  4  0
SIDEWINDERS..... 0 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 0  -  1  5  1

 

Game 2

MAVS.................. 0 0 0  2 0 0  0 2 0  -  4  6  0
SIDEWINDERS..... 4 3 0  1 0 0  2 0    - 10 13  0

Game 3
MAVS.................. 1 2 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  0 2 -  6 12  1
SIDEWINDERS..... 0 0 2  0 1 1  0 0 0  0 1 -  5 13  2

Game 4
MAVS.................. 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  2  0
SIDEWINDERS..... 0 1 3  0 1 0  0 1    -  6 10  0

Game 5
MAVS.................. 2 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  4 11  1
SIDEWINDERS..... 0 0 1  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  3  8  2

Trades

The Killer Bees traded Domonic Brown to the Sidewinders for Rafael Betancourt.

The Killer Bees traded a 2012 7th round pick and a 2012 reserve to the Inmates for Jason Motte.

Inmates vs Tweeners

“OPPONENT HAS LEFT THE BALLPARK. UMPIRE CALLS GAME”

Inmates 3, Tweeners 2

The Tweeners and Inmates hooked up for a typically bizarre series at the HooverDome via netplay/CM:

 

TWEENERS 7 – INMATES 6 (10): Tweeners send Santanaclaus to an early shower after belting 9 hits in 3 1/3. Then with the score 6-5 in the 6^th, HAL sends “OPPONENT HAS LEFT THE BALLPARK. UMPIRE CALLS GAME” message, leaving both faithful fans wondering what the fuck was going on. Autosave came in handy, as Johnson hits sacfly in 9^th to send the game into extra innings. Of course, the LDMF lost.

 

INMATES 4 – TWEENERS 3: Floyd pitches (but doesn’t field) a great game, leaving in the 9^th with a 4-2 lead after allowing only 3 hits. Despite orders to the contrary, Inmate defensive change leaves Pennington at 2B (WTF??) where the 5e71 allows both a hit and error. Inmates manager immediately fixes HAL’s fuck-up, while Perez and Motte can’t get the side out. Then, with two outs and the bases loaded in a 4-3 game, HAL sends out the “OPPONENT HAS LEFT BALLPARK. UMPIRE CALLS GAME” message once again. Inmate and Tweener fans wonder what stupid motherfucker of a programmer at SOM could possibly come up with such an imbecilic move. Nevertheless, the autosave works again, and Chamberlain strands all runners for the Inmate victory.

 

TWEENERS 4 – INMATES 3: This via CM, as 2-3 dozen attempts to get the game connection working between Inmate XP and Tweener Vista prove fruitless and a colossal waste of time. Good game, Casilla gets long save.

 

Fuck HAL.

 

The HEAD INMATE

Tweeners (mercifully) leave Waco in our rear-view mirror, failing to win there in 2011.  With expanded rosters (which made no difference) Tweeners drop the final pair 6-5 and 3-2.  Inmates plate 5 vs. Fellix in the 1st inning and we can't quite recover.  49,906 showed up for the finale, and all demanded refunds, alleging that they had witnessed replacement players masquerading as Tweeners/Inmates.  If only.

Zaps at Rhinos

Zaps 3, Rhinos 2

Game 1- Sabathia dominates the Zaps on the way to a 9-0 Rhino triumph.

Game 2- Cabrera and Bautista each hit 2 taters to power a 14-6 Zap win.

Game 3- Rhinos score 8 runs in an inning and still lose 11-9.

Game 4-Edwin Jackson dominates the Zaps bats and gets a 3-1 victory.

Game 5-Garza comes into a tied games and give up 5 runs to the Zaps in a 7-5 defeat.

Tweeners at Zaps

Zaps 3, Tweeners 0

3 more losses for Tweeners @ Zaps. Scherzer threw a one-hitter at us; Braden loses his 13th to Westbrook, 4-1; and in the finale, Wainwright turns over a 5-2 lead to Santiago Casilla, Zaps score 4 in the 8th including a Bautista 3-run bomb, Tweeners lose 6-5. Get the effin Zaps out of here.

DVs at Buckeyes

Buckeyes 3, DVs 2

I'm sorry, but I do not know the scores of our games.

DVs (see image)

Trade

The FFTs traded J.J. Putz to the Killer Bees for his 2013 2nd round pick.

Nads at Killer Bees

Bees 4, Nads 1

Nads go 1-4 at Bees – NADS REALLY SUCK!!!!!! Shutout twice – managed to win game 5 on 2 HRs by JD Drew…….files attached

GM 1 Bees 3-2

GM 2 Bees 2-0

GM 3 Bees 10-3

GM 4 – Bees 7-0

GM 5 Nads 9-1

Nads at Tweeners

Tweeners 4, Nads 1

Nads go 1-4 at Tweeners – NADS suck!!!!!! Files attached

GM 1 Tweeners 6-2

GM 2 Nads 4-2

GM 3 Tweeners 3-2

GM 4 Tweeners 2-0

GM 5 Tweeners 8-3

Wahoos at Mavs

Wahoos 3, Mavs 2

Wahoos win Game 1, 4-2, as Tommy Hunter loses his shutout on a Uribe homer in the 9th. Pedroia homered and doubled and Hafner had a pair of doubles for the Wahoos. Bailey had 10Ks in the CG loss.

Wahoos start Game 2 with a leadoff triple followed by a homer. Mavs scored their first four runs of the series in the 4th inning thanks in part to a couple of terrible misplays by the Wahoos' defense. Cain dominates with 11Ks.

Game 3 started as a pitchers' duel into the 6th. Then Youkilis connected on a pinch-hit 3-run tater off Heilman. After scoring two in the ninth the Mavs leave the bases loaded against the shaky Carlos Marmol. Wahoos win, 6-4.

Wahoos win Game 4, 3-1, thanks to Travis Hafner. He hit a two-run homer in the 5th. He and Jayson Werth were pretty much the whole offense. Werth scored in the 8th on a squeeze bunt. Mujica and Fuentes slammed the door with 4 innings of relief and only 1 hit allowed. Wahoos had only 4 hits.

Game 5 was more of the same for the Wahoos. The top 4 guys in the order had all 8 hits. After falling behind 2-0, the Wahoos rallied to take a 4-2 lead. They called on Carlos Marmol in the ninth. But after a hit, walk, fielders choice and flyball C, Juan Uribe hit a 3-run walkoff homer. Mavs win 5-4.

Nads at SuperGoofs

Goofs 3, Nads 2

Nads go 2-3 at Goofs – these two teams hit into 19 double plays in 5 games!!!!!

Game 1 Nads 3-1

Game 2 Goofs 1-0

Game 3 Nads 5-2

Game 4 Goofs 4-2

Game 5 Goofs 3-2

SuperGoof season ends.

Trade

The Killer Bees traded Jair Jurrjens to the Sidewinders for Carlos Beltran.

Sidewinders at Zaps

Zaps 4, Snakes 0

Zaps destroyed snakes. 9-4,11-9,1-0 and 8-2
Game 3 has to be the oddest game I have ever played. Jonathan Sanchez took a no-hitter into the 10th before Utley singled with two outs. Sanchez finished with a line of 9.2 ip, no runs,1 hit,10BB and 13 K Scherzer pitched a 12 inning CG shutout. Feliz yielded a Cabrera sac fly scoring McCutchen in the bottom of the 12th. I hate this fucking game.hahaha

Zaps at Killer Bees

Bees 2, Zaps 2

Zaps split four at the Bees in May.

Game 1-Hudson outduels Greinke 1-0.

Game 2- In a see-saw game the Bees finally get the upper hand and hold on 6-5 even though Verlander gives up three taters.

Game 3- Fielder hits two of the Zaps four homers on the way to an 8-2 triumph.

Game 4- Westbrook gets 5 GIDP’s as the Zaps take the getaway 5-2.

Killer Bees at Zaps

Zaps 4, Bees 3

Zaps go 4-3 at their place against the Bees. I fuckin hate Wandy Rodriguez and all of your LHPs. I drafted my team thinking I could kill lefties, but it has not turned out that way.

DVs at Fungoes

DVs 3, Fungoes 3

DVs and Fungoes slogged through 6 games at the Fungo-loid “Gravity Intensive Ballpark”, with each winning 3.

G1 9-3 DVs win, I was trimming my toenails so I didn’t notice what really happened, just the final

G2 2-1 DVs win, in 10 – A suicide squeeze plates the winning run in the top of the 10^th. In this park, “suicide” is a pretty common occurrence among fans and visiting managers

G3 4-1 DVs win, as gravity is turned up to ridiculous levels and the baseball can only travel 110 feet at a time

G4 7-4 (10) Fungoes win. DVs are feeling good with a big series lead, Halladay on the bump and plenty of smokin’ hot ‘trim’ looking on in the stands. But alas, Nelson Cruz turns the gravity meter down long enough to hit a 3 run walk off HR to win

G5 – 4-2 Fungoes win as reality returns to the DVs

G6 – 7-5 Fungoes win – as DVs wait for the start of fantasy football

Tweeners at Zaps

Tweeners 2, Zaps 2

Beating the end-of-month DemeritMan, Tweeners and Zaps split 4 in LA-LA land. Zaps squeak by in game 1 by a score of 18-2; Dallas Braden credited with the CG. Game 2 goes to the Tweeners 10-2. Felix and friends combine for the game 3 shutout, Tweeners beat Johnson 2-0. Zaps pound us again in game 4 by a score of 11-0. I'll send stats and shit in a day or two, but wanted to get the results posted ASAP.

Sidewinders at Nads

Snakes 3, Nads 2

4/28/11 Nads wins 6-5.Willingham and Montero homer and Danks sux. Mauer thrown out at the plate to end the game.

4/29/11 Snakes win 5-4 in 10 innings

4/30/11 Sanchez beats Wells 7-2;snakes get 13 hits.

9/5/11 Jimenez goes the distance allowing an unearned run in 6-1 SSWs victory

9/6/11 Danks once again had the drizzling shits and the Snakes lose 5-4.Dempster wins and Lyon gets the save. Ross and Mora homer for the Wrinkled Pink Crew.

Took the family to the Reds game Sunday- 14 inning win for the Reds. 3 ejections,Bruce homered, Stubbs threw out a runner at 3rd and Votto hit 2 homeruns including the walkoff. Great first game right, one they will always remeber! WRONG!!

We left after three innings and I watched the game when we got home.....In the top of the first Cate had to go to the bathroom again.In the bottom of the first she said she would sure like to sit in the shade. In the top of the second she was ready to go home,bottom of the third Addie agreed so we took off. Next time it will be just me and Mollie.HAHAHA

ssws

DVs vs Inmates

DVs 4, Inmates 3

DVs won 2 games at their home park and then went 2-3 at The Prison to end their season series with the Inmates.

(First 3 at The Prison)

Game 1 – Inmates win 5-4, and even though Inmates say he sux, Cargo hits a HR that is the difference

2 – DVs win 5-4 when Pennington chokes in the clutch in the bottom of the 9^th. DVs had scored 3 in the 8^th

3 – Inmates lead 5-0, then hold on to win 6-4

Games 4 and (at DVs)

4 – Halladay wins his 17^th 4-2

5 – 11 inning marathon ends in a DV 6-5 win after Fowler has a walk off 1B

Games 6 an 7 back at the Prison

6- DVs win 4-1 as Halladay wins his 18^th

7 – Inmates plate 5 in the 8^th after the DVs have to rest Latos (who was locked in a scoreless tie with Billingsley) and go on to win 5-0

DVs at Nads

DVs 4, Nads 1

Game 1 – Halladay wins an EQA game 11-0

Game 2 – DVs win in 10 in a well played game, 2-1

Game 3 – Someone named Wells (David? Vernon? Beanie?) shuts out DVs 3-0 behind Gonzalez’ 5 hits

Game 4- Lackey wins 7-2 (yes, very surprising)

Game 5 – Halladay outduels Wilson 5-3

DVs have now won 13 of their last 15 to better position them for the first pick in the draft. (I know I wasn’t in the room at the draft, but we DID pass the rule about the best team not making the playoffs gets that pick- right?????)

Buckeyes at DVs

DVs 4, Buckeyes 1

DVs stay hot and beat the hated Buckeyes 4 games to 1 at the DV park via (a surprisingly stable) netplay connection.

Game 1 – Latos CG stymies the Bucks after DVs score all their runs in the first. 4-0 DVs

Game 2 – Stanton hits a mammoth HR in the 8^th to propel DVs to a 6-5 come from behind win

Game 3 – Buckeyes win 6-4 behind 2 hits and 2 RBIs a piece by Buck and Pence

Game 4 – DVs get a Granderson walk off home run to win 3-2

Game 5 – McCann hits a walk off home run in the 11^th to capture a 7-6 DV win

Series will conclude at the Buckeyes park (with most likely different results)

Zaps at Tweeners

Zaps 6, Tweeners 1

Zaps take six of seven in Logan County .

Game 1-Zaps pound out 14 hits on the way to a 9-1 win.

Game 2-Crawford’s grand slam in the top of the 9^th keys a 6-4 Zap comeback.

Game 3-Cabrera & Bautista his back to back taters in the first on the way to a 6-1 Zap win.

Game 4-Tweeners score 4 in the first and Hernandez makes it stand up for a 5-3 victory.

Game 5-Crawford drives in five runs to lead the Zaps to a 9-2 triumph.

Game 6-Cabrera’s tater in the top of the 9^th breaks leads the Zaps to a 9-7 squeker.

Game 7-Johnson and Aardsman help the Zaps take the getaway 9-1.

Zaps at Fungoes

Zaps 2, Fungoes 1

Game 1-Fungoes bats demolish the Zaps 13-2

Game 2-Zaps pen outduels the Fungoe pen to split the doubleheader.

Game 3-Westbrook and the pen win the getaway game 1-0

Zaps at SuperGoofs

Zaps 1, Goofs 1

Game 1-Bautista hits two homers and the Zaps win in the 10.

Game 2-Tori Hunter hits a walk-off taters to win it in extras.

Tweeners vs Sidewinders

Tweeners 5, Snakes 1

Dice chattered in Lexington. Tweeners swept a 3 game set @ Stanley. In game 1 Corey Hart hit a 3-run homer in the first inning, and we scored 2 more in the 5th without benefit of a hit; Wainwright did his part, Tweeners won 5-3. Game 2 was nip & tuck, Victorino drove in a run with 2 outs in the 9th, Tweeners prevailed 4-3. Dan Hudson improved his record to 6-1 as Tweeners took game 3 by a score of 4-2. King Felix kicked off the homestand with a 4-hit, 10-K shutout, final score 3-0. Tweeners' bullpen failed in game 5, as Romo gave up a game-tying 3-run homer to some schmo in the 9th inning, Snakes won 6-4 in 12. In the finale the our 14 hits included 8 doubles, Tweeners' record crept over .500 with the 8-4 win.

SuperGoofs at Killer Bees

Goofs 3, Bees 2

Game 1 Goofs 8 Bees 4 - Goofs get homers by Johnson, Quentin, and Overbay to overpower Bees.

Game 2 Goofs 6 Bees 5 - A Huff with a 3 run HR in the 8th is the difference. Adams gets the save.

Game 3 Bees 7 Goofs 1 - Francour 3 for 4 with a HR. Hudson complete game 6 hitter

Game 4 Goofs 8 Bees 5 (11 innings) - Choo with a 3run HR off Valverde in the 11th wins it

Game 5 Bees 7 Goofs 5 - Cano and Texiera with HR as the 5 run Bee 3rd is too much

SuperGoofs at Zaps

Zaps 3, Goofs 2

Game 1 - Zaps 8 Goofs 7 - Zaps rally for 3 in the 9th off Adams. Vaciendo hits walkoff 2 run HR to win it.

Game 2 - Zaps 6 Goofs 1 - W Rodriguez & Kuo combine on a 7 hitter. A. Jones 3 for 4 with 2 HR's

Game 3 - Goofs 7 Zaps 6 - Adams holds the 1 run lead this time to get the save. 4 Zap errors lead to 2 unearned run.

Game 4 - Zaps 4 Goofs 0 - Johnson and Ku combine on a 4 hitter. Fielder with an HR

Game 5 - Goofs 16 Zaps 12 - A wild one. 3 more Zap errors lead to 4 unearned runs. A. Jones hits 3 more HR's.

FFTs vs Rhinos

Rhinos 6, FFTs 4

Rhinos kick butt... BUT... the FFTs finish their season first. Yea!

Wahoos vs FFTs

FFTs 6, Wahoos 4

2011 GARTH WAHOOS At 2011 TERRY FFT'S 4/26/2011

WAHOOS.......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 0
FFT'S........... 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 8 0

In a game for the baseball purist, Ervin Santana(12-15) and Fausto
Carmona(2-2) squared off in a tense pitching duel, TERRY FFT'S finally
emerged victorious over GARTH WAHOOS, 2 to 1.

TERRY tallied 1 run in the 5th inning. GARTH made it exciting in the 9th, but
they were unable to push the needed runs across.

Mariano Rivera recorded his 37th save. 'He gutted it out' TERRY's manager
said of Santana. 'I was very impressed by his tenacity.'

2011 GARTH WAHOOS At 2011 TERRY FFT'S 4/27/2011

WAHOOS.......... 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 - 6 7 0
FFT'S........... 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 - 7 12 2

The TERRY FFT'S and the GARTH WAHOOS locked up in an exciting one-run game at
Qualcomm Stadium. The final score was the TERRY FFT'S 7, the GARTH WAHOOS
6.

GARTH was unable to recover after TERRY went ahead in the bottom of the 2nd
inning when they scored 2 runs on 2 hits. The big moment was provided by
Derrek Lee who brought the crowd to their feet when he cracked a two-run
shot. GARTH had a chance in the 9th but they came up short.

Stephen Strasburg(5-5) went 5 innings allowing 4 runs for the victory. Mariano
Rivera gained credit for his 38th save. Tommy Hunter(0-2) was the loser. He
allowed a few too many baserunners giving up 11 hits and 4 walks in 6
innings.

2011 TERRY FFT'S At 2011 GARTH WAHOOS 6/7/2011

FFT'S........... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
WAHOOS.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 12 0

Jeremy Guthrie shutout TERRY while allowing the GARTH bullpen a day-off at PNC
Park where the GARTH WAHOOS beat the TERRY FFT'S 5 to 0.

Guthrie(4-1) looked very much in control throughout the night. He surrendered
only 4 hits and 4 walks in 9 innings reducing his ERA from 3.27 to 2.57.
GARTH managed 12 hits in their victory.

The loss was charged to Jered Weaver(13-13). He got hit hard, allowing 11
hits and 3 walks in 7 and 1/3 innings.

2011 TERRY FFT'S At 2011 GARTH WAHOOS 6/8/2011

FFT'S........... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 8 0
WAHOOS.......... 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 11 1

At PNC Park, the GARTH fans witnessed a great pitcher's duel. R.A.
Dickey(3-0) finally bested his TERRY opposite, James McDonald(3-2), by the
score of 3 to 1.

Dickey pitched a solid game. He was stingy on the mound, allowing just 7 hits
and no walks in 8 innings lowering his ERA from 3.38 to 2.36. GARTH had 11
hits for the game and TERRY had 8.

Brian Fuentes preserved the game for Dickey, recording his his 2nd. McDonald
was the loser. For GARTH the victory was a welcome one, indeed. They had
been struggling in their last ten games with a disappointing 2-8 record.
With this loss, TERRY has a 6-4 record of late, 83-66 overall.

2011 TERRY FFT'S At 2011 GARTH WAHOOS 6/9/2011

FFT'S........... 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1
WAHOOS.......... 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 8 0

Fausto Carmona(3-2) and Ervin Santana(13-16) treated the GARTH fans to a fine
pitching duel at PNC Park. The GARTH WAHOOS eventually emerged as victors
over the TERRY FFT'S by the score of 2 to 1.

Carmona earned his pay with a solid performance for GARTH. He allowed 3 hits
and 6 walks in 7 and 2/3 innings seeing his ERA drop from 2.36 to 2.10.
GARTH ended up with 8 hits for the game while TERRY had 3.

Carlos Marmol recorded his 2nd save.

2011 GARTH WAHOOS At 2011 TERRY FFT'S 7/20/2011

WAHOOS.......... 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 8 0
FFT'S........... 0 1 0 0 0 4 1 0 - 6 14 0

In a close game it was the TERRY FFT'S 6, the GARTH WAHOOS 4 at Qualcomm
Stadium.

TERRY scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning when they came up with 4
base hits. The big moment was provided by Manny Ramirez who brought a roar
from the partisan Qualcomm Stadium fans when he bombed a two-run dinger.
Mariano Rivera came throught with a perfect ninth inning to earn his 39th
save.

Matt Belisle(4-4) got credit for the victory, pitching 3 innings and allowing
no runs. Edward Mujica(1-1) suffered the loss in relief. He pitched 2/3 of
an inning giving up 5 hits and no walks.

2011 GARTH WAHOOS At 2011 TERRY FFT'S 7/21/2011 GAME ONE

WAHOOS.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0
FFT'S........... 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 0

]Ervin Santana had an impressive outing as the TERRY FFT'S defeated the GARTH
WAHOOS by the score of 1 to 0 at Qualcomm Stadium.

Santana(13-15) escaped virtually unscathed against the GARTH hitters. He
allowed just 4 hits and 1 walk in 8 innings. Santana recorded 9 strikeouts.
GARTH had a chance in the 9th but they came up short.

Santana got help from Joe Thatcher who was credited with his 5th save. The
losing pitcher was Jeremy Guthrie(3-1). He surrendered 1 run and 6 hits in 7
innings.

2011 GARTH WAHOOS At 2011 TERRY FFT'S 7/21/2011 GAME TWO DOUBLE HEADER

WAHOOS.......... 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 8 0
FFT'S........... 3 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 - 8 16 0

Hideki Matsui connected with a 'big fly' and Joe Thatcher stopped GARTH cold
as the TERRY FFT'S beat the GARTH WAHOOS by a score of 8 to 5.

James McDonald(3-1) struggled but was good enough to win with the help of some
fine defensive plays. He gave up 5 runs in 6 innings. GARTH could do no
damage in the 9th.

Thatcher was credited with his 6th save. Ricky Nolasco(1-1) absorbed the
loss. He allowed TERRY 7 runs in 5 and 2/3 innings of work.

2011 TERRY FFT'S At 2011 GARTH WAHOOS 9/3/2011

FFT'S........... 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 - 5 12 0
WAHOOS.......... 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 1

In a close game the TERRY FFT'S got by the GARTH WAHOOS by the score of 5 to
3.

TERRY came up with the deciding runs in the 9th inning scoring 2 runs
utilizing 3 base hits. After two were out Mark Ellis started the attack as
he lined a one-base hit. TERRY's manager then called for a steal which was
successful. Ichiro Suzuki then smacked a single. Josh Hamilton followed
next and he drew a walk. Jeff Keppinger stepped into the box and stroked a
single. GARTH was out-hit by TERRY, 12 hits to 9.

Joe Thatcher(3-2) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1 inning.
Thatcher got relief help from J.J. Putz who gained credit for his 4th save.
Kyle McClellan(0-2) was charged with the loss in relief. He surrendered 3
hits and no walks in 1 and 1/3 innings.

2011 TERRY FFT'S At 2011 GARTH WAHOOS 9/4/2011

FFT'S........... 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 8 1
WAHOOS.......... 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 - 5 11 0

J.A. Happ went the distance as the GARTH WAHOOS defeated the TERRY FFT'S 5 to
1 at PNC Park.

Happ(1-0) gave a fine effort for GARTH. He was reached for 8 hits and 8 walks
in 9 innings. GARTH had a total of 11 hits for the game.

Roy Oswalt(19-8) was tagged with the loss. Although losing the contest, he
whiffed 12 batters in 6 innings. With this win, GARTH has a division leading
14-10 record. They have been 4-6 lately. TERRY has a record of 84-68 after
the loss.

Trade

The Warpigs traded Jim Thome, Adam Lind, Gordon Beckham, and a 2012 reserve to the Sidewinders for Nick Markakis and Jonathan Sanchez.

Trade

The Killer Bees traded Tim Hudson to the Rhinos for Andre Ethier and an 8th round pick.

Congratulations on 600

DVs at Wahoos

DVs 5, Wahoos 0

DVs extract revenge on Wahoos - sweep 5 at The Reservation

Wahoos previously had swept 5 at the DV home park – DiamondVision finally grow a set and return the favor with a 5 game sweep themselves.

Main theme of the series was the DVs being able to capitalize with big innings and clutch hitting- it seemed the ball park singles came up at the perfect time- while the Wahoos couldn’t buy a break.

Game 1 – Ka ‘Aihue grand slam in a 6 run inning powers DVs to a 10-2 shellacking.

Game 2 – DVs score 5 RUNS on 3 HITS, while the Wahoos score 4 RUNS on 13 HITS. DVs utilized the sac bunt, steal, sac bunt, cha cha cha to milk a couple of runs, while the ‘Hoos would continually throw for the lead runner to no avail. Even more frustrating for the Chief was Travis Hafner missing a walk off BP homer (1-6- he rolled an 8) to end the game.

Game 3 – Kinsler and Andruss gather 3 hits each as the DVs roll 8-2, which included another 4 run inning

Game 4 – A 6 run ninth inning, started by a Pedro Alvarez homer, turns a tight game into a 10-4 stunner.

Game 5 – DVs wrap up the series with a 4 run 5^th inning and cruise behind a Lackey complete game 6-1.

Buckeyes at SuperGoofs

Buckeyes 5, NotSoSuperGoofs 0

Game 1 - Buckeyes 8 Goofs 2 - Prado an HR and 3 RBI's

Game 2 - Buckeyes 7 Goofs 4 - A 6 run Buckeye 6th capped by a Casper Wells 2 run oinch hit single.

Game 3 - Buckeyes 8 Goofs 2 - Barton with 4 hits in support of Carpenter

Game 4 - Buckeyes 8 Goofs 2 - The 3rd time in 4 games that the score is 8-2. Buck with 3 hits including an HR and 4 RBI's. Pence with 3 hits and 3 RBI's

Game 5 - Buckeyes 5 Goofs 2 - Bg Papu with 2 HR's and 3 RBI's as Hamels throw a cmplete game 5 hitter.

Warpigs vs SuperGoofs

Pigs 8, Goofs 6

@Goofyville
1 - Warpigs won 7-5
2 - Warpigs won 5-1
3 - Goofs won 6-3

@BallPork
4 - Warpigs won 8-0 - Trevor Cahill with the shutout.
5 - Warpigs won 4-3
6 - Warpigs won 9-3

@Goofyville
7 - Goofs won 9-3
8 - Goofs won 6-5 - Torii Hunter hit a 2-out grand slam in the bottom of the 9th off of Rafael Soriano.
9 - Warpigs won 2-0 - Clayton Richard got the shutout. The two teams combined for 16 hits - all singles.
10 - Warpigs won 4-3 (12 innings) - Donnie Murphy singled in Jamie Carroll in the 12th. This is game 153 for us this season, and this was the first single by Murphy.

@BallPork
11 - Goofs won 7-2
12 - Warpigs won 4-3
13 - Goofs won 4-3 - The best part of this game was a plate appearance by Brandon Phillips. Fed up with him constantly getting hits, I shouted out, "Hit this guy!" when he came up late in the game. The Goofs hit the enter button, and... HBP. We both just stared at the screen for a couple of seconds before we both said, "Wow" at the same time.
14 - Goofs won 2-1 - Chris Volstad outduels Cliff Lee.

Buckeyes vs Warpigs

Warpigs 6, Buckeyes 4

@Buckeye Dome
1 - Warpigs won 6-1 - Albert Pujols hits two homers and drives in four. Trevor Cahill gets the win.

2 - Buckeyes won 4-3 - John Buck hit a bases loaded single in the bottom of the 9th to break the 3-3 tie.

3 - Warpigs won 2-1 - Cliff Lee and five relievers scattered 10 hits. The Buckeyes left 12 men on base.

@BallPork
4 - Buckeyes won 8-7 - Casper Wells had 3 hits and 4 rbi. Pujols had 4 hits for the Pigs.

5 - Buckeyes won 3-1 - Derek Lowe and the bullpen shut down the Pig offense. Chipper Jones hit a 3-run homer.

@Buckeye Dome
6 - Warpigs won 3-1 - Cliff Lee allows only 1 hit in 6 innings for the win.

7 - Buckeyes won 7-4 - The Buckeyes score 4 in the 8th inning, 3 of them coming on a home run by Daric Barton.

@BallPork
8 - Warpigs won 5-4 (12 innings) - Pujols hit a walk-off homer in the 12th inning.

9 - Warpigs won 5-0 - The Pigs hit 3 homers and Cliff Lee shuts out the Buckeyes.

10 - Warpigs won 8-4 - Carlos Santana hit a double and a homer and drove in 4.

Trade

The FFTs traded Michael Bourn, Josh Thole, and James McDonald to the Warpigs for Heath Bell, Anibal Sanchez, Marlon Byrd, Angel Pagan, and Ryan Sweeney.

Warpigs vs Wahoos

Pigs 2, Hoos 1

Gm 1 (at the BallPork) - Pigs win 12-9 - The Pigs started the game with 4 straight walks followed by a grand slam. After4 innings, the Pigs led 9-1. Then back came the Wahoos. They scored 5 in the 5th, then 3 more in the 8th to tie it. But the Pigs scored 3 of their own in the bottom of the 8th for the win. Jim Thome, who had 3 walks and a hit by pitch up to that point, homered to lead off the 8th. For the year, Thome has 106 walks in less than 250 at bats.

Gm 2 (at the Reservation) - Wahoos win 4-1 - Jeremy Guthrie calms the Pig bats.

Gm 3 (at the Reservation) - Warpigs win 12-0 - Cliff Lee and Leo Nunez combine for the shutout. Albert Pujols hit a grand slam.

A Tale of Two Little Leaguers

This article by Rick Reilly is a couple of years old, but it's a good one.

If you're looking for a way to kill Little League, you should call a woman named Jean Gonzalez of Staten Island, N.Y. I think she's found it.

A little more than five years ago her 12-year-old son, Martin, got a hit and the first-base coach waved him on to second. The problem was, Martin did not generally get many doubles. In fact, he'd never slid in a game before. So when he got to second, he slid clumsily, wrenching his knee, ripping his ACL and tearing his meniscus.

So what did his mom do?

She sued.

She sued the manager. She sued the first-base coach. She sued the local Little League. She sued Little League Baseball, Incorporated. She sued everybody but the kid who cuts the outfield.

She said the manager -- Leigh Bernstein -- hadn't taught Martin the proper way to slide. (The coach said he had.) She said the local Little League had the wrong kind of bases -- Soft Touch detachable bases. (But the bases were on Little League's approved list of bases. They detach when you hit them with too much force.) She said it was everybody's fault but Martin's.

And just over two weeks ago, she settled for $125,000.

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If you're looking for a way to feel good in this whacked world, you should call the Millers of Fullerton, Calif. I think they've found it.

Pamela Miller and her husband, Rolf, are the parents of Dieter, 12. This year, Dieter, a catcher, played in the first scrimmage of the season. While trying to tag a runner at home, he broke his arm. He was out of action for all but the end of the season.

And what did his parents do?

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This is just an opinion, but I think it would be wonderful if people like Jean Gonzalez and her attorney were tied to the next shuttle and fired into space.

Here's a coach who is volunteering his time to teach kids the dying game of baseball and what does he get for his trouble? A lawsuit hanging over his head for five years.

Here's the local Little League -- New Springville -- trying to do something fun for the kids, at zero profit and thousands of migraines, and what does it get for its efforts? A lawyer of its own and a tugboat of paperwork.

What if little Martin had been beaned? Would his mom have sued the kid who pitched it? The stitcher of the ball? Abner Doubleday?

I called Ms. Gonzalez but she never called back. I called her attorney, Alan Glassman, of Brooklyn. He had to put me on hold a lot. "Parents keep calling wanting me to represent their kid," he said.

Imagine that.

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So what did the Millers do when Dieter was hurt? They spoke with his coach, Tony Mannara, and asked "Is there anything Dieter can do to stay close with the team?"

Mannara thought about it and answered, "Well, he could keep score."

So Dieter went to scorekeeper's school and learned how. He showed up an hour early for every game this year -- in uniform -- and kept score, kept the pitch count and cheered his cast off. Heck, he even came to practices.

"I'd like to have my own Little League team someday," he says.

As of press time, his parents had no plans to sue.

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What is Little League supposed to do? It's already eliminated the on-deck circle for safety reasons. Maybe it should just eliminate the bases altogether? Hey, that was a pretty good hit. Ghost runner on second.

Coach Bernstein played Martin that day because Martin went out for the team. So what's the coach supposed to do, keep the kid on the bench all year? Ms. Gonzalez probably would've sued for that, too. Emotional cruelty, perhaps.

Anyway, it's finally over. Martin is 17 now and in high school. If you're his principal you better have F. Lee Bailey on retainer.

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And what did the Miller family get for being cool? What did Dieter get for not sulking, quitting, or detaching like a pop-up base?

He won The Little League Good Sport Award.

He and his family will soon take an all-expenses-paid trip to Williamsport, Pa. for next week's Little League World Series, where he'll be honored as the kid who found a way to keep helping the team even though he couldn't step on the field.

"Big D is a stand-up young man," Coach Mannara says. "He's a fan favorite, a kid you'd never hear a bad word about. He embodies the true spirit of Little League."

No, it's not $125,000.

It's better.