It was
hot and muggy in Game #1... Pleasant in Game #2....and Game
#3 was windy and cool. Game #1 took a long time and all the
games were delayed 30 minutes. I'm glad I missed the
outfield and all the goose crap. Coach
Terra always says "No lead is safe!" Mostly because the '62
Giants rarely have one!!! Ah, but today was different as the
'62 boys rebounded from an atrocious 6th inning performance
where every infielder (all 6 of 'em) made at least one
bonehead play and stuck it to the St Louie boys who chose to
have their one-bad-inning in the top of the ninth giving the
'62 guys 8 runs and the game. Frank Weishaar baffled the '62
Giants for six innings and gave way to Lynn Lefevre who
suffered team torture in the 9th for the undeserved loss.
Randy Saladana hurled for three innings giving way to Mark
"unearned runs" Gemello who literally stuffed the Giant
Birdmen over the last three for the win. Ben
Chen and Rolly Hofstedt belted out 2-hits each to lead Saint
Louie while Frank Weishaar showed that his new metal bat is
going to be a force to be feared with a long double to deep
left center. Steve Conroy and Mike Hughey each added singles
to the Bird Giants. In a
lively, highly competitive tussle, the Yomuiri Giants
outlasted the San Francisco Giants. Many of the players from
Game #1 continued in this game playing on different teams.
Carl "Chainsaw" Vargas saw through the SF order for six
innings and John Haines floated the ball for the final two
baffling some of the SF guys. Heath Keller worked six hard
innings and left the game in Bob Hartkop's hands,
unfortunately it weren't one of Bobby's better days so
Captain Steve brought in Doug Meyer who put out the
fire. Dave
Chilcote had a double and single to lead Yomuiri with Doug
Rusch's two single day. John Haines, Matt Schmuck, Count
Montelatto, and Billy Doherty each belted bingles to round
out Yomuiri's day. Scott
Pimpl, Jim Realini, Doug Meyer, Bob Hartkop, Dave Decruz,
and Heath Keller each made singles for San Francisco's
attack. I think I
Can say this for all the A's Guy's from both sides of the
Diamond. WELCOME BACK EDDIE. #1. Jim Realini for
butchering last weeks A's write-ups.
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JIM
REALINI
Alameda, California
July 22nd, 2007
'62 Giants (Terralini's) 13 vs Saint Louis Giants
(Hughey-Weishaar) 10
Mark Gemello and Matt Schmuck led the '62 Giants with 3-hit
days apiece while Diablo Terra and the soon to be
nuptualized Dave Decruz had two hit salvos in support. John
Haines got the GWH while Drew Greenlee, Don Dewitt, and Rick
Venegas chipped in solo singles for the
winners.
Yomuiri Giants (Schmuck-Miller) 11 vs San Francisco Giants
(Bennett-Lee) 9 (8 innings)
Philadelphia A's
(Mello-Luis) 10 vs Oakland (Boomer-Vigil)
A's
8 (8 innings)
by Mike Mello
It was good to see you Sunday. And It looks like you'll be
back soon, lean and mean and ready to tear up the ball field
once again. All of us on both A's teams wish you a speedy
Recovery and can't wait to have you back Playing again.It
was a Breezy cool day, perfect weather for Baseball And Eddy
Contreras was at the game just licking his chops to get off
the DL list. Unfortunately, One of the A's teams had to lose
and one had to win. It was a close game and could have gone
either way if 9 innings were played. Anyway, this game is in
the history book now, so let's just reflect on the recap and
highlights of the game.
In the top of the 1st inning The Oakland A's Took advantage
of "Hoop" trying to settle in on the mound. with some
patient at bats drawing 4 walks and Hits from "Dangerous"
Dave Vigil and a RBI hit going to "That a Boy" Dave Calhoun
with another RBI walk going to the ''Comish'' Ed Glover, The
Oaks pushed 3 runs across the plate before the side was
retired. The Phili A's came up and Fought back hard with the
Phili's lead of batter Pat Macias smoking a deep triple shot
to right field, Gordon Yosti followed with a walk, Craig
Alexander Smacked a RBI single. Coach Ba Ba Luis drew
another walk. Gary Hopper reached base on an error causing 2
more A's runs to cross the dish. That was about All the
Phili's could muster up in the 1st. After 1 Full, the game
is all tied up at 3 apiece.
Into the 2nd. Gary Hoop Settled in nicely on the mound and
only faced 3 Oakland Batters in the top of the 2nd. The
Phili A's got the bats crankin in the lower 1/2 of the
inning. Chris Dorn led off the 1st inning grounding out then
things broke loose, Felix "BaBa" Lu hustled out a base hit
and Kelly Albertson followed with another Hit. 3 fingers
Mello drew a base on balls loading them all up. Patrick "My
Man" Macias followed Mello with a RBI single, Yosti Followed
with another RBI single. Alexander and Luis drew walks,
Bringing up Steve Bennett. Bennett, smacked a hard liner to
third pushing another run across. Rod "New" Oehrlein Pooped
a Rbi base hit as well. The Phili's had batted around and
ended up pushing 6 runs across the plate in the 2nd. Into
the 3rd. Mark "Welcome Back" Fitzpatrick Lead the Oakland
A's 3rd off with a base hit, Ken "Heide Ho" Calloway
followed with a base on balls, Kevin "The Men's Warehouse"
Zimmerman reached base on a Fielders choice by virtue of Rod
"New" Oehrleins Major league diving stop in the hole at
short throwing out Fitzy at 3rd. Not much else happened for
the Oaks in the3rd. In the bottom of the 3rd not much went
on for the Phili's Except for CHRIS DORN'S 1ST HIT OF THE
YEAR, A 2 BAGGER. That was the only Phili Highlight of there
at bat. Into the 4th, Hoop pitched the 4th inning well only
facing 4 batters and hitting Lino Amaral with a brush back
pitch. Not much else went on for the Oaks in the 4th. With
good pitching coming from Mark Fitzpatrick of the Oaks,The
Phili's Managed only 1 run in the bottom of the 4th with
only 1 hit going to Craig Alexander. Into the 5th The
Oakland A's begin to crank it up a notch at the plate. Mark
Fitzy reached 1st on a 3rd base Phili error. Hoop Hit Zimm
with another brush back pitch, only by accident Hoop Said.
Now here comes the COMISH TO THE DISH, Ed Glover pounded a
single base shot to push the runners up. Boomer "I'm In
stitches" Aboumarad nailed a nice 2 base, 2 Rbi hit at the
right time. "That a Boy" Dave Calhoun followed with a nice
hit up the middle for 2 hits on the day. That was about all
the damage the Oaks could do in the 5th. Mark Fitzpatrick
threw well from the mound for the Oaks in the bottom of the
5th, only facing 3 Phili batters. Into the 6th The Oakland
A's managed to push another run across the plate in the 6th
with hit's by "Jay" Lino Amaral and Mark Patrickfitz Mark,
To inch a little closer to Phili's lead. For The
Philadelphia A's in the 6th Mike "I'm in stitches too" Mello
( just like his Buddy Boomer), lead off with a nicely placed
towering bunt and hustled out an infield hit to Start of the
inning just to be left stranded at 1st. That was all the
offense the Phili's delivered in the 6th. Into the 7th. The
Oaks only rallied for 1 Hit by "The Comish" Ed Glover in the
7th only to be shut down by a Phili Double Play and good
pitching by Dave "Gamer" Gamson. The Phili A's followed by
drawing only 1 hit By Coach Luis Then the next 3 batters
were shut down in order with really good pitching by Craig
Nolan "Ryan" . Into the top of the 8th with game time
running thin. The Oakland A's were fighting back pretty hard
and really threatening to close the score gap With hits by
"Big Bad" Russ Greenfield and Mark Fitzpatrick. 1 run
crossed the plate for the Oaks in the 8th narrowing the
score gap and making for a good tight game, but after 3 outs
were called the Blue's brother's called the game on time.
This was a good game which could have gone either way if 9
innings were played. Great game Everyone it was fun
!!!!.