Haven't posted in awhile but, hoping to pick up the posting. I always say that though and I never do. Its the summer and I have a lot of different things going on as far as work, softball, and baseball. I haven't played baseball in awhile so theres nothing to report there. I missed the last baseball game which we lost 6-5. The bats finally started hitting but, we just can't seem to come away with the win.
In Mauston league softball we are struggling a bit as we came away with a 7-1 lose to Harmony, then followed up with a 9-7 win against Randalls a team we really should of beaten badly. The following week was another struggle as we beat Dream Sports 4-1 another team we should of killed. Game two was against Wonderlys who we beat by the 15 run rule like we should.
The Dells league finally got going again and we were able to defeat Knuckleheads 16-8. We didn't hit great but, we put the ball in play and made the other team make mistakes. We were carried by the hot bats of my brother Ben and Ryan Brice who each had four hits and a home run. Hopefully this will carry into our next game against Edge of the Dells.
Rankings
1. River City Coors Light (Lacrosse) Camp Douglas- Very very good team that hit the ball extremely well. Always hit line drives and only hit homers with runners on base.
2. Varsity Club (Baraboo/Madison/ Elroy) Tomah- Play very good defense, hit the long ball really well, and have one of the best pitchers around in Ronny Murray.
3. Breakaway (Tomah/Sparta) Camp Douglas, Tomah- Just like River City hit very hard line drives.
4. Harmony 2 (Mauston) Tomah- Another team that hits the long ball very well and plays pretty good defense. Can really string runs together.
5. Bar Ron Farms (Ithaca/Spring Green) Hub City- Hit the ball very very hard and are always going for the long ball. Also have a pretty solid pitcher.
6. Mt Tabor (Mt. Tabor/Kendall) Hub City- Similar to Bar Ron Farms in that they hit the long ball pretty well and play some pretty solid defense. Very solid 1-10.
7. Harmony (Mauston) My Tourney Team- Team that can really string the runs together and when there hot they can play with anyone.
8. Harmony (Mauston) Mauston League- Combined players from the two Harmony's make this team pretty good.
9. Crow Bar 2 (Warrens/Tomah) Warrens, Tomah- Solid hitting team thats played a lot of ball and play some pretty good defense. Looked to be a much improved hitting team the second time I saw them and had a better pitcher too.
10. Anjeros (Mauston) My Mauston League Team- Play really good defense and strong base hitting team.
11. Nubs Pub (Lacrosse/Sparta) Camp Douglas- Hit the ball really hard and can really string some runs together.
12. Monks (Wisconsin Dells) Dells League- Veteran team that hits the long ball. Picked up some pretty good players since the last time I saw them.
13. Mt Olympus (Wisconsin Dells) My Dells League Team- Young team with a lot of team speed and play very good defense.
14. Bensons (Ontario/Kendal) Hub City- Veteran team that's played a lot of ball and hitting the ball pretty solid.
15. Sloopys (Lacrosse) Tomah- Very good team that has a nice mix of veteran and young players. Very solid 1-10 hitters, not real weak areas.
HM
Crow Bar 1 (Warrens/Tomah) Hub City,Tomah
Sand Bar (Wisconsin Dells) Dells League
Currently we have a break right now in tournaments so just looking forward to next weeks league games. Like I said Mt Olympus will be meeting Edge O Dells and Anjeros has a very tough game against Harmony. Should be a great week of softball and after that were going on a camping trip up north which should be some real fun. Side note I've really been struggling lately and have been really struggling to get out of the slump. Hopefully next week will bring better hitting.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
First Round of Softball Rankings
With Dells softball league on hold due to the flooding only league going on is Mauston in which we dominated once again winning 17-1. We played Wonderlys who don't seem to have a lot of softball experience but, did show some flashes of some real skill. The wind was blowing in so we relied on our defense and base hits to carry us to victory. Had a rough game myself as I went 1-3 with two walks. Due to work I missed the first game up in Tomah which we won 15-9 so not much else to talk about. With little to talk about might as well do my first round of softball team rankings. Probably going to rank the top ten teams and as the season goes on may move to 15 or 20 teams. I'll be listing the team and then where there from and where I saw them play.
Rankings
1. River City Coors Light (Lacrosse) Camp Douglas- Very very good team that hit the ball extremely well. Always hit line drives and only hit homers with runners on base.
2. Breakaway (Tomah/Sparta) Camp Douglas- Just like River City hit very hard line drives.
3. Bar Ron Farms (Ithaca/Spring Green) Hub City- Hit the ball very very hard and are always going for the long ball. Also have a pretty solid pitcher.
4. Mt Tabor (Mt. Tabor/Kendall) Hub City- Similar to Bar Ron Farms in that they hit the long ball pretty well and play some pretty solid defense. Very solid 1-10.
5. Harmony (Mauston) My Tourney Team- Team that can really string the runs together and when there hot they can play with anyone.
6. Anjeros (Mauston) My Mauston League Team- Play really good defense and strong base hitting team.
7. Nubs Pub (Lacrosse/Sparta) Camp Douglas- Hit the ball really hard and can really string some runs together.
8. Mt Olympus (Wisconsin Dells) My Dells League Team- Young team with a lot of team speed and play very good defense.
9. Crow Bar 2 (Warrens/Tomah) Warrens- Solid hitting team that's played a lot of ball and play some pretty solid defense.
10. Bensons (Ontario/Kendal) Hub City- Veteran team that's played a lot of ball and hitting the ball pretty solid.
11. Crow Bar 1 (Warrens/Tomah) Hub City- Young team that hits the ball really well.
12. Sand Bar (Wisconsin Dells) Dells League- Veteran team that's played a lot of ball. Hit the ball pretty well.
13. Multistack (Tomah/Sparta) Camp Douglas- Solid hitting team, that plays decent defense.
14. Knuckleheads (Wisconsin Dells) Dells League- Young team with a lot of team speed and hit the ball pretty hard.
15. O'Finleys (Richland Center/Cazanovia) Hub City- Young team that plays pretty solid if they just keep their heads in the game.
Teams that would probably be ranked if I got a chance to see them play are Harmony Mauston league team and Harmony 2 tournament team. Both teams are very good and would easily be ranked if I had the chance to see them play.
Rankings
1. River City Coors Light (Lacrosse) Camp Douglas- Very very good team that hit the ball extremely well. Always hit line drives and only hit homers with runners on base.
2. Breakaway (Tomah/Sparta) Camp Douglas- Just like River City hit very hard line drives.
3. Bar Ron Farms (Ithaca/Spring Green) Hub City- Hit the ball very very hard and are always going for the long ball. Also have a pretty solid pitcher.
4. Mt Tabor (Mt. Tabor/Kendall) Hub City- Similar to Bar Ron Farms in that they hit the long ball pretty well and play some pretty solid defense. Very solid 1-10.
5. Harmony (Mauston) My Tourney Team- Team that can really string the runs together and when there hot they can play with anyone.
6. Anjeros (Mauston) My Mauston League Team- Play really good defense and strong base hitting team.
7. Nubs Pub (Lacrosse/Sparta) Camp Douglas- Hit the ball really hard and can really string some runs together.
8. Mt Olympus (Wisconsin Dells) My Dells League Team- Young team with a lot of team speed and play very good defense.
9. Crow Bar 2 (Warrens/Tomah) Warrens- Solid hitting team that's played a lot of ball and play some pretty solid defense.
10. Bensons (Ontario/Kendal) Hub City- Veteran team that's played a lot of ball and hitting the ball pretty solid.
11. Crow Bar 1 (Warrens/Tomah) Hub City- Young team that hits the ball really well.
12. Sand Bar (Wisconsin Dells) Dells League- Veteran team that's played a lot of ball. Hit the ball pretty well.
13. Multistack (Tomah/Sparta) Camp Douglas- Solid hitting team, that plays decent defense.
14. Knuckleheads (Wisconsin Dells) Dells League- Young team with a lot of team speed and hit the ball pretty hard.
15. O'Finleys (Richland Center/Cazanovia) Hub City- Young team that plays pretty solid if they just keep their heads in the game.
Teams that would probably be ranked if I got a chance to see them play are Harmony Mauston league team and Harmony 2 tournament team. Both teams are very good and would easily be ranked if I had the chance to see them play.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
Summer turns around as Softball hits full swing
Well after a rough start to the summer things started to turn around this week. Both my Wisconsin Dells league and Mauston league started and we finally were back on the tournament circuit for softball.
The week began with our very first Dells league game which was pretty exciting because this was the first time that a lot of us had played together. We got a good draw with a game against Marley's who will probably finish towards the bottom of the league. We jumped out early and never looked back and cruised to a 15-0 win. I went 2-4 with two pop outs, a single, and a double. Marleys was only able to manage two hits, one of which was questionable. I tried to watch as much as I could of the games and will do my best two make a pick for where everyone in the league will finish. There are 12 teams in the league so some teams are guesses or are based on what others have told me.
Conteders
Stroede Bros- Won 9-1 and have a good amount of guys from my tournament team.
Moosejaw- Didn't see them play but, have heard their always towards the top of the league.
Knuckleheads- Lost in 10 innings but, are a young athletic team that should win a decent amount of games.
Sandbar- Last years champs that beat Knuckleheads.
Mt Olympus- Gotta put our own team and we did put up the most runs of the night.
Middle of the Pack
Scott Construction- Didn't see them play but, they have some big hitters and some guys that have played a decent amount of ball.
Edge O Dells- Lots of young guys that can hit the ball. Won their first game but, their D is suspect.
Monks- Lost their first game to Edge O Dells but, they have a lot of guys that have played a ton of ball and should rebound and give a lot of teams some trouble.
Ducks- Won their first game and were winning 9-3 when I left but, have a lot of players and a good portion of them haven't played a lot of ball.
Bottom Dwellers
Wilderness- Didn't see them play but, heard they lost 9-1 and that they weren't too good.
Royal Excavating- Lost their first game and didn't look to impressive.
Marleys- Lets just say that they are in for a long year.
Well did my best with that. May be off a bit but, in just seeing bits and pieces of games I think I did a pretty good job.
Mauston league was Wednesday night and game one we won 14-0 or their about, scoring 10 runs in the first inning and relaxing the rest of the way. We were playing Randalls who just couldn't get anything going and their pitcher served some up. I went 2-3 in the game with two home runs, a walk, and a nice little strike out. Game two was against a young Dream Sports team who we beat 12-2, with both of their runs coming in the last inning. This game I went 2-3 with two triples, a walk, and a deep fly out. The league only has five teams, so I got a chance to see all the teams and feel I can make a pretty decent prediction.
1. Harmony- Won the tournament last year and are even more stacked as they added a couple guys from Harmony 2 who were unable to put a team together.
2. Anjeros- My team won the regular season title last year but, fell to Harmony in the championship and will be missing arguably are best player from last year.
3. Randalls- Has a few players that have played a decent amount of softball and should be able to beat the bottom two teams.
4. Dream Sporst- Bunch of young guys that just haven't played enough softball.
5. Wonderlys- Not a lot of experience on this team and will probably struggle to win a game.
Thursday night was baseball night again which meant another loss for the Dells. We hung with Plain but, just couldn't get the big hit as we fell 4-1. We had a runner thrown out at home and twice had runners on third and couldn't bring them in. We looked decent though and hit the ball fairly well but, just couldn't get the runners across the plate. If we continue to improve we should win a few games in the near future.
This past weekend was a tournament down in Hub City. The tournament ended up getting rained out but, we did manage to get a couple games in before the tournament was called. Game one was against a young O'Finley's team from the Cazanovia area. They jumped on us early as we started out slow and found ourselves in a hole. We managed to tie the game up at 11 a piece before we blew up for 14 runs in the 6th inning. The O'Finley's team got down on themselves and just couldn't turn things around. Game two was against Bensons who we've seen many times before. This game had a couple rain interruptions and involved us playing defense in the pouring rain and with Bensons scoring six runs with only hitting a couple balls out of the infield. We were able to get five runs and then another two when the rain started to give us an early 7-0 lead and then were able to hang on for a water logged win of 17-14.
Tomorrow I'll try to do my best to rank the top teams that I've seen this year. It will be a little difficult because I don't usually see entire games and it makes a difference if your playing a good team or a not so good team.
The week began with our very first Dells league game which was pretty exciting because this was the first time that a lot of us had played together. We got a good draw with a game against Marley's who will probably finish towards the bottom of the league. We jumped out early and never looked back and cruised to a 15-0 win. I went 2-4 with two pop outs, a single, and a double. Marleys was only able to manage two hits, one of which was questionable. I tried to watch as much as I could of the games and will do my best two make a pick for where everyone in the league will finish. There are 12 teams in the league so some teams are guesses or are based on what others have told me.
Conteders
Stroede Bros- Won 9-1 and have a good amount of guys from my tournament team.
Moosejaw- Didn't see them play but, have heard their always towards the top of the league.
Knuckleheads- Lost in 10 innings but, are a young athletic team that should win a decent amount of games.
Sandbar- Last years champs that beat Knuckleheads.
Mt Olympus- Gotta put our own team and we did put up the most runs of the night.
Middle of the Pack
Scott Construction- Didn't see them play but, they have some big hitters and some guys that have played a decent amount of ball.
Edge O Dells- Lots of young guys that can hit the ball. Won their first game but, their D is suspect.
Monks- Lost their first game to Edge O Dells but, they have a lot of guys that have played a ton of ball and should rebound and give a lot of teams some trouble.
Ducks- Won their first game and were winning 9-3 when I left but, have a lot of players and a good portion of them haven't played a lot of ball.
Bottom Dwellers
Wilderness- Didn't see them play but, heard they lost 9-1 and that they weren't too good.
Royal Excavating- Lost their first game and didn't look to impressive.
Marleys- Lets just say that they are in for a long year.
Well did my best with that. May be off a bit but, in just seeing bits and pieces of games I think I did a pretty good job.
Mauston league was Wednesday night and game one we won 14-0 or their about, scoring 10 runs in the first inning and relaxing the rest of the way. We were playing Randalls who just couldn't get anything going and their pitcher served some up. I went 2-3 in the game with two home runs, a walk, and a nice little strike out. Game two was against a young Dream Sports team who we beat 12-2, with both of their runs coming in the last inning. This game I went 2-3 with two triples, a walk, and a deep fly out. The league only has five teams, so I got a chance to see all the teams and feel I can make a pretty decent prediction.
1. Harmony- Won the tournament last year and are even more stacked as they added a couple guys from Harmony 2 who were unable to put a team together.
2. Anjeros- My team won the regular season title last year but, fell to Harmony in the championship and will be missing arguably are best player from last year.
3. Randalls- Has a few players that have played a decent amount of softball and should be able to beat the bottom two teams.
4. Dream Sporst- Bunch of young guys that just haven't played enough softball.
5. Wonderlys- Not a lot of experience on this team and will probably struggle to win a game.
Thursday night was baseball night again which meant another loss for the Dells. We hung with Plain but, just couldn't get the big hit as we fell 4-1. We had a runner thrown out at home and twice had runners on third and couldn't bring them in. We looked decent though and hit the ball fairly well but, just couldn't get the runners across the plate. If we continue to improve we should win a few games in the near future.
This past weekend was a tournament down in Hub City. The tournament ended up getting rained out but, we did manage to get a couple games in before the tournament was called. Game one was against a young O'Finley's team from the Cazanovia area. They jumped on us early as we started out slow and found ourselves in a hole. We managed to tie the game up at 11 a piece before we blew up for 14 runs in the 6th inning. The O'Finley's team got down on themselves and just couldn't turn things around. Game two was against Bensons who we've seen many times before. This game had a couple rain interruptions and involved us playing defense in the pouring rain and with Bensons scoring six runs with only hitting a couple balls out of the infield. We were able to get five runs and then another two when the rain started to give us an early 7-0 lead and then were able to hang on for a water logged win of 17-14.
Tomorrow I'll try to do my best to rank the top teams that I've seen this year. It will be a little difficult because I don't usually see entire games and it makes a difference if your playing a good team or a not so good team.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Struggles of the Early Summer
Well with the summer about to hit full swing I've really neglected my postings. Also add in the fact that we've struggled in softball and baseball so there hasn't been a lot of positives to talk about.
A week and a half ago we were playing softball up in Camp Douglas. Due to work I missed the first game which we won but, then followed that up with a couple of rough loses which i was a part of on Saturday afternoon. We faced River City Coors Light in the first lost and were crushed 28ish to 3. They just hit single after single after single and then the occasional home run. We had three bad errors in the outfield, one was mine, other then that we played a pretty solid defensive game but, just couldn't get the bats going. The second lost was just as rough as Breakaway took us down 25-10 or so. This was the first game I played third base but, it seemed like these guys just crushed the ball incredibly hard. Balls were through the infield before I could even make a move and on home runs we didn't even move, you knew they were at once the ball was hit. I ended up going 0 for the tourney and my brother only had one hit which was a home run. After this weekend our tournament team is now 7-3 with a 1st place finish and a 5th place finish.
Baseball has started off even worse as we've now started the season 0-3. First game of the year against Cazanovia we lost 5-0 and only had two hits. Caz only had two hits themselves but, our starting pitcher couldn't throw a strike to save his life and hit four guys in the first inning and another two in the second inning before he was pulled. Second game I missed but, we lost 6-0 to Cross Plains. Game three was a disaster all around as we were without lights so the game went only four innings and we lost to Sparta 7-3. Were not hitting right now and our supposive number one has no control right now and to top it off we have 20 guys on the team so half our guys aren't playing. Were now going to be playing inter team games on Wednesday nights just to get everyone at bats. Can't hurt the guys who are playing because their not hitting either.
Well not much else to talk about. Hopefully I'll begin to keep up with this again and be posting after every game. Due to the fact that I play softball about every night that probably won't happen but, I'll try to get on here at least twice a week and post.
A week and a half ago we were playing softball up in Camp Douglas. Due to work I missed the first game which we won but, then followed that up with a couple of rough loses which i was a part of on Saturday afternoon. We faced River City Coors Light in the first lost and were crushed 28ish to 3. They just hit single after single after single and then the occasional home run. We had three bad errors in the outfield, one was mine, other then that we played a pretty solid defensive game but, just couldn't get the bats going. The second lost was just as rough as Breakaway took us down 25-10 or so. This was the first game I played third base but, it seemed like these guys just crushed the ball incredibly hard. Balls were through the infield before I could even make a move and on home runs we didn't even move, you knew they were at once the ball was hit. I ended up going 0 for the tourney and my brother only had one hit which was a home run. After this weekend our tournament team is now 7-3 with a 1st place finish and a 5th place finish.
Baseball has started off even worse as we've now started the season 0-3. First game of the year against Cazanovia we lost 5-0 and only had two hits. Caz only had two hits themselves but, our starting pitcher couldn't throw a strike to save his life and hit four guys in the first inning and another two in the second inning before he was pulled. Second game I missed but, we lost 6-0 to Cross Plains. Game three was a disaster all around as we were without lights so the game went only four innings and we lost to Sparta 7-3. Were not hitting right now and our supposive number one has no control right now and to top it off we have 20 guys on the team so half our guys aren't playing. Were now going to be playing inter team games on Wednesday nights just to get everyone at bats. Can't hurt the guys who are playing because their not hitting either.
Well not much else to talk about. Hopefully I'll begin to keep up with this again and be posting after every game. Due to the fact that I play softball about every night that probably won't happen but, I'll try to get on here at least twice a week and post.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Warrens Tournament Champs
With the softball season starting up my posting will probably pick back up again. When I have free time anyway because it appears I will be having games every night. This year I probably won't be playing in the Mauston Coed league but, will probably be playing with a team in Portage on Monday nights. Anyway this weekend was our first tournament with Harmony. Tournament was limited arc, which means pitches are 6-12 feet. Typically we play unlimited arc but, will get into any tournament we can. This was a weaker tournament which we were able to win. This was nice because it was our first tournament of the year and it's nice to start the year off with a tournament win.
Our first game was against Sunset from Black River Falls. They weren't too much of a competition as we run ruled them in five innings with a score of 18-3. Highlight of this game was my brother going 3-3 with three home runs. Game two was against Ridgeview who was from Warrens and had a few guys from Breakaway who is a very good tournament team. This game was a great battle as we were down 13-0, came back to make it 13-10, then went down 19-10, before finally winning 22-21. The night cap was against a younger team from the Lacrosse/Black River Falls area. They had full uniforms which was a little intimidating but, we took the early lead and never looked back. Final score was 19-10. To end Saturday night there was a home run derby which wasn't do great due to the rain and lack of home runs. My brother hit only one home run in the derby and the winner of the derby had only three bombs.
Sunday we took on a very young Crow Bar team from Warrens. We jumped out early and despite a slight come back from them we were able to hang on for a 25-15 win. In the championship game we needed to only beat the second Crow Bar team once to win the tournament or have them beat us twice. Of course they beat us the first game, where we played terrible and lost 26-10. This Crow Bar team had quite a few guys from a pretty good Barrons team. The championship game went right to the wire as one of our guys hit a walk off home run to win the game and tournament 22-21.
We went 5-1 on the tournament and averaged 19.3 runs per game and outscored our opponents 116-96. Was a great first tournament and is hopefully a forecast of how the season will go.
Our first game was against Sunset from Black River Falls. They weren't too much of a competition as we run ruled them in five innings with a score of 18-3. Highlight of this game was my brother going 3-3 with three home runs. Game two was against Ridgeview who was from Warrens and had a few guys from Breakaway who is a very good tournament team. This game was a great battle as we were down 13-0, came back to make it 13-10, then went down 19-10, before finally winning 22-21. The night cap was against a younger team from the Lacrosse/Black River Falls area. They had full uniforms which was a little intimidating but, we took the early lead and never looked back. Final score was 19-10. To end Saturday night there was a home run derby which wasn't do great due to the rain and lack of home runs. My brother hit only one home run in the derby and the winner of the derby had only three bombs.
Sunday we took on a very young Crow Bar team from Warrens. We jumped out early and despite a slight come back from them we were able to hang on for a 25-15 win. In the championship game we needed to only beat the second Crow Bar team once to win the tournament or have them beat us twice. Of course they beat us the first game, where we played terrible and lost 26-10. This Crow Bar team had quite a few guys from a pretty good Barrons team. The championship game went right to the wire as one of our guys hit a walk off home run to win the game and tournament 22-21.
We went 5-1 on the tournament and averaged 19.3 runs per game and outscored our opponents 116-96. Was a great first tournament and is hopefully a forecast of how the season will go.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Softball League Thoughts
I already covered my tournament team from last year so now its time to move on to league talk. Last year I played in three different softball leagues. On Tuesday nights I played in Baraboo, Wednesday nights Mauston, and Sunday nights Mauston Coed.
Baraboo league had three different leagues which was split into A, B, and C league. I played with Monks and we were in the B league. B league was about right for us because we could compete with everyone in the league and would probably get killed in A league. We were a very streaky hitting team and made a lot of errors in the infield. With those two things working against us pitching was huge. The first half of the year our pitching was pretty rough which led to our team really struggling to win in the first half. Midway through the season we switched pitchers which turned our team around as we finished the season pretty strong. I had a fairly strong year there as I batted 3rd and played left center. I hit about five home runs during the year.
Mauston league had seven teams in the league with three very good teams and four bad teams. I played with Anjeros and we pretty much dominated the league until we lost in one of the final games of the year to Harmony 2 and then in the playoffs we ended up losing to Harmony 1 in the championship game. I typically played 2nd, 3rd, right center, and a little bit of left center and batted anywhere from second, fourth, sixth or eighth. I believe I had around six home runs on the year and batted around .600 or so.
My final league was a church coed team. When we were at full strength we basically dominated as we went on to win the championship and only have two loses on the season. This league is very weak as only two other teams could compete with us the majority of the time.
This year I'll be having my own team in the Dells this year so I won't be playing in Baraboo this year. Our team should be a middle of the road team. We don't have a lot of overall team power but, our team has a lot of team speed which should work to our advantage on a big field and we play some pretty good defense. Mauston we will once again be one of the top teams in the league. We lose one of our best players in our lead off and left center fielder but, we should be able to replace him easy enough and my brother may be added to the team. As far as coed goes I'll probably only play part time when it doesn't conflict with tournaments.
As you can see by my posts I'm getting pretty excited for the season to start. May 10 is our first tournament and May 19 Dells league starts. Not sure on the other leagues yet.
Baraboo league had three different leagues which was split into A, B, and C league. I played with Monks and we were in the B league. B league was about right for us because we could compete with everyone in the league and would probably get killed in A league. We were a very streaky hitting team and made a lot of errors in the infield. With those two things working against us pitching was huge. The first half of the year our pitching was pretty rough which led to our team really struggling to win in the first half. Midway through the season we switched pitchers which turned our team around as we finished the season pretty strong. I had a fairly strong year there as I batted 3rd and played left center. I hit about five home runs during the year.
Mauston league had seven teams in the league with three very good teams and four bad teams. I played with Anjeros and we pretty much dominated the league until we lost in one of the final games of the year to Harmony 2 and then in the playoffs we ended up losing to Harmony 1 in the championship game. I typically played 2nd, 3rd, right center, and a little bit of left center and batted anywhere from second, fourth, sixth or eighth. I believe I had around six home runs on the year and batted around .600 or so.
My final league was a church coed team. When we were at full strength we basically dominated as we went on to win the championship and only have two loses on the season. This league is very weak as only two other teams could compete with us the majority of the time.
This year I'll be having my own team in the Dells this year so I won't be playing in Baraboo this year. Our team should be a middle of the road team. We don't have a lot of overall team power but, our team has a lot of team speed which should work to our advantage on a big field and we play some pretty good defense. Mauston we will once again be one of the top teams in the league. We lose one of our best players in our lead off and left center fielder but, we should be able to replace him easy enough and my brother may be added to the team. As far as coed goes I'll probably only play part time when it doesn't conflict with tournaments.
As you can see by my posts I'm getting pretty excited for the season to start. May 10 is our first tournament and May 19 Dells league starts. Not sure on the other leagues yet.
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