(Sung to the Beverly Hills tune, the Ballad of Jed Clampett)
Come and listen to my story about a team named White,
A poor pre-season, nothin' went right,
Robbed by the Cardinal it made them uptight,
A re-match with Vegas was our next plight.
Gold that is, Vegas Gold.
Well next thing you know, White's up nine to one,
Tripling our practice game that was some fun,
Then a few defensive blunders oh my me,
But we recovered in time to gain the victory.
Win, that is, 21-15 Creaker White win.
There should be another verse but I am straining as it is.
White played mostly up to our potential today, beating a very good Vegas team that crushed us in the pre-season 21-3.
We jumped on them 4-1 in the first, and 9-1 after two, and although they closed to as close as 12-8, we never relinquished the lead. Final score 21-15.
Despite the aforementioned blunders in the field, the rest of the game featured some major White gems. It didn't matter where Coach Neil Henry put Dave Partridge, he made great catches. In the third, he leaped upward playing catcher to snare a foul ball hit over his head. In the sixth, when Vegas had closed to 15-10 and had two on and one out, and about to turn over the lineup, he robbed Bruce Yow on a smash down the third base line, and turned it into a double play.
Barry Gronenberg also stopped a hot shot past the screen for a putout in the second. In the fourth Mike Guerrero ranged far into right center from 2B to catch a pop fly. In the eighth, playing the same position, Neil grabbed a grounder to his right headed into right center. Following that, Dave Rose and Paul Lisi atoned for earlier infractions by catching tough fly balls to end the inning before Gold could entertain notions of invoking the catchup rule (it was 20-15). In the ninth Barry put them down without any drama, except for Mike Sainden acting like a thirty year old and getting a pop fly behind third base.
We scored in every inning, and won all but two. Good formula for success. We took advantage of the Gold pitchers' wildness as we walked 11 times. Rich Brown accounted for three of them himself and the leadoff hitter scored four runs, including after a triple. Tom Meyer, who is the early favorite for rookie of the year (no pressure) blasted a solo home run, and was 3-3 with a walk. Mike Guerrero was also 3-3 with a walk.
We aren't laden with power hitters, but Bruce Spencer hit a gapper to plate two on his way to leading the team with 4 RBIs. The Davids, Partridge and Rose, and the Barry had the other extra base hits, a double and triple and double, respectively.
Multi-hit games from most of the rest of us, two from Partridge, Rose, Kravin, Spencer, Henry, and Gronenberg - Barry may have had the best hit of the game, a liner that kicked up chalk on the right field line, and scored a runner all the way from first. If he hadn't had his hip problems he might still be running ("Run, Barry, Run!).
Barry left the mound in the middle innings and returned to close the game, so I guess he gets the win and the save.
Consistent hitting and scoring, and good defense, that is our motto on this team.
Come and listen to my story about a team named White,
A poor pre-season, nothin' went right,
Robbed by the Cardinal it made them uptight,
A re-match with Vegas was our next plight.
Gold that is, Vegas Gold.
Well next thing you know, White's up nine to one,
Tripling our practice game that was some fun,
Then a few defensive blunders oh my me,
But we recovered in time to gain the victory.
Win, that is, 21-15 Creaker White win.
There should be another verse but I am straining as it is.
White played mostly up to our potential today, beating a very good Vegas team that crushed us in the pre-season 21-3.
We jumped on them 4-1 in the first, and 9-1 after two, and although they closed to as close as 12-8, we never relinquished the lead. Final score 21-15.
Despite the aforementioned blunders in the field, the rest of the game featured some major White gems. It didn't matter where Coach Neil Henry put Dave Partridge, he made great catches. In the third, he leaped upward playing catcher to snare a foul ball hit over his head. In the sixth, when Vegas had closed to 15-10 and had two on and one out, and about to turn over the lineup, he robbed Bruce Yow on a smash down the third base line, and turned it into a double play.
Barry Gronenberg also stopped a hot shot past the screen for a putout in the second. In the fourth Mike Guerrero ranged far into right center from 2B to catch a pop fly. In the eighth, playing the same position, Neil grabbed a grounder to his right headed into right center. Following that, Dave Rose and Paul Lisi atoned for earlier infractions by catching tough fly balls to end the inning before Gold could entertain notions of invoking the catchup rule (it was 20-15). In the ninth Barry put them down without any drama, except for Mike Sainden acting like a thirty year old and getting a pop fly behind third base.
We scored in every inning, and won all but two. Good formula for success. We took advantage of the Gold pitchers' wildness as we walked 11 times. Rich Brown accounted for three of them himself and the leadoff hitter scored four runs, including after a triple. Tom Meyer, who is the early favorite for rookie of the year (no pressure) blasted a solo home run, and was 3-3 with a walk. Mike Guerrero was also 3-3 with a walk.
We aren't laden with power hitters, but Bruce Spencer hit a gapper to plate two on his way to leading the team with 4 RBIs. The Davids, Partridge and Rose, and the Barry had the other extra base hits, a double and triple and double, respectively.
Multi-hit games from most of the rest of us, two from Partridge, Rose, Kravin, Spencer, Henry, and Gronenberg - Barry may have had the best hit of the game, a liner that kicked up chalk on the right field line, and scored a runner all the way from first. If he hadn't had his hip problems he might still be running ("Run, Barry, Run!).
Barry left the mound in the middle innings and returned to close the game, so I guess he gets the win and the save.
Consistent hitting and scoring, and good defense, that is our motto on this team.
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