Oakland Park Baseball

I think the FIRST game we had today, was one of the best games I have played at OPB. The teams were well picked, and the defense was above average all around the diamond. I think we might have set a record for fewest errors in a 9 inning game. Or at least it seemed like it.

I checked the boxscores, and the second game was he first win for me in the 3rd season. Not only that, but it was the first win since 11/06/05 (which was a pretty crushing victory, 25-7, and I got 7 hits and 10 RBI) and must have been really sweet since that was the day before my birthday.
(The very next day I would be brought down to Earth when all my old baseball kit was stolen out of the trunk of my car)
I told you guys it had been a long time. I didn't realize it had been that long, though. And I didn't even have a good day today!
As we say in England, it's a funny old game.

So thats what they say in England. Which game might that be?

Let's get some player of the game nominations rollin'!

Oh, that it what they say about football. (As you call soccer)

Hey, just a heads up that the 2nd game boxscore wont be up until tomorrow, weird computer delay.

Here's the link to the Game 1 boxscore.

well as for pog's go im gonna say james or ollie on my team and i guess say ken on the other. but i had to find a coin to flip as pat then. as they both went 3 for 5 but ken had a double and pat a rbi. also mat and chris and ollie i feel are honorable mentions. there shouldnt be 7 possiblities for a pog. oh well in a game that close everyone is a star. except seth and will which is strange as i fear the horrible bat that is will. oh and we all need to by seth a treadmill or something cause getting thrown out from center to 1st is wrong.

This weeks game was so funny. Usually POG honors go to someone with multiple extrabase hits or 5 RBIs or something. This week, I'm like... ooh- Pat had a run and an RBI! LOL. I also agree with Pat's sentiment that this was OPBs best game ever. In a 3-2 game, the excitement is constant and every atbat, baserunner and play in the field feels like it could be the difference in the game. Fantastic! I feel bad that I opened the floodgates in the second game, I can't help but think that if I hadn't made 3 straight errors (and 5 in two innings) that that game would've been a lot more like the first.

For POG I would give it to Pat over myself because he had a run and an RBI and played much more of a role in the field than I did.

This Sunday's boxscores were down during database repairs. Then they were back. Now they're down again, but I'm learning a valuable lesson about double-headers.

3/19/06 Game 1 Boxscore!
3/19/06 Game 2 Boxscore!

Note: Ken's Web Gem is missing from Game 2. Check back later.

Ken's Web Gem should be visible now.

The scorekeeper still says Ken went 2 for 5, despite lobbying efforts to the contrary. A good throw beats him to the bag on a fairly routine play. The Scorekeeper's Union is looking into this.