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Ranger's Rap

By L Silverman 03/24/2024, 9:15pm CDT

Ranger's dropped 2 more after a valiant come back in first game came up short in a 16-15 loss.  2nd game saw the Gers get routed by the REDs with a general lack of hitting.

There were some highlights to mention:

Tim Jamieson continued his assault on hitting with a 6/6 7 RBI,  2HRS, and 2 2Bs

Leo Q-3 hits including a 2B and HR and 3 RBI's

Ben Enlow a HR and 6 RBI's

Johnny Manjarez-4/4 with a BB

We are just getting ready for the revenge tour!!!

Ranger's Rap

By Larry Silverman 03/17/2024, 2:15pm CDT

Ranger's came out flat in the opener losing to the Mets 13-3.  The bats were quiet and a bit of leaky defense lead to a real Debbie Downer.  There were a few bright spots....Tae "Bruce" Lee continued his torrid pace with a BB and 1B and Zac attack was 2 for 2.  Overall 8 hits just won't cut it.

Fortunately the 2nd game saw the Gers explode for 23 hits, 4 2B's, HR, and 5 BB's on their wat to a 20-7 victory over the Phils.  Lots of offense stars and really solid D and Pitching.   TJ exploded for 2 B's and a ding dong, 3 Runs and 5 RBI's.  Jason went 4/4 with 4 runs and 2 RBI's.  Zac attack had 3 more hits and runs.  It was a really good W for the Boys and rekindled our desire to kick some future ass.

Rubies:

POW  Tim Jamieson 4/5, 4 runs, 6 RBI's, BB, HR, 2 2B's

ROW  Zack Kazda   5/6  4 Runs RBI

Eppy  3/4 BB 2 Runs and RBI

Tae Tae Lee  2/3 2 BB's and 2 RBI's

Ranger's Rap

By L Silverman 03/10/2024, 4:30pm CDT

Rangers are headed in the right direction with another split.  Best D of the season in the opener and a hard fought 6-3 victory over the Halos. Brilliant pitching by Parr and several D gems by Kazda, TJ, John "Jessica" Alba,  and Tae Lee.  Tae also with 3 hits and two RBI's.  Parr for the course with a 3/3 RBI performance. Super subs Jones and Naranjo chipped in nicely with 4 hits and great D as well.

Unfortunately the afternoon cap saw the Gers revert to some leaky defense form and give up a bushel of runs to the Damn Yankees. The Yanks took advantage cruising to a 18-8 W. Super sub Naranjo did hit a 3 run bomb and Zack made a great catch.  Speaking of catching, we did not and our season long winning streak of one came to a close.

Ranger Rubys

Brad Parr-4/4 2 RBI's and solid pitching

Tae " Bruce"Lee-4/4 BB and 2 RBI's

Jason Naranjo  4 hits including a HR and 2B and 3 RBI's

John Alba 3 his and a 2B

Red Sox rally for sweep in 2 great games

By Dr. C 03/10/2024, 3:15pm CDT

Red Sox rally

Red Sox rally in both games for the sweep !

The Red Sox played 2 fantastic games against Matt Roth’s Indians and Matt Ruckel’s White Sox.

Game 1 in the frigid conditions had the Indians score 2 followed by the Sox tying with2 runs on consecutive 2 out 2bs by Garret Granato, Joe Calvano and Ryan Maxwell. Neither team scored ion the 2nd but the visitors grabbed 3 in the top of the 3rd for a 5 -2 lead. The Sox responded with 4 in the home 3rd on captain Casper’s 2B, Brian Conn’s rbi hit, a BB to Sheldon Fulton, 2 run 2B from Alfredo Sardi and an rbi hit from Maxwell. The Indians tied it in the 4th but the Sox grabbed a 1 run lead back on Josh Winsor’s HR. The Indians would score 6 in the top of the 5th for a 12-7 lead but the Sox rallied for 6 ion the home half. The winning rally started with a Conn, hit, a Sardi hit, a Granato run scoring hit, a SF from Calvano, and with 2 outs, a Maxwell hit, Eli Goldaris  hit,  a 2 out bases clearing 2B from Winsor and hits from Austin Montgomery and walk off from Dorian Moore and the 13-12 win.

Game 2 was even more tight if possible, with the Sox scoring 5 in the 1st behind Fulton hit, Sardi hit, Granato run scoring hit, Calvano BB, Maxwell 2 run hit, and a 2 run hit from sub Todd Lecocq who was called in between games due to injury and emergencies. The White Sox scored 2 in the 1st and 4 in the 2nd for a 6-5 lead. The Red Sox plated 2 in the 3rd on a run scoring hit from Maxwell and SF from Goldaris. The hosts tied it at 7 after 3 innings and the game would stay tight. Neither team scored in the 4th but the Red Sox grabbed 3 in the 5th on a 3B from Fulton, SF from Sardi, and 2 run HR from Calvano. The hosts scored 1 to narrow it to 10-8 thru 5. The Red Sox grabbed 1 in the 6th on Casper’s rbi 3B but the hosts would score 5 on hits, fielding challenges, walks and appeared to have the game at 13-11. The Red Sox grabbed the last out with under a minute to go and tied it with 2 in the 7th on a run scoring hit from Calvano and FC rbi from Goldaris. The White Sox, did not score in the home 7th and extras ensued. The Red Sox plated 5 on hits and BBs from Ian Contreras, Casper, Fulton, Sardi, Granato, Calvano, Maxwell, Goldaris and held the hosts to 1 in the home 8th for a 18-14 win and sweep of 2 great games.

 

Notables: POW Garret Granato 8-8, 6 runs, 3 RBI, 3 2Bs, great LCF, then SS defense; POW Josh Winsor 2-3, 2 runs, 4 rbi, 2B, HR and a hamstring injury; Dorian Moore 3 hits, walk off game 1 rbi; ROW Ryan Maxwell 7-8, 2 runs, 6 RBI, 2B, LF defense; Sheldon Fulton 5 runs, 2B, 2 BBs; Alfredo Sardi 4 hits 5 runs, 4 RBI, 2B, BB SF; Joe Calvano 3-4, 4 runs, 6 RBI, 2 2Bs, HR, 2 BBs, 2 SFS great defense at SS then LCF.

Ranger Rap

By Larry Silverman 03/06/2024, 9:00am CST

Rangers finally tasted victory in their opener with a 22-15 defensive struggle versus the Birds. In the 2nd tilt, the Red Sox outlasted the Gers in a 10-7 nail biter. The opener saw Barry Epstein go crazy with an almost cycle...missing only the HR part and driving in a career high 5 RBI's. He also played a stellar RF making all the plays.  Brad Parr for the course had 2 more HR's and was 6/7 on the day with a season lofty 800+ BA.  He pitched well enough to win both games but the Gers defense was a bit leaky in the second contest. Timmy had a fine day with 8 more Ribbys and all but a single for a cycle on the day. Enlow loaded continued his assault on offense with two more bombs and 5 RBI's while playing stellar defense on the Right side!! Zack set the table nicely with 2 BB's,  and 2 hits including a 2b. Leo had 3 his and did a fine job at 3b. Tae Lee also had 3 RBI's.

We are headed in the right direction and have our heads held high as we plow forward with a song in our hearts!!! Look out for the World Champions!!!!

Red Sox split

By Dr. C 03/03/2024, 1:15pm CST

Split for Sox

Red Sox split twin bill

The Red Sox split 2 games with Garber’s A’s and Silverman’s Rangers.

Game 1 hosting the A’s was the Socx worst game of the season. Poor pitching led to flat footed defense and disappointing hitting with the wind blowing out, The pitcher takes full responsibility. The few offensive deeds of note included 2 HRs from garret Granato and a HR from Eli Goldaris.

Game 2 found the visiting Sox at the Rangers, fresh off a resounding earlier win. The Sox scored 1 in the top of the 1st on Alfredo Sardi’s hit, Granato’s hit, Joe Calvano’s hit and a SF from Jose Baho. The Rangers took a 3 to 1 lead after 1 as the Sox still struggled on defense but that changed the remainder of the game. Neith team scored in the 2nd but POW Brian Conn started the visiting 3rd with a BB, Sardi had a hit , Granato a hit, and with 2 outs a run scoring hit from Baho, a 2 run hit from Goldaris and a run scoring 2B from Josh Winsor. The Rangers tallied1 to trim it to 6 to 4. The Sox scored 1 in the 5th on a run scoring hit from Sheldon Fulton and 2 more in the last inning on Goldaris’ 2 out 2 run hit. The Sox won 10-7.

Notables: POW Brian Conn1 hit, 1 run, 3 BBs; POW Joe Calvano 4 hits, 4 runs, 2B, 2 3Bs; POW Austin Montgomery 4-5, BB,2B; ROW Eli Goldaris 4 hits2 runs, 6 RBI, HR; Sheldon Fulton 4 hits, 2B, 3B; Garret Granato 4 hits, 3 runs, 3 RBI, 2 HRs; Josh Winsor 3 hits, 2 RBI, 2B, BB; Jose Baho 3 hits, 4 RBI, 2B, SF. The Red Sox will look to get moving forward next week.

 

lugnuts week 2

game 1 tarpons vs lugnuts 14-10 loss

game 2 dragons vs lugnuts too much to not enough

We scored more runs in either game than all of last week combined.  Sadly it was not enough to pull off a win.  Super Subs Matt Ruckel, Mike Glosier, and Rodney McClure were great additions to help fill in some missing nuts.  Brian Smallz stepped up big time and slid into the leadoff spot and showed he as what it takes to continue to lead the team at the plate going 4-6 with 4 runs scored on the day.  Darius Wu was on fire with 4 homers and a triple/shalom inside the park homerun while going 6-6.  Freddy Baerez showed real athleticism by playing 4 different positions on the day and flashed his speed in the outfield.  John Braun smashed a double in game one.  Chris peterson hit for extra bases in both games with a double and a triple helping sky rocket his slugging percentage and earn a POW nomination.  And last but not least everyones favorite 11 who falls to the 12th Jeremy Turbo Golden went 2-4 and played through injury after getting hit by a wild throw to first in his first at bat.  Not the result we wanted but the awesome attitudes of Freddy B. and John B. kept the dugout upbeat and ready for the next challenge.

Around the Pond

The Ducks had a tough day at the park, but have several bright spots to build upon.

Game 1 vs Carvers 66ers.

Sub Kyzer Hoover played well all day long, and he performed admirably in the first game.  Any ball hit in his direction was gobbled up and his offense came through in the clutch.  Jacob Stites showed his speed in the outfield, making play after play, while Kelly Stites got on base with every opportunity he had.  The Ducks fought from behind to take a late lead heading into the final frame.  

Game 2 vs Banta's Blue Rocks

For reasons that baffle Banta still, someone decided to send him home on a hit to Kelly Stites in right field.  After watching the younger Stites flex his defensive chops in game 1, Kelly decided to show he still has the skills by throwing out Banta at home.  The Ducks outfield defense continued to be a strong suit of the team with Rohit Gulhati showing plenty of range in left field, making plays both on the line and in the gap.  David Fiorello toughed out back pain to play solid defense at SS.  Oh, and Justin Reed hit a Grand Slam.  The heat definitely got to this Duck towards the end of the game, as I had to enlist the much younger Jacob Stites to keep the positive voices going while I tried to cool down.

LUGNUTS WEEK 1

Blue Rocks vs Lugnuts

10-4 loss field 2.

Everyone's favorite team fell short this week to the Blue rocks.  Although we lost we did have a few shining moments.   Star handicapping goomba David Shaw was 3-3 with half the teams Rbi in the contest.  Fast Fingers Freddy was a wall at third making people question if Brumley is still the best glove in the league.  Brian Smallz was an inspiration as he lead off the 6th with hustle and later scored our first run of the season.    Johnathon Braun showed his versatility when he rotated positions mid inning to move from outfield to first base and later hit a seed in the 6th inning.  Doug "Iron Man" Wolff was pulled into the baseline by a throw from Chuck Knoblauch causing him to get trucked by the quick hustling blue rock.  Doug would later come up to the plate and blast the ball deep into the wind about 285' showing everyone that he is the not a man that gives up easy.  Chris Peterson let everyone know that the lugnuts won't be shut out as he hit an RBI sac fly to give the good guys their first run of the season.  Jeremy Turbo Golden lead off the top of the first to spark a rally that led to 3 runs in the inning.    

Game 2 66ers VS lugnuts

14-4 Loss

I would like to say that this game was a lot of back and forth but that just wont be true.  Two runs by each team in the first and then a go ahead run in the 2nd left the lugnuts feeling like they had righted the ship.  Good defense by the 66ers and the lugnuts hitting ATOM balls the rest of the game lead to the 66ers running away with a victory.   

Lets turn the page and see some of the silver lining from the game.  Sean Greeley lead the team in hitting going 3-3 with a double.

Jose Baho worked a walk, hit a double, and fielded 1.000 for the day.

Darius Wu hit 1.000 with 2 sacs and did Wu like things in LCF.

Jason Niswonger did not get his 1st baseman killed this game.

Smallz hit a triple to lead off the 2nd inning and showed great hustle.  That hustle later lead to a sac fly by Chris Peterson.

Braun made the best defensive play of the day on any field, yes better than tishindorf robbing the home run, as he came charging in with a fully body extension to catch a short hit pop up.

Travis Olander stepped up and played a great 1st base.

 Next week...WE WIN TWO!!!!!