A's Catching Fire

People everywhere are standing up and taking notice of our Mustang A's.

Today was a solid team effort resulting in a 7-4 victory over the Dodgers. Once again nearly every member of the team found one way or another to get on base. Jordan, Ethan, Daniel B and Sammy each turned in multi-hit efforts. Matt, Daniel S, Adam and Jonathan showed terrific discipline and patience at the plate, finding one way or another to reach the base paths.

Some less painful than others... thank you Jonathan Friedman for "taking one for the team", OUCH.

But nothing pleases a coach more than a dirty grass or dirt stained uniform.

Then there were Ben and Riley turning in great performances in the field, making difficult plays look like routine putouts.

Finally, hats off to our pitchers. A day when we seemed to be firing on all cylinders, including Daniel Birnholz's stellar 4th inning line of 3 batters faced, and 3 strikeouts.

Then again, who'd want to see this coming at them?

But at the end of the day...

After the dust has settled...

And the scoreboard has long since been turned off (okay, that's a metaphor since it never works)...

The thing all our kids will look back on with the fondest of memories...

The very reason they suit up for two games and at least one practice each week, boils down to one simple word...

Snack.

Onward and upward to a brave showing against the Braves this coming Wednesday night.

As ever... your humble blogging skipper. Gregg

You Can't Spell "As"tronomical Without The A's

A's Families and friends:

Here it is. Our official little corner of the web. And as mentioned in the title, you can't spell "astronomical" without the A and the S. Throw a little apostrophe in there and... well you know what we get.

After starting the season off by our team hurling a no-hitter, I was beginning to feel sorry for the rest of the teams in our league. Fortunately our A's are comprised of such a wonderful group of fair minded boys, they decided not to rub it in, and have taken it easier on all of our competition since.

Obviously just saving it up for the playoff run.

Through six games, we've blown one team out... were blown out in one... and have had four games literally come down to the last inning. It's been exciting, heartbreaking and inspiring so far. Many times all in the same game.

Many times, all in the same inning.

But through it all, our boys have represented wonderfully and given their all.

Starting with this Saturday's game, I will post little "post-game" wrap ups here on the blog for you to read and share. And hopefully, via the generous offer of Rich Birnholz and his magical photographic eye, we'll have some action photos to post on here as well.

Some that will show our hustle and determination...

And some that show how we tower over our competition.

Through it all, we'll try to capture the fun and the effort our kids, as well as all of our wonderful parents have put into the 2007 CHPBA Mustang Season.

We're a third of the way through the regular season. And here's to the fun and growth ahead.

Sincerely, your blogging skipper... Gregg