First Mennonite Church's team in the Kitchener-Waterloo (Ontario) Mennonite Slo-Pitch League.


Wednesday, June 3, 2009

The Slo-Pitch answer is blowing in the wind

Wednesday, June 3 vs Elmira
Fifteen of us showed up at the diamond tonight for our game vs Elmira, although Tracy Kauffman decided to go back to work instead of playing. We also had lots of fans tonight, filling nearly an entire row of the bleachers! Thanks to Susan Pries, Val Frey, Kathy Clemence, Kathy Albrecht, Rachel Diller Harder, and a bunch of younger fans who "watched" from the playground areas beyond the outfield. There were two others in the bench that I didn't meet.
There was a wind blowing in from left field tonight, although it only seemed to knock down our balls, as Elmira managed to drop a few over the fence. Dave Frey pitched another three innings for us tonight, including a scoreless sixth. Our closer, Steven Metzger, finished off the bottom of the eigth in similar fashion.
Dave Frey also had the big stick of the night, leading us off with a solid single to centre. Later in the game he cashed in our only two runs of the game with another single. With 14 people in the batting order, most of us only got up 3 times, and poor Nathan and Mark Peters only twice. (We do, however, like having enough players, and we will likely need everyone when summer holiday season starts.)
Next week we play Tuesday, June 9, at 9 pm on Diamond A, home vs Bloomingdale. It is hot dog night - come early to help celebrate Cal's birthday! The balls are in the bag - we will use an orange or yellow ball for games under the lights. I am expecting Tracy, Mark P, Nathan M, Steven M, Sal U, Mackenzie F, Dave F, Mark DH, Cam J, and Cal J. I will come if baby isn't in the middle of being born. If anyone else can come (it's a late game), please let me know.
T-shirts: Tracy is offering to get T-shirts for the team. Please send me suggestions for colour and lettering. Also, let me know what size you wear.

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