South Oakland needs a win today. There’s not much more to it. Hopefully everyone shows up and we can put our best lineup on the field.
I think it’s going to start coming together for us, and if this team we’re playing can’t even come up with a team name they don’t deserve to win. Seriously just pick something.
Randy is probably starting, but who knows.
Bad News for Cranberry.
I left before it went final, but we were down 7-0 in the top of the seventh, and were being one-hit.
The Bulldogs scored five in the top of the fifth to blow it open.
So many walks.
There is some fantastic facial hair on the Bulldogs this year.
We’ve got to start hitting.
I’ve been using this generic icy hot, because i’m old, and my joints don’t work and this goop turns the inside of my uniform a brilliant bright blue and it doesn’t really help my shoulder and elbow that much but that blue color makes me wonder how toxic it is and if i’m perhaps going to have some kind of blood disease now. Man, would that be something.
The Ducks need some kind of spark real bad right now.
We need to play the Black Sox soon, because you can’t help but get fired up for those games when you walk across the broken cement bleachers, through the cigarette smoke hanging everywhere and drop your gear by the mud pit full of mosquitoes that smells like a dead dog that’s been rotting there since the last frost of winter. And maybe a Sox fan hitting one of our players with a half-empty empty gin bottle could provide that spark.
It seems like none of the teams in our league have any character anymore. There’s no more shit talking and hatred and I miss it. Teams are too classy, at least outwardly. Even the Cherokee are only shady in the front office, and really i liked it when their catcher was giving us shit and we threw at him. Of course he scored and we lost but at least it was something exciting other than the blue stain on my shirt. The Ducks certainly don’t have an identity right now, other than a team that doesn’t hit and usually gets good enough starting pitching to keep us in games, and that is a poor identity for a baseball team.
We’ll see what kind of heart we have in the upcoming games as we edge closer to must-win territory. We’ll either come together and turn it around or it’s gonna be a long summer. I’m optimistic because that’s my nature and we have the talent, but sans gin bottle we need something/someone to light a fire under us.
South Oakland plays at Cranberry this Sunday at 5pm.
Quack.
South Oakland returns to the Duck Pond looking to end a 2-game losing streak against the first place Bulldogs.
The Bulldogs are coming off an 8-4 win against Cranberry, in which Jeff Trojan’s mustache was named player of the game after intimidating Cranberry’s coach into several questionable in-game decisions including an ill-advised double switch that left them without a left fielder for two innings.
The Ducks are still learning the names of all their teammates.
We have rostered players, still away at school, who haven’t taken the field for us yet. This makes it hard to get a good read on where we stand depth wise, but isn’t an excuse for a pretty poor start.
Plenty of teams are missing guys this time of year.
We need to string a few wins together. No better place to start than against a top-tier opponent.
Let’s turn it around tonight.
Rumor has it, Jesse Ferko will make an appearance for South Oakland.
Baconator’s on the hill.
Bad News for the Bulldogs.
Cherokee starting pitcher Jim Tessyier threw complete game, one-hit shutout in game one, allowing only 2 base runners. Clinton scored 6 runs in the bottom of the 5th to ten-run the Ducks.
South Oakland dropped a frustrating game two by a score of 8-5, and the team’s record now stands at 1-4.
During the game, Clinton’s manager’s back windshield was smashed out by a foul ball.
Despite the loss, the Ducks remain optimistic the team can put it together in time for a run at the playoffs.
We’ve got the pieces, we just need to keep grinding it out and the wins will come.
South Oakland plays next vs. the Bulldogs (2-1), Monday night 9pm at Springview Field.
quack.
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At least it’s not the middle of July and a million degrees out.
Really, it’s just great that the heritage of a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States is being represented by an amateur baseball team that plays by the Pittsburgh International Airport.
Clinton lost to the Bulldogs earlier this year. Allegedly, after the victory, a prominent member of the Bulldogs made a bunch of subversively racist jokes and dated porn references directed at the Clinton fans and then took a shit in the Cherokee dugout.
“This may cause us to lose a field permit, but was well worth it,” said an anonymous Bulldog who witnessed the post game shit while raking the third base line. “You should have seen their coach whining about it. What a douche bag. Just play baseball and you won’t get shit in your dugout. The piping on those unis is pretty great, though.”
Clinton players were not permitted to speak to the press following the game, but were seen sunning wind sprints in the outfield while their coach cut himself in the bullpen.
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South Oakland is coming off a shutout victory over the Militia, and is looking to keep up the momentum after a three hour drive down to Findlay.
Both teams will be missing a few starters.
Clinton is always tough on paper.
Last year the Ducks split the season series with the Cherokee.
If we have our best nine, we can play with anyone.
Tensions could run high in this one.
Bad News for the Cherokee.
South Oakland improved to 1-2 on the season with a 3-0 win over the Monroville Militia, Saturday at Woodland Hills.
Ducks pitcher, Randy Patten, worked out of trouble early and threw a complete game shutout to improve to 1-1 on the season.
James Fago and Tj Morgan drove in runs for South Oakland.
Game 2 of the scheduled double header was cancelled due to rain.
Next up for the Ducks, a doubleheader against former Duck great, Ken Cool, and the Clinton Cherokee in Imperial next Saturday at 2pm.
I hear Clinton has sick new warmup jackets and alternate jerseys.
quack.
South Oakland lost to Day Toyota 10-0 in week one, and then to the Express 5-3 last saturday in a cold ass game in Carrick.
Carrick scored 5 in the bottom of the fifth.
South Oakland had 3 runners thrown out at home, and left the bases loaded in the top of the 7th.
we don’t have a shortstop right now. it’s making things tough. last year we had like 5. man.
In a couple weeks we have a few players coming who will help sure up the defense and fill out the batting order, basically we’re treading water till we get some natural middle infielders.
we hit better than the 3 runs indicates. Carrick’s pitchers did a good job working out of trouble.
Our staff is a strength, once we get the defense on track we’ll be tough.
next up is a doubleheader sunday vs. the Militia on the turf at woodland hills HS.
probably starts at like 10, check the website. we should get there early and hit.
quack
This is the first Ducks opener in ten years that i’ve missed. I’m not even 100% who’s on the team right now, but i know we pulled in a couple late additions and we should have more pitching depth this season. middle infield is a question mark right now, but we’ll have to see how that plays out and who can step into short and second before Johnston gets back.
We should be able to surprise some people this season.
It’s our tenth anniversary. That’s a lot of seasons.
Baconator is probably on the hill today.
Bad news for Day Toyota.
Quack
(seriously these ads have to go)
The Duck Pond is retired. The South Oakland Ducks of the North Side will not have a home field this season. I’ll miss it, but not really. bad hops on that field allowed me to hit over .400 for six of the last seven seasons and Spring View was host to some of the most dominating pitching performances in Ducks history. Hopefully i’ll have time to give it a proper send off at some point. I’m sure we’ll get a random rainout game scheduled there. the Ducks can’t thank the league enough for working with us to help keep the team swimming, and allow me to reuse all the sweet Baconator photoshops from a couple years ago. The Black Sox almost became the team to beat this season…
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The TJ Morgan lead-South Oakland Ducks will open the season this Saturday 4/13
5pm
at Beedle Park
vs Day Toyota.
Buy American.
Quack.
The 2013 south oakland ducks roster is nearly set. Everything hinges on a couple pitchers.
TJ Morgan has been named manager, and will make all the in-game decisions. Mark Guthrie is in charge of finances. Garrett Moore is in charge of the bases and helmets.
I will play left field.
we’ll pull it together and be competitive again.
Ken Cool’s jersey will be retired when the ducks play the indians.
no idea how to get rid of this ad.
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