Author: mightyeskimo

Ducks Lose: Elliot 7, Ducks 1

2012 South Oakland Ducks Baseball, pittsburgh NABA

Elliot pitcher, Stu Barnes carried a no hitter through 6 and 1/3 innings, and went 2 for 3 with a double and a triple to lead defending champion Elliot (1-0) past South Oakland (0-1) Wednesday night.

The game was scoreless through three, and then a few balls that should have been caught weren’t and Elliot scored 7 runs.

Jesse Ferko and Chris Roth had hits for the Ducks. Roth drove in the Ducks only run in the top of the seventh on an infield single.

We’ll round into form by divisional play, if not sooner.

Despite the loss, spirits remain high in South Oakland as the team looks to rebound against the Bulldogs Saturday morning.

Quack.

Season Opener

2012 South Oakland Ducks Baseball, pittsburgh NABA

Ducks,

Practice Wed 6pm at Olympia Field.

We will open the season against Elliot. 7pm, Wed April 18th at Herschel Field.

If you haven’t already,

send Fago your league dues.

Immediately.

607 greenfield ave apt 1

Pittsburgh, PA 15207

The first few weeks of the schedule are up on the league site.

We’re in a division with the Cherokee, Black Sox, and Cranberry.

I’m pretty sure only the top tree in each division make the playoffs.

I’m not sure if it’s based solely on division record, or if it’s overall record or what.

Barring the inevitable rain, we will play the bulldogs twice and then a double header against the Militia to round out five games in the first eleven days of the season.

Quack

The Roster

2012 South Oakland Ducks Baseball, pittsburgh NABA, South Oakland Ducks Baseball, who names their team the Rebels?

The South Oakland Ducks of the North Side will rol out a roster featuring the top players from the 2007 team, and members of the Fightin’ Ra 2009 League Champion Hurricanes.

Everyone is excited to get the season started. It will be the Ducks 10th.

Realignment was discussed last league meeting, no clue how that panned out.

Big time rivalry with the cherokee. Bring your smallpox-infested blankets to that one.

Godspeed flip, berdine and tish, etc.

I put the over/under on how long that team lasts at 1.5 seasons.

And there’s a new rebels team apparently, who we will not play as they are in the A division.

quack.

Spring and the 2012 Ducks

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After a rough start to the offseason and a few months of uncertainty, South Oakland management has rallied to put together what will be a competitive team for 2012.

Projected line up:

Dave Lewandowski CF

Ken Cool 3b

James Fago P/C

Matt Stahl 1b

Chris Roth Rf

Kirk Gibson SS

Brett Pusateri 2b

Ben Hartranft C/DH

Mark Guthrie P/OF

Ben Gwin OF

Management is still in negotiations with Tony Casale, Mike Watson and Hartranft’s rotator cuff. Hopefully all three are ready to contribute this summer.

We’ll add pitching depth through the draft, etc.

Quack.

The Art of Fielding {edit} Ducks, send money immediately

2012 South Oakland Ducks Baseball

This is possibly the best book about baseball I’ve ever read.  So engaging I ripped through it in two sittings.

If you haven’t already, you should buy it and read it.

http://www.amazon.com/Art-Fielding-Novel-Chad-Harbach/dp/0316126691

Ducks,

send Fago your money. Now.

607 greenfield ave apt 1

Pittsburgh, PA 15207

Quack

Ducks Notes

2012 South Oakland Ducks Baseball

Ducks, send money to Fago.

***

As much as I hate proving Honest Abe right, I’ve reconsidered quitting. This is not Favre-rian.

It really looked for a while like we weren’t going to be able to get the team together, and if that had been the case, I wouldn’t have played for another team.

I’ve been dissuaded, and the Ducks will field a team in 2012.

We’ve lost 9 starters.

Aside from myself, the following Ducks are returning this season:

James Fago, Manager, P,C, OF

Ken Cool, inf.

Rick Whalen, util.

Winning pitcher of the 2010  championship clinching game, Mark Guthrie P, OF 3b

2009 captain, Kirk Gibson, inf.

2006 standout Ben Hartranft, C, 1b

2009 10-hitter Garrett Moore, EH

So we’ve got 8 rostered and will probably draft players for the first time in team history.

Quack.

And We Start Again…

South Oakland Ducks Baseball, who names their team the Rebels?

James Fago is our manager this season, and he’s in the best shape of his life.

Get in touch with him (or me, if you must) if you plan on playing this season. As always, roster spots go to returning Ducks before we fill in the gaps with Dominican League players Rob Cool knows through some ex-AAU coach, who used to play DII ball in Eastern Ohio, and sells sneakers out of the back of a truck at Waynesburg away games.

We owe the league our first $500 in the next few weeks, and Nike is sending people to my home trying to shake me down for the money we didn’t raise to cover our unis last year.

We’ll get it figured out soon.

We run a tight ship in South Oakland.

Motivation?

Quack.

Ducks Lose, 13-3

2011 Ducks Baseball

South Oakland led 3-0 going into the bottom of the 5th, when Elliot scored 11 runs off a depleted bullpen.

We just ran out of pitching, and kicked it around a bit.

Elliot finished us off with two more runs in the bottom of the 6th.

Words can’t express how thrilled I am to be done managing.

It was an honor to be able to contribute to a team with so much talent, and hope to be able to continue to produce and play for the Ducks.

Team awards:

MVP: Jim Teyssier

Offensive player of the year: Mike Cinefra

Defensive player of the year: Anthony Defilippo

Thanks everyone for a great season, and thanks for reading.

We’ll get ’em next summer.

Quack.