3pm
The winner will play whomever wins the 5:30 game between the Owlz and Confederacy in the conference finals.
We have a chance to eliminate the Black Sox.
We will face Chalfin again.
The Ducks will start Guthrie or Smith.
We have another great opportunity this afternoon.
we will be a bit short-handed, we need to be better than the sum of our parts today.
3pm
Unofficial line:
Nick Homa CG, 5 hits 8 K’s 1ER
Kirk Gibson: 2-3, BB, 1B, HR, 3RBI,
Castle 2-3, SB, 3runs
Depo 1-3, 2B, 2RBI – three ladies after the game.
Nick Homa doesn’t lose to Ben Sorosky.
The game was scoreless going into the top of the 3rd when Sorosky singled home some dude who hates his coach.
The Gray Bats led 1-0. They had runners on first and second with nobody out.
Ducks’ reliever Adam Smith was warming up in the pen, the Bats had their best hitter at the plate, and he infield-flied out.
Homa K’d the next guy, then a ground-out ended the threat.
In the bottom of the 3rd, the Ducks scored five runs with two outs.
Gwin singled and stole second, then
Captain doubled to center.
1-1
with the score tied Kirk stepped to the plate…
Gibson drove in what would be the game winning run
2-1 Ducks
Gibson advanced on a passed ball.
J.Smith walked.
Wojton singled in Kirk.
3-1 Ducks
Depo hit a bases clearing double to right-center and the Ducks led 5-1 after 3.
The Gray Bats hit out of order, but weren’t called out. I think it was a typo in the lineup card, but this is the playoffs.
Casale led off the 4th with a walk.
Gwin bunted down the thirdbase line, beat the throw to first, which got away from J.Rocker, and Casale scored.
Gwin marked it as an RBI double in the book.
Ducks 6, Gray Bats 1 after 5.
In the bottom of the sixth, Sorosky was relieved trailing 6-1.
Casale walked to start the inning, then a perfectly executed hit and run by Gwin and Casale turned into another RBI double to right for Gwin.
7-1 Ducks
Novak tripled to right to make the score 8-1.
McCray is now tied with Gwin and Wojton for the Ducks all-time post season HR record. (1)
He hit one off the dirt mound well past the wall in right field.
The Commish and Strom retrieved the ball
they can attest – it was a shot.
10-1 Ducks.
Homa retired the side in order in the top of the 7th.
i think i missed an inning in the recap.
After all that talk about sportsmanship, the Gray Bats’ coach didn’t shake hands after the game.
This was the Ducks’ day, Homa was better than Lombaradi this afternoon, and the Ducks hit when we had to.
We didn’t stop after one inning of offense.
Both teams played hard and with class.
it could have been a different game if that guy makes the diving catch on Captain and if maybe the Bats more guys contributing on offense, but when the dust settled, and South Oakland won by nine [9] runs.
The gin bucket will flow again.
The South Oakland Ducks of the North Side are now 6-4 all time in post season play.
This is the game we’ve been waiting for since we were eliminated last season.
We knew it was coming all year.
Another shot at Kenny Powers and the Sox for the right to advance to the Conference Finals.
I bet the Sox would have rather played the Rebels or whatever, but they knew they’d get us again, and deep down i know Kenny, and Goldie, BSOX 40, and Chalfin are pumped its us.
The Rebels play the Owlz in the Forgone Conclusion Game tomorrow.
The Bombers crushed the Oilers 10-1, and take on the Fightin’s’ tomorrow.
The Bulldogs play the Warriors in the other Campbell Conference semi.
Quack.
3pm, LaRoche College.(Directions)
Ducks (0-0) vs, Gray Bats (0-0)
Projected Starters: Depo vs. Sorosky
“When we got to the ballpark, we knew we were going to win. That’s all there was to it. we weren’t cocky. I wouldn’t call it confidence either. We just knew. Like when you go to sleep you know the sun is going to come up in the morning.”
The name of the game is Thunder Dome
two men enter one man leaves
Rumors that LaRoche College has been traded for field prospects for the 2012 season are unsubstantiated.
The regular season may have been “meaningless” but the playoffs aren’t.
Depo on the hill
Bad News for the Gray Bats
Quack.
Guys, we can leave no trace of tobacco products at the field.
Since we don’t condone the use of such products it shouldn’t be too difficult.
Gameday by skip in the AM.
Monongahela First Round
Saturay 3pm
LaRoche Field
Directions
Go Ducks!
quack
Gray Bats have issued a gag order.
Saturday can’t get here soon enough.
quack.
BP today at 6:30
Tomorrow at 6:30
Ducks vs. Gray Bats, wild card game
Saturday, 3pm
at
LaRoche College
tell your friends.
Quack
Make sure you read the post below this one.
Having a unique point of view, I used to play for the Gray Bats and I currently play for the Ducks, I’ve been asked to write a commentary on the matchup this week. So, I’m gonna put a plug of Skoal in and hopefully write something worth while.
* The South Oakland Ducks in no way encourage the use of chewing tobacco.I’d like to start out by saying that Larry is a good coach. He knows as well as anyone where to put his players to maximize their output in the lineup and on the field. I would also like to say that I played for the Gray Bats during the fall. Things were alot more laid back then they were now. I can’t comment directly on the way things are handled in the Gray Bat’s dugout during this season.
There are three things that a coach must manage successfully in order to be successful: team chemistry, player happiness, and gameday management. A delicate balance of these three things must be maintained throughout an entire season. This is the reason the Ducks are so successful this year.
You wanna see team chemistry? Come to a bar with the Ducks some weekend.
Watch the way our infield flawlessly turns double play after double play.
I’ve never had more fun playing baseball than I have this summer.
I guess what I’m getting at is there’s a reason why the Ducks have a 25 man roster. The Ducks have gotten the formula hit on the nail pretty well this season. Yes every team has their bumps in the road and we’ve had ours, but take this team and throw them into a different system and you don’t get anywhere near the same result.
When I played for the Gray Bats I instantly knew I didn’t fit in. My heart was set on being a duck pretty much straight away. With the Bats there was no chemistry and there wasn’t much going on there. Nothing against the Bats or Larry, but instead of pity and mockery of the Ducks, maybe you should be taking some notes. Enough has been said about Larry’s placement in the lineup. Player-managers have taken shit forever, either change or live with it, those are your two options.
So there you have it. Let the comments commence.
I’m going to relay to you guys a little anecdote from my past. Ducks keep it in mind as you talk about this upcoming playoff game.
Believe it or not I was a bit arrogant back in my younger days, but so are a lot of 18 year old boys still in high school. My high school basketball team had just come off a huge win over the Cathedral Prep Ramblers, who were at that time ranked 3rd in the state of Pennsylvania, giving them their first loss of the season on our home court. I remember being in the locker room after that game patting ourselves on the back, trash talking with our chests all puffed out like we were really something special, talking about the state title we were all sure we were bound to bring home come March.
In walks in our assistant coach, he stands there for a couple minutes just listening to us gloat about our stats, our record, and beating a top team in the state. He then said something that has stuck with me every since. He said, “Gentlemen, believe me when I tell you this: What hype builds, hype destroys.” Those simple words were all he said before he turned and walked back out.
We were all quick to dismiss him, as would any hot-headed youngster who had just played the game of his life and came out victorious over a top ranked opponent. But sure enough, come March as I stood at midcourt looking up at the scoreboard seeing we are down 6 with ten seconds to go in a playoff game against a team we had manhandled two times before early in the season, that simple sentence our assistant coach muttered the month prior came ringing back.
That night well over six years ago was the last time I let hype and arrogance get the best of me. Nothing in this world is guaranteed, so Ducks as you talk up this game against the Gray Bats be careful not to let the hype get the best of us. The game is still played in between the chalk, and we need to just relax and play our style of game instead of getting into pissing matches with the opponents. If you don’t think the Gray Bats are giving us the proper respect then so be it. What they think of us does not matter, nor should it. We have one job on Saturday and that is to come out and play as hard as we can and leave everything on the field knowing that there was nothing else we could have done to put us in position to win the game. Come Saturday, win or lose (though I am confident we will prevail), I ask all of us to uphold the traditions of this game and be humble in victory or courteous in defeat.
