South Oakland of the North Side will open divisional play on the road against a much improved Cranberry team Sunday 5/13 somewhere in Cranberry,
followed by the Black Sox at home on the 16th.
Until then, we play the Bulldogs Wed at 9pm at home, the Express Saturday night at 8PM and the Militia at home on the 9th.
That’s three games to get our shit together.
Mark your calendars….
| Week 5 | FTLL | Sat | 5/19/12 | 1:00 PM | 3:30 PM | AA30 | CHE | DUX |
| Week 5 | FTLL | Sat | 5/19/12 | 3:30 PM | 6:00 PM | AA31 | CHE | DUX |
Quack
Apparently, former duck standout chris wojton is on the devils in the A Division, and they also have an odd looking website for their team, which is available on the league page, and is not hyperlinked.
that team should have been forced to move up after winning the title last season, or, better yet, done so willingly…
Whatever, I just want to make use of this photoshop (hopefully it winds up on their team site)
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The Shaler Rebels crushed the Senators 8-1 on Wed.
here are the Rebels Stats from the victory.
They have there shit together up there, roster on the league site and stats entered. Someone’s running a tight ship.
South Oakland will take on the Militia in a Sunday doubleheader at Woodland Hills High School starting at 10:00 AM
I expect a battle.
Before the last Ducks/Bulldogs game, fortunately with the advantage of the high ground above SpringView Field, I watched the Militia practice, and they appear to be in midseason form.
Here is an obligatory Militia youtube clip.
The Militia hope to compensate for the loss of Jeremy Barchie with a catcher who looks like he can throw, and not get tossed from games or make his teammates fear for their own lives and the lives of those around them.
They’ll be tough, but losing a talent like Barchie took the Ducks almost 3 season to overcome, and I expect the Militia to have some chemistry issues as a result.
Barchie still holds the Ducks single-game strikeout record with 17.
Can’t wait to play two on the turf Sunday.
Quack.
South Oakland (0-2-1) trailed 5-0 going into the bottom of the sixth, but rallied for 3 runs, allowed one in the top of the seventh, before scoring another run in the seventh and falling just short.
The game ended on a bases loaded fielder’s choice.
Once again a bad inning – two infield hits, a ball that bounced over our shortstop and a misplayed ball in the outfield allowed the Bulldogs (2-0-1) to get out to an insurmountable lead.
They made fewer mistakes.
It feels like we’re coming together though. We battled, and we still haven’t fielded a full team yet.
Up next for South Oakland of the North Side, a doubleheader against the Michigan Militia this Sunday 10:30 AM, on the turf, at Woodland Hills High.
Quack.
The Bulldogs scored three in the bottom of the seventh to tie SOuth Oakland 4-4.
The Ducks scored on a balk in the second and three other times by way of RBI from, I think, Ben Hartranft, James Fago, and Mark Guthrie.
It was early.
Brett Pusateri had a double, Ben Gwin had 2 hits, Garrett Moore reached base 3 times in 4 plate appearances. Guthrie went 4innings on the mound, and gave up 1 run.
The teams will play again wed in the Ducks home opener.
Quack.
Might as well just put this up a day early.
Looks like rain tomorrow, but be ready to play until we hear otherwise.
Vinny will be ready
I like the composition of the Ducks this year a lot. The nothing-to-lose attitude is refreshing. Everyone is just excited to be playing again, or at all. Everyone’s hustling, and no one’s bitching about anything.
That could change if we don’t start winning some games, but it’s early, and the wins will come—that will be the result of the aforementioned approach.
I know coaching the last two years, the immense pressure to please everyone is what ultimately led to a lot of unhappiness and stress that seemed ridiculous to have over adult league baseball. I think there’s a misunderstanding about playing hard and demanding a good effort from yourself and your teammates, that it has to come along with some sort of fucked up intensity and shit talking that makes it all not fun, that it’s only worth winning if you can take credit.
With this team, this season the more fun it is the more we will win, not the other way around as I feel it was at times during the last two seasons.
That said, I hate losing more than anyone. And our goal this year, with the talent we have, is to win a championship.
Who the fuck knows, I’m just looking forward to walking into Moore Park in mid May, fearing for my life, questioning human kind while a fight in the stands breaks out, and hitting singles over the second baseman’s head. Stuff like that is why i love this league and being a Duck.
RIP Levon Helm.
TC Jones might have to come out of retirement to pitch Saturday.
Bad News for the bulldogs.
Quack.
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.
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 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.
A rematch of last season’s championship series. and I’m 99% sure it will be Teyssier vs. Chalfin.
Tonight’s game will be the first time the Ducks come into More Park as the team who ended the Sox season the previous year.
Until South Oakland defeated the Black Sox in the Championship last year, the Ducks had never beaten the Sox in a post season series.
We still haven’t finished the regular season with a better record than the Sox, but you can ask the Bulldogs how much regular season success means (sorry guys).
This is the best rivalry in the brief history of our league.
Since the days when Randy coached third, occasionally umpired, and would yell, “I got it,” at the Ducks infielders going for pop-ups, no two teams have played more games against each other or played harder.
The rivalry intensified when we absorbed the Owlz players (and more Black SOx hate) last season and then again when Guthrie beat Chalfin in game two of the Championship.
We beat them when it counted, and absolved seven years of futility.
But they’ve been waiting for this chance since they watched us drench Guth in beer while Joe brought down our trophy.
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A Ducks win will give the Sox something to think about till mid July when we finish the season with a two-game series against Brookline.
Moore Park is a tough place to play; tonight, it will be filled with crew cuts and beer cans and profanity.
But this season they have to knock off the Ducks to win the title.
We are the defending champs, and we will play like it tonight.
Ty Cobb never threw a Series.
Bad News for the Black Sox.
The 2009 and 2010 league champions square off at a neutral site this evening, in the first of three games in five days.
We’re looking to get back into the swing of things here with a victory over a tough opponent.
South Oakland lost the last two meetings to the Hurricanes by a combined 75 runs or something.
Judging by the standings, both teams are limping out of the gate a bit.
Finally some sunshine. Hopefully monsoon season is over.
I’ll miss this one due to graduation. After tonight, I’ll be a master, so says my degree. This means I’ll be one of the most educated food service workers in the city.
Fago’s running the show tonight.
Guthrie made it out of San Francisco alive.
Bad News for the Hurricanes.
Quack.
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