Kenny Powers

GAME DAY 2: Ducks at Bulldogs

2012 South Oakland Ducks Baseball

South Oakland Ducks of the North Side

at

Bulldogs

8:30 AM John Herb Field

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.

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.

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.

South Oakland Looks to Sweep Brookline for The First Time in team History

League Champion South Oakland Ducks

We’ve never finished the regular season with a better record than Kenny Powers and the Sox.

A win Saturday will assure that and all but clinch us the 3 seed in the end of season tournament.

Now some extended East Bound and Down highlights.

Quack.

Gameday [14] Ducks vs. Express

2011 Ducks Baseball, Gameday

South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (10-3, 4-2)

vs

Carrick Express (5-12, 0-8)

9pm

Springview Field

#17’s coming down from the rafters tonight

We have ten games left. Realistically, to win the division we have to win the rest of our games and have Elliot lose at least once. It’s possible they’ll drop one in their last nine or so. They have Brookline twice and two against the Militia and I think either of those teams could steal one from Elliot if they get good pitching and defense.

 I think Kenny Powers and Brookline win tomorrow.

 We have to win out. One game at a time starting tonight with another division opponent in the confusingly-named Express.

I have no idea what this picture is

Let’s quack tonight. Bounce Back City.

Abe Lincoln ends losing streaks before they start

Bad News for the Express

Opening Day Eve

2011 Ducks Baseball, League Champion South Oakland Ducks, South Oakland Ducks Baseball

Rain is dominating the Pittsburgh NABA through two weeks of play, but it looks like we might actually play tomorrow.

Bullet Points.

YODA will show up at a bulldogs game and get into a fight with Trojan and/or Trojan’s “partner.”

The Militia will finish the regular season ahead of the Black Sox for the first time since they were the Rebels.

Clearly, the Sharks based their team name off West Side Story

The Bulldogs will finally win a playoff game/series…

 in the 28+ league.

Elliot will lose to the Black Sox in the playoffs when that guy who yells ‘Kenny Powers’ climbs the fence at Moore Park and knee-drops Elliot’s Ace in the 3rd inning, sparking a rally and a controversial win for Brookline when, after a two hour delay for the paramedics to cart the guy off the field and half the lights go out and the game is decided in a beer shot-gunning contest in the parking lot.

Then the Sox lose to the Ducks in the semis.

Anthony DeFilippo for MVP – believe it.

I don’t think there were league awards awarded last season. And where’s our trophy. It belongs in Guthrie’s living room until someone dethrones us.

We should move to a title belt.

Militia vs. the Fightin’s wil be heated. The Canes have more heated intra-division rivalries than anyone.

Rumor has it the Militia made a run at Rafalski in the off season.

Halloway is not pleased.

The big question is will the Ducks repeat.

We’re taking applications for Ducks Manager for the 2012 Season.

Thanks for reading.

Quack.

PGH NABA News: Peter “Pan” Chalfin Perfect in B-Sox Home Opener vs. Express. Ducks Coach Spends Evening Polishing Trophy.

2011 Ducks Baseball, League Champion South Oakland Ducks

Pitching for the first time since he lost to Guthrie and the Ducks in the 2010 Championship, Pete Chalfin tossed a perfect game against the Express Thursday night at Moore Park.

Brookline wins 6-0, and move to 1-0 in the Patrick Division.

Kenny Powers is pumped.

The Express did not reach first base Thursday.

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The Defending Champion South Oakland Ducks hare set to open the season against the Eagles on Wed, April 27, 9pm at Springview Field.

Quack.