Summer Co-ed Softball at Northacres Sundays

All we can say about this guy is that he brings it every single game out. Hitting, aggressive base running, pitching, fielding, coaching...the man does it all. He is without a doubt the leader of this ball club and he has them off to a great 2 and 0 start to start the new season. It's always exciting seeing a PB Army game because of the energy they bring and I look forwad to seeing them in action next Sunday. Great game Troy and great game PB Army!!

Sunday at North Acres saw some pretty good and competitive games taking place. The best game of the day featured the Barking Geckos versus Team Jay Dee and it was a barn burner. Andy May clearly made the difference in this game with his all star fielding at short stop and in left field. Nothing got by him as he strategically placed himself where he thought hitters were going to hit.and it worked out pretty good for him and the Geckos. He batted 4 for 5 with 2 bases clearing triples, a double and a single. Great game Geckos and hats off to Andy.

Sunday's 4:30 game was quite a delight to watch. It had all the elements of a really great and down right gritty game. Both teams battled hard and in the end it came down to the play of one gentleman. While playing short stop Jeff took The Crows on his back defensively and transformed himself into a vacuum cleaner. Nothing got by him all day long. He dove, he jumped, he slid, he rolled nailing hitter after hitter with some of the finest defense I have personally seen in a very long time. I don't know what got into Jeff but whatever it was it needs to be bottled up, marketed and shared with the rest of us. He played like a man possessed all day and there will be offers coming in from some MLB organizations after this game. Great game Jeff and thank you for the show.

In what was one of the closest matched and best played games of the day it was number 3 Russell's Wilson squaring off against league power house Chico's Bail Bonds. Both teams came out swinging in the first inning ripping off five and six runs respectively and setting the tone for what would be the "nail biter " of the day. Both teams traded big punches inning after inning with solid hitting, lock down defense and aggressive base running. After the sixth inning and after a Josh Harris laser to right to score three runs the game was knotted at sixteen with Russell's Wilson batting in the top half of the inning. Chico's managed to hold usually clutch Russell's Wilson to no runs behind some superb pitching by Trey and some very fine late inning lock down defense. Then it happened. With the first two batters reaching base Igor Montalvo steps into the box. I remarked to him that this was his time to shine and he confidently looks and says back to me what I think was, "no problem". On the very first pitch and with one violent swing........gooooood bye softball"!!! Game over, good night and drive safe.