THE COMMISH CORNER 10/16/15

The Commish Corner

Issue 2/Week 5

IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO BECOME A “LEGEND”!

FALL 2015 FAN CAM!

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BASEBALL QUOTES Thunder South Prevails in Last Bill Veeck Three Games by Robert Schwier There are only two seasons – winter The Thunder South hung on for both at the plate and in the field. an 11-9 win against the Expos on He demonstrated skills “like and baseball. th September 20 at Leitch Park. Mike,” MLB Angels centerfielder Chris Coletti Jr. and Dave Harmon Mike Trout, that is. In addition to back-to-back home runs in the his ninth-inning bomb, he hit an and Tyler Childress (two hits). ninth inning which ultimately earlier tater and recorded nine Defensively, Chris Colletti, Sr. proved the difference in the game in center field in a threw five strong innings and Nick as the Expos rallied in the bottom dominant performance. In Colletti threw two shutout of the ninth with three runs. pitching, Nick Colletti provided innings in relief. two shutout innings in relief. This past Sunday, October 11th, at Brett Lyons came on for the final Vets Park, the Thunder South out to pick up his first save. banged out another 16 hits to On September 27th, at Vets Park, defeat the Padres, 13-10, in a the Thunder South bats secured a ninth inning, come-from-behind 15-11 win over the Pirates. The victory. Tyler Childress knocked a Thunder South recorded 16 hits three- shot in the ninth to tie for the game. Offensive stars for the game. He also picked up the the Thunder were Brett Lyons win on the bump. Other (four hits), Chris Colleti Jr. (three offensive stars for the Thunder hits), Dave Harmon (two hits), included Bobby Schwier III, Brian Zinda, and Paul Colletti, each Coletti Jr. had an exceptional day with multiple hits.

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Nats Remain Undefeated by Roger Laing and Carmen Jacobs

On Sunday, October 11th, under a The game started slowly for the cloudless sky at Veterans Park in Nats, who posted “three up, three Woodbridge, the Nationals faced down” for the first three innings off against the Black Sox. The of the ball game. The Black Sox remarkable seventh inning, first pitch of the game was a jumped out to an early lead sending 12 hitters to the plate strike delivered at 12:20 p.m. by scoring three runs in the bottom and scoring seven runs to jump in Black Sox pitcher, Ken Petro. of the third inning. The Nats front of the Black Sox, 16-4. George Marino, veteran , responded in the top of the fourth called the balls and strikes, and and with one out, Chris Vail The bottom of the seventh inning was assisted in the field by his smashed a double to deep left for brought some unwanted son, Brody Marino, home for fall two RBIs, scoring Brandon Ward excitement regarding a runner’s break from the College of William and Chris Herald. interference call. With two outs and Mary. and runners on first and second, The Nats’ momentum continued Black Sox’s Parker Lytle hit a well into the top of the fifth with five struck grounder directly at Nats’ more hits to score the maximum shortstop, Al Torres. According allowable four runs. The Black to home plate umpire George Sox added an additional run in Marino’s judgment, the runner on the bottom of the fifth after second (Tim Howell) slowed his Parker Lytle popped a sacrifice fly stride on his way to third base, to left center to score Tim Howell, blocking the shortstop’s view of who had gotten on base with a the approaching ball gapper to right center. subsequently interfering with Torres’ ability to field the ball The outstanding Nats offense properly. The Black Sox’s T. continued into the sixth inning Howell was called out for scoring three more runs. The interference, ending the inning. Nats posted a THE COMMISH CORNER | Issue 10/16/15 4

(Nats vs Black Sox, continued) BASEBALL QUOTES Much discussion ensued Baseball Bits… regarding the call, but the issue John McSherry: was quickly settled and the game Dummy Hoy was a deaf-and- continued without incident. dumb outfielder for seven teams Don't park in the around the turn of the Twentieth The Nationals added more fire Centrury. He had a .288 lifetime power with four additional runs in spaces marked, batting average for 14 major the top of the eighth inning and league seasons, and he stole 597 the Black Sox were "Reserved for career bases. He was also demonstrating some offensive Umpires." responsible for the umpires raising strength of their own by getting their arms on ball-and-strike calls. three runs across the plate before Hoy couldn’t hear the call [when the game was called due to the he was batting], so he would turn three-hour time limit. After aro und and look at the plate reverting back to the last umpire. In time, the umpires completed inning of the game, started flashing him arm signals. the final score was 16-4, in favor It caught on. of the Nationals. Even with the controversial runner’s inter- reprinted from ference call, both teams shook Big League Baseball hands willingly and demonstrated Puzzlers, by Dom Forker, good sportsmanship. Sterling Publishing Co.,

Inc., 1991 Nationals Legends Stars of the Game were Chris Vail who was four for five at the plate, with one run and three RBIs; Mike DeMarr Eagles Fly High with First who also was four for five, with three runs, and an RBI; and Win of the Season Brandon Ward, also four for five, by Codi Dudley with three runs, and two RBIs. MLB Official Rules, 2015 The Eagles scored early and often the first two innings, and held on Rule 7.08(b): Any runner is for a 13-11 win over the Generals Eagles were consistent out when he intentionally Sunday at South County throughout the line-up. Field. Pitching, defense and interferes with a thrown hitting all came together for the The defense played almost error ball; or hinders a fielder team, and given the late free, and the pitching staff was attempting to make a comeback by the Generals, it was able to hold off the furiously mad

play on a batted ball. all needed for the Eagles to get bats of the Generals in the later their first win of the year. innings. (Comment: A runner who is Led by Jason Wells, who was four As predicted, we are hoping this adjudged to have hindered a fielder who is attempting for five with one RBI, and John is a sign that the Eagles will be Moore, who went three for five making some noise in the to make a play on a batted with a double and two RBIs, the playoffs. ball is out whether it was intentional or not.) THE COMMISH CORNER | Issue 10/16/15 5

deep into the playoffs,” stated an elated BobbyK, manager of the ‘Legs. “Yeah, the new guy can Redlegs Right the Ship! certainly play, and that’s the spark we needed. We owe our Earn First Win! scouts a bonus for finding him,” by Ron Cortese and BobbyK added Coach Richman Oliver. (Who took those awesome pics?!) The Redlegs finally put it all the plate together with solid pitching, and going a great offensive attack, to take it three for to the Isotopes in a 12-4 win at four, Is it a catch? beautiful Madison High School! with four RBI, The bats were on fire, with the including following multi-hit attack: Steve Foster, nominated for “Legend of a sparkling defensive catch the Week” (two for three, with ranging into center field from his one run) kept his bat hot, and short stop position! Lastly, added four outstanding innings newest Redleg, Pete Greenwood, on the mound with four strike- who was two for three with two outs, and no runs to close out the runs, was a force as he dusted off victory. And, just to solidify his his cleats after 10 years and “Legend of the Week” status, he joined the fun. He demonstrated threw out a player at home from that he still had game by bashing left field. Aaron Tooke was two a hit off the right field wall, just for three at the plate with one missing the four-bagger in his walk and one RBI. Ron Cortese first Legends game ever! went two for four, with one RBI, Nope! and also pitched three shutout “We finally put it all together, innings. Casey Ray dominated at and we hope we take this energy THE COMMISH CORNER | Issue 10/16/15 6

LEGEND OF THE WEEK!

Steve Foster

Remember these two things: play hard and have fun. - Tony Gwynn