4/30/06 - First-place Knights sweep Beers
The Knights swept the Beers this weekend. The Beers' first error was made by manager Mike D who was late along with some others so The Beers had to start with no manager, lineup, equipment, or warmup time. Once the games got started, The Beers couldn't navigate the Knights' pitchers only managing to collect 6 hits in the 2 games. They also had their troubles in the field (a whopping 7 errors in the 1st game and 4 in the 2nd). The Beers struck out 12 times in the first game, but only had 5 Ks in the 2nd game showing some improvement in putting the ball in play. Special mention goes out to Adam and Andy who were on the DL this week. Adam was in a cab accident on the way to the game and had to be observed but is fine now. Andy had ear surgery (?) but will be ready to play this week. Game 1 Box Score: Hitters AB R H RBI BB K Ozzie Noboa 3 0 1 0 0 2 Simon Rucker 2 0 1 2 1 0 Chris Adamo 2 0 0 0 0 1 Mike Darling 1 0 0 0 0 0 Denis Carey 1 0 0 0 0 1 MA 1 0 0 0 0 1 Andrew Pobuda 1 0 0 0 1 1 Mike Sudol 2 0 1 0 0 1 Eric Newman 2 1 1 0 0 1 Mike Molina 1 0 0 0 0 1 Dave Sansone 1 1 1 0 0 0 Steve Rossi 2 0 0 0 0 1 Luis Morales 2 0 0 0 0 2 Totals 21 2 5 2 2 12 SB: Noboa, Rucker (2), Pobuda, Sudol E: Adamo (3), M. Darling, Pobuda, Newman (2) Pitchers IP H R ER BB K NP-ST Andrew Pobuda (L) 5.0 11 12 4 4 4 0-0 Game 2: Hitters AB R H RBI BB K Ozzie Noboa 3 0 0 0 0 1 Mike Darling 2 0 0 0 1 0 Mike Nerenburg 2 0 0 0 0 1 Steve Rossi 1 0 1 0 0 0 Andrew Pobuda 3 0 1 0 0 1 Chris Adamo 2 0 0 0 1 1 Dave Sansone 1 0 0 0 1 0 MA 2 0 0 0 0 1 Luis Morales 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peter Darling 2 0 0 0 1 0 Mike Sudol 2 0 0 0 0 0 Eric Newman 0 0 0 0 0 0 Simon Rucker 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 21 0 2 0 4 5 E: M. Darling, Nerenburg, P. Darling (2) Pitchers IP H R ER BB K NP-ST Chris Adamo (L) 6.0 6 10 7 7 7 0-0 HBP: Adamo (2)

Nice podcast Sanchez! Many good points made. First good point is that we can't be late to games. I know we have been pretty good with attendance as a team, but I really dropped the ball last week. So I'd like to add my apology to the list. Thanks everyone who showed up on time and I'm sorry I was late. It got the whole team started on the wrong foot and it won't happen again. As for the rest of the podcast, there were many good points. To highlight a few: - Communication - If you wanna reply to one of my emails, feel free to reply to all, that will keep everyone in the loop. Especially about practices. I'm going to start getting confirmations from everyone for games and practices. Don't just let me know that you'll be at a game or practice, let the whole team know. Reply to All or post on the message board. - Hitting - Yes, you could have an all-star defense and you will still lose with no runs. We should look back to our first 3 games, when our defense was pretty good AND we were able to get some hits. I guarantee that our defense will improve exponentially if we have a lead or are in striking distance. We've been getting good pitching, but we've got to give our pitchers some run support. If you check out the box scores of the first 2 games, you'll remember that we can hit. I'm going to start having the lineup ready before the day of the game. That is one reason why I'm going to need confirmations from everyone. So let's start right now: Who's gonna be at the game against the Red Sox Saturday? Game time is at noon, so we should try to get there at like 10-10:30. Just click the "post reply" button and let me know who you are and if you're coming.

Saturday
I'll be there.