Civil War 04/11-12/2015

There is nothing civil about war!

Saturday
Game 1 VS. Tejanos
Lost 4-3

A little background on William vs. the Tejanos; William has played on 2 select teams here in Texas and not once has he been able to beat the Tejanos.  At this point I am starting to think it is a mental issue with our boys. 

Errors, injuries and bad calls really beat us this game.  William took a spill at 1st, Bryan took a tumble at 2nd and Antonio took a hard fast ball to the hip while warming up a pitcher.  William and Bryan took a moment to walk it off, Antonio took a ride to the ER.  We played the final inning a man short but by the end our various errors, painful bruises and blind blues had stolen our spirit.

(Stopped to see Antonio on the way home; he is okay, nothing broken or fractured, just bruised in a very uncomfortable spot.)

William played 3rd and went 1 for 2 at the plate.



William doing the stop, drop and roll at 1st.

Game 2 VS. Storm Grey
Win 12-2
Nuff Said!
William played 3rd and went 1 for 3 at the plate with 2 walks.



I have decided that since baseball is a team sport I should give some regular shoutouts!  Here is Colton who plays for our 10u team. Once Antonio left for the hospital his mom ran home to grab a uniform so he could help us out in our second game.  He was out but it was still great contact.

Our Sunday seed had us leaving the house at 630am to face the dang Tejanos, again.
 Lost 5-2

William played 3 and went 0 for 3 at the plate.

Back at it next week.


"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday's success or put its failures behind and start over again. That's the way life is, with a new game every day, and that's the way baseball is."Bob Feller

Bamma Jamma - 03/28-29/2015 Sunday

Sunday
VS. Nationals Red
Lost 8-7

Inflated egos and bad attitudes sent the ETrain home early.  The Nationals found their fire and came out strong.  We rallied back with some runs but continued errors kept us from pulling out the win.
William went 1 for 3 and played 3rd.

I'm convinced that every boy, in his heart, would rather steal second base than an automobile. ~Tom Clark

Bamma Jamma 3/28-29/2015 Day 1

Saturday

Game 1 VS.  Nationals Red
Win 6-5
After 5.5 innings ETrain was ahead 6-2, the Nationals rallied back with a 3 run inning but it was not enough!
William went 2 for 3, played 3rd, Center, Right, and Pitched 2 innings did not allow any runs or hits.

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Game 2 VS Storm White
Win 14-1
Storm White did not have the pitching to hold off the ETrain.  Several great hits including a bases loaded triple hit by William in the 4th clinched the win.
William went 3 for 4, played Right.  In addition to to the awesome triple, William made a great play, from Right field , throwing out a runner at first!

GREAT JOB BOYS!

Back at it tomorrow!

Two For Two

We started out the weekend on Friday night playing in the San Marcos Slugfest.  We played 1 game in the freezing temps and by the time we went to bed the tournament had been cancelled.  We took Saturday off and enjoyed some rainy day time together.  Sunday we were met with cold and rain but it did not stop our boys from playing and.....WINNING!  We are two for two on the season.

Friday Night Vs. Extreme

They were not extreme enough, our boys put the hurt on them with a score of 14-1.

William went 1 for 1, walked twice, hit 1 RBI and scored 3 runs.  Pitching he struck out 2, walked 1, allowed 2 hits and did not allow any runs.  Played left field.

Sunday 1 day Tournament

Game 1 vs. Bourne Braves

Win 6-5

Those tomahawks were not swinging hard enough to chop us down.

William went 1 for 1, walked twice and scored 2 runs.  Played Center Field.

Game 2 vs. Nationals Red

Win 10-1

We turned the Nationals Red to blue.

William went 1-1, walked and scored 2 runs.  Played Center Field.

Championship vs. Hill Country Red
Win 6-5
Sent Hill Country running for the hills.
William went 1-1 with a Double to Center, walk and 2 runs scored.


It was a painfully cold day/night at the park but seeing the smile below makes it all worth it.  Great Job Boys!

Ring number 2.  Sporting the new Powder Blue Jerseys.

Throw him out 3-1.

Bundle up Babe its gonna be a cold one.

Great Start

BALL JACKERS RUMBLE

February 21-22, 2015

Saturday
Game 1 Vs Phenoms
Lost 6-1
Oh those dreaded Phenoms.  The boys have really struggled to beat these guys.
William went 0 for 2, played 3rd and Right

Game 2 Vs. Hill Country Red
Win 8-4
Our 1st inning 8 runs scored was more than enough to hold off the Hill Country Red.
William went 1 for 2, played Catcher

Sunday
Game 1 Vs. Storm Chasers
Win 13-1
We were too big of a storm for them to chase.
William went 2 for 2 and a Walk, played Catcher

On to the CHAMPIONSHIP

Vs. those dreaded Phenoms again
WINNER!!!
Dreaded no more!  It was a tight game through the end but ETrain prevailed with a 4-3 win!

William went 1 for 3, played Right and 3rd.  William made a great play at 3rd in the last inning helping to hold the Phenoms off and he drove in the tying run and scored the go ahead run.  

What an awesome way to start the season.  Great job boys!

Keep your legs on. 

William catching and Jonas pitching.

Winners!

William and Antonio

Josh, one of the Great coaches at ETrain

That's my boy!  Great job William.

HIT-A-THON

Hello Family and Friends,

 

Hope the new year is treating you well.  This year William's summer baseball trip is June 15-20 in Panama City Beach Florida.  He (we) could not be more excited.  Each member of the team is responsible for raising funds for the trip and a fun way to do that is through a Hit-A-Thon.  Here is how it works; William will hit 5 balls and the distance will be calculated for each, the one hit the furthest will be used to calculate donations.

 

Example: 

   
    Pledge  0.10 per foot - William hits the ball 250 feet - owe $25.00

  

If you would like to participate please respond by emailing me at aboswell629@aol.com or by phone and I fill out the information on our player form.  The Hit-A-Thon will be on Feb 21st, once it is over I will email you some pictures from the event and your total pledge amount due. 

Flat donations are also welcome.  :)

 

Please do not hesitate to call or email me with any questions.

 

Alicia

A Little Late....

Some pictures and video from this past summer.

E-Train at the Omaha, Nebraska Slump Buster

Little League All Star Team

Click on Summer 2014 and it will take you the the video.

Summer 2014