Roy Hobbs Baseball - 2010

Monday, November 8, 2010

The South Dakota Pheasants started their quest for the 2010 Roy Hobbs Wooden Bat World Series Over-65 (age group) title today, with a 12 - 1, 7 inning victory over the New England Red Sox at the Boston Red Sox Player Development Complex here in Ft Myers, FL.

Yours truly started the game in left field and had the only outfield putout of the day on a fly ball in the 4th inning. I was not in the original batting order, but did use my blazing speed as a "courtesy runner" for some of our mobility-challenged players. (Scored 2 runs!) I did enter the game as a "shared batter" in the bottom of the 6th and coaxed a bases-loaded walk to force in a run!

We will play 3 more pool games to determine our playoff future. Tomorrow we play the Chicago Spirit, the twice-defending (and maybe 5 of 6) champions in our age group. If we keep winning we will pay into the weekend. If we don't continue winning, we might be on our way home on Saturday!