Was it that Alec Reinke (#14, P) finally found an umpire who would call his ridiculously moving and just-so-difficult-to-follow pitches as strikes? Was it the first appearance of pickles on the bench (albeit, not Clausen)? Was it the fact that the Yankees just aren’t that good?
Tonight the Hounds did not bring their A-game, and lost 11-4 in only 5 innings v. the Aviators in a game shortened by darkness.
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The Hounds defeated the Red Sox 4-1 today in the best overall game of the Hounds’ 2019 CMBA season. Both teams brought their best today, and there were at most 1-2 errors overall. The pitching on both sides was outstanding and it was just a tremendously solid win for the Hounds. Continue reading “Hounds win in best overall game of the season” →
The Chicago Hounds are now 3-3 after losing 13-8 to the formerly winless Pirates at a sloppy Proviso East baseball field today. It was sunny, but after the flash flood watch last night, Maywood was unplayable–despite the clear lie by the opposing manager who claimed it was playable prior to the game. But, I am happy with my apology. Frankly, that started an overall lousy day. But hey, Stephen Correa Jr. got his number 5 jersey and was on the winning side with Lili and Maddie, so all good.
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Q: When is a walkoff, not really a walkoff?
A. When the team is leading by a wide margin, and does not take the lead with the final hit?
B. When the the final run results from a triple with an error, and not a home run?
C. When the umpire calls the game after an 11-run lead, when the league rule is 12?
D. When the umpire may have called the game for the cannot-start-an-inning-after-8-pm-CMBA rule?
E. When the player who hit the triple, sneaks into the manager’s bag and tries to change the official scorekeeper’s ruling?
F. All of the above?
Tonight, the answer was probably all of the above.
The Hounds lost to the Vikings in a darkness/lateness-shortened game tonight by a score of 10-6 after only 5 innings. The Hounds now have a 2-2 record with 29 regular season games remaining in the 2019 schedule. The Hounds were down 10-5 going into the last inning that started at 7:58 pm (the CMBA bylaws state that an inning cannot start after 8:00 pm if the field does not have lights). The Hounds scored a run and had the bases loaded in the final frame with 2 outs, and Brian Lehman (#2, 3B) sent a rocket shot to center field that surely would have cleared the bases scoring 3 more runs, but the centerfielder for the Vikings stabbed it to end the game.
The Chicago Hounds slaughtered the Garcia family today 13-1 in 5 innings at Winnemac Park on Mother’s Day. The newly formed Trojans were overmatched by their former teammates, managing to plate only 1 run in the slaughter-shortened game (by league rule, 15+ after 4 innings, 12+ after 5 or 6 innings). It was a very cold and windy day at Winnemac, and the Hounds took advantage of the Trojans, as it might be said after at K’s, “maybe it had never growed forward” (I honestly do not know what that means, but I wrote it down).
The Chicago Hounds defeated Ramirez Baseball 7-3 today at a sloppy, sloppy, almost unplayable Maywood Veterans Memorial Park on Laura Grieger’s graduation day!
Nick Schmidt (#23, P) threw 6 solid innings to avenge last year’s loss to Ramirez, striking out 8, and giving up only 2 earned runs on 1 hit and 4 walks. Rookie “Lanky Charlie” or “Big Z” Phil Zelenka (#24, P) closed the game out pitching the final frame with a K and 1 unearned run.
Hi all, no game today, Winnemac is flooded.
See you this weekend!
The Chicago Hounds were bested late by the Browns 9-8 today at Winnemac Park on a walk-off-bases-clearing triple in the bottom of the seventh inning. It was an exciting and grand finish, unfortunately it went for the Browns, not the Hounds.
