2010 LYB Major Angels versus Marlins Box Score

June 10, 2010 - Angels versus Marlins
Tournament of Champions - Game #7
Game Log

.                       1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E   LOB
     Angels             0    0    0    0    1    0    1    3    2    8
     Marlins            1    1    0    0    0    X    2    2    1    5

  #  Hitter            POS    AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO   SAC   HBP  #P
  2  Greysen            6      3    0    1    0    0    1    0     0   10
 22  Jack               5      1    0    0    0    2    1    0     0   16
 28  Dominic           8/2     2    0    1    0    1    1    0     0   13
 26  Ben               1/3     3    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    7
 16  Anthony           4/5     3    0    0    0    0    2    0     0   19
 10  Cobie             2/1     3    0    0    0    0    2    0     0   14
  8  Breyton           3/8     1    1    0    0    1    1    0     0    9
 30  Austin            9/4     2    0    0    0    0    2    0     0    9
 12  Richie             7      1    0    0    0    1    1    0     0   10
 14  Zach               9      1    0    0    0    1    1    0     0    9
  4  Niko              6/2     1    0    1    1    0    0    0     0    4

                              21    1    3    1    6   12    0     0  120

Ben reached base on an error by the right fielder. 

     Pitcher         IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP   ST   PC
 26  Ben              2     1    2    1    3    3    1    17   38
 10  Cobie            3     1    0    0    0    2    0    24   33

                      5     2    2    1    3    5    1    41   71

2010 LYB Majors Angels TOC Game #6

The Angels played the sixth game of the Laguna Youth Baseball Major Tournament of Champions. They played the Marlins. The Angels had beaten the Marlins by the score of 5 to 1 in May and lost to the Marlin by score of 6 to 2 in 8 innings on Monday in the fourth game of the TOC.

At bat, Jack was 2 for 2 with a walk. In his first at-bat against Bolton, Jack walked on five pitches. Jack stole second. With Niko on third and Jack on second and one out, Dominic struck out and Ben popped up to end the inning. In his second plate appearance, Jack drove a 1 and 1 pitch into right center off Pat for a single. Wesley who played with Jack on the LYB 10U All Star team last year and on the flag football team last fall was playing centerfield and made a great attempt to get to the ball. Jack stole second and went to third on Dominic's single. He ended the inning at third base. In his third at-bat against Geno, Jack hit a 0 and 2 pitch into right field for single. He went to second on a wild pitch, but ended the inning there.

As I have said about the last few games, I think that last couple of weeks is the best that I have ever seen Jack play defensively. He played five innings at third base. He had two put-outs and three assists. In the third inning, he handled a grounder to the left side and made a nice throw to first for the out. In the fourth inning with runners on first and second with one out, the Marlins' clean-up hitter (Bolton) came to the plate. Bolton hit a shot right at Jack's feet. It took Jack a second to find the handle, but he collected the ball and stepped on third for the second out. On the way home in the car, Jack claimed that ball was hit so hard that you could still see the threads of the ball embossed on the glove. On the next pitch, Pat tried to steal third. Niko threw a strike to Jack covering third and Jack tagged Pat out to end the inning. In both the fifth and sixth innings, Jack handled ground balls to the left side and made throws to second to get the lead runner and as Scott said "kill the big inning."

With Anthony and Cobie on base, Breyton crushed a double to left field off of Matthew for two RBIs. It was an extremely windy day. I think that if the wind had not been blowing in from the outfield that Breyton's hit might have been out for a home run.

The Angels won the game by the score of 3 to 0. The box score is here and the game log is here.

The Angels and Marlins now each have one loss in the double elimination Tournament of Champions. They will play the rubber match tomorrow night to determine the Major division championship.

Ten Years Ago Today - Building the Elk Grove House Pic #13

In January of 2000, Sharon and I sold the house in Shingle Springs and started the process of building the house in Elk Grove. Over a three plus month period, I took pictures of the house as it was built.

The thirteenth picture shown below was taken ten years ago today.

The series of pictures that I have posted so far can be found here.

2010 LYB Major Angels versus Marlins Box Score

June 9, 2010 - Angels versus Marlins
Tournament of Champions - Game #6
Game Log

.                       1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
     Angels             0    2    1    0    0    0    3    6    0
     Marlins            0    0    0    0    0    0    0    4    2

  #  Hitter            POS    AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO   SAC   HBP  #P
  4  Niko             1/2/6    3    1    0    0    0    0    0     0    5
  2  Greysen            6      3    0    0    0    0    1    0     0    7
 22  Jack               5      2    0    2    0    1    0    0     0   11
 28  Dominic            8      3    0    1    1    0    1    0     0   16
 26  Ben                3      2    0    0    0    1    0    0     0   11
 16  Anthony          4/5/9    2    1    0    0    1    0    0     0   13
 10  Cobie              2      3    1    1    0    0    0    0     0    9
  8  Breyton           7/1     2    0    2    2    0    0    0     0    5
 30  Austin           9/3/8    2    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    5
 12  Richie            9/7     2    0    0    0    0    2    0     0    9
 24  Braden            4/9     2    0    0    0    0    2    0     0   11

                              26    3    6    3    3    6    0     0  102

2B: Breyton

Niko reached base on errors by the shortstop and the third baseman.

     Pitcher         IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP   ST   PC
  4  Niko             2     0    0    0    1    4    0    22   36
  8  Breyton          4     4    0    0    2    2    1    36   60

                      6     4    0    0    3    6    1    58   96

2010 LYB Majors Angels TOC Game #5

The Angels played the fifth game of the Laguna Youth Baseball Major Tournament of Champions. They played the Giants. The Angels had lost to the Giants by the score of 12 to 6 on April 16 and beat the Giants by the score of 7 to 4 on April 24.

Breaking out of a two game slump, Jack was 2 for 2 with a walk, two RBIs and two runs scored. In his first at-bat, Jack walked on 6 pitches against Wilburn. He went to second on Dominic's walk. Jack tried to score from second on Anthony's infield out, but was called out at the plate. I was sitting against the fence behind home plate keeping score. Jack was safe; the catcher never came close to tagging him. We had the same set of umpires on Monday and Tuesday night and they were just not very good... Jack pushed a 0 and 2 pitch to the left side against Wilburn in his second plate appearance. With the shortstop playing deep and the Giant's third baseman fairly immobile, Jack was safe at first and Zach came home from third to score before anyone could even get to the ball. Jack moved to third on Dominic's double and scored on an infield error against Morales. In his third at-bat, Jack drove a 1 and 1 pitch back through the pitcher's mound into centerfield for a single to drive in Niko. Jack and Dominic scored on an error by the shortstop.

In the field, Jack played three innings at third base. In the first inning, Jack took a throw from Cobie to tag out Espinosa trying to steal third. In fourth, a ball was hit to the left side of the infield. Jack ranged farther to his left than I think I have ever seen him go. He fielded the ball cleanly, but as he was taking it out of his glove, he bobbled it. Jack regained control of the ball and threw a bullet to first, but the runner was called safe on a very close play. I charged Jack with an error.

With the Angels leading 8 to 1 with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, Breyton singled into left center to drive in Anthony and then Austin doubled down the first base line to drive in Cobie and Breyton. With the Angels leading by the score 11 to 1, the game ended. There is a 10 run rule after 5 innings. The box score is here and the game log is here.

The Angels still only have one loss in the double elimination Tournament of Champions. They now have to turn around and play the Marlins again on Wednesday night in the championship game. If they lose, the Marlins win the tournament. If the Angels win on Wednesday night, they will have to play the Marlins again on Thursday night.

2010 LYB Major Angels versus Giants Box Score

June 8, 2010 - Giants versus Angels
Tournament of Champions - Game #5
Game Log

.                       1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
     Giants             0    0    0    1    0    X    1    1    3
     Angels             2    0    3    0    6    X   11    9    2

  #  Hitter            POS    AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO   SAC   HBP  #P
  4  Niko              1/2     3    3    2    0    0    0    0     0   10
  2  Greysen            6      3    1    1    0    0    0    0     0    9
 22  Jack               5      2    2    2    2    1    0    0     0   12
 28  Dominic            8      1    1    1    3    1    0    0     1   12
 26  Ben               3/1     3    0    0    0    0    0    0     0    6
 16  Anthony           5/4     3    1    0    1    0    0    0     0   12
 10  Cobie             2/1     2    1    0    0    0    0    0     1    7
  8  Breyton         7/3/8/9   2    1    1    1    1    1    0     0   12
 30  Austin            9/3     3    0    2    2    0    1    0     0   10
 12  Richie            7/9     2    0    0    0    0    1    0     0   10
 24  Braden            4/7     1    1    0    0    1    1    0     0   10

                              25   11    9    9    4    4    0     2  110

2B: Austin
3B: Niko

Anthony reached base on errors by the pitcher and the shortstop, 
while Niko reached base on an error by the left fielder.

     Pitcher         IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP   ST   PC
  4  Niko             3     0    0    0    1    4    0    27   37
 26  Ben              1     1    1    0    2    1    0    10   21
 10  Cobie            1     0    0    0    2    1    0    8    19

                      5     1    1    0    5    6    0    45   77

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2010 LYB Majors Angels TOC Game #4

The Angels played the fourth game of the Laguna Youth Baseball Major Tournament of Champions. They played the Marlins. The Angels had beaten the Marlins by the score of 5 to 1 in May.

In the field, Jack played seven innings at third base. The last couple of games probably represent the best stretch that I have ever seen Jack play defensively. He had two assists and two put-outs in the game. In the third inning, Jack backhanded a hard grounder down the third base line on one knee, spun completely around and threw a strike to the first baseman for an out. It was a beautiful play. He fielded another grounder in the fourth and made the throw to first for the out. Jack tagged out a runner trying to steal third in the fifth. In the eighth, Niko caught a pop-up at short and threw to Jack at third to double off the runner and end the inning.

As well as Jack has played in the field, he has struggled at the plate over the last two games. He is mired in a 0 for 7 slump. Jack went 0 for 4 against the Marlins. I cannot remember a game where he has gone 0 for 4. In his first at-bat, Jack struck out looking on a 2 and 2 count against Bolton. He popped a 1 and 0 pitch to shortstop in his second plate appearance against Pat. In his at-bat, Jack grounded a 0 and 1 pitch to the second baseman against Bolton. Greysen was tagged out going to second and Jack was forced at first for the double play. Jack popped a 0 and 1 pitch behind first base in last fourth plate appearance against Matthew. The second baseman made a nice running, sliding catch for the out.

With the score tied 1 to 1 in the top of the eighth, the Angels went to a pitcher who has only pitched 7 innings this season. Four walks, a single and a home run later, the Angels were down by the score of 6 to 1 without getting an out.

Leaving 13 men on base, the Angels lost the game by the score of 6 to 2. The box score is here and the game log is here.

This is the Angels first loss in the double elimination Tournament of Champions. The Angels will play Giants on Tuesday night. The winner of that game will turn around and play the Marlins on Wednesday night.

2010 LYB Major Angels versus Marlins Box Score

June 7, 2010 - Marlins versus Angels
Tournament of Champions - Game #4
Game Log

.               1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   R   H   E   LOB
     Marlins    0   0   0   1   0   0   0   5   6   2   5    5
     Angels     0   0   0   1   0   0   0   1   2   3   2   13

  #  Hitter            POS    AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO   SAC  HBP  #P
  4  Niko              1/6     3    0    1    0    1    0    0    0   17
  2  Greysen           6/4     1    0    1    0    3    0    0    0   24
 22  Jack               5      4    0    0    0    0    1    0    0   12
 28  Dominic           8/2     2    0    0    0    1    2    0    0   14
 26  Ben               3/1     2    1    0    0    0    1    0    0   11
 16  Anthony          4/5/7    3    0    1    0    0    0    0    0   18
 10  Cobie             2/1     3    0    0    0    0    0    0    0    5
  8  Breyton         7/3/8/1   1    0    0    0    2    0    0    0   12
 30  Austin           9/8/3    1    0    0    1    2    1    0    0   13
 12  Richie            7/9     3    1    0    0    0    1    0    0    9
 24  Braden           4/9/8    3    0    0    0    0    1    0    0    8
 14  Zach              9/7     3    0    0    0    0    1    0    0   11

                              29    2    3    1    9    8    0    0  154

Cobie, Ben and Richie reached on errors by the shortstop,
while Ben and Zach reached on errors by the third baseman.

     Pitcher         IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP   ST   PC
  4  Niko             2     0    0    0    0    2    0    17   27
 26  Ben              1     0    0    0    0    0    0    5     7
 10  Cobie            2     0    1    0    1    1    0    19   35
  8  Breyton          2     0    0    0    2    2    0    21   39
 16  Anthony          0     2    5    5    4    0    0    8    26
 24  Braden           1     0    0    0    0    1    0    6    11

                      8     2    6    5    7    6    0    76  145

Outlaws Baseball Statistics

The Outlaws Baseball player statistics, game log and box score have been moved to http://iscorebaseball.com/OutlawsBaseball.

I am now scoring the Outlaws' games with iScore running on a iPad.  This software automatically uploads and summarizes all the statistics to the web site.

Invictus

Sharon, Jack and I watched Invictus on Saturday night. I rented the film as a HD rental on the AppleTV. Starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, Invictus tells the true story of how Nelson Mandela supported the Springbok Rugby team during the 1995 World Cup as a vehicle for helping to unite South Africa.

We had watched the EPSN 30 for 30 documentary titled The 16th Man in May. It covers the same story. I had really enjoyed the 30 for 30 documentary and was skeptical that the movie would live up to that standard. I was wrong. Invictus is a very good film. The movie does an excellent job of providing a view of the story more from Mandela's view.

I enjoyed Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela. Roger Ebert makes the point in his review that Freeman has been linked to a number of different screenplays about Mandela for more than 10 years. I was less thrilled in Matt Damon as François Pienaar, the captain of the Springboks. Pienaar is a much bigger man than Damon. In the documentary footage, he has a much more commanding physical presence than Damon does.

Invictus is a short Victorian poem by the English poet William Ernest Henley. While I found the 30 for 30 documentary more powerful, I recommend both The 16th Man and Invictus. They are a nice compliment to each other.

Jack and Drew

2010 LYB Majors Angels TOC Game #3

The Angels played the third game of the Laguna Youth Baseball Major Tournament of Champions. They played the Blue Jays. The Angels had beaten the Blue Jays by the score of 9 to 2 on May 8 and lost to them by the score of 9 to 8 in seven innings in the last regular season game on May 26. As I have noted before, there are lots and lots of connections between the coaches and players on these two teams; it makes the game an interesting dance.

In the field, Jack played five innings at third base. He made a number of very nice plays. In the top of the first, the Angels scored two runs on two hits and an error. In the bottom of the first, the lead off batter Cooper hit a hard one hopper to Jack's left. Jack initially caught it, but it popped out of his glove. When Jack bobbled the ball, I was sure that Cooper was going to be safe. Cooper is the fastest player on the Outlaws and was batting from the left side of the plate. Jack maintained his composure, regained control of the ball and threw a strike to get Cooper at first. I believe that play was significant to the game. I honestly believe that if Cooper gets on base with no outs that he ends up scoring. Additionally, I think that Niko [the Angel's pitcher] gets a little rattled by the play and having to work to hold Cooper. Potentially, the game plays out much different if Jack does not make that play. When Cooper walked to lead off the fourth, he scored the Blue Jay's only run.

Jack has also figured out in the last part of the rec season that as he has gotten bigger he can range farther to his left at third base than he thought. He has started to go aggressively after grounders hit between third base and shortstop. In the fifth inning, he ranged far to his left and fielded two infield grounders and threw strikes to first for the out.

There are probably a number of contributing factors, but this was Jack's worst game of the year at the plate. He struck out on three pitches from Josh in his first at-bat. Jack ran the count to 3 and 2 in this second at-bat. He was stealing the pitching signs from Scott [the other team's coach] and forced them to change signs. He eventually struck out on a pitch that looked like ball four from Josh. Josh struck out 7 batters over the first four innings. In his last at-bat against Jordan, he hit a rocket right at Josh at third for the out.

Leading 2 to 1 in the top of the fifth, the Angels finally got to Josh; Josh ended up throwing 99 pitches. After a single and a fielder's choice scored one run, two walks loaded the bases. The Angels 12th hitter then blooped one into right center for two RBIs. Niko followed with his second triple of the year driving in two more runs.

The Angels won the game by the score of 7 to 1. The box score is here and the game log is here.

By the end of the day on Saturday, there were only four teams left in the Major Tournament of Champions: the Angels, Marlins, Giants and D-Backs. The Angels will play the Marlins on Monday night, while the Giants will play the D-Backs. Given the Angels have not lost a game yet and the tournament is double elimination, they will play at least two more games in the coming week. There is a scenario that the Angels could end up playing Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night!

Ten Years Ago Today - Building the Elk Grove House Pic #12

In January of 2000, Sharon and I sold the house in Shingle Springs and started the process of building the house in Elk Grove. Over a three plus month period, I took pictures of the house as it was built.

The twelfth picture shown below was taken ten years ago today.

The series of pictures that I have posted so far can be found here.

2010 LYB Major Angels versus Blue Jay Box Score

June 5, 2010 - Angels versus Blue Jay
Tournament of Champions - Game #3
Game Log

.                       1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
     Angels             2    0    0    0    5    0    7    6    0
     Blue Jays          0    0    0    1    0    0    1    2    1

  #  Hitter            POS    AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO   SAC   HBP  #P
  4  Niko              1/6     3    0    1    2    0    0    0     0   14
  2  Greysen            6      3    1    1    0    0    0    0     0    6
 22  Jack               5      3    0    0    0    0    2    0     0   11
 28  Dominic           8/2     2    1    0    0    1    1    0     0   14
 26  Ben               3/6     3    0    1    0    0    1    0     0    9
 16  Anthony          4/5/8    2    1    1    0    0    1    0     0    7
  8  Breyton          7/3/8    2    0    0    0    0    2    0     0   13
 10  Cobie             2/1     2    1    1    1    0    0    0     0    9
 30  Austin          9/8/4/7   1    1    0    0    1    1    0     0   11
 12  Richie             7      2    0    0    0    0    1    0     0    9
 24  Braden           4/8/9    1    1    0    0    1    0    0     0    9
 14  Zach               9      2    1    1    2    0    0    0     0    5

                              26    7    6    5    3    9    0     0  117

3B: Niko

Dominic reached base on an error by the left fielder.

     Pitcher         IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP   ST   PC
  4  Niko             4     1    1    1    2    7    1    44   67
 10  Cobie            2     1    0    0    3    2    0    19   42

                      6     2    1    1    5    9    1    63  109

2010 LYB Majors Angels TOC Game #2

The Angels played the second game of the Laguna Youth Baseball Major Tournament of Champions. They played the Red Sox. The Angels had beaten the Red Sox by the score of 16 to 6 in the first game of the season in late March and by the score of 15 to 2 in early May.

At the plate, Jack was 2 for 3 with a triple, a hit by pitch, two RBIs and three runs scored. In his first plate appearance against Santos, Jack blooped a 1 and 1 pitch behind first base. The first baseman made a nice running over the shoulder catch for the out. With two out in the third and Niko on third base, Jack crushed a 0 and 2 pitch from Santos over the head of the right fielder to the fence. Jack motored into third for a triple. This is only the second triple of the year for the Angels; Niko had one earlier in the season. Jack scored on Dominic's single. In his third plate appearance, Jack was hit by a 1 and 0 pitch. He scored on a single by Ben. Jack drove a 1 and 0 pitch down the third base line that bounced wildly in foul territory for a single in his fourth plate appearance. Zach scored from third. Jack scored on Anthony's bloop single.

In the field, Jack played three innings at third and one inning at first. At first, Braden made a nice stop on a hard grounder and threw to Jack for the out in the second inning. In the fourth inning at third, Jack made one of the sweetest looking plays of the season. Ranging far to his left in front of Niko on an infield grounder, Jack picked the ball up clean and threw a strike to first base. It was a major league looking play.

After a 1, 2, 3 first inning against Santos, the Angels rolled. The Angels put runs on the board in every inning. The Red Sox ran out of pitching and the Angels won by the score of 19 to 3. The box score is here and the game log is here. The Angels play the Blue Jays on Saturday morning.

2010 LYB Major Angels versus Red Sox Box Score

June 4, 2010 - Angels versus Red Sox
Tournament of Champions - Game #2
Game Log

.                       1    2    3    4    5    6    R    H    E
     Angels             0    5    2    1    3    8   19   14    2
     Red Sox            1    0    1    0    1    0    3    3    1

  #  Hitter            POS    AB    R    H   RBI  BB   SO   SAC   HBP  #P
  4  Niko               6      2    3    1    1    2    0    0     0   13
  2  Greysen           4/6     3    2    1    1    1    1    0     0   17
 22  Jack              5/3     3    3    2    2    0    0    0     1   10
 28  Dominic           8/2     3    2    2    3    1    0    0     0   15
 26  Ben                3      3    1    3    2    1    0    0     0   16
 16  Anthony          7/5/4    3    1    1    1    1    0    0     0   14
  8  Breyton           1/8     1    2    1    0    3    0    0     0   19
 10  Cobie              2      4    1    1    2    0    0    0     0   11
 30  Austin           9/3/7    2    2    1    0    1    1    0     0   17
 12  Richie             7      3    0    1    2    0    1    0     0   15
 24  Braden           4/8/9    2    1    0    0    1    1    0     0   14
 14  Zach              9/5     3    1    0    1    1    2    0     0   13

                              32   19   14   15   12    6    0     1  174

2B: Austin
3B: Jack

Dominic reached base on an error by the shortstop.

     Pitcher         IP     H    R   ER   BB   SO   HBP   ST   PC
  8  Breyton          3     1    2    0    3    2    0    29   51
 16  Anthony          2     2    1    1    1    2    0    14   24
 24  Braden           1     0    0    0    2    0    0     6   16

                      6     3    3    1    6    4    0    49   91

Ten Years Ago Today - Building the Elk Grove House Pic #11

In January of 2000, Sharon and I sold the house in Shingle Springs and started the process of building the house in Elk Grove. Over a three plus month period, I took pictures of the house as it was built.

The eleventh picture shown below was taken ten years ago today.

The series of pictures that I have posted so far can be found here.

Pony Express Genoa

Pony Express Genoa
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This marker is located Located at 2295 Main Street, Genoa, Nevada. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 00.271 W 119° 50.763.

A list of Pony Express Waymarks that I have visited can be found here. You can log your visit to this landmark at waymark.com.




Mandlebaum & Klauber's Store was located at this site. They were agents for the Pony Express and Wells, Fargo & Co.

The original Pony Express route from April 3, 1860 to May 13, 1860 went from here to Woodfords then over Luther Pass and Johnson Pass (Echo Summit). By May 14, 1860 the Kingsbury grade toll road over Daggett Pass and through Lake Valley was opened to horse traffic and was now used by the Pony Express. It was opened to wagon traffic on August 14, 1860. This new route saved 8.4 miles.

Genoa was always a station site. It was a home station the first five months. This is where riders lived when not in the saddle. On September 1, 1860 Carson City became the new home station. Thomas Flynn was a known Pony Express rider between Genoa and the Carson Sink Station going eastbound.

2010 LYB Major Angels TOC Game #1

The Angels played the first game of the Laguna Youth Baseball Major Tournament of Champions. They played the A's. They lost to the A's by the score of 4 to 2 on May 15 and beat them by the score of 17 to 3 on May 21. Trevor, James and Mak are on the A's and play with Jack on the Outlaws.

I am more than a little frustrated with Jack. He has set what I think is an unrealistic goal to hit a home run over the fence in one of the TOC games. I have not been able to talk him back off this ledge. Jack is putting a lot of pressure on himself and going after the ball very aggressively.

At the plate, Jack was 1 for 3 with a double, a walk, two strike-outs, a RBI and a run scored. In the first at-bat, Jack struck out swinging on three straight curve balls. Niko and Greysen had both hit first pitch fast balls in front of him and the pitcher had no intention of throwing him a fast ball over the plate. Still trying to kill the ball, Jack struck out on a 3 and 2 count in his second plate appearance.

In his third at-bat, Jack crushed a 1 and 1 pitch off of James over the center fielder's head. The ball hit the fence about a foot below the rail. Jack motored into second, but was extremely upset that the ball did not clear the fence. His emotional state set off a catastrophic chain of events. Jack started baiting James by taking a large lead off second; James threw back four or five times to keep him close. On a wild pitch to Dominic, Jack went to third, but kept running. He tried to go all the way home. Jack got tagged out by James by a step. At the time, I was very angry with him. The Angels were only leading by the score of 5 to 2 in the top of the fifth and I felt like Jack's run was important.

Jack walked on five pitches in his fourth plate appearance to drive in a run. Successive walk to Dominic, Breyton and Anthony brought Jack home.

In the field, Jack played six innings at third. He made a nice catch on James' pop-up hit way behind third base in the third inning. Trevor was the next batter and hit a slow roller to the left side. Jack fielded the ball cleanly. Trevor is probably the second fastest player on the Outlaws. With Trevor racing up the line, Jack rushed the throw. He threw a one hopper that Breyton did a fantastic job digging. The field umpire called Trevor safe at first.

With the Angels leading 5 to 3 in the top of the fifth, they blew the game wide open. Sixteen batters came to the plate and the Angels scored 10 runs on 8 walks, 3 hits and 2 errors.

Angels won the game by the score of 15 to 4. The box score is here and the game log is here. The Tournament of Champions is double elimination. The Angels play the Red Sox on Friday night.