bases loaded - Manchester Softball

Volume 22 Issue 16
9/10 August 2016
No. 394
BASES LOADED
This week’s
games
Mavs II lose unbeaten record
in top v bottom upset
Including streaks, pitches and
umpires
I
Division 1
LIO 1W v MAV 2W (2, MD)
THU 2W v GRX 5W (3, AG)
DOD 4L v CAM 1L (6, BMcG)
OUT 2L v MUT 15L (8, TLF)
Division 2
LIG 2W v BUL 1L (9, SK)
MKT 1W v SPE 2L (5, HS)
MHM 2W v STO 2L (4, DD)
SHA 1W rest
Division 3
BAT 5L @ REB 1W (9, TS)
CM2 4W @ PIR 1W (8, AR)
MV2 1L @ HAC 1W (5, MG)
OU2 1L @ ENF 2L (6)
MK2 1L rest
Division 4
BFL 3W @ TIG 1W (2, SK)
COL 4L @ RIP 3W (4, IC)
FRZ 2L @ FAL 2L (1, SS)
PHX 3W @ DRZ 5W (3, JF)
TTN 4L v HUR 2L (7, PN)
TIG 1W @ HUR 2L (1, JF, Thurs)
T’S over! Mavericks II have finally lost a game
after a winning
run stretching all the
way back to their fist
ever game at the start of
last season in Division 4.
And, rather surprisingly,
it was the division’s bottom team, the Rebels,
who finally broke the
sequence of 28 games,
just four short of the record set by the senior
Mavs between April
2005 and May 2007.
The win is all the more
remarkable considering
the Mavs got off to their
usual commanding start
and were 9-2 up after
Inside this issue:
Match reports
2
Nationals webstream
5
End-of-season ball
5
Birthdays
5
Indoor softball
6
Synthetic batting boxes?
7
Corrections
7
Transfer
7
More tournie photos
8
Next week’s games
9
Last week’s MVPs
10
Home runs
10
Results and standings
12
three innings. A mutual
shutout in the 4th
marked the turning
point as the Rebels hit
seven in the 5th to no
reply, tying the scores.
After trading runs in the
6th, Rebels went three
up in the top of the 7th,
held their nerve and
achieved only their second win of the season in
the most improbable
style.
Meanwhile the final
games in the second rotation in Divisions 1 and
2 confirmed the expected sets of teams for
the so-called ‘playoffs’,
with only the relative
orderings in question.
Thunder suffered a
momentary scare as the
Dodgers came back
from a 3-9 deficit after
four to take a momentary 11-10 lead in the 6th
before losing 14-16. But
the vociferous Dodgers
support from the sidelines only spurred on
the rumblers to a win.
Mavericks narrowly
beat Outlaws, but had
been ahead from the 1st
inning. Lions and
Greensox both registered run-ahead wins
against the Camels and
Mutineers respectively, the latter’s relegation thus confirmed with
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Women hit out in Division 1
I
N an extraordinary
show of girl
power, over
half of last week’s 17
Division 1 homers were
hit by women. Leading
the way was the Lions’
Michelle Collier
(pictured), who showed
her GB form in the week
when softball was readmitted to the Olympics for
Tokyo 2020, hitting three
homers to add to the
four already blasted this
season, while fellow lionesses Jade Shaw and
Lindsay O’Farrell got
one each. Sisters were
doing it for themselves as Vic O’Farrell got one of the
Greensox’ four
homers, as did Kat Mullins.
And two thunderbirds got
in on the act as Chloe Llewellyn and Sian Payne
each bagged a round trip
in their game against the
Dodgers. In years gone by,
nine female homers in a
season would have been
noteworthy. Perhaps soon
a story like today’s won’t
be at all remarkable ... and
why should it be?
Bases Loaded, the Manchester Softball League Review is published by the Manchester Softball League
Available online at http://manchester-softball.co.uk/about-msl/the-review © 2016 Editor: Harry Somers
Main sponsor: Midshire Business Systems.
Contributions should be sent to review@manchester-softball.co.uk
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Match reports
Rebels halt Mav 2s’ streak
Rebels
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Mavericks II 2 5 2 0 0 1 1
13
11
Umpire Stephen Shearer, Pitch 4
HR: REB Matthew Thomas
REBELS Hayley Mctear (2B), Christian
Frost (EP), Sarah cassin (LF), David
Eaton (SS), Kirsty fell (1B), Yap Chuan Fu
(RC), Emma Miller (C), Matthew Thomas
(3B), Laura Bertalot (RF), Conor Battersby
(LC), Di Charlton (BAT)(EP), Stephen
Beddows (P)
MAVERICKS II David Kirby (SS), Rachael
Gavaghan (C), Ian Yates (RF), Isla Gemmel (CR), John Edwards (3B), Jo Cole
(1B), Paul Waters (CL), Becky Ellis (2B),
Andy Gardner (P), Nicola Brown (CR)
game. However the big hitting
Mavs were no match for the Rebels’ on-form defence who managed to hold them to a single run
in the 7th to end the game 13-11
AFTER a season of ‘what could
to the Rebels.
have been’ games, Rebels finally
MVPs were the former Mavs 2
came together and all of their poplayer Conor Battersby who battential was finally exhibited by
ted 1.000 and fellow outfielder
snapping Mavericks II’s 28-game
Sarah Cassin, both of whom
winning streak (dating back to
were solid on D, as were the
their inception in 2015).
whole team, whose impressive
The game took the expected start
ball control majorly contributed
with home team Mavs coming out to the solid defence all game
and scoring 2, 5, 2 in the first three long.
innings, whilst Rebels scored 1, 0
Emma Miller
and 1. The 4th inning saw some
MVPs Casin, Battersby (REB), Cole,
great batting from both sides but
Yates (MV2)
even better fielding to give both
Freeze at Tigers’ mercy
teams shut outs. Rebels came out
all bats blazing to score seven in
the 5th which was backed up with
more great fielding plays, shutting
out Mavs 2. It was a tie going into
the 6th inning and a home run
from Matt Thomas ensured Rebels
Tigers
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kept adding to the tally, while
Freeze
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10
Mavs also added one, maintaining RAR, Umpire Benkei Johnson, Pitch
the tied game. Going into the 7th
6
HRs: TIG Tony La Fave, Michael
the Rebels were able to keep the
Miah, Steve Girling
pressure on, scoring three runs
TIGERS Tony La Fave (1B), Emma
and giving themselves a lead to
Pritchard (2B), Michael Miah (SS), Luisa
defend for the first time in the
Tolu (3B), Steve Girling (LC), Annie
Downes (LF), Dave Wareham (P), Jen
Szczepaniak-Sloane (RF), Rob Lawrence (EP), Louise Wellman (C), Stewart
Pilling (RC), Alyssa Jones (EP)
FREEZE Paul Wolstenholme (SS),
Emma Ashby (2B), Kris Timms (1B),
Becky Jones Moore (3B), Mike Oxley
(RC), Alex Brakspear (RF), Andy Collier
(LF), Lorna Hay (LC), Mike Wheater (P),
Mary Mitchell (C)
A nine-run 2nd inning gave Tigers a comfortable lead in this
game, a lead that they never
looked in serious danger of losing. Another scoring spree in the
6th, followed by a shut out in the
bottom of the inning, gave Tigers
the 15-run mercy win.
Tony La Fave, Emma Pritchard,
Luisa Tolu and Steve Girling
were the OBP leaders, all going 4
for 5. Tigers had three home-run
heroes in La Fave, Girling and
Michael Meahand. There were
other strong performances up
and down the order with the new
hard hitting Louise Wellman and
debut girl Alyssa Jones particularly worthy of mention.
In the field the whole team did a
solid job, making (almost) all the
routine plays and keeping Freeze
from putting any big numbers on
the board. Tigers were solid
rather than spectacular with the
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gloves, and everyone did their
bit, but there should perhaps be a
special mention for Tolu, who
made some nice plays at 3rd on
her return to the team.
Jones looked really good on her
league debut, and thanks are due
to Luisa Tolu for helping us out
in our hour of need. (People taking holidays in the middle of the
softball season, three in the same
week! Dearie me, what is the
world coming to?) Also a special
mention to new boy Ryan, who
came down to watch what turned
into a pretty protracted affair –
so long drawn out he eventually
had to go home without even visiting the pub!
Tigers website
MVPs Jones, Miah (TIG), Ashby,
Wolstenholme (FRZ)
Killkats mutilate Bullfrogs
Bullfrogs 0 4 1 1 5 2 1
Meerkats 11 3 2 2 2 5 x
14
25
Umpire Alan Green, Pitch 4
HRs: BUL Adam Faloona; MKT Ian
Blease (MK2) GS, Mike Lott GS,
Chris Chu
BULLFROGS Emma Bennett (LF), Sam
Taylor (SS), Christine Hunter (1B),
Adam Faloona (CL), Nerissa Mescalado
(3B), Ben Tottle (2B), Sue Gibson (BAT)
(RF), Jeremy Fothergill (P), Beryl Lannin-Jones (BAT)(C), Charlie Gardiner
(CM2)(CR)
MEERKATS Matt Ruff (P), Rachael
Campbell-Cook (1B), Ian Blease (MK2)
(2B), Julie Lott (3B), Mike Lott (SS), Kate
Stockton (C), Chris Chu (RC), Sonia
Hine (LC), Nick Plummer (LF), Katy
Coupland (SHA)(RF)
TODAY we start with a joke: Me
opening up the batting order.
Bets more likely to come in than
this ever happening include Julie
having a sugar free diet, Rachel
going a month without an injury,
Sonia being early into outfield or
even Nick holding down a relationship. Still, Captain Michael
went with this and it worked
every time. Ok, some times. But
it did the first time. Talking of
first times (not Ian’s weekend
conquest though), we actually
batted well first inning and the
frogs got flogged. Fielding was
tighter than Kath’s leggings and
we hit up as many balls as Sonia
hits up women and Nick gets
turned down by them. Batting
throughout the game was good,
Rachel showing autistic preciseness in the understanding of
‘running it out’ to first. Note to
rookies from Rach: If first base is
stretching to fetch the ball, don’t
dance round him, run straight
over the top. Like a steamroller
over an injured Bambi, MAKE
THEM FEEL THE STUDS OF
YOUR BOOTS IN THEIR BACK.
Rachel Campbell-Cook fact of the
day: An anagram of her name (a
few letters missed out but none
added) is: Cheap Labor Cock.
There I was thinking it was only
Mike who was used as this – eh,
Julie, there’s another you can
snare for nocturnal exercise?
Back to softball, we got injuries
galore. Mike got mingy groin,
Chu mingy leg and Rachel mingy
body meant that the boys decided
to hit big and Rach gave up
climbing to let the excellent Katy
Coupland take over running duties. Mike and Chu hitting home
runs on one leg was the stuff my
softball dreams are made of, and
Chu catching up with whoever
was in front of him on his one leg
was the stuff riders of the Smiler
at Alton Towers’ dreams are
made of (own up, who was it he
caught?). Mike’s grand slam
matched Ian’s earlier lucky slice
grand slam… Injuries meant field
changes and most of us spent our
time working out how Sonia
manages to let balls go flying
over her head every match? Nick
took up short stop as Michael
Lott went to pitch and the game
was won 25-14 after 6½ innings.
Tantrum fans - No tantrums
from Ian or others to report. The
End.
Matt Ruff
MVPs Bennett, Faloona (BUL), Campbell-Cook, Blease (MKT)
Rippers spirit tames
Hurricanes
Rippers
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Hurricanes 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
11
7
Umpire Adam Roberts, Pitch 7
HR: RIP Simon Baird
RIPPERS Dave Warren (P), Janette
Rayton (3B), Paul Duffy (SS), Katrina
Rhead (LF), Chris Wilson-Grady (CR),
Becky Baird (RF), Scott Barton (CL),
Amndy Ashton (1B), Simon Baird (2B),
Gemma Wallace (C)
HURRICANES Tom Huntley (3B),
Sharon Fletcher (CL), Arfyn Ruhonah
(LF), Kellie Whitaker (2B), Harry Somers
(CR), Martine Knight (MHM)(C), Dan
Lord (P), Angela Killian (LIO)(RF), Giancarlo Calo (SS), Emma Carruthers
(THU)(1B); Sub Mark Dagnall (Somers)
JUDGING by the last game
against Hurricanes, we knew this
one could be difficult and as always we were struggling for girls.
However we managed to get a
full team of registered Rippers
together.
Before the game started it became apparent that Hurricanes
had taken advantage of their
massive squad (under the Thunder banner) to complement their
team. Sighing, we remained
strong and thought we would
give this our best shot. We huddled together and decided we
were going to play this game the
Ripper way and have some fun.
This was the ‘David v Goliath’
match and our slingshots were
poised ready to strike.
Top of the 1st and we were up to
bat first. Our worst nightmare, 3
up 3 down. Proof ,as if we needed
any, that we needed to bring our
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best game to have any chance at
all. So that’s what we did, we rallied together with lots of support
and shouting of encouragement
we managed a shut out of our
own! COME ON RIPPERS!
Top of the 2nd 0-0. This time we
managed four at bat but still
failed to score. Could we shut out
the might of Hurricanes again?
Sadly not this time BUT, continuing with the support and encouragement of all ten Rippers on the
field and our supporters on the
sidelines we kept them to just
two runs.
Top of the 3rd 0-2. We now had
more confidence and knew this
wasn’t going to be the whitewash
we had feared when faced with
such experience. We managed
seven at-bats and scored two
runs to bring the scores even.
Back to fielding. Again the Ripper spirit took over and we
fielded really well keeping the
Hurricanes to a single run. It
looked to us that Hurricanes also
thought they had a game on their
hands now: worried faces were
looking back at us. Top of the 4th
2-3. The belief in the Rippers was
now immense. We were hitting
hard and causing fielding mistakes with our base running. The
noise we were making was great,
considering there were only
about 15 of us in total, most of
the noise coming from Dave
Warren, standing in as captain.
We managed five runs in the 4th
giving us a lead. Now we needed
to defend it. Some great pitching,
some amazing catches and a lack
of any kind of mistake gave us
our second shut out. BOOM!
Top of the 5th 7-3. Time to bat
again. This inning saw our two
best hits of the day. The first
from Scott Barton, as he hit a triple bringing home 2 RBIs. Next
up was Simon Baird who hit his
first home run of the season
bringing himself and Barton
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home. Total for the innings four,
giving us a lead of eight going into
the bottom of the 5th. Another
shut out! Rippers fielding was on
fire again. The 6th innings saw a
double shut out, so we were entering the 7th and final inning 11-3
up. We saw the Hurricanes were
all huddled together planning how
they could get back into this game.
They shut us out again! We were
gutted, but knew all we had to do
was keep their total low and we
would win. In all honesty we
looked nervous and the Hurricanes knew it. Warren’s pitching
dropped off and he gave his first
walk. A couple of wayward throws
in the field and the Hurricanes
started scoring. Surely the Rippers
weren’t going to let
the Hurricanes catch up? We took
a moment, rallied the troops and
got on with it. Hurricanes had
their best inning of the night,
BUT, it wasn’t enough. The Rippers had done it. Final score 11-7.
What a game to be part of!
Rippers website
MVPs B Baird, Duffy (RIP), Fletcher,
Huntley
Any way you look at it
Drizzle
Colt 45s
1 1 0 0 3 1 3 4 13
1 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 11
Umpires Jeremy Fothergill, Mike Lott,
Pitch 9
HRs: DRZ Baljit Ahluwalia 2; COL
John Kaye
DRIZZLE
AB H R RBI BB
Sadie Light (LF)
4 3 1 1 0
Andrew Bogie (SS)
4 3 1 1 0
Laura Somers (1B),
4 0 1 0 0
Baljit Singh Ahluwalia (EP) 4 3 2 4 0
Andreina Salazar (EP)
4 2 1 0 0
Tomm Childs (3B)
4 3 0 1 0
Laura Hartley (2B)
4 0 0 0 0
Brad Hadwin (LC)
4 2 2 1 0
Sue Gibson (BAT)(RF)
4 2 2 2 0
Alun Grufydd Jones (RC) 3 1 1 0 0
B Lannin-Jones (BAT)(C) 3 2 1 3 0
Tim Roberts (P)
3 0 1 0 0
COLT 45S Tadgh Tobin (2B), Pippa Pugh
(RF), John Kaye (SS), Annie Fallon (3B),
Tom Currie (RF), Angela McArt (1B), Lee
McCarthy (P), Amy Culbert (C), Graham
Hartrley (RC), Rachel Jones (LC)
Especially when you go to extra
innings
It’s all about victory
Don’t believe them when they say
It’s not the winning
It’s the taking part
But in the end
You need hitters to deliver
And the defense must get the
outs
While the pitcher needs to strike.
(For an alternative view read
from the bottom line to the top*)
*Inspired by on-line poet Brian
Bilston – for a moving read see
his poem Refugees.
A little flesh on the bones. From
the 2nd inning to the top of the
7th Drizzle trailed a determined
Colt 45s outfit. While the precipitators’ defense operated with just
a couple of hiccups, their lumber
slumbered – mostly giving fielding practice to a stand-out shortstop. The gunslingers accumulated steadily and when headed
in the last held their nerve from
two outs to force extra innings.
Drizzle’s bats drove in four in the
first extra. Then it was their
squeaky-bottom time as they
hung on for a narrow victory. The
game featured Drizzle’s first ever
triple play. The revolvers were
perhaps justifiably miffed as it
occurred in slow motion with an
apparent call of ‘Time’ between
the second and third outs. Sadie
Light took the MVP honours. Andreina Salazar, our amuleto de la
suerte, got another hit and Baljit
Ahluwalia’s experience was key
to the win – the streak is now at
five.
Two-out Tim
MVPs Light, Roberts (DRZ), Jones, Kaye
(COL)
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Volume 22 Issue 16
BSF Nationals to be webstreamed this Sunday
BaseballSoftballUK is
pleased to announce that
WebcastSport has been selected as a new webstreaming partner, and they will
deliver a live webstream of
the final games from the
BSF Co-Ed Slowpitch National Championships on
Sunday, 14 August from
Farnham Park.
At a minimum, semi-final and final
games from the Premier National
Championship, featuring the top coed slowpitch teams in British softball, will be broadcast live, and other
games on the day may be shown as
well.
Plans are currently being finalised
for an additional live stream this
year, and then more regular broad-
biggest sporting events on
offer. Their team has produced live content for some
of the biggest names in
sports broadcasting, including Sky Sports and BT Sport.
casts of baseball, fastpitch and slowpitch softball in 2017.
The broadcasts from the Co-ed
Slowpitch Nationals can be watched
live and free at BSUK.tv, with timings to be confirmed once the tournament schedule has been finalised.
Webcast Sport draws on decades of
experience in the world of sports
broadcasting, with experience
around the globe and at some of the
End-of-season ball
Early-bird deadline soon
This year’s event will take place at The Midland Hotel on Friday
18th November.
Ticket prices have increased a little, and are now £40. However if
you pay before Wednesday August 17th, a £5 discount is on
offer. Payments by transfer or cheque preferred.
Please email jugsy44@googlemail.com with your ticket requirements, name, team, payment details and dietary requirements. I am
at Parrs Wood on Tuesdays and USG on Wednesdays if you have
any questions or you can drop me an e-mail.
Kellie Whitaker
Birthdays
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Carolyn Barratt (Lightning), Jez Dennett (Dodgers)
Kerry Fildes (Titans), Gemma Glynn (Hurricanes)
Amy Torkington (Phoenix)
Siobhan O’Shaughnessy (Moorkats)
Lauren Cox (Barflies), Long Tran (Drizzle)
*Rebecca Baird (Rippers), *Phillip Norton (Falcons)
* Rebecca and Phillip were born on exactly the same day, all those years
ago.
Webcast Sport MD Kevin
Magee said: “Webcast Sport
is proud to be partnering
with BSUK to webcast the
upcoming Co-ed Slowpitch Nationals,
and we look forward to working
closely with BSUK to grow the sport
and to bring innovations to webcasting of softball and baseball across
2017 and beyond. With the sports
now included in the Tokyo Olympics,
it is the perfect time to push the sport
through to the next level by showing
the next generation how the game is
progressing in Britain, and we are
planning many more webcasts with
BSUK next year.”
BSUK’s Marketing, Communications
& Events Officer, Trevor GreenawayClissold, said: “This is a really exciting
partnership that goes beyond just
streaming live games. What has
made Webcast Sport stand out from
other providers is their desire to be a
part of our journey to grow baseball
and softball and to get more people
playing our sports. We have dipped
our toe in the water with regard to
streaming games over the last two
years and the product Webcast Sport
can produce will really take this to the
next level.”
The coverage for the BSF Co-Ed Nationals will include multiple camera
angles, replays, on-screen graphics
and live commentary.
The commentary team for the broadcast will feature Bob Fromer, whose
knowledge and involvement with
British softball is second to none, and
GB Women’s Fastpitch Team Assistant Coach Liz Knight.
Original report by BSUK
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Mavs II lose unbeaten record
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three games to go.
In Division 2, Lightning, who had
a comfortable derby win which also
confirmed Storm’s relegation, are
just one game behind the Meerkats, who were 11-0 up against the
Bullfrogs after one inning and
scored steadily for five more.
Speeders squeaked into the fourth
playoff slot on head-to-heads
against Mayhem and Sharks,
with the scousers unfortunately
having two consecutive rest weeks
as a result.
The big result in Division 3 has already been mentioned, but the
chasing Camels II are 2½ games
back with five to play, having won
two close games last week: first they
edged the Enforcers 19-17 in a
game of two halves, in which they
came from behind to win, then in
an even closer game with the Bats,
where they took an 8-1 lead, then
allowed ten runs in the 4th but still
managed to keep their noses in
front, and held out for a 17-16 win.
Outlaws II slipped behind in the
promotion race losing to Hackers
while Pirates beat Moorkats to
leapfrog them in the table.
Rippers have taken over second
place in Division 4, beating Hurricanes in convincing manner on
Tuesday then mercying the Falcons on Thursday. Canes have a
game in hand, but it’s against the
Tigers, who beat Freeze 25-10 in
six innings. Drizzle are just behind
their clubmates after beating the
Colts, who had two losses this
week. Barflies won twice, while
Phoenix maintained their winning
streak with a mercy win against the
Falcons.
I
T’S already time to start
thinking about the Autumn Indoor League. Time
and place remains the same
(Powerleague, Trafford Way,
M17 8DD, Tuesdays 7pm9pm). However there will be an
increase in price due to increased venue costs. This season’s weekly team fees will be
£60.
First game 4th October
The Autumn League will run
for ten weeks from 4th October
with the final games on 6th December 2016.
We have already had a lot of
interest from new teams wanting to enter the league and we
hope you will be re-entering
the league with your teams. As
we have limited space, places
will be given on a first come
first served basis—once your
deposit is paid your place is secure.
To register for the Manchester
Indoor Softball League Autumn
2016 season send your team
name and £60 deposit to:
Manchester Indoor Softball
League
account number 72091293
sort code 09-01-28
We will be taking league fees a
week in advance so this £60
will act as your first week’s payment.
Registration closes September
1st.
Volume 22 Issue 16
Synthetic
batting boxes?
The perennial debate about wornout batting boxes, especially after
heavy use in wet conditions, could
be solved at a stroke if we were to
lay down synthetic grass as shown
in this picture. Parrswood
groundsman Dave Letven is in
favour of the change, which has
been debated for many years, and
has only been held up by the lack
of research into cost and availability.
Could this be the way forward?
Corrections
Early editions of last week’s issue
had Camels beating Speeders in the
tournament’s Rec final, whereas it
was the other way round, as later
editions showed.
And the caption to the picture of
Beth and Rolf (Arrowsmith-)
Herbert mentioned Outlaws II’s defeat by the Rebels. ‘Of’ the Rebels it
should have been.
The Outlaws’ home run as reported
last week was scored by Mike Hawkins rather than Mike Watkins. Baljit has owned up to being the source
of that one.
Transfer
Alexa Martinez, Storm to Thunder, 5 August.
Note that as the transfer deadline
has now passed, only transfers ‘up’
are now permitted.
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More pictures from the Manchester tournament
(Top) The Lions’ Adam Roberts hits a right field line drive past Grunder’s Emma Carruthers as Gill Watkinson sets off for 2nd base, all overseen by field umpire Tony La Fave in last weekend’s Comp Final, while
(bottom) Chris Lennon aims for a passing plane in the Rec Final. In the same game (right), Matt O’ Casey
narrowly fails to score (should’ve slid).
Photos: Dave Wareham
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Next week’s games
Division 1
Lions v Greensox (4, BMcG) Last meeting 29
June, Lions won 14-10 but trail 9-20 overall.
Thunder v Mavericks (5, AG) Last meeting 6 July,
Thunder won 14-13 but trail 7-10.
Dodgers v Outlaws (9, TLF) Last meeting 29 June,
Dodgers won 14-8 and lead 12-7.
Camels v Mutineers (2, IC/MG) Last meeting 1
June, Camels won 33-21 to even up the 20-game alltime series at 10-10.
Division 2
Meerkats v Bullfrogs (6, MD) Last meeting 3 August (last week), Meerkats won 25-14. An immediate
chance of revenge for the frogs, who trail 2-1 in all
games.
Lightning v Speeders (8, DD/SK) Last meeting 27
July, Lightning won 6-5 to take a 5-4 lead in all meetings.
Mayhem v Sharks (3, HS) Last meeting 29 June,
Sharks won 12-6: the pair are 1-1 in all games.
Storm rest
Games in Divisions 3 and 4 would be the return
games from 14 June, but since these games were
postponed to the end of August, this week’s fixtures
represent the first meetings of these pairs this season. They meet again the week after next.
Division 3
Enforcers @ Mavericks II (1, JF) First ever meeting.
Hackers @ Bats (2, MG) Last
meeting 20 April 2011 (Division 2),
Hackers won 11-10, reducing the
Bats’ lead to 17-12. As we mentioned
in BL 22.7, this is the fourth most
played fixture in MSL history and
the only pairing this season of any of
the league’s remaining four founder
members (the other two are Greensox and Speeders).
Moorkats @ Camels II (4, SS) Last meeting 2
July 2013 (Division 4), Camels won 25-4 (4 inns),
their fourth win in five meetings.
Pirates @ Outlaws II (3, SK) First ever meeting.
Rebels rest
Division 4
Drizzle @ Freeze (5, ML) Last meeting 4 August
2015, Drizzle won 10-6 in a second double-header
game reduced to 5½ innings by bad light. Drizzle
lead the Zs derby 2-0.
Falcons @ Barflies (7, AR) Only previous meeting 11 August 2015, Barflies won 22-10.
Hurricanes @ Colt 45s (8, PN) Last meeting 8
July 2014, Hurricanes won 18-3 (5 inns) to complete the double in the Colts’ first full season.
Rippers @ Phoenix (9, IC) First ever meeting.
Titans v Tigers (6, TS) First ever meeting.
BASES LOADED
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Last week’s MVPs
Barflies (Tu)
Barflies (Th)
Bats (Th)
Bullfrogs
Camels
Camels II (Tu)
Camels II (Th)
Colt 45s (Tu)
Colt 45s (Th)
Dodgers
Drizzle
Enforcers
Falcons (Tu)
Falcons (Th)
Freeze
Greensox
Hackers
Hurricanes
Lightning
Lions
Hayley-Jane Sims
Jane Mordecai
Dawn Yates
Emma Bennett
Charlotte Green
Rebecca Ebo
Lynne Howells
Rachel Jones
Pippa Pugh
Amy Tanner
Sadie Light
Kate Flanaghan
Ryanne Zhuo
Jennifer Douglas
Alyssa Jones
Vic O’Farrell
Julie Lott (MKT)
Sharon Fletcher
Kim Gallaher
Michelle Collier
Paul Warburton
Jon Wilkinson
Alex Bates
Adam Faloona
Colin McKie
Richard Jameson
Richard Jameson
John Kaye
John Kaye
Johnny Huck
Tim Roberts
Chris Bowers
Lee Kendrick Walker
Tyler Hargrave
Michael Miah
Mark Sanders
Ian Radford
Tom Huntley
Jeivo Gomez
Adam Roberts
Mavericks
Tanya Burton
Adam Cole
Mavericks II Jo Cole
Ian Yates
Mayhem
Martine Knight
Alberto Carlino
Meerkats Rachel Campbell-Cook Ian Blease (MK2)
Moorkats Siobhan O’ShauanassayDan Downes (TIG)
Mutineers
Natasha Miotk
Joe Grantham
Outlaws
Nancy Bennett
Stuart Roscoe
Outlaws II
Jax Choudhery
Greg Spiers
Phoenix
Kirsti Ahmed
Marco Doria
Pirates
Natalie Robinson
Shane Coyles
Rebels
Sarah Cassin
Conor Battersby
Rippers (Tu) Beccy Baird
Paul Duffy
Rippers (Th) Mandy Ashton
John Page
Speeders
Kate Barlow
Matthew Keeley
Storm
Angie Thompson
Ian Caird
Thunder
Chloe Llewellyn
Benkei Johnson
Tigers
Emma Ashby
Paul Wolstenholme
Titans
Sarah Friday
Richard Taylor
All names appear exactly as they were written on the
score sheet
Home runs
Division 1 – Female
7 – Michelle Collier (LIO)
4 – Kath Mullin (GRX)
3 – Jade Shaw (LIO)
2 – Areej Elmaazi (THU), Lindsay
O’Farrell (LIO)
1 – Nancy Bennett (OUT), Lauren
Birch (GRX), Tanya Burton
(MAV), Chloe Llewellyn (THU),
Liz Lyon (MUT), Vic O’Farrell
(GRX), Sian Payne (THU)
Division 1 – Male
11 – Danny Gunn* (GRX)
9 – Tom Atkinson (CAM), Joe
Grantham* (MUT), Pete Nightingale* (MAV)
8 – Peter Buckley (OUT)
6 – Luis Arrevillegas (THU), Anthony Garcia Reyes (DOD)
5 – Benkei Johnson (THU),
Gordon Milson (LIO)
4 – Vincent Lui (LIO), Colin
McKie (CAM), Andy Rawson
(GRX)
3 – Ross Birch (GRX), Lubomir
Durisin (MAV), David Dyson
(DOD), Paul Kidley* (GRX), Dave
* denotes grand slam
Leverton (THU), Mark Sanders
(GRX)
2 – Nathan Gulam* (GRX), Mike
Hawkins (OUT), Simon Hepburn
(DOD), Jonny Huck (DOD), Dan
Jarman (CAM), Wendell Jones*
(MAV), Tyler Lappage
(DOD), Laurence Pearmain
(MAV), Thomas Russell (THU)
1 – Jez Dennett (DOD), Suchit
Desai (MUT), Eli Dorronsoro
(MAV), Emmanuel Estevez Santos
(THU), Rob Fenlon (MUT), Chris
Fulton (LIO), Mike Gaskell
(CAM), Andy Grose (THU), Ali
Hallsworth (MUT), Guy Hamer
(THU), Duncan Jones (MUT),
Adam Roberts (LIO), Stuart Roscoe (OUT), Sam Steele (LIO), Ed
Watkinson (LIO), James Wooderson (CAM)
Division 2 – Female
2 – Jenna Mullins (MHM)
1 – Kate Barlow (SPE), Jen Faloona (BUL), Alexa Martinez (STO), Linni Mitchell (MHM),
Zoe Rigley (STO), Becky Wadeson
(LIG)
Division 2 – Male
14 – Paul Colton***** (SHA)
9 – Adam Faloona (BUL)
7 – Paul Finney (LIG)
6 – Mark Hayward (MKT), Mike
Lott* (MKT)
5 – Chris Chu (MKT)
4 – Ed Covington (MHM), Jon
Taylor (LIG)
3 – Liam Harris (SHA), Richard
Sarver* (LIG), Stephen Shearer*
(SHA)
2 – Ian Caird (STO), Alberto
Carlino (MHM), Matt Fairweather (MKT), Jeivo Gomez
(LIG), Dave Harper
(STO), Shawn Khwaja (MHM),
Lewis Le Fevre* (MHM), Dave
Martin Baez (SHA), Zac Rayson
(SPE)
1 – Adam Barnish (SPE), Adam
Barratt (STO), Stuart Collier
(SPE), Jeremy Fothergill (BUL),
Darrell Goh (BUL), Steve Kellett
(BUL), Chris Lennon (SPE),
Hector Martinez (STO), Carl
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McCarthy (LIG), Tom Munro
(LIG), Graham Nixon (SHA),
Stephen Woods (SHA)
Division 3 – Female
3 – Lyndsay Bygraves (CM2)
2 – Sarah Cassin (REB), Katrina
Davies (ENF), Faye Dunlop
(PIR)
1 – Beth Arrowsmith-Herbert
(OU2), Jan Bradley (MV2),
Mary Coyles (PIR), Sian Davies
(ENF), Katie Flanaghan (ENF),
Jo Griffin (ENF), Hayley
McTear (REB), Su O’Brien (PIR)
Division 3 – Male
9 – Aleck Aspinall (MK2)
8 – Darren Corner** (HAC),
Adrian Holmes (ENF)
6 – Ian Blease (MK2), Ian Mills
(HAC), James Ridgway (PIR)
5 – Alex Bates (BAT), Ian Williams (PIR), Ian Yates (MV2)
4 – Chris Bowers* (ENF), Charlie Gardiner (CM2), Chris Gresty
(MV2), Richard Jameson*
(CM2), Greg Spiers (OU2), Taj
Uddin* (MK2)
3 – Shane Coyles (PIR), Jono
Wrigley*(MK2)
2 – Conor Battersby
(REB), Steve Beddows (REB),
David Dean (CM2), Andy Firth*
(PIR), Brad Flanaghan (ENF),
Andrew Gardner (MV2), Rolf
Herbert (OU2), Bradley Holmes
(ENF), Craig Lawson (CM2),
Rory Lynch (BAT), Kristian
Matthews (MV2), Matt Thomas
(REB), Chuan Fu Yap (REB)
1 – Chris Braddick (MK2), Mike
Davies (ENF), Chris Drayton
(CM2), Dave Eaton (REB), Nate
Fields (PIR), Christian Frost
(REB), Oliver Geener
(REB), Josh Greenwood (MV2),
Richard Goar (OU2), Matt Jacobs (PIR), Ian McCann (OU2),
Pete Rushton (HAC), Jerry Seabridge (BAT)
Division 4 – Female
1 – Ellie Phillips (DRZ), Katrina
Rhead (RIP), Amy Torkington
(PHX)
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Division 4 – Male
11 – Mario Escobado* (HUR)
10 – Dan Downes (TIG)
9 – Phil Cosgrove (COL)
8 – John Kaye (COL)
7 – Jonathan Downes (TIG)
6 – Simon Ronksley* (PHX)
5 – Baljit Ahluwalia
(DRZ), Michael Miah (TIG),
Philip Norton (FAL)
4 – Steve Aguirre* (TIG), Paul
Duffy* (RIP), Tony La Fave (TIG),
Dave Warren (RIP)
3 – Adam Ashby (FRZ), Mark
Griffin (HUR), Dan Lord (HUR),
Chris Radford (BFL), Chris Smith
(BFL), Tadgh Tobin** (COL),
Chris Wilson-Grady (RIP), Ed
Woodcock** (RIP)
2 – Marco Doria (PHX), Brad
Hadwin (DRZ), Ben Hughes
(PHX), Rob Lawrence (TIG), Ian
Moss (BFL), Dean Phillips
(DRZ), Paul Warburton (BFL)
1 – Simon Baird (RIP), Scott Barton (RIP), Andrew Bogie (DRZ),
Mike Cooney (BFL), Tom Currie
(COL), Steve Girling (TIG), Tyler
Hargrave (FAL), Anthony Henderson (RIP), Tom Huntley
(HUR), Stan Johnson (PHX), Lee
McCarthy (COL), Adam Morrison
(HUR), Tom Nolan (RIP), Long
Tran (DRZ), Dave Wareham
(TIG), Jon Wilkinson (BFL), Peter Wilkinson (FRZ), Paul
Wolstenholme (FRZ)
(Continued from page 12)
Hackers
Outlaws II
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6
Umpire Ian Caird, Pitch 2
HR: HAC Pete Rushton
Pirates
Moorkats
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13
4
Umpire Shawn Khwaja, Pitch 1
HRs: PIR Ian Williams 2, Kate Barlow (SPE)
Rebels
1010713
Mavericks II 2 5 2 0 0 1 1
13
11
Umpire Stephen Shearer, Pitch 4
HR: REB Matthew Thomas
Played Thursday, August 4th
Bats
Camels II
1 0 0 10 4 0 1 16
2 3 3 4 4 1 x 17
Umpire Paul Fagan, Pitch 8
HRs: BAT Alex Bates; CM2 Richard
Jameson, Colin McKie (CAM), Dan
Jarman (CAM) 2, Lyndsay Bygraves
Division 4
Drizzle
Colt 45s
1 1 0 0 3 1 3 4 13
1 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 11
Umpires Jeremy Fothergill, Mike
Lott, Pitch 9
HRs: DRZ Baljit Ahluwalia 2; COL
John Kaye
Falcons
Phoenix
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2
17
RAR, Umpire Mike Goff, Pitch 8
HR: PHX Marco Doria
Rippers
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Hurricanes 0 2 1 0 0 0 4
11
7
Umpire Adam Roberts, Pitch 7
HR: RIP Simon Baird
Played Thursday, August 4th
Barflies
Colt 45s
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14
6
Umpire Mike Davies, Pitch 6
HRs: BFL Jon Wilkinson; COL Mark
Griffin (HUR)
Falcons
Rippers
6 0101
11 3 8 1 x
8
23
RAR, Umpire Pete Nightingale, Pitch
9
HRs: FAL Chris Wilson, Luis Arrevillagas (THU)
Tigers
Freeze
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25
10
RAR, Umpire Benkei Johnson, Pitch
6
HRs: TIG Tony La Fave, Michael
Miah, Steve Girling
Titans
Barflies
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9
12
Umpire Pete Nightingale, Pitch 3
Results and standings - Week 15, 2/3/4 August
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Division 1
Camels
Lions
1 2 0311
3 10 1 6 1 2
8
23
RAR, Umpire Mike Davies, Pitch 9
HRs: CAM Colin McKie; LIO Michelle Collier 3, Ed Watkinson,
Jade Shaw, Lindsey O’Farrell
Greensox 9 4 5 1 4
Mutineers 3 0 0 1 1
23
5
RAR, Umpire Brendán MacGabhainn, Pitch 6
HRs: GRX Mark Sanders 2, Vic
O’Farrell, Kat Mullin; MUT Such
Outlaws 2 0 0 0 2 0 1
Mavericks 3 1 1 0 0 2 x
5
7
Umpire Tony La Fave, Pitch 2
HR: MAV Laurence Pearmain
Thunder
Dodgers
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14
Umpire David Dean, Pitch 8
HRs: THU Sian payne, Benkei
Johnson, Chloe Llewellyn, Luis Arrevillagas
Division 2
Bullfrogs 0 4 1 1 5 2 1
Meerkats 11 3 2 2 2 5 x
14
25
18
4
Umpire Richard Sarver, Pitch 5
HRs: LIG Carl McCarthy, Jon Taylor; STO Ian Caird
Mayhem 0 1 4 1 0 0 7
Speeders 3 0 4 3 0 0 0
13
10
Umpire Stephen Shearer, Pitch 3
HR: MHM Alberto Carlino
Division 3
Enforcers
Camels II
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L
F
RS
RC
Pct
GB
Division 1
►Lions
►Thunder
14
14
12
10
0
0
2
4
0 244
0 187
104
140
.857
.714
–
2
►Greensox
14
10
0
4
0 214
149
.714
2
►Mavericks
14
9
0
5
0 215
150
.643
3
►Dodgers
14
6
0
8
0 185
143
.429
–
►Outlaws
14
6
0
8
0 179
201
.429
–
►Camels
►Mutineers (R)
14
14
3
0
0 11 0 151
0 14 0 103
287
304
.214
.000
3
6
Division 2
►Meerkats
12
10
0
2
0 193
119
.833
–
►Lightning
12
9
0
3
0 167
121
.750
1
►Bullfrogs
►Speeders
12
12
7
5
0
0
5
7
0 199
0 134
142
164
.583
.417
3
5
▲Mayhem
▼Sharks
12
12
5
5
0
0
7
7
0 154
0 143
159
149
.417
.417
–
–
►Storm (R)
12
1
0 10 1
213
.083
4⅓
77
Speeders (3-1), Mayhem (2-2) and Sharks (1-3) ordered on head-to-heads
Umpire Alan Green, Pitch 4
HRs: BUL Adam Faloona; MKT Ian
Blease (MK2) GS, Mike Lott GS,
Chris Chu
Lightning 0 0 3 0 9 4 2
Storm
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17
19
Division 3
►Mavericks II
12
11
0
1
0 232
125
.917
–
▲Camels II
13
9
0
4
0 225
213
.692
2½
▼Outlaws II
12
7
0
5
0 145
132
.583
4
►Enforcers
12
6
0
6
0 217
198
.500
5
▲Pirates
12
6
0
5
1 199
185
.500
5⅓
▼Moorkats
13
6
0
7
0 197
205
.462
5½
►Hackers
12
5
0
7
0 167
199
.417
6
►Bats
►Rebels
12
14
3
3
0 9 0 136
0 11 0 178
173
266
.250
.214
8
9
►Tigers
13
Division 4
10 1
2 0 288
159
.808
–
▲Rippers
13
9
0
158
.692
1½
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
6
8
8
8
6
4
4
2
1
0
4 0
1
4 0
0
5 0
0
7 0
0
9 0
0
9 0
0 11 0
0
5 0
118
157
195
210
176
270
258
114
.667
.654
.615
.462
.308
.308
.154
.167
2
2
2½
4½
6½
6½
8½
12⅔
▼Hurricanes
►Drizzle
Umpire Paul Fagan, Pitch 5
HRs: ENF Joe Grantham (MUT),
►Barflies
Chris Bowers (GS); CAM Charlie
►Phoenix
Gardiner 3
►Colt 45s
►Freeze
►Falcons
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►Titans
4 0 227
191
199
214
185
146
181
119
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