Ok,here's the deal......my boss told me about this nationaly recognised contest that I could send something station-related into. It's called the Telly Awards
The only things I amde this year for LynnCAM,or really in general,I think could have a shot at winning are the ads I made up for the spirit this past season.
Below is a playlist containing the 5 ads I made.....I'd like it if you could all help me in deciding the best to send in. Let me know which one gets your guys' pick as the best,I figure if anyone can pick the best-it'll be you guys,the biggest fans!
ALSO @ http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=4B7C35E0CCC87BF7
PS: I have until March 7th (my birthday! ^_^) to send it in,so it's no big deal right now.....but will be soon =p
Showing posts with label 2007 Season. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2007 Season. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Monday, December 31, 2007
Happy New Year.....& Here's A Video!
First off I hope everyone had a good Christmas and hope everyone has a....
As some of you know,the float this year did happen,and I put some pictures online. If interested, you can find them by clicking here! =]
Now......I decided last night that I should make a highlight reel for the 07 season!
Unfortunately,I only have the foootage from my previous videos at my disposal as all other pics and videos I took over the summer got lost about a month ago when my laptop got busted. SO.....it won't be the best.
If you have pics or videos that you yourself took don't hesitate to send them to me at DmstrDman20 @aol.com.
But I got bored last night and made a short video preview that I thought would be cool to do......so here it is!
Enjoy! ^_^
ALSO: Anyone got song ideas? Right now I'm using "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns N Roses.
SO....If you have any ideas put it here or e-mail me
As some of you know,the float this year did happen,and I put some pictures online. If interested, you can find them by clicking here! =]Now......I decided last night that I should make a highlight reel for the 07 season!
Unfortunately,I only have the foootage from my previous videos at my disposal as all other pics and videos I took over the summer got lost about a month ago when my laptop got busted. SO.....it won't be the best.
If you have pics or videos that you yourself took don't hesitate to send them to me at DmstrDman20 @aol.com.
But I got bored last night and made a short video preview that I thought would be cool to do......so here it is!
Enjoy! ^_^
ALSO: Anyone got song ideas? Right now I'm using "Welcome To The Jungle" by Guns N Roses.
SO....If you have any ideas put it here or e-mail me
Monday, October 01, 2007
Interesting lineup analysis
I will be the first to admit that this program has its flaws - primarily, speed can't be taken into the equation - but this ideal-lineup-generator I found on the Interwebs is pretty interesting.
Using OBP and SLG, this program determines runs created per game based on each possible batting order, and spits out the best and worst possible batting orders. Let's see how the way Vic lined them up matched what the analysis calls for.
I put in stats for the following lineup: c) trezza 1b) davilla 2b) roche ss) perez 3b) luis lopez dh) josue lopez lf) teilon cf) weed rf) torres. I used Teilon and Davilla's average career statistics instead of their season statistics, as the sample size this year was too small; for the rest I used '07 stats.
In the real world, the Spirit scored 4.978 runs per game. On average, the program predicted around 5.3 r/gm for the Spirit, although you have to remember that in real life, the Spirit lineup didn't always have Davilla, Teilon, or the Lopezes ... if they had those guys all season long they probably would have scored closer to 5.2-5.4 runs per game.
The following lineup was projected to score 5.401 runs per game:
Having Josue lead off obviously doesn't make a lot of 'conventional' sense; the first projection that had a reasonably normal leadoff hitter had Jerson Perez leading off.
Interesting in that I wouldn't really expect the 'ideal lineup' to have Trezza at #3; obviously Ks aren't taken into the equation here.
Using ONLY stats and projections from 1998-2002 (the original formula includes 1954-2004), the following lineup looks good:
That's pretty solid, but I might swap Josue with Perez.
Almost every single one of the 'best lineups' using 1954-2004 had Vic Davilla batting 2nd. Using 1998-2002 stats, one of the Lopezes was considered ideal for the no.2 hole with Vic usually in the 4 spot.
I couldn't find anything close to our actual lineup.
The 'worst' possible lineups were the following:
This demonstrates a few things to me: First of all, it's not all that surprising that this is considered a 'bad' lineup. Secondly, it also demonstrates that the Spirit, when at full strength, were a damn good offensive team --- the worst, dumbest, most insane possible batting order still would theoretically have averaged 5.090 runs per game. Unfortunately, injuries, major league purchases and the like prevented this team from reaching its full potential throughout the season.
BY THE WAY:
Another little tid-bit from baseballmusings.com, just to further piss off any Mets fans that might read this blog [sorry Mets fans (not really)]-
"According to Baseball Prospectus, the Mets collapse was the second biggest in history, just behind the 1995 Angels. That's based on fall from the highest probability of making the playoffs, based on BP's monte carlo method. On August 20th, 1995, the Angels had a 99.988% of making the playoffs. The Mets were 99.80 at their peak on September 12th. Now if you factor in time, I think the Mets fall was worse, but not much. The Angels peaking in late August says they were a great team in a weak division with weak wild cards. The Mets were a good team with a big lead late."
Using OBP and SLG, this program determines runs created per game based on each possible batting order, and spits out the best and worst possible batting orders. Let's see how the way Vic lined them up matched what the analysis calls for.
I put in stats for the following lineup: c) trezza 1b) davilla 2b) roche ss) perez 3b) luis lopez dh) josue lopez lf) teilon cf) weed rf) torres. I used Teilon and Davilla's average career statistics instead of their season statistics, as the sample size this year was too small; for the rest I used '07 stats.
In the real world, the Spirit scored 4.978 runs per game. On average, the program predicted around 5.3 r/gm for the Spirit, although you have to remember that in real life, the Spirit lineup didn't always have Davilla, Teilon, or the Lopezes ... if they had those guys all season long they probably would have scored closer to 5.2-5.4 runs per game.
The following lineup was projected to score 5.401 runs per game:
| R/gm | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.401 | JLopez | Davilla | Trezza | Perez | Torres | Roche | LLopez | Teilon | Weed |
Having Josue lead off obviously doesn't make a lot of 'conventional' sense; the first projection that had a reasonably normal leadoff hitter had Jerson Perez leading off.
| R/gm | |||||||||
| 5.397 | Perez | Davilla | Trezza | JLopez | Torres | Roche | LLopez | Teilon | Weed |
Interesting in that I wouldn't really expect the 'ideal lineup' to have Trezza at #3; obviously Ks aren't taken into the equation here.
Using ONLY stats and projections from 1998-2002 (the original formula includes 1954-2004), the following lineup looks good:
| R/gm | |||||||||
| 5.442 | Torres | JLopez | LLopez | Davilla | Perez | Teilon | Trezza | Roche | Weed |
That's pretty solid, but I might swap Josue with Perez.
Almost every single one of the 'best lineups' using 1954-2004 had Vic Davilla batting 2nd. Using 1998-2002 stats, one of the Lopezes was considered ideal for the no.2 hole with Vic usually in the 4 spot.
I couldn't find anything close to our actual lineup.
The 'worst' possible lineups were the following:
| R/gm | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.120 | Teilon | Weed | Trezza | Roche | LLopez | JLopez | Perez | Torres | Davilla |
| R/gm | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.090 | Teilon | Roche | Perez | Weed | Trezza | LLopez | Torres | JLopez | Davilla |
This demonstrates a few things to me: First of all, it's not all that surprising that this is considered a 'bad' lineup. Secondly, it also demonstrates that the Spirit, when at full strength, were a damn good offensive team --- the worst, dumbest, most insane possible batting order still would theoretically have averaged 5.090 runs per game. Unfortunately, injuries, major league purchases and the like prevented this team from reaching its full potential throughout the season.
BY THE WAY:
Another little tid-bit from baseballmusings.com, just to further piss off any Mets fans that might read this blog [sorry Mets fans (not really)]-
"According to Baseball Prospectus, the Mets collapse was the second biggest in history, just behind the 1995 Angels. That's based on fall from the highest probability of making the playoffs, based on BP's monte carlo method. On August 20th, 1995, the Angels had a 99.988% of making the playoffs. The Mets were 99.80 at their peak on September 12th. Now if you factor in time, I think the Mets fall was worse, but not much. The Angels peaking in late August says they were a great team in a weak division with weak wild cards. The Mets were a good team with a big lead late."
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
In-game post: Game 1
CAN AM LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME ONE
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Game One TONIGHT!
Tonight is game one of the Can-Am Championship series! Tonight at historic "come-in-for-a-buck" Holman Stadium Ryan Bicondoa & the Spirit will face off against The Nashua Pride,led by A-Ok.
I'll be heading up with Sparky......so I'll have some pics and,maybe, a video or two in a day or two (classes will make things hectic).
So,everyone enjoy the game live on the radio and internet at 7 and....
GO SPIRIT!
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Game 1 (or not)
Bic is scheduled to face A-OK tonight in Game 1 @ Nashua, but rain is making it look highly unlikely:
http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/USNH0156?from=36hr_fcst_undeclared
http://www.weather.com/weather/wxdetail/USNH0156?from=36hr_fcst_undeclared
Saturday, September 08, 2007
BURY THEM
Game 4.
SEE YOU AT FRASER FIELD!!!!! BRING ON THE FINALS!
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1 |
 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
SEE YOU AT FRASER FIELD!!!!! BRING ON THE FINALS!
Friday, September 07, 2007
Alive and kicking
Wow. Put this one up there with the Spirit's win in Quebec in 2004. This game had it all.
Tonight's starting pitchers, Gary Galvez and JC Huguet, cruised early on, and the game settled into a calm pattern. It was scoreless through 5. Then, the runs came fast and furious, and in the end the Spirit emerged with a 5-4 victory and a 2-1 series lead. WOOO!!
With the game tied at 4, Mike Torres smashed a home run off of Surf closer Matt Pike to decide the game. Derek Drage came in and set Keesee, Fischer, and Taylor down 1-2-3 to end the game.
The Spirit struck first in the 6th on Alex Trezza's solo home run, but the Surf came right back to chase Galvez with 3 of their own in the bottom of the frame.
In the top of the 7th, Mike Torres's RBI single and Alex Trezza's bases loaded sac fly tied the score again.
But once again, the Spirit bullpen could not hold it. With Lucas Taylor (who else?) on 3rd and 1 out, Anthony Granato grounded out against Carl Schaeffer to bring home the 4th Surf run.
The Spirit, however, did not give up. Vic Davilla came through with a clutch RBI single in the top of the 8th, scoring Gary Roche and tying the game before Torres's winning blast an inning later.
ONWARD!
Tonight's starting pitchers, Gary Galvez and JC Huguet, cruised early on, and the game settled into a calm pattern. It was scoreless through 5. Then, the runs came fast and furious, and in the end the Spirit emerged with a 5-4 victory and a 2-1 series lead. WOOO!!
With the game tied at 4, Mike Torres smashed a home run off of Surf closer Matt Pike to decide the game. Derek Drage came in and set Keesee, Fischer, and Taylor down 1-2-3 to end the game.
The Spirit struck first in the 6th on Alex Trezza's solo home run, but the Surf came right back to chase Galvez with 3 of their own in the bottom of the frame.
In the top of the 7th, Mike Torres's RBI single and Alex Trezza's bases loaded sac fly tied the score again.
But once again, the Spirit bullpen could not hold it. With Lucas Taylor (who else?) on 3rd and 1 out, Anthony Granato grounded out against Carl Schaeffer to bring home the 4th Surf run.
The Spirit, however, did not give up. Vic Davilla came through with a clutch RBI single in the top of the 8th, scoring Gary Roche and tying the game before Torres's winning blast an inning later.
ONWARD!
For now, we've still got tomorrow.
Note: Yes, I am aware of the news. And I will have plenty to say about the departure of the Spirit once the season is over. But for now, I have precious few chances to do what I love the most - talk about the games played by my favorite baseball team. So that's what we'll do.
It was definitely not the best of nights at Fraser Field. All night, the Spirit tried to scratch and claw their way back from an early 2 run deficit. From the 1st thru 7th innings, the Spirit stranded 9 baserunners and wasted many chances to get back in it. Finally, in the 8th, they broke through, when Mike Torres's broken bat bloop single over the shortstop's head scored Nilson Teilon and tied the game at 2.
Unfortunately, as if Spirit fans needed another kick in the balls tonight, the Surf got the win by fighting back to put a run on the board in the 9th off of Jamie Baker. Lucas Taylor hit a go-ahead RBI single up the middle with 2 outs to give Atlantic City a 3-2 win and even the best-of-5 series at 1 as the scene shifts to scenic (not) New Jersey for the remainder of the series.
Jamie Baker got the loss for the Spirit. Jamie Tricoglou earned the win, giving up the 1 run in the 8th over 3 innings of relief work. Each starter got a no decision - Matt Bishop, who gave up two runs in 6.1, and Ben Thurmond, who yielded 1 run in 6 innings of work.
Bishop pitched quite well in the game overall, but put the Spirit behind the 8-ball by giving up a pair of runs in each of the first two innings. In the first, Will Quintana's RBI groundout scored Taylor to make it 1-0. Atlantic City added one in the 2nd. Clyde Williams led off the inning with a double and was brought home by a Wally Rosa RBI single.
The Spirit halved the lead in the 4th on a sacrifice fly to center by Mike Torres which scored Teilon, but they blew a chance to do more damage. North Shore had runners on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out but could only bring in the one run as Josue Lopez grounded out to end the inning.
North Shore had baserunners in each of the next three innings, but failed to score in each before ultimately breaking through in the 8th.
When forced to rally in the 9th, however, they fell short, when Vic Davilla grounded out weakly to first to end the ballgame, and perhaps an era.
It was definitely not the best of nights at Fraser Field. All night, the Spirit tried to scratch and claw their way back from an early 2 run deficit. From the 1st thru 7th innings, the Spirit stranded 9 baserunners and wasted many chances to get back in it. Finally, in the 8th, they broke through, when Mike Torres's broken bat bloop single over the shortstop's head scored Nilson Teilon and tied the game at 2.
Unfortunately, as if Spirit fans needed another kick in the balls tonight, the Surf got the win by fighting back to put a run on the board in the 9th off of Jamie Baker. Lucas Taylor hit a go-ahead RBI single up the middle with 2 outs to give Atlantic City a 3-2 win and even the best-of-5 series at 1 as the scene shifts to scenic (not) New Jersey for the remainder of the series.
Jamie Baker got the loss for the Spirit. Jamie Tricoglou earned the win, giving up the 1 run in the 8th over 3 innings of relief work. Each starter got a no decision - Matt Bishop, who gave up two runs in 6.1, and Ben Thurmond, who yielded 1 run in 6 innings of work.
Bishop pitched quite well in the game overall, but put the Spirit behind the 8-ball by giving up a pair of runs in each of the first two innings. In the first, Will Quintana's RBI groundout scored Taylor to make it 1-0. Atlantic City added one in the 2nd. Clyde Williams led off the inning with a double and was brought home by a Wally Rosa RBI single.
The Spirit halved the lead in the 4th on a sacrifice fly to center by Mike Torres which scored Teilon, but they blew a chance to do more damage. North Shore had runners on 2nd & 3rd with 1 out but could only bring in the one run as Josue Lopez grounded out to end the inning.
North Shore had baserunners in each of the next three innings, but failed to score in each before ultimately breaking through in the 8th.
When forced to rally in the 9th, however, they fell short, when Vic Davilla grounded out weakly to first to end the ballgame, and perhaps an era.
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Spirit hang on for the win in game 1
ATC 0 0 1 / 0 1 0 / 2 0 0 -- 4
NSS 2 1 0 / 1 1 0 / 0 0 X -- 5
Well, it wound up being a nailbiter (of course)! The Spirit hung on to defeat the Atlantic City Surf 5-4 in game 1 of the semifinals in front of a tiny crowd at Fraser Field.
The Spirit held a 5-2 lead in the 7th, but the Surf clawed back with a 2 out rally off of Spirit starter Ryan Bicondoa. David Keesee hit an RBI double to make it 5-3. Then, Lucas Taylor knocked an RBI single in to left field to cut the lead to 5-4. Bicondoa escaped the jam by getting Anthony Granato to strike out looking with the go-ahead run on base.
In the 8th, Bicondoa worked his way into a jam, but Donny Langdon and Derek Drage worked their way out of it ---- barely.
With 2 men on and 1 out, Bicondoa was lifted for Langdon, who came in to face the left hander Clyde Williams. He whiffed Williams for the 2nd out of the inning and was quickly lifted for closer Derek Drage, who was called upon to get four outs.
He got off to a shaky start, giving up an infield single to Rob Fischer to load the bases. Alex Trezza then made what may well have been a game-saving play. After a pitch to Wally Rosa, Trezza caught Fischer sleeping at first and rifled a snap-throw to the 1st baseman. Fischer was tagged out to end the inning and the threat was defused.
There was more drama to come in the 9th for Drage. Wally Rosa popped out to start the inning, but David Keesee walked to give the surf a chance. With Lucas Taylor up, Drage threw a wild pitch to move Keesee into scoring position. Drage then whiffed Taylor for a huge 2nd out.
That brought up Anthony Granato, who flew out to center field to end the ball game and give the Spirit the 1-0 series lead.
Bicondoa got the win, and Surf ace Brian Rodaway got the loss after giving up 3 early runs in the first 2 innings. He ultimately gave up 5 runs in 7 innings of work.
The Spirit struck first in the home half of the first inning with a 2-out rally. Vic Davilla singled and Luis Lopez walked to bring up Nilson Teilon. Teilon singled up the middle to score the first Spirit run. Then, the throw home was wild, allowing Lopez to score and making it 2-0.
A scorched Jerson Perez homer to left field increased the lead to 3-0 for Bicondoa.
The Spirit put up single runs in the 4th and 5th to cap off their offense for the night. In the 4th, Trezza launched a leadoff double and was brought home by a bloop RBI single by Gary Roche. One inning later, Josue Lopez picked up an RBI to make it 5-2.
Atlantic City would add two to their total, but the Spirit hung on, and are now two wins away from the finals.
Onward...
NSS 2 1 0 / 1 1 0 / 0 0 X -- 5
Well, it wound up being a nailbiter (of course)! The Spirit hung on to defeat the Atlantic City Surf 5-4 in game 1 of the semifinals in front of a tiny crowd at Fraser Field.
The Spirit held a 5-2 lead in the 7th, but the Surf clawed back with a 2 out rally off of Spirit starter Ryan Bicondoa. David Keesee hit an RBI double to make it 5-3. Then, Lucas Taylor knocked an RBI single in to left field to cut the lead to 5-4. Bicondoa escaped the jam by getting Anthony Granato to strike out looking with the go-ahead run on base.
In the 8th, Bicondoa worked his way into a jam, but Donny Langdon and Derek Drage worked their way out of it ---- barely.
With 2 men on and 1 out, Bicondoa was lifted for Langdon, who came in to face the left hander Clyde Williams. He whiffed Williams for the 2nd out of the inning and was quickly lifted for closer Derek Drage, who was called upon to get four outs.
He got off to a shaky start, giving up an infield single to Rob Fischer to load the bases. Alex Trezza then made what may well have been a game-saving play. After a pitch to Wally Rosa, Trezza caught Fischer sleeping at first and rifled a snap-throw to the 1st baseman. Fischer was tagged out to end the inning and the threat was defused.
There was more drama to come in the 9th for Drage. Wally Rosa popped out to start the inning, but David Keesee walked to give the surf a chance. With Lucas Taylor up, Drage threw a wild pitch to move Keesee into scoring position. Drage then whiffed Taylor for a huge 2nd out.
That brought up Anthony Granato, who flew out to center field to end the ball game and give the Spirit the 1-0 series lead.
Bicondoa got the win, and Surf ace Brian Rodaway got the loss after giving up 3 early runs in the first 2 innings. He ultimately gave up 5 runs in 7 innings of work.
The Spirit struck first in the home half of the first inning with a 2-out rally. Vic Davilla singled and Luis Lopez walked to bring up Nilson Teilon. Teilon singled up the middle to score the first Spirit run. Then, the throw home was wild, allowing Lopez to score and making it 2-0.
A scorched Jerson Perez homer to left field increased the lead to 3-0 for Bicondoa.
The Spirit put up single runs in the 4th and 5th to cap off their offense for the night. In the 4th, Trezza launched a leadoff double and was brought home by a bloop RBI single by Gary Roche. One inning later, Josue Lopez picked up an RBI to make it 5-2.
Atlantic City would add two to their total, but the Spirit hung on, and are now two wins away from the finals.
Onward...
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Playoff baseball...
I absolutely love the days when you wake up in the morning and already have a knot in your stomach in anticipation of a big game. Those days are rare, but when they come, it's very exciting.
Today's classes can't go by quickly enough! See you all tonight!
Pitching Probables
Wednesday September 5:
New Jersey (John Kelly, 7-3) at Nashua (Hideki Nagasaka, 10-1) 6:35 PM
Atlantic City (Brian Rodaway, 15-3) at North Shore (Ryan Bicondoa, 10-2) 7:05 PM
Thursday September 6:
New Jersey (Joel Bennett, 3-2) at Nashua (Akira Okamoto, 9-2) 6:35 PM
Atlantic City (Ben Thurmond, 10-5) at North Shore (Luis Arroyo, 1-0 or Matt Bishop, 9-5)
7:05 PM
Friday September 7:
Nashua (TBA) at New Jersey (Ryan Pacyna, 6-2) 7:05 PM
North Shore (Gary Galvez, 7-9) at Atlantic City (JC Huguet, 9-5) 7:05 PM
Saturday September 8:
Nashua at New Jersey* 7:05 PM
North Shore at Atlantic City* 7:05 PM
Sunday September 9:
Nashua at New Jersey* 5:05 PM
North Shore at Atlantic City* 7:05 PM
Today's classes can't go by quickly enough! See you all tonight!
Pitching Probables
Wednesday September 5:
New Jersey (John Kelly, 7-3) at Nashua (Hideki Nagasaka, 10-1) 6:35 PM
Atlantic City (Brian Rodaway, 15-3) at North Shore (Ryan Bicondoa, 10-2) 7:05 PM
Thursday September 6:
New Jersey (Joel Bennett, 3-2) at Nashua (Akira Okamoto, 9-2) 6:35 PM
Atlantic City (Ben Thurmond, 10-5) at North Shore (Luis Arroyo, 1-0 or Matt Bishop, 9-5)
7:05 PM
Friday September 7:
Nashua (TBA) at New Jersey (Ryan Pacyna, 6-2) 7:05 PM
North Shore (Gary Galvez, 7-9) at Atlantic City (JC Huguet, 9-5) 7:05 PM
Saturday September 8:
Nashua at New Jersey* 7:05 PM
North Shore at Atlantic City* 7:05 PM
Sunday September 9:
Nashua at New Jersey* 5:05 PM
North Shore at Atlantic City* 7:05 PM
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Playoffs Are A' Coming!
Ok,here's a few things......
1) The Spirit have finished the season by having Sussex take 2-out-of-3. Want the game reports? Go to the Spirit site XD
2) Want a laugh? Go HERE!
3) Joe is going to do a playoff preview post tomorrow,it being an off day and all...
4) He will also release the much-anticpated next round of "Who's Now?" tomorrow. ^_^
5) ON A PERSONAL NOTE: I start college tomorrow night at 7....wish me luck,as I may need it. =p
6) All "regulars",heads up--I will be there Wednesday bearing gifts =]
That is all...
Oh yeah,and those pics I took with everyone today--expect a montage up of those in the next day or so. ;]
1) The Spirit have finished the season by having Sussex take 2-out-of-3. Want the game reports? Go to the Spirit site XD
2) Want a laugh? Go HERE!
3) Joe is going to do a playoff preview post tomorrow,it being an off day and all...
4) He will also release the much-anticpated next round of "Who's Now?" tomorrow. ^_^
5) ON A PERSONAL NOTE: I start college tomorrow night at 7....wish me luck,as I may need it. =p
6) All "regulars",heads up--I will be there Wednesday bearing gifts =]
That is all...
Oh yeah,and those pics I took with everyone today--expect a montage up of those in the next day or so. ;]
Saturday, September 01, 2007
LynnCAM Spirit Ad
All of the bad thoughts and complaining aside......here's the ad I made for LynnCAM for the playoffs on Wednesday & Thursday.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Video Of Crazy End To Last Night's Game Vs NJ
Here's a video of the play to end last night's game. I suggest letting it load all the way THEN watch it.
It's not the best video ever,and I decided to follow the batter while he ran around the bases for once (STUPID! x_x).....so this sin't as good as I thought it would be in helping us decide.....but it still does the trick ;]
PS: HAPPY 700TH POST! ^_^
It's not the best video ever,and I decided to follow the batter while he ran around the bases for once (STUPID! x_x).....so this sin't as good as I thought it would be in helping us decide.....but it still does the trick ;]
PS: HAPPY 700TH POST! ^_^
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
1 down...
I told you that this team was unstoppable with Vic..... and they just completed the first step of my undefeated prediction with a walkoff, 7-5 win tonight as Vic Davilla smashed a homer to end the game.
The Spirit were down 5-4 going into the home half of the 9th after more heroics by Sandy Madera - but Weed and Roche reached to set up Davilla's game winner.
There are now 5 games to go in the regular season and the magic # to finish ahead of NJ is 1.
The Spirit were down 5-4 going into the home half of the 9th after more heroics by Sandy Madera - but Weed and Roche reached to set up Davilla's game winner.
There are now 5 games to go in the regular season and the magic # to finish ahead of NJ is 1.
Vic coming Back today
According to Wooden,he said that Mr Leahy said Vic is gonna be back in the lineup today.
So there's something to look forward to....but the question is who will be released to make room for Vic?
It would have to be a veteran since he's a veteran......so I think Welch is out of the picture of getting cut,like Wooden also said,as we have an abundance of rookies. So...which vet will make way for Vic,or do we somehow have a vet spot open for just this occasion? Stay tuned.....
In other news....i tried looking up for a good spirit logo to use in a playoff ad and came across the following site:
http://www.fenwayfaithful.com/index.php/C7/
The entry of July 18 got my eye and made me chuckle a bit XD
So there's something to look forward to....but the question is who will be released to make room for Vic?
It would have to be a veteran since he's a veteran......so I think Welch is out of the picture of getting cut,like Wooden also said,as we have an abundance of rookies. So...which vet will make way for Vic,or do we somehow have a vet spot open for just this occasion? Stay tuned.....
In other news....i tried looking up for a good spirit logo to use in a playoff ad and came across the following site:
http://www.fenwayfaithful.com/index.php/C7/
The entry of July 18 got my eye and made me chuckle a bit XD
Spirit Lose Heartbreaker; More Nails Lost
The blog's regular conntributor Joe is having trouble getting home at the moment...but is on his way home after a heartbreaking 9-6 loss against the Jackals of the Sewer State. He asked me to write up the report tonight.....but I'd like to get some sleep so I'm gonna cheat and put up the recap from the official North Shore Spirit website and add a few side-thoughts:
By Reid Cargan,SPIRIT Baseball Writer
LYNN,MA (SV)
"Sandy Madera hit a grand slam off Derek Drage to cap off a seven run ninth inning as the Jackals storm back from four runs down to shock the Spirit 9-6 Tuesday night at Fraser field in game one of their series.
It was a battle of the lefties for the first four innings as Luis Arroyo and Josh Brey held their counterparts scoreless. Then with two outs in the top of the fifth, Joe Mihalics singles and promptly stole second. Clay Kuklick hit what appeared to be the final out, but the fly ball tipped of Mike Torres’ glove and dropped in allowing Mihalics to score. New Jersey took further advantage of the error by scoring another run in the frame on a Francisco Leandro base hit to up the score to 2-0.
The Spirit struck for five in the sixth inning to overtake the Jackals. Mike Torres and Luis Lopez both with 2 RBI’s in the frame on a single and double respectively. Jerson Perez chipped in an RBI single as well that scored Lopez from second. The Spirit bullpen cruised through the seventh and eighth innings before Donny Langdon and Jamie Baker imploded in the ninth inning, all culminating in the Madera slam. New Jersey banged out five hits with two walks in the frame. The Jackals gave the Spirit a taste of their own medicine after the Spirit had strung together a few come from behind victories as of late.
Kyle George (2-3) picks up the win in relief, with newcomer Tom Atlee picking up his first save as a member of the Jackals. Drage takes the loss, moving his record to 3-4 on the season.
The two teams lock up again Wednesday night at 7:05. Gary Galvez will oppose Kevin Ool."
NOW...for my mini-rant and thoughts (I know Joe would've loved to do this in the main post XD):
First off may I start by askign the following questions.....Why can;t we seem to win at home,especially latye in the season? AND Why do we always have closer problems late in the season? NOW-we move on....
**Luis Arroyo did phneominal in his outing. His pitching line was 6 innings pitched with 4 hits and 2 un-earned runs (an E7) while stiking out 1 and walking 2.
** I liked the idea of,after Arroyo left,trying to use one pitcher per inning.....worked to a point ;]
** Fraser Field is porbably the only place that can go from active in the 6th to being a carbon copy of Pine Grove Cemetary when sound is NEEDED!!!! UGH!
** I hate how an usher told us to quiet down and then said "It';s only the Spirit" when we were cheering in the 9th....LIKE REAL FANS DO!
** Carl Schaefer is sick!!! He has some VERY good stuff. Maybe we should've kept him in a little later...
** Derek Gange shouldn't have gone in THAT late in the game (the 9th inning).....he's been bad lately,and doing that was suicide. Next time put him in earlier......this isn't helping him or the team at this point.
** Walking Fransisco Leandro (who?) to get to Sandy Madera (top league hitter) was a HORRIBLE discission! ALL of us agreed.....cause then what happened? BOOM! Grand Salami....just like Joe predicted and everyone thought might happpen.
** Why leave in Drage after doign badly and then giving up a grand slam?! Vic....stop being like JK,it's giving us heart problems.
** Vic.......make Carl Schaefer the closer--NOW! ^_^
ALSO: The press box is amazing....thank you guys for the Can-Am updates (they're important now) and thanks Pat for the enthusiastic Josue Lopez intro,you sound remotely like a Spanish soccer announcer subsituting Josue for GOOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!! XD Can we do that every night? ;-]
NOW.....comment away!
PS: The Utica region of "Who's Now" will be forthcoming (AKA: This week)
By Reid Cargan,SPIRIT Baseball Writer
LYNN,MA (SV)
"Sandy Madera hit a grand slam off Derek Drage to cap off a seven run ninth inning as the Jackals storm back from four runs down to shock the Spirit 9-6 Tuesday night at Fraser field in game one of their series.
It was a battle of the lefties for the first four innings as Luis Arroyo and Josh Brey held their counterparts scoreless. Then with two outs in the top of the fifth, Joe Mihalics singles and promptly stole second. Clay Kuklick hit what appeared to be the final out, but the fly ball tipped of Mike Torres’ glove and dropped in allowing Mihalics to score. New Jersey took further advantage of the error by scoring another run in the frame on a Francisco Leandro base hit to up the score to 2-0.
The Spirit struck for five in the sixth inning to overtake the Jackals. Mike Torres and Luis Lopez both with 2 RBI’s in the frame on a single and double respectively. Jerson Perez chipped in an RBI single as well that scored Lopez from second. The Spirit bullpen cruised through the seventh and eighth innings before Donny Langdon and Jamie Baker imploded in the ninth inning, all culminating in the Madera slam. New Jersey banged out five hits with two walks in the frame. The Jackals gave the Spirit a taste of their own medicine after the Spirit had strung together a few come from behind victories as of late.
Kyle George (2-3) picks up the win in relief, with newcomer Tom Atlee picking up his first save as a member of the Jackals. Drage takes the loss, moving his record to 3-4 on the season.
The two teams lock up again Wednesday night at 7:05. Gary Galvez will oppose Kevin Ool."
NOW...for my mini-rant and thoughts (I know Joe would've loved to do this in the main post XD):
First off may I start by askign the following questions.....Why can;t we seem to win at home,especially latye in the season? AND Why do we always have closer problems late in the season? NOW-we move on....
**Luis Arroyo did phneominal in his outing. His pitching line was 6 innings pitched with 4 hits and 2 un-earned runs (an E7) while stiking out 1 and walking 2.
** I liked the idea of,after Arroyo left,trying to use one pitcher per inning.....worked to a point ;]
** Fraser Field is porbably the only place that can go from active in the 6th to being a carbon copy of Pine Grove Cemetary when sound is NEEDED!!!! UGH!
** I hate how an usher told us to quiet down and then said "It';s only the Spirit" when we were cheering in the 9th....LIKE REAL FANS DO!
** Carl Schaefer is sick!!! He has some VERY good stuff. Maybe we should've kept him in a little later...
** Derek Gange shouldn't have gone in THAT late in the game (the 9th inning).....he's been bad lately,and doing that was suicide. Next time put him in earlier......this isn't helping him or the team at this point.
** Walking Fransisco Leandro (who?) to get to Sandy Madera (top league hitter) was a HORRIBLE discission! ALL of us agreed.....cause then what happened? BOOM! Grand Salami....just like Joe predicted and everyone thought might happpen.
** Why leave in Drage after doign badly and then giving up a grand slam?! Vic....stop being like JK,it's giving us heart problems.
** Vic.......make Carl Schaefer the closer--NOW! ^_^
ALSO: The press box is amazing....thank you guys for the Can-Am updates (they're important now) and thanks Pat for the enthusiastic Josue Lopez intro,you sound remotely like a Spanish soccer announcer subsituting Josue for GOOOOOOAAAALLLL!!!!! XD Can we do that every night? ;-]
NOW.....comment away!
PS: The Utica region of "Who's Now" will be forthcoming (AKA: This week)
Sunday, August 26, 2007
JOSUE LOPEZ
...just hit a walkoff home run to give the Spirit a 4-3 win in the bottom of the 13th!!!!
Newcomer Carl Schaeffer pitched a scoreless 13th to get the win. Where'd we get this guy and who did we cut?
Oh yeah -- WOO!
Newcomer Carl Schaeffer pitched a scoreless 13th to get the win. Where'd we get this guy and who did we cut?
Oh yeah -- WOO!
Saturday, August 25, 2007
The Spirit lose a thriller
The celebrations will have to wait for at least one more day.
The Spirit lost to Worcester tonight, 7-6, in what turned out to be a thrilling game in front of an involved crowd at Fraser Field.
Worcester controlled the game early on by putting up 6 runs against Matt Bishop and chasing him after just 3.1 innings.
Bishop wasn't too pleased with his own performance:
Brandon Martin came in and pitched very well from there, getting the Spirit through the 7th inning with some quality relief work. Jamie Baker yielded a run in the 8th to give Worcester a 7-5 advantage going into the bottom of the 9th.
Then, all heck broke loose. With 1 out, Josue Lopez hit an absolute bomb over the rightfield wall to cut the lead to 1. Joe Hough walked to put a man on. Then, BJ Weed legged out an infield hit to put two runners on for Gary Roche.
Roche blooped a single into shallow left just out of the reach of a diving Alex Pena, who recovered in time to gun down Hough, who broke for home on the play.
A big topic of conversation after the game was whether or not Tommy should have sent Hough, but I think that's too easy of an excuse. It was a really nice recovery and throw by Pena and the play wound up being really close. It was simply well-executed by Pena.
That put the tying run on 3rd and the winning run on 2nd for Mike Torres, who hit a hard line drive that Pena snagged at short to end the game. The Spirit were literally inches away from at least tying the game twice, but Worcester escaped.
From a selfish standpoint, I was sad that the Spirit didn't clinch it tonight because I won't be there tomorrow - but all in all, you have to be pretty pleased with the game, it just didn't turn out our way.
Also, I got myself a white #16 Jon de Vries jersey with his name on the back at the Spirit pro shop, so I am VERY HAPPY.
I actually caught Worcester scoring a run on tape, but needless to say I have crappy filming skills:
Question: can we play all of our playoff games on the road? :)
Also, don't despair - The next phase of "WHO'S NOW" is coming tomorrow morning. Well, it's coming when I wake up, so realistically, tomorrow afternoon. ;)
The Spirit lost to Worcester tonight, 7-6, in what turned out to be a thrilling game in front of an involved crowd at Fraser Field.
Worcester controlled the game early on by putting up 6 runs against Matt Bishop and chasing him after just 3.1 innings.
Bishop wasn't too pleased with his own performance:
Brandon Martin came in and pitched very well from there, getting the Spirit through the 7th inning with some quality relief work. Jamie Baker yielded a run in the 8th to give Worcester a 7-5 advantage going into the bottom of the 9th.
Then, all heck broke loose. With 1 out, Josue Lopez hit an absolute bomb over the rightfield wall to cut the lead to 1. Joe Hough walked to put a man on. Then, BJ Weed legged out an infield hit to put two runners on for Gary Roche.
Roche blooped a single into shallow left just out of the reach of a diving Alex Pena, who recovered in time to gun down Hough, who broke for home on the play.
A big topic of conversation after the game was whether or not Tommy should have sent Hough, but I think that's too easy of an excuse. It was a really nice recovery and throw by Pena and the play wound up being really close. It was simply well-executed by Pena.
That put the tying run on 3rd and the winning run on 2nd for Mike Torres, who hit a hard line drive that Pena snagged at short to end the game. The Spirit were literally inches away from at least tying the game twice, but Worcester escaped.
From a selfish standpoint, I was sad that the Spirit didn't clinch it tonight because I won't be there tomorrow - but all in all, you have to be pretty pleased with the game, it just didn't turn out our way.
Also, I got myself a white #16 Jon de Vries jersey with his name on the back at the Spirit pro shop, so I am VERY HAPPY.
I actually caught Worcester scoring a run on tape, but needless to say I have crappy filming skills:
Question: can we play all of our playoff games on the road? :)
Also, don't despair - The next phase of "WHO'S NOW" is coming tomorrow morning. Well, it's coming when I wake up, so realistically, tomorrow afternoon. ;)
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