So this past week has been fairly quiet. After crazy weeks previous, I decided to take it easy and not do too much leading up to the Modena series. Besides the occasional beers and heading to the center for coffee, this week mostly revolved around prep baseball work for the weekend.
This series was fairly important. In reality, it is too early in the season to start and claim games to be extremely important. Due to our scheduling and the italian baseball set up, it's more like football with each weekend counting. This weekend was important for 2 reasons. One, a couple of wins would separate us from the pack, putting us in control. Two, we were set to face the best pitcher in the league, Angel Marquez, at his home field.
Much like last year, we easily took the first game. I hit a bases loaded clearing double in the top of the first, which set the tone for the rest of the game. We cruised, beating them 8-3 but felt like we beat them 20-0. After a meal, we were set to square up for game two. Marquez is a hard throwing righty, usually sitting high 80's or low 90's with a sharp curveball. Last year he beat us at home, and we beat him at our home field with a come from behind win. This year was a little different. Marquez struggled to find the strike zone, and from what I remember his velocity was down. We didn't hit him too hard, but we played fundamental baseball and were able to take an early lead. He would end up pitching 7 innings, but not at the caliber of last years performance. We took the game 6-0 behind Josh's complete game shut out. He was lights out, and I am very excited about how good our chemistry has been.
So taking two from Modena puts us at 5-1 on the year and atop the leader board. Hopefully we keep it going this weekend against Crochetta, the team we share first place with. This week should be mellow as well with Crochetta looming. I have been planning a bunch of trips in the near future, including Munich, Dublin, and Barcelona. Hopefully they all come into fruition.
I would also like to mention that the Softball Gina's season has started with a 2-0 performance. Being that I was a former member of the squad and helped in the journey to a championship, I hope they are able to bounce back from last years disappointing finish and have a championship caliber season. Good luck guys
So a short and sweet blog post. If anything comes up I'll be sure to post again. I hope everybody is having a great week, and I'll leave you with some pictures of the past weeks adventures. Talk to you soon..
This series was fairly important. In reality, it is too early in the season to start and claim games to be extremely important. Due to our scheduling and the italian baseball set up, it's more like football with each weekend counting. This weekend was important for 2 reasons. One, a couple of wins would separate us from the pack, putting us in control. Two, we were set to face the best pitcher in the league, Angel Marquez, at his home field.
Much like last year, we easily took the first game. I hit a bases loaded clearing double in the top of the first, which set the tone for the rest of the game. We cruised, beating them 8-3 but felt like we beat them 20-0. After a meal, we were set to square up for game two. Marquez is a hard throwing righty, usually sitting high 80's or low 90's with a sharp curveball. Last year he beat us at home, and we beat him at our home field with a come from behind win. This year was a little different. Marquez struggled to find the strike zone, and from what I remember his velocity was down. We didn't hit him too hard, but we played fundamental baseball and were able to take an early lead. He would end up pitching 7 innings, but not at the caliber of last years performance. We took the game 6-0 behind Josh's complete game shut out. He was lights out, and I am very excited about how good our chemistry has been.
So taking two from Modena puts us at 5-1 on the year and atop the leader board. Hopefully we keep it going this weekend against Crochetta, the team we share first place with. This week should be mellow as well with Crochetta looming. I have been planning a bunch of trips in the near future, including Munich, Dublin, and Barcelona. Hopefully they all come into fruition.
I would also like to mention that the Softball Gina's season has started with a 2-0 performance. Being that I was a former member of the squad and helped in the journey to a championship, I hope they are able to bounce back from last years disappointing finish and have a championship caliber season. Good luck guys
So a short and sweet blog post. If anything comes up I'll be sure to post again. I hope everybody is having a great week, and I'll leave you with some pictures of the past weeks adventures. Talk to you soon..
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