Hello and welcome to this weeks edition of Rounding Third. What a weekend of weather we have had in the North East of Victoria. Spectacular conditions greeted all players of The North Eastern Baseball Association at Wangaratta. In the first game of the day Wangaratta Rangers Black defeated Wodonga Warriors 2 by a score of 20-0. This game was played in great spirit and the scoreline does not reflect how well Wodonga played. In the second game of the afternoon, Bears defeated Wangaratta Rangers Orange by score 14-9. Another great game played by the boys. Well done to all involved down at Targoora Park today. Great day had by all. What else is news? There is a heap to talk about so let’s get to it.
The Warriors are on the march
Great to see Wodonga Warriors putting two teams for this season. After much deliberation they took the plunge to go back to two teams. From our perspective that is a fantastic effort and the players will come. Not to mention two former rangers pulling on the Warriors colours over the weekend. Shane “Bestie” Whiting and Matt “Bulldog” Carmody made their comebacks to the diamond. Bestie was true to form. Strike out and a few walks for his day and a stint at short stop. Bulldog had a few hits and was more jealous of Tetsu having a quite one while watching some of the action. Well done boys and well done to Wodonga. Ice that arm well tonight Ash Meyers!
In more Tetsu news.
Who is was basking in the glory of the afternoon sun over the weekend? Who enjoyed his time cruising around watching the action? Why did he enjoy it so much? Because Tetsu Kamiyama got a lift to the game! Yes after many years of driving each week, Tets got a lift with returned Ranger Aaron “Azza” Parker who is living near Tets. On the game front. Tets hit the ball pretty hard, possibly short-armed one ball and generally played well. Did you pay for your fine Tets?
Dan Griffin is a “can do” kinda guy
New man of the tin Dan “can do” Griffin has made an executive decision. Since he will not be available at all games, he will fine himself double for the games he does play. Now that is thinking. On the diamond, Griff had all the trick of the trades out at right field. At one point he fooled all on the bench by looking to throw from right field to first, but did the no look to Tony “Spinner” Smith at second. Perfect throw on the chest without even looking. Must be something about right field. Could it be the new hangout for Kyle “Thirllmore” Gilmore who also looked right at home out there? Or will he come back to the hot corner?
Were you there the day that Dino threw out a runner at third?
The scribe remembers the day well. It was sunny day about 2:35pm and Ranger legend Ian “Dino” Dinsdale threw a bullet from first to third to get the out. Let’s set this up right. Hard ball hit to Mr Canada Bryan “Moose” Wilson who checks the runner between second and third. Moose throws a laser to Dino at first. Runner takes off and Dino throws a perfect strike back across the diamond to Brendon “Frenchy” French at third to get the runner in a tag by half a meter. The crowd was in awe as the Dino trotted off the diamond to high fives and cheers. That’s how I will remember the day.
Frenchy still got some gas left in the tank.
Frenchy had his usual stint on the mound over the weekend and for one of his final strike outs reached back and threw with plenty of pop. The boys thought it was rather impressive by French as it thunderd into Kelsey “DJ” Burder’s glove. How does the arm feel now? Ice up rest up and be ready to go for Wednesday night.
Drage and his dogs.
Rovers United cult hero and Rangers MVP Mark Drage showed off his pride and joys. Two of the biggest dogs you will ever see. Some remarked they looked like small horses and could have charged any of the kids at the game for a ride. They were big. Enough said!
How does a triple stack work like that again?
I may get this wrong but the boys from Club Burder were out and about. They went on their annual pilgrimage to Groovin the moo in old Bendigo. From all accounts the boys were in fine form. At one point deciding to take on a triple stack with Brad “Undies” Murdoch at the top of the stack, Kelsey “Burderonthedancefloor” Burder second and Dan “Can do” Griffin at the bottom. When security asked what was going on Burder calmly said “oh really? I did not notice that” True to form Burder.
Now for the club stuff
Hoodies are ordered. Thanks to D’melza Pool for all you work
Team app is up and running search Wangaratta Rangers on Team App and join up
Caps are in the pipeline. See Rob Buttsy” Seymour for details
Fees are due. Catch up with the great man Kevin Pool for more information
Training Wednesday night from 6pm Feed will be on afterwards
Committee Meeting Wednesday 20th may after training.
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There are many more stories to be told but will save them for the coming weeks. Or I have just forgotten the whole details of them all. Have a great week and not to mention like and share.
Oh and one more thing
Go Rangers!
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