Hello and welcome to the Summer edition of North Eastern Baseball favorite publication. It has been a quiet off season for the men and women of Wangaratta Rangers Baseball Club but this will all change pretty soon with the season fast approaching. Once again this year the club will be professionally run by the master of the prattle President Tony “Spinner” Smith along with the motley crew of characters which make up the one and only baseball club in the rural city of Wangaratta. So if you are a first time reader I welcome you and for all you returning readers welcome back and hope you enjoy the insights into what is going down at “The Ranch”. Enough of the introduction let’s get down to what is going on and what is coming up.

     It has been quite a break since our last little correspondence. Since then, twelve intrepid souls headed over to Adelaide for 2016 edition of Ranger Ramble. Now thinking back to then the weather was not kind to the South Australians. Cam “The Soak” Scott and Steve “Fernando” Peruzzo went a day ahead as a scout party and found out the op shop game in Adelaide is not nearly as good as Melbourne’s. When the other men arrived their outfits were pretty impressive. Though all agree wearing op shop shoes is not a great idea. Anyhow the highlight of the weekend was most certainly the AFL Grand final on the balcony down in Glenelg. A great day was had by all. To the organiser Daniel “The Griff” Griffin well done. Where to next men?

     Over the summer the club waived goodbye for the time being to Dylan “Pickle” Cowan. Dylan and his lovely wife Marnie have headed back to America as Dylan got a offer for further study. He will be sadly missed by all of us at the Wangaratta Rangers Baseball Club and along with the wider sporting community. It was a very good article in the Wangaratta Chronicle highlight how much of an impression Dylan has left on countless people. Good luck on the studying Dylan. We will see you soon.

     Over the Holiday period four intrepid members of Wangaratta’s favorite boy band “Nambrok” took what looked like one amazing trip overseas taking in Hawaii, Canada and the United States. From the pictures the boys posted on scoial media all were having a great time and left one Daniel “Hank Scorpio” McCullough behind for the year. Have a great year abroad Chopper. This writer is sure you will.

Golfing conundrums

     Now there are quite a few at the club who do like a hit of golf. Some play better than others. This was clearly evident one Novmeber morning with Testu “Iron Chef” Kamiyama, Rob “Butts” Seymour and Cameron “The Soak” Scott. The Soak was never in the hunt all daty at black bull where he once again gave a up a few golf balls into the numerous water holes around the course. Each time one of the others had a laughr at someone else expense they too would fall foul of the golf gods and their ball would disappear. By the end “The Soak” was clear winner with a ball score of six under. That’s six balls into the water, with four balls lost on on the one hole. If you play bBlack Bull, make sure you hit the ball straight. A wonderful but very unforgiving golf course.

     Yes Kelsey Burder’s favorite topic. CODS. The boys are suiting up for the annual trek to Ballarat from March 17 to 19. Already many of the boys are getting a bit excited for renewing acquaintances with old mates and the possibilities of new friendships. Big Cod Mick Brownlie is very psyched and is looking forward to renewing his friendship with Rob “Butts” Seymour. Not sure how Buttsy is felling about it. The boys will be getting together for run soon. Some specific training will be in order for Cod brother Rob “beaker” Barbour who is going to learn the art of where not to stand to get hit by a ball.

     Wednesday 15th February it has been decided to come down dust off the glove and shoes and come down for a hit and a run around. T-ball will be on as well so come along have a look at our future> Coaches Moose and The Legend Kevin Pool are doing a terrific job with the young guys and girls and more to help out the merrier. So be ready Wednesday 15th from 6pm. If you want to come down for a throw and a hit you are in!

Short one so here is some club news

So in all welcome back and most importantly spread the word about Wangaratta Rangers

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