RECAP OF GAMES FOR THE WEK OF AUGUST 3-6
Tuesday, August 3rd
The Summer Party was supposed to be today but the rain had other plans. It was cloudy when we got to the ballpark at 6:45 AM. We decided to hold off setting up the tables until the rain decided what it was going to do. About 7:30 it started raining pretty hard so we cancelled the party for today and rescheduled it for Friday. However, we did not cancel the games for today, the rain quit about 8:00, it remained cloudy the rest of the morning and the people started showing up. We had 28 players and decided to have two teams of 14. We played six outfielders just like last Tuesday. You would think with six outfielders that the hitting would not be great. But, just like last Tuesday, the teams did not have any problems getting hits. The Final score after nine innings was 19-18.
Write up by Don Witmer
Friday, August 6th
The Summer Party is on for today. The City of Winter Haven finally allowed the Board to have an outdoor small gathering of players and family. We had box lunches from Kentucky Fried Chicken, Mel's famous cookies and drinks provided by the Board. We tried to maintain social distancing as much as possible and we had players scattered all over the ballpark. If you want to know why we called it a Summer Party is because it was a typical summer day in Florida. It was 90 degrees at game time with no breeze. We had 48 players signed up and we made four teams. The American League had 22 players on Field D and the National League had 26 players on Field C. Lauren Fabian and Bob Hite umpired on Field C and Don Witmer umpired on Field D. The American League game was close until the fifth inning when the home team scored three runs and went ahead 11-7. The visiting team did not score in the top of the sixth inning. The National League game was called after seven innings due to the heat.
Write up by Don Witmer
Friday, August 6th
Very good game here today. Bob Hite and I umped and all went well. The teams were managed by Tom Capozzi (Home) and Steve Hill (Visitors). Hill jumped out with a 13-5 lead after four innings but Capozzi came back with 6 in the bottom of the 6th to bring it close at the end of 6 innings. The Hill team scored 3 more runs in the top of the seventh and the Capozzi team went scoreless in the bottom of the seventh. Final score was 16-11. There were 4 very good defensive plays I recall. 3 of them by catchers. one of our new players, Herbie Munoz and old timer Poke both darted out in front of the plate to field bloopers and threw the runner out at first base. And our very good full time catcher, Wayne Shearer, turned on a foul pop fly going to the backstop and reached out and caught it. But, the best catch was by Larry Chrest in left center field racing to the fence Willie Mays style and reaching up and backhanding the ball as he tumbled to the ground. He did not get hurt but what a great catch.
In case your haven't heard by now, Willie Morton and his wife have decided to move back to Maryland. He is suppose to leave sometime in the next month or so. We will surely miss him.
Write up by Loren Fabian.
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