Week One - Recap

What a great first (and full) weekend of Fall Baseball in Sturbridge!  The weekend kicked off with the GREEN team hosting Grafton.  It was so great to see so many fans at the field supporting our players!  Both teams played well in the field and at the plate. with a special tip of the cap to Griffin and Roman for outstanding pitching.  A special nod to Tim T for making it to third base on a dropped third strike!  WTG, Tim!   

A few more shots from yesterday's home opener.  

Great job 
Sturbridge GREEN!

 The second game of the day brought Dudley to the Town Barn for a late morning match-up with Sturbridge WHITE (maybe we should call them the Sturbridge SIBLINGS!)   Under beautiful blue skies, the kids batted, fielded, pitched, and ran the bases in an epic three hour game only to have it end in a tie score!  Shout out to little Papi for a great hit!

Great game Sturbridge WHITE!

Our last game of the day took us east to Leicester where Sturbridge GOLD were defeated by the CLOCK!  As the GOLD players were planning their rallying comeback, the game was called ... we had hit the two-hour time limit.  Wait, what?  Really?  Such a bummer.  Superb fielding by Evan H!  The kids still had a great time in their first game of the fall ball season followed by a fun field trip to Sweet Kiwi!

A very special thank you to our floaters; 

Daniel S and Alex Y.  

These two outstanding boys participated in 

all three games yesterday!

Sunday brought another early morning game as the GOLD team hosted Dudley.  The players, once again, showed their passion for the game and had a blast playing!  Solid pitching and base-running proved too much for the Dudley team as the GOLD took the win.  

Our last home game for the weekend welcomed West Brookfield  for a face-off with the fierce Sturbridge GREEN.  WOW!  What a game!  The GREEN crushed WB in a Red Sox v Tigers (9/4/13) style whooping at Town Barn.  Solid hits brought runner after runner across the plate.  Griffin P's in the park home run most definitely topped the day - but kudos must also go to Callahan for a solid 3 RBI triple and JT's five strike-out streak.  Well done, boys ... well done.

The Sturbridge WHITE finished off the weekend in Oxford and although I wasn't at the game, I understand the opposing team was made up of very young players.  If anyone has more details and/or photos I can upload, please send them along!



I do my very best to represent the plays of the games accurately - if I've made any glaring mistakes, please, please let me know!