Split against Stags
Out of the 14 innings we played today, we were only productive in 3 of them. We scored 7 runs in the first 3 innings and scored 3 over the next 11. Our bats were terrible and the only thing to talk about are comical. Somehow Brendan Engdahl fouled a ball off his face, he did have 2 RBI's breaking out of his batting slump. Jade Alberts fielded balls with his boot instead of his glove. I did save the best for last. The Legend of Gabe continues to grow and I will try to explain this the best I can. On a can of corn fly ball, Gabe toe picked, tried to get up and toe picked again, then did a flip landing on his back. Just close your eyes and try to picture that. He had a huge grass stain on this back.
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That's How the Cards Were Played
We picked up our annual tie with a 11 inning 2-2 game vs the Cards. The game was a pitching dual with Burlo mowing us down with 50 MPH fastballs and 40 MPH something else. Nelly and crew did the rest. Ulmer and Uncle Sy pitched extremely well. Ulmer had 9 K's and Teddy had 4. Albo hit a 2 run shot, Davis ripped a double and the rest of of us almost got traded to the Mets. There weren't many highlights but Paul Reid has been added to the Longhorns slowest runner race. This make him and Joyce and the favorites in the skinny but slow category. This race will take place at 1am on the Saturday of our tourney. We have a DH vs. the Red Deer Wolfpack on Sunday. We think they still have a twitter account and facebook page but it's hard to tell. Kellen and Albo say they will make the 9am games, the odds in Vegas are against them at 35-1
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Davis and his Duke
We beat the Dukes 8-2. Peaches made his coaching debut. He pulled an Enright (from the gunz) and played himself at short and hit leadoff. Teddy had another solid outing and struck out 7. Bud and Albo continue to rip the ball with going 3 for 4. Highlight of the night was when Engdahl took a ball off the face off a bad hop at first. Luckliy it went to Grimes for the routine 3-4-3. Jerad Davis made his season debut going 2 for 2 then after he kept his duke on when we went to beckhams.
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Kellen's Freedom 29 Party
Check out Facebook for photos and video
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Murder at the Met
A shout out to Kellen Foreman aka Ratature aka estuprador for not showing up with the Beer Bucket. That's a 96 beer fine. We scored 32 runs against the Mets so I can't mention everybody's doubles, triples etc. Bud Eisthen gets a honorable mention for hitting a Bomb. In the you might never see this again category, Jade Alberts had 2 SB's on consecutive pitches. The Highlight of the Night goes to Gabe for throwing strikes. We were getting a little worried but Ulmer gave him a little advice and booyah. It was nice to here the ball hitting the mitt and not the backstop. Up next the Giants with another short bench.
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KIDS
I just did the math and we now have 21 kids under the Longhorns umbrella. That doesn't include any we don't know about. The closest to playing with us is 4-5 years away
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Another Girl
Troy Clelend had another girl, her name is Clara Paige Cleland. He now has 3 kids, which puts him one behind Fech for the team lead.
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Crushed by Giants
We can't catch, we can't field or throw and may be to fat to hit. Gabriel was 2-2 with a double. He did cheer when he got to second
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Longhorns split Cocks
We won Game 1 6-3. The Legend of Ted Eisthen continues to grow. Picks up the ball and throws 6 innings, striking out 11. Peaches hit a double and triple while picking up the save. Bud had 3 singles and Jade Alberts was 2-3 with the game winning RBI. Chris Grimes and Ryan Earl, the new Longhorns, looked great. --------- We had a tough start to Game 2. Gabriel walked the first 6 batters and gave up 4 runs. Coach Rex yanked him with 0 outs. He was getting pinched on a few calls, but the 10 wild pitches didn't help. At least none went over the backstop. He bought Chris a few beers for making work behind the plate. Gabriel did hit one target tonight, he drained a beer in the can in the garbage bin and this earned him a shotgun. He did a 5 second shotgun, which is pretty slow, but the highlight was turning around a puking. Very tough debut.
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Let the Season Begin
The season begins on Sunday. We have a DH vs. Gamecocks at 3 and 6. Looking forward to seeing if any of them are getting FAT as they get older.
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Last Player Standing
We've added Ryan Earl to the Longhorns. He plays first base (that gives us 10 now), short, 3rd, pitcher and a little outfield. He lead the Thunder Bay League in home runs. Hopefully he can come through in the clutch unlike most of us. By adding another left handed bat we can now field and entire battery of lefties.
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Early Retirement
Another young kid we recruited has retired early. These young bucks have a few things to learn about commitment. We know Axel is on another team and will get beaned each at bat. If Steve shows up somewhere, he will received the same treatment. It's a good thing we have other players that want to join the Longhorns.
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WTF
The work bee was great and as usual it pays to have our own diamond. The good news is, we are not allowed on it until the season starts. We can't even take grounders or fly balls in the outfield. I guess the grass is to valuable. Trying to book a few more practices, so stay tuned.
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Longhorns get Grimey
Chris Grimes played baseball in the St Johns, Newfoundland senior league, also in the Canada Cup, Atlantics. He played junior college in New York at SUNY Ulster. Chris is a catcher and should take some of the pressure off Carter's gout.
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Poor turnout at Practice
Poor turnout at last nights practice. If your saying your coming, show up or let us know your not. TFCO
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Acme Pirates???
Check out our Facebook page for the latest rumour
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Calgary Police Service Stops By
Great Practice last night, nice to see players under 40 that can hit the ball. Gabriel brought out his brother and I think he's going to play. Adding a 6'7" lefty doesn't hurt. Gabriel looks like he's going to be effectively wild. Likes to bean guys and no one knows where the ball is going. Brendan Engdahl has a new nickname, Curls. The Calgary Police Service stopped by and gave us a speech about responsible drinking. It was so inspiring, we played credit card roulette for the bar tab.
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Outlaws Fold
The Calgary Outlaws have folded. They were a great team. The Longhorns are trying to add 40 year old UFA Mike Craige. Team Manager Jade Alberts said we added 3 guys under 25, we just got to young to fast. We have to offset the youth with someone close to 40.
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Schedule
The 2013 Schedule is up. We start the season with a DH vs. Cocks on May.12
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Gabriel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M25C-P3JaZk
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Longhorns Lefty
Gabriel Araujo will make his Longhorns debut this May. He's from Brazil and played at Div. 1 at Cornell. He described himself and effectively wild and enjoys hitting batters. He should be Coach Rex's favourite player in no time
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Longhorns Add Youth
The Longhorns have added youth. Steve Lawlor and Axel Christoffersen are the young bucks that we will mould into.......well were not sure yet. They are both under 21 so this brings our average age down to 38. They will infuse a youth drive to capture our 14th FMBA Championship
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New Players.
We're currently looking for a few more distinguished gentlemen to add to the squad. Please contact us to set-up your personal try-out.
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Practice, Were talking about Practice
Next practice is Friday Feb.22 9.30pm at Absolute Baseball
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New Longhorn
There's a new addition to the Longhorns Family. Alyx Mae Glemser, who arrived at 4:57pm on Sunday February 3, 2013. Lars had to miss the Superbowl but he PVR'd the commercials. She measured in at a very healthy 8 pounds 9 ounces and 22 inches. Congrats to Lars and Shawna.
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Calgary Giant on wanted list
Check out our facebook page for the latest photo of a wanted man in Calgary. We think he plays for the Giants
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Tron Retires
Another retirement. Ty Hinton has hung up his cleats again. On the bright side he will be a father for the first time.
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Coach Rex Dies Hair
Found out some interesting things about Coach Rex yesterday. He dies his hair black and is a vegetarian. These are grounds for firing. Check out Facebook to see him him wreck this picture of Katlin
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