2012, game 1: Ironpigs @ Oakdale Cardinals
For our first game of the season, we faced the Cardinals. We’ve seen some of these guys before – one of the players, Jake, was on our team a couple… Read more »
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The A League, year 2.
So last year was Alex’s first in the A League of MAA summer baseball (www.maplewoodbaseball.org), since he was in 6th grade. Last year, pretty much our whole team was 6th-graders… Read more »
Playoffs, Game 3: All good things must come to an end.
For our last game of the season, we faced the Oakdale Royals. Again. We faced these guys in the Summerfest tournament, where they beat us 11-2 in round 1 on… Read more »
Playoffs, Game 2: The #1 seed
Game 2 of the playoffs had us facing the #1 seed, the Oakdale Red Sox. We saw these guys in the Summerfest tournament, where they beat us 15-3, so we… Read more »
Playoffs, Game 1: The one I missed
In past years, Alex’s end-of season tournament has been on the last weekend in July. This year, there are 22 teams in the A league (despite being the Maplewood Athletic… Read more »
Game 12: Better than it seemed at the time.
We came into game 12 in high spirits, despite losing Monday. We stayed in that game and played hard, so we didn’t get down. Our opponent was the Oakdale Royals…. Read more »
Game 11: Streak breaker
We’ve been riding a streak of wins all season; since losing our first game we’ve won nine straight. Tonight, we faced our strongest opponents (based on record): the Roseville Nationals…. Read more »
Game 10: Sometimes, pitching and defense win games.
For our 10th game of the season, we faced the Maplewood Hooks. They came in with a 6-3-1 record, making them a solid contender, in the top half of the… Read more »
Game 9: Back in the groove
After a long break (what Coach Craig calls the All-Star Break, over the long 4th of July weekend, when we have no weekend practice and missed a Monday game because… Read more »
Game 8: Eight is enough
After our Summerfest adventures, we returned to regular-season action on Monday night against the North St. Paul Scrappers. Like us, they’ve had a couple of games postponed due to rain…. Read more »