2012, Game 7: Roseville Cubs at Ironpigs – 7-inning dogfight
We’ve hit that part of a winning streak where it starts to seem inevitable that we’ll win, and the temptation to take it easy sets in. This can be a… Read more »
We’ve hit that part of a winning streak where it starts to seem inevitable that we’ll win, and the temptation to take it easy sets in. This can be a… Read more »
There is a saying in baseball that pitching and defense wins games. We came into Game 6 knowing we were down two guys – both Marco, our #3 hitter, and… Read more »
For the second time in as many games, Joey, our #12 hitter, came to bat with the game on the line, and for the second time he delivered a solid… Read more »
Our 4th game of the year was our first home game. We returned to Afton #1, our practice and home field, with a 3-0 record. Thus far, we’ve faced teams… Read more »
This should have been Game 4, but we postponed our 5/31 game against the Roseville Orioles because it was the same night as the 7th grade band concert. Since 3… Read more »
That the Knights are an Oakdale team is kind of odd, because Oakdale teams are usually major league teams – the other Oakdale teams in our league this year are… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »