Party @ the Baldwin's

Swimming in the Rain.

River Cats / White Sox, part 3, 5/23.

As good of a team the White Sox are every time we play them we play tough. I moved from coaching 1st base to 3rd base. We ran the bases very aggressively keeping the game close. The game ball went to Nick Llorente for a great effort on the base path & working 2 walks. I put a lot of pressure on him at times but I believe in him even more.

White Sox 13 - River Cats 8

The Boys are looking a lot better, 5/22.

The boys continue to improve. We started slow at the plate again but got rolling in the second. We went into the last inning with a 1 run lead & thanks to good pitching & a great stop & put out by Bryce Blackman we worked a tie out of the game. Because of this great play Bryce earned the game ball.

Mariners 8 - River Cats 8

River Cats Go to the Ft. Worth Cats Game.

Comming together, 5/16

Well we've been able to play on a more regular bases & the boys have shown improvement because of it. I kept going home after games wondering what I needed to do to help put more wins on the table. The boys stepped up & played a tough 1-1 ball game for 3 innings then turned on the gas maxing out the 4th inning then shutting down the Thunder to give us a good win. Several of the boys showed good performances but Ben Fagan worked his way around the base path in a daring fashion earning him the game ball.


Thunder 1 - River Cats 6

Happy Mother's Day, 5/13

Any game that rains-out from 5/13 till the end of the season will not be made up.

19 minutes into the game, WEATHER DELAY. About 45 minutes of delay till the game got called. The boys were looking good with put outs on the first two batters. We'll have to see if we get to finish this one.

Double header, 5/12

We had 2 on Saturday & it was HOT. It's been rainy & not really to warm then boom it's in the 90's. In that second game the boy s looked like they were melting out there. I was proud they didn't stop trying. A few players got hit by pitches none more scary then Aaron Baldwin's. He took a hard one to the face that I was happy to see looked OK on Sunday. The game ball went to Jonathan Moffett & Neville Kuilan. Both showed heart when they worked their way onto the bases then taking advantage of the situation stealing their way home. Good work guys.

White Sox 13 - River Cats 6

Mainers 11 - River Cats 7

A busy week 5/8.

The first of 5 games scheduled for this week started out rocky. Ben & Brik were having a rough time pitching/catching. Aaron Hammer broke out with the big hit I knew he was due to have. Bryce had the hardest hit bunt I've seen, do what ever it takes to get on base. The game ball went to Holden Payne for a great relief effort on the mound. 4 more to go this week, if we don't rain-out.
Thunder 11 - River Cats 7

After a week of rain-outs. 4/28

It's hard to get in a grove when there's no concisely in when we play because of all the rain-outs. We started out the game slow, got caught sleeping in the field a couple times & found ourselves fighting from behind. After we crawled through the first inning we started waking up. I got real aggressive on the base path trying to make something happen. The team was stealing base after base. Ben worked the fake steal perfect causing the over through. Aaron Baldwin & Mathew Pena received game balls for great play. Aaron got his first hit & Mathew has been great at the plate 2 games in a row. All the aggressiveness helped get us back into it but it also caused us to come up 1 run short. I took a coach's gamble on one of my best players & made the wrong call. It happens some times. I believe in my heart if I took the same gamble again I would still have faith the player would pull through. I'm proud of him of trying what he was asked to do by me because I've always told the boys, let it be my fault making the coaches decision not yours. If we can string a few game together I believe we'll find our grove.
Rangers 10 - River Cats 9