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October 29, 2000

JEFF APPELL WINS THE FIRST 21-7 IN 7 INNINGS AND LOSES THE WINNING TOUCH IN THE SECOND 14-12.

ON A BREEZY NOVEMBER 5TH AT DOBBS FERRY LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD WE PLAYED TWO. APPELL AGAINST HEWES IN THE OPENER. HEWES THE HOME TEAM GAVE UP 6 RUNS IN THE OPENING FRAME NEVER CAUGHT UP. APPELL'S TEAM POUNDED THE BALL OVER THE FENCES HIGHLIGHTS BY TWO TWO RUN HOMERS BY BALENTO AND ONE 2 RUN SHOT BY DAN QUART. WITHOUT A SCORESHEET I CAN NOT RECALL ALL THE OFFENSE BUT THERE WAS PLENTY. APPELL PITCHED WELL GETTING ALOT OF GROUNDERS ALL 7 INNINGS. APPELL HAD GREAT INFIELD DEFENSE. HAVELOCK WAS GETTING THE BALL UP AND THE WIND OFF THE HUDSON BLOWING FROM THIRD TO RIGHT DID THE REST. TOVAR HOMERED FOR THE HOME TEAM.

IN THE SECOND GAME APPELL PITCHED FOR THE HOME TEAM AND LOARTE PITCHED FOR THE VISITORS. GEORGE WAS PITCHING WITH A LOSING RECORD AT DOBBS AND A BROKEN FINGER ON HIS PITCHING HAND RHP. APPELL WAS AGAIN BREEZING THRU 7 INNINGS LEADING 8-4 AND SOME PEOPLE WANTED TO END THE GAME BUT SINCE WE WERE WITHIN 4 WE DECIDED TO STAY AND PLAY 9.ONE PLAYED LEFT. BY THE END OF THE 8TH IT WAS 12-4 AND IT LOOKED LIKE APPELL WOULD WIN 2 TODAY. THE VISITORS OPENED THE 9TH DETERMINED TO FIGHT BACK. I WAS ON THE VISITORS TEAM AND WE TOOK APPELL LONG IN THE COUNT. THERE WERE WALKS AND HITS AND SOON THE VISITORS SCORED 10 RUNS TO TAKE THE LEAD 14-12HIGHTLIGHTS WERE SHOT TO THE OUTFIELD BY ROSENGARD OVER THE FIELDER'S HEAD THAT KEPT THE INNING ALIVE AND A BLOOP SINGLE BY TOVAR NEAR FIRST WITH A SLIDE BY TOVAR BREAKING THE BASE . AND SCORING ROSENGARD FROM 3RD TO KEEP THE RALLY GOING. QUART FOLLOWED WITH A 2 RUN SINGLE TO PUT VISITORS AHEAD. VISITORS HAD GOOD DEFENSE INFIELD AND OUTFIELD WITH GREAT CATCHES BY ROSENGARD IN CENTER AND HEWES IN LEFT CENTER. IN THE BOTTOM OF THE 9TH HOME TEAM GOT TWO RUNNERS ON WITH 2 MISPLAYS IN THE OUTFIELD ALLOWING THE TYING RUNS ON 1ST AN 3RD. THEN WITH BASES LOADED WITH ONE OUT CONNORS TO THE PLATE. LOARTE ON THE FIRST PITCH CAME INSIDE AND CONNORS HIT A HARD SMASH TO 3RD AND GIL STEPPED ON 3RD AND FIRED TO 2ND TO COMPLETE A GAME ENDING DOUBLE PLAY. I CAN NOT RECALL CONNORS HITTING INTO A DOUBLE PLAY FOR SOME TIME.

IT WAS A DRAMATIC END TO A WELL PLAYED GAME. AFTER THE GAME VINNY AND I AND GIL AND IAN AND MIKE HAD SOME BP WITH LOCAL FANS AND PLAYERS RETRIEVING THE HOMERS OVER THE FENCE.

PEOPLE VOTED TO CONTINUE PLAYING IN DOBBS FOR THE FALL. WE VOTED TO RULE A HIT OVER THE FENCE AN OUT AND IT WAS DEFEATED. ALSO DEFEATED WAS TO HAVE A FIELDER BEHIND THE FENCES. GOOD ATTENDANCE WITH 12 AGAINST 11 IN FIRST AND 11 AGAINST 11 IN SECOND GAME. LARRY BROUGHT THE BAGELS. IF THE WEATHER STAYS GOOD WE SHOULD HAVE MORE GAMES THIS FALL.

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