Dave Rosengard's "View From The Mound" - 2001

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SUNDAY OCTOBER 7TH;DOBBS FERRY

APPELL WINS A DOUBLE HEADER

12-5 IN THE OPENER AND 17-12 IN THE AFTERNOON SECOND GAME

In the first game Jeff was going after his 13th W and he pitched a strong

game giving up 5  hits and 5 runs and walking 2 and striking out 2. He had

strong defense only  giving up 1 error and he allowed the 5 hits as follows;

2 singles, 2 doubles and 1 HR. He went 6 innings and faced 24 AB, got out of

jams with pop outs 2 in the 6th to kill a rally. In the 2nd he got all 3

men he faced to ground out 5-3.Honigman played excellent 3rd base. I started

at 1B and in the pre inning warm ups I noticed that Dan was throwing

erratically to first and I rudely suggested he shift to another position and

he rightly put me in my place he proved to me he can play the position well

and I am glad he spoke up for himself; keep it up Dan. In the losing side

Havelock going for17th W gave up 12 runs and 18 hits with 4 HRs 2 SO and 2

BB. In fairness the game was shortened at 6 at Dobbs because of little league

practice so we drove in a convoy of cars to another field in Ardsley but it

was also occupied as well as the other Dobbs field so we returned to Dobbs

at the RR and waited for the little League to finish  and we were going to

resume but Havelock and Tony Connor decided to start another game and

Havelock went into town to order Pizza. Highlights in the 1st game were 2HR by

Dave Connor, with 5 RBIs, Lawrence HR, Branca HR. 5 Runs in the 4th included 6

hits including 2 extra base hits by Connor and Rosengard producing 4

RBIs. For the losing team Vinnie hit a 3 Run HR in the 6th. Here is the line;

                IP  R  H  HR  BB  SO --   R    H     E    AB

VIS-Appell

13-8-1          6   5  5   1  2    2      12   18    1    39

Home Hewes

  16-7          6  12  18  4  2    2       5   5     3    24

In the 2nd game we went 9 Innings and it was a hard fought game with 96

AB,29 runs33 Hits 9 home runs 5 Ks, 7 BB, 5 E. Appell struggled for the

first three innings giving up 10 runs in 3 innings. Back to back homers by

Libman a grand slam and D'Allesio made the score 10-2 after 3. The wind was

strong blowing off the Hudson River out towards center and right and the it

was getting colder. But the Pizza arrived and with that the tide turned.

While Appell and his defense held the Home team to 3 runs the rest of the 6

innings the Visitors put up 15 Runs in the next 6 frames. In the 8thvisitors

battered around putting up 8 runs, sending 12 batters to the plate pounding

Havelock with single, double, E-7(2 runs scored), Fly Out, Double, single, single

3 run HR (Connor, A.), single, FC, double, Fly to Left. In the 9th Havelock came

back strong with 2 Ks but allowed 2 more runs. After the game Hewes told me

he was not tired but that he should have changed speeds more. I had a

moment of reflection while standing at 1B between playing observing the

intensity of all the players with a background of windy fall approaching

rapidly with the spirit of our league like a ballard. Appell never giving

in going for his 14th W. Everyone should read the Ballard of the Sad Cafe

written by Carson McCullers in 1943. I read it this summer and loved it and I

see human endeavor some times like a ballard being played out. Certainly our

league has many individuals, many ideals and passions and we always come to

together every week to play softball with great passions. It's life at its

fullest in my view. Here is the line for the 2nd game:

              IP  R  H  HR  BB  SO---R    H   E     AB

Vis-Appell

W-14-8-1      9  12  12  5   7   3   17   21  2     44

Home-Hewes

L 16-8        9  17  21  4   0   2   12  12   3     52