There are many unwritten rules. Don’t chew with your mouth open. Don’t leave your shopping cart in the middle of the aisle. Don’t get on a train before people get off. Don’t stand on the left side of an escalator. Don’t propose at someone else’s wedding. Don’t use the urinal right next to someone if another one is available. Don’t…
Thursday was a perfect day for baseball at Ken Souza Field. The temperature was warm, the grass was avibrant green in the afternoon sun, the skies were blue and the Dons were in white for this pivotalleague game against Benicia High School. Senior Andrew Habas got the “flash the leather party” started with a strong, running, over the shoulder catch…
A doppelganger is a mysterious, exact double of a living person. The closet equivalent in baseball today is two minor league players who are both named Brady Feigl, stand 6’4” tall, have fiery red hair, wear glasses, and had the same elbow surgery performed by the same doctor in 2015. Although not quite in that category, there are a number…
The boys headed to Benicia High School to take on the Panthers on Tuesday. Henry Souza got the startand pitched a complete game for the Dons. He gave up 4 runs (3 earned) and 5 hits with 3 walks and 5strikeouts in a tight 4-3 road loss. Trailing 1-0 in the 3rd inning, Keegan Goddard got a rally started for…
Last Thursday, I profiled GameChanger and mentioned how we all “know and love” the system. On Tuesday, I was eating those words as the system went down globally just as the Dons took the field to face the Panthers. I jinxed it. Never missing an opportunity, however, I thought jinxes and superstitions would be a perfect article theme. The most famous…
The Dons took on the College Park Falcons on Thursday for the second match up of the series. The boys continue to play inspired ball. Unfortunately there is a razor thin margin of error when runs are hard to come by. The boys in blue played the Falcons even for 13 innings before coming up short 3-2 at home.The two…
The term “Game-changer” made its debut in 1982 in the sports sections of newspapers, referring to decisive plays in particular games. 28 years later, in 2010, the GameChanger technology platform we all know and love was born. Since launch, over 26 million games have been scored with it, which is about 25.5 million more than the total number of games…
Varsity baseball took on the College Park Falcons on Tuesday in their first game after Spring Break. Itperfect day for a ballgame in Pleasant Hill as Junior Henry Souza took the hill for the Dons. The Acalanessquad knocked out 11 hits in a solid offensive attack that just could not produce a run. Despite everystarter getting at least one hit,…
Similar to a big pile of laundry looking intimidating, intimidation has always been a part of baseball. Babe Ruth, who once struck out looking against “the Big Train” Walter Johnson, turned to the umpire arguing that the pitch sounded high. Nolan Ryan was known for his high leg kick, record-breaking strikeouts, and pummeling Robin Ventura. Randy Johnson, the tallest pitcher…
Walk-up songs can be traced back to 1972 with New York Yankees reliever Sparky Lyle, who took the mound to “Pomp and Circumstance” (aka the graduation song). These songs took off in the 1990s when players began requesting their own music. Most are bravado-heavy genres like rap and rock, like “Enter Sandman” by Metallica for Mariano Riviera and “Wild Thing”…