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Thursday - October 26, 2006
Fall World Series Game 1
I just made it to the game this evening. The advertised start time was 6 o'clock. I left my office about 4:20 or 4:25. I pulled into the parking lot at the Dell Diamond at about 5:25. As I walked into the stadium, lineups were being announced over the public address system. What? I walked in to where I could see the infield and a pitcher was warming up. Huh? I asked the guy standing next to me if they were starting early. Yep. Wow. So, I found a roster sheet, got a seat in the front row overlooking the 3b dugout and settled in with my camera.
The teams:
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Several players were listed as inactive: Clay Van Hook, Jeff Boes, Kenn Kaparek, Carson Kainer, and Tyler Newton. The only one whose status I actually know is Carson Kainer. As for Carson, he seemed to be in fine spirits. He had a grin on his face all evening. He gave several media interviews. He looks good. No idea what's up with the rest of the inactive players.
Carson and Clay traded turns coaching 3b. Randy Boone coached 1b and, sorry to say, I did not notice who else coached with him. Tsk tsk.
I missed most of what was announced before the game and was a bit confused as the game progressed. At least three or four half-innings were called with only two outs. The first time it happened (in the bottom of the 1st), I thought I'd missed an out. The second time it happened, I decided they must be playing with some sort of per-inning pitch count limit. Also, only 8 players batted for the orange team (no dh) and 7 batted for the white team (no dh and 1b did not bat). And, other than the pitching, there were no substitutions as far as I noted. I did not take my scorebook, though...I just jotted down notes as the evening went on.
Joseph Krebs took the mound to start things off for the White (home) team. He was relieved after 3 by Juston Street. Juston was followed by Keith Shinaberry for the final 3rd of the game. On the Orange side of things, Andy Reese started. He was followed by Alex Posey and then Austin Wood. I thought everyone looked pretty good.
Defensively, the teams were aligned as follows:
- White:
- 1b - James Russell
- 2b - Travis Tucker
- ss - Josh Prince
- 3b - Bradley Suttle
- c - Brett Lewis
- lf - Jordan Danks
- cf - Clint Stubbs
- rf - Kyle Russell
- Orange:
- 1b - Chance Wheeless
- 2b - Michael Demperio
- ss - Chais Fuller
- 3b - Russell Moldenhauer
- c - Preston Clark
- lf - Kyle Lusson
- cf - Nick Peoples
- rf - Todd Gillfillan
The highlights that stand out in my mind:
- Chais Fuller hit a solo home run in the top of the 1st.
- Kyle Russell hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 1st.
- With the bases loaded and no outs in the 3rd, Brett Lewis hit a low fly ball into shallow cf. The runners held up a bit to see if Nick Peoples would be able to get to it or if the ball would fall. It fell and the runners took off. Nick threw the lead runner (Travis Tucker, I think) out at home! Wow.
- Poor Clint Stubbs. He struck out all four times he got to the plate. He was on deck in the bottom of the 9th when the final out was made. I was hoping he'd get one more shot. Alas, no such luck.
- Nick made a great diving catch in the bottom of the 9th to end the game. As always, he makes the game fun to watch!
I'll post some photos this weekend. I apparently went nuts on the photo end. I somehow ended up with 100 photos! Yikes.
By the way, I'm not sure I'll make tomorrow's game. They announced a couple of times that the start time had been moved to 4:30. I may not be able to get away from work early enough for such nonsense.
Hook 'em!
Posted by Joanna at 9:30 PM