Day 4 - Games 4 and 5

Today was a long and warm one here in AZ. Especially wearing all the catching equipment for another doubleheader. Today we won both our games and are now tied for first place with a 4-1 record! The first game was an outstanding game with our pitcher throwing a no hitter into the 6th inning. Neither pitcher gave up a walk and we went on to win 2-0. I went 1-3 with a solid single to left to lead off the game. Eric Davis from the Reds joined us today and was over watching 1 or 2 innings of the game (picture). Late in the game I got jammed and now have broken both my bats from Clay Bellinger. Oh well, moving on to some new bats now.

The second game was against one of the 2 teams that going into today were undefeated. As things ended, they lost both their games today including ours by a score of 7-5. Once again I was 1-3 with a deep double over the left fielder. Yeah! Our team played pretty strong defense in both games and even turned a very rare triple play in the first game.

After the game (and my usual ice tub!) there was a "bull" session in the major league clubhouse with all the pros. Everyone was asking questions and telling some stories from their playing days. Cool stuff just hanging out with all these guys!

We also took out our coached tonight for dinner as a thank you for all their time and work. That was lots of fun and good conversation. We got to meet Joe Klecko from the Jets and some famous boxer whose name escapes me now. The boxer was a friend of Jim Maloney's from the past.

Tomorrow is the last two games of the "regular season" but they are calling for some rain. I don't think it will be too bad and it is supposed to be 10 degrees cooler so that will feel nice.