Brase Sports Update 3/18, 3/21-3/22

Hello Everyone,

Let's Go !

(real quick, Congrats to Ms. Kylie for bringing home straight A's for the first time !!! Good job girl !)

Thursday 3/18 Baseball: It was Thunder vs. the Lakeside Padres. Nick and I practiced real hard Wednesday, so he was pumped and ready. Our pitching was stellar all game. It was awesome. We hit hard and fielded well. Nick was 2 for 2 with 2 triples ! Both to the fence. Played very good in the field too. We ended up Mercy ruling them 11-1.

Saturday 3/20 Baseball: Thunder vs. Muckdogs. This is the team that there is a rivalry between the parents. Yes, the parents will do their best to ruin kids sports. Sad, but true. Anyway, the game was pretty bad. We were missing 2 key players to start with. Not sure if it would have made a difference, but it sure would have helped. Our pitching was really bad. They would throw 4 balls and then their coach would come out and pitch. Resulting in bombs to the outfield for which our outfielders were trying to catch the bugs over their heads. Ugly ! On a good note, Nick had a single off of their pitcher and another single off of our coach. Thunder ends up getting Mercy ruled 13-1. OUCH !

Sunday 3/21 Softball: Mystic was up in Anaheim for 3 games. First game was against the Punishers. Mystic had good pitching and defense. They were down late before exploding for 5 runs in the last inning. Ky didn't play in the field but did have 1 AB for a ground out. Mystic wins 6-1. Next up was the OC NightHawks. Mystic came out struggling. Walks and errors. It wasn't too pretty. Pitching struggled, defense looked lost. We did hit pretty good. Definitely a team that we should have dominated. Didn't happen. Kylie played RF the whole game. Not a lot of action out there except on over thrown balls by the infield. 2 AB's 2 outs. Mystic goes down 7-2.

Last game was against Matrix. Kylie pitched. Another team we should dominate and they did ! They were absolutely crushing the ball ! Kylie threw very well. After a couple of walks in the first, she settled in and dominated. She threw hard, had great movement on breaking pitches, and threw her change which was very good ! She had 2 AB's, fly out and an infield single for which she ended up scoring. She gave up 2 hits, and no earned runs. The one run was on an error by SS. Mystic Dominates Matrix 18-1 ! Gonna be some down time due to Spring Break. See you in a couple of weeks !

Base Sports Update 3/11, 3/13-3/14

Hello Everyone,

Let me start by saying I am crushed that LT has signed with the Jets. The fact that I am going to have to hear about it through the entire 2010 NFL season from My Father in Law is going to be very fun. NOT ! Anyway.....

We'll start on Thursday, 3/11. Nick had a game over in Lakeside. Thunder vs. LNLL Cardinals. Beautiful fields ! State of the art facility. Top of the line artificial turf. Wow ! Not a lot of action in this one. Thunder had to come back in the last inning to finish with a tie. Nick had a couple nice at bats. Only player to actually hit off the pitcher. Made some nice plays in the field too. Thunder 4 Cardinals 4.

Saturday Baseball 3/13. Thunder vs. The Rock Hounds. This was a good game. Thunder held the lead late before the Rock Hounds came back to tie. Very exciting. Nick had 2 at bats. His nerves got to him (again) the first at bat. Striking out on a bad pitch. Next at bat, he crushed a low pitch ! A towering bomb to center ! Big hit. Makes you wonder what's going to happen when he gets that perfect pitch. Oh yeah ! Anyway, so the game is tied in the last inning. Out comes Nick to pitch. NOOOO!!! He's warming up, not looking too good. First batter, he walks him, which means the coach comes out to lob meatballs for them to blast. The coach pitches the ball, the kid smashes the ball, Nick shoots over, fields the ball and throws the kid out !! 1 out. Next batter, Nick walks him. Kid smashes the ball. Nick fields it, but the kid is safe. Next pitch... passed ball, runner advances. By the way, the game is tied at this point. Next pitch... passed ball again, runner advances. Then, Nick pulls it together and throws 3 straight strikes ! 2 outs. Next batter, a 1 a 2 a 3, strikeout ! I was happy and confused !!! Woohoo ! Thunder 4 - Rick Hounds 4. We are now 1-0-2 on the season.

Sunday Softball 3/15. Kylie had a friendly in San Diego ! 15 minute drive instead of 90 minutes. Nice ! First game was against the San Diego Renegades. Kylie played RF. Our pitcher struggled badly first the first inning. 3 walks, 3 runs scored. The Renegades had a pitcher that threw very hard. Only had a straight fastball, but we could not hit her. We gave up one more run from a walk. 4-0 Renegades. We finally started hitting and started to come back. Ky had a great catch in RF. On the run in the gap. Nice ! Anyway, too little, too late Renegades 4 - Mystic 3.

Next up was So Cal Breakers. Kylie in the circle. This was a very good game for Mystic. Kylie pitched great ! Fastballs, curves, drops. It was was working for her. Also had a line drive shot to center for a hit. She gave up 1 run, struckout 5 in 6 innings. Mystic 8- Breakers 2. Nice !

Last game was against The Renegades (second team). Kylie sat this game. Mystic started off great. Hitting and fielding to a 3-1 lead. Then..... the wheels came off. 2 Huge errors by 1B. It was horrible. Very frustrating. It ended at 5-4 Renegades. So close, yet so far away. See you next week.

Brase Sports Update 3/6-3/7

Well Hello Everyone !

Been a while, so let's get started.

The weekend started off with Nick's first baseball game of 2010. Nick's team is Thunder (Cap Division). Very exciting and COLD ! Showers off and on. We were playing our new rivals, the Muckdogs. Trust me, it's going to a rival all year. Long story. Anyway, the kids actually pitch at this level. It was really cool. Nick played the whole game. Playing, 3b, SS, CF, and 1st base. He also batted 2nd in the line up. His first at bat you could tell he was pretty nervous. Swing at balls over his head and in the dirt. Struck out. Next at bat he battled hard to a full count before hitting a single to left. Last at bat.....another battle to full count ending with a laser line drive to right ! He got on twice and scored twice. Played great in the field too. Had a great snag over at first for a big out in the inning. Lots of fun ! If I had to guess, I think he will be pitching in one of the games this week. I'm sure his Mom and Dad will be a wreck. Already have 2 great pitchers don't want another one ! Next game is Thursday !

Sunday we traveled up to Hemet for some Softball. Beautiful facility, but super cold !! Anyway, Mystic started off against OC frenzy. Our starter got in trouble right away. Kylie comes in with bases loaded, 2 nothing and 1 out. Strikes out 2, back to the dugout ! She ends up pitching 5 innings strikes out 6, but no Mystic bats means a loss. She did real good. Had 1 at bat and walked. Next up was Fury. They came out blasting, Mystic down 3-0 in the first. But, the bats came alive and started pounding the ball. Kylie, contributed in right field and at the plate. Ball hit to right and Ky gunned the ball like a laser at home. Pitcher cut it off too early. Would have been a great play . Oh well. She hit hard and walked and scored. Good game. Mystic wins 7-3.

Next up was West Coast Voodoo. Mystic was down again 2-0. But, once again the bats came alive. They crushed the ball. Kylie again hit well and laid down a nice sacrifice bunt to advance the go ahead run. Mystic comes back big and wins 8-4. Busy weekend ! Same next weekend. Stay tuned !