This one's for you Vic; I gave Vince the nickname
'Chente'. Apparently, chente is a diminutive of Vincente. I
heard it used when I was living in Mexico. The famous
ranchera singer Vincente Fernandez, he of the ham'n'cheese
variety, always drew the cheer, "Chente! Chente!"
(In high pitched Neal Young squawk): They took the tarps off the field! They took the goddamn tarps!! <br><br>Seriously, they didn't take the tarps, but they...
This one's for you Vic; I gave Vince the nickname 'Chente'. Apparently, chente is a diminutive of Vincente. I heard it used when I was living in Mexico. The...
There will be another pre-season game this Saturday at Cambrian Park. Hopefully, the grassso tot season hasn't begun yet. Possible players showing up: Viktor;...
Two short preseason workout games happened Saturday between 12 and 2 p.m, when we yielded the field to the Grassos. Play is improving: pitchers threw strikes,...
It was a heckuva game....and a heckuva day. Scooter and Nate both made their pitching and hitting debuts this season. Hopefully, with the new schedule, more...
Yeah Bobby got the call in Irvine. I'm sure he's going to try starting a league there. Hey Vic! Maybe you should give Minsky's phone number to Bobby. So you...
Yes, Shari's fine, and she's a better hitter than most of the guys. Not a lot of power but a lot of accuracy and coordination. I'd love to see her face off...
Unfortunately, Bobby is not going to make it for the April Fools Day Classic. What a pity! He will try to come up to the Bay Area either the following...
Chris Bennett and Mark Behrens will be out here for the weekend of May 5 and 6. These would be the best pitcher and hitter, respectively, from the old St....
The corkball season is shaping up. Bobby should be coming up from Huntington sometime in april. He might bring up a St. Louisan who works with him at the ...
Yesterday, at dusk, corkball players, under stadium lights, took the field and held practice. Naglee Field, by the Rose Garden, hosted the session. Rookie ...
The Cambrian Park Players Corkball league begins its fifth season on the first of April. The three game series, better known as the Fools' Day Classic, should...
Tis past Sunday, March 25, saw the end of the Players League Corkball preseason warm-ups. Four players showed up to the fields: Vic, Louis, Nate, and John. The...
Every evening as I pass by Cambrian park, the lots are filled with SUVs, and Grasso litters the field. But alas, this Sunday, the Corkball Players League will...
The day was a success. Tennis balls curved; home runs flew; stats were kept; chicken was bbq'd; and lots of beer was drunk.<br><br>Here's a short summary of...
"The statitician was right; the documentor had fumbled the numbers. Of course, had the statitician not taken the stats with hims, the Fool's Day game summary ...
Yet another super-fab Sunday of corkball--despite occasional showers and even a brief torrent of hail, the Player's Corkball league of Cambrian Park played...
Game 3 had a final score of 9-2; Vic hit 3 homers and Joe hit two. Brian Herlihy and Louis each had one against Joe. Some stats thus far: homers and RBI are...
Yes, we had our first game last weekend:<br>Home<br>the Dread Damon<br>Dowdy<br>Gustavo the Argentine<br><br>Away<br>Steve the Swede<br>Detroit John<br>Peter...
Dowdster,<br><br>Try throwing heat all game with a tennis ball and see how your shoulder and wrist feel. This is why I have developed an extensive (although...
The suns shone all day in Cambrian Park. The scores to all the games were 1-0. All pitching duels. First Game: Lefty and Scooter B. Locked in for 14 innings...
The Glenridge veterans showed up, and on Thursday Mark Behrens and Chris Bennett played a game. Mark Behrens was the DH while Scuffy McCabe Lou the rake ...
Chris Bennett, hitherto the most dominant pitcher in any corkball setting, continued his rough weekend. It was a tightly fought game through seven innings,...
It was the best of times; it was the blurst of times? You stupid monkey!! ACK ACK!! ACK ACK ACK!!<br><br>And so the Glenridge Veterans did take two out of ...
"It was the best of times; it was the blurst of times?? YOU STUPID MONKEY!!"<br><br>ACK ACK!! ACK!! ACK!! ACK!!!<br><br>And so the Glenridge veterans strode...
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