West Coast Fantasy Baseball Association

2006 BASEBALL LEAGUE

FROM THE STANDS
College of Alameda

August 6, 2006

by Jim Realini

             In front of a large flock of geese at our only appearance at the College of Alameda, the teams of the West Coast Fantasy Baseball Association played three exceptional games marked by timely hitting, some great pitching, and the continuation of inopportune misplays by the leather wrappings festooning the players hands.

GAME #1

Philadelphia A’s (Luis) 5    Yomiuri Giants (Schmuck-Miller) 4

 

            Mark Gemello pitched a masterful 6 inning, seven strikeout shutout for the Yomiuri Giants.  Unfortunately, the Philadelphia A’s came alive with a four run rally in the 7th and added the winner in the 8th and rode Dave Gayner’s three relief innings for the win.  Veteran Sil Krevocheza held the G-men to three runs while G-Man was shutting the A’s down.

            Dave Gayner also led the A’s hitting with a double and two singles and Ken Calloway and Gary Hopper followed with two big base hits of their own.  Erik Hoffman, Mark Rowell, and Sil Krevocheza topped off the A’s day bashing bingles.  John Haines crushed a double and a single to lead the Giants with Ruben Donig chipping in two hits, too.  Scott Lueders, Geoff Jacobs, Lorne Johnson, and Doug Rusch each added solid hits to the Yomiuri G-men.

 

GAME #2

 

Oakland A’s (Mello) 9    San Francisco Giants (Bennett-Lee) 7

 

            The league leading Oakland A’s overcame suspect fielding and rallied behind reliever Kevin Zimmerman’s superb effort, discarding their leaden gloves in the process to come from 6 runs behind and beat the San Francisco Giants.  The scrappy Giants were unable to hold on to the hard-throwing Carl Vargas’ most excellent effort on the mound.

            Pat Macias, Gordie Yost, and Mike Mello slammed three hits each with Macias stroking a double.  Sil Krevocheza and Dave Gamson belted two hits apiece adding to the A’s attack.  Eddie Contreras, Kevin Zimmerman, Don Luis, Dave Vigil, Gary Hopper, Russ Greenfield, and Ed Glover topped off the A’s 20-hit day with single singles.

            “JR” Riley led the Giants with three hits.  Mike “DJ” Desjardins and Doug Rusch smacked two hits each with DJ slapping a double.  Mike Shaffer and Carl Vargas both stroked two-baggers while Dennis Horn and Dave Decruz sliced singles for the day.

 

GAME #3

 

St. Louis Giants (Weishaar-Hughey) 5    Fresno Giants (Terra-Realini) 3

            The afternoon game saw the St. Louis Giants work through a strong pitching performance by left-handed pool player, Josh Lewis for Fresno and back their own stellar effort of Heath Keller (after figuring out what the leather thing on the left hand was for!) to eke out a 5 to 3 win and keep pace with the Oakland A’s.  This sets up a potential thriller for first place after LODI at Albert Field in San Rafael.
            The St. Louie boys cracked twelve hits led by Keith DaCosta’s, Mark Bruzzone’s, Heath Keller’s, and Frank Weishaar’s two hit days.  Weishaar's double was the loud hit of the day.  Mike Hughey, Mike Vargas, Kim Rupert, and Cliff Gray also made hits for the day.  Jim Realini led the meager hitting Fresno Giants with two hits while Angie Simon, Josh Lewis, Dave Decruz, and Todd West knocked out hits adding to the fray.

 

 

Next games are at Albert Field in San Rafael, followed by meetings at the Flat Iron.
 

Reminder to all regular players, do not forget to tell your coach by Thursday morning, before NOON if you are going to play or you will lose your spot on the team for the weekend to a pool player

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