Red Sox Fantasy Camp Wed Feb 3

Since the golf game is canceled we will try to fit in the rest of game 2, then games 3 and 4. Then we will only be behind 1 game. So back to field 5 for the continuation against team 1. Fred Maloy continued to pitch and he truly shut us down and we ended up winning 8-3. I made a couple of good catches and when Dan went into to pitch I played LF and I almost made a great diving catch - just a little short. I ended up going 1-2 with 2 BBs, a ground out to short and scored 1 run. Mike Owens got Game MVP going 1-3, 3 rbi. Jack Dunn got a hit, too!

We immediately started game 3 on field 1 against team 7 Jim Corsi and Jose Azcue 'NADS' (as in 'GOooo NADS!): Andrew Calkins, Barton Carter, Dennis Damschroder, Mike Egan, Jim Fitzgerald, Matt Galewski, Bill Gebig, Bob Kidder, Paul Lipari, Shawn Mason, Dave Mulvey, and Vinny Savino. We are playing only 6 innings and we are the home team. We won that game too 3-2 . So we are 3-0. I went 1-2. I'm feeling real good at the plate. Tony Basile was Game MVP 1-2, run, pitched complete game. And Jack got another hit! He is doing awesome!

Then we had lunch and Jeff returned from Marco Island for the rest of the week. They did the pro pictures so Jeff was able to get one of me with the pros. We started playing cribbage, kim, lane, al and I but we had to cut it short. Funny how we all ended up on the same team. Kim said we had a great cribbage team. Dana's wife Kathy and their daughter Nicole came to watch. Brian O'shea's wife bought a cake for his 50th birthday. Yum!

Game 4 we played on field 5 again! We were home and played against team six Jerry Moses, Gary Bell and Steve Lyons ' The Meercats'. Dale Clarke, Ted Foth, Bill Grogan, Mark Heffner, Wayne Masefield, Ed McGuire, Bill McLaughlin, Gary Perkins, Adam Schank, Kevin Walsh, and Charlie Wu. We are playing only 6 innings again. Joe Brill hung out with us too. Marty started pitching, Then Scott Willis went in. Kim had a nice effort at a ball hit to her in right. I had a great hit in this game right up the middle into the OF. So I called timeout to give Dale (the pitcher) a hug. Then the ump who gave me timeout wanted a hug, so I gave him one. The home plate ump wanted some love but I told him he'd have to wait til i got home. Then Jack, who's in his 70's, lines a shot to SS and I proceeded to get thrown out at 1B! So that stunk! Marty was having a rough time in the OF and hitting, we were all pulling for him. We ended up losing 4-2. Tough game, but that's 2 games in a row that we didn't hit well. I ended up getting Game MVP going 1-2. As a team we only got 6 hits..

After showering and back at the hotel we were meeting up with a group that Lane invited to go over to his friends house - 6 miles away. Barb and Fran live in a huge home on the water. The street level is their rec room with a full scale bar. Outside they have a pool, hot tub and a fireplace, the lanai is three stories tall. Al, Jeff LaDue, Bob Murch, Dana and Kathy Rickard, Steve Lyons, Cooksey, Mike Egan, Jim Fitzgerald, Andrew Calkins, Lane and Mary and Jeff and I. They had it catered - all kinds of italian, stuffed Ziti, Spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, lobster ravioli, a scollop and shrimp dish and cannolis for dessert. We stayed until 10:30 and said goodbye. It was so nice of them to open their house for us. What a great evening. Back at the hotel we hung out for a bit. Boz was telling stories to Cooksey, then Lane joined them then I joined them. Boz was worried about Marty and thought we should do a bed check on him. Boz had us in stitches. We were also watching the basketball game, Kansas vs Colorado. Steve Crawford's son, Casey, was playing although he was in foul trouble and was on the bench when we came to watch. The game went into overtime and Colorado lost 72-66. Good game considering Kansas was ranked #1 and Colorado was unranked. Off to bed.