Called upon for a Super Effort

The Railroaders pulled out their last game at the Firebirds with a win, and at what price? These guys played a 15 inning game in Farmington that ended around 11:30 pm, then had to face a 3 1/3 hour trip back to Fulton. Now tonight their go to the dog pound and face the Greyhounds for 3 straight nights. It’s time to "Shazam" and transform our team into the super players I know they are.

We’re 3-1 on the road trip thus far with 3 more to go. We are only 3 games behind the Oilers, who face off with the 2nd place Pirates for 3 nights. The Pirates are just a half game ahead of us. Let’s get some wins over the Dogs and put some more distance between us, while the Oilers and Pirates fight it out for first and second place. We’ll be able to slide into home for the Monday’s home game series with the Oilers and whip up on them for 3 nights.

Let’s get the steam pressure up some more and fly to UC, the engine will take it. Look out Greyhounds, here we come!

Attacking the Pirates, Birds and Dogs this week

We didn’t loose any ground on Saturday except for the 2nd place Pirates who gained another game over us and are within a half of game of the leading Oilers. We are 3 games behind and alone in 3rd with the dogs and cats nipping at our heels, trailing a game. Tonight begins a 7 game road trip for the Railroaders, 2 with the Pirates, 2 with the Firebirds and 3 at the dog pound this coming weekend with the Greyhounds. 15 games have been completed and this important road trip will bring us near the mid season point. It is time we move on the pack and gain on the Pirates and Oilers.

The Railroaders are showing some fine defensive play and bats when we need them. A few errors have hurt us, but not gotten us down. There are some concerns though with some of the pitching. We have several pitchers who need to lower their ERA’s and get them to at least below 5. We are not going to move ahead without improving this area, at best we can only hold our ground if it doesn’t. The League ERA average is 3.75 and we’re at 4.01. The pressure on these guys is tremendous I know, but this is where we separate the men from the boys.

Let’s get this train rolling down the track and get some road wins this week! We’ve got the talent, it’s time to show and use it. This was a good overall home stand 3 of 5, but we have to do better on the road and I know it’s within every Railroader player to do so. Now go get’em.

A Shocking Experience

We only got thru 3 innings last night before Mother Nature decided to put an end to baseball play for the evening. The rain and fireworks from the lightning were a thrilling sight! Hope Bobcats ‘manager Fowler if feeling OK this morning after the shocking he received, I know I felt it under the grandstand. So…it’s a doubleheader tonight at the Yard and the grounds crew tells me the field will be fine for play. The first game will begin at 5 p.m. and both games will be 7 innings each. Every game in the Kitty League was called on Friday and everyone will attempt to play doubleheaders tonight. It’s time to make up for lost ground and tangle with the Cats. See you tonight at the Yard!

Out with the Dogs and In with the Cats

Well someone told be today that there were Bobcats heading our way tonight and thru Saturday. More so, they told me these cats were Blue! I suppose blue cats are more dangerous than, let’s say ..pink cats. I see the Cats did beat the Dogs twice in their first 3 game series, so they must be more aggressive than the Dogs. Well I’m here to tell you that I’m ready at the first sign of them, and I’m sure the Railroaders will be too. This will be the first time we’ve faced such critters and it’s going to be interesting. I wonder how a blue bobcat rug would look in my den under the grandstand?

With yesterday a rest day, the Railroaders have had time to put things in perspective. We’re at .500 ball with a 6-6 record, the same record we have last year after 12 games. After we scrap the Bobcats this weekend, we will have seen them all and we’ll only get better when we face them again later in the season. The race is a long way from the finish and we have the players to get to the finish line first. Time to start building the steam pressure up, Boys!

No more shock treatment, please!

Those Hounds came back and bit us good on Tuesday. I still can’t understand how we allowed them such a wild time at the Yard. It just goes to show you that you can’t turn your backs on those dogs cause they’ll get you every time. There’s no game in this league you can except to win without maintaining your focus and poise. Well, we split the 2 game series with Union City and we’ll face them again 8 more times before the season is over. Let’s be better next time and tie them up tight so they can’t run the bases. And one more thing, 16 men left on base is not going to get it done.

Wednesday’s a day off for us to lick our wounds and with the Marion Bobcats coming to town on Thursday for 3 games over 3 nights, let’s get ready to do some damage on them. We’re tied with them in 3rd and 4 games back of the lead. The Firebirds finally beat the Bobcats, their first win of the season, on Tuesday. Congrats and thanks to the Birds for helping us maintain our position. We’re going to have to come up with more victories this home stand to keep pace with the Oilers who have now won 8 straight games leading the league and 4 games ahead of us. Let’s get this engine fired up and keep the pressure up for every opponent we face!

I like big bats and lots of RBIs.

Now that’s what I call a turnabout in play! We need to maintain this track and head of steam all the way through this home stand. It’s good the see the Railroaders home and looking good. I wonder if the players didn’t get some bad food on that last road trip, because Monday performance at the Yard was awesome. I think the next time they go on the away again, I’ll pack them some grub to take. But that’s not until next week, so its time to win some ballgames at home. Tuesday the Hounds will be back for seconds and we’d better pile it on again. Then the Bobcats come to town on Thursday for 3 more nights of ball. These guys are tied with us now in 3rd and it’s our chance to put them behind us and gain ground towards the lead. We need everyone out at Lohaus the whole week to keep this train fired up!!! And hats off the 175 Fans at Monday's game, the support really helped.

Please, no more beatings!

I can’t stand to see anymore of these scores. This road trip has not been a good one, 1 for 5 and only 1 win in the last 6 games played. With a 4 and 0 start, who turned out the lights! I think it’s time to get to work guys, and turn this train around beginning Monday night at home with the Greyhounds. They are only 1 game behind and I’m sure they’ll be looking to move ahead of us and take both games in the 2 game series. I know the Railroaders are better than these last few games. Let’s get it back on track, with 40 games to go there’s a lot of baseball to play yet. Let’s do it now! We need all the fans at the Yard this week and help the Railroaders get back to winning.