Chad - 43 pitches Derek - 37 pitches What looked like a Saturday of potential rain outs turned out to be almost a picture perfect Opening Day! Our first game of the new and improved Field #3 and I must give a big thumbs up to Coach Cillis! Very nice! The dugouts now have enough room for me to pace back and forth without having to shoulder block my players! Also a quick thanks to Coach Soldani who matched our hats to our uniforms perfectly! Heard some grumblings from some other managers but I won't mention Coach Planz's name. Our game turned into quite the 4 inning pitcher's duel. The Chadster was one batter short of a perfect 3 innings. Unfortunately that one batter walked and via past balls and aggressive baserunning ended up scoring. A 1-0 game entered the bottom of 5th inning where a bases loaded double put the game out of reach for the Closets! Both teams pounded out 1 hit each. Chad had 7 K's and got the lone hit for Team Achievements. Adam Rogers had an incredible catch in right field! No doubt a top ten nominee! All in all a VERY well played game by both sides! All kids did a great job!! Based on today's scores and the time it took to complete each game, I've quickly come to the realization that the umpires are making a ton of money per hour!! Coach Egan - this might be your shot to get out of Saratoga!! A final note about the game. Head Coach Safford was in Ohio somehow managing the game via satellite. I've scanned the rules book to determine if this is even legal per the newly instituted NCAA/NCYBA rules of text messaging. I'm hoping he submits a cell phone invoice to the League which will prove his guilt. Coach Safford also bet me lunch on the game. I believe this is also a NCYBA infraction. If not an NCYBA infraction, an infraction on my wallet as I heard he's not eating this entire week anticipating our lunch get together. I will end this by saying that even though we are 0-1, things could be much worse because at least I'm not Coach Planz!!!