Next game May 17th

Gents:


Next Game: Our next game is next Sunday, May 17th at home vs. Stamford Phillies . we have a single 9 inning game

Scouting Report: The Phillies have beaten the Mariners who were league champs last year. They have added a few young guys to their team.
The pitcher will likely be a right-hander named John Cunningham who throws 3/4 to sidearm. Not overpowering but a different arm slot than guys are accustomed to seeing.

As a veteran in the league he knows not to walk anyone so expect to get strikes.

They run a bit but not universally every player runs.

They play good defense but do not have depth at pitching.

They will hit the ball but can be pitched to as well.

In short, a good team that we will need to play well to beat.

But I have every confidence we can play well against them in our home opener

Practice: We plan to have practice wed night at 630 at the varsity field. As of now we think it will be available for us but if something occurs we can move to another field or at least hit in the cage. we have maybe 1 hour to 1 1/4 hours for this practice before it gets too dark. Jim will be there at 630 and I am likely to get there at 7pm but at minimum we get in some throwing and some swings in the cage. at best we can also take some infield


Attendees: Please let us know about your availability this weekend . We only need to know if you will not be there to help us plan ahead.


We know Jose is out as he is attending his wife's graduation from Columbia grad school---Congratulations to Jose!