The Monroe Top Hats beat the New Canaan Cannons 7-6 last Sunday to win the league Championship 2 games to 1. Congrats to them but lets get ready to beat them next year!
I would like to thank everyone for the effort and dedication this season. I thought we had a terrific season and came close to winning in virtually every game. I thought we rooted hard for each other and supported our efforts as teammates. They say the purpose of the journey is the journey and I have to say I enjoyed the journey with you all this year. I hope you did as well. A special thanks to all of you who traveled a long way to be at the games. I realize it is a lot of effort and we counted on you guys all year as you made a huge difference in our performance -thanks again.
Next year: we know change is always part of our lives and the only thing we can count on is that things will evolve.So Jim and I would like to know if anyone is not planing on playing with us next year. We learned today that Chuck is out there in Colorado singing Rocky Mountain High as he has moved to Colorado for a new gig. This is an even longer trip on Sunday mornings than his trip from Branford so we are not planning on Chuck manning the outfield for us . Thank you Chuck for your efforts this season. We will all miss and enjoyed playing with you. We hope you continue to play out there and of course wish you the best of fortune out there.
One thing we can all do over the break is think about recruiting a new player or two. We can use a bat in the lineup although we hope Tim C, and Shawn come back and provide some offense for us. I know they are capable. One comment for guys who just spent their first season in the league-The second year you can expect to play better. This is a pretty good league and it takes a while to adjust.
We still have a couple more weeks of baseball before we wrap up the year. Bobby U , Bob Ryan,Xavier, Charlie Tim S and myself have been playing virtually every week and plan to play Oct 19th and 25th on Sunday in Wilton. We also are trying to play next Monday the 11th
For me I go to Arizona on Oct 31st to play out there with guys my own age. I will be playing with 3 Cardinals, (Jeff Carroll, Doc parson and Vito Pepe and a guy I played with in college, Bruce Butterfield who lives in St Louis) for a team from Long Island--the LI Athletics. I will keep a blog to keep you posted. I know checking those scores out there will be the first thing you look to do in the morning :)
You are a terrific group of guys and teammates and I look forward to next year already
