long island ducks baseball

we have a 10 pack this year to the ducks, an atlantic league team, an independent league somewhere between AA and AAA ball in quality. a lot of has beens, wannabe's and never will be's. but the price was right, the ballpark is beautiful and the seats are great, so the next series shows an attempt to get the runner at the plate


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into home


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checking back other runners


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awaiting the word from the ump


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ducks, 11 runs on 11 hits, 5 errors
lancaster, 14 runs on 14 hits, 2 errors


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Nice shots Gary

 

very cool gary, hoping to catch some pawtucket red sox action this summer

 

I thought the runner had to stay in baseline? ; We got AAA here in Syracuse and it's great to get seats close to the field like this.

 

i guess the atlantic league is a little more lax about baserunners, and our seats are great, i can cover most of the action with the 70-300, lighting is really quality musco, so i don't have to jack the iso too much. and 2 seats for 10 games was $187, not too bad for an evenings entertainment. although i would pay more for AAA, we are too close to the ny major teams for them to allow a team that high in the minors. brooklyn cyclones are single A short season league

 

DUCKS WIN AGAIN

ducks, 4 runs on 12 hits, 0 errors, camden riverhsarks, 3 runs on 8 hits, 0 errors, although the dropped infield popup that allowed the winning run across the plate by rights should go against the camden infield


here's how you break up the double play, come in a little high and a little hard, forcing a high throw to first, that pulls the 1b off the bag


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never saw this before, contest to see who can put the most paint on the canvas in 30 seconds, the brush is on your butt


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and a different pitching style, sidearm, i do not know if there are knuckleballers in the league


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We had a pitcher on our local team that pitched that way. ; There were times I thought he was going to scuff his knuckles on the turf...

 

it's very effective, but it's a real arm killer if not done right, and if you lose your control it's vary bad, you usually can't stop throwing strikes, dead center, anything that high should have a stewardess strikes

 

Nice work Gary! ; It has been a long time since I've watched a game in person.