| CITY TOURNAMENT |
| The "C" league city tournament will start on Friday,
Sept. 18th. The first two rounds of the tourny should be
finished on Sept. 28th. The double elimination round is scheduled to start on Wednesday,
Sept. 30th. |
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| LD TAKES 1ST PLACE |
| Line Drive ended the season at
15-3, which put us in a three-way tie for 1st place. We had our tie breaker on Wednesday
night. Our first game was against the Dragons and we beat them 14-6. This guaranteed us at
least second place. Since we won the first one we had to play Express Electric for first
place. We gave them an ass whoopin' 22-4 in only four innings. This gives us the first
place trophy for Tuesday Night East. The trophy will be handed out at the banquet which
will probably be sometime in October or November. Tickets should be $10 for all the food
you can eat and all the beer you can drink. |
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| LD MAKES HEADLINES |
| Our game against the Dragons made front page of The Hour's
sports section (July 15, 1998). Unfortunately we lost the close game by a single run. It
was still a nice article and great photo of Brian Richmond. |
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| IMPROVE the WEBSITE |
 Send the webmaster some email on
ways to improve this site. This site was created for the players and fans of Line Drive.
We are softball fanatics as you can tell by the site. Most of the guys love to check out
their stats and we will try to provide as many as we can. Any
volunteers to keep the scorebook?
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| TEAM TRIVIA |
Who recorded the first hit in team history? How about the first
double play? How did the team form? When did the team form? Where did the name come from?
These and other questions are answered in our trivia section.
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| The TROPHY ROOM |
 Well
we don't need a whole room I guess, cause there's only one. It was the team's first
tournament and we won 1st place. Congratulations Team!
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| TEAM LEADERS |
| Find out who's leading the team in
hits, average, RBI's, doubles, runs scored, putouts, etc. See how you compare to the rest
of the team. Each category winner will enter the Hall of Fame as the leader for the year.
The stats are for our regular season players only, which means only Tuesday night games
will be ranked. |
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| PLAYER AWARDS |
| Each season we will hand out small awards for the top performers
on the team. The two top awards are Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of
the Year. These awards are picked by the players not by the coaches or stats. Cast your vote now on who you think should earn these top honors. |
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FINAL STATS
Where did you finish? |
| The regular season is over and the stats are finished. Jim Hall
finished the season with the most 1st place finishes capturing five 1st place titles out
of fourteen which included: batting average, RBI's, HR, slugging percentage, and on base
average. Dan Kruy also had four 1st place finishes which included: hits, singles, triples,
and runs scored. Just what a leadoff hitter is supposed to do. For a quick glance at the
top 3 of each category click here. |
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GOLDEN BAT
Player of the Week |
 Frank Veneziano earned the last gold bat award for the season as he went
4-for-5 in Tuesday nite's game. He had three singles, a double, six RBI's, scored four
times, and was 4-for-4 with runners in scoring position. A fine way to end the season.
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GOLDEN GLOVE
Player of the Week |
 Brian
Richmond earned the top defensive award. He recorded five putouts and one assist. He leads
the team |
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| WHO'S on DECK |
| Our next game will probably be on Wednesday, Sept. 16th against
The Usual Suspects. This is a playoff game for the Tuesday night champion. |
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| SOFTBALL CARDS |
 Check
out the players on the team with their own baseball card. Just
like the Pros. Complete with height, weight, position, date of birth, place of birth, and
email address. Also on the page are all the players batting and fielding stats (game by
game) and totals. |
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| FAN CLUB |
| We will be taking pictures of all the fans who come to the games
and post them on their own page. Come out to the game and cheer us on. GO TEAM!!!
Cheerleader tryouts will begin next week.
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| GOING, GOING, GONE! |
| Marc Thompson went deep in our last game versus Microwarehouse. It
was a three-run shot in the first inning. |
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| ALL-STAR GAME |
| The Annual Norwalk All-Star games will be held at Calf Pasture
beach on September 12th. The 'B' League will play first at 7:30 pm followed by the 'C'
League at 9:00 pm. Since we were tied for second place at the deadline we can only send
one player. Representing Line Drive will be Dan Kruy, so everyone from our team should
attend to cheer Dan on. Tickets are $5 (I think) and can be bought at the event. |
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| TEAM PRACTICE |
| We will be having a team practice every Thursday at Ponus Ridge
Middle School on Hunter Lane at 6 pm. Remember you will never improve from playing just in
games. In a game you take only 3 or 4 swings and field only a few balls if any. Not to
mention doing it all under pressure. The place to get better and stay on top of your game
is at practice. Don't wait until you go into a slump to start showing up. |
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| WEATHER REPORT |
Want an updated forecast
courtesy of the weather channel? 
For game cancellations please call the Norwalk City Recreation Dept. at 854-7938
for a recorded message. If there is no message the game has not been cancelled and
everyone should show up at the field on time. Which is thirty minutes (not five) before
the scheduled game time. |
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| SOFTBALL LINKS |
 Check
out other teams on the internet. See who's making the
hottest bat for next year. Or find out which tournaments
are coming to our area. |
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| SCHEDULE |
| Need to know when we play a certain team or what the final score
was on a game already played. Go to the schedule page.
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