And just when all seemed right.....

The Knights came out strong against the 5 and 0 Ragin Taco Hooligans. With a strong wind playing havoc on the defensive team all night, the Knights held a 13 to 11 lead going into the bottom of the last inning as Chris Melkonian's Sac fly to score the captain after a questioanlbe lead-off double. but the Hooligans would eventually tie and win the game all with 2 out. A valiant effort with the remixed line-up by the Knights. Manager Jeff says he will not drastically alter the line-up from last week. "It worked so were gonna stay with alot of the radical changes that were made." One of those changes saw Jeff in Right field instead of his normal home at first base and with no leftie batters for the Hooligans it work, but will remain to be seen if that trend continues. AND a big CONGRATS to OF/SS Andrew Haynes who had a franchise first in the game, a LOOOOOONG out over the fence.... the first time the over-the-fence-homer-is-an-out rule has hurt the Knights.

Week 2: Back to Basics

The Knights got back to what works best for them on Tuesday: Winning. With all of the players coming out of thier slumps plus solid defense, the Knights out slugged the Suicidal Penguins 16-13 going all 7 innings. an up and down game saw the Knights tied in the 5th until several good pieces of hitting were capped by Andrew Haynes grand slam. A nice catch in center by Justin Brailey was the conerstone of the solid defense.

Week 1: Opener is Eye Opening

The Knights had all of the confidence in the world walking onto the field, unfortunatly confidence doesn't mean wins. And this was the unfortunate case in the 13 to 4 loss to a very sound Ragin' Taco Hooligans team. defensive miscues and uncharacteristicly quiet bats led to the disaster. Some good hussle displayed by OF Justin Braily, IF Shauna Johnson and U Scott Hatfield weren't quite enough to spark any kind of great rally out of the Knights.

Spring 2008: A Case for the Defense?

With the spring 2008 season just over 24 hours away it is time to preview the Knights and see what chance they stand. And while they are not truly defending their title after skipping the Winter season to rest and rehab, they look to defend their streak and maintain the reputation they have built.
The buzz seems to be "Meet the new guys...Same as the old guys"
With only one change of personel the Knights look to be as cohesive a unit as ever. The only change comes at the 6 hole where slick fielding SS Jeff Lusk is replaced by an old Knights favorite, versitile utlity man Andrew Haynes. "Offensivly, its about a push. But defensivly we lose the range and strong throwing arm of Jeff" Said the Knights Fearless Leader Jeff Moore.
Other keys may include the rumored postion switches that may have some basis in fact.
One of the formost of these is IF Shauna Johnson could be seeing alot more time at first, Putting the captain on the pine. Filling the hole she leaves at 2B would be Knights regular Chris Melkonian, who showed solid skills in limited innings on the second sack last season.
"I was really encouraged by what I saw at BP the other day" Moore said about a limited practice, "Im really loving what im seeing out of our veterans"

But all remains to be seen as the Knights open the season tomorrow at 8:45 PST
Stay tuned for game updates

News and such....

ok First off HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!
now business:
i have sent you all e-mails or contacted you now here is the annoucment
WE HAVE A HUGE TROPHY AND SHIRTS
I hope to have another Pizza night to pass out shirts, sizes are as follows, i have been given
3 Med and Larges
5 Xl's
2, 2XL's (!!!!)
and one XXXL (its a small tent)

my idea for pizza is Tuesday Dec. 11th at 7pm at our usual Me N. Eds location
please left me know about the date and size for your 100% cotton Fall Championship long sleave shirt (im probably going to have to say the M's are for the women)

Award winners

MVP
1) Matt
2)Jeff Lusk
3)Jeff Moore

Gold Glove
1)Jenna
2)Jeff Lusk
3)Shauna

Batting Title
1)Matt
2)April
3)Ron

Traffic light award (base running blunders/ missed stop signs ect.)
1)Chris
2)Matt
3)Ron

Rookie of the year (first or second season players only)
1)Justin
2)Shauna
3)April

"Comeback Player" Award (any player with 2+ seasons)
1)Ron
2)Matt/Jeff Moore
3)Scott

Silver tounge award (best trash talk/ memorable line)
1)Matt
2)Chris/Justin
3)Shauna

"Cy Young" (best pitcher to hitt off of)
1)Jeff Lusk
2)Ron
3)Paige

Congrats to all our award winners, see you all for our spring season, enloy your rest!

As promised, although a day late

ok here is the ballot for awards READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!!
1) copy the ballot to an e-mail
2) fill it out putting the appropriate number of players in each spot
*** KEEP IN MIND Im using a weighted voting system, which means that the #1 preson in each area gets 3 "points", #2 person gets 2, and third 1 point SO ORDER THEM APPROPRIATLY
3) email it to pottsylvania_creepers@hotmail.com with the heading "Awards Ballot"
4) awards will be given at pizza tuesday and posted on the website immediatly after
5) VOTING CLOSES Monday at 10 PM!!!!

Fall 2007 Awards Ballot

MVP
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Gold Glove
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3)

Batting Title
1)
2)
3)

Traffic light award (base running blunders/ missed stop signs ect.)
1)
2)
3)

Rookie of the year (first or second season players only)
1)
2)
3)

"Comeback Player" Award (any player with 2+ seasons)
1)
2)
3)

Silver tounge award (best trash talk/ memorable line)
1)
2)
3)

"Cy Young" (best pitcher to hitt off of)
1)
2)
3)