Storm starts slow, finishes strong

The orange on the fancy new jerseys Brad chose for the team wasn’t the only orange on Storm last night. The rust on the infield defense was clearly visible. A number of balls got through infielders that normally would have been played. It got so bad that Brad quipped from the bench that the other team’s strategy was to, “hit it straight at ‘em.” Of course, when Brad stepped out to play 2^nd base, the baseball gods/karma got him back, because the first ball went straight through his legs.

                After three innings, Storm was down 5-1. In the 5^th inning, Storm remembered how to play baseball on both sides of the ball. Brad made a great play running back, losing the ball, and then throwing his glove up and having the ball land in it. Then everyone else seemed to remember how to play defense. Storm did not give up a run after the 4^th inning.

                The bats woke up as well as Storm put up 4 in the 4^th and 10 in the 5^th including a three run homer by Joey.

The New Guys

  The new guys are pretty good, but they need to learn the ropes. They BOTH hit solo home runs. In a league with a home run rule, that’s not productive. The issue was exacerbated later in the game as Duran hit a three-run home run OUT. This is not unusual, but is frustrating coming later in an inning that saw a solo shot. Craig was a triple short of the cycle and Rene hit for extra bases every at bat, so they might have potential. 

HR's: Joey, Rene, & Craig

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Storm	0	1	0	4	10	2	0	17
Remax	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	7

TSN Report on The Storm

Well, with all the turnover this year with James and Chris officially leaving and then adding Craig and Rene to the roster, things appear to be on track for another great year. TSN caught wind of the story and has reported about it on air the other day.

It was also pointed out that the 2019 Storm may be the oldest team in the Whitby Men's Slopitch League this season, but with that goes the most experience as well. We will be leaning heavy on our new younger players this season.

Mother Nature 2, Storm 0

Soggy diamonds and more rain in the forecast has forced the Town of Whitby to pull the permits for the opening weekend of the 2019 Whitby Men's Slopitch League. Hopefully the fields will be in better shape for our game scheduled on Monday.

UPDATE:
I have updated the sign-out page and the drink schedule, as well as our calendar to reflect the Make-up dates

Friday June 7, 2019
Time	Diamond	Visiting Team	Home Team
9:30 PM	K1	Storm	Rebels

Friday June 21, 2019
Time	Diamond	Visiting Team	Home Team
9:30 PM	K2	Sports Illustrated Play	Storm

New Season, brings new hopes!

Welcome back for another exciting year of Storm Slo-pitch Softball!

We have a few changes this year with two players officially leaving the storm and two new faces joining the team. Al's son-in-law Craig Procknow is joining the team this year, and Rene Magotiaux is our pick-a-friend player.

We have a new Storm Jersey for the 2019 season, and I want to give a shout out to Brad and Duran for contributing in order to make that happen with support from their companies Creative Harbour and Mantis Investigations.

The schedule is posted in the google calendar, and the sign-out page and the 2019 Drink schedule are posted for those partaking this season.

Our first game is Friday May 3rd @ 9:30pm on K1 vs.(The 2018 WMSPL Playoff Champions) Rebels

Storm cannot withstand Rebel onslaught

All good things must come to an end, and much of the WMSPL was elated at the fact that Storm’s streak of winning both the regular season and the playoff tournament has come to an end.

It was a rough tournament for the top teams from the regular season. Of the top four regular season teams, only Storm made it to the semi-final. Rebels had knocked out Broadway in a game directly before taking on Storm. Storm had hoped that having to play back-to-back games in the heat would be a disadvantage for the Rebels, but alas, it was not so.

The game started well for Storm as they were hitting fairly well and playing solid defense. But the wheels came off a little in the 3^rd. A bobble and a look that lasted a little too long, combined with some excellent hitting by the Rebels, led to an 11 run inning (more runs than Storm had given up in the first three games of the tournament combined).

Storm still had opportunities to gain the lead, but their bats quietened and the Rebels lit it up again in the seventh, scoring eight more runs (most of which came with two outs).  Storm had the top of the order up to start the bottom of the seventh, but they had let the Rebels get too far ahead. It was another great season, but it didn’t end quite the way Storm would have hoped.