2004 Fall A’s Championship
You Betcha! The A's rallied from a 4-0
deficit to win the championship on a
beautiful fall night in Norcross by a
score of 12 to 6. An unlikely hero Alex
Howard went 2 for 2 with 2 runs scored
and shared the player of the game honors
with all 11 teammates. Harrison Kerr
got out of a jam in the first and struck
out the first batter in the third before
being relieved by Nathan Settlage.
Nathan shut the door in the third, as he
did earlier in the tournament. "The
turning point in the game was hard hit
ball to short (Nathan) and he through a
beebe over to Zack at first in the dirt,
Zack dug it out and saw the runner from
third heading for home. He threw to the
plate and Collin blocked the plate and
tagged the runner out" Coach Walch
remarked after the game. He added:
"When we picked this team, A coach at
the draft remarked "You won't need a
team picture, you can just use their
mugshots instead". He laughed at our
team because he thought you couldn't
play baseball, he thought we drafted a
boy scout troup.
A good baseball team practices like
they play, we have all 11 at every
practice every time. Thank you parents
for being so engaged. A good baseball
team encourages each other when we make
mistakes and high fives when we win,
this team was made up of 11 TEAMMATES
that call each other a friend. A good
baseball team grows throughout the
season and gets better with every game.
We won 9 of our final 10 games. A good
baseball team has fun coming to the ball
park. I expect every player to be back
this spring.
We set 4 goals this season, you hit
all but one. You hit the most important
one, League Champs. You proved that
coach wrong. You are a great baseball
team."
The team party will take place at the
Shlossman residence on Friday, November
12. An email will be forthcoming for
more details.
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