"Just Another Day in Paradise"

Matt Langwell delivers in the first innning.



Yes, Hamilton is THAT big.
DeBiasse and Gonzalez tangle at first--go figure.














Ry-an Ber-ry tries his hand as a first base ump. Look at the green field behind him!

by Mark Anderson

Those were Wayne Graham's words as he exited the field after the Blue-Grey Scrimmage this afternoon. Normally, I try and give a play by play, but will leave that for others on different message boards. But there were some things that deserve some notice:

• Matt Langwell looked ready to start the season, havingthe best oputing of all the pitchers;


• Andy Hamilton shut out the Blue team while he was on the mound. He constantly had runners on, but would settle down to wiggle out of the inning. When he gets to 100%, this kid is going to be scary good.


• Travis Wright had the roughest outing of all the pitchers, having one of his pitches "Simmonized" by Doug Simmons over the 330 sign in right, out of Jordan Dodson's reach.


• Catches John Hale and Garrett Tinsley were very impressive, especially on the defensive side of the ball. Hale framed several pitches well to get the strike call from the umpire, and Tinsley threw out a runner trying to steal and tagged out a runner at home for the last out of another inning. Tinsley's footwork was especially impressive.


• Aaron Luna ripped the cover off of two balls he hit, both going for doubles as I recall.


• Chad Monzingo has to be a body clone of Aaron Luna. Their builds are very similar. He also reminds one of Tyler Henley in centerfield and at the plate.