Welcome to the new beginning. Our record has been wiped clean, and we'll now have another handful of games to place our stamp on this league. This round will determine playoffs, and allow two teams to battle for the Championship. I truly believe we should be one of those two teams, and I hope all of you do, too!
On a fun note for me: Armand, congratulations, you are the first burger winner of the season. I don't even know if you were at the practice where I stated a hard hit ball back up the middle making the pitcher jump or squeal in fear is worth a burger - so, congrats on your first inning burger heroics.
So... Let's get to the funny stuff... Looking through these photos really made me chuckle this morning... I want you all to understand what it is I see a lot of the time during moments of play. Not between action, but actual moments of play. Some of you are going to get "picked on," and used as an example, but that's because I have photos of you... This is something we're ALL guilty of!
Our heads get lost somewhere around mid-game, and part of the reason, I believe, is the fact that our bodies are just crashing in these night games. So... let us institute the 3rd inning snack. No joke. Bring something where sugar and nutrition meet in the middle, and we're gonna enjoy a snack during our at-bat mid-game. Granola bars, an apple - heck, donuts... be munching on something in the dugout - seeds are great, but we're Gashousers, so think more along the lines of burritos and churros (kidding). We'll try and get the post-game snack to become the mid-game snack!
This first picture is a prime example of what's happening to us by the 3rd and 4th inning:
I call this one - Zombie Dru. It kind of makes you sad just looking at it, doesn't it? 
This one I have titled as a question: Ready at Third? Notice the pitch is in play, and at 3rd base we're just hangin' out... If you want to make plays, it's not gonna happen like this.
To pick on Nahhas once more (and the reason I'm picking on you is because I believe you have potential to be a ball player, if you'd get down and dirty!) I'd like to open the segment entitled, "Hands on Hips."
And here's young Frank in Center Field letting Andrew Nahhas know, "I can put my hands on my hips, too, broseph!" 
Here's everyone's favorite rookie, Mr. David Petrosyan, getting his first play experience on the dirt - I call this one, "Half Way Home," because he's almost in a defensive position... but the hands on the knees just won't allow for Proper Prep for Play Performance.
This may very well be my favorite: I can't tell if Hernandez is doing his best impersonation of an 80's rapper, or if in fact, he's really that bored.
Big Frank. Your at bat was a success last night. But I wanted to share with you what is happening all too often. Notice how your eyes are nowhere close to the ball... Giggle away, everyone, because this is what most of you are doing. From the neck down, Frank's swing is a work of art - except for the fact that the ball is AT HIS EYES!
I'm going to make all of you drop down in your stance if you're not already down there, because we're going after too many balls at eye level... that makes sense... so let's bring the eyes down toward the strike zone, a la Mr. Pujols here...That's all for now! Now that I've got this handy web-cam, blogging will be much more fun!! A lot of pictures to come... work hard at practice and I'll throw up the photos of you guys kickin' some Yankee tail, as well as the other great stuff you're doin'!
Practice: Sunday, May 10th, 2009, 5:00 p.m. @ McCambridge #2. Try to be there at 4:30 - we'll go for a couple hours!
We'll give moms the gift of getting out of their hair for 2 hours...
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