Vancouver Grey Sox Results in Saskatchewan - June 15-18

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Received: 6/20/06 10:22:03 PM 
From:  "Conrad Margolis" <conradmargolis(at)telus.net> 

  
Subject:  Vancouver Grey Sox Results in Saskatchewan - June 15-18
 

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Vancouver, BC

The Vancouver Grey Sox traveled to Saskatchewan last Thursday
for a
doubleheader in
Saskatoon on June 15 and the Ducks Unlimited Tournament in Melfort
June
16-18.
The Grey Sox were declared the winners in all games played, and
the
champions
of the Ducks Unlimited event.

Under the Skins format for the Ducks Tournament the Grey Sox
were able to
advance
to the final after picking up 6 Skins v. 4 Skins for SoCal Bombers,
although
SoCal
scored 6 runs in the top of the first inning and the actual final
score was
6-5
for the Bombers. Unfortunately, the Ducks Tournament fell almost
two hours
behind
schedule on Sunday due to rainouts the previous day that were
made up in
full on Sunday,
and a 16-16 extra inning marathon semi-final between Fargo Kegal
Black
Knights
and Prince George on the Main Diamond. Thus the final, won 6-4
by Vancouver
over Kegal,
was severely time-restricted.


Thursday, June 15, at Saskatoon

Game 1

Grey Sox 3
Saskatoon Diamondbacks 0

W.P. Nick Underhill (1 hitter, 13 K's) and Banner.
L.P. Jeff Farion and Norton

Game 2

Grey Sox 5
Aspen Black Sox 1

W.P. Rick Smith (2 hitter, 8k's) and Waverick
L.P. Trevor Ethier and Gurash

Grey Sox - Dan Whiteford (3R HR); Trevor Johnstone 2/2 with a
sac bunt and 2
RBI's.


June 16-18 Ducks Unlimited Tournament - Melfort, SK


Game 1 vs Saskatoon Merchants (Friday, June 16)
Grey Sox 6 Skins (WP Mike Piechnik (Waverick))
Merchants 4 Skins (LP Heine Shannon)

Game 2 vs Stony Plains Alberta (2 innings played on Saturday,
completed on
Sunday)
Grey Sox 6 Skins (WP Nick Underhill (Banner))
Stony Plains 4 Skins (LP Darryl Tilley)

Game 3 vs Southern California Bombers (Sunday, June 18)
Grey Sox 9 Skins (WP Rick Smith (Waverick))
Bombers 1 Skin (LP Tony Peeples)

Game 4 Semifinal vs So Cal Bombers (Sunday, June 18)
Grey Sox 6 Skins (P Piechnik, Nick Underhill(1) (Banner))
Bombers 4 Skins (P Ryan Brand)

Game 5 Final vs Fargo Kegal Black Knights (Sunday, June 18)
Grey Sox 14 Skins (P Rick Smith (Banner))
Black Knights 6 Skins (P Tim Macumber)

There seems to be some controversy about the way the Tournament
ended. Here
is the Grey Sox situation. We indicated well before the draw
was prepared,
and reiterated during the weekend,
that the team absolutely had to catch the last flight from Saskatoon
(approx
two hours
driving distance from Melfort) to Vancouver departing on Sunday
night at
7:55 p.m.
as most of the players and coaches had to be at work on Monday
morning.
(They had already
taken Thursday and Friday off work to play the requested doubleheader
in
Saskatoon on
Thursday night and to be available to play a Friday night game
in the Ducks
event.)
The Sunday final had been scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. but
was pushed
back to 4:45 p.m.
Result was that tournament organizers, the Grey Sox and Kegal
agreed to play
an abbreviated final, ending at 5:30 p.m.. This compromise was
announced by
the Tournament Chair,
Keith Mackintosh, over the P.A. prior to the start of the game.
Kegal took a
4-1 lead
in the final but the Grey Sox rallied for 5 runs to go ahead
6-4 when the
game
had to be called at the agreed time of 5:30 p.m. We would have
much
preferred
to be able to play a full final but as it was made the flight
out of
Saskatoon
with less than 5 minutes to spare.

The Grey Sox wish to publicly thank Tournament Chair Keith Mackintosh
and
his committee
of volunteers as well as the Kegal organization for their cooperation
under
difficult
circumstances for all.

Conrad Margolis
Vancouver Grey Sox
conradmargolis(at)telus.net


 

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