~ SEEMED LIKE OLD TIMES ~
LIKE LIKE THE FATHER OF PLAY-BY PLAY RADIO DID BACK IN THE 1920S, IRA LIEBMAN OF THE SUGAR LAND SKEETERS BROADCAST THE BABIES-COMBINE GAME FROM FIELD LEVEL.
The Katy Combine played beautifully at Constellation Field yesterday, June 12, 2015, earning every sweet sip of bubble wine they took from the victory cup of having again bested, busted and otherwise pushed aside the Houston Babies, 7-2. The Babies fought the good fight, but they couldn’t resist hitting too many high floating one-bounce outs – and they suffered an excess number of foul tip one-bounce grabs by the Combine catcher for easy retirements at the plate to have much hope for a win of their own.
The game was played in splendid good sportsmanship between the two stalwart and strongly committed 1860s vintage base ball clubs of the Greater Houston area – and the hope lives on that we shall continue to recruit others to a level of participatory appreciation for the soaring impact our hobby-game has upon the sandlot spirit that never died within any of us from earlly childhood to now – and from ere to eternity.
We remain dedicated to the plan of developing two more teams. With four teams, we will bring spring and autumn round robin schedule league play to Greater Houston Vintage Base Ball and be able to play our way into a championship game, perhaps at Constellation Field, between the two clubs that finish the year’s schedule with the best records.
That being said, here’s an often up-close-and-loaded-with character pictorial of the Houston Babies personnel who were able to participate in yesterday’s game. And these shots include pictures of our on-the-DL shortstop, Jimmy Disch, and the loyal daughter and courtesy runner for her father, Meghan McCroskey – without whom, her dear and often brash, but good natured father, Michael “Piano Legs” McCroskey, would never so much as get to first base – let alone get the double that later converted to only the Babies second run of the day when his surrogate runner daughter came in to score on his behalf.
The Pecan Park Eagle hopes you enjoy your individual, collective, and residually ambient visit with the 2015 Houston Babies in imagery!
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015
IT WAS A GREAT DAY FOR 1860 RULES BASE BALL AT BEAUTIFUL CONSTELLATION FIELD IN SUGAR LAND, TEXAS!
For the first time, the Babies-Combine game got big digital HD screen coverage at beautiful Constellation Field.
BOB DORRILL
HOUSTON BABIES
MANAGER
ALEX SCHMELTER
HOUSTON BABIES
RIGHT FIELD
GRANDSON OF BOB DORRILL
MIKE McCROSKEY
HOUSTON BABIES
CATCHER-PITCHER
MEGHAN McCROSKEY
HOUSTON BABIES
COURTESY RUNNER
DAUGHTER OF MIKE McCROSKEY
ALEX HAJDUK
HOUSTON BABIES
LEFT FIELD
SON OF LARRY HAJDUK; BROTHER OF ZACH HAJDUK
LARRY HAJDUK
HOUSTON BABEIS
1ST BASE-PITCHER
FATHER OF ALEX AND ZACH HAJDUK
PHIL HOLLAND
HOUSTON BABIES
2ND BASE
BILL HALE
HOUSTON BABIES
PITCHER-3RD BASE-CATCHER
BOB STEVENS
HOUSTON BABIES
RIGHT FIELD
BILL McCURDY
HOUSTON BABIES
GENERAL MANAGER
KYLE BURNS
HOUSTON BABIES
CENTER FIELD
ROBERT PiNA
HOUSTON BABIES
CATCHER-SHORTSTOP
ROBBIE MARTIN
HOUSTON BABIES
CENTER FIELD
BEAUTIFUL CONSTELLATION FIELD
HOME OF THE SKEETERS
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS
MARK HUDEC
HOUSTON BABIES
3RD BASE
TWO FOUL-TIP-BOUNCE-CATCH-OUTS FOR THE BABIES ARE CAPTURED ON THE BIG SCREEN PASSING EACH OTHER ON TRIPS TO AND FROM THE HOUSTON BABIES DUGOUT.
JIMMY DISCH
HOUSTON BABIES
SHORTSTOP (DL)
TODAY’S “BLIND TOM”
HOUSTON BABIES
POST-GAME TEAM PICTURE
CONSTELLATION FIELD
JUNE 12, 2015
IRA LIEBMAN
PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN
FOR THE SUGAR LAND SKEETERS
AND
PLAY-BY-PLAY MAN AND OUTFIELDER
FOR THE HOUSTON BABIES
HOUSTON BABIES CELEBRATE SUNSHINE AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS ON A DAY IN WHICH THE ONLY BAD THING WAS A 7-2 LOSS TO A TEAM OF GOOD SPORTS, THE KATY COMBINE.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND, EVERYBODY!
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