Falcons Boot Another One

When the staff arrived at the game, it was 2-1 (3rd inning), in favor of LaSalle, in what was shaping up to be a pitching duel between North’s Ryan Etsell and LaSalle’s CJ Burns. What it turned into was a clinic by the Falcons on how not to play defense. Let’s just say that whoever reported the box score to Philly.com was awfully generous in reporting only 3 errors for the Falcons. I only saw 4 innings of play and I can easily remember 5 booted balls or bad throws in just that period.

The first thing I noticed when I arrived was one of the better players on the team watching the game in street clothes. This changes the dynamic of the team, as the lineup and fielding assignment were changed to accommodate this development, putting players in positions where they don’t normally play. We later found out that due to some bad judgment at school, which one spectator called “a minor infraction”, that player is suspended from playing for a couple of weeks. Since we don’t officially know the details of the story, we’ll just leave it at that for now. We just hope that a lesson was learned here and school rules will be followed in the future.

Faces in the Crowd…..
This is going to be short, as other than parents, it looked like only Jeff Graham was in attendance for this game. Jeff was very vocal, encouraging the team right til the end.

Did You notice….
…..the parent, who after one booted ball, had enough and sped out of Piccoli in his SUV?

…..the only thing in deep right field was an empty space. It’s just not the same watching a North game without Superfan, Tim Murphy in attendance. Rumor has it, Tim was attending a fundraiser for Autism awareness. Tim, you’re a good man, you get a pass for this one.

The entire staff wants to remind everyone who reads this that Mike Ritchie was not harmed in the making of this blog.

Next week - North vs Judge on Monday at Piccoli at 3:45pm, and again on Wednesday, at Welsh and Tolbut, again at 3:45pm. Next Saturday, May 9th at Frankford (11:00AM).