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Message: [QUOTE="DarthGrumpy, post: 3157362, member: 2141"] Got a bit lucky today as it was nice out, had an open weekend, none of the 3 youth baseball teams I am coaching rescheduled a game to today, and Hills had a non-division game scheduled with Ridgewood that was not surprisingly cancelled in light all of the divisional and county games that need to be made-up due to the weather. I was a bit surprised that Ridgewood went mostly with an A-team as they have two division games to make-up this week and are playing a County Semi-Final game on Saturday. Hills, which was the 12th Seed in the same County Tournament and was upset at the 21st Seed (Hill’s field was non playable), fielded mostly a B team. Naturally, Ridgewood, which is projected to be the 2nd Seed in the North 1 Group 4 State Playoffs that begin next week, beat Hills, which is projected to be the 10th Seed in the North 1 Group 3 playoffs, 9-2. Hills was only down 3-1 at the start of the 5th before their Sophomore Starter got tired and was tagged for a 3-run double and then a 2-run Home Run to blow the game open. Josh Cohen did not play at all, though he did smile when I saw my UConn 6th Borough T-shirt and was the only Hills player not to cheer when Favieri struck-out. Oh, both teams need more practice as there were 3 or 4 high pop flies that players lost in the sun and blue sky, neither of which the kids have seen a lot of this Spring. Favieri played 2B for 6 innings and then came in the 7th to pitch with the Maroons up 9-2 to close it out. He’s about the same high as Cohen; but, is not as built as the Hills pitcher is. That said, his technique looks better and he was very calm. His fastball, which looked to be in the low 80’s, was unhittable. When he missed, he always missed high. He did record 3 K’s; but, did allow 2 baserunners. His off-speed curve needs work as the Hills batters keyed on hit. They smacked a pair of deep fouls to Left, an error with a pop fly to Center was lost in the sun, and a single ripped just past the 1st Baseman. I did not know is that he throws Right; but, hits Left. He ground-out and struck-out in the 2 at bats that I saw (I know I missed at least 1 of his at-bats talking to a neighbor).[ATTACH type="full"]43274[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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