The Lows:
This is the first time that the Oboyz has faced live batting after a one month off in the schedule.
The ORA result might have showed us that Oboyz still need to keep swinging their bats to compete. However, the training has been a luxury to us as highlighted early in the season by William. Having the games every week may have help the bats but the schedule is really out of everyone's control, eluding even the organisers, LOL.
The Highs:
One thing that has not decrease is the joyful moments that was ever present during the season. The games at Anchorville turn out to be a great picnic event where almost everyone turn up.
To quote William, "There is no solution to this(getting everyone together all the time). We cannot turn back time, we can only move forward, hopefully as a team."
I say time is not on our side, Oboyz may soon turn to Old boyz before we realise it. Whahahah.
Watch out the permanent Disabled List column as Jessen may be there in the near future. Hohoho.
By Yip Yong Kin
Monday, August 30, 2010
Takes a team to win and lose a game
30Aug10 ORA 7-6 Oboyz
Final league position: 4th
The lost is truly a team effort unless your name is Alex or Zhiguan.
The team is 0 for plenty for 6 players combined. The hot bats turned cold suddenly much like the weather lately. Errors in the outfield from even the sure handed players.
Alex and Zhiguan are the only ones who had hard hits and the RBIs. Alex has also been a defensive rock as third baseman in the game keeping the game close.
ORA had quite a number of hard hits to earn their victory, puntuated by a 4th inning line drive 2 run HR.
Considering that we started with only 10 players, no natural SS and 2B without taking away from pitching department, I think it was a decent result, though traditionally we have been very competitive.
Chung Hao will furnish the stats with more exact numbers. Look out for it.
By Yip Yong Kin
Final league position: 4th
The lost is truly a team effort unless your name is Alex or Zhiguan.
The team is 0 for plenty for 6 players combined. The hot bats turned cold suddenly much like the weather lately. Errors in the outfield from even the sure handed players.
Alex and Zhiguan are the only ones who had hard hits and the RBIs. Alex has also been a defensive rock as third baseman in the game keeping the game close.
ORA had quite a number of hard hits to earn their victory, puntuated by a 4th inning line drive 2 run HR.
Considering that we started with only 10 players, no natural SS and 2B without taking away from pitching department, I think it was a decent result, though traditionally we have been very competitive.
Chung Hao will furnish the stats with more exact numbers. Look out for it.
By Yip Yong Kin
Tough Loss to the improved NUS
Right:The faces said it all about the loss.
By Chung Haoon National Day
To be honest, statistically, NUS actually outplayed us in term of hits, batting avg, RBIs. We only manage a .250 avg, with all our top 5 batters hitless. Our captain Goh provided 2 RBIs with some clutch hitting while Ruojie have 2 hits and scored twice.
Defense wise we are quite good with just 1 fielding error and a solid pitching from Zhiguan, with 9 Ks. It is unfortunate that a little shaky 5th inning spoils a otherwise great day for him. Nevertheless like our captain has mentioned, we have seen lots of improvement as this season progresses.
We have finished the first round with 7 wins and 2 losses, which should place us at 3rd positions for the 2nd round. Collectively we have quite a impressive .335 batting avg with avg 6RBIs/game. Our pitchers have limit our opponent to .288 avg while allowing 5+ run/game.
For individual stats, our captain Goh has caught up with some clutch perfprmances and lead the team with .563 avg and 10 RBIs. Notably our "old bird" Ronghan has perfect record of 3 for 3 and 3 RBIs, while just appearing as subs in 2 games.
That's all folks. See you guys soon for 2nd round!
Written by Luo Chung Hao after NUS's game
By Chung Hao 27Jun10
Initially I wanted to finish compiling the stats for last week and today and send it out tonight, but I was totally pre-occupied with the little one who has been throwing tantrum whole afternoon since we step back home. So the stats gotta wait... (His grandma just came about half an hour ago and coax him to sleep in 5mins...)
Nevertheless, I feel the need to say something about today. First, I would like to apologize for my disastrous start today. Nevermind about the condition of the field or ball, I think I should have adjusted faster. I have allowed my mind to be conditioned in a way that "the ground sucks and nothing I could do...", rather than thinking of way to adjust to it.
Secondly, thanks all for bailing me out from the bad start. I have dig quite a big hole but fortunately you guys have shown total support to cover it. I thought last season's Red sox game was the best portrait of Oboyz's never say die spirit. But I think today's game has has surpass that. It simply shows that we have ability to come back from behind no matter what is the scoreline and our "never say die" spirit is stroner than ever.
But really hope we dont have to use this spirit too much though....
It is an ugly win today in term scoreline and stuff, but personally, I think it is a great game, a true team victory...and a toally wild game that will be remembered.
That's all folks. Enjoy watching England and Germany match!
Written by Luo Chung Hao after the japanese FSBC game on the 27Jun10
Initially I wanted to finish compiling the stats for last week and today and send it out tonight, but I was totally pre-occupied with the little one who has been throwing tantrum whole afternoon since we step back home. So the stats gotta wait... (His grandma just came about half an hour ago and coax him to sleep in 5mins...)
Nevertheless, I feel the need to say something about today. First, I would like to apologize for my disastrous start today. Nevermind about the condition of the field or ball, I think I should have adjusted faster. I have allowed my mind to be conditioned in a way that "the ground sucks and nothing I could do...", rather than thinking of way to adjust to it.
Secondly, thanks all for bailing me out from the bad start. I have dig quite a big hole but fortunately you guys have shown total support to cover it. I thought last season's Red sox game was the best portrait of Oboyz's never say die spirit. But I think today's game has has surpass that. It simply shows that we have ability to come back from behind no matter what is the scoreline and our "never say die" spirit is stroner than ever.
But really hope we dont have to use this spirit too much though....
It is an ugly win today in term scoreline and stuff, but personally, I think it is a great game, a true team victory...and a toally wild game that will be remembered.
That's all folks. Enjoy watching England and Germany match!
Written by Luo Chung Hao after the japanese FSBC game on the 27Jun10
Above: Alex Lim started against the Hunters
By William on 21Jun10
After our little discussion on Sunday, it got me thinking about softball and life.
It's nice to be able to train really hard together as a team, play together as a team and hopefully win some games together as a team. I guess that's what folks term as team bonding.
And at times, it's not the results that count but the process of playing it and going through the ups and downs with friends, not just teammates, but friends, that makes it more satisfactory than the scoreline, or batting average, or number of homeruns you hit.
But unfortunately, we all are at different stages of life, not just compared to where we are 3 or 4 years ago, but even within team. Some have gone on to be fathers, some are going to get married, others are just embarking on getting employed and climbing the corporate ladder.
To ask each and every one to commit their time, and by that I mean real valuable precious weekend time with family/gf, to a pasttime/hobby/passion, is impossible. Each one of us have our own commitments and not all are willing or able to put softball that high a priority in life anymore.
There is no solution to this. We cannot turn back time, we can only move forward, hopefully as a team.
Written by William after to Hunters in the 1st round
2010 league: Highlight of week 13Jun10
Some highlight to keep all the Oboyz updated with all the RaRa that is goin on..
First Firstly, Just caught the Spain 0-1Swiss. Where was Puyol? Let the drama mama begins!!! hahah!
Firstly, I am back from my paternity leave to join the club after my wife had delivered my cute baby boy on the 4Jun10. Man, this is how a family feels like. And like they say, It been a bundle of joy for me ever since. Appreciate the congratulations received from you guys.
To the team results. Oboyz is on the verge of making the second round again. After 2 more wins this week, we are just one win away from going through.
As expected, after first 2 games of weaker opponents, the Schools(morning 4-7)) and Redsox(14-9) proved to be a handful. The final scoreline seemed comfortable but the games had the players, especially Changyu and manager on the edge of their seats.
Schools 4-7 Oboyz.
"Nearly lost to School Boys"
Chunghao started and manage to hold for 4 innings to 4 runs. Chunghao's nemesis, Ben Ho got a solo home to build a 3 run lead.
Oboyz offense was silent for first 3 innings, lucky to get a run when Shifeng called safe by the first base umpire when the replay clearly showed that he was out by half a step. The tide started to turn when the offense uses bunts to hustle and get on base on errors.
In the end, the game was won on errors by the opponent. Alex closed the game in the final inning with no runs.
Notable defense play:
Late in the game, with runners on first and third 2 outs. William fooled the runners makin them thinkin he's goin to throw out the runner goin to 2. When the pitch was made, William hold up the throw to 2nd to throw 3rd. Runner was caught in a rundown and tagged out at home eventually.
Oboyz 14-9 Redsox
"ShiFeng drives the team crazy"
Hero=Shifeng (3 for 3, a walk, 2 runs). Villian=Shifeng (2 errors, 5 runs resulted).
Oboyz scored 8 runs in the first inning but the Redsox got back 7 runs by the third inning. There seemed to be an error made at every position, that's how many errors we made.
First inning, Shifeng misjudged a flyball to the leadoff who scored subsequently.
Third inning, a basesloaded single got through SF's legs cleared all the base runners, leaving pitcher, Alex Lim thinking "WTF..."
Oboyz had 2 bases loaded inning without scoring a run, sigh. Offense eventually turned up in the later innings, scoring 6 more runs, highlighted by a 2 run Homerun by Slugger William Tanato, a team first this season.
Notable defense play:
SS Roujie converted a DP after catchin a line drive and in the fastest time threw to Qingwei at 2nd to catch the runner out.
Catcher William courageously block the plate from the runner and tag out the runner after receiving the throw from Hongwei. Ironically, he started the play by overthrowin 1st base thereby keeping the runners running.
That's all there is.. 1 more win.
Yong Kin
First Firstly, Just caught the Spain 0-1Swiss. Where was Puyol? Let the drama mama begins!!! hahah!
Firstly, I am back from my paternity leave to join the club after my wife had delivered my cute baby boy on the 4Jun10. Man, this is how a family feels like. And like they say, It been a bundle of joy for me ever since. Appreciate the congratulations received from you guys.
To the team results. Oboyz is on the verge of making the second round again. After 2 more wins this week, we are just one win away from going through.
As expected, after first 2 games of weaker opponents, the Schools(morning 4-7)) and Redsox(14-9) proved to be a handful. The final scoreline seemed comfortable but the games had the players, especially Changyu and manager on the edge of their seats.
Schools 4-7 Oboyz.
"Nearly lost to School Boys"
Chunghao started and manage to hold for 4 innings to 4 runs. Chunghao's nemesis, Ben Ho got a solo home to build a 3 run lead.
Oboyz offense was silent for first 3 innings, lucky to get a run when Shifeng called safe by the first base umpire when the replay clearly showed that he was out by half a step. The tide started to turn when the offense uses bunts to hustle and get on base on errors.
In the end, the game was won on errors by the opponent. Alex closed the game in the final inning with no runs.
Notable defense play:
Late in the game, with runners on first and third 2 outs. William fooled the runners makin them thinkin he's goin to throw out the runner goin to 2. When the pitch was made, William hold up the throw to 2nd to throw 3rd. Runner was caught in a rundown and tagged out at home eventually.
Oboyz 14-9 Redsox
"ShiFeng drives the team crazy"
Hero=Shifeng (3 for 3, a walk, 2 runs). Villian=Shifeng (2 errors, 5 runs resulted).
Oboyz scored 8 runs in the first inning but the Redsox got back 7 runs by the third inning. There seemed to be an error made at every position, that's how many errors we made.
First inning, Shifeng misjudged a flyball to the leadoff who scored subsequently.
Third inning, a basesloaded single got through SF's legs cleared all the base runners, leaving pitcher, Alex Lim thinking "WTF..."
Oboyz had 2 bases loaded inning without scoring a run, sigh. Offense eventually turned up in the later innings, scoring 6 more runs, highlighted by a 2 run Homerun by Slugger William Tanato, a team first this season.
Notable defense play:
SS Roujie converted a DP after catchin a line drive and in the fastest time threw to Qingwei at 2nd to catch the runner out.
Catcher William courageously block the plate from the runner and tag out the runner after receiving the throw from Hongwei. Ironically, he started the play by overthrowin 1st base thereby keeping the runners running.
That's all there is.. 1 more win.
Yong Kin
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