ROHRER’S 2013 BALL
CLUB
There are two things I teach the boys that are
all-American. One’s the good old flag and one’s baseball.
Tim Murnane,
1908
Many people are wondering what happened to spring
this year. With the less than spring like weather, the ROHRER’s ball club has been practicing on Memorial
field and in the batting cage. Despite the cold temperatures, the boys have been practicing their fundamentals.
Manager Grace, along with coaches Biever, Kaunas, Shappell
and Lipko, have been putting the boys through their paces. All in all the boys
look pretty good.
On talking with Manager Grace, he stated, “We can
hold our own this year, even though we lost some big hitters and good pitching
with the departure of Jake Biever, Drew Grace, and MJ Oswald who were the
backbone of the winning season last year. We’re going to need good pitching, a
lot of strikes and some good hitting, but ,all in all, I think we will hold our
own against most of the teams.”
This year returning veterans Brent Kaunas, Dylan
Biever, Blake Lipko, and Nate Dixon will make the rotation on the mound for the
ball club.
The returning veterans this year will include Nate
Dixon, Brent Kaunas, Dylan Biever, Dylan Grace, Blake Lipko and Todd Shappell.
The club will need to look to these players to bring a winning season once
again.
We also picked up a fine group of rookies for the
upcoming season. They include Andrew
Phillips, JT Fulkrod, Kyle Bainbridge, Matthew Ross and Troy Oswald
In the opinion of this writer, the returning
veterans are strong in the field and on the mound. We should have some power
hitting with the returning veterans and good base running. The upcoming rookies
look pretty good at practice and they are all veterans of the minor league and
have the good knowledge of the fundamentals of baseball. There seems to be a
lot of enthusiasm on the club and the boys look like they will perform well.
On Saturday last, Rohrer’s went up against McDonald’s
in an exhibition game and our boys looked good. The boys had some hits. The
fielding was excellent and the pitching was good. Overall they looked okay, but
it’s still a little early to say what the outcome will be on opening day.
Opening day is only five days away at this writing
and there is every reason to believe the ball club will be in the hunt for the
Orwigsburg Little League title honors. We have a good ball club that has the
ability to sail along once it gets into its stride. The veterans are seasoned
and returning from a championship club,
but I find, with all this talent returning
this year, we still need to have consistency on the mound and good hitting the
bat. We picked up a lot of good ballplayers from the minor leagues this year. And
once we get rolling, I’ll declare that the other teams will have to watch out.
The race for the
title will not be an easy one with Millers and Boyers also in the hunt. But I
look for a good and consistent team this year. Our pitchers in the rotation can
hold her own with any in the league. The infield will be strong and quick and
the outfield will make its mark.
So we will wait
for our opening day and see how our club does against Millers.
The club will
open on Saturday, 6 April with the Millers club, which seems to be a very strong
club within the league.
Best wishes
to our club and coaches for a most successful season !
Our Boys in Practice and at play
The Manager And Coaches
CATCHING
HITTING
ON THE MOUND
THE NEW LOOK OF THE ROHRER'S CLUB
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