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Stephen’s first home run at Cooperstown Dreamspark
Posted by Jarrod Skeggs in Baseball, Family happenings, Photos, Social gatherings, Travel, Vacation on June 28th, 2009
First Home Run at Cooperstown from Jarrod Skeggs on Vimeo.
It was Sunday morning, June 14, 2009, bottom of the first inning. Stephen Skeggs was up to bat for the first time in the tournament. There were 2 outs. Drew Hubbard was on 2nd base and Alex Keown was on 1st base. The Eagles were losing 3-0 at this point in the game. Skeggs steps into the batter’s box with a count of 1 ball and 1 strike. On the next pitch, he launches the ball over the left field wall to tie the ballgame. The Eagles ended up winning the game 15-3 by slaughter rule.
The video is a little grainy and small here but I figured I’d capture it as best as possible. You can view it in HD (still a bit grainy) on my Vimeo page if you wish.
L-Screens are important
Posted by Jarrod Skeggs in Baseball, Family happenings, Photos, Vacation on June 8th, 2009
In our continuing journey to prepare for our trip to Cooperstown, I’ve been taking Stephen to do extra workouts regularly. After work on Thursday of last week we went up to the Flowery Branch High School field to take some reps. They have batting cages up there but unfortunately, they don’t leave their L-Screens in the cages. They only get those out of the Field House when they need to use them. For those of you who might not know, the L-Screen is that thing that you see pitchers stand behind when they are throwing batting practice. And as you can see, based on the picture, they really are necessary.
While I was pitching to Stephen, he blistered a ball right into my ankle on my right foot. YES, there was a quick “vocabulary” lesson. (I am human). But I really thought that there might have been some bone damage immediately. It still hurts really bad and as you can see, it doesn’t look real nice either. I would say that I learned my lesson from this but I can’t really. Once I got over the initial pain, I threw him another bucket of balls. That is until he hit me on the outside of my left knee. That’s when I decided it was time to work on letting him do some pitching.
Cooperstown, NY….4 days and counting.
Falcons won the tournament championship, btw
Posted by Jarrod Skeggs in Baseball, Family happenings, Photos on May 8th, 2009
So, I’ve been extremely busy with helping Ginger get the boxes unpacked and getting everything settled in here at the new house. Naturally, I haven’t blogged much as a result. Stephen’s baseball team did end up winning the Hall County Middle School Championship for both the regular season and the County Tournament. I’ve attached a copy of the newspaper clipping that came out in the Gaineville Times the day after their big win.
I’m very proud of Stephen and how well he did playing up with 7th and 8th graders this season. He finished the season very strong with a .425 batting average. His on base percentage was very high too. While I didn’t calculate it during the season, I feel certain that it was probably .700 or better.
Stephen is going to pick up and play a few more games with his old team, the Collins Hill Eagles and will travel to Cooperstown, NY with the team in June to play a tournament. Thanks to all who followed us this baseball season and to all those who have coached Stephen in the past. Your support and efforts mean a lot to Stephen as well as Ginger and me.
Dizzy Skeggs
Posted by Jarrod Skeggs in Baseball, DDS, Family happenings, Photos, Social gatherings on April 23rd, 2009
So, I came in to 4 last minute tickets to the G-Braves 2:00 p.m. game for yesterday. I ended up checking Stephen out of school and taking him. My business partner came along and brought his son as well. This is what happened between the 8th & 9th innings.
Dizzy Skeggs from Kevin Gilbert on Vimeo.
Falcons take first place with win over Gainesville
Posted by Jarrod Skeggs in Baseball, Family happenings, Photos on April 22nd, 2009
The CW Davis Falcons middle school baseball team has finished regular season play in 1st place. Last night’s 8-4 win over the Gainesville Red Elephants sealed the Falcons 1st place spot. This was the final regular season game and the Falcons ended up with a record of 11-3.
Last nights highlights were plentiful. Mack Combs continues to stay hot at the plate and had a double and single on the night. Stephen Skeggs had an awesome night at the plate as well going 3 for 5 on the night with 2 RBI’s, 3 runs scored, and a stolen base. Cameron Warner scorched a ball to Right Center field for a double. Andrew Miles also hit a double last night. Brandon Benevento, Dylan Streets, Duece Davidson, and Micah McWhorter all hit or put the ball in play to advance a runner or bring in a run during last nights game too.
Defensively, Brandon Benevento dominated on the mound once again. Benevento went 6 innings and threw 8 strike outs. Andrew Miles entered in relief in the bottom of the 7th inning and struck out the side.
Congratulations to the CW Davis Falcons, the first ever Hall County Middle School Baseball League Champions.
