What a difference a day makes. The beautiful thing about baseball is that there is usually another day to regroup. Today was that day. We played Korea, fresh off of their upset of Team USA, and it was a great game. Unfortunately we had a lot of rain run through Beijing and it played havoc on our game. The game was suspended once and then again a second time, once and for all. They suspended the game and it will be started where it was left off on our off day, 8/17. The game was deadlocked in a 0-0 tie with one out and a full count on the hitter. It really is a shame because our starter Li Chenhao was really locked in. He pitched a masterful game, adhering to the game plan of mixing speeds and locations. His cutter was really effective as well as was his changeup. We really wanted to have him go deeper into the game, as we used up some pitching the day before, but the rains had other ideas. We will have to start the game later and we will have to use another pitcher to start that game.
Our hitters are not hitting like they are capable of. We faced some good arms this year in Arizona and we really hit well. The team had a .292 batting average and we averaged nearly seven runs a game. The pitching that we have seen thus far has not been all that different than what we saw in AZ. I hope they get locked in again because we could give teams a good run for their money.
I am having a difficult time finding time to convert the videos that I have taken so far and I was hoping to get caught up on our off day. As it has turned out, we will be playing on our off day. Bummmer. Looks like I’ll have to find another time to do it. I apologize for that because I’ve got some cool stuff from our arrival through opening ceremonies. Please be patient, it should be worth the wait.
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We're so enjoying reading your blog and wish you and your team all the best. The Coffindaffers, Ty, Vicki and Dustin (Scottsdale)
It's Friday here, and I've been keeping up on the scores. You won your first game! That is so great, Steve, congratulations. Honestly I didn't see how you could win against any of the other teams there. Unbelievable work.
Would you let me know somehow if there's anyone in the press there who's filing detailed stories about the games? It's hard to enjoy baseball without knowing about the individual moves, play by play. For instance, all the strikeouts in your big win: your guys are all free swingers, or did Jim just tell them to go out and hack?
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