just because I can
write seventeen syllables
in three lines: haiku!
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Oslo, Norway
The Pretenders had their season-ending party in downtown Oslo last Saturday to celebrate their 15th Norwegian Championship title (NM). At the same time, the prestigious P-awards were presented. With a total of 26 awards for P1, P2 and PL combined, there were many candidates in attendance - in the hope of capturing some of the spotlight.
And the winners are.......
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Posted by Backstop on Wednesday, November 04, 2009 - 11:49 AM (194 Reads)
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The Pretenders’ youth team has completed another successful season of baseball. Twenty different kids took part in the fun this season; 14 of them paid the membership fee and attended practices regularly. May 25th saw a record number of youngsters – sixteen! – show up for P-kid baseball practice, some of them veterans now in their third season of Norwegian kidball.
 Ranging in age from 7 to 13, the enthusiastic sluggers turned out all summer long to scoop grounders in the infield, roam the outfield, take mighty swings at coaches’ pitching, and burn up the basepaths. (And to eat some ice cream donated by supportive father Petter, the team’s leading recruiter of neighborhood talent.)
Budding Farm Team
Volunteer P-kid coaches Darren McKellep and Bob Mainardi founded the P-kid team in 2007 with equipment donated by the Oslo Pretenders Baseball Club. Pretender veterans Jim Dudek (now in his second season of coaching) and Rune Hofsløkken have “pitched in” at several practices. Field time at Rud Hauger Idrettspark is provided by Bærum Kommune.
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Posted by darren on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 - 08:49 AM (243 Reads)
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NM Finals, best-of-five, Rommen
September 20, 2009
The Pretenders combined tough pitching, some stellar defense, tactical small-ball and raw power to earn their 15th Norwegian Championship in baseball.
RHP Glenn Wells (2-1) pitched five innings to earn the win with 2 strikeouts, allowing 7 hits, no walks and 2 HBP – all the while wincing through a painful left shoulder hyperextension from last weekend’s games. Leif Petter Sandvik closed out the season’s final two innings to seal the 3-game sweep.
The Pretenders, after suffering five losses to the Royals this season, handed the their ace his second consecutive loss of the season.
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Posted by darren on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 02:08 AM (317 Reads)
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Rommen, Oslo
The Oslo Pretenders looked like true Champions for the first time this season and demolished the Royals’ Ace in the first game of the NM Finals (best of 5) to end a 5-game losing streak vs. the flamethrower from Bærum. The whole team contributed in a power-demonstration from the greatest team in Norway as the Pretenders outclassed the Royals 18-3 (in 5 innings) in the first game and took another giant step towards the club’s 15th NM title in the 2nd game as they won an exciting game 6-1.
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Posted by Backstop on Thursday, September 17, 2009 - 08:18 AM (277 Reads)
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Round Two: Norges Mesterskap at Rommen Field, Oslo
September 5, 2009
Game 1: Defense (and some luck) made the difference in comeback
Starting pitcher Håkon Jåtun and the Pretender defense began shakily – falling behind 6-0 – but finished strong when it mattered most. In this first game of a playoff dubbelheader, the Alligators started lefty Stijn Dubbelman on the mound. With the early lead, the Dutchman had P-batters worried when he cruised through the first two innings. But the Pretenders stayed cool, tightened their defense with some clutch plays, and began chipping away at the deficit – countering for 3 runs in the 3rd inning, another 3 in the 5th, and taking the lead with 2 more in the 6th. Stijn pitched an excellent complete game – keeping P-batters off-balance, hurling 6 strikeouts and inducing a great many pop-ups. The outcome of this contest could easily have fallen the other way if some luckily-placed Pretender pop-ups had fallen into more Alligator gloves in the late innings.
Both teams logged 8 hits each, but the final score of 8-7 favored the Pretenders. Hawk got the complete-game win, collecting 6 Ks while surrendering 5 walks, 5 WP and 2 HBP.
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Posted by darren on Wednesday, September 09, 2009 - 05:44 AM (358 Reads)
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