Breathless at second,
Two outs but the Doctor?s up?
Line drive to left field!
-- darren
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In one of Norwegian baseball history’s most tense games ever, it was a spectacular 2-run, walk-off home run that propelled the Oslo Pretenders over the ØHIL Royals. With two outs in the bottom of the 8th, Leif Petter Sandvik’s tremendous shot gave Glenn Wells the complete-game win. Glenn struck out 4, walked 3 and plunked 2 batters.
The regulation 7 innings had ended in a scoreless tie, testimony to the dominant pitching and solid, errorless defense of both teams. ØHIL’s starter Chris Abrahamsen, after having just scored the game’s only run in the 8th, took the mound to close out the contest. C Terje Hoaas led off with a walk but...
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Posted by darren on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 - 01:55 PM (12 Reads)
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Osterøy
After a great last-inning-performance versus the Royals earlier in the same week to reclaim the top spot in the 1st division, the Pretenders went to the west-coast to battle against the Cheese-Eaters for a three-game-series. But with only 8 players they fell short to an aggressive hitting machine. With two loses they gave away their lead in the division and are now in need of a win against the Royals to manage to capture the League title in the last showdown next week.
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Posted by Backstop on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 - 02:19 AM (105 Reads)
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Rud Field, Tuesday, 05 August 2008:
In a close contest in which every run proved critical, SP Glenn Wells pitched 4 and 2/3 innings to keep his Pretenders in striking range. Glenn struck out 4 and scattered 8 hits, but tired in the 5th and walked 3 consecutive batters (2 more walks than he surrendered in all of 2007). RP Kazuhiko Yamada took the mound with his squad down 4-2 with the bases loaded and two outs. The Japanese control artist pounded the strike zone with his consistent fastball and mean hook. Kaz got the final 7 outs, allowing just one run.
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Posted by darren on Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 02:27 AM (149 Reads)
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On Saturday P2 squared up against the Kristiansand Suns for the first time ever. Kristiansand is the other new addition to the league this season, and came to Rud ready to play P2 in their second game ever in NBL. In their first, they had lost to Tåfis aka “los cubanos”.
Their duel with P2 would only worsen their record (PS this report was written without the benefit of available scorecard, so it is recreated based on the reporter's [sometimes dubious] memory).
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Posted by Superanders on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 - 03:23 AM (427 Reads)
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Sandvika, Bærum
The Oslo Pretenders held their annual Hall of Phame party this past Saturday to celebrate Shaq and Mark as their 5th and 6th members of the Oslo Pretenders Hall of Phame. The party took place at Darren's Party House in Sandvika as the club had a nice BBQ party for the guest of honor.
The party started after the 2nd P-League of the season. The Infidels beat the Redfox 10-6 and both teams are now tied with a 1-1 record for the season.
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Posted by Backstop on Wednesday, June 04, 2008 - 03:03 AM (540 Reads)
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