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2005 Latest News Archive 8-13-2005 Saturday The Buckhead Boys lose a close one to Florida by a score of 3 to 1. Clayton pitches a great game but it is not enough and Florida squeaks out the victory and the trip to Williamsport. Georgia comes home with a great run but just short of the big trip. The Fans were up front and supportive with many making the trip to St. Pete to back the Bucks. Those who could not make the trip go to the ESPN Zone in Buckhead to root for the boys. They are much appreciated by all. We love you guys. Go Buckhead.
Elvis Has Left The Building...
8-13-2005 Friday GAME DAY! THE BUCKHEAD BOYS PLAY TODAY AT 7pm IN ST. PETE/GULFPORT FOR THE REGION CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST FLORIDA. We are all very excited about the upcoming game. Everyone left in Buckhead is meeting at the ESPN Zone to rally for the boys on Friday night at game time. We will be cheering as loud as we can but we are in Florida territory so we will need your help. If you know anyone in the St. Pete/Gulfport area who will come out to support us send them over to cheer us on.
8-11-2005 Thursday The Buckhead Boys win their semi-final game against West Virginia convincingly with a score of 14 to 3. Keller Carlock led with the bat and leading the tournament with the stick. Keller's homerun scored three runs starting the offense for Buckhead. Solid pitching from John Stelling made for a great combination. Florida downed Tenn. and so there will be a rematch of the 2003 contest between Georgia and Florida. ESPN will televise the game at 7PM on Friday Night
ESPN ZONE PARTY FRIDAY! The Buckhead Nation will meet in Buckhead, Georgia at the ESPN Zone to watch the game on Friday night. The game is at 7PM. ESPN Zone has generously agreed to host Buckhead for this once in a lifetime experience. It is important to get to ESPN on Friday and support the team. Be There and Go Buckhead!
8-10-2005 Wednesday UPDATED BUCKHEAD WINS SEMI-FINAL AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA TO GO THE FINALS AND TO PLAY ON ESPN!!!
BUCKHEAD IS IN THE SEMI-FINALS! The Buckhead Boys Win a nail biter against winless South Carolina by a score of 6 to 5. Buckhead is ranked the #1 seed in Pool A and will play the number 2 seed in Pool B. Clayton pitched an outstanding game but the SC boys did some hits in the 6th to scare the Buckhead nation with the Clayton striking out the final batter to stop the rally. We broadcast our last production tonight and will start just before 4 PM. The routine is the same as prior broadcasts. Find the Wachovia Broadcast Link on the Homepage of www.buckheadbaseball.com . Click on it just before game time. Read the previous daily posts for how to connect and what to do if you are having trouble. It has been fun to do the broadcasts and Go Buckhead!
8-9-2005 Tuesday LINK TO LISTEN TO BROADCAST OF GAME AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA IS UPDATED ON HOMEPAGE. LOOK IN THE SAME PLACE, LOWER RIGHT OF HOMEPAGE, FOR THE BROADCAST LINK. WACHOVIA, OUR SPONSOR, AND THE LINE BELOW WILL TAKE YOU TO THE GAME AT GAME TIME.
Arrival At The Park Well, things have gotten very complicated. North Carolina lost to Tenn. last night by a score of 10 to 1. This makes Tenn. and NC with the same record of 2 and 1. The effect of this is that 1 and 1 Georgia must win against 0 and 2 South Carolina tonight or GA goes home. If GA wins tonight then NC goes home and GA is the # 1 seed in pool A. The Buckhead Boys are in a do or die situation to stay at the Regionals. North Carolina sits on the bubble and must watch their fate decided out on the field. We will web cast the game live tonight from the stadium as we have the prior two games. I will update the link today so that when you click it will take you to the broadcast. Be out there pulling for us. Go Buckhead.
Arrival At The Dorm Please remember that if the game is delayed for some reason to keep coming back to the site and retrying. We play at 4PM but there could be a delay. It is difficult for me to update from the field but I will try to get internet there. If I can I will try to give you updates.
At The Dorm Emergency Connection Plan If You Have Trouble. #1 Go To www.broadcastmonsters.com #2 Look for Little League Baseball Buckhead on the list. #3 Check the time to see if it has changed or is delayed. #4 Click on the link displayed at game time. If you click too early and there is no connection, don't worry. Close Medial Player and try again a little later.
8-8-2005 Monday The Buckhead Boys take a tough loss to North Carolina in the second pool game. The Score was 7 to 2. The first inning allowed 6 unearned runs by Buckhead and that was the story of the game. One highlight was an opposite field tater by Thomas Patton. A good rip. We didn't hit'em where they ain't. We play South Carolina on Tuesday and that will decide our fate. Go Buckhead!
8-7-2005 Sunday GAME FURTHER DELAYED UNTIL ABOUT 8:20pm. THIS IS MY LAST UPDATE. I AM AT THE FIELD NOW. KEEP CHECKING BACK AND TRYING THE LINK!
GAME PROBABLY DELAYED TILL DUE TO RAIN! KEEP TRYING TO CONNECT. IF THE GAME IS PLAYED, WE WILL BROADCAST IT.
Please remember that if the game is delayed for some reason to keep coming back to the site and retrying. We play at 7:30PM behind several games so there could be a delay. It is probably impossible for me to update from the field but I will try to get internet there. If I can I will try to give you updates. Emergency Connection Plan If You Have Trouble. #1 Go To www.broadcastmonsters.com #2 Look for Little League Baseball Buckhead on the list. #3 Check the time to see if it has changed or is delayed. #4 Click on the link displayed at game time. If you click too early and there is no connection, don't worry. Close Medial Player and try again a little later.
The web master is still on dialup so no pics. But we are hoping that will change. Whoa Nelly! What a game! The boys from Buckhead were awesome! Clayton pitches a no hitter and blanks Tennessee. The final score comes in at 17 to zip. We produced a tater-a-thon. Egan hits two homers and another hit to lead the team. Followed by Stelling, Carlock and Lau. The Buckhead Boys are ripping it. We play North Carolina tonight, Sunday, at 7:30PM. Thanks to all of you who enjoyed the web cast. We will be web casting the game again at 7:25PM tomorrow, Sunday night. Remember to click on the link on your homepage to start the game about 2 or 3 minutes prior to the game. If you fail to connect or lose the signal, close Media Player and click on the link again. We have gotten a great response from our first broadcast and will try to a good job for the second try. Please email you suggestions to the webmaster. I will try to include these on the air if applicable. I hope to update the link this PM. If you are having trouble, look down the page for suggestions and things to do to make a connection. Latest news is the place for up to date information. Go Buckhead!
8-6-2005 Saturday The 12s are scheduled to play today at 4PM today. We will web cast the game starting about 5 minutes prior to game time. The link to listen to the game in on the homepage on the lower right of the page. This web cast is brought to you by Wachovia Bank and we appreciate their support of our Buckhead Team!
Just to review what you need to do. You must have Media Player installed on your computer. Media Player is FREE and available for the PC and the MAC. If you don't have it, you will not be able to hear the game. If you need it, lower down on this page you will find the button for FREE Media Player. Download and install it following the instructions on the Media Player page. Most Microsoft systems come with it installed already. Check ahead to make sure.
From the homepage, Click on the Wachovia Logo or the web cast link below it at or just before game time. If it is not game time, we will not be broadcasting yet and there will be no connection. Try to connect 4 to 5 minutes prior to game time. Media Player should launch on its own and start to play. Turn up the volume on you computer until you hear something. At the start, you may just hear the crowd noise. About 2 or 3 minutes prior to the game, we will start the web case. IF THE GAME IS DELAYED FOR SOME REASON WE WILL BROADCAST WHEN THE GAME STARTS. I will not be able to update the web site at the park. If the game is delayed or you have trouble connecting do the following:
#1 Go To www.broadcastmonsters.com #2 Look for Little League Baseball Buckhead on the list. #3 Check the time to see if it has changed or is delayed. #4 Click on the link displayed at game time. If you click too early and there is no connection, don't worry. Close Medial Player and try again a little later. Go Buckhead!
8-5-2005 Friday Opening Day ceremonies were great and the boys looked very happy out there holding the Georgia Flag. Stay tuned for our game tomorrow at 4:00 PM. Your webmaster is relegated to Dial Up here in Gulfport so my comments will be sparse. Be sure to hook up to our internet broadcast of the game tomorrow at 4PM. Very Important!!! When connecting to the game, click on the link on the homepage. If you see BroadcastMonsters.com look down the list for the game. Click on the link of the Buckhead Game about 5 minutes before the game and turn the volume up. We will start broadcasting about 3 minutes before the game.
We have approval and the rights to broadcast via the internet the games of the St. Pete tournament. Williamsport called today with the nod. We will post a link on the homepage which you should click 10 minutes to game time. You will hear crowd noise and approximately 3 minutes prior to the start of the game, the broadcast will begin. We will be broadcasting from the field. The format will be informal but hopefully you will get the feel of the game.
You must have media player installed on your computer. There is a version for PC and Mac. Click on the link below to get a free copy of media player or to update your media player. Chose the proper player for your system.
8-4-2005 Thursday
Web Cast of the regional little league tournament games is in the works!
What is a Web Cast? It is like radio only you listen on your computer. By clicking on a link you activate Microsoft MediaPlayer and turn up the volume on your speakers. See Below. We appreciate Wachovia sponsoring our web cast from St. Pete!
We will confirm that we have the rights to web cast in the AM. Thanks to Mike Sard for helping us with the legals. We have included on the homepage a Wachovia Web Cast link with instructions. The Key is Microsoft Media Player installed on your machine! If you don't have it or don't have a recent version, now would be a good time to download the player free from the internet ! Click on the link on the Buckhead homepage -WACHOVIA- on the bottom right! A free download of MediaPlayer is on the homepage of BroadcastMonsters.com web site. BroadcastMonsters.com is the connection link to our broadcast. Don't wait till game time or you will miss most of the game. If you want to listen to the game and need the player download it before Saturday's game. On game day, I will have a link that goes directly our game and plays from our web site.
8-3-2005 Wednesday Come to see the 2005 12s leave for St. Pete at 1:30PM Thursday at the AAA fields! Lets give them a great send off!
8-2-2005 Tuesday Plans being made to take on the Southeast in St. Pete. If you plan to go, we recommend that you make your reservations now as accommodations are getting booked. Go Buckhead.
8-1-2005 Monday UPDATED
12s play a twin bill and dominate for State Championship in Bogart!
8-1-2005 Monday Go Buckhead! Georgia State Semi-final Game Recap! Very Simple... Stelling pitches a nearly perfect game. Cartersville only scores one run. Egan goes 3 for 3 with a single, a double and and a homerun. Campbell hits a tater on his birthday. Buckhead scores 7 runs. Buckhead moves to the championship.
Georgia State Championship Game Recap! Not so simple... Buckhead is the visitor. Columbus American is home. A real nail biter all the way. Inning One: 0 to 0 Pitcher's Duel, Mowing them down... Buckhead: Columbus fields the crafty left hander we saw last year. Egan strolls (walks) to start the contest. Stelling grounds to short 6-3. Lau and Austin succumb to Ks. Columbus: Lau climbs the mound for Buckhead. Columbus produces three wormers to 3UA (First unassisted), 6-3 (Ground out to short), and 4-3 (Ground out to second) to rapidly end the inning. Lau looks impressive.
Inning Two: 0 to 0 Nobody Dents The Plate... Buckhead: Carlock reaches on an error by the shortstop (E-6). Campbell and Patton fall from Ks. Linginfelter lines out on a smack to third (LD-5). Again the inning is quick and painful. Columbus: The next three batters go down in rapid sequence. The first batter worms out to third (G5-3). The second batter pops straight up and Egan makes a fabulous catch at the backstop. Last batter whiffs to end the inning (K). Lau is sharp and deadly.
Inning Three: 2 to 0 Buckhead Stings First... Columbus silent. Buckhead: Stickney gets free passage on a 3-1 count taking his place at the first sack. Egan looks at the first strike and punishes the next one for an enormous round trip to score the first two runs of the game stunning the Columbus crowd into silence. Stelling had a well hit single to follow but Columbus makes a couple of good plays against Lau and Austin and the inning is over. Columbus: Lau punches out the first batter and grounds out the next on a G1-3. An error puts a Columbus on first but Stick makes an unassisted play on second to make the third out.
Inning Four: 4 to 1 Buckhead Piles On & Columbus Answers... Buckhead: Carlock singles. Ian gets a pass to first. One and two are occupied. Blair hits to a 3-6 FC moving Carlock to third but Ian is out at second. Linginfelter walks. Sawyer pops one over the first baseman driving Carlock home. William is thrown out caught in a pickle b/w 2 and 3. Robbie makes third and goes home on a close throw and scores. Egan is out stealing second after BB. Columbus: Starting the two hole batter smacks a 1 run four bagger for the first Columbus run of the game. The 3 batter pops a single to follow. Lau gains the upper hand with a pop out to Carlock on first. Clayton Ks the next guy and Stelling makes the third out with a 4-3.
Inning Five: 6 to 4 Buckhead Buys Insurance and Columbus Makes It Interesting... Buckhead: Stelling leads off with a double. Clayton helps his case with a single driving in Stelling with lightning speed. Lau also scores with a hit from Austin. The rally crumbles after two runs with a 1-6-3 double play. Sebastian gets a single but Blair grounds out on a G4-3 to end it. Columbus: The first play is a routine fly out to right. Nothing is routine after that. Columbus produces a double and a single to give us a 1st and 3rd setup. The lead off hits a F-8 but the runners do not advance. Passed ball scores the runner from Third. Then the 2 hole batter comes up again and yes, smacks another Tater to for a 2 run homer moving the score to 6 to 4. Lau throws a single pitch to a fly out to Sebastian in left to retire the side.
Inning Six: 6 to 4 Buckhead Holds On and Columbus Falls Away... Buckhead: Linginfelter is issued a walk. Stickney runs out a swing bunt in front of the plate to get on. Egan and Stelling are K'ed. Lau rolls out on a G6-3. Buckhead must hold them to win. Columbus: The first batter reaches on a E-5. The next batter reaches on a E-4. Two on and No Outs! Egan makes a great play with a G2-5 throw to third on a dribbler in front of the plate. One out. The play of the game is next. The 7 hole batter hits a long liner/fly to right center going to the fence. Austin makes a ESPN WEB GEM back handed catch at the fence and holds the runners at first and second very probably saving the game. Lau strikes out the last batter to stick it. Go Buckhead!
Johnston's Host Great Party For 12s Photos The 12s All Star Team plays this afternoon against Cartersville in the State Semi-finals at 3PM in Bogart. If they are successful they will then play the winner of the other semi-final game Columbus American vs. East Marietta.
The Championship game is posted to start at 5PM to follow the Semi-final games. If it is possible, Buckhead would love for the faithful to come out and support them. Directions and times are on the Buckhead Web Site.
The winner of the Championship game will go to St. Pete to compete in the regional tournament.
Go Buckhead!
7-31-2005 Sunday UPDATED 12s defeat Walton County 25 to 0 in 4 innings. Buckhead will play Cartersville in the semi-final at 3:00PM. The Championship game will follow at 5:00PM roughly. The other semi-final game is Columbus vs. East Marietta also at 3PM.
12s will finish up the pool section of the State Tournament today against Walton County. Buckhead currently leads 15 to 0 in the top of the second inning. The plan is to finish the game and that will be all for today. The tournament officials say that the semi-finals and finals (Double Header) will be played on Monday night. This game has been a Tater-a-thon so far. Lau, Campbell, Sebastian, Stelling...
7-30-2005 Saturday UPDATED Hold your horses! Despite a 15 to 0 lead over Walton after 1.5 innings the sky opened up and the rain would not stop. We postponed the game until Sunday. We will finish the game on Sunday at 2PM. The Semis and the Final will be played on Monday Night.
The schedule for Sunday will include semis and championship games. I will update the schedule as soon as we know what will be what.
The initial highlight of yesterday's game of which there were few as a Huge Four Bagger by Carlock that needed a passport landing somewhere over in Barrow County.
12s lose to Columbus American. We play again today at Noon against Walton.
7-29-2005 Friday Preliminary Schedule: the 12s are to play Columbus American this afternoon-evening after the games that were in progress yesterday with the rains came are finished. Currently, Buckhead may play around 7PM. Check back frequently for schedule updates.
7-28-2005 Thursday UPDATED!!! THURSDAY GAME RAINED OUT. WE ARE AWAITING NEW SCHEDULE! STAY TUNED AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS WHAT! Buckhead Rides To A Rainout Photos 12s play Columbus American tonight, Thursday, July 28th in Bogart at 8PM. Columbus won last night making them 3-0. Should be a Dawg Fight!
7-27-2005 Wednesday UPDATED! The 12s go to the Sawyers and have a great time making spaghetti and other great items for lunch. A super plan for a very hot day! Click Here To See The Boys In Action Around The Kitchen
Team Photo Sets Donated By Sam Austin
7-27-2005 Wednesday Game Recap: Rally With A Vengeance! Buckhead Wins 18 to 4 Over West Point In 4 Innings. Buckhead are the visitors and West Point are home. Inning One The Big Sleep, BH 0 to WP 0 Buckhead: The Buckhead boys are in for an unexpectantly rough ride. Egan, Patton, and Lau, all strong with the bat, come up empty in the first inning via a fly out and two rollers. The faithful are not worried as we'll get'em next time prevails. West Point: Sawyer is chosen to hurl and climbs the hill. The omen comes with the first batter who gets a bean ride to first. Sawyer recovers by forcing a fly gathered by Austin in right. The next batter hits into a fielder's choice up the middle with the force at second a G-8-6. A great Patton (Center)-Stickney (Short) combo. The next batsman is nailed and gets a ticket to first. Two on and Two out, the fifth batter pops to SS manned by Stickney. No damage in the first.
Inning Two A Shock To The System, BH 1 to WP 4 Buckhead: Carlock stands in the box to start the second and takes a breeze for the first out. Austin follows with a fly out to center. Things look very unsettling for the Bucks. Campbell collects two strikes and the crowd is anxious. Ian is unaffected and sees his pitch. He smacks a no doubt walk off dinger to left to raise our hopes. Stelling follows with a one bagger bunt laid down perfectly and promptly steals second. Next, Sawyer is a K victim and Buckhead goes to the grass. West Point: Sawyer starts strong whiffing the first batter. Suddenly, "Honey, we shrunk the strike zone!" The usually accurate Buckhead hurler cannot get a call. After four walks, we go to the bullpen. The "Buckhead Baseball Call To The Bullpen" goes to left handed Sebastian. It is a bit of jam with the bases juiced and one out. Grant has his usual short warm-up and is ready to go. The second offering is smacked hard to right but Austin makes a quick snatch F-9 and gets the ball in with no damage. Two outs. At this point, everything goes haywire. We are looking OK when the WP #3 swinger hits a strong roller up the middle. Somehow, our usually sure footed Center has issues with the ball and slips. The ball makes it to deep centerfield. West Point runners look like a Merry Go Round gone out of control. The ball gets back in time to stop the batter from scoring. 4 runs so far. Sebastian calmly Ks the next guy to end the inning. Thankfully.
Inning Three Forgiveness And Redemption, BH 10 to WP 4 Buckhead: The fans are shocked and very quiet. Things are very fuzzy from now on. Stickney batting in the 9 hole and gets a free pass on 4 pitches. Nothing to swing at. With one on, Egan smacks a double driving in the Stick who scores from first with blazing speed. Patton gets an E-6 reach for a 1 and 3 arrangement. Lau manufactures a stroll to load 'em. Carlock downed with a K on a close inside pitch. Austin singles driving in a run. The Bucks are inching back. The solid baseball of the 3rd inning is having a detrimental effect to the WP twirler. Campbell and Stelling have duels with pitcher ending in walks for both. Sebastian steps in and is K'ed with a good pitch. Stickney is back! He again gets a free ride but this time has to work for it with some great defensive hitting. Egan is up again. He has a fearsome look on his face and the pitcher whose wheels are very loose hits him on the first pitch. They changed pitchers somewhere in here I think. But it did not matter. Patton next shows that speed kills. He puts down a slow roller to 4 but within a few nanoseconds is within a few steps of first. 4 seeing that Thomas is going to beat the throw hurries and 4 throws it away. The ball goes flying around the outfield and the infield in such a way that everyone comes home and Patton ends up now within a few steps of HOME! By mere chance the ball somehow ends up in the catcher's mitt and with a close and debatable call Patton is tagged out at the plate. Whoa Nelly! West Point: Sebastian is perfect in the third. Three Ks in three batters. What can you say? The fielders are on break for duration.
Inning Four Going To Graceland, BH 18 to WP 4 Buckhead: This inning starts with Lau being beaned and sent to first. Carlock singles to put two on. Austin sits with a K. Ian piles on with a single. Stelling knocks a one bagger and gets a Ribbie. Sebastian helps his cause with a double down the right with Ribbies. Blair steps in and hits a grounder up the middle for two Ribbies and ends up on third due to some shenanigans. Egan falls to the K monster. Linginfelter gets in the box and clobbers a opp-field homer way over the right field fence! A line drive back to back tater from Lau down the left line follows William's. Carlock Ks to end the inning. West Point: With the exception of beaning the third batter for WP, Sebastian collects three Ks in the fourth for a great outing and to put the lid on it. He had 7Ks in 2 and 2/3 innings.
The 12s spring to life after starting moribund and come back from a 4 to 1 deficit to win convincingly by the Mercy Rule in the 4th by a score of 18 to 4. We had three purveyors of the long ball tonight. Campbell, Lau, and Linginfelter all went deep. Sebastian came in as a reliever and pitched extremely well as well as delivering an excellent drive to right. I will try to do a full game recap but it will be hard as there was some real dipsy doodles out there. The 12s do not play Wednesday but restart on Thursday against Columbus American. Click Here For More Pictures Of Game 2
Go Buckhead.
7-26-2005 Tuesday 12s Play West Point LL tonight in Bogart at 8PM!
Game One Recap "When 6 to 0 is tense, Life is good!" ~anonymous Marketing Executive for a major soft drink company... One thing for sure. Bogart is hotter than a Billy Goat in a pepper patch. Our 8PM start time works out as the temperature falls below the melting point of lead around the first pitch. Buckhead are the visitors and Franklin National are home. Inning One Pitchers Rule The World, BH 0 to FN 0 Buckhead: Egan is the one hole for Buckhead and after a 2-2 count lines one to left center for a keystone hit to get things started. Unfortunately, the Franklin pitcher finds his delivery and Buckhead goes down with a trifecta of fly out, ground out, and a strikeout stranding Egan. Franklin: Lau toes the rubber and quickly sits the first three down with a scary balloon shot to center easily gathered by Patton followed by two solid Ks. He looks strong out there. Inning Two Buckhead Draws Blood, BH 2 to FN 0 Buckhead: Carlock stands in to take his licks and right off the Franklin pitcher pegs him in the left elbow giving him a pass to first. This is the start of some frequent near misses and occasional beaners from the Franklin pitcher. A ground out to the pitcher follows. Stelling bats next. After a ball, John spies his pitch and smokes a dinger that is never in doubt over the left center fence bringing Carlock home and scoring two. Two ground outs follow and the Bucks retire. Franklin: The first batter smacks a chopper to Blair on third who captures it and throws him out. Lau issues a walk. The next National reaches on a sharply hit clinker with a strange bounce to 6. Lau recovers nicely with a strikeout and a ground out to the 1-3 to leave two adrift. Inning Three Buckhead Tacks On Another One, BH 3 to FN 0 Buckhead: Egan leads off again in the third. He smacks out to 6. Patton follows with a strong fly to left. Two balls well hit but still two out. Lau helps his case with a single to left. Austin, who must appear a human target after being grazed in the first with no walk, is nailed by a pitch and gets a casualty pass. Both runners move ahead on a wild pitch. Carlock knocks the ball to third and the fielder has a cerebral miscue and tries to force at 5 where there is none. He then weakly throws to first and late to miss Carlock. Lau scores easily. National recovers with a K to end the inning. Franklin: Lau continues to look dominant. After a weak grounder, Lau produces a 1-3. The top of the National order pops out to Stelling at 4. The third batter surprises us with a single to right. Lau gets another 1-3 out to end the inning and leave the runner. Inning Four Both Threaten None Score, BH 3 to FN 0 Buckhead: We start off with a roller to the pitcher for a 1-3. The National pitcher had been really "inside" and we have been bailing out on bean balls just about every batter. Finally as we expected would eventually happen to someone, Linginfelter is plunked in head on the first pitch. Thanks for helmets. After a short time he pops up and takes his place at first. Sawyer gets a Annie Oakley and Buckhead has two on. Unfortunately, we strikeout and ground out to end the inning, leaving two hanging. The "inside" pitching gets a warning to the National bench. Franklin: After the first two batters get on with an error and a walk. Lau punches three in a row. Fabulous pitching to watch. Inning Five People On But Nuthin' Doin', BH 3 to FN 0 Buckhead: After two strikeouts, Carlock reaches on grounder up the middle. We leave him stranded on a wormer for a 3 unassisted. Franklin: The bottom of the 5th starts the wrong way with a single to left by the bottom of the order. The runner moves to second. The top of the order hits a hard bounder to Blair on third who tries to look the runner at second and throws to first to get the runner. The runner on second still makes third with one out. Lau is steady and strikes out the next two to retire the Nationals and leaving a runner in scoring position and no place to go. Inning Six Target Rich Environment, BH 6 to FN 0 Buckhead: We lead with a K. Blair walks on four straight wide ones. The next batter flys to 5 and then things change. Ian comes in to pinch run. Egan promptly singles. Patton who has been hitting strongly all night with nothing to show flares a Texas leaguer to the left line, gets a one-sacker and an RBI. Lau bingles to right center and we now have two more. We end with a ground out 4-3. Three runs added. Franklin: Now down by 6, Franklin is on life support and praying for sheetrock. Lau is unrelenting with a K to start. Stelling picks up the next batter's wormer and throws him out 4-3. Lau puts in the call to the coast with a final K to end the game. Buckhead starts the tournament well and looks forward to tonight. Clayton throws a two hitter with 10 Ks. Click Here For More Pictures Of The Tournament
Post-game talk. Look at the Humidity!
Clayton pitches a masterpiece coupled with some timely defense to blank the Franklin National team by a score of 6 to 0. Franklin fielded a strong pitcher who despite some "Bull Durham" threw a good game to hold Buckhead to six runs. Stelling had a two run shot over the left center fence that was timely and very well hit. I will post a full game recap sometime during the AM.
7-25-2005 Monday The 12 Year Old All Star Team plays their first game of the Georgia State Tournament tonight in Bogart, Ga. at 8PM. Bogart is just outside of Athens off 316. Directions are off the homepage on the 12s state tournament section page. We start with Franklin National of District 7. If you can make it, the 12s would appreciate your support. The 12s will also play Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. All games are scheduled for 8PM. Go Buckhead!
7-24-2005 Sunday The 12s gear up for their state tournament in Bogart next week. Everyone is ready to go. Our first game is against Franklin County on Monday night at 8PM. Go Buckhead!
Congratulations to the 11s on their great State Championship!
7-23-2005 Saturday 11s WIN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP! Buckhead 11s stand off a last minute rally by N. Columbus to win the Georgia State Championship by a score of 11 to 7! Jack Geraghty pitched 5 terrific innings holding Columbus to 3 runs. While Jack started the sixth, the heat and enormous effort had taken its toll and Spencer Garrett was called on to pitch in relief for Jack in a bit of a jam. The team Northern knocked on the door scoring four runs in the bottom of the sixth but it was not enough and Spencer backed by the 11s held them off. Of Note: Spencer hit an enormous Tater over the left center fence that qualifies as a tape measure job and Harton popped a double landing in the center warning track. Arnold also got a key hit as did others. All the boys and coaches were superlative representing Buckhead to the State of Georgia. Job Well Done! Click Here To See 11s State Championship Game Pictures Go Buckhead!
7-22-2005 FRIDAY UPDATE Friday, July 22, 2005 2:09:17 PM Hello Buckhead Baseball Fans, The 11s are playing for the State Championship title Saturday, July 23rd at Ocee Park at 10AM. That is tomorrow! The 11s would love to have their fans turn out to see them play N. Columbus for the top spot. This is a rematch of last year's final and the boys are fighting to take home the trophy to Buckhead this year! The 12s start the state tournament Monday night against Franklin National of District 7. We will play Monday, July 25th at 8PM in Bogart right outside of Athens. Directions to Bogart are on the 12s State tournament schedule in the announcements section of the Homepage of our web site. Buckhead Web Site: www.buckheadbaseball.com All the boys have been practicing and playing hard and would really appreciate a large turnout to watch them play. See you at the Game! Go Buckhead! 11s WIN SEMI-FINAL GAME IN STATE TOURNAMENT DEFEATING HART COUNTY BY A SCORE OF 8 TO 6. Buckhead Will Play N. Columbus of District 8 for the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
Solid pitching by Ellis , Schoen and Arnold did an awesome closing the game. Great hitting by Jowers ( 3 for 3 ), Snellings, Garrett, Patterson, & Harton. Super defense across the board. Buckhead plays winner of Rome vs. Columbus at Ocee Park on Saturday, July 23rd at 10AM for the
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!
7-21-2005 Thursday Updated Buckhead 11s play Hart County Tonight on Field 2.
11s Play Tonight Thursday, July 21st @ 6PM @ Ocee Park! This is the semi-final game of the State Championship! Please get out there and support your boys on the field! Go Buckhead!
7-20-2005 Wednesday The 12s State Tournament schedule is posted off the homepage in the announcement section. Take a look and see if you can come see them play in Beautiful Downtown Bogart right outside of Athens. Click Here To See Victory Pics For 12s Buckhead 12s have won the District 9 Championship for 3 straight years!
The 11s have swept their pool winning 4 and 0 so they should be ranked #1 in A pool and play the #2 ranked team in the B pool. They should play Thursday, July 21st @ 6PM @ Ocee Park. See Below. Buckhead 11s have won the District 9 Championship for two straight years. The this class of 11s have won the District 9 Championship at the 8, 9, 10, & 11 year old level. This is an amazing accomplishment. Go Buckhead.
7-19-2005 Tuesday Updated Again The 11s win the fourth game in a row in pool play defeating Peachtree City by a score of 26 to 1. Peachtree City never let up but the Buckhead 11s were too much for them tonight. I don't have the details but the report is the Buckhead Boys hit everything in sight and ripped it to the fences. Go Buckhead!
Of course, the 11s won the third game in a row at the state tournaments in Ocee Park. They are having a great tournament. The 11s play Peachtree City tonight. Go out and support our boys!
"I come to win." ~Leo Durocher Back to Back to Back! And Back to Bogart! Holy Cow! What a Nail Biter! District 9 12s Game Recap of Buckhead Vs. Murphey Candler
Inning One 1 to 0 Murphey Candler A Bad Moon Is Rising... John Stelling is pitching for Buckhead and we are the home team. We are posted in the visitors dugout because Murphey Candler was waiting for us to arrive and "just picked one". It was prophetic! Murphey Candler: The MC lead off batter has a 3-1 count and hit a grounder to Blair G-4-3 on second for casualty number one. The second batter is walked after a full count. MC 4, who is having a great tournament, has a hit to left moving everyone up. MC 8 hit a grounder up the middle for a hit. The Buckhead crowd has a bit of the heebee geebees then Stelling strikes out MC 22. Now two outs are recorded and everyone feels better. Suddenly, MC 9 hits the second pitch to left scoring MC 6. Stelling forces a ground out of MC 12 on a G-4-3 to retire the Hammers. Buckhead: Nothing doing for Buckhead in the first inning. Stelling leads off with what will be the boys pattern for the evening, an F-5. Egan follows with an F-9 and Lau grounds out. The Buckhead faithful are nervous with such artillery held at bay.
Inning Two 2 to 1 Murphey Candler An Instability In The Force Murphey Candler: MC 1 leads off with a hit to left on the second pitch. Stelling recovers with a strike out swinging by MC 25. MC 2 shocks the horned crowd with a single to left which advances MC1. MC 6 follows with a double which scores MC 1 running the score to 2 to 0. MC 4 hits into a Fielder's choice to make the second out. Stelling steels himself and throw MC 8 out on strikes. Buckhead: Campbell reaches on an E-6 to start the inning. Carlock pounds a ball to center which is gathered for a F-8. Austin steps in and shoots another rocket to center which is caught for another F-8. Patton smacks one right back at the pitcher who promptly throws it into the outfield for an error scoring Campbell. Blair flys out to end the inning. There is no joy in Mudville tonight...
Inning Three 2 to 1 Murphey Candler Caught in the Sargasso Sea... Drifting, Drifting... Murphey Candler: Stelling feels the gas and has a great inning on the mound. Strikes out MC 22 looking. Then forces MC 7 and MC 10 to roll a grounder to Blair at 4 who throws them both out. Buckhead: Stick and Stelling are a strike out victims leading off. Egan gets the first hit of the game with a single. But Lau suffers on a well hit ball to third and is thrown out stranding Egan.
Inning Four 2 to 1 Murphey Candler Feeling for a pulse... Someone, call the doctor! Murphey Candler: Egan is a man possessed. The hitter, MC 1, bunts in front of the plate. Egan roars from behind the plate like a predator. He throws the batter out with such force that it inspires Stelling forward. The inning ends promptly after that with a G-6-3 and a K-S. We are alive but the pain is not over. Buckhead: Buckhead goes in swift order with a strikeout to Campbell and fly outs to Carlock and Austin. Many in the crowd are hanging crepe. The Buckhead fans have hope as they know that everyone can hit. It is a matter of time until someone smacks it.
Inning Five 2 to 1 Murphey Candler Baseball is simply a nervous breakdown divided into innings. ~Earl Wilson Murphey Candler: Buckhead starts out well with a ground out G-6-3 from MC 6. Then, we hit MC 4 with a pitch. Yikes. MC 8 reaches on a E-6. MC 22 Walks! The bases are juiced and we have only one out! Devine intervention! A grounder is hit and the fielder's choice from Carlock to Egan at home keeps all square. Stelling steels again and strikes out MC 12 swinging. All of Buckhead land can take a breath. Buckhead: Buckhead tries a little mini-ball. Linginfelter gains a pass to first. Sawyer lays down the good bunt to SAC him to second. Following, Sebastion flys out and Stelling is stung by a K to end the inning. Nuthin doin again...
Inning Six 2 to 3 Buckhead Winning isn't everything. Wanting to win is. ~Catfish Hunter Murphey Candler: MC 1 singles to left. This is not reassuring to the faithful. The second MC batter hits a towering fly ball to center for an out. The believers are very uneasy. The MC lead off batter hits a wormer up the middle. The Stick gets a bead on it and snatches it up and makes a bee line for the 2 pillow and throws to first to reap the twin killin'. The wind roars out of the MC balloon. Buckhead: Egan is again at the plate. He fights the good fight but is extinguished by a G-6-3 out. Lau also swings into a G-6-3 out. The Buckhead tribe is fighting despair. Campbell manufacturers a walk to let in a little light and moves to first. Carlock get into a titanic struggle at the plate with MC 8. Suddenly, on a 3-1 count he pops a serious roller up the middle for a hit. Now, two on and two out. No one in D-9 is comfortable now. Austin steps in. Two on and two out. Every little league story starts this way and a lot is on table. Austin takes a ball. Then it happens. Paul connects with a low outside fastball. The line drive clears the infield up and through the 3-4 slot and hits in front of the right fielder. Campbell and Carlock are going full tilt with two outs. The right fielder takes a bead on the ball and for reasons never to be known the ball somehow squirts to the fence. Campbell and Carlock run home and Buckhead had the victory. A defensive struggle with good pitching from Stelling and MC 8 all night. Go Buckhead!
Buckhead wins the District 9 Championship against an excellent Murphey Candler squad that could have gone either way.
7-18-2005 Monday UPDATE 11s play Athens tonight at 6PM at Ocee Park. Check out the Amy Wheelus State Stat Chart to get the in depth skinny on how the teams are doing in the 11s State Tourney. Go to the 11s results in the announcements section of the Homepage.
11s win second State Tournament Game with a score of 9 to 3. 11s game information: The 11s had 31 at bats, 10 hits, 4Ks, 5BB, &1E N. Columbus had 23AB, 5 hits, 4Ks, 0BB & 0E. Great pitching by Drew Ellis and Kevin Arnold. Great D from Yergey and Garrett. The bats looked good with Yergey , Harton & Jowers each with 2 hits. Go Buckhead!
12s Play Championship Game at Murphey Candler against Murphey Candler at 7PM Monday, July 18th. Tonight! Check the directions and come see the game.
7-17-2005 Sunday UPDATED! 11s win second State Tournament Game in a row over N. Columbus by a score of 9 to 3. Great pitching by Drew Ellis and Kevin Arnold. If you were at the game, please send me the details.
Murphey Candler won 16 to 4 over Sandy Springs in the last loser bracket game of the D-9 tournament this afternoon. They will face Buckhead in the championship game Monday, July 18th at 7PM.
Murphey Candler 12s play today against Sandy Springs at 2PM to enter the championship game against Buckhead on Monday night at 7PM. The 12s D-9 tournament is at Murphey Candler. Directions are in the All Star 2005 section.
The 11s play Columbus Northern today at Ocee Park at 2PM for their second pool game of the Georgia State Tournament. They won their first game yesterday against Belvedere. Ocee Park directions are in the all star section 2005 of the web site.
7-16-2005 Saturday Updated Murphey Candler has cancelled today's game playing Murphey Candler against Sandy Springs. Rain fell for about 15 minutes drowning the field. I guess it is not repairable tonight. This will force further delay of the D-9 championship game leaving less than a week for the D-9 representative team to prepare for the State Tournament in Bogart. The plan now is for Murphey Candler and Sandy Springs to play tomorrow, Sunday, July 17th at 2PM and for the D-9 championship game to be on Monday, the 18th of July at 7PM.
11s win first game big with a flurry of bats in the last inning. They will play Columbus tomorrow at 2PM.
11s Walk To Victory
Coach Thad Gives Marching Orders More Pictures Off Homepage Link In Announcements!
Sandy Springs defeated Ocee Park in the 12s losers bracket last night. MC plays Sandy Springs tonight @ 6:00PM.
The 11s game has been pushed back one hour and will start at 12Noon. I do not have any info on what happened at MC last night. If someone knows what happened, please let me know. Get out there and support our 11s at Ocee Park!
7-15-2005 Friday Whoa Nelly!, What a ball game. 12s Win! Murphey Candler vs. Buckhead Recap! 7-14-2005 Murphey Candler field team did a great job getting the field in prime condition for the game. Thanks Murphey Candler.
Solid Pitching by Lau, Fabulous hitting by everyone!
Inning One: 0 to 0 No Score. Murphey Candler: Clayton starts off strong with a ground out and two strike outs leaving one for MC on base. Buckhead: The boys have slow start except for Egan who hits a two base line drive to the right gap. Egan is stranded there.
Inning Two: 7 to 0 Things definitely heat up in the second inning. Murphey Candler: Austin is a wall in right with two great grabs of a fly and a line drive for outs. But after a walk and a bloop single, another walk loads the bases for MC in the second. The MC lead off #2 hits a screaming line drive destined to hit the fence on the fly directly at the Stick. Stick times a perfect leap to snatch it and retire the side. Buckhead: Carlock starts out with a fly to right center for a hit. Austin follows with a liner to left center. Patton flys to left to load them up. With the bases juiced Blair comes to the plate. Finding a low outside fastball, he hits a long one over the right fielder's head to the fence for a double and two Ribbies to put Buckhead up by two. Stickney hits a worm burner sharply between the 3-4 spots for a hit to right. Stelling is hit by a pitch and gains first. Bases loaded again. Enter Egan on the right who drives a Grand Slam with a no question swing. After 7 runs, MC retires the side.
Inning Three: 7 to 2 MC puts some up. Murphey Candler: After Lau pitches a convincing K, he issues a walk. MC #8 sees his pitch and pops a round tripper to score two. After a scare line drive down the first base line. Lau grounds out and strikes out the side. Buckhead: Austin leads off with a grounder through the 5-6 hole. After two outs, Sebastion gets a fly to left for a hit. We get another out. Nuthin' doin' for Buckhead in this inning.
Inning Four: 9 to 2 Buckhead Answers. Murphey Candler: After two ground outs, a walk is given. MC #6 gets a hit to right. MC #4, who is a tough out and good hitter, fights off nine pitches but finally hit a dribbler to Lau who throws him out. Buckhead: Egan leads with a crushed line drive that could give a part to an armadillo but was robbed by MC #8 in center. Lau does the same with a well hit liner but it is picked off by #8 again in center. Campbell reaches on a E-1. Carlock hits a meteor shot to center that goes so high that it is a hazard to aviation and runs vertically down the net in center for a two run shot.
Inning Five: 13 to 2 Buckhead delivers the Coup de grāce. Murphey Candler: MC 8 knocks a grounder through the 3-4 spot for a hit. After a ground out, Lau delivers two strike outs to end the side. Buckhead: Patton pokes a sharp wormer down the first base line and with blazing speed makes it to third. Linginfelter garners a walk and then two are on. Stick pops one hard over the right fielder's head scoring two and stopping on second. Stelling steps in and swings at the second pitch and hits it with such ferocity that it is rising and linear when it hits way up the net. A walk off homer by Stelling. This two run tater ends the game by the mercy rule! Go Buckhead.
7-14-2005 Thursday Updated The 12s take on Murphey Candler at their home and win a convincing victory 13 to 2 in 5 innings by the mercy rule on the road. I will give a complete rundown tomorrow in the latest news section, hitting the highlights of which there were many. Solid Pitching, Several Huge Taters and Many Great Hits Too.
"There is no substitute for victory" ~General Douglas MacArthur
"Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good too." ~Greg, age 8
(knocking on wood) Pitching to Buckhead, There Ain't No Place To Hide! ~Sam Austin
THE RAIN STAYED AWAY! Weather pattern shows 40 to 50% chance of Thunderstorms at game times tomorrow. We are supposed to play at 8PM again 7-14-2005 @ Murphey Candler.
7-13-2005 Wednesday UPDATED 9PM! WELL, AGAIN, WE ARE CANCELLED AND CANNOT PLAY. The D-9 representative team to the 12 Year Old State Tournament must be in Bogart in 10 days! We hope something changes to move things along.
Coach Gip Tests New Gear For The Tournament!
7-12-2005 Tuesday UPDATED! AGAIN! CANCELLED AGAIN. THE RAINS CAME AND THE FIELD WAS A SWAMP! Despite working hard for over an hour, the MC field was unplayable. We now have a serious delay in tournament progress. Hoping for better weather so we can play some baseball!
Please keep in mind that the 11s start the state tournament at Ocee Park on Saturday. Check their schedules off the homepage and take in a game. Support our 11s!
Awaiting official word on whether we are playing this evening against MC. The MC fields were a bog yesterday even though the weather around game time was perfect. The weather channel predicts scattered T-storms probability of 40%. The 12s took some BP yesterday on the Buckhead majors field. Thanks to Jake Taylor for coming out and helping the 12s tune up for the contest. He did a great job. Go Buckhead!
7-11-2005 Monday Updated Today's Game against Murphey Candler is CANCELLED. I will post when it is rescheduled.
Hoping Dennis will go away. Still occasional feeder bands coming through but sunshine! Power is back on at the webmaster's house after running on generator last night. Maybe it will clear up and we can get the game in tonight. We are lined up to play Murphey Candler tonight with both teams 1 and 0. Ben Hill and Sandy Springs are scheduled to play at 8PM following our game as they were washed out by Mr. Dennis. Come out and take in the game. Should be fun.
7-11-2005 Monday Updated Today's Game against Murphey Candler is CANCELLED. I will post when it is rescheduled.
Hoping Dennis will go away. Still occasional feeder bands coming through but sunshine! Power is back on at the webmaster's house after running on generator last night. Maybe it will clear up and we can get the game in tonight. We are lined up to play Murphey Candler tonight with both teams 1 and 0. Ben Hill and Sandy Springs are scheduled to play at 8PM following our game as they were washed out by Mr. Dennis. Come out and take in the game. Should be fun.
7-10-2005 Sunday The 12s win their first game of the tournament against Ocee Park 15 to 1 ending the game in the 4th inning due to the mercy rule. Sawyer pitched solid as the starter and Sebastian closed for the victory. There were many highlights but Austin hit a towering centerfield tater that cleared the net. A sweet performance by the 12s to start the tournament. The boys will face the MCLL team tomorrow at 6PM if the weather clears. Will post updates if the weather changes our plans. |
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