Less than a year to go!

 Anytime I don't attend camp, I live vicariously through the Facebook Camp page. I've been looking at it for the last week or so. I enjoy reading the posts. I especially like reading the posts from the rookies. I like to see the stats and the game results. I vividly remember heading out for my first camp eleven years ago. That's hard to believe. One of the best decisions we every made was going to camp back in 2014. I have made so many friends by doing so. Worth every penny each time I headed out. 

2014 Champs!

2016 Team Fireball!

2023 Champs!

Heading Back to Goodyear in 2026!

 Yes I've decided, why wait until retirement? I'm headed back to Goodyear January 2026. 

Reflecting on a great Camp and Championship

What a week at RFC! Two days of rain and washouts. And then when we do start playing do two triple headers back to back!! Then the epic day of  the semi and final nail bitters! I told Karen she is my good luck charm. Twice she has accompanied me to Goodyear. Twice my team has won the camp championship. It was great to win, but win or lose this week, renewing friendships and making  new ones means more than anything. 

Triple Header # 2

Another long day at the Reds Complex. A rather successful day as well. Team Indy had a great day! Won our final pool play game and I made a very surprising relief appearance as well. Thankfully I had plenty of run support! It also turned out be a “complete” game. We also had a practice game that was a “ tie”. Then in our first playoff game we took care of business. So tomorrow we’ll be playing in the semi finals. After all the baseball action we had a nice rooftop barbeque dinner.

In Relief

                                                                         3 Run double

On The Rooftop

Triple Header!

 

Team Indy and Company

    Lot's of baseball played yesterday. I believe it's a RFC camp first, playing a triple header. Team Indianapolis got "Pedroed" in our first game, but we won our next two games. So heading into today's play we stand at 3 and 1. Not bad at all.  I'm hitting the ball solid, with some bad luck at times. That's baseball. Guess what?  We play 3 more today!! We had an always a laugh fest kangaroo court afterwards. The $32 fine was the theme of the event for obvious reasons. Hope for the warriors is a great cause. We also had an excellent team dinner at Grimaldi's. A great dinner, with even better people. 

                                                            "What was that? A two run double!

Last the much needed massage gun!

P.S. Due to time constraints, I haven't to sift through my "hat cam" videos too much. But stay tuned.

FINALLY! We played some baseball today!

 

The Pros

The Whole Gang!

Finally baseball was played today at 5PM for Team Indianapolis. A lot of waiting around, but it was worth it. We beat a fine Billings team 12 to 5. Our team has some hitters. It will be a fun week win or lose. I love this place!

Baseball is a strange sport. First time up I hit a Texas leaguer to Right and plated 2 runs. 

Next time up, I couldn't hit a ball any harder but it found Zim's glove!

 

Dragons Dinner

Some of My Best Friends

Last night a bunch of us campers went out to dinner.  One of best things for me personally that came from going to my first camp, was getting to be part this Dragons fraternity as well. Being able to play baseball with these guys has been a true pleasure and honor. I can't believe I'll be playing in my 10th season with the Dragons this coming year. Anyway, thank you Steve Ritchie and Rob Matheny for co- founding this team(s), and letting me play with this great group of guys.