Meet Your New Teamates

We have some new players this year. I thought it would be nice to give a brief introduction of the boys prior to our first game on Sunday.

Here they are:

Above is Nick Salle. Nick is a pitcher/outfielder and last year played for the Puget Sound Stars. Nick will be our only player (and perhaps the only in the league) still in elementary school. Nick is one of the lucky third graders in Mrs. Fletcher's class at Our Lady of the Blessed Left-Handers. He excels in art and is the fastest boy on the playground.

Riley Duffy is another left-hander and another player picked up from the Puget Sound Stars. He pitches and plays first-base and outfield. Riley is a fan of Chick Flicks (loves to cry at movies) and has an extensive bottle cap collection. Other sports that Riley participates in are roller derby and cage fighting.

Quinn Burcham is an outfielder, pitcher and corner infielder and yet another addition from the Puget Sound Stars. Quinn was born in Antarctic and holds dual citizenship. He travels back each December for their Summerfest Athletic Competition and competes well. Last year his penguin project took third place.

Alex Mitchell is our final pick-up from the now defunct Puget Sound Stars. He is NOT related to our returning Mitchell Smith, although they do share a common name. Alex is an infielder. Alex comes from a family of twenty five brothers and sisters and is a world renowned concert tuba player. It is a wonder that Alex can even play baseball as his left foot has only two toes.

Ethan Clements last played for the O'Brien team. Ethan is a pitcher and corner infielder. Ethan is the son of Bill Clements who played with coach Cougan with the Seattle U Chieftains. Ethan's father was know as a hot headed/hot tempered fire ball who played the game with fierce reckless abandon. He was nicknamed Mr. Excitement (or just plain Mr. X) by his teammates as we just never knew when he would explode or otherwise cause trouble. Ethan is a quilter and makes his own clothes. Last year's O'Brien's team played in away jersey's made by Ethan.

Lastly (not pictured, for soon to be known as obvious reasons) we have added Russell Madche. Russell is not pictured because he was born with a rare condition which causes sudden invisibility. Russell is a pitcher, catcher and outfielder and we hope to use his rare condition to steal signs from the other team when he is otherwise unable to play due to invisibility.