Roster Moves from the Winter Meetings

Typically the MBC program stands pat over the winter meetings and does not make any roster moves. This year a deal came around and the front office thought it was just too good to pass up. The rule of thumb being, anytime you can pick up two quality pitchers for the price of one, you just have to take it.

So with great reluctance we traded Jake Hawken to the Train-Stop Junction Pretty Boys for the good looking Ewell twins. Robert E. Lee Ewell (pictured on the left) is a hard throwing left hander fresh out of the Eastern Mississippi reform school. His bother Stonewall (the smarter of the two) is the well behaved soft throwing right-hander (his left hand was severely injured in a gator accident as a child.

So it is a win-win for MBC. We pick up TWO pitchers and just give up one, AND our team just got better looking.

High School Basketball

I have heard rumors that some of our teammates have tried out for their respective high school basketball teams.

I was never allowed to play basketball in high school due to my well earned nick name, as pictured above. I was forced into wrestling.

Solid Heads, Solid Hits

Ted Williams, the greatest hitter that ever lived, he was so good that even as a dead man, his head is frozen!

How 'bout that Joe Ross. He gave us another reason to keep our heads quiet. And maybe quiet is not the word anymore. Yeah it needs to be quiet, but it needs to get there forcefully and be in a strong immovable place.

Every time I talk or should I say I hear Joe talk about hitting, I come away with more gems.


Tempo, rhythm, stability, strong and firm. Wow, I was so jealous of you guys yesterday. I wanted to hit and all I got to do was serve up gopher balls to you guys.


I was impressed with your focus, I was impress with your work ethic. I was impressed with the changes I saw.


Great work, way to get better. Keep working. You guys will be scary this year!

Mickey Mantle, my boyhood hero!

Roger Maris, look at those guns!

And George Brett, the last man to legitimately flirt with .400

And look at the solid position of Jr.

My Hero

Our fearless leader pitched last night for the Escogido Lions. He pitched three innings, gave up three hits, one earned run and struck out two. Jamie has gone to the Dominican Republic to play winter ball. How is THAT for dedication and the pursuit of a dream!

Sort of a Schedule

I hope to finalize the REAL schedule by the end of the week. Sorry, but I have some balls in the air that are making it unrealistic to assign real times as yet, but they should clear up soon.For now here is a loose guideline of the potential for work out dates through the winter.

We have rented RIPS, down by the airport in Burien for the following Sundays from noon to 4:00. Our team will have rotating 2 hour blocks in this schedule and will perhaps have a weekend off in each month. We will go from noon to 2:00 or 2:00 to 4:00 the following weeks:


Nov: 7, 14, 21
January: 9,16,23,30
February 6,13,20,27

Don't Bet Against Him, EVER!

Ben Thomson, former multiple repeat batting contest champion of the world is now competing in the post season high school tennis championships.

You must know the story:

Cinderella story, relative unknown shrimp eater, now about to become the Washington State Singles Tennis Champ!

Calendar impaired (but because of this I DO get to park anywhere I want) Coach Cougan drove all the way out to Soundview field yesterday for the big football game and found the entire Soundview staff working diligently on preparing the field for TODAY"S game. Funny that the entire Soundview grounds crew resembled a bunch of 12 year olds playing a pick-up football game, but who am I to judge how Soundview gets their field ready for a big game.

Anyhow, seeings that I was close to the Thomson home, and as always optimistically wondering whether 10 lbs of shrimp, delivered to his doorstep might entice the future rival to Ichiro to come back to baseball, I gave the Thomson's a call and found that they were not home.

But I did discover that they were out at the UW watching Ben (Ballard High's freshman AND #1 Tennis player) play his first post-season match. Ben won the match in triple-dipple overtime and will continue on his quest for state supremacy.

Good luck Ben, we all know waaaaay better than to ever bet against you - we have scene it too many times.

In related news, Campbell Queen played another meaningless soccer game somewhere. Yes, that is right, he now plays a game in which you cannot use your hands.

!!!!!!!Final Football Showdown!!!!!!!

Game on! This Thursday, October 22, 3:30, Soundview, BE THERE.

No holds barred, no rules, no mercy, one team will win, BE THERE.

Tino and Jake; Quin, Ethan, Nick; Mano un Mano, BE THERE.

There will be blood, there will be guts, there will be cheating, BE THERE

My world will stop, my plans on hold I am going to the showdown of the century, BE THERE

Why this might even be better than the Cascade Jr. High vs Puget Sound Jr. High (the 1970 equivalent of freshman football) show down between two undefeated teams, two teams that had not given up ANY points to ANY other opponent all year, meeting for the final game of the season. (and to ALL you piss-ant Puget Sound Jr. High School readers of this blog, {if you guys can read} Chris Humphries from Cascade Jr. High DID cross the goal line and the game DID NOT end in a 0-0 tie, and you guys know it)

This should be fun, and hey guys, be careful only put the big hits on non MBC players, ie Pierre is up for grabs!, unless he changes his mind!!!!!.