Colt .45's captain out with an injury

Joe Paul, the captain of the Colt .45's, has caught the injury bug. He was injured in a motorcycle accident last weekend.
Joe suffered some bruised ribs and hurt his hip a little bit in his wreck. He thinks he should be able to make back out onto the field in about two weeks.
Get well soon Joe!

"the Zirkle Express" has arrived in Longview

Last night the Femme Fatales took on the Colt .45's to complete their first series of the season. It turned out to be a great game with excellent pitching by both teams. The .45's won 3-0 on a couple of walks and a few timely hits.
The Femme Fatales started their captain Laura Marcil. In just her second game pitching she showed great control of a nasty curve. She was replace in the second due to innings pitched in the series. Jaime Wright, who had not pitched in league action before, came in to relieve her. She went on to strike out six while showing good control.
As good as the Fatales pitchers were, Luke Zirkle was even better for the Colt .45's. The Yakima native only threw his blazing fastball a couple of times but mixed speeds and locations well on his other pitches. He allowed three hits, walked one and fanned eleven. It was one of the most dominant debuts in league history by a pitcher.

Blazers Captain placed on Disabled List

Lance Sasser, the captain of the Salem Blazers, is placed on the Disabled List with a dislocated knee. It is unknown at this time how much damage is done to his knee and whether or not he'll be able to return for league play this season.
Lance was tackled by teammate Rueben Newman in a drunken celebration of their friend JB's birthday. The Blazers may be adding another player to their roster to make up for the loss of their team captain. It is unknown at this time if that player will be added in time for their matchup this weekend with the Woodstock Unicorns.
Attempts to get reach manager/mascot Justin Luehr for comment were unsuccessful. We should have an update on Lance's injury by the end of the week.
Get well soon Lance!

Amazing Pitching to start Season 2

Matt Jones of Jackmove started season two off great on the mound. Last year's World Series runner-ups defeated their rivals the Lexington Brewers 6-3 to kick off Northern Division play.
Matt set a CCWA record with 15 strikeouts in six innnings. He broke the record of 13 that was set by Ed Bert last year when he was captain of the Colt .45's. Ed set the record last year against the Wiffleball Furies.
To help his cause, Matt Jones also hit his first homerun of the season in the fifth innning. Below are some clips of Matt's lights-out performance.


Matt wiffing Jim Hewey

Jones giving Brian Eyer the capital K

"Corduroy" striking Hewey out again


In the Southern Division, Nate Bullock led his Laurelhurst Pirates to a 9-0 victory by throwing a no-hitter against the Salem Blazers. The Pirates captain threw the first no-no of the season and it was also the first of his career.
He struck out eight and got great defensive play by rookie outfielder Eric Keele and veteran Ed Bert. All three members of the Pirates scored three runs against the rookie team.
Their next matchup is in a couple of weeks and Blazer manager/mascot Justin vows to have his team ready.

Mike Jones earns 1st career CCWA victory

Former F*ck Stick team captain Mike Jones won his first CCWA game with his new team Jackmove on opening day. His team last year could never seem to quite put it together and lost a couple of games in the final innings. Their lone victory last season was by forfeit.

But he got this season started off right. Behind team captain Matt Jones 15 strikeout performance, Jackmove cruised to a victory over their rival the Lexington Brewers.
Jackmove captain Matt Jones celebrating with Mike after the victory.

2006 All-CCWA Beer teamers Tim Kramer (Brewers) & Mike Jones (Jackmove) enjoying opening day.