Category Archives: Baseball

Rangers Run Comes To An End

Posted by on August 4, 2011 No comments

The Chandler Rangers Run at a national title came to an abrupt and disappointing end this morning in Florida. The USSSA schedulers hit the west coast team with their 3rd 8AM game in a row. The Rangers did their best however, they were unable to overcome 5 errors and lost to the tournament favorite Voodoo by 1 run. (8-7). The Rangers had rallied from an early 5-1 deficit to take the lead 6-5, but could not make it stand up.

The schedule dealt them another cruel blow by sending them a 1/2 mile across the entire complex in the heat an humidity to immediately face a well rested opponent in the CBA Cyclones.

The Cyclones took advantage by jumping to an early lead and then routed the Rangers 10-2.

It was not the outcome the team had hoped for but we are all proud of our boys even if most parents are very disappointed in how USSSA managed the event.

It was one year ago today that the Rangers formed. As coach Bruce pointed out even the pros get 4 months off. The boys will make the most of their remaining time in Central Florida then head home.

They saw a lot, learned a lot, and despite the result will have memories to last a lifetime.

Game Cancelled Until Tomorrow

Posted by on August 3, 2011 No comments

The powers that be decided to cancel the Rangers game until tomorrow. It’s really strange. This experience has been much different than I imagined. It would be easy to be really negative
– this post should have been posted yesterday.
Communication around the rainouts was VERY poorly communicated stranding the team at the field for 5 hours.

Sigh… Still delayed

Posted by on August 3, 2011 No comments

Good lord this is retarded. The field is in the sun. Not a drop of rain. No lightening. And… No baseball. I don’t get it.

No calls from USSSA, no announcements.

What a waste.

Rain Delay Voodoo

Posted by on August 3, 2011 No comments

The game prior to ours was delayed due to rain then halted again in the bottom of the 1st inning. We expect to start in 2 to 3 hours.

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Rangers win. Seeded 5th

Posted by on August 2, 2011 No comments

The Chandler Rangers defeated the CT Goose’s Gamers this morning 11-0 in 5 innings. The win left the Rangers with a mark of 2-1 at the end of 3 days if pool play and seeded 5th in the D-Bracket.

They play the South Ohio Tomahawks tomorrow at 8:00AM EST.

I pray I cam wake up early enough to score cast that!

I hope everyone has been enjoying the game updates.

Rangers Win In Walk Off

Posted by on August 1, 2011 No comments

In exciting fashion the Chandler Rangers won a 9-8 decision against the Georgia Roadrunners. Again the rangers fell behind, but battled back to tie it. Damon DeVirgillio pitched a gem, holding the line as the Rangers chipped away at an early 6-3 lead. With the score tied, they gave up two late runs to trail 8-6. Then, they loaded the bases with one out, when Alex Murrietta #24 hit a hard single to center to win the game 9-8.

This is how crazy talented these guys are – the #8 hitter for the RoadRunners covered 80 feet faster than a guy could throw a ball to first. It seemed like it.
At this level, the pitchers throw fast alls so hard you have to start your swing before you can see the breaking pitch break. They hide the ball – making it extremely difficult to pick up the spin.

There are no developing teams here. They are all champions, and not just tournament champions but Super-NIT champions. And the top teams? They travel a lot to mitigate that as an excuse.

Every game feels like a Sunday game.

The rangers clearly feel like they are suffering some distraction, and falling behind early has been a problem. But they showed true grit battling back and evening their record.

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Rangers take bus back to hotel.

Rangers Schedule

Posted by on August 1, 2011 No comments

The complete link to the rangers schedule is: http://www.usssa.com/sports/Bracket.asp?Type=Winners&Tournament=729849

The Rangers Schedule is (all games are on field 24):
- [CA] The Show, Sunday at 5:15PM Final 8-0 Show.
- [GA] The Roadrunners, Monday at 2:45PM
- [CT] Gooses Gamers, Tuesday at 10:15PM

Bracket games depend upon seeding. Right now the Rangers are the 8 seed, so they play Wed at 10:15AM. However we are optimistic that they will climb higher than 8 in the Pool D standings which means they could play a double header Tuesday.

Tier one games for pool D:
1 vs 8 Wed @ 10:15AM
4 vs 5 Wed @ 8:00AM
2 vs 7 Tue @ 4:30PM
3 vs 6 Tue @ 2:15PM

The bracket is double elimination.

Rangers In Unfamiliar Territory

Posted by on August 1, 2011 No comments

The Chandler Rangers Had a roughy night last night with 2 rain delays and came out flat. Not what you want to do against the #1 team in the country. They lost 8-0. 7 walks and 2 hit batsmen gave the San Diego Show 9 free passes and that was the game. A couple of base running mistakes and a lack of timely hitting handed the Rangers their first ever shut out.

Hats off to the Show. They had to play in the same conditions and came out guns blazing to take a big first inning lead. They showed why they were number one.

Today the Rangers try to get it back on track against the Georgia Roadrunners, at 2:45PM EST.

Game 1 – rain delay – update

Posted by on July 31, 2011 No comments

Waiting for weather to clear. Score cast will start as soon as game does.
All clear given, players returning to field. Start to warm up for a third time. That has to be good for the players right?

Game 1 – Rangers vs The Show

Posted by on July 31, 2011 No comments

Getting ready to play the show, it has been a trip. The game ahead of us is a strange 1-0 affair, that is taking a long time because lots of guys are getting on but no one is scoring.

Then we had a rain delay.

We will probably start 2 hours late.