On Friday night, Northwest Bethlehem's aptly-named Braves, a team of mostly 10 year-olds, faced Lower Nazareth's much bigger Angels in what turned out to be an exciting game. Lower Nazareth's pitcher, a boy named Drew, sent one over the fence in center field, which had to be over 400' away. Bats in Little League may only be 2 1/4" in diameter, which makes that hit even more amazing. After the game, Drew's teammates signed the ball.The Angels beat Northwest in their first matchup this season, but on Friday night, the baseball gods favored The Braves. They were down to nine kids and even had to recruit nine year-old Andrew McGraw, who ended up playing third. That must have pleased them.
Leadoff hitter Dat Lambert, pictured on the left, scampers toward first after hitting a ground ball down the third base line. Not quite 400', but he beat the throw to first. Barely. Then rounded the bases for home, thanks to a nice hit by Travis Skinner, one of the team's few 11 year-olds.
The picture you see was sent to me by professional photographer Jeff Kaboly, who was shooting for Lower Nazareth. I had ordered some pics from him during football season. He remembered me and sent me that picture gratis.
Being the proud grandfather, I thought I'd share it with you.
Do we need a Portland? Most feel it is a extra layer of govt., and should be absorbed by Upper Mt Brthel township. The same goes for East Bangor. Why not merge some of these small towns?
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Dan, wrong post -
ReplyDeleteBernie, great pic, and that kid who hit the 400' home run has a story for the rest of his life!!!
Cool photo; cool story.
ReplyDeleteAre these kids smart enough to not bunt in the ninth inning with the tying run on base?
ReplyDeleteSend them to the IronPigs - they can use quality help.
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Dan, don't worry about posting the Portand comment here. I notice you placed it there.
ReplyDeleteI should have asked for Drew's last name. That was one hell of a hit. He pitched well, too.
Jeff Kaboly is a very good sports photographer. I ordered some pics from him during football when he came one weekend to shoot the Steelers. I also ordered one of those pins for Dat's mom. Something got fouled up and we had to wait a few weeks. He really felt bad though it had nothing to do with him. He offered me some free pics but I forgot about it, to be honest.
Last night, I was shocked by his email, including 8 pics of Dat. Eacjh was very good. In one of them, he actually captured the ball as Dat scrambles to catch it on second.
This has performance enhancing drugs written all over it!!!!
ReplyDeleteSeriously, that's a moon shot at that age. Bravo.
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