Sunday morn @ 9AM, on the day of the soccer WC finale, we metup at the John Morgan park in Campbell, on 450 Rincon Ave, for a practice session. Met with Anjali and Amit for the first time, Anjali has a solid throwing arm, and Amit is a real third baseman. Good recruits!! Only Greg needs to join us for practice, and our roster is full.
Tossed the ball around, did some catching, hitting, base running, in the soaring 90+ temperatures. Amar returned from his German travel to join the team. He has a real strange batting style, he walks down the pitch, very similar to slogging in the cricket matches, but he made great contact with the ball. Preethi (Chethan's neighbor) looks like a good hitter of the ball too.
Looks like Robert, Apurva and I will be manning the deep field, with me in the left field, and Robert in rght field. Amit might be on first, Anjali on second, Chethan as short-stop, and Apurva as first baseman. Preetu/Leena/Preethi/Sammy/Srivalli will take turns at catching, and deep fielding, perhaps on right field. Dumma/Karthik/Srisha might be taking turns at first-base and deep field.
Looks like we can score a few runs as everyone seems to be getting a pretty good hand at whacking the ball, but I'm not so sure of how we are gonna stop the other team from scoring. Our fielding almost sucks! But hey, this is for fun anyways!!
And it was 10.45AM, and we were done for the day. Soccer game between Italy and France for the WC finals at 11AM at Sammy/Vugs place. And on to do more fun stuff like choosing the team jersey and such.
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