Pre-season practice schedule

First game to be played on June 22nd. All practices will be at Central Park in Santa Clara. Weekday practices will start at 6:00 PM. Sunday practices will start at 4:00 or 5:00 PM.

Wednesday, 5/23
Sunday, 5/27

Wednesday, 5/30
Sunday, 6/3

Tuesday, 6/5
Sunday, 6/10

Wednesday, 6/13
Sunday, 6/17

Wednesday, 6/20

Pitchers and Catchers report

Well, we had a great practice last Friday at Central Park. We have some good hitting talent on the team. Karen, Reshma, Sapna, JR, Ashok, and Manish are new additions to our team this year and promise to be keepers!!

Hopefully, at our next practice we'll talk about the rules and work on some fielding, too. Since our first game will be on Friday, June 22nd - we have 5 weeks to practice.

I'd like to have two practices/week until June 17th. Therefore, we will be meeting on Wednesdays (at 6:00 PM) and Sundays (5:00 PM) going forward. After the season starts, we can settle on Sundays (most likely). Let's plan on Central Park in Santa Clara. Link is below: (http://www.ci.santa-clara.ca.us/park_recreation/pr_central.html)


Go Nationals!!

Reminder: Saturday (5/12) practice @ 9:00 AM

Hi guys -

Just a reminder that we will be meeting at Central Park in Santa Clara this Saturday at 9:00 AM. We'll go for a couple hours. Please bring your gloves since we'll do a lot of fielding practice along with some hitting.

Please let me know if you will/will not be able to attend!!



Thanks,

Chethan

Saturday practice at 9:00 AM (Central Park)

Hey guys -

Due to popular demand, we will be rescheduling this Saturday's practice for 9:00 AM at Central Park in Sunnyvale. Sorry about the late notice....hope this works for all. We'll look to finish up by 11:00 or so. We can talk about the rest of the practice schedule on Saturday. Please bring your gloves since we'll be testing our arms and fielding skills.

Also, I got an email this week about registration. We can register by next Wednesday. It's $680 for the team. So, will be approximately $45-$50/person. For the newbies....you need uniforms (~$25), too!!! Here are the numbers that have been taken. Please let me know what number you'd like and the size (S, M, L, XL).

Here is what has been take: 17, 11, 33, 10, 7, 0, 9, 8, 1, 5, 6, 18, 15, 24, 13, 3, 22, 44

New season.. new team members.. welcome all

The spring training for the softball season of 2007 is about to start. We have some new faces, and some old. The new kids on the block are:

Timothee Darnies
JR Sudre
Karen Sudre
Sapna Babladi

JR and Tim are colleagues of Srivalli, and Karen is JR's wife. Sapna is an old friend. Welcome, you guys, to the Desi Nationals!

The returning members are:

Amit Rele
Anjali Rele
Apurva Chandra
Chethan Chandra
Leena Janardanan
Naveen Javarappa
Ranjeet (Doohms) Mankikar

That leaves us short of 2 girls. Time for some hard recruiting.

First spring training session is at the Twin Creeks Softball Complex in Sunnyvale, on saturday (May 5) at 10.30AM.

Lets go Desis!

Fall 2006 - Pre Game 4 practice?

Coach's email:
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It looks like this week will be difficult to meet for practice in the evening. Maybe we can have batting practice prior to the game on Friday? We can meet at Twin Creeks (in Sunnyvale) around 7:00 and get to Mise Park around 8:15 for some fielding practice.

Also, I know we will be without Sumanth and Deepika this Friday. Karthik and Naveen are fighting injuries and are officially listed as 'questionable' for the game.

Can you guys confirm attendance so I can put together a lineup by tomorrow.

Fall 2006 - Game 3 result and note from the coach

Crossroads : 10 - Desi Nationals: 9

A nail biting finish indeed. I as a spectator, not even in the dug out, could clearly see the nationals play a A-class game. There were some serious hustles.

Anjali, Leena, Appu and Amit at 1B, 2B, SS and 3B, clearly made up our best infield ever!
I cant recall any ball going past them. Great job team! We lost, but we definately are improving!!

--note from the coach--

Hi guys -

Quick note about last Friday's game. It was clearly our best effort of the 2nd season and I was beaming after the game. It started when I saw a hobbling Karthik wearing his uniform to the game. That was awesome. Sumanth hitting seeds in fielding practice....clearly made a difference as our infield stopped everything in sight during the game. Appu hustling to 2nd base and stretching a normal single into a double. Shrisha pitched our first complete game. The effort was totally there. We were limping and wincing......but, most importantly......fighting. Good stuff, Nationals!!!!

Fall 2006 - Game 2 result: Desi Nationals: 5 - FCC Forgiven: 22

The result says it all. I cant recall the gory details of the game. Someone will probably have more to say here soon.

Fall 2006 - Game 2 - Line up and note from the coach

Our game this Friday is at 7:40 pm at the same park (Columbus #2). I will be at Fontanetti's for some batting practice at 6:30...since it's not too far. From there, we can head over to the field.

We are playing FCC Forgiven. They beat the 'A Team' 20-6 last Friday. I'm guessing that they will give us some exercise out in the field. But, we'll be at full strength (all 16 of us will be there!!), so we have some flexibility. For this game, I'm going to try batting only 10 people and making some early substitutions. If you can't make it to batting practice......we can meet at 7:15 to warm up the wings

Tentative Lineup for this week:

RF Amit

2B Leena

SS Chethan

SP Anjali

LF Appu

3B Preeti S.

CF Naveen

CA Sammy

1B Sumanth

OF Preeti A.

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RES Archana (sub in OF)

RES Deepika (sub in CA)

RES Srivalli (sub in OF)

RES Shrisha (sub in 3B)

RES Karthik (sub in SP)

RES Ranjeet (sub in 1B)

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Fall 2006 - Game 1 result: Desis: 4, Orchard:8

we lost after starting off well - that seems to be a pattern.
we were trailing 4-5 at the bottom of the second , after leading the first inning 2-1
Out of the 4 innings, we didnt let them score for 2 innings.
they closed the game 8-4.

Their men - atleast some of them hit real hard and flat. Naveen did give an acrobatic try to most of them and almost got them.
he infact had one of the best diving catches in the game. PreethiS had another good catch at 3B. Chetan has a great diving stop at SS. all in all a little bit rusty, but a good game. Sam was brought home by PreethiA, her first home run!

I think we dont have the skillset to chase a lagging score. So we need to just focus on giving less runs.

The other teams seem of a higher quality/calibre than our summer friends( just watched a few minutes of the following game)..but look friendlier than hi-tech.

Fall 2006 - Line up for Game 1

LF Appu

2B Leena

SS Chethan

3B Preeti S.

CF Naveen

DH Sammy

DH Shrisha

RF Preeti A

1B Ranjeet

CA Srivalli

SP Karthik

RF Archana

Fall 2006 - game 1 & 2 - Venue Change

Hey guys...looks like we are moving parks for week 1 and 2, at least.

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Columbus 2
between W. Taylor St & W. Hedding St
(West field)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Albayalde, Joe <Joe.Albayalde@sanjoseca.gov>
Date: Oct 11, 2006 11:15 AM
Subject: Mise Park change to Columbus Park #2
To:

Attn: Team Managers

Last night at Mise Park prior to the 6:30 pm game the scorekeeper attempted
to turn on the field lights. When they did not come on repeated attempts
were unsuccessful. After a few tries staff noticed smoke coming from the
electrical box inside the booth. The Fire Department was then called in.
They inspected the site and decided to turn off the main electrical switches
to the field lights therefore postponing all games for the night. A work
order has been submitted for the electrician to resolve the problem.

In the meantime games scheduled for 10/13 & 10/20 will be moved to Columbus
Park #2 (Spring & Taylor). Please confirm receipt of this e-mail. Thank
you.

Joseph Albayalde
Recreation Program Specialist
City Wide Sports
1850 Fallbrook Ave
San Jose, CA 95130
Office 408-871-3826
Fax 408-871-8165

For softball league information, standings and scores log onto
http://eteamz.active.com/sanjose/index.cfm?subsite=823946

Fall 2006 - pre game 1 - note from the coach.

hi team......well, looks like no more rest for the weary. Our first game for the Fall Season is on Friday the 13th. Although as ominous as it may sound, we are poised to start this season off with a bang!! I wasn't very clear in my last email (below) about practice on Sunday, so we'll be heading into this game kinda 'fresh'. No fielding practices anymore during the week since there is not enough daylight. But, maybe a weekend practice over the next few weeks? For this week, we were planning to hit the batting cages on Thursday evening just to get loose. If you are game, we'll be at Fontanetti's cages on Almaden Expy around 8:00

Also, we have filled out our roster at 16.....warm welcome to Sumanth, Deepika, and Archana!! As it stands, here is our season schedule. Playoffs (Game #6) will be on 11/17 starting at 6:30. Top 4 teams will qualify.

Game (Home vs. Visitor) :	Location:
Fri 10/13/06 6:30pm	Desi Nationals vs. Orchard	Mise Park
Fri 10/20/06 7:40pm	Desi Nationals vs. FCC Forgiven	Mise Park
Fri 10/27/06 8:50pm	Crossroads vs. Desi Nationals	Mise Park
Fri 11/3/06 8:50pm	Desi Nationals vs. First Congregational	Mise Park
Fri 11/10/06 7:40pm	The A Team vs. Desi Nationals	Mise Park

here's the attendance for the season as i have so far. Please let me know if anything has changed.

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Sammy, Karthik (Games 1-4)

Preeti, Naveen

Preeti, Shrisha

Leena, Ranjeet

Deepika, Sumanth (Games 2, 4-6)

Anjali, Ami (Games 2-6)

Appu

Archana

Srivalli, Chethan

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For this week....we'll have 12 people (6 guys, 6 girls).

Season 2 - Game 1

Season two for the Desis start tonite, with the fall league being played in two parks, the first two games are at:

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Columbus 2 Park
between W. Taylor St & W. Hedding St
(West field)

1600 Walnut St
San Jose, California 95110
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For the reminder of the season, we are back at the Mise Park.

New entrants to the team: Sam Venugopal, Archana Madadi, and Deepika Sumanth. Sam and Deepika have played before, but Archana is inexperienced. Its all good!

Batting lineup for tonite:
LF Appu
2B Leena
SS Chethan
3B Preeti S.
CF Naveen
DH Sammy
DH Shrisha
LCF Preeti A
1B Ranjeet
CA Srivalli
SP Karthik
RF Archana

Go Nationals!!

Reminder: Its started getting cold out there, so dont forget warm clothing. And cleats might be a must for the outfield. Arrive at the park by 6PM to warmup.

Season 2 - Game 1

Season two for the Desis start tonite, with the fall league being played in two parks, the first two games are at:

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Columbus 2 Park
between W. Taylor St & W. Hedding St
(West field)

1600 Walnut St
San Jose, California 95110
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For the reminder of the season, we are back at the Mise Park.

New entrants to the team: Sam Venugopal, Archana Madadi, and Deepika Sumanth. Sam and Deepika have played before, but Archana is a inexperienced. Its all good!

Batting lineup for tonite:
LF Appu
2B Leena
SS Chethan
3B Preeti S.
CF Naveen
DH Sammy
DH Shrisha
LCF Preeti A
1B Ranjeet
CA Srivalli
SP Karthik
RF Archana

Go Nationals!!

Reminder: Its started getting cold out there, so dont forget warm clothing. And cleats might be a must for the outfield. Arrive at the park by 6PM to warmup.

Fall league - 2006

The fall league starts off after a week's break after the summer league ended. 6 teams in the mix, and we play each other once in the regular season, and the top 4 teams make it to the playoffs. Regular season games are played at 6.30PM, 7.40PM, and 8.50PM on fridays. The teams in the league are Desi-Nationals, Orchard, The A Team, First Congregational, Crossroads, and FCC Forgiven.

SCHEDULE
WEEK 6:30PM\t 7:40PM\t 8:50 PM
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1. 10/13 2 VS 1 4 VS 5 3 VS 6
2. 10/20 3 VS 4 6 VS 1 2 VS 5
3. 10/27 6 VS 4 2 VS 3 1 VS 5
4. 11/3 5 VS 3 6 VS 2 4 VS 1
5. 11/10 5 VS 6 1 VS 3 4 VS 2
6. 11/17 3RD VS 2ND 4TH VS 1ST CHAMPIONSHIP
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A playoff loss.. and the beginning of a new season.

Results of the summer league playoffs:

Fri 9/29/06 6:30pm
Westgate : 18 - St Timothy's Lutheran: 5

Fri 9/29/06 7:40pm
Hi Tech Manufactoring: 11 - Desi Nationals: 4

Fri 9/29/06 8:50pm
Hi Tech Manufactoring: 18 - Westgate : 5

We lost to the Hi-Tech team, but not before making them sweat it out. After being tied at 4-4 at the beginning of the third inning, we gave up 6 runs over the next two innings without scoring again. What a team effort this was! Coach hit the biggest shot of the game, a 2-run homerun, hit into the deep right field. Appu took some awesome catches in left field, Karthik pitched real well, and everyone else pitched in a bit here and a bit there.

Go Desis!

Playoff batting lineup

Coach says:

Ok, guys......this is probably the beginning of a series of emails in prep for tomorrow night's big game against Hi Tech!!! We just got back from our trip on Tuesday..... but, we've been thinking about you guys a lot during our Aussie/NZ trip. Very excited about winning it all and the first step is taking care of business tomorrow.... ..

It looks like ONE run kept us away from being the #3 seed and playing Westgate. Well, that's ok......we will be at full strength (at least w/the guys) on Friday. I seriously think we have a good chance to finally beat these guys. After brainstorming with you all, we're going to go with a different strategy for defense. All guys in the outfield. One girl in the roaming outfield area. In other words, all the guys will man the outermost layer of the outfield. With Amit, Appu, and Naveen.....there is a lot of speed to chase after the ball. If we can run down and catch a couple of those balls that escaped us last time, we'll save a few runs for sure. We'll use our roaming OF (s-diddy) to help snag the short OF balls.

Karthik will start us off on the mound. Anjali will take over 1st base. So, we'll have three girls in the infield. I'm going with the assumption that Hi Tech will continue to swing away and go for the Home Runs.....hence our beefing up of the outfield. If they start pounding the ball into the ground.....and score runs that way.....we'll look to make a change. But, I'm guessing that they will still go for the Big Fly and test our outfielders once again.

That said, here is our lineup for tomorrow night. Get yourself ready.....this could be a great ending to our inaugural season. If possible, I would like everybody to show up at 6:30 so we can warm up and talk through some things. Our game is at 7:40.

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RF	Amit
2B	Leena
SS	Chethan
1B	Anjali
LF	Appu
3B	Preeti S
SP	Karthik
CA	Sammy
DH	Ranjeet
DH	Preeti A
CF	Naveen
FL	Srivalli

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Put me in coach, I'm ready to play:

Venu, Shrisha, and Robert

Out for this game:

DJ

Play-offs

Playoff schedule after following the rulebook guidelines:

1.

The top 4 teams advance to the post season:
Game 1 - 3^rd place Vs 2^nd place/home team Time limit & Run rules apply.
Game 2 - 4^th place Vs 1^st place/home team Time limit & Run rules apply.
Championship – winners of games 1 & 2 higher seed is the home team. No time limit, Run rule applies

2. Tiebreaker will be determined by head-to-head record and run differential to decide placement of play off teams.

3.All players participating in the post season must have played in 1/3 of it's teams games (official at bat) and will be required to have a valid pictured ID in his/her possession or risk forfeiting the game.

4.Prior to all playoff games ID will be checked to verify each player meets the minimum requirements of eligibility.

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Since the Desis and St.Tims were tied at the third place, the tie-breaker rules apply:
game 1: tie: 4-4
game 2: desis 8-6
game 3: tims 12-9

They have a 1 run lead in the differential.
At 6.30PM: St.Timothys Vs Westgate.
At 7.40PM: Desis Vs Hi-tech.
At 8.50PM: Finals <\font>

pre-playoff practice

Sunday, Sep 24, 10am:

Roster: Amit, Anjali, Appu, Dumma, Leena, Sam, Rishon and Karthik

We started around 10:15am, warming up, stretching and catching.
Started the batting practice around 10:30am. Each person got to hit about 25-30 pitches(Anjali and I pitched)
We focused on hitting the ball on the ground, infield, while the folks practiced single/double plays.
We almost did 2 rounds per player. A good 2 hours on the field. Felt good. i think with another mid week practice, either on the field or at the batting cages, our skills and our confidence should be chiseled in a positive way.