Holbrook Middle School vs. Milford (05-24-16)

Quite the game today, ladies and gentleman! I've played baseball all my life, and been in looonnnggg games like this. Right from the get go it seemed like Milford was pretty young (nothing wrong with that), and our lineup was a little different from usual. People playing different spots, others getting a little more action than usual.

Milford was no match for the boys from Holden and I think the scoreboard at the top of the second speaks for itself.

Our spectacular pitching staff took a minute to warm up, but 100% came through! They had me worried for a minute: with no outs, and the bases loaded they came through with back-to-back-to-back strikeouts! If that doesn't get you pumped, I don't know what will.

And the pitchers saw spectacular support from catchers Trevor and Ben.

As is evident with the ever increasing score, today saw a lot of offensive movement.

Some close, and not so close plays.

And no doubt a ton of hits!

The final score: 19-0 Holbrook. As always, check out the rest of the album here. Tons of photos of most of the team in there!

Holbrook Junior League vs Glenburn (05-21-16)

Playing under the lights at Mahaney Diamond is pretty gnarly, and it doesn't get much better. Actually, that's not entirely true, it doesn't get much better than winning spectacularly at Mahaney. The season opener was crazy to watch, the team was incredibly productive with several triples and a dramatic in the park dinger. You'll have to forgive my cheesy commentary, I'm a photographer, not a writer. But without further ado, Saturday's highlight reel.

I'm gonna start off late in the night because the rip from Mr. Chapman was absolutely incredible, and seeing the energy of everyone was inspiring. He got the whole dugout on their feet.

By the time he was rounding second, the entire stadium was on their feet and cheering louder than ever.

It's no question that the entire offense was getting busy punching holes in Glenburn's defense without any trouble. Max and Ben here with a couple of incredible plays.

And when they were cutting it close, it really wasn't that close.
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Defensively there were some interesting choices but all seemed to go well behind a pretty deep bullpen.

Chapman, back at it again with a beautiful routine play at first, a new spot for him, he's usually more comfortable on the other line, but I definitely have faith!

Some awesome defense here, nobody else in the league stands a chance from where I stand.

The last few posts haven't been incredibly full, but now I'm having to hold back otherwise this is gonna feel clustered. Check out the full album here.

Holbrook Middle School at Orrington (05-19-16)

I'd be lying if I said the weather was nice, and the sun was shining, because unfortunately there was scattered rain and the bugs were a little obnoxious, but that didn't get in the way of these baseball playing machines.

We saw some impressive base running in this game. These guys don't hold back, which makes for an exciting game.

I was on the edge of my seat watching this go down, I don't usually get emotional during these things, but how could I not?

But it wasn't even close, he slid right through Orrington's catcher to further the lead well past the "a lot to a little" answer we're all accustomed to hearing.

Defensively, things are still looking incredibly tight, handling routine plays like champs.

And here's the defense locking down that lead yet again. Nobody's getting through that crazy wall.

As always, check the album for some more coverage.