EGBR Game of the Week!

This Saturday May12, 2012, The Gormley's Retirement Home Red Wings host the Salazar Heavy Haul River Dogs at Bartholomew 7pm is game time. The River Dogs at 6-3-1 will be playing the second game of their double-header. Redwings at 1-8-1 are in every game they play and pledge to give the River Dogs all they can handle.  Note that, Larry Stone will be operating the Snack bar behind home plate for both the 4pm and the 7 pm games.  The Red Wings feature a number of good players including Willie Gormley (a Tyler Routt All Star) pictured here. According to Coach Gormley, their record indicates they have been snake bit, but these kids play with a Spartan attitude. They play each game with a No Retreat, No Surrender style of play. The team has had injuries and this great group of kids has filled in where needed, learning as they go.  The team has been thin on pitching depth but is led by the power pitching of Robert Espinosa who has 23 strikeouts in 15 innings of work and the control of Willie Gormley who issues few walks and relies on his defense in 24 innings of work.  The offense is improving each week and is powered by the lefty trio of Espinosa who is batting .500 with a .710 OBP; Anthony “Teixeira” Gentile batting .319 and leads the team with 2 triples; and David “Cubbie” Bustamante who has a .410 Avg. and 7 RBI’s.
The River Dogs have a formidable line up including Sam Splinter another Tyler Routt All Star this year.  Donny Penney has been booked to provide what Red Wings Coach Scott Gormley describes as the Irish tenor approach to the National Anthem and Mike Steele  has been asked to provide his consistently outstanding approach to announcing and score keeping.