Jeremy Rose 2007
Excellent effort in the 30th Jeremy Rose Tournament this weekend. BGBG made it to the semifinals finishing with a 3-2 record with both losses to the eventual champion Grand Falloon. Dani and Alicia made it back from sunny FL to play in the tournament and it was wonderful to have them back (although they could have left the 90 weather back home). The BGBG squad was solid all weekend. The OF made some tremendous plays with Chris D., Chris W., and Matt making diving catches, Chris D. throwing out several runners at 3B, and Alicia, Kathy, and Megan making some fine running catches. There were some exciting IF plays as well- Michelle did great work around 2B (and Chris D. managed not to throw any balls at her ankle), Jon L. in a patented veteran move faked a throw across the diamond and got a runner out at 2B and also turned a 5U-3 DP, and Dani and Liz did a great job at 1B including nearly getting 3 DPs on throws across the diamond and then home to both Shanthi and Kathy. Brian, in an effort to match leg bruises with Liz, took a hard shot in the shin but managed to shake it off and pitch well in combination with Charlie (including a shutout on Saturday). Solid work!! Jon L. joined the list of walking wounded (Dani and Liz had two good legs between them) on Sunday when he got clocked in the head and semi-concussed by the baserunner when trying to turn a DP. The bats were pretty good too- Matt C. was a line drive machine and the Chris’s repeatedly tested the OFs deep. Jon L. was smoking the ball as was Brian who drove in the game winning run in our last ups in a tie game (I was 5-5 in coin flips). Everyone contributed with the bats up and down the lineup- Shanthi had a big hit to keep a rally going, Dani had some great hits up the middle and down the RF line, and Alicia, Liz, Kathy, Michelle, and Megan all started and sustained rallies. Excellent effort both in the final results and the way in which we played!!
Hope everyone had as much fun playing as we did!! As Liz said yesterday, we really love playing on this team and can’t imagine playing on any other. We truly enjoy the spirit of the Jeremy Rose tournament (softball, fun, food and drink) and feel like our team embodies it (as do most of the others). Hopefully everyone can make it back next year for another run. Thanks to everyone for playing (especially those who made a tremendous effort to do so)!! Also thanks to our intrepid fans who braved heat autumn heat wave to cheer us on- Anne, Ella, and William, the Wooley family, Jennifer, and Chaz who brought us some nice pita wrap sandwiches for lunch. I uploaded the few snapshots to our 2007 BGBG photo gallery. As always, feel free to comment.
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December 28th, 2007 at 12:03 am
Hi, I was searching the internet for references to Jeremy Rose and found your blog entry - I am fairly certain it’s the same Jeremy Rose. Jeremy was my uncle and he died when I was a child. I’m curious - did you know him? Or did any of the folks who play in the tournament know him? I know little about him except what my relatives tell me. Thanks in advance if you can tell me anything!
January 15th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Jenny,
I did not know Jeremy but lots of folks who organize and play in the tournament do. Our team began playing in the tournament a few years ago when invited by some long time Jeremy Rose regulars (this was the 30th anniversary of the tournament). This tournament is a wonderful tribute to Jeremy and I feel like we’ve learned a lot about Jeremy from his brother and others who knew him- all speak so highly of him!!