tomjalana.com » Schedule http://www.tomjalana.com/blog Your inside source for Chicago's South Side Wooden Bat League Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:16:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Infielders Move Up, outfielders take knee in new “Cipola Shift” http://www.tomjalana.com/blog/2009/05/01/infielders-move-up-outfielders-take-knee-in-new-cipola-shift/ http://www.tomjalana.com/blog/2009/05/01/infielders-move-up-outfielders-take-knee-in-new-cipola-shift/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 20:18:48 +0000 Tom Jalana http://tomjalana.com/blog/?p=264 Evergreen Park—As the 2009 baseball season progresses, SSWBL managers are defending against D-Backs utility man Joe Cipola by employing what they call the “Cipola Shift,” a defensive maneuver in which infielders move up past the pitcher’s mound and outfielders take a knee and relax. “It’s very effective,” Seadogs manager Douc Hebag told reporters. “If Joe makes contact with the ball, which is rare in itself, he usually hits slow dribblers that catch infielders by surprise because of how weak they’re hit. So, by moving the infielders up, and having the pitcher rush home plate after the pitch has been thrown, Cipola has virtually no chance of reaching base. If runners are on when he comes up, we may have the outfielders cover first, second, and third to ensure a double or triple play.” Douc Hebag added that it doesn’t matter if Cipola somehow hits one over the head of the fielders because “he is so f-ing slow anyhow.”

]]> http://www.tomjalana.com/blog/2009/05/01/infielders-move-up-outfielders-take-knee-in-new-cipola-shift/feed/ 0 2009 Evergreen Park Diamondback Schedule http://www.tomjalana.com/blog/2009/01/01/2009-evergreen-park-diamondback-schedule/ http://www.tomjalana.com/blog/2009/01/01/2009-evergreen-park-diamondback-schedule/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:37:45 +0000 Tom Jalana http://tomjalana.com/blog/?p=268 Diamondbacks vs Royals
April 26th 10:00am
Homewood-Flossmoor High School (999 Kedzie Avenue Flossmoor, IL 60422)

Diamondbacks vs Astros
May 3rd 10:00am
Pleasant Dale Park (7425 Wolf Road Burr Ridge, IL 60527-8039)

Diamondbacks vs Nuts
May 10th 1:00pm
Lansing OT Sports Complex (16500 Chicago Ave Lansing, IL 60438)

Diamondbacks vs Mammoths
May 17th 10:00am
Homewood-Flossmoor High School (999 Kedzie Avenue Flossmoor, IL 60422)

Diamondbacks vs Orbitz
May 31st 10:00am
Pleasant Dale Park (7425 Wolf Road Burr Ridge, IL 60527-8039)

Diamondbacks vs Irish
June 7th Time TBA
St. Xavier University (3700 West 103rd Street, Chicago, IL 60655)

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