For those of you who do not know the background of the Pal program it is a team put on by the Sheriff's office. It is a great program that really does a lot for the community. The man in charge is Scott Scrivner who somehow also balances basketball teams, golf tournaments, boxers, and rec centers while traveling all summer for baseball. The PAL baseball team year after year puts up one of the best team in the nation. I was privileged enough to play for the team and it was an unbelievable summer. This year the team is coached by Chad Upson, Coach Johnson and Coach Juice. No doubt this team will also be one of the stronger ones in the nation this summer.
The day started very early as Coach Gero, Coach Chad, Coach Dax and I all got to the field early to fix it up since half of the infield was underwater. By the time the game rolled around the field was in pristine condition. Only took about 2 and half hours of work, whole boat load of turface and one ruined pair of turf shoes. Before the game we got a talk from FAU baseball head coach, Coach McCormack. Talked to the parents and players about the recruiting process and how it all works. After this it was time for the game.
The DVE pitching continued to be dominate as we did not allow a hit for 8 innings. If Kevin Hanlon would have jinxed this one we would have had to think about revoking his talking privileges. The pitching was done by T.J. Farjad, Bo Bonilla, Jake Caltrider, Curt Copeland, Kevin Hanlon, Ronald Pena, and Adrian Talton. Offensively it was one of those days where everyone hit well. From the top of the lineup to the bottom everyone played well. The final score came out to be 11-0. Good scrimmage to let us fine tune things and get ready for our next tournament which is this upcoming weekend in jupiter.
Diamond Vision 2009 Record 4-1
Next game is tuesday night against the Dirtbags at Park Vista at 6:30.
Thats all sports fans
Jim Holton
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