inside pitch Twin Teammates... 'It's the Camaraderie'

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1 THE inside pitch WEEK 1 VETERANS OCT. 30 th 1 Twin Teammates... 'It's the Camaraderie' BY GLENN MILLER Roy Hobbs Baseball These twins aren t from Minnesota. And they re not Twins with a capital T like a certain professional team from a Midwest state. But Tim and Jim Trojan are twins and they play baseball and they re from another Midwest state. Tim and Jim, who turn 51 on Nov. 26, play for the Chicago North Redhawks. Before Sunday morning s game against Jersey Shore Baseball at PDC 2 the twins took time to talk baseball. Did they have nicknames when they were growing up in Chicago? Well, sort of. Some you can t really print, Tim said. They played Little League together and then later at Notre Dame High School Photo By: Meg Giffen Tim and Jim Trojan, Chicago North Redhawks. for Boys in Chicago. The school is now known as Notre Dame College Prep. Then they drifted away from the game. I probably stopped playing hardball after high school and I didn t pick it up again until 2006, Tim said. Jim was away from the game even longer, not returning until a couple of years ago. After taking the last 30 years off it was an adjustment See Twin Teammates, page 4 John Conlan turned 75 recently and has not missed a Windy City Warriors game at the Roy Hobbs World Series, giving him a string of more than 10 years attending the RHWS. In honor of his 75th birthday, John (right) threw out the first pitch before the Warriors game with the Fort Myers Brewers at City of Palms Stadium Sunday evening. Catching him was his son John Conlan II. Now perhaps Photo By: Meg Giffen it s time for John to sign up as a free agent for the Forever Young Division, which commences play on Sunday. Sunday's postponed games will be played Wednesday Saturday s saturating rain led to the postponement of 7 Sunday games; 6 in the morning and 1 night game at Hammond Stadium at CenturyLink Complex. Those 7 games will be played Wednesday when all teams are to play their 5th pool game. For the teams in those postponed games, they will be playing a double-header on Wednesday. All of the morning games involved teams scheduled to play at 2 p.m., and those games were played. Parts of Lee County received more than 3 inches of rain Saturday afternoon thru Sunday morning. Both JetBlue Stadium and Hammond Stadium were not used Sunday, along with Field 2 at Terry Park and Field 5 at JetBlue Complex, as those fields simply did not dry Sponsor of the Day: The Shell Factory See Rainout Games, page 8

2 2 Roy Hobbs requirement is that all pitchers who will be starters or closers in save situations (3-run or less difference in the 8 th and 9 th innings) qualify for the playoffs by pitching at least 2 innings 6 outs or 10 hitters during pool play. AAAA qualifier teams may not add pitchers to their lineup after Pool Play concludes; however, Open Division teams may have pitchers arrive Wednesday those pitchers much throw 5 innings or 25 hitters to qualify for the playoffs. Finally, in the playoffs, those non-qualified middle-inning pitchers will come to the mound from their normal defensive positions where they started the game. That is as important as the spirit of the rule that these non-qualified pitchers who are used as inning-eaters are players who ordinarily are playing other positions. And, please remember that any players leaving the RHWS today (Monday) to return on Thursday MUST turn in their player ID Card and re-register upon their return. They must return before the quarterfinals of the playoffs, regardless of division. Managers should a list of their qualified pitchers to Roy Hobbs in case of rg@royhobbs.com by 7 p.m. the night before their playoffs begin. NOTEBOOK Roy Hobbs playoff pitching requirements outlined Game Highlights Roy Hobbs will publish your game highlights in the daily Inside Pitch; however, teams need to supply those highlights. The link to submit your team s highlights is on the Roy Hobbs website: Go to royhobbs.com/world-series and click on the link. Roy Hobbs will get your submissions published as soon as possible. Lending a helping hand at home plate Lending a helping hand at home plate Roy Hobbs will place collection boxes at the security stations at each of our playing sites. Please fill those with non-perishable food items or medical items Roy Hobbs will match what you donate. Non-perishable food items will go to the Harry Chapin Food Bank of SW Florida, to the ACT battered women s shelter and to pantry programs that are helping to feed our community in need. Non-perishable food items include canned goods, or See NOTEBOOK, page 6 18 Acres of family entertainment Nature Park with Over 450 Live Animals Zip Line Mini Golf Bumper Boats Arcade 4 FREE Museums Christmas Shop Giftse Fine Jewelry Collectibles Dining Homemade Fudge & Ice Cream HAPPY HOUR 3-6pm $2 Drafts $3 Wells Seafood & Steak Grill House Open Monday-Sunday Retail Shop 9:30am-6pm Nature Park 10am-5pm Capt n Fishbones 11am-8pm 2787 N Tamiami Trail (Us 41) North Fort Myers, Fl

3 3 RESULTS AAAA Division Harry Young Builders 17, New England Red Sox 7 HPK Oilers 2, Dayton Wolves 1 Minnesota Bandits 1, Chicago Woodpeckers 0 Orlando Brewers 15, UTEK 9 Staten Island Bombers 10, Glory Days 6 Orlando Blazers 8, BrewBirds 5 St. Paul Senators 5, Washington All-Stars 3 Tallahassee Bombers 17, Lake Erie Blue Jays 6 Tidewater Drillers 13, Long Island Yankees 11 Pool Play Boston GoodFellas 13, Ft Myers Hooter s Blues 7 Carolina Thunder 9, Lansing Blue Jays 5 Chicago Colts 12, Tallahassee Bombers 11 Chicago Giants 6, Tennessee Dirtbags 4 Chicago North Redhawks 11, Jersey Shore Baseball 5 Dallas Orioles 12, Jet Box 0 Dayton Cardinals 22, Huntsville Havoc 9 Ft Myers Brewers 12, Windy City Warriors 0 Huntsville Havoc 11, Crystal Clinic Indians 1 Jersey Shore Baseball 5, Canton Tigers 2 Kodak Reds 10, Midwest Pirates 1 Lansing Blue Jays 22, Cincinnati Colt.45s 4 Lake Erie Blue Jays 13, Chesapeake Redwings 4 Maine Indians 12, Baltimore Thunder 8 New England Indians 9, PSOF Rangers 3 New Jersey Thunder 10, Windy City Warriors 8 New Jersey Thunder 25, Nova Scotia Monarchs 3 NW Indiana Dogs 17, Kent Mudhens 9 Oakville Golden A s 16, Chicago Giants 3 Pete Manousos of the Kent Mudhens batting against the NW Indiana Dogs.

4 4 SCHEDULE Monday 10 AM Nova Scotia NW Indiana Dogs - CL-S Chicago Kodak Reds - CL2 Orlando St. Paul Senators - CL3 Washington BrewBirds - CL4 Rhino Baseball Midwest Pirates - CL6 Chesapeake Tallahassee Bombers - JB-S PSOF Cincinnati Colt.45s - JB4 New Jersey Long Island Yankees - JB5 Canton Baltimore Thunder - JB6 Kent Tidewater Drillers 9:45 AM CP-S Crystal Clinic Dayton Cardinals - PDC1 Carolina Oakville Golden A s - PDC2 Orlando Chicago Woodpeckers - PDC3 Huntsville Chicago North Redhawks - PDC4 Harry Young UTEK - PDC5 HPK Staten Island Bombers - TP-S New England Red Dayton Wolves - TP4 2 PM Chicago Lansing Blue Jays - CL-S Jet Boston GoodFellas - CL3 St. Paul Chicago Knights - CL4 DuPage Washington All-Stars - CL6 Baltimore Jersey Shore Baseball - JB-S Cincinnati New England Indians - JB3 Long Island Ft Myers Brewers - JB4 Salem-Pitt PSOF Rangers - JB5 Oakville Golden A Tennessee Dirtbags - CP-S Minnesota Bandits - PDC2 Windy City Kent Mudhens - PDC3 Chicago Harry Young Builders - PDC4 Dayton Maine Indians - PDC5 Dayton Glory Days - TP-S Staten Island New England Red Sox - TP2 Chicago Lake Erie Blue Jays - TP3 6 PM Boston Dallas Orioles - CL-S Minnesota Orlando Brewers - TP-S Minneapolis Ft Myers Hooter s Blues - TP3 Glory HPK Oilers - TP4 Twin Teammates... getting into it, Jim said. Away from baseball they ve pursued different careers. Tim said he designs plastic injection molds, which means he works with products such as shampoo bottles and toothbrushes. Jim work for AT&T on its fiber optic network. What brought the twins back to baseball is more than the game. It s camaraderie. I ve always played sports my whole life, Tim said. I just like to feel part of a team. To make the whole better. You want to pick up the other guy so if you fall down somebody else is going to pick you up. Redhawks manager Dave Parker likes what the twins bring. Tim is one of the guys I trust most defensively, Parker said of Tim, who most often plays centerfield and also some shortstop. I trust him implicitly at those positions, Parker said. Jim, after 30 years away from baseball, is still transitioning back to it. Each player is part of the soul of the Redhawks, who meet after each game for what they call the circle of trust. Tennessee Dirtbags Russ Pyles makes solid contact vs. the Chicago Giants.

5 5 STANDINGS AAAA W L PCT RA Minnesota Bandits HPK Oilers Staten Island Bombers Harry Young Builders Orlando Brewers Chicago Woodpeckers Dayton Wolves Glory Days UTEK New England Indians Overall Division W L PCT RA Dallas Orioles Ft Myers Brewers Kodak Reds New England Indians Oakville Golden A s St Paul Senators Carolina Thunder Chicago North Redhawks Orlando Blazers Boston GoodFellas Maine Indians Dayton Cardinals NW Indiana Dogs Chicago Colts New Jersey Thunder Tidewater Drillers Jersey Shore Baeball Lansing Blue Jays Tallahassee Bombers Chicago Giants Lake Erie Blue Jays Huntsville Havoc Canton Tigers All-Star lineup: In a bit of an artsy look at the Washington All-Stars, from left, Tim Debany, Doug Baumgarten and Andy Mencher. Washington All Stars Tennessee Dirtbags BrewBirds PSOF Rangers Midwest Pirates Crystal Clinic Indians Jet Box Baltimore Thunder Chesapeake Redwings Ft Myers Hooter s Blues Long Island Yankees Kent Mudhens Windy City Warriors Cincinnati Colt.45s Nova Scotia Monarchs Chicago Knights 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 DuPage Indians 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 Minneapolis Millers 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 Rhino Baseball Club 0 0 #DIV/0! 0 Salem-Pitt Warlocks 0 0 #DIV/0! 0

6 6 NOTEBOOK glassed items like peanut butter, bags of rice, pasta, beans, etc. Medical items will be boxed and shipped through one of a variety of networks to Puerto Rico. Iran Negron, manager of the Miami Marlins in Veterans week, is spearheading one of those operations. Medical items include band-aides, rolled gauze, gauze pads, elastic bandages, thermometers, antibiotic ointments, hydrocortisone ointments whatever you would stock in your personal first aid kits. Please help us make a difference in our community as well as elsewhere. Expanding RHWS or PDC Growth? playoff Friday. This year there are 85 teams in Week 3. With 83 in 2016, there were only 2 open field times, so we survived with no rain! With 85, there is no fudge factor on scheduling at all, and we may need to grab a HS field to get 2-3 games played to make it work with 85 teams until we get to Friday. Picking up T-Shirts The tournament T-shirt is available through Friday only for all registered players outside the Roy Hobbs Store in the screened in patio at the Player Development Complex. No Shirts will be given out on Thursdays or Saturdays. Hours to pick up the Tournament T-shirt are from Noon to 6 p.m. With the shirt, each player will get a tournament patch. Players will need their RHWS ID card to get their shirts, no exceptions No drivers licenses needed. Roy Hobbs is holding off on expanding the World Series to 5 weeks as we have not seen enough evidence to do that. Couple that with plans to expand the Chesapeake Redwings Alan Player Development Complex to 8 adult Clairmont delivers again 50/50 raffle tickets, to benefit the Roy Hobbs fields by 2019, and Roy Hobbs is shelving Lake Erie Blue Jays. Foundation, are available each day at the Player those discussions for the time being. Development Complex. Tickets are $1 apiece or 6 for $5. It is simpler, Roy Hobbs believes, to utilize the Charlotte The drawing will be held in the patio area at the Player County Complex on a very limited basis as needed. Roy Development Complex at 5 PM Friday. Hobbs anticipates doing that during the week of the Legends, Vintage and Forever Young divisions, especially on See NOTEBOOK, page 7 50/50 raffle *

7 company store 7 NOTEBOOK The Roy Hobbs Foundation was established to raise monies for research on finding a cure for Leukemia and to assist our Challenged Athlete friends. Results corrections Please check the posted results and standings each day. Managers should contact Rob at the Tournament Headquarters ( ) with corrections to scores. That s the best way to make sure that playoff seedings and pairings are as accurate as we can make them. First Aid Two key First Aid items: Drink plenty of fluids while playing; don t just wait until the game is over. Water will be available at the fields. Second, be sure to stretch and loosen up before playing, or even re-entering a game. In case of an emergency, contact the field manager at your site. He has the First Aid supplies and will contact 911 services as needed. Major League Brands with Major League Savings! Washington CF Tim Debany makes a catch against St. Paul Senators to end the inning. Ice is available for injuries check with the field manager on duty or go to the nearest concession stand to have the appropriate personnel paged. Roy Hobbs requests that managers plan for pitchers needing ice for their arms and to supply it. Admission, $1 a game Admission continues at the Roy Hobbs World Series. Admission is $1 per game. Players will pay their $1 at check-in for their player ID card that guarantees them access to all games in which they are not playing. Spectators will pay $1 for entrance into each complex and are good for one day. Roy Hobbs will have available a Tournament pass for each adult for $5; the family pass has been eliminated. The tournament pass is a wristband that guarantees admission for that person for the duration of the RHWS. The Tournament wristband passes are available at checkin registration, at the Hobbs headquarters at PDC or from the Site Concierge at each of the playing sites. C O M P A N Y S T O R E MIROMAR OUTLETS Voted the Best Shopping Mall and Best Factory Outlet Mall in Southwest Florida 140 BRAND NAME OUTLETS SAVE UP TO 70% OFF RETAIL PRICES MiromarOutlets.com (239) I-75, Exit 123, Corkscrew Rd. Copyright 2017, Miromar Development Corporation. Miromar Outlets is a registered service mark of Miromar Development Corporation. AN

8 8 Rainout Games well enough to risk damage from game wear and tear. No JetBlue and Centurylink fields were playable at 10 a.m. Sunday, and 9 games were lost. Three of those games were rescheduled for later Sunday on fields at Terry Park as they dried out. Roy Hobbs Baseball wants to thank the grounds crews at all of the facilities for their work to make as many fields playable as possible on Sunday 35 games were scheduled Sunday; 28 were played. In the rescheduling on Wednesday, every effort will be made to restore stadium games to those teams who lost Stadium games on Sunday. The Wednesday schedule will be completed following the completion of Tuesday s day games. Roy Hobbs goal is to have that schedule loaded on royhobbs.com and on the rainout weather line by 8 p.m. Tuesday evening. Roy Hobbs will play the double-headers on Wednesday to keep Thursday s off-day intact for all non-aaaa playoff teams. Tom Giffen Chicago Giants Paul Crump shows umpire the ball after making the tag on sliding Dirtbags runner Adam Crawford. 1414/1416 Dean Street Fort Myers, Florida First Street Fort Myers, Florida