Nevada District 1 Little League 2012… Day Seven…

There were some great games tonight!!  The tournaments for the 9/10 and 10/11’s are wrapping up… the championships are set… The Championships are on Friday, the 9/10’s at 5:30 and the 10/11’s at 8:00 on Field 2…

Happy July 4th!!  The tournament takes a rest on the 4th of July!

The Photo of the Day… something different… not typically the place you want to be for a lefty… but, when you’re here and he’s up and you can’t get to the other side… at least try to make something of it…  This “hit” has some significance… this is the hit that put Carson Valley through to the next round!  A close game with two homers by the Carson City team, one to tie the game at 3 all going into the sixth inning…!  With runners on base… a game winning hit brought the needed run in the bottom of the 6th for Carson Valley.  Stop by our tent and pick up your Photo of the Day prize.

Nevada District 1 Little League 2012… Day Six…

The tournaments are heating up… some teams going home after some battles in the consolation bracket, some super winner’s bracket games… a lot of baseball played… and a lot still to come!

The Photo of the Day goes to… I didn’t think it was quite fair to just show him getting plunked with the ball… so here’s his next at bat as well… a good solid hit… a contribution to their win tonight!  Come by our tent for your Photo of the Day prize!

Nevada District 1 Little League 2012… Day Five…

Not quite as long of a day today… but still long… 🙂

Right to the Photo of the Day!  Both players stop by and see us!  Just so much going on in the shot… this is one of those that I wish I’d been shooting at a little deeper depth of field to get the runner in focus too… but… c’est la vie!

Nevada District 1 Little League 2012… Day Four…

Short post, after 15 hours at the ball park today… I’m a bit tired.  🙂

Photo of the Day!  South Tahoe beat Washoe today in the 10-11 Winner’s Bracket game!  Most would say this was an upset… both teams played very well and fought hard to the very very end!  Here’s one out from the game.  Stop by our tent for your “Photo of the Day” prize!

Nevada District 1 Little League 2012… Day Three…

Quick one ’cause we start early tomorrow and have a VERY long day ahead… 16 games on Saturday!  So… since you’re not doing anything… stop by Governor’s Field and check out some baseball!!

Photo of the day… my last shot of the night… The Carson City 10-11’s took Reno American into an extra inning and ended up with a win… here’s the catcher throwing to first to make the last out of the game!  Stop by our tent for your “photo of the day”  prize.

Nevada District 1 Little League 2012… Day One…

We’re back at it out at Governor’s Field again!!  Eight games in the books so far! The  9-10 year olds and 10-11 year olds tournaments have started, the 11-12’s will start on Saturday.

I’m going to have my “photo of the day” going again, so keep an eye out here on the blog or on Google+ or on Facebook to see if YOU are today’s “photo of the day”!

The 10-11 Truckee All Stars are sporting some new white with red pinstriped uni’s this year!  Here’s a diving grab from their center fielder last night! Stop by our tent for your “free prize”… (shhh don’t tell anyone… but incase you didn’t hear we have instaimage water bottles we give out if you’re the “photo of the day”)

Here’s the grab……and here’s the proof!

Summer High School Baseball… @ Carson

The Blue Jays ended their season today with a double header against Spanish Springs… and thus ends my season of high school baseball…. I want to say a special thank you to the fellas and the coaching staff this year.  It’s a pleasure to have the access that you guys give me, it’s a lot of fun and I really appreciate it!!  Thanks Fellas!

I’d also like to say a special thank you to the parents of the Carson High Baseball Program.  You have welcomed me and made me feel like a part of the program, I appreciate that!  I’ll see you around but most certainly will see you next season!

It was a BEAUTIFUL day today for baseball!!

Today I got to see a couple new faces in the dugout and on the field… Here is some action from today!… and when all is said and done… smiles in the dugout… thanks again fellas!

Summer High School Baseball… @ Carson… a No Hitter!!

First and foremost, a big Congrats to Chase Blueberg!  I don’t normally draw on photos… but I just did it to help those of you that don’t read the scoreboard for more than runs… 🙂  And I’ll confess, I was so busy playing around with stuff tonight that I didn’t even realize until the top of the 7th what was going on… 🙂

The photo should say it all but Chase pitched a no hitter tonight in the first game!The real photo on the site doesn’t have my drawing… 😉

Here’s Chase in action on the mound…… and a very happy smile afterward…

I’ve started to go to games with some type of game plan, something I want to try, something I want to focus on… tonight I was playing with putting extenders on my longer lenses… I got some interesting things… but when all was said and done and I was choosing photos to post tonight… no ONE of those made the “cut”.  If found that very interesting… I like some of them, they’re in the gallery… but they’re just not my favorites from tonight.  So… I learned some valuable things tonight.

When I went back to the “normal” setup I started looking for something “different”… and spotted this and had to get a shot of it…… and in the later game…… and I’ll be the first to admit, I cannot tell you if it’s good form or good anything…  it’s just something that happens and I find it kinda interesting what you can see at a game when you start looking.

You might see a trend here tonight with my photos, there are a lot of Casey and Chase… they both pitched… so that gave me a steady “target” to work with in my  “playing”… so I’ll get the non Casey, non Chase photo up here now!Normally I get Luke with his head down (I’m guessing because the pitch is lower…)… I showed him… “… is that the one where I popped out…”  😉  I cannot tell a lie….

I’ve talked before about how right before the sun dips at the Carson field how you can get this really nice warm light on the pitchers… Here’s an example…… vs. just after the sun dips… which one do you like better? (I’m also anxious to figure out what is causing the lighting on the first base side of his face in the above photo… maybe the windows in the “luxury box” area… 😉 ….)And in the first game Casey played shortstop for a few outs… I had to get a shot of that….… and just for good measure… Casey (again…) laying down a bunt…  I have one of him during the regular high school season so I needed one in a different jersey….