Sunday's Lineup

Manny says he will be in front of the Coca-Cola Park entrance 6:15 to 6:55 p.m. Friday in advance of LV MSBL night. He will have the tickets. It should be a good time and all are encouraged. Please contact Manny (contact sent by email) if you can/want to attend.

Jon Gibson has arranged practice 2 p.m. Saturday at 1708 Coronado Street in south Allentown.

We play the Hawks 1 p.m. Sunday at Tuskes.



Here is Sunday's lineup:

PITCHING
Jarret Stair through the fifth inning.
Kevin Weidner through the seventh inning.
Dan Erney through the ninth inning.

FIELDING
1. Jarret Stair through 5. Kevin Weidner through 2. Dan Erney through 2.
2. Furat Mousa
3. Jim Finnen-Manny FQ, alternating innings.
4. Ricardo Rios-Dan Erney, alternating innings.
5. Mike Solvible-Willie Peguero, alternating innings.
6. Ory Ball
7. Vince Ditulio-Jonathan Gibson, alternating innings.
8. Kevin Weidner-Kelvin Villar, alternating innings
9. Rob Colon

BATTING
1. Ory Ball
2. Willie Peguero
3. Ricardo Rios
4. Danny Ravelo (EH only)
5. Rob Colon
6. Kevin Weidner
7. Dan Erney through 5. Jarret Stair through 4.
8. Mike Solvible
9. Vince Ditulio
10. A: Jim Finnen-B: Kelvin Villar
11. A: Manny FQ-B:Jonathan Gibson
12. A: Tom Koop (EH only)-B: Furat Mousa

FUNDAMENTALS:

0. Have fun: I neglected to mention this before the last game, but it goes without saying: Have fun. We're privileged to be adults playing baseball.

1. Be gentlemen: You might wonder why I harp on this or you might think it's corny that I harp on this, but it's because being a gentleman is a failsafe way to walk off the field a winner every time. The Vipers shortstop hit a grand slam last week yet left the field as a veritable asshole.

2. Help the team: Manny FQ, Tom Koop, Furat Mousa and Jon Gibson have been great recently in handling some logistics. From logistics to thoughtful advice to smart play to great play, there are countless ways to help the team.

3. Make the outs: We're improving. From our first game to our second, we eliminated three dropped outs at first, three dropped strikeouts, a botched rundown and a dropped double-play pop-up. It's good we eliminated nine lost outs. Still, we left too many possible and shouild-be-outs unconverted last game, particularly on ground balls and bloops played too slowly and/or timidly.