Manteca Tournament

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PHBA Try-Outs

Try-Outs

Schedule

• September 13th - Fremont
• September 27th - Tracy
• October 11th - Twin Creeks

Fall Ball

Information coming shortly.

Our intention is to play in USSSA Tournaments around the area, similar to the regular season. If you have questions, please don't hesitate to contact myself or Adrian.

Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes Tournament Champions!

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Hawks Win Stars and Stripes Tournament

The Hawk 11s won another USSSA tournament, with many of the kids winning their second Stars and Stripes Tournament. This tournament exemplified the Hawks season. Close games, come from behind wins, devastating defense, great pitching, big bats....and those killer double plays.

Hawks vs Orinda

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Hawks vs Delta Dawgs

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Hawks vs San Jose Shock

Features another come from behind victory in the 6th.

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Hawks vs LAMV

Facing LAMV's best, Hawks were aggressive from the beginning.

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Hawks vs Milbrae

A fun and exciting game, demonstrating big bats on both sides. It came down to defense, pitching, base running, and coaching. Well, pretty much everything but just big bats. It came down to experience.

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Happy 4th of July

For those of you who love baseball and that band form Oakland, Tower of Power,you may of heard of Jesse McGuire. If not, give a listen.

Pleasant Hill Tournament

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Tournament Info

Even though we didn't make it to the Championship round, the Hawks provided a number of great moments.  

1. The only PH 12/11 team to advance to the play-offs
2. How many double plays did we make versus other teams?
3. Max, Drew, and Jeffrey all had triples in the playoffs.
4. Jeffrey and Drew led the team with 8 hits each, Josh was next with 7
5. Chris and JR led the pitching staff with 5 strike outs each.   JR got his 5 in one game against El Cerrito.  

Trevor

Trevor was an integral part of the team this season.  Trevor pitched 30 innings for the Hawks and was one of the leaders with his bat, leading the team with a .481 batting average.  Trevor averaged less than two batters an inning reaching base during his time on the mound over 30 innings of ball.  Great job, Trevor!  We hope you had a great  time.

Congratulations College Park Falcons Baseball

We went to the game saturday night at the Colosseum to watch the Falcons play against Arroyo High School.

What an exciting game to see!

The 2nd baseman, Jimmy Gardner, used to pitch on Lindsay's softball team when it was coach pitch.  He backed up his mom during those days.  

I can imagine we'll be seeing a few more Hawks out there in the coming years.

Citrus Heights 11U Champions

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The Pleasant Hill Hawk 11's finally won the Citrus Heights baseball tournament. For some kids, this was their 4th year playing in this tournament. 4 years, two 2nd places, one year not making it to the playoffs, the team finally won the tournament in convincing fashion against San Ramon 10-4.

Scores

• Piedmont 4 Hawks 11
• San Ramon 7 Hawks 8
• Orinda 7 Hawks 14
• Piedmont 0 Hawks 2
• San Ramon 4 Hawks 10

HighLights

• Willie and Drew hit home runs against Orinda.
• The team turned several double plays.
• Josh batted in Chris and Mathew to beat Piedmont 2-0 to advance to the Championship game.
• Dylan had several spectacular catches at 2nd.
• Evan help shutdown the Championship game with a great catch in left field.
• Evan, Jeffrey, Trevor, and Max combined their pitching efforts to hold San Ramon long enough for our bats to come alive for a come from behind win in the 7th inning.
• Willie pitched the team into the Championship game.
• Chris pitched 4 shutout innings against San Ramon, allowing only 1 runner to reach base.
• Max and Mathew each were hit for a total of 6 times. Ouch!
• Down by 4 against San Ramon, bottom of the 7th inning. Not a problem. The kids decided that "everybody hits". They all lined up with their helmets on and proceeded to show San Ramon what not giving up means. Hawks scored 5 runs, winning the game on Willie's walk off double. The Hawks still had no outs....everybody did hit or got on base.
  

Tournament Stats

• Team had 56 hits and 12 walks
• Team batting average was .430, on base was .470
• Hawks scored 45 runs and allowed 22
• Hawks went 5-0 in the tournament.
• Hawks pitchers gave up 4 home runs
• Hawks pitchers combined for 27 strike-outs. Willie alone had 15.
• Chris and Max pitched a combined 11 innings with 0 walks

Congratulations guys!

Opening Day News Video

Regular Season is Done

Season tidbits:

• Josh and Drew finished the regular season strong with their bats.  Josh has tripled 4 times in the last 5 games.
  
• Drew and Josh lead the team in batting for the last 5 games.  Combined they have 19 hits in 5 games.
• Max hit his 10th double

Stats as they stand at the end of the regular season:

Top 3 Season Batting Average 

• .463 Chris
• .448 Dylan
• .444 Max

Top 3 Season On Base Percentage

• .580 Will
• .557 Drew
• .553 Mathew

Most Singles

• 31 Dylan
• 27 Jeffrey
• 26 Chris

Most Doubles

• 10 Max
• 8 Will
• 5 Josh

Most Triples

• 5 Josh
• 4 way tie at 3 a piece:  Dylan, Jeffrey, Will, Drew

Most Walks

• Tie:  Will and JR at 15 a piece
• 13 Mathew

Pitching 

Strike Outs

• 54 - Will
• 26 - Chris
• 16 - Josh
• 12 - Trevor

ERA

• 1.71 - Trevor
• 2 - JR
• 2.82 Will

Moraga

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Zach, we hope to see you back on the field as soon as possible!

Team Highlights

• For the 1st time this season, opposing teams have given up more walks than we have...Hawks 114- Others 116.
• Matthew's leading the 10 game on base percentage while Drew leads the 5.
• Trevor and Evan combo pitched a great game against Mtz.
• Josh hammered triples against Moraga and Martinez.
• JR is the "Walks" leader, drawing 14 walks from opposing pitchers.

Lincecum

Saw this on CNN

San Ramon

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Highlights From This Weekend

• Max hammered his 9th double of the season.
• Dylan leads the team with the most hits.
• Josh got 2 of the teams 15 hits against San Ramon on sunday.
• Sunday's game was the 4th time Zach got 2 RBI's in a game.
• Chris struck out the last batter of the game looking his last 3 outtings.

Hawks Break 200 Against Walnut Creek

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Game Tidbits

• Trevor pitched a 7 inning shutout against Walnut Creek! Congratulations Trevor.
• The Hawks surpassed the 200 runs scored mark with the win over Walnut Creek. The team has scored 206 runs this season.
• Max leads the team in doubles, hitting his 8th of the season against the Bulldogs.
• The Dylan, Jeffrey, Chris combo yielded another double play.
• Jeffrey is the On Base Leader after this week.
• Willie and Chris combined for a season record 11 strike-outs against Tera Hills. 8 for Willie, 3 for Chris including closing the game out for the 2nd week striking out the final batter....looking....

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Interesting Tidbits From Todays Game

• Willie pitched the Hawks 100th strike out of the season.  Congrats Willie.
• Chris, for the first time, struck out 3 consecutive pitchers...all on knuckle curve balls.
• Max leads in batting average for the last 5 games with .670 and last 10 games with a .570
• Mathew leads in on base % for the last 5 games at a whopping 85%

Spring Bash Champions

MVP

Congratulations to Chris Brown - Tournament MVP

Pictures

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Highlights From the Weekend

• Max leads the team in On Base %
• Willie led the team in pitching.
• Chris pitched 3 innings of shutout ball
• Drew came back with a big bat, belting a triple
• Zach belted a triple
• Willie led the offense
• Dylan was instrumental in 2 double plays
  
• The team made 3 double plays, in including one kicked off by Dylan that had the umpires talking about it in the parking lot.  Th field ump made a comment that he doesn't see 14 year old teams make plays like that, particularly the way Dylan stopped the ball and kicked off the play.

The other sweet double play was while Chris was on the mound, a runner at 3rd and a runner at 1st.  The runner at 1st trotted to 2nd trying to get Chris to either balk or throw to 2nd.  Instead, Chris ran at the runner at 2nd, pumping the ball...ala Brian Huitt.  The poor kid just stood there not knowing what to do.  Chris tagged the runner at 2nd out, the runner at 3rd bolted for the plate, and Chris threw a bullet to Willie, well in time to block the plate and get the runner out.  

That could very well be the only double play made without a pitch being thrown.

Physics of Baseball

MSNBC had a link to a pretty cool baseball web-site:

Science of baseball stats
Physics of baseball

Manteca Tournament

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Manteca Tournament

The Hawk 11's had a tough time at the Manteca Tournament.  The Hawks faced the Stockton Crushers as well as the Hard 90's.  The Crushers were tough to overcome, giving to us what the 07 Condors gave to them.  Tough hitting, great pitching, and stellar defense.  Max, Will, and Chris did their best against the Crushers, but we couldn't get the runners on base.

The Hard 90's game was a fun game to watch.  Ethan was great on the mound, with Brian supporting Ethan behind the plate.  The highlight was having a runner at 3rd, a dropped 3rd strike, and Brian chasing the batter to 1st, while holding the ball, drawing the 3rd base runner off.....then throwing him out at 3rd.  Incredible play!

Sunday

Sunday was a tough day.  Chris pitched 5 innings, battling against a hard hitting team.  The Hawk's turned a nice inning ending bases loaded double play with the #4 batter at the plate.  The Crushers #4 batter popped a fly ball to centerto JR.  JR got the double play by throwing the runner out at 2nd who didn't tag up.   

Some Stats

• The Crushers game on sunday was the 1st game of the season where the Hawks gave up no walks.
• Willie leads the team in on base% with 650 for the last 5 games.
• Trevor leads the season on base with 650, with Willie close behind at 620
• Hawks have a 7-7-1 record for the season
• Team batting average is .420, on base is .530

JR

JR checking out the roster during a game at the 06 Citrus Heights Tournament with the PH Condors.

2005 PH Hawks (8's)

Here's a picture of the 2005 Hawk 8's at the Citrus Heights Tournament.  The kids took 2nd place out of 16 teams.  

How many of todays Hawk ll's can you find in this group.

How Do I Get A Picture

Here are the directions on downloading the high res pictures:

• Go to the slide show that has your picture
• On the upper left of the window, click on "Back to phhawks Opening Day set
• Click on the picture you want
• The picture will come up on the page by itself.  Click on "All Sizes".
• Select the available size.  Use Original to get the unaltered version.
• Click on the "Download the Original size".  
• Now you have to figure out where it is on your computer...happy hunting :)

If anybody else would like to post pictures of comments, I can grant access to the site.  It's simple to do.

1982 Pleasant Hill Hawks

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We think that's Paul Demhesel on the right.


"Uncle Rich"

PHBA Opening Day

PHBA Opening Day

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Weekend Highlights

• Dylan continues his streak of no-strikeouts
• Evan gave up 0 walks.
• Willie and Chris gave up 3 walks in a combined 12 innings.
• Josh batted .670 the last 5 games.
• Chris averaged 10 pitches an inning while pitching 7 innings against Tara Hills.

Hawks Break 100!

The Hawk 11's have surpassed the 100 run mark for this season. As of the Walnut Creek game, the PH Hawks have scored 107 runs.

Willie was the 100th run of the season, batted in on Trevor's 2 run blast to right field.

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• Trevor has the 1st home run of the season.
• Hawks had 2 double plays in the Walnut Creek Game
• Mathew started the relay from right field to rob the lead-off batter of a double to Dylan then Jeffrey.
• Zach's hit in the 6th knocked in 2 RBI's.

For Willie

This video is for Willie:

March 2nd - Martinez, Moraga

Martinez Game Pictures

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Couple Of Highlights From This Weekends Games

Trevor reached base 6 times for 6 at bats!

Hawks pitchers pitched a no-hitter to Martinez.

Chris has given up 2 walks in 8 innings.

Old Time Hawks

Apparently, the Pleasant Hill Hawks Baseball Team has a bit of a legacy here in Contra Costa County.


Twice, Chris and I have been approached by Pleasant Hill Hawks Alumni. One time, we were at a sports store getting equipment for Chris when the sales guy noticed Chris's sweatshirt and mentioned he played on the Hawks in the 70's!

Tonight, after the clinic and while Chris was still in his uniform, a guy came up to Chris at Safeway and asked Chris if he was on the Hawks. When Chris said yes, he was asked if it was the Pleasant Hill Hawks. Chris said yes again. The guy said he wanted to shake Chris's hand......he was on the Hawks over 20 years ago!

I told the guy that Chris's team just won their first tournament and he was really excited to hear about the team and how they were doing.

....and....one other note.....

Chris's uncle was also on the Hawks 20+ years ago.

AA NIT Champion!

Congratulations, Hawk 11s! The first tournament win of the season.


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Congratulations to Dylan and Drew for their All Tournament Nominations!!

Pitching Stats

4 innings pitched Chris Brown - ERA 0.0
6 innings pitched Josh Katzki - ERA 1.0
3 innings pitched J.R. Santiago - ERA 2.0

Josh had an amazing 13 strike-outs!!

A few videos from the weekend

Latest Round Of Pictures

Pictures from the latest weekend of practice.

Pictures Are Up

New pictures are up from practice.

Sydney Downing

From the Contra Costa Times:
Sydney Morgan Downing
Sydney Morgan Downing Mar. 3, 2001 Jan. 15, 2008 Resident of Walnut Creek "Princess Sydney" of Walnut Creek is survived by her beloved family, Mother Christine, Father Dwayne, and Brother Drew. Sydney was the adored princess of her grandmother Eloise Butticci and late Grandfather Dennis Butticci. Sydney touched so many lives. She loved art, dancing and fashion and she wore it well! Think of her as resting from the sorrows and the tears in a place of warmth and comfort where there are no years. Think of her as living in the hearts of those she touched for nothing loved is ever lost and she was loved so much. We will be celebrating Sydney's everlasting life at a Mass at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 1650 Ygnacio Valley Road, Walnut Creek on Friday January 18, 2008 at 11am. Memorial donations can be made to Comfort for Kids, 3470 Buskirk Avenue, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523. Oak Park Hills Chapel (925) 934-6500
Published in the Contra Costa Times from 1/16/2008 - 1/17/2008.

Sydney's brother, Drew, was a Condor teammate. Sydney was a member of the Condor Baseball Family which many of the Hawks kids were on. Sydney's family was an integral part of the Condor experience. Even though they are no longer with the team the Downing family are certainly in our thoughts and prayers.





Contra Costa Times Article

New Pictures

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1st Practice Of The Season

I'll be posting pictures throughout the season and maybe a video or two. For now I've posted pictures on Flickr which can be found here.

I'm trying to figure out a way to do a slide show inside of this blog instead of having to go to Flickr to see the pictures. So, hopefully things will improve.

You can post comments on this site and if others want to be able to post here, let me know and I can get you setup to add to this site. It's very easy to do, you don't have to be too savy with the internet.

Clip Of Things To Come

We're looking forward to another great season of baseball!

Oh....and I'll fix the colors....they hurt my eyes too!