Win the Fields: It’s That Simple

by October 11, 2012, 8:46am 0

Watching NW Regionals a week ago, I was struck by a small and simple thing that separates the great teams from all the rest: they threw to open people.  More…

Northwest Regionals 2012: Final Thoughts

by October 3, 2012, 5:00am 0

This is a coda to the two daily wrap-ups (Sat, Sun) published earlier this week. Grumbles I’m still irked about the schedule.  Like most tournaments, it was set up with…

Northwest Regionals Day Two

by September 30, 2012, 9:18pm 0

Aggravatingly, all the games I wanted to see were simultaneous.  Fortunately, the three biggies were on adjacent fields, so I plopped myself in the middle and caught what I could….

Northwest Regionals Day One

by September 30, 2012, 6:58am 0

I’ve got some quick notes on the first day of NW Regionals. I certainly miss the California teams.  The overall feel of the tournament is diminished as the complexity and…

Win the Fields: Labor Day Video Review – Fish vs Bravo

by September 27, 2012, 10:46am 0

Sockeye You have to love what the Fish have done in the later part of the regular season.  Following ECC, they’ve gone 13-0 in knocking off Revolver, Bravo (twice), Furious…

Win The Fields: Labor Day Video Review – Part II

by September 19, 2012, 5:16am 0

It’s nice to return to Santa Cruz, even if it’s only through a computer screen.  I’m picking up where I left off last week; my original ambition was to cover…

Win the Fields: Labor Day Video Review

by September 12, 2012, 10:11am 0

I didn’t get to Labor Day in person this year, but thanks to the hard work of Kevin and crew, we all got to watch some games.  Here is the…

Win the Fields: Gold Standard

by September 7, 2012, 9:21am 0

Following up on a post from a few weeks back, I recently had a chance to catch up with Dr. Tom Crawford about the US National Teams.  I’ve been musing…

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