It happened only ONE TIME. Only One time in fifteen double-headers in our four-year history did we ever get swept. That’s a pretty awesome accomplishment. I’ve always said this about double-headers: “They are hard to sweep and easy to get swept in.” San Fernando swept us at their yard and our great run came to an end.
We made it pretty easy for San Fernando that day. We didn’t score any runs in either game. Our bats went silent.
I still thought we played a GREAT first game. Big Breck threw a gem. He allowed only two earned runs in six innings…walking one and striking out nine. We got beat 4-0. We just couldn’t get anything going offensively all day. San Fernando deserved it. They just flat-out beat us. All we had to do was land that plane we were riding….we just couldn’t bring it in. Our plane crashed….
The ’91 season was over. I will be getting the stats posted up here soon. I will also be writing one or two more stories about that team before we move on to the Greatest Chapter(s) in our history. To the guys from the ’90 and ’91 Teams…….Thank You!! I cannot WAIT to see you guys at The Bash!!!!
These were the guys who really LAID the foundation for Verdugo’s great history. What AWESOME Warriors they were!!!!
I also want to thank the guys who played for the ’92 and ’93 Teams (that went 38-5) for reading so much about the original members of Verdugo on this Blog!!! Thanks for taking an interest in the Team’s history!! I hope the ’90 and ’91 members continue to follow this Blog. You see, once you play for Verdugo….it’s always YOUR TEAM!! So as we chronicle the trail of carnage left behind by the ’92 and ’93 Teams….I hope you guys take ownership of it as well!! Their successes belong to you….and vice versa!!!!
We made a hell of a run in ’91!!!!
Sure, it could have been better. But it was important for us as a Team to endure the drought so that we could truly enjoy and appreciate the rains of victory that were about to pour down upon us for the next two seasons!!!! I loved every Team. I loved every game. Win or lose it we were still Verdugo!!!! I cannot thank everyone enough for the sacrifices and the EFFORT you guys gave for our ballclub!!!!
The ’91 Season was over. We survived that plane crash. And out on a train track somewhere was an abandoned train. Nobody wanted that train. It had alot of paint missing and was pretty banged up. Yeah, Verdugo Hills found that train. There was nothing pretty about it, but we cleaned it up and kind of made it our own. And just before the ’92 season….we all boarded that Train and we all agreed to stay on it, wherever it would lead us. We didn’t really know where it was going. Nor did we care. We just got it running, put in on full steam and started partying on it!!!!
Nobody was driving it. It was a runaway train!!!! And let me tell you something….that was a train you DEFINITELY wanted to be riding!!! And nobody got off of it!!!!
That Train crashed into everything that got in it’s way. And as it careened and wound it’s way through canyons and cliffs it never got off-track!!!! It’s a good thing we never looked out the windows to see what we were about to run into!!!! That Train just kept bullying it’s way through EVERYTHING!!!!
I invite all of you now to board that Train with us as we chronicle our “Reign of Terror.”
Please step in my friends….and get ready for….THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE!!!!
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