Last Regular Season Game 2020

Yeah, it's the last regular season games today.

Oh yes Bandits are Minor Premiers again.

Without loosing a game all season.

Actually I can't remember when we lost our last game it's been a while with plenty of celebration drinks inbetween.

Just waiting for the crew to turn up and do it all again.

Wish us luck.

Bandits GF day 2019.

Well here we go again.

It's all about preparing for this day and making everything right then step onto the field and playing ball.
I once go some advice from a Pro, Start we'll keep the stamina and fluids up and the finish will end in jubilation. She was from Thailand but hay you can get inspired by anyone these days.

Think smart be smart doo smart.

Play Ball.....

Grand Final eve

Shit, it's that time of year again.
Bandits have made the Grand Final in the Cairns Baseball League.

It's been a wonderful year with some new blood coming to the franchise and old blood leaving the franchise.

Div3 started the year off with the 2018 grand final re-match it was a rustic game with a 9 all draw.
They followed it up with a no fluke 10 all draw with a Cubs Div2 side a week later.
Then the guns started to fire with Div3 not loosing a match till the end of regular season.

Div1 and Div2 this year we poached out to other things and didn't form at all, but could make a comeback.

But it's Bandits of old holding the banner high with Div3 into another final series with Cubs of one game winner takes all.

So if your sitting around doing nothing Sunday 8th September 2019, come down to watch a franchise history event at Trinity Beach Baseball park.
Game starts 9 am.

Thanks again to our family, friends and sponsors for making a wonderful organisation of the Cairns Bandits Baseball Club.

See you there......

Stingers are Premiers of A and C grades.

Stingers A Grade Win Comp.

Stingers Still Going

Stingers Masters Doo it again... 6 yrs in a row....

Tip of the month - Fielding

Fielding Tips

THROWING PROBLEMS AND HOW TO FIX THEM
Throws Are Overthrown And Sailing High. There is a very good chance that you are NOT raising your throwing elbow to shoulder height. I've witnessed it hundreds of times over the years. Watch closely to replays on TV when infielders overthrow their first baseman because the throw sailed high. In many cases, you will see the infielder did not raise his elbow when making the throw. Just remember, elbow low, ball high. Another possibility for overthrowing your target is you may be releasing the ball before your landing foot hits the ground.
Under Throwing the Ball. The problem is usually at your release point. If you release the ball too late, your throw will almost definitely be low. Another strong possibility is that your front shoulder is dipping down below your throwing shoulder. If your front shoulder dips, there is a good chance your throw will be low and short of your target. Whenever possible, make sure that your shoulders stay level throughout the throwing motion.
General Erratic Throwing. There is no substitute for spending time practicing your throwing. If you throw the ball every day, your throwing will improve. It simply has to. Just remember, every time you throw a baseball you should aim for a target. If having a catch with someone, aim for their left shoulder, then their right shoulder, left hip, right hip, etc. Every time you throw the baseball, aim for something! This has to help you. If throwing erratically, the problem could very well be in your footwork. Not getting their feet set up properly is a very common problem, especially with youngsters. Their feet are not set when they throw the ball because of their impatience to want to throw the ball too soon. Their arm is ready but their footwork is not ready yet. They have no balance or foundation when they throw. Like we mentioned above, keep your shoulders level and keep them square to your target. Make sure your front foot is pointing to your target and your back foot lined up like you are using the pitching rubber. 

FIELDING GROUNDERS A to Z
Arm Extension. You should extend your arms almost straight out and field the ball in front of your body. You should NEVER field grounders near your body or underneath your body. I would venture that in at least 90% of the cases where a grounder goes through an infielder's legs, it's because the arms and hands were not out in front of the body.
Back Handing The Ball. Try to keep your glove hand relaxed and don't stab at the ball unless you have to. You want to really focus on "soft hands" and sort of ease the ball into your glove.
Ball Stops Rolling. By far, the easiest way to pick the ball up if it has stopped is to push it into the ground. Scooping it up takes more time and increases the chance of a miscue. By pushing down on the ball, in essence you are pushing the ball into your hand, which is what you want to do.
Bare- Handed Play When Ball Rolling Very Slowly. Many players make the common mistake of trying to scoop it up with a couple of their fingers. The proper way is to "cup" the hand and field the ball with ALL OF YOUR FINGERS. Now comes the tricky part. You have a very small amount of time to go from cupping the ball and getting it into your four seam throwing grip. It takes a little practice but you'll get it.
Bounces. Good infielders read the ball off the bat very well so they determine the type of bounce they are going to get. You have probably heard it referred to as playing the ball instead of letting the ball play you. It's important to charge in and get the sure hop or the short hop. Avoid the in between hop, when the ball bounces about three feet in front of you and can possibly "hand cuff" you.
Butt. Please get your butt down and keep it down, almost like sitting in a chair.
Egg and Not a Baseball. If possible, catch every ground ball like you are catching an egg and don't want the egg to break. Watch the soft hands of all of the outstanding infielders and how they ease the ball into their glove.                                      
Face. When fielding a grounder, no one should see your face, and if they do, that's wrong. They should only see the top of your cap as your face is looking down at the grounder going into your glove.              
Get In Front Of The Ball. The real good infielders get in front of almost everything. The error prone infielders do not and stab at too many balls.
Glove Down And Out Front.  If I could only give one bit of advice on fielding ground balls, without any hesitation at all my advice would be, never get beat under your glove!!! We play from the ground up. Get the glove out in front of your body and on the ground early. You will notice that almost every time a grounder goes through someone's legs it's because their glove was too close to their feet and not out in front of them. 
Hands. Like we mentioned, the hands should always be out in front of you and down. If the ball takes a bad hop and your hands are close to the body, you have very little chance to adjust.  
Knees. The knees should be bent and pointing outward. The expression is, "arms and knees out and waist straight."            
"Pop Up" After fielding the grounder, "pop up" with the front shoulder facing your target. The real good infielders practice the "pop up" drill to save valuable fractions of a second. That's just one of the reasons they are real good infielders.
Slow Rollers. Call for a slow roller just like you would call for a pop up. It's a shame when two fielders are standing there next to a slow roller and each thinks the other is going to field the ball. That's a tough way to lose a ballgame. You don't just call for pop ups but you call for grounders as well. It will avoid a lot of confusion. If the ball has stopped, you should approach it so that the stopped ball is just outside your plant foot.
Throwing the Ball After Fielding the Grounder. Remember to "pop up" with the throwing shoulder facing your target. Bring your elbow up to throwing height, which is usually about shoulder height. Throw the ball and follow through. Almost every errant throw that sails high when thrown by an infielder is because he did not raise his elbow high enough.

CBL Points Table 2011

CBL Points Table 2011, ALL GRADES.

J-Rods and Smithy's Engagement Party

Linda and Lee

 

Linda and Ric

 

KKK and The Bearded  Bushman

J-Rod as Vanilla Ice T.

Jason and Adam

Stingers Girls - You Sexy Thing.

Stingers Boys - You lost that Love and Feeling.

J-Rods' friends - Bye Bye American Pie.

J-Rod - September Ends

Ric showing Roz his - Tiny Dancer.

I Think thats enough for one day. Fun had by all....
Thank god the lighting was down otherwise we can put names to faces.

Funny Stuff from Kim...

Pete - Living on the edge

Pete did an excellent job, but i have been instructed to remove the video.
You had to be there it was awesome.

Aerosmith-Living On The Edge

Tip of the month - Hitting

Hitting Tips

DIRECTNESS OF THE SWING  I think that the "directness of the swing" is one of the most important aspects of hitting the ball effectively. The front elbow should be pointed downward at the very beginning of the swing and not toward the pitcher. Not being direct to the ball is a very common problem for many weak hitters! If the front elbow is pointing toward the pitcher at the very START of your swing, it will create a slight loop which will cause you to be a fraction of a second late to the ball. If it takes a fast ball about a half second to get to the plate, you cannot afford to lose a valuable fraction of a second. A fraction of a second is an eternity when attempting to hit a baseball effectively. This fraction of a second can very well be the difference between hitting a seed or swinging late and possibly missing the ball entirely. If you learn only this one thing about hitting, you will be a substantially better hitter. Please keep the front elbow pointing downward at the very beginning of your swing!

BAT SPEED IS CRITICAL

Let's keep this very basic. Very simply, the faster the head of the bat is going
when it hits the ball, the harder a hitter will hit the baseball. There are hundreds
of baseball tips on hitting but don't the hitters with the quickest bat speed hit the baseball the hardest? You can talk about many things that are required to be a successful hitter and right near the top of your list should be bat speed. It's very enjoyable to watch a very big, strong hitter clobber the baseball. It's also very enjoyable watching a smaller hitter who is not exceptionally strong clobber the baseball. The only way for the smaller player to be competitive with the bigger
and stronger hitters is with his very quick bat speed.

There are several things you can do to improve your bat speed:

• Practice your swing every day. Some professionals will take as many as
  500 swings a day in the off season. That's probably one of the reasons
  they are now professional hitters. I'm not saying it's feasible to take that many swings every day but practice your swing as often as possible. Remember to take your practice swings exactly like you are swinging the bat in a game. You're cheating yourself if you do otherwise. If you are willing to spend the time practicing your swing, you deserve the benefit from the time you are putting in. What can possibly be better to improve your strength and quickness as a baseball hitter than practicing the swing itself?
• Avoid gripping the bat too tightly, which is a common problem especially with younger players. They often have the mindset that "I'm going to grip this bat real tight and really clobber this ball." Nothing could be further from the truth.
  It will actually slow down the speed of your bat. It's identical to a pitcher who holds the ball tighter to slow down a pitch and a baseball hitter gripping the bat tightly will slow down his bat speed also.
• Make sure you swing directly to the ball. The very beginning of the swing is NOT level at all. It is a DOWNWARD movement and only levels out at the point of contact! You absolutely must be "quick to the ball." Short and quick to the ball is far better than long and strong.

GET TO KNOW THE OPPOSING PITCHER QUICKLY

If you don't know anything about an opposing pitcher, watch him closely and you may possibly get to know a lot about him very quickly. Beating the pitcher is plain and simply, a battle. Good pitchers will stay awake at night trying to figure out how to get good hitters out. Just like the pitcher is looking for your strengths and weaknesses as a hitter, you too better be looking for his strengths and weaknesses!

Some Very Important Things You Should Be Looking For

Look for where his release point is. Quite often pitchers have different release points for different pitches. You may know what pitch he's throwing before he actually releases the ball.

Is the pitcher always throwing a first pitch fast ball all the time?

Does he lean back more toward second base to get more speed on the fast ball?

Does he slow down his windup at the last second when throwing a change up?

On the other hand, does he speed up his windup too much when throwing a change up because he is trying too hard to disguise it?

Does he always throw the curve ball with 2 strikes?

Is the first pitch to each batter too "fat" and an easy pitch to hit?

Does he throw a breaking ball after he shakes off his catcher's signal?
(This tells you the catcher is never signaling for the breaking ball as his first signal)

Does the pitcher raise his front shoulder higher when throwing the fastball?

Is he always pitching low and away and not using both sides of the plate?

Does he drop his arm slot down a little to get more lateral movement on his breaking ball?

While on the bench, sit next to a very good hitter and talk about the opposing pitcher throughout the game. Remember, the pitcher is thinking of anything and everything he can do to get you out. As a baseball hitter, you should be thinking of anything and everything you can do to have a successful at bat.
You will be very pleased with yourself if you have observed that the pitcher has started five straight hitters off with a first pitch fast ball. Then you get up, see a
first pitch fast ball and hit a seed into one of the gaps!

How to use the Line-up Creator

Watch the video double click on the video to make it bigger and ask questions if you like.

Hiro returns to Stingers.

After some time in the wilderness, Hiro has returned to the team he loves best.

He will still have his hand in with Happy Eggs, But he now has been turned once again to the dark side.

Good to have you back with Stingers.

Stingers on Firefox web browser.

Hay if you use Firefox as a web browser, why dont you give this a try.

https://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/persona/404919 

Stingers Cartoons of 2011

Big Unit Brad

Duane Pipe

Jamie

J-Rod

KKK

Nixter

PPP

 

Doo Man

Santa

Doo Girl

Smithy

Testicle

Col

More Cartoons will come once the rest have played a game for the Stingers Team of 2011.

WTF

Binghamton Mets vs New Britain Rock Cats AA baseball, May 26, 2011

The hard way to do it.

Jose Coronado hit into fielder's choice double play, first baseman Chris Parmelee to catcher Daniel Rohlfing to shortstop Chris Cates to pitcher Brett Jacobson to third baseman Deibinson Romero to first baseman Chris Parmelee to second baseman Steve Singleton to shortstop Chris Cates to center fielder Joe Benson. Allan Dykstra out at home. Eric Campbell out at 3rd.

Stingers v Heat on May 15th 2011.

May 15 2011

Scored by Adam Reddacliff

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Stingers Masters	5	3	1	1	1					11	15	3
Heat Masters	2	1	5	0	3					11	14	5

Game was a draw, for time was not on our side today.

Stingers Masters Batting AB R H RBI BB SO R Dienoff 4 2 2 0 0 0 D Ottoway 3 1 0 0 1 1 R Doo 2 3 2 3 1 0 B Burkin 4 1 2 0 0 0 R Doo 4 1 2 1 0 1 J Snowden 4 1 2 1 0 0 J Butcher 4 2 2 3 0 0 N Patterson 2 0 1 0 0 0 C Baira 3 0 1 1 0 0 S Butcher 1 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 31 11 15 9 2 2 Batting 2B: R Doo, J Snowden TB: R Dienoff 2, R Doo 3, B Burkin 2, R Doo 2, J Snowden 3, J Butcher 2, N Patterson, C Baira, S Butcher RBI: R Doo 3, R Doo, J Snowden, J Butcher 3, C Baira SF: R Doo ROE: D Ottoway, R Doo, J Butcher, C Baira FC: J Butcher, N Patterson GIDP: J Butcher SB: R Dienoff 2, D Ottoway PO: D Ottoway Quality At Bats Team Total: 18 (52.94%) Stingers Masters R Dienoff had 1 Quality At Bat against the Heat Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 3 (hard hit ball) R Dienoff , Stingers Masters D Ottoway had 1 Quality At Bat against the Heat Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 3 (hard hit ball) D Ottoway , Stingers Masters R Doo had 4 Quality At Bats against the Heat Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 1 (3 pitches after 2 strikes, 6 or more pitches) Inning 2 (3 pitches after 2 strikes, 6 or more pitches) Inning 3 (sacrifice hit) Inning 5 (hard hit ball) R Doo 4 , Stingers Masters B Burkin had 1 Quality At Bat against the Heat Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 5 (hard hit ball) B Burkin , Stingers Masters R Doo had 2 Quality At Bats against the Heat Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 1 (hard hit ball) Inning 5 (hard hit ball) R Doo 2 , Stingers Masters J Snowden had 2 Quality At Bats against the Heat Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 2 (2 out rbi) Inning 4 (3 pitches after 2 strikes, 6 or more pitches) J Snowden 2 , Stingers Masters J Butcher had 5 Quality At Bats against the Heat Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 1 (hard hit ball) Inning 2 (hard hit ball, 2 out rbi) Inning 2 (2 out rbi) Inning 4 (hard hit ball) Inning 5 (3 pitches after 2 strikes, 6 or more pitches) J Butcher 5 , Stingers Masters C Baira had 2 Quality At Bats against the Heat Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 1 (2 out rbi) Inning 4 (hard hit ball, 2 out rbi) C Baira 2 FieldingBeta E: B Burkin, R Dienoff, R Doo

Heat Masters Batting AB R H RBI BB SO G Dooley 3 2 2 1 1 0 M Reddacliff 4 1 1 0 0 0 S Doyle 2 1 1 0 2 1 A Reddacliff 4 3 3 4 0 0 S Gilmour 4 0 3 2 0 0 P Hutchinson 4 1 1 0 0 0 H Kawaguchi 2 2 1 0 2 0 L Fresser 4 1 2 2 0 1 S Doyle 1 0 0 0 1 1 J Kellet 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 11 14 9 6 3 Batting 2B: G Dooley, A Reddacliff, L Fresser HR: A Reddacliff TB: G Dooley 3, M Reddacliff, S Doyle, A Reddacliff 7, S Gilmour 3, P Hutchinson, H Kawaguchi, L Fresser 3 RBI: G Dooley, A Reddacliff 4, S Gilmour 2, L Fresser 2 ROE: G Dooley, M Reddacliff FC: H Kawaguchi, J Kellet PO: S Doyle Quality At Bats Team Total: 15 (42.86%) Heat Masters G Dooley had 3 Quality At Bats against the Stingers Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 1 (6 or more pitches) Inning 2 (3 pitches after 2 strikes) Inning 3 (hard hit ball) G Dooley 3 , Heat Masters S Doyle had 1 Quality At Bat against the Stingers Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 3 (6 or more pitches) S Doyle , Heat Masters A Reddacliff had 3 Quality At Bats against the Stingers Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 1 (hard hit ball, 2 out rbi) Inning 3 (hard hit ball) Inning 5 (hard hit ball) A Reddacliff 3 , Heat Masters S Gilmour had 2 Quality At Bats against the Stingers Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 3 (hard hit ball) Inning 4 (hard hit ball) S Gilmour 2 , Heat Masters P Hutchinson had 1 Quality At Bat against the Stingers Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 4 (hard hit ball) P Hutchinson , Heat Masters H Kawaguchi had 1 Quality At Bat against the Stingers Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 5 (6 or more pitches) H Kawaguchi , Heat Masters L Fresser had 2 Quality At Bats against the Stingers Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 2 (hard hit ball) Inning 5 (6 or more pitches) L Fresser 2 , Heat Masters S Doyle had 2 Quality At Bats against the Stingers Masters. Quality At Bat Breakdown: Inning 2 (6 or more pitches) Inning 3 (3 pitches after 2 strikes) S Doyle 2 FieldingBeta E: G Dooley, P Hutchinson, L Fresser, A Reddacliff, S Doyle DP: A Reddacliff, M Reddacliff, H Kawaguchi

Stingers Masters Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR S% R Dienoff 5.0 14 11 9 6 3 1 54.9% Totals 5.0 14 11 9 6 3 1 54.9% Pitching Wild Pitch: R Dienoff 2 Pitches-Strikes: R Dienoff 122-67 Groundouts-Flyouts: R Dienoff 6-2 First-pitch strikes-Batters faced: R Dienoff 16-35

Heat Masters Pitching IP H R ER BB SO HR S% A Reddacliff 5.0 15 11 6 2 2 0 63.0% Totals 5.0 15 11 6 2 2 0 63.0% Pitching Pitches-Strikes: A Reddacliff 100-63 Groundouts-Flyouts: A Reddacliff 3-7 First-pitch strikes-Batters faced: A Reddacliff 16-34

Key

• AB: At bats
• R: Runs scored
• H: Hits
• RBI: Runs batted in
• BB: Base on balls (walks)
• SO: Strikeouts
• 2B: Doubles
• 3B: Triples
• HR: Home runs
• TB : Total bases
• SAC: Sacrifice hits & bunts
• SF: Sacrifice flies

• ROE: Reached on error
• FC: Hit into fielder's choice
• HBP: Hit by pitch
• CI: Reached on catcher's interference
• GIDP: Hit into double play
• GITP: Hit into triple play
• SB: Stolen bases
• CS: Caught stealing
• PIK: Picked off
• E: Errors
• DP: Double Plays
• TP: Triple Plays

• IP: Innings pitched
• H: Hits allowed
• R: Runs allowed
• ER: Earned runs allowed
• BB: Base on balls (walks)
• SO: Strikeouts
• HR: Home runs allowed
• S%: Strike percentage
• Wins: Wins
• L: Losses
• SV: Saves
• BS: Blown saves

• HBP: Hit batters
• WP: Wild pitches
• BK: Balks
• #P: Total pitches
• TS: Total strikes
• GO: Ground outs
• AO: 'Air' outs (fly outs)
• FPS: First pitch strikes
• BF: Total batters faced