Tuesday, August 18, 2009
CHAMPIONS!!
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Last night were the playoffs for Bottom of the Fifth. It was a single elimination tourney, and our first game was at 8 against Commonwealth Chapel. This is the team that has beat us twice, and seeded number 3 in the league. Since we were seeded number 2 we were home team.
The first inning they scored 1 quick run and we held them there for the next 3 innings. We were nervous this first inning and we bobbled a few there, but we held them once we settled down. Our offense though was much more productive than theirs. And we rolled over on them for the rest of the game. I think our biggest motivation to win this game was so we could go on to the finals and kick the crap out of Big League Chew.
We got a 10 minute break between our first game and the second, and we were under way.
Big League Chew was seeded number one at this point, and they we had beat them 2 out of the 3 times we went against them, and they are just all around annoying. So we really really really wanted to cream them. And we did. Both teams came out swinging. We were away this round so we were at bat first and put up a quick 5 runs. We were consistent and had an awesome day both pitching and batting and quickly moved up 15-2. They were ecstatic at every play of theirs, even going so far as calling out our players, asking them if they were ready. They were loud and vocal, and pretty annoying.
So since we were up by so much we flip flopped the last inning (as I have mentioned I am not a big fan of this). So score is still 15-2, and they are up at bat again. We get a strike out and a fly out to left field. 2 outs in the last inning. And we get real nervous just thinking too much ("Get out of your head Crash"). And they get a rally going. Again being really annoying and boastful after every hit. But it doesn't matter, cause we still won in the end. Final score was 15-13.
Hopefully the Fifth will be playing some fall ball, but that is still up in the air, have to make sure we have enough players.
But for now we are the reigning CHAMPIONS!
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009
The Pros
So this was the very last game of our regular season. Next week we have play offs and then we are off for a few weeks before fall ball (assuming we can get a team together).
Last nights game against the Pros was an interesting one. We were supposed to have two games yesterday but the first team we were supposed to play had to forfeit since they couldn't field a team. So apparently the commissioner of the league thought that we were going to forfeit our second game for some reason, and told the ump for our field as well as the Pros that we weren't going to be there.
So we get there with no umpire and the Pros leaving the field. We get everything squared away and find an umpire that was hanging around getting ready for a late game and we can finally start the game.
We were the home team, so we were out in the field first and the Pros came out swinging scoring 4 in the first inning. It should have been 3, but I bobbled a pop fly that landed foul, but I should have had anyway. It was in my glove, but it popped back out. Bummer, but we got out of the inning not to much longer after that. Bottom of the first we scored 3.
We rallied a few innings later and put some runs up making the score 13-4. It was about this time that our pitcher Craig took a line drive to the family jewels, and amazingly still made the out at first. It was fantastic. Such dedication, such grit. Needless to say he sat out for a few innings icing down the goods.
So we had to pull in our second string pitcher, Will, who did fine the first inning he pitched with some good fielding we held them that inning. We are up and score one or two runs maybe. I walked a few times, and we were sitting pretty.
The next inning (the fifth I believe) Will is pitching again, and just keeps walking people. They score 7 before Will throws in the towel. And amazingly Craig comes back in to finish the game. He closed out that inning and pitched one more striking out the go ahead run in the sixth.
It was a rollercoaster of a game, but it was a good one. I think everyone played very well, but Craig is the MVP of the game. The only pitcher I know to start, leave the game, and come in to earn save.
Next week are playoffs, and I'll let everyone know how we did. Crossing our fingers for the campionship!
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Friday, August 7, 2009
Fighting Cox round 2ish
Last two weeks have been rained out so it has been a while since we've had a game, but we came back from the break strong and won what would normally be our last game of the regular season.
It is usually pretty fun to play these guys. They are a team from the local radio station and are a good group. They were getting pretty frustrated with us though since we were taking so many of their pitches and we just kept walking around the bases. I think I was up 3 times, and walked twice, and the ball I hit was low and outside (practicing my golf swing). So there was some grumbling on their end this game, but I think we still had fun.
I don't have the score but I do know we were up 15-2 in the second inning, if that tells you anything.
Next week we have a double header, we are playing the two teams we missed playing the past two weeks, and then after that we are in the playoffs.
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Token startelement in state epilog would result in an invalid xml document.
I was creating an XML document and kept running into this same error over and over again. It seems that it is the default error for any sort of syntax problem with your XML documents. So I would venture to guess that there are lots of ways of fixing it, but what worked for me was pretty simple (as most syntax errors are). I didn't have a root element. So make sure you always have a root or else!
See below for my code for writing an XML Doc
string filepath = GetPath("myXML.xml"); //get full path
xmlTextWriter writer = new XmlTextWriter(filepath, null);
writer.WriteStartDocument();
writer.WriteStartElement("root"); //must have!!!!
foreach (Person p in myPeeps) {
writer.WriteStartElement("person");
writer.WriteStartElement("name");
writer.WriteString(p.Name);
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteStartElement("address");
writer.WriteString(p.address);
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteStartElement("title");
writer.WriteString(p.Title);
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteStartElement("age");
writer.WriteString(p.age);
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteEndElement();
}
writer.WriteEndElement();
writer.WriteEndDocument();
writer.Flush();
writer.Close();
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