St. Louis Roadrunners

Ok boys, sorry for the late post, but its been a busy night at the Madey household.

To recap today, most of the guys ran either a Mosley, or the always incredible Mailbox Run. But today, the varsity ran a Graeser, and boy did we have a little bit of business to discuss.

After taking infield practice with Rob before yesterday's practice at McNair Park, we thought of what a baseball team would look like with the players being some of the runners on this year’s cross country team. Here is the lineup we produced, along with coaches and front office executives.

Manager: Coach Traughber- He already possesses the necessary skills to handle a team of 60+ kids. Now with only 15 kids to worry about, the team looks to flourish under his reign.
Pitching Coach: Coach Williams- This was simple. He emailed me the second after news broke about the Stephen Strasburg injury. What more can I say. He is a pitchers guy. He can lead our pitchers to promise.
Hitting Coach: Rob Garwitz- Being the new man on the block, Rob looks the part to be a great hitting coach, so he gets the role. Actually, he was just the last man on the list, so that’s what he got.
3rd Base Coach: Coach Russo- Already a track coach, he should know who can push home on a base hit up the middle, or hold up to let our big hitters get the job done themselves.
1st Base Coach: Mr. Leeman- We want to bring the Milkman back to action here. Coach Leeman always had something on his mind to talk about, and loves sports. So why not get a hit, walk, or hit by pitch, and go have an awesome conversation with Coach Leeman.
Strength and Conditioning Coach: Nick "T-Time" Traughber- Have you seen this guy?? He's freakin huge!!! After we get done working with him, people may just accuse us of being on steroids.
Director of Scouting and Player Development: Coach Boland- Mr. Boland, being a counselor already, knows a lot about character and how one should act in a certain environment. Seeing that he has these skills, he would be a perfect fit in the organization for obtaining players with the will to play, win, and most importantly, have fun.
General Manager: Josh Pribe- He's just that awesome!
Owner: LIZ. She's having the baby, so she gets the ownership of the team. Good Luck Liz, we're all praying for you.

Now for your 2010-2011 St. Louis Road Runners Starting Lineup!!!

• Batting first and playing center field.....MATT....O'CONNOR!!!!!
• Batting second, team captain and shortstop, yours truly.....JC.....MADEY!!!!!
• Batting third, your number one runner turned hot corner stud (third
• base)....KEVIN......ABERNATHY!!!!!
• Batting fourth, the power of the batting lineup, right fielder......DAN.....BOWMEN!!!!!!!
• Batting Fifth....left fielder, well................BRIAN....SCHERPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Batting sixth, with the hands of gold..........................NICK.......MARTINI!!!!!!!!
• Batting seventh, holding down the duties behind the plate......MATT....BEERS!!!!!!!!!
• Batting eighth......THE PITCHERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Batting Second leadoff (9th), playing 1st base............do the JOHN.......WALLER!!!!!!!

Now for your pitching staff

Starting Pitcher 1...MIKE POTREBOSKI
Starting Pitcher 2...DAN BARGER
Starting Pitcher 3...GLEN MCGANN
Set-up Man...ALEX POTTER
Closer...JACK HUSMANN
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Ready Alert (The Bench)

• Our pinch runner (since he is uncoordinated with any sport that has to do with balls)....JACOB SEILER!!!!!!
• THE DO IT ALL STUD MUFFIN........STEVE PLACT!!!!!!!

Special shout out to The DeSmet Tennis team (and Dylan Pearson), as well as Caitlin Shukwit, Ali Bennett, and Helena Shea, new viewers (not followers) of the blog.

Good luck tomorrow boys and have some fun out there.

From,
The Bulldog