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TOURNAMENT'S
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APOLLO
BRATISLAVA |
4
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MINSK
BELARUS |
4
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BLAGOEVGRAD
BUFFALOES |
4
- 1 |
SILESIA
RYBNIK |
2
- 3 |
MILON |
1
- 4 |
BK
VOJVODE ZEMUN |
0
- 5 |
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BRATISLAVA won the tournament after
their 2-1 series win over MINSK
BELARUS |
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 Players
who went the extra mile
ROBERTO
FERNANDEZ must be mentioned first since
he was the only pitcher on our team who
pitched for a win in the tournament,after
a great day on the mount in the opener,
but stayed hot at bat as well batting .350
with 2 HR (4 1B,1 2B,4 R,6 RBI).Defencewise
nobody could top YANNIS
APOSTOLOPOULOS' game.Our SS proved to
be most reliable as in 30 chances YANNIS
threw for 19 assists and had 9 putouts too,
for a fielding average of .933.JAMES KOMNINAKIS
fielded balls in the outfield with an average
of .933 too (12 outs,2 assists in 15 chances)
and ofcourse a special mention should be
made for ROBERT McNAMARA's
accomplishment at bat for never striking
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MILON
off the field
Team
dinners,clubbing,strolls down the city's
plaza....and ofcourse THE SPA.The team
took a good look of Blagoevgrad during
the night as well as in daytime.Taking
advantage of the low cost of the local
market the players experienced life the
easy way.Everything in Blagoevgrad outside
the field was taking the tention of competing
away from the players who seemed to enjoy
every moment of their staying there.
The (regular from a point and after) massages
at the spa after the games,the every night
team dinners in the restaurants,the local
clubs and the relaxing aura that the city
seemed to have during the day are what
we all took home with us on our way back
besides baseball.
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Could
we have done any better?
It
seems that it is a common strategy for most
teams to inject players from other clubs
in their rosters just for European competition.MILON
decided to take part in this tournament
with their own roster and with NO OUTSIDE
HELP whatsoever.If we would bring other
pitchers from the Greek league,yes,we would
have done better.If the other teams competed
with their original rosters,yes,there would
have been closer games.But the tougher the
competition gets,the more experience our
players are gaining.We managed to score
a single win on our own against VOJVODE
ZEMUN, who also came to play with their
original roster, and that means a lot to
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VOJVODE
ZEMUN
Our
first ever opponent in European competition!
VOJVODE ZEMUN (Zemun Dukes) is one of the
best teams in their country Serbia,they
last won the double crown 3 times in a row
in their domestic league (2000,01,02) and
have a consistent presence in the European
tournaments.Our teams bonded while in the
tournament since all players from both teams
seemed to share the same passion for
(night)life because of similar cultures.A
very special greet should go out to the
team's coach MOMO KOJIC for the effort he
has put in assembling the team and his friendly
approach towards us, and ofcourse many friendly
greetings are sent to all the players of
the VOJVODE team.
Check
out VOJVODE's very interesting website by
clicking here
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