FALL BALL

For you who don’t know what Fall Ball is--it is either the end of the last season or the start of the new season.  During the month of October and part of November, six teams are made up from all the Major League AAA and AA farm teams.  The Fall Ball team names are Scottsdale Scorpions, Salt River Rafters, Peoria Javelinas, Phoenix Desert Dogs, Surprise Saguaros and Mesa Solar Sox.


Each team is comprised of several players from 5 different Major League Teams and for six weeks they play each other--it’s their time to shine!

They are hoping that the scouts and coaches will look their way and that they will end up in the Big Leagues the next year.   If you look at the wall at the Scottsdale Stadium you will find names like Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds and Albert Pujols.
The name to watch for on the Washington Senators team for 2012 is Bryce Harper.  Maybe before too long you will be able to find his name on the wall!  The ball player in my pictures--you guessed it, Bryce Harper!


This was the only game that we attended this fall--it was a good game and and a beautiful day at the new Salt River Fields, located on the Salt River indian Reservation on the east side of Scottsdale.  This beautiful stadium is the newest in town and the host teams are the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Colorado Rockies.

See you at Spring Training
or at FALL BALL!

The play off game for this year is being played in Scottsdale on Saturday, November 19th between the Salt River Rafters and the Surprise Saguaros.

Snow in the Desert?©

It was a freaky weather Monday, November 7, 2011!   It was very cool in the morning, but instead of warming up, it got cold, the sky got black and all of a sudden opened up and the rain came which quickly turned into hail.  Within minutes the hail accumulated to about 2 inches and the Town of Cave Creek came to a halt.  We were at the library and out the back windows, which face north, oncoming cars could not get up the hill to get into town.  So a back up began to happen--at one time there were about 30 cars that couldn't move.  Some were able to turn around but had nowhere to go but back home, some were stuck for a half hour to an hour but there were the braver ones that tried and tried to get up the hill, only to get stuck farther up on the hill.  It was a comedy of errors!  We were also stuck but at least we were warm and had things to do--it was not long-lived but it was something.  The strangest thing is that the weather on the south side of Black Mt. was completely different.  It you didn't happen to drive into Cave Creek you had no idea that this white stuff was in town!  It only rained at our house but it was very heavy--go figure!