Cincinnati CoBALTS Baseball Club

The Cobalts started the second half of the 2008 campaign with 3 big wins.

On Wednesday it was Mike Daddy Hatfield who threw the 'Balts on his back leading to a 9-8 titanic struggle win over a fiesty Reds squad. Daddy Hat hit his 3rd home run of the season and shot-down the tying run at home on a relay from Deuce Hock. Tom Taylor also added 3 RBIs on the night. Kevin Heasley saved it for Brian Akers.

Thursday Night League action saw the young, fresh, and strong Ohio Heat take on what they thought was a bunch of old guys....right up to the point of the 'Balts laying a 6 spot on them in first two innings. From there it was the Paully Krause who dazzled for 5 strong innings. Jacob Campbell gets a couple key outs for the hold and Wags shuts the door in the 7th for an 8-5 victory. Tom Taylor drives in 3 more and makes several web-gems at SS. Daddy Hat's 3 RBI double sealed the deal.

Friday night under the lights was Cobalts vs. Yorkville. Rick Rosell took the hill again and went 6 1/3 before giving up a hit in a 4-1 victory. Tom Taylor, Mike Wagner, and Brian Stoecklein fueled the offense. Rick's complete game 1 hitter re-established his dominance over CRC hitters so far this year.

Cobalts are now 19-4 in 2008

Say what you want about the Cobalts over the past 22 years, but most would not call us the smartest group of guys to wear a uniform...well, that's changed thanks to The Admiral!

Kevin Heasley graduated from the Naval Academy this Spring with honors, a 3.7 GPA, and a Mechanical Engineering Degree. See link to article: http://navysports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/070908aaa.html

Cobalts are proud to have Kevin in our uniform this summer before he is assigned to a nuclear submarine in Charlotte and changes uniform to that of an Officer.

Hail to the Admiral!

Cobalts started of the week with an 11-0 win over the Blackhawks. Brian Akers pitched 2 hit baseball and Mikey Taylor went deep.

Then rain.....then Battle of the Banks at Florence Freedom Stadium:

Game 1 Cobalts Win: 4-3 versus Hawks

Paul Krause pitched 6 innings of scoreless baseball in relief and the Cobalts put a one inning rally together against the Hawk's Jeff Saunders to secure the Cobalt victory.

Game 2 Hawks Win: 3-1 versus Dayton Braves

Game 3 Louisville Stallions Win: 2-0 versus Dayton

Game 4 Cobalts Win: 7-1 versus Louisville

Keith Becker goes 5 2/3 to get the win. Jacob Campbell gets the save. Pitching duel until the 6th when the Cobalts bust out with a go ahead double from Stoecklein and a bomb by Jason Cohill.

Game 5 Hawks Win: 3-2 versus Louisville Stallions

Game 6 Exhibition (Braves short pitchers/catchers - borrow Jeff "Scrote" Dietz (win) and El Vicator Carreon (save).

Game 7 Championship: Hawks 4, Cobalts 0

Hawks Win the Trophy as their pitcher shuts down any attempts of Cobalt rallies with 4 double-plays. If any Cobalt highlights, I missed them.

Cobalts now stand 16-4 as we start the "Back 9" of the 2008 Season...hope the bats wake up soon.

Paul Krause improved his record to 4-0 on the season as the Cobalts win again. The Woodpushers, slang for chess players-we hope, kept it a close 1-1 game until the 5th inning when Stoecklein hit his 5th dong of the year and Timmy Kid Klanke went deep in his first game of the season... he still remembers how to pimp it!

THURSDAY NIGHT RAINOUT....

Friday night split with veterans winning first game 10-0 folllowed by a young-guy loss to Hawks 10-8.

Cobalts now stand 13-3

Your "International" Cobalts will once again take on the world's best Semi Pro Teams at the GFI Tournament in British Columbia, Canada.

It was 2004 when the Cobalts last used their passports and came within one out of the money round at the GFI. (Then almost brought down the bars of Spokane).

So once again, Cobalt Nation will be able to follow the Labor Day Tournament live on the World-Wide-Web from Aug 27-Aug 31st.

Here we go again!!!