DAILY NEWS INVITATIONAL: GRANADA HILLS TEAM IS HELPED BY ROOKIE.Byline: Heather Gripp Daily News Staff Writer A spur-of-the-moment decision allowed Ryan Braun
Ryan Joseph Braun, nicknamed The Hebrew Hammer to join the Granada Hill's baseball team in its opening game of the Daily News Invitational in·vi·ta·tion·al adj. Restricted to invited participants: an invitational golf tournament. n. An event, especially a sports tournament, restricted to invited participants. Adj. 1. . If the the freshman comes close to duplicating his varsity debut during the rest of the tournament, it's not likely he'll be returning to junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. . Braun went 3 for 3, including a two-run homer, and scored three runs in the Highlanders' 12-2 victory over visiting South Gate on Tuesday. The game was called after five innings under the 10-run mercy rule A mercy rule, also well known by the slightly less polite term slaughter rule (or, less commonly, knockout rule and skunk rule), brings a sports event to an early end when one team has a very large and presumably insurmountable lead over the other team. . The second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker didn't find out about his promotion until two hours before game time, when coach Steve Thompson Steve Thompson or Steven Thompson may be:
``Halfway through fifth period, my JV coach came in and told me I was playing with the varsity,'' Braun said. ``Then he told me I was starting and I was nervous.'' Braun's smooth fielding and confidence while playing with the varsity during the winter prompted Thompson to make the move. The coach said he's open to keeping Braun on the team. ``I was really excited,'' Braun said, ``but I was nervous, too. ``Once I got my first at-bat, I calmed down. Then my second at-bat, I just got all of it. ``I have to say it's my biggest (game). It was real exciting.'' Braun is slated to be with the Highlanders (1-0) again today when they host Highland. New field, new hope: Calabasas shows off its upgraded field today when the Coyotes host Conoga Park. The outfield fence was installed Wednesday and the Coyotes were expecting to practice on the resodded infield for the first time Thursday. Calabasas hopes the new facilities help restore the Coyotes' pride, which faded with last year's season. After years of dominating the Frontier League The Frontier League, based in Troy, Illinois, is a professional, independent baseball organization located in the Midwestern United States and Western Pennsylvania. It operates mostly in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with either. , Calabasas went 12-13 overall and finished third in league. The freshman, JV and varsity teams shared the JV field while the varsity field was under construction. The result was worth the inconvenience to restore a field run down by years of use not only by the Coyotes but youth leagues and soccer teams playing in the outfield, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. coach Rick Nathanson. ``It looks beautiful,'' he said. How the Coyotes will look is another story. The team was awaiting the arrival of its uniforms the day before its first game. Calabasas also plays at home Saturday when it hosts Harvard-Westlake. It runs in the family: Last season, John Ennis shut down the opposition as the ace of Monroe's staff. Ennis graduated, but his brother Ryan picked up where John left off. The senior pitched a five-inning no-hitter in Monroe's season-opener against Franklin on Tuesday. The mercy rule ended the 10-0 game after 4-1/2 innings. |
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