Getting To Know Your Balls (Clue)

Clue
Currently plays SS for The FOUL BALLS

A. Birth info - date and place

Born July 25th 1983 in Denver, Colorado

B. Marriage info. - date and place

Married to Jill May 29th 2010 in Omaha, Nebraska

C. High school - date and place.

Graduated in June 2002 from Monarch High School in Louisville, CO

D. Post secondary work and degrees

Graduated in December 2006 from the University of Colorado in Boulder,CO with degree in Operations Management and International Business. 6 time intramural basketball champion

E. Chronology of career to this point in time including highlights if
you wish.

Jan 2010 -- Selected with the #4 Pick in the Westminster D-League Draft by The Foul Balls. Signed a 3 year $3 deal with owner Larry Mattos

May 2006-Sept 2007 General Manager of Deli Zone in Greeley,CO

Sept 2007 -- May 2010 Collections Specialist at Key Equipment Finance in Westminster, CO

May 2010-present Credit Analyst at Key Equipment Finance in Superior,CO

F. Community involvement, advisory boards, and volunteer activities.

Coach of Lakewood Lynx (Special Olympics Golf) 2009-present

G. Hobbies and recreational activities.

Golf, softball, snowboarding, traveling, my favorite sports teams (Buffaloes, Broncos, and Nuggets), my dogs Louie and Layla

H. Favorite vacations.

Ireland, Belize, Las Vegas, and New Orleans!

I. Discussion of your strengths and accomplishments in work and life.

My major accomplishments in life are growing up in a great family and having a lot of lifelong friends that might as well be family. Im proud of my focus on education while I was a student. I met the woman of my dreams while living in Mexico and married her (and now have another great family) Buying a home first home with Jill. Expecting our child, a little boy in July 2012.

J. Your aspirations for yourself, your family, and community in the future.


Personal goals -- Advance my professional career so I can provide a comfortable life for my family. Shoot in the 70’s. Watch the Buffs beat the Huskers in the Rose Bowl.

Family goals -- Continue to be a part of a very special family. Give my children everything I had and more.

The Big Dawgs eat BALLS ! !

The Foul Balls played against a new team The Big Dawgs. The Balls were feeling in need of a bounce back W after losing to Buster H. in week #2. The Balls were 1-1 heading into the match and the Big Dawgs were at a perfect record of 2-0. LeonSpinx would be missing the game due to travel. He is in Paradise for 2 weeks getting married to Foul Ball Fan Carisma. Skip and Socal would be making the trip out there the following day to be there for the joyous celebration. For obvious reasons  they would be down Bo as well due to the birth of his beautiful baby boy Chase as discussed last week. Scojo was a game time decision still suffering from his shoulder issue from the previous 2 weeks. Down 2 other BALLS Scojo stepped up and decided to play the game. From the start the BALLS had a hard time getting the bat on the ball. In addition they gave up 6 runs in the 1st inning. Down 6 runs heading into the 2nd inning was a little deflating for the BALLS but they were still optimistic that it was still striking distance. However, it didn't bounce back as they planned. Giving up more runs and not being able to get the ball to drop in is just a mixture for complete failure. The BALLS were only able to get 1 run in during the entire 5 inning game. It was on a Fielders Choice on a ball hit by CLUE. The final score ended up being an ugly 14-1 lose for the BALLS.

Come on out this Tuesday the 29th to see the BALLS take on Goodfellas at 715pm on Field 4.

Newest Edition to the FOUL BALL family !!

Let's all give a warm welcome to the newest edition to the FOUL BALLS family. 

Baby Bo

BABY BO ! Congrats to Erin and Ryan the new parents. Chase was brought into this crazy world on Thursday night and the family is doing great. I am under the impression that Ryan has already purchased Chase his first baseball glove so that he can start training to be on the Foul Balls in a few years. Best wishes to the family and hope to see you all out there cheering on the BALLS again soon. 

The Rivalry Continues... Buster H Game #2

As long as you have not been living under a rock the past 2 weeks
you are well aware that the Foul Balls were coming back for week 2 of the
summer league to play against their long time rivals Buster H.
As you have heard recently the Foul Balls got locked out of the Thursday league they
have played in since thier inaugural season due to a large desire for the Thursday time slot.
Appears they were not the only ones who were denied entrance into the league.
Buster H had the same issue and decided to follow THE BALLS to the Tuesday division.
So it would set the stage for the rematch that was to big for Thursday nights.
Both teams heading into the game with a record of 1-0 only 1 team would come out undefeated.
Coming off a nice victory in week 1 THE BALLS were flying high (some of the literally)
and looking to bring the pain against Buster H.

The balls were 11 in total with the absence of Scojo due to a shoulder injury.
Turns out that he played last week with the injury, and seems to have aggrevated it
(Must have been the AWESOME display of hitting he put on in game 1)
As you recall from last week there was doubt surrounding Skip and if he was able to play.
He woke up Wednesday morning and was not even able to lift his arm above his waist.
There was talk around the Foul Balls camp that there was a possibility he would be
shut down for the season. After a trip to the team DR. Skip was advised he has shoulder problems
and that it could be a serious issue.
After giving it a few days and making sure that he took it easy Skip was looking better everyday.
When Tuesday came Skip was feeling like a new man (must be the meds from the DR)
and was ready to get dressed up for the game to complete the 11 man roster.

The BALLS won the coin toss and decided to take the field first, so they were the home team.
With Sebass on the mound the balls took the field with confidence,
a little swagger in their steps, and a lot of alcohol on their breath
The BALLS played great defense on Buster H and had a quick first inning with no runs allowed.
Heading into the bottom of the 1st The Balls were still feeling good from their last offensive game.
Starting things off agan in the Leadoff slot was Sheetser with a stand up double
Than singles by Skip, Clue, Bo and Spinx
After a pair of outs Brian 'Miller' Mueller would drive in the 5th run of the inning with a Double.
After 3 outs the BALLS were looking good, putting up 5 runs against Buster H
and heading into the 2nd inning with a nice little lead.
The BALLS continued to look good in the field
Spinx made a great pop up catch at 3B and Socal caught one in foul
territory right in front of the enemies dugout.
Clue looked outstanding at SS with some serious diving attempts on some plays

Their defense continued to look strong during the early innings.
However, after the 1st inning THE BALLS just couldnt seem to get the bat on the ball
Not able to put up any more runs on the board they would stay at 5 runs the remainder of the game
Buster H started turning it on and driving the ball to the outfield
Dropping in between the Outfielders and the Infielders

"I have been looking for the right mixture, but no amount of Pyrate Rum 
seems to be able to put these guys away"  - Sebass

THE BALLS unable to adjust to the onslaught gave up run after run over the 5 innings
proving that work needs to be done.
THE Balls ended up letting the game slip away with a
FINAL SCORE of Buster H (19) - FOUL BALLS  (5)
Bringing THE BALLS record to 1-1 on the season thus far.

"Game 1 + Sober = WIN
Game 2 + Faded = Loss
Game 3 = Somewhere in between"  - Skip


Come on down to Field 4 Tuesday night to see
THE BALLS take on BIG DAWGS @ 615pm
As the continue the quest for Lower D REc Domination !

Scotch goes down smoothly

TUESDAY. Just doesnt have the same feel as a Thursday
Still so early in the week, and not typically a day the
Foul balls care about nearly as much.
That is until May 8th 2012 when Westminster D Rec Softball
Tuesdays would be changed forever.
It would be known as a day of infamy, when the balls take to the field
for the first time any day other than their blessed Thursdays
westminster softball is poppin due mostly to the popularity of the foul balls
So thursdays have become a booked day, if the balls wanted to continue their legacy
they would need to act quick in the waking hour and decide to leave the current league OR
change from thursday nights to tuesday nights.
They had to do what they had to do. so they comitted to bringing their
high quality entertainment to Tuesday night. to start offending a whole new group of people
During the off season the Balls made a few moves.
With the lose of Streets due to prior engagements, they were
looking to add some firepower to the lineup. After skip did some scouting
he narrowed the field down and had 2 candidates that were balls worthy.
First of those being Ben the (nickname TBD) skips new roomy
He has playing experience and works with majority of the balls
Ben seemed eager to join and was able to finalize a contract prior to opening day
For all you die hard balls fans, you will remeber the 2nd addition to the team

Last season the balls were in a tough spot and down a few players for a big game.
friend of the team Scotty Scojo stepped in and played a great game for the balls.
So during spring training he was invited back to camp and showed a big bat
and serious speed on the base path and the balls knew he would be a huge addition to the team. Now with a full roster of 12 the Balls were ready for battle

So the foul balls worked the day away like drones
putting up with the day to day jobs just to make ends meet
wishing that playing lower D rec softball could pay the bills
but since it doesnt > for the moment > we slave the day away
counting the minutes till our shift end and we can get out and let the day begin.
Game days seem to be the slowest day of the week, mostly due to the anticipation
of getting out on the field for another dance.
Also for the pre game festivities at skips house.
this week there would be no pre game ritual with the lose of Beardo and Spinx
due to a concert at red rocks. and Boo taking final preparations for the baby arrival
The balls were down a player and only had 9 for the lineup.
So streets came back and played with the balls to complete the Game 1 Lineup against Team Scotch.

THE BALLS lost the coin toss so they grabbed their bats first.
Sheetser kicked things off in the leadoff spot with a ripped single
a few batters later Scojo ripped a ball to the outfield and ended up
with a base clearing triple to gain 2 RBI's
Next Socal brought him in with a ball ripped up the middle
the bats continued with hits followed by
Ben, Brian 'Miller' Mueller, Sebass and Michael B.
spraying the ball all over the field and making the defense work for their outs.
THE BALLS had an explosive first inning and put up 7 runs and rounded the batting order.
out on the field the balls were looking just as good. skip even made a diving attempt in the infeld
for a short pop up. He came up just short of catching the ball
and seems to have seriosuly injured himself in the process. (pending MRI results)
The balls got out of the first inning without giving up any runs to team Scotch.
the balls continued their fine hitting display in the 3nd inning putting up another 4 runs
with triples from Clue and scojo with his 2nd triple of the game.
In the 4th they put up another 2 runs starting with a triple from Sheets
followed up by Clue with his 2nd INSIDE THE PARK HOMERUN of the game
In the 5th The Balls put the nail in the coffin when they added another 4 runs
bringing their total to 22 runs through 5 innings.
With Stellar defense and great bats the balls pulled out a W in game 1
with a final score of Foul Balls 22   -   Scotch 5
bringing the balls to a 1-0 record.

"big welcome to the newbies, i did hint a lack of alcohol scent,
 that is easily rectified for next game though.. that alcohol free 
scent may have just been the abscense of Len and Beardo and Bo" - SKIP

"Felt good to get out there and get a win!! I thought Larry had a good catch at 3rd, a line drive. He also took one of the shin, overall strong defense on our part"  - Ben

See you all down there next Tuesday when the balls take on long time rivals
Buster H @ 815pm.

We Play Hard !!
We Party Harder !!
We Are the FOUL BALLS ! !