The Eagles Have Taken Off
The 3rd Annual Lukachukai Baseball Championship was held over the weekend. This is a small tournament not to be confused with the 10 team conference tournament held in two weeks. In this year's LBC we had birds defeating mammals in the first round as the LA Eagles took care of the Rock Point Cougars 7 to 2. In the other first round game it was the Tuba City Thunderbirds downing the Shonto Bears by a lot. Then the mammals faced off for third place, and the Cougars easily outscored the Bears 12 to 2. That set things up for the championship game where the Eagles outclawed the Thunderbirds 11 to 5. None of the games were pretty from a baseball standpoint, and the field was as rough and hard as ever, but at least the view is priceless. As you can see from the picture the setting for a baseball game is unmatched while the level of play...yeah it could definitely improve.
Other things one might notice from the picture: My assistant coach has joined the "right" team this year by donning a St. Louis hat at all of the games. Our team caps have not come in yet, and the season ends in two weeks. There are two players who still don't listen to me about wearing their caps right; you can easily see which two. There are three girls on this year's team. One girl is wearing a pink visor. Why would I allow such a thing? Did I mention our team caps have not come in yet? Other than that she is one of the top players I have coached anywhere. She could play on most middle school teams in the US. She easily won the MVP award for this tournament. She is an eight grade, female version of Lenny Dykstra---"Nails". She truly intimidates the other teams.
She can wear whatever hat she wants.
posted by CHUSKA NATIVES at
7:28 PM
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It is sometimes amazing what you remember from your youth. After looking for the two "hat violators" I noticed the kid that was third from the left on the back row. He instantly reminded me of one Louie Aguilar from my Little League days when my father and Jerry Lester coached the great Indians teams of Bloomfield. (No joke intended). You see, Beech's dad is very easy going and hard to anger, but Loiue Aguilar changed all that over the course of one hot summer. Louie wouldn't listen to coaching, he wouldn't arrive on time and he wouldn't wear the uniform properly. Surprisingly, he also sported a bad attitude. One game, after not having a particularly good at-bat, Louie decided to throw a fit in and around the dugout, cussing and throwing his helmet. Beech's dad and Coach Lester told Louie to take a seat on the bench that he was done for the game. Louie said he was done and tried to run out of the dugout. Beech's dad grabbed Louie in the caged area beside the dugout and brought him back inside. When Beech's dad was done with him Louie remained quietly on the bench. That was one of only two times I saw him become quick to anger in my 33 years. The other involves Beech's actions and will have to wait for another day. In any event, I hope this player for your squad is more productive than the great Louie Aguilar.
Beech
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