Under bright, sunny skies on Saturday, Malibu High kicked off the 2007 baseball season with fourteen innings of baseball wrapped around a cookout of truly monumental proportions.
Following an intra-squad JV game, the varsity squared off against an alumni/coaches team led by Phil Johnson (Class of 2005), Brooks Fitch (Class of 2006), and Coach Dave Buss on the mound and Dane Skophammer (Class of 2001) behind the plate. The old guys, led by former Sharks manager Tony Walczuk, put some timely hits together with some Sharks errors to win going away.
Johnson struck out seven of his former teammates in four strong innings on the mound. Buss had two hits, three RBIs, and a stolen base. He also robbed Jacob Perrin of a base hit in left field when he somehow snared a line drive while stumbling over his feet and falling on the ground.
The Sharks had difficulty putting much offense together against Johnson, Fitch, and Buss. However, Jace Dispenza got the varsity on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth with an RBI double in the right-centerfield gap. In the fifth inning, Wilder Philipson drove in a run with a base hit and Andrew Kramer had an RBI groundout.
The day's most outstanding performance was turned in by those who prepared enough food for all the players, coaches, and fans from both of the baseball games and a softball game.
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When I got home, my wife asked my who umpired the game, and it took me a couple of seconds to remember, which is a sign that a fantastic job was done by Barry Schoenbrun. Thanks to Barry, and everyone that made the day a success. Not sure I like the description of "stumbled" on the web gem.
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