For all of you outsiders wanting to check out pictures of the 2011 Baseball World Championships in Panama... my view... mostly from the bench (since I'm a relief pitcher) as a pitcher of the Netherlands national team.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.594422331418.2077882.69701705&type=3&l=05c99bcbbd
10/05/2011
9/29/2011
2011 BWC picture destination
So I'm gonna go the easy route, and just upload them to a facebook album.
If you want to see the 2011 Baseball World Cup pictures, head to my profile, click on pictures and you should find them there... If you are not my friend, sucks for you. Or ask me... I know not many people check this anymore so facebook is over all just easier for pictures.
Cheers!
12/16/2010
Memory lane...
I had to slow down my stride during my run yesterday to traverse a very wet, mushy patch on the soccer field portion of my run. This spot happens to be right next to my childhood baseball field, Centennial Park.
I was just past the midpoint of my approximately 50 minute run up and down the hills of White Rock, so decided I would take a minute to catch my breath, and check out the old field. It's still a well used field during the spring and summer, and the surface is still almost the exact same as it was when I was 9-12 playing all my league and all-star games on it. It's where I hit my first home run, where went out to throw with my dad almost daily for a couple of years to bring me from the "minors" classification to the "majors", from a very so-so, non-driven 9 year old to one of the top pitchers in the province by the age of 12. It's where I began to love baseball.
I walked down onto the field, stepped on the mound, and shamelessly threw about 5 pitches, without a ball or glove, all strikes of course. I couldn't believe how damn close that 46 foot 12 year old mound looks now! I backed up a bit to right behind the mound... well, it's not much of a mound really, more flat with the grass making up the sides now.
This is a park that I still work out at. When I start my throwing program in January, I will likely utilize Centennial as one of the backstops I'll throw numerous beat up baseballs into for my regular off season arm building process.
It was a nice little 3-4 minute stop to allow my sweat to break and catch my breath. I guess you never forget some of those places that changed your life or sent you on a certain path. This is one of those for me. See you in January Centennial.
I was just past the midpoint of my approximately 50 minute run up and down the hills of White Rock, so decided I would take a minute to catch my breath, and check out the old field. It's still a well used field during the spring and summer, and the surface is still almost the exact same as it was when I was 9-12 playing all my league and all-star games on it. It's where I hit my first home run, where went out to throw with my dad almost daily for a couple of years to bring me from the "minors" classification to the "majors", from a very so-so, non-driven 9 year old to one of the top pitchers in the province by the age of 12. It's where I began to love baseball.
I walked down onto the field, stepped on the mound, and shamelessly threw about 5 pitches, without a ball or glove, all strikes of course. I couldn't believe how damn close that 46 foot 12 year old mound looks now! I backed up a bit to right behind the mound... well, it's not much of a mound really, more flat with the grass making up the sides now.
This is a park that I still work out at. When I start my throwing program in January, I will likely utilize Centennial as one of the backstops I'll throw numerous beat up baseballs into for my regular off season arm building process.
It was a nice little 3-4 minute stop to allow my sweat to break and catch my breath. I guess you never forget some of those places that changed your life or sent you on a certain path. This is one of those for me. See you in January Centennial.
12/14/2010
Life update, December 2010
Our first "family" picture...
I'm not going to apologize anymore for not remaining faithful to a daily or weekly blog routine, because, well, it's my damn blog and I can write when I want to.
Life's moving right along, I can't believe it's already the middle of freaking December. Where in the hell did November go?
December = Similar to the last couple weeks of November =
Hello people.
I'm not going to apologize anymore for not remaining faithful to a daily or weekly blog routine, because, well, it's my damn blog and I can write when I want to.
Life's moving right along, I can't believe it's already the middle of freaking December. Where in the hell did November go?
Our (Shorty(wife) and I) November went something like this=
- Leon in Taiwan to finish baseball tournament (2nd in the ICC)
- Fly back to Holland for a day
- Fly to Oklahoma the next day
- Chill for a week with Shorty's family
- 40 hour drive in our trusty hybrid across the Rockies, Vancouver bound
- Claim a new dog, and love it to freakin' pieces
- Rekindle old friendships in Colorado
- Cross the border and officially make our car a Canadian
- Upon our return to Canada, freeze our asses off the first week
- Get back to work with pitching and hitting lessons
- Enjoy Canadian beer again
- Spend many hours and meals hanging out with my side of the family tree
- Hear some 'potentially' rediculously fantastic news from great friends
- December...
December = Similar to the last couple weeks of November =
- Lessons a few days a week to get by
- Planning for the new year
- Jam packing myself with 6 days a week of lessons for the new year
- Re-enrolling in University for Shorty, as well as working Softball lessons
- Drinking some more Canadian beer, maybe eggnog soon...
Life's going well. Basically right now we're trying to be there for our family member that need us, and raising a dog (who is freaking awesome by the way) to walk on a leash, interact well with other dogs and that's all going as well as we could hope. Time for a dog walk in the typical Vancouver winter weather, 8C and rain, weird (shaking head).
Life's going well. Basically right now we're trying to be there for our family member that need us, and raising a dog (who is freaking awesome by the way) to walk on a leash, interact well with other dogs and that's all going as well as we could hope. Time for a dog walk in the typical Vancouver winter weather, 8C and rain, weird (shaking head).
10/25/2010
10/22/2010
Like I said in my previous post, we rode into Taichung, Taiwan yesterday via the "High speed train". We got up to 360 km/h or 224 MPH.... crazy.
Anywho, the Intercontinental Cup starts tomorrow, barring any flack from Megi, the Super typhoon that is teasing the coast, about an hour away...
We play Italy tomorrow, and Nicaragua Sunday 6:30pm local time... which is 6:30am Eastern USA time. If you don't know how far you are off that time... google it here. Good news is, other that out first game against the Italians, you can watch the rest of our games live online. You can find them at http://hichannel.hinet.net/intercontinental/live.html .
It's an all Taiwanese website, so even though these games are on very early in Canada and USA, I don't know if I'd trust trying to find any games archived. I am *cough* not sure *cough* if I'll be starting against Nicaragua (read between the lines).
If you want more insight on these pictures, I put them up in a new facebook album too.... check it out!
Anywho, the Intercontinental Cup starts tomorrow, barring any flack from Megi, the Super typhoon that is teasing the coast, about an hour away...
We play Italy tomorrow, and Nicaragua Sunday 6:30pm local time... which is 6:30am Eastern USA time. If you don't know how far you are off that time... google it here. Good news is, other that out first game against the Italians, you can watch the rest of our games live online. You can find them at http://hichannel.hinet.net/intercontinental/live.html .
It's an all Taiwanese website, so even though these games are on very early in Canada and USA, I don't know if I'd trust trying to find any games archived. I am *cough* not sure *cough* if I'll be starting against Nicaragua (read between the lines).
If you want more insight on these pictures, I put them up in a new facebook album too.... check it out!
10/21/2010
Taiwan pictures #3
10/20/2010
Taiwan pics #3...
10/19/2010
Taiwan Pictures #2
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