Eagles in Action 22

Akins Eagles Baseball 2004 - District 25-5A

Eagles in Action

Photos of the 2004 Akins Baseball Teams from practices and games

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EAGLES vs. Seguin Matadors APRIL 16, 2004

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APR 16, 2004
Eagle Coach Steve Velasquez takes the team through its fielding warmup at the ballfield on the Guadalupe County Fairgrounds, where the Seguin High School Matadors play.

APR 16, 2004
With a shortage of catchers, an infield that needs warming up and a pitcher headed for the bullpen, Eagle catcher Charles Morton hustles from one assignment to the next.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle Coach Jim Luhrman and Head Coach Rudy Villanueva accompany starting pitcher Richard Rogalewski for a few quiet moments in the dugout before the game.

APR 16, 2004
Foreground: Coaches and umpires get together at home plate to discuss ground rules. Background: Eagles gather before the game. Far background: Rogalewski warms up in the bullpen with Morton.

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APR 16, 2004
Rogalewski loosens up in the bullpen.

APR 16, 2004
While his teammates look on from the dugout, Eagle shortstop Jason Rangel takes a swing at the game's first pitch at 7:03 in the evening.

APR 16, 2004
Rogalewski goes down swinging in the top of the 1st.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle outfielder Jordan Treviño bats in the 1st.

APR 16, 2004
Fielders Treviño and Rangel get set as Rogalewski prepares to deliver in the bottom of the 1st inning.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle infielder Daniel Fabian is ready at 3rd base.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle 1st baseman Marcus Flores and a 1st inning Seguin runner.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle shortstop Rangel.

APR 16, 2004
Morton and Rogalewski check their signals in the bottom of the 1st.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle 2nd baseman Casey Castañeda and outfielder Manuel Hernandez.

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APR 16, 2004
HOOO! Blue calls a 1st inning strike on Seguin shortstop Elston Jones, as Eagle catcher Morton checks the base runners. Jones would fly out to right field for the Matadors' 3rd out.

APR 16, 2004
Morton swings at this one, but ended up with a 2nd inning walk.

APR 16, 2004
Fabian showed a bunt but drew it back and slapped a crucial Texas League single in the 2nd inning.

APR 16, 2004
Running for Morton, Matt Hohertz keeps a foot on 2nd base

APR 16, 2004
Fabian takes a lead at 1st. Both he and Hohertz would score.

APR 16, 2004
Hernandez had 3 strikes in this 2nd inning plate appearance, but he refused to give up. Seguin catcher Sean Laird dropped the 3rd strike and when Hernandez sprinted to 1st base, Seguin 1st baseman Zak Zoeller muffed the throw from the catcher. The error by Zoeller, whose loud dugout mouth typically gets more of a workout than his glove, allowed Hohertz and Fabian to score.

APR 16, 2004
Hohertz takes a lead at 3rd base. Seconds later, he would score the first run of the game for the Eagles.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle 1st baseman Marcus Flores at bat in the top of the 2nd inning.

APR 16, 2004
Prepared at any moment to holler "BACK!!" Coach Rudy Villanueva studies the Seguin pitcher from the coaching box at 3rd base.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle 2nd baseman Castañeda discusses batting strategy with Coach Velasquez.

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APR 16, 2004
Treviño bats in the top of the 3rd inning.

APR 16, 2004
Morton grounds out to 2nd in the 4th inning.

APR 16, 2004
Rogalewski attempts a pickoff at 1st base in the 2nd inning.

APR 16, 2004
After several puzzling (and increasingly dark) minutes, the lights at Smokey Joe Williams Field in Seguin finally sprang to life in the bottom of the 3rd inning.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle outfielder Daniel Leal hits a long fly to the glove of the Matador right fielder to end the top of the 2nd.

APR 16, 2004
Mound meeting in the 2nd.

APR 16, 2004
Rogalewski flied out to right field in the top of the 3rd.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian got 2 of the team's 3 hits and scored 2 of its 3 runs.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle outfielder Leal drew a walk in the 5th inning.

APR 16, 2004
With Leal on base, Eagle shortstop Rangel comes to the plate.

APR 16, 2004
Marcus Flores scoots back to avoid being hit by a pitch in the top of the 4th inning.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle 1st baseman Flores stretches for a throw from shortstop Jason Rangel. Seguin 1st baseman Zak Zoeller is a step short.

APR 16, 2004
Seguin 1st baseman Zak Zoeller drew a full-count walk in the 6th. However, within just a couple of minutes, he would become the second out of the inning.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle 3rd baseman Daniel Fabian and shortstop Jason Rangel in the bottom of the 5th.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle catcher Morton sets up behind the plate in the bottom of the 6th. Seguin batter Marcus Stautzenberger received a base on balls.

APR 16, 2004
Bottom of the 6th: with runners on 1st and 2nd, Rogalewski's service on the mound is finished.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle right handed reliever Jason Rangel takes over in the top of the 6th inning. Facing 5 batters, he gave up a double and a triple before retiring the side.

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THE SETUP: Bottom of the 6th, 1 out. Seguin has runners Zak Zoeller on 1st and Sam Woodlee on 3rd.

THE ACTION: After Seguin batter Jason Voss takes a ball from Eagle pitcher Jason Rangel, base runner Zoeller starts a leisurely stroll to 2nd base, a ploy to draw attention away from Woodlee, who will attempt to steal home.

Eagle catcher Charles Morton returns the ball to Rangel, who charges the advancing runner. Morton stays at home, covering the plate and watching the runner at 3rd base. Rangel throws the ball to Eagle shortstop Jordan Treviño, who chases Zoeller back toward 1st. At the last moment, Treviño flips the ball to waiting Eagle 1st baseman Richard Rogalewski. Zoeller runs headlong into the tag, apparently trying to dislodge the ball with his face before crumpling to the dirt like a stunned mockingbird who's scored a beak-first hit on a plate glass window.

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APR 16, 2004
The scoreboard tells the final score; Akins 3, Seguin 9.

APR 16, 2004
Eagle left fielder Matt Hohertz bats in the top of the 7th inning.

APR 16, 2004
The game ended with Leal's strikeout on this pitch.

APR 16, 2004
Eagles meet at the beginning of the 7th inning.

APR 16, 2004
Postgame handshakes. Rogalewski of the Eagles took this opportunity to offer an apology to Seguin's dugout loudmouth, Zak Zoeller, for whatever injury the latter might have suffered as a result of a 6th-inning tag at 1st base. Zoeller refused to accept the midfield apology, and of course, he did so loudly. Several Seguin parents and fans immediately began jeering the Eagle team members, actually threatening to deal physical violence to the Akins boys. Classy bunch of folks, don't you think? It begins to explain why, in the center of downtown where most communities might have placed a statue of a home-grown war hero or civic leader, the City of Seguin prominently displays the large sculpted likeness of a nut.