End of my trip in France

Well it's all coming to a close as I sit here in Charles de Gaulle airport. I hope my pictures and stories were fun to follow along with and once I get home I will put up an album of all my pictures and post a link on here. 11 hours until I'm home, see you all soon. Thanks for following!

Odd finish to the season

Well, Pessac, the team we were supposed to play against in our playoff forfeited and descended to the second league. Thus my last games here were a sweep of Montpellier. Sad that the season is over, loved having baseball back in my life.

Sorry the posts weren't coming as often as they were at first. I have not had Internet at my house for nearly 2.5 weeks and I also did some traveling. I am currently in Nice and spent two days in Séte earlier this week. Heading home the first week in August. Il update a few more times before I head home. Here's a picture of Gare de Lyon in Paris and a cool statue in Montpellier.

Big win today for Beaucaire and me.  Unfortunately lost the second game.  We played against Pessac, a Bordeaux-region team.  Last time we split with them as well so on the season we are 2-2 with them.  Today I had my best game to date with 11 k's and what I would suppose is one or two earned runs, although I would like to thank the french umpires for helping make that possible, instead of a shutout.  Oh well, another win in the book.  Pics to come very soon, off to dinner!

Camargue and Horseback Riding

Yesterday I went to the Camargue National Park in the south of France.  I started the morning with a horseback ride on a Camargue horse which had been tamed but some wild ones still exist in the marshes and plains.  After Simon Vicente, my new third baseman who had been playing for his college team in Canada, took us to Saint Marie de la Mer, a small seaside tourist town.  Here Simon, Hannah and I had some french ice cream, french beer and of course some french wine while sitting on the beach.

Second win!

Hey all, I won my second against Savigny, the number 4 team in the league.  It was a great game and we won in 8 innings, 11-1.  Not sure of exact numbers but I had a good amount of strike-outs and no one hit me very hard.  Outfield played great and we really came together for our 4th win of the season.   As the season comes to a close we need to win 3 of the next 6 games in order to place 6th in the league which was the team's goal for the season.  Next weekend is against Rouen, so that will be difficult but after that we have Pessac at home and finally Montpellier at Montpellier.  I could definitely see us winning 4 of the last 6 games.  Here are some pictures of castles and beaches (been seeing the sites around Beaucaire lately).  This is Tarascon Castle and Pont Du Gard.

Lost the first one, and the scorpion

This weekend we are playing three games against Savigny in order to make up for the first date when the backstop blew over.  Tonight we lost the first game which was too bad but hopefully tomorrow we come away with at least one victory.  Thursday my girlfriend Hannah Irvine made it into town which is great because now I have someone else to speak english, make dinner etc etc.  Also here are some pics of a lizard who lives around my house and the scorpion I found.

Unfortunate Weekend

Well, certainly not the best baseball weekend we've had.  Lost on saturday but it was a decent game, good defense, I had another hit with an RBI.  Sunday morning however was not nearly as good.  Lost in 7 by slaughter.  Some very disappointing moments, but hopefully we can grow and improve.  Its in the past and I believe this weekend against Savigny we can pull out at least one game.  Got home late Sunday and was doing some dishes and found a scorpion in my colander.  Had no idea scorpions lived in the south of France but needless to say I was a little surprised.  Not very big but its the time I had ever seen a real wild one.  Something new every day.  The first photo on the lawn was taken outside of the french senate building in Paris.  The second photo was of an interesting building I saw with lots of police around it so I figured it was important.