First Win!

Well Sunday was my first win in France against Toulouse!  It was a very good game.   I went 9 complete with 8 K's and 2 earned runs.  Final score was 5-3.  Unfortunately we could not pull off a sweep but it was very close.  Hopefully we can pull off a couple more wins this season and climb up from the basement.  Here are some pics of Sacre Coeur and the Eiffel Tower.

Summer's starting

Yesterday we had our first real day of heat and sun. After talking to some of the guys I was lead to believe that this is the beginning of summer. Apparently its usually in the 90's and higher here in June and July, but fortunately theres a river about 15 minutes from my house where people go to swim. Within in an hour I can be at the beach on the Mediterranean.  Pics today are of a statue of Charlemagne near Notre Dame and the Arc de Triomphe.

Hello all, I have finally been able to settle down at my place on the farm and get all my photos on my camera. I will put as many up as I can but I am also working with dad to create a website where you can view all my photos. I enjoyed my time in Paris but to be completely honest, I prefer the south where the people are nice, the weather is great and things are about half as expensive. The challenge de France, a tournament where are all 8 teams in the league compete finished up last weekend. We were knocked out in the first round but we played very well against Montpellier and probably should have won. We lost 3-2 and I had a no-hitter through 5. In the 6th the umpire made some very unfortunate calls against us and Montpellier went up with 3 runs. Also, on friday I got my first at bat. I went 1-4 with a single and an RBI. Unfortunately I saw 1 fastball in 4 bats and the rest were curveballs. Hopefully I get some more opportunities. So as I promised, here are a couple of photos from my journey to Paris.

Been a long couple of weeks. Spent last week in Paris and lost to Paris-UC. They were good games but Paris has lots of foreign players and they hit well and defend even better. Today we got hosed against Montpellier. The first game against pessac started the challenge de France for us and we lost. I pitched the second against Montpellier and did very well. I have up three runs in 7 innings but the umpires were to blame. It was an incredibly poorly officiated day and as such we unfortunately are basically out of the tournament. Tomorrow we plan senart but it is just basically a consolation game for us. Oh well. C'est la vie. Writing this from my phone. Lots of pics from Paris etc to come in the following days. Hope you're all doing well!