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 Late rally sinks Hanover Legion team | Patriot Ledger, The; Quincy, Mass. Newspaper | Find Articles at BNET
NEW BEDFORD - The stress of undertaking nine-inning games in the playoffs took its toll on the Hanover Post 149 baseball team in Sunday night's American Legion South Sectional at New Bedford High School, as Foxboro Post 93 utilized a less-than-thrilling seven-run rally in the bottom of the ninth to win, 12-11.

         Hanover meets New Bedford at 4 p.m. today at New Bedford High, as the double-elimination, round robin tourney continues.
Hanover not only wasted an 11-5 lead Vince Coleman official jersey with which they began the final inning, it did so with a five-walk, three-hits-and-a- fielder's-choice nightmare of an inning.

 Pinch-hitter Danny Gad is the toast of Foxboro today, for it was his sinking liner to left field that eluded the desperation dive of Hanover left fielder Mike Granahan, allowing the winning run to score.
The ninth inning obscured a terrific Hanover offensive show, wherein Granahan and Zach Ricciardi blasted towering home runs, and Ricciardi, Mitch McClune, Cory Himberg and Kevin McDougall all collected three hits.
The loss also meant a fine pitching performance by Hanover starter David Gibson was wasted. Gibson had hurled a authentic Lou Brock jersey Cream solid eight innings, only running into problems in the fourth. Foxboro did connect for three rockets to right-center field in the fourth, but a walk and four wild pitches also contributed to their five-run rally. Aside from that, Gibson held the Foxboro hitters scoreless on three hits over the other seven innings.
Gibson went to right field for the ninth, with Ty Calder in to finish it off. Calder couldn't find the plate, and after four walks and a fielder's choice, Gibson was re-inserted. He recorded only one out as Foxboro authentic Matt Holliday jersey White eked out another walk and three singles.
"There's not much good I can say after that," Hanover coach Steve Kirby said. "David Gibson pitched a heckuva game, absolutely above and beyond. But you've got to play all nine innings, and we didn't do that. We are missing three starters, and a lot of our kids stepped up, so it is very disappointing to come up a little short."

  When the year began Nate Bump had a goal.... [Derived headline] | Daily Review, The; Towanda, Pa. | Find Articles at BNET
When the year began Nate Bump had a goal.

         Bump wanted a chance to pitch in Triple-A.
He wanted to be given authentic Stan Musial jersey Cream the opportunity to prove he was healthy.
He wanted the chance to prove he could still get hitters out.
He wanted to prove he could still contribute for a Major League baseball team.
That was the goal, unfortunately for Bump the goal was sidelined a authentic Tim McCarver jersey White bit as he opened the year playing independent ball for the Camden Riversharks in the Atlantic League.
"You start to doubt yourself a little bit," Bump said of playing in the independent leagues. "It had been a longtime since I played in Triple-A. I was starting to get a little down. You start to doubt whether you'll ever make it back."

 The doubts were compounded early in the year as the scouts didn't exactly turn out in droves when Bump pitched, but somewhere Stan Musial official jersey along the line, whether it was in a regular season start for the Riversharks where he went 8-2 or starting the Atlantic League all- star game, someone noticed.
"I'm not sure when they saw me," Bump said. "When you are having a good year, they know about you and I'm not sure when, but sometime they saw me."
Sometime during his season with Camden the Detroit Tigers took notice and now Bump is back in Triple-A, playing for the Toledo Mud Hens.
authentic Tim McCarver jersey Cream /> "The brand of baseball is so much better here at Triple-A," Bump said. "The Tim McCarver official jersey league is definitely outstanding, it's been a good start for me."
Toledo couldn't have asked for much more from Bump, who allowed one run in seven innings in his first start and followed that up with 7 1/3 shutout innings as he has started 2-0 with a .63 ERA.
"It's been good, the last game the sinker came on a little later then I wanted, but overall it's been good," Bump said.
The one question early in the year for Bump was the velocity, but since he got to Toledo he hasn't really noticed what the speeds have been, but rather what the results are.
       "I'm not even sure where it is right now," he said. "I think maybe it's up a couple of miles. Maybe it's 86, 87, 88, maybe touching 90 at times. Here you authentic Lou Brock jersey Blue are able to showcase yourself a little bit better, it's a good situation."
Two years ago Bump never thought he would be back at Triple-A. After arm problems forced him to miss nearly the entire 2007 season the Towanda graduate thought his baseball career was over.
"I never thought I would be here, I was completely done at that point," he said. "I thought I was done playing for good."
Now that he's back Bump is just looking to finish the year strong and not worry about what comes next.
"I just want to go out and keep doing what I'm doing," he said. "I don't want to look farther ahead then that. I just want to have a good year."
So far what Bump is doing is settling in nicely with a new team and trying to help the Mud Hens win.
"It takes a little time to get used to all the players and the team," Bump said. "The guys want to see what you have and it helped to start right away. I just takes time to feel everybody out."
While he continues to get to know his new teammates and new city, Bump is still finding things in his game he wants to improve.
"Everything has been pretty good, I do need to work on my change a Matt Holliday official jersey little bit," he said.
For now Bump is happy helping the Mud Hens win and isn't focused on what's next, but there is still that bigger goal of getting back to the big leagues.
"That's the only reason I'm still playing," he said. "I'm here just to get back to the big leagues. That's the reason I keep going, that's what I'm trying to do."