Colac, Colac hear us roar.......

Colac Braves - B Grade Premiers 2008

After a nailbiting and at times sloppy game, the Colac Braves pulled off the clincher of the season by winning the baseball grand final 13 runs to 12 against Ballarat Mounties on Saturday. At the bottom of the 1st dig, the score was 6 to 4 (Ballarat's way)...amazing score seeing as some of the games throughout the season didn't total that much in NINE innings!!! The Braves trailed the whole game and then deep in the 7th innings, when down by 1 run, they managed to bring it all together and score 2 runs to take the lead. I am also happy to say that it was Mark who crossed the plate to take them to the lead.

Unfortunately the seconds did not have such a great outing and they lost their grand final game by 1 run against Corio (11 runs to 10), so there are mixed feelings at the club about the weekend.

Mark however, had a fabulous weekend. Not only did his side win the grand final, but he was also presented with life membership for the Colac Braves. He has been playing with the Braves since their inception and prior to that, with the Colac Demons (which merged with Colac Tigers to become the Braves). This year he also enjoyed his 300th game with the Braves (more games played if you count the Demons' games), so this capped off a great season for him. He didn't however, fair too well on the injury count for the weekend. A bad back due to being cleaned up at home plate while attempting to tag a player out, a badly bruised knee and a large purple/black bruise on his side courtesy of some dodgy pitching, and the usual miriad of scrapes and cuts that go with playing baseball. But to be honest, he doesn't really feel them. He is still just so happy.

Colac Braves' newest life member

"Colac, Colac hear us roar

Colac, Colac watch us
score

We love our women

And we love our beer

Colac, Colac. It's our
year!"