Tom West's Blog (4)

Only 4 days until the tour kicks off now. Probably won't have much time to post big updates, but I'll try to when I can. For more updates follow the Aussie_Ball Redlands twitter (http://twitter.com/Aussie_Ball) or my twitter which I will update every day (http://twitter.com/WestyQld2). Also, I shall be taking an unlocked mobile to the US, so I will post the number of the phone when we get over there so you can message or call the rest of the team. I doubt any parents will miss them anyway! Continue

Sorry guys for the lack of updates, the tour has just been non-stop. The tournament finished on Saturday, 5th of July where the team won both their games. Unfortunately, it was not enough for the U16's, who their second game by a single run and their third game also by one run in the last inning. Needing to win the fourth and fifth game to force a 2-2 series, the Expo's had come down from 3-8 to level the game 8-8 in the bottom of the 7th with loaded bases and 2 out, before Mitch Daly hit a deep… Continue

Today was a late start of midday for the Expo's players before a two hour training clinic was taken place at Redlands High School fields in searing heat, with a couple of players feeling the heat with dehydration. By 5:30pm, the players were rested and ready to have the first match of the tournament with the U16's players kicking off. Nathan Hass started the pitching effort and came off after two innings with a sore elbow, but conceding no runs. Nathan Huang then came on to relieve, battling de… Continue

The first few days of the Expo's seem like a blur now, the mix of excitment and lack of sleep jumped upon us and before we knew it, we were at Redlands. Highlights being Oakland vs Phillies, the tour of AT&T park, seeing a historic baseball game, via limosine, with the Anaheim Angels pitching a no hitter and still losing 1-0 to the LA Dodgers at LA. Today we got to Redlands off the bus from Chic's sporting goods where the team spent thousands of dollars on baseball gear in preperation for t… Continue