Daily BallHawk Updates

Made another appearance in the bleachers along with Moe. Moe , who was tied with me with
total balls going into this last game , took an early lead with three quick grabs ... and I never
caught up . Moe finished with 7 on the day ( to my 4 ) , although he only left with a couple in his
hands having given a couple away and tossing one back on to the field after dropping an easy
catch. BTW he hit the cutoff man !!! ...a site rarely seen with the Cubs .. lol

And for the next 183 days veteran Ballhawk Rich Buhrke holds the distinction of having " The last
ball hit out of Wrigley " !!!! . Your only as good as your last catch ...and after dropping ..and kicking
..lol... a can-o-corn , deep in the left field bleachers , I am going to have to wait those 183 days to
redeem myself .


Videos and photos soon ....

AFTER the last 6 games at US Cellular


9/21 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 11 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 322 SHEFFIELD 72
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 6 SHEFFIELD 3

9/20 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 13 SHEFFIELD 2 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 311 SHEFFIELD 72
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 6 SHEFFIELD 3

Some good times IN the bleachers for batting practice . Then of course back outside for the game
as Geovany Soto crushes one just over Moe's head ( inside ) and right into my glove. All caught
on BallhawkCam

Video of Soto HR


9/19 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 1 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 298 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 6 SHEFFIELD 3

9/18 STREET TOTALS

BP : NO BATTING PRACTICE -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 293 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 3

9/16 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 7 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 293 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 3

9/16 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 1

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 286 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 3

Again not a lot of action on the street in bp , that's why I went inside ... but late in the
game Pena drove a three run home run down the line and out of the park for the game
winner. Not the longest of home runs (408FT ), there have been 37 longer this season at Wrigley ,
but it was a high majestic shot , which would have been an easy catch ....had I been outside .

My guess is , and I will update this later , that someone watching through the knothole chased it
down ... as no one from the Ballhawks is claiming to have been there ... lol .


9/7 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 2 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 1

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 281 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 3

9/6 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 1 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 279 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 2

9/5 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 278 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 2

9/4 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 2 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 278 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 2

9/3 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 276 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 2

9/2 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 12 SHEFFIELD 5 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 271 SHEFFIELD 70
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 2

8/25 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 259 SHEFFIELD 65
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 2

8/24 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 7 SHEFFIELD 8 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 259 SHEFFIELD 65
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 2

If I made titles for my updates today's would be ....

BOMBS AWAY !!!

At 3pm it was pouring rain ... and I was asleep The phone rang waking me up .
I ignored it as it was Moe calling me from his work to check and see if there would
be batting practice. No chance .

Later on I awoke to sunshine ... bright ... not a cloud in the sky sunshine . For a
moment I panicked and thought I had slept through the whole night missing the
game and work . Its 4:30 pm .. or was it am ? ... lol No, It was still pm ... I
glanced at the web-cam and watched as the field was being prepared for bp. I
couldn't believe it .. and the wind was straight out at 20 + mph . And then I thought
..ugh oh ... I'm in trouble !

No way Moe would leave work with all that rain that afternoon .... not before first
talking to me. And he didn't , missing batting practice and the game . Don't worry
Moe ... you didn't miss much .... lol. Sorry !

By the time I arrived 4 balls were out ...then a minute later a window was shattered
on the house formerly known as the Budweiser House . By the time the big boys on
the Braves came up ... 8 balls had hit Waveland . Then it got ridiculous . From 30 feet
foul to almost deed center balls were leaving the yard. About a dozen in that one group
of hitters that included Uggla. One ball landed on the roof of the yellow brick building
in straight away left ... something Ive never seen in bp and of course only once in a game
when Glenallen Hill did it . Another off 2 cars parking about 470 ft away from home plate !
Balls were flying over my head and bouncing 6 houses down Kenmore .

I repositioned myself on Kenmore 2 car lengths down and still 3 balls sailed over my head
by 20 feet . Going by the Sammy Sosa 536 ft clout which is marked on the pavement , Id
estimate these balls traveled 490-510 ft . Mikey beat me to at least three , and including
a toss out ended up the days leader with 7 . George and Rich got their fair share , and out-
side of Nick who LEFT ?? !!! ( something about a chick ? ..lol ) there were no other ballhawks
on the corner . Quite a fun and exhausting batting practice.

I have plenty of video , but trust me .. its a lot of me running 100 ft sprints . Ill post some
video of the catches later if they turn out


8/23 STREET TOTALS

BP : WAVELAND 21 SHEFFIELD 5 -- GAME: WAVELAND 0 SHEFFIELD 0

2011 SEASON TOTALS

SEASON BP..... WAVELAND 252 SHEFFIELD 57
SEASON GAME.. WAVELAND 5 SHEFFIELD 2