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Show 17 HiSEtop June 3, 1999 Ou .os lb! aster staff Serge Simmons Field is the local field of dreams, and for the Wasatch Front Men's Baseball League, Hill AFB airmen are the dreamers. Several junior enlisted men have joined one of the six WFMBL teams for the com- ing season, and several base organizations will be involved in the league's opening day ceremonies on Saturday. The six team WFMBL is affiliated with the national Men's Senior Baseball League and the Men's Adult Base-baLeague, and the local affiliate league was formed by Hill AFB's own Joel Bertrand. College rules are used for the WFMBL, and the league allows aluminum bats. ll iting Rockies jumped on the Cubs early, scoring two runs in the top of the first on two throwing errors by the home team. In the bottom of the first, the "Back at Kirtland AFB, N.M., I played in this league for three years," said Bertrand. "I managed a team down there in my last year and won Manager of the Year. When I signed up for a special duty assignment here at Hill, Cubs struck back, evening the score as Carrasco and Chris Medvin rounded the bases. But after the first two hitters, the Cubs' bats fell silent. Steven Bermudez, a power hitting third baseman, struck out on a nasty slider. Things began to pick up in the later innings for the Cubs as the bats awak-ene- made sure there was a league in the area, and there is one in Salt Lake. "So I tried to get a team together to travel with me down to Salt Lake, and I got enough interest that we formed our own league here. This is our second season here in Ogden." The six teams in the league are named after major league teams, the Cubs, Rockies, Rangers, Indians, Red Sox and Yankees, and percent of the is of league comprised military personnel. Pete Surette, a star point guard on the Hill AFB Air Force Materiel I d and the pitching solidified. Bermudez recovered from a strikeout on his first at bat to go coming one home run shy of a cycle with a single, double and triple. Carrasco added at the plate and scored three runs. 3-- ineering Group helped his team by ball into the 5th inning. pitching no-hThe two runs scored in the first reached base on walks. He recorded eight strikeouts in the game, including a it rru jj p .;-io- 7 1L Plain City Coo r- "North Ogden jf Wing commander, Col. Mike Hostage, will throw out the ceremonial first 1 & Clearfield -- t.. I involvement will increase in the Force-onl- rZlillCk ... TO ADVEHTISE or at bertrandjaol.com. oi'.t.uub- -i I fZZn n Brigliam 723-525- 5 LAYTON u 9)mm 399-562- 1 Hub. Y 645 n. main GEO m 544-123- 543-227- 7 USED CREDIT HOTLINE NEW 4 Jeep9,e Farmlngton I I S EniGHAU CITY 333-932- 7234431 - K3QD3CKLEV - DODGE Id PT1 (Sft 544-530- 0 308 E. 125 N., Morgan - 829-324544-2115 tTHf Iy T I LZ3 Tl S -- iiiimm j?E suzuki ii rr M'JrtittTriini h r ED P.O. 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"We hope it does continue to grow and become an Air Force sport," Bertrand said. "It helps people keep in shape a lot better than softball." Opening day, Saturday, will feature the Honor Guard performing a flag (GM SALES.&r SERVICE Eden OL I i i third inning where he retired the side, the last on a wicked inside curve that left the batter flailing. "We have a great rotation," said right at the fielder Medvin, who went a a double and plate, notching long triple to the right field fence. "We wanted to rest Mike in the fourth, but "T? V1 f"- 1 No. rp: 1 -- I the Wasatch Front Men's Baseball League competition. - WinrtH ( LA J y15y y S .J- Photo by Steven R. Ford Mike McKenzie of the Cubs fires a long, looping curve ball in for one of his eight strikeouts in HZZTTZZ I ft Bngham City JLfeL Willard KBay -- A f 1 - sy .41 Ilf (Cnf? ifgW7 v i 3 Mike McKenzie of the 75th Civil Eng- Command basketball team, was recruited (Cr 4, 2-- 30-3- 5 Ik1 XI Li into the league by his friend Steven Bermudez, one of the principles on the Cubs team and a player in the league's debut season. "I got a college scholarship for baseball, but I played basketball in college and broke my ankle, so I never got the chance to play baseball," Surette said. "I just started playing catch, throwing the ball around, and I started to get that fever. We have probably the best team in the league, with five pitchers that are probably going to dominate every game." On May 22, the Cubs, managed by Mario Carrasco, took on the Rockies in a preseason clash. It looked to be a long day in the first inning as the vis- by Steven R. Ford Hilltop Times n 1 I i I i . , ... 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