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Game #1 Comets B.  The B stands for Blanking Boston  (8-0) 

Boston strutted into Chicago for their 4^th consecutive Bolingbrook tournament.  Excited from its 4^th place finish in 2005 and its high hopes for 2006, Boston was most looking forward to a rematch against the Comet B team.  In 2005, the two teams faced off in a duel that Boston won in extra innings.  This excitement would soon turn into a nightmare.  After a three hour rain delay on a day when it did not look like any baseball would be played Boston took the field in anticipation of its best season ever.  Boston thought it got out of the first inning with a 1-2-3 inning but the third out was over turned by the umpire, Boston was sent back on to the field and before they knew what hit them the score was 2-0.  The Boston Bats could not break the Comet defense.  Chicago found a hole and exposed it in the 5^th inning as they plated five runs with 2 outs.  Chicago would get sweet revenge for their 2005 loss.  Boston’s only good news was it recorded 14 put-outs.  This was the most put-outs it had ever recorded as a team.  Darren Black led the way with 9 put outs of his own.

Game #2 Kansas Kills Boston for 6^th Straight Time 13-1 

Playing the best team in the United States is never easy.  Boston was unlucky enough to draw Kansas for the 5^th consecutive year.  There is only one team in the entire NBBA it has faced every year, Kansas.  In that time, Kansas has been one of the best team’s in the league.  In the past two seasons they have lost in the finals to Taiwan.  The Kansas defense was stingy as 4 different players had multiple put-outs for Kansas, despite Boston’s lowest Strike-out percentage ever against this club (37%).  Joey Buizon scored the first Renegade run of 2006 in the first inning to give Boston a very short lived lead.  Luis Marquez recorded 3 put-outs for Boston to break a 16 game streak where Darren Black either led the team or shared the team high for put-outs in a game.  Kansas stayed far away from the Boston Garbage man.

Game #3 Boston Shows Spunk In Loss to Comet A  12-6

Boston was given a lecture about playing tight after it only managed to put up 1 run in 2 previous games.  To loosen things up Coach Weissman decided to light a fire under the veteran squad by starting first year Rookie Tom Walsh as a Designated Hitter.  Down 2-0, Walsh stepped up in the 2^nd inning and scored the first run of his career to loosen things up on the Boston side of the field.  Chicago hit the ball hard and often as they put 89% of their balls into play led by Warren Richardson who was 4 for 5 out of the lead off spot.  Boston was forced to play defense and their 12 team put-outs was one of the best marks in their history.  Darren Black led the way with 7 put-outs as Luis Marquez pitched in another three on his own.  Offensively for Boston the story was the rookie, Tom Walsh.  Walsh became the first rookie to score two runs in his first start.  JJ Ward and Luis Marquez also pitched in a pair each to account for the Boston Offense.  The other highlite for Boston was the pitching of Ron Cochran and Steve Kasha.  Splitting duty in this game they helped Boston put 67% of their balls into play, which was the fourth best effort in Renegade history.

 
Game #4 Indy Thunder Put the Boom on Boston 13-4

Right out of the gate Indianapolis was hitting bombs all over the field.  Everything was hit high and hard by the Thunder as they built up a big lead on Boston and then emptied their entire bench on the home town team.  The emptying of the Indy bench would be the only thing keeping Boston from being 12 run ruled.  The Boston offense put many balls into play as 68.2% of their hits were put into play behind the arms of Ron Cochran (78%) and Steve Kasha (61%).  The unfortunate thing was many of them were trash hits eaten up by Clint Woodard and Dave Benney.  Tom Walsh scored his third run of his career to lead the Boston Offense on the weekend with a .429 batting average putting all of his 7 at-bats into play.  Darren Black was named to the all defensive team for the tournament with his 20 put-outs on the weekend.  Boston limped out of Chicago with an 0-4 record and a last place finish out of 6 teams, its worst finish since 2003.

Game #5 Boston Gets Revenge on Comet B 6-4

After getting shut out by the Comets in Chicago just two weeks earlier, Boston was primed and ready for some revenge.  The lesson was learned that they would need to play tight defense and put the ball in play while playing loose.  Boston accomplished all three things.  Boston set a team record as it recorded 15 put-outs as the Comet B team only struck out three times in 22 at-bats.  Darren Black paved the way with 8 put-outs on his own.  Luis Marquez had 3, Guy Zuccarello had 2 and Evan Silver came up with two huge stops in the 6^th inning to preserve the win.  On the offensive side of the game, Boston welcomed back Dino Vasile off the Disabled list.  His hard work in batting practice placed him right into the starting line-up and he produced as he became just the 5^th player in team history to score three runs in a game.  Marquez, JJ Ward and Evan Silver also pitched in runs.  This game was their second best pitching performances in Renegade history as they put 17 of their 24 at-bats into play.  Ron Cochran led the way as the batters he faced put 10 of 12 into play.  This mix of offense and defense combined with bringing a full roster to Hofstra kept the team loose and clinched their first win of the 2006 season

 Game #6 Long Island Continues The Curse 5-4