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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 620141, member: 27"] Some other miscellaneous stuff... Early in the practice, a kid, presumably a student, walked over to the people watching practice and told us we had to move over, get out of the way, because they were about to start playing their game. Glanced over to the middle of the track stadium field (we were standing on or near the track on the eastern side, close to the football practice fields) and saw some kids setting up cricket whickets, putting on pads, etc. The kid was thanked for his warning but we were not afraid of his baby ball and would keep an eye out for line drives from them. Didn't look like any of them weighed more than 150 pounds or could lift 100 pounds in the air. Might have been a club match between SU and Cornell. Anyway, they played pretty much the whole practice. We had a few weak ground balls roll out way, and returned their ball when this happened (it was kind of like a baseball, had stitching on it, a leather cover but it was lighter than a baseball and softer too). But out of the blue, one kid hit the bomb of his life on a pitch and sent it ballyard, depositing the ball well over the practice field fence onto the practice field itself. No players were hit and one of the GAs eventually was persuaded to throw it back over the fence to us so we could return it to the cricketeers. That wasn't proper cricket. Near the start of practice, a guy with a video camera kept filming us. It was kind of creepy. Then he walked over and wanted to talk with someone. He decided to interview Orangeyes, who had taken the stack of one page roster sheets someone on the staff had provided to fans attending practice and was manually distributing them to everyone watching. OE waxed eloquently with the guy for a long time but eventually the batteries in his camera wore down and OE was forced to return to his role as social director for the practice (he does a great job of checking to see if people are on the board, and if so, introducing them to everyone else who is on the board). So props to OE, master of all media. Brandon Sharpe and Shamarko Thomas attended practice and when the defense made a big play, they delighted in mocking the offense, celebrating the defense. Condolences to DCCuse, whose day was ruined when a reckless girl smashed his car just as he was about to park and watch practice. Spent most of the practice dealing with that instead of watching his beloved Orangemen play. [/QUOTE]

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