Paul Lender

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Tag: ‘baseball’



The Boys of Summer

Monday, June 6th, 2011

Is there anything better than taking in a ball game on a warm summer night?   Tonight I finally got to see my team, the LoC Ducks, on the field for the first time this season.  The guys played tough, but fell short by a run.  Doesn’t matter that much.  They had fun and got to hang out with their buddies for a couple of hours.  Playing the dirt, spitting sunflower seeds and, at this age, probably some slightly inappropriate jokes on the bench. Getting pretty much like the Bigs if you ask me.

The Wind-up!

Clutch Hit

Man on Second

Safe!

Friends on the Field

I’ve been sponsoring my kid’s teams for the past couple of years – soccer, t-ball, softball, baseball. It’s a good way to give back to the city leagues. I don’t feel guilty about not coaching if I’m footing part of the bill for the team! ;) And since I’m not coaching I get to shoot more of the action so expect lots of photos this summer – maybe not here in the blog – but over at the LoC Facebook page (become a fan!)

Field of Dreams – Summer 2010

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

The Mitey Mite Little League team  I sponsor made it all the way to the championship game this year.  Their reward was to play at Classic Park – the home of the MLB Minor League Lake County Captains.

Summer of 2010

I owe these guys a lot of thanks. They brought all us all along for a fun ride on hot summer nights. Easily one of the best coaching experiences I’ve ever had. The guys I coached with were great. The parents of these young kids were great. It was just fun and that was because everybody involved was just there to have a good time.

Since I coach, I don’t often get to take any pictures of them in action and nothing was different on this night. Once the game started I had to hand the camera over to my wife. I did take the pregame time to snap off a few shots of the kids though.

This is my son looking just a little focused. Or he’s sick of me taking his picture….

Attitude

Batter

The crew for the Captain’s went all out too. They had us up on the Jumbotron. Too bad they didn’t tell us how to put out team names on the board. I guess Bay Village and Strongsville played the day before us.

Jumbotron!

And that’s me coaching first base. Most of my duties consisted of yelling “run, Run, RUN!”. Occasionally, I’d switch it up to “Go! GO! GO!”

On Base

Thanks again to all the parents, coaches and kids involved. It was a great season!

Progressive Field

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Progressive Field

Had a chance to score some sweet seats to last nights Tribe game. Sat in the third row on the first base line. Really great place to shoot from. Only downside was all the Boston fans in the same section! :p

Victor

Sports Portraits

Friday, June 4th, 2010

I sponsor my kid’s teams for the city leagues and every year I get asked why I’m not the guy taking the pictures.  There are a couple of reasons why I’m not the guy, but if I was the guy, this is what I’d be doing.

All Star - Baseball

All Star - Softball

To see more about how these photos were made and a few bonus shots click on over to Making LoC!

High fives are a good way to end a game…

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

but ice cream is a better one.

Ice Cream

The last picture of my Little League shots. The rest are HERE

 

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