Baseball Team Visits Lake
Wildwood
Part 1 of 2
July 16, 2014
Posted July 19, 2014
©2014
Herbert E. Lindberg
| Nancy and Gary
Zirelli, our neighbors to the east, invited their son Mike's baseball
team to stay with them during an exhibition game they played in
California. To accomodate the approximately 30 players Nancy got about
10 home owners to each have a few players as guests. We gladly made our
lower floor home for 4 players. The team was an exceptional group of
highschool seniors as I'll expand later. They arrived about noon on Wednesday July 16 to enjoy the facilities at our lakefront homes throughout the day and Thursday morning. Nancy had organized a dinner party for 5:30 Wednesday, to which the team and all the host couples were invited. I snapped the pictures here during the cocktail hour before dinner. I've posted many of the pictures below in much larger versions so you can zoom in to see more detail, especially pictures with many people in them. You can download these by clicking on the pictures here as indicated in the captions. Larger images mean larger files so be prepared to wait a bit for the downloads. If you don't have a high-speed Internet connection these may not be suitable for you. Try a few to find out. |
| Mary
with Blake Hinman, our neighbor two doors west, three from the Zirellis. |
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| Annette Smith, our wonderful
barbecued chicken cook, and her husband. |
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| Two
more of our enthusiastic hosts join the cook, Cyndi Mlack on the left and Denise Benevento on the right. Click on the picture to zoom to a larger version. |
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| Still more join in. Nancy is in the blue tank top. She did an outstanding job with
the entire affair, as always. Cyndi on the right made gin and tonics for me all evening -- I trust she made them weak as requested? Click on the picture to zoom to a larger version. |
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| The two main hostesses. |
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| Gary with his deep tan also cooked -- he's an outstanding cook. Click on the picture to zoom to a larger version. |
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| Gary is the most naturally outgoing and friendly person I know. Couldn't ask for better neighbors than Gary and Nancy. Ken Mlack, on the right is husband to the wonderful Cyndi who kept my glass full. Click on the picture to zoom to a larger version. |
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| Perfectly barbecued chicken: If this doesn't make you hungry you've been eating too much!. Click on the picture to zoom to a larger version. |
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| Meanwhile, two of the home hosts joined some of the team at the Zirelli beach. |
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| Zoomed in. |
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| Mike's wife Melinda with team members at the Zirelli beach. Click on the picture to zoom to a larger version. |
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| Kicked back with snacks between fun in the lake. |
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| Tyler from San Diego on the right. Both are pitchers among about a half dozen on the team. |
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| Mary with neighbor Kathy Hinman. Our home is in the background. Kathy is a local real estate executive. Click on the picture to zoom to a larger version. |
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| Bean bag tossing was the most popular activity all day. Others were putting on the golf greens in our yard and horsing around in the lake. Click on the picture to zoom to a larger version. |
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| Here comes a red one right at us. Click on the picture to zoom to a larger version. |
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