After six years of defeats, the Insider team came through with a victory over the Outsider team in this year’s Independence Day Softball Tournament at San Quentin.
The winners were coached by John “YahYa” Parratt and the Outsider team by Nghiep “Ke” Lam.
This match up was the most challenging by the Outsider team of all time since being crowned the champions. In the first game, the Insider team scored a whopping seven runs during the first inning. The Outsider team knew its defense and offense had to be much better than the Insider team. It was a catch-up game throughout the first game. The Outsider team almost pulled it off during the last couple of innings of the match, but the Insider team just would not let up with their hitting and defense. The Insider team won the first game by 22-17.
In the second game, the Outsider team pulled ahead for the first couple of innings but the Insider team took advantage of the opponents errors and anemic hitting to win, 12-7.
Coach “Yah Ya” said, “We finally out-played them. They have an excellent team.”
The S.Q. traditional softball tournaments between inmate teams are normally held during the three-day weekend holidays, Memorial Day, 4th of July and Labor Day.
THE INSIDERS: Jeffrey “Silk” Evans, assistant coach; Kevin “Bilal” Chapman, Mario Ellis, Marcus “Pre-school” Crumb, Jeff Brooks, Ronald “Dalton” Martin, Kevin Carr, Paul Oliver, Chris Deragon, Matt White, Dwight “Sleepy” Kennedy, Mike “Hawk Eye” Flemming, E. Post, Frankie Brady.
THE OUTSIDERS: Nghiep “Ke” Lam, general manager; “Red” Casey, captain; Fernando Lemus, Michael Tyler, Pete Steele, James “JB” Bautista, Alton “Coach” McSween, James “Mac” McCartney, John “John John” Taylor, Anthony Starks, Tony “Tone” Manning, Joseph “Junkyard” Broadway, Louis “Sharki” Light.
