Radiology Rays Take a Swing at Their Second Softball Season

Posted 02:25 PM, June 28, 2007, by jaruiz

After completing a fun-filled season last spring albeit without many wins, the Radiology Rays are playing better than ever in the 2007 Stanford University Medical Center (SUMC) Softball League, which is comprised of 24 teams from the SUMC.

Radiology Rays 2006 Team (back row from left to right): Ted Graves, PhD; Chris Caires, PhD; Tom Brosnan, PhD; Fred, PhD, and Ethan Chin; Min Kyung So, PhD; Gayatri Gowrishankar, PhD; Juergen Willmann, MD; (front row from left to right): Hequan Yao, PhD; Ricky Carrillo; Yan Zhang, PhD; and Amelie Lutz, MD.

On June 13, 2007, we had our first victory of the season against Cha-Ching. Dr. Ted Graves described the game as follows: "Last week's game against Cha-Ching was a fantastic all-around performance. It's amazing to see how far this team has come in just over a year. Players who began with never having thrown a softball or swung a bat are now producing on both offense and defense.

We made it through the first inning giving up only a solo homer, and we responded in the bottom of the inning with Fred belting a two run homer to put us up 2-1. Our defense held strong for the next three innings, giving up only one run in each and producing a number of spectacular defensive plays. Our defensive renaissance continued as we turned not one but two double plays in the game. . . .

However, we surrendered a succession of hits in the top of the fourth and fifth innings to let Cha-Ching sneak back into the game and grab a 9-8 lead. . . . Many of us thought we'd just lost, but the umpire decided that with ten minutes to go we'd squeeze in another inning. We took advantage of this extra chance, shutting down Cha-Ching in the top of the sixth inning by retiring the first three batters. . . . We scored a 10-9 victory on the last play of the game.

It was an incredible effort by all the Rays and a great demonstration of how our little underdog team has developed. I just found out that the other MIPS team, the Radicals, lost to Cha-Ching, so we have a great shot of winning the MIPS grudge match in a few weeks. I hope to see everybody out there putting in another winning performance!"

The Rays' nine-week season began on June 5, 2007 and will wrap up the week of July 31, 2007. After the season, there are also double-elimination playoffs, an All-Star Week (five games: Women's All-Stars, Men's All-Stars, Over 40 Men & Near-40 Women, Best-of-the-Best, and Coed All-Stars) and a fun End-of-the-Season BBQ.

The following schedule lists our team games. Fields A and B are both located on the Sand Hill Athletic Fields bordered by Sand Hill Road, Pasteur Drive, and Oak Road.

Week 1: 6/6/2007 (Wed.); Opponents: Roadies; Time: 5:30; Field: B

Week 2: 6/13/2007 (Wed.); Opponents: Cha-Ching; Time: 5:30; Field: B

Week 3: 6/21/2007 (Thurs.); Opponents: Heart Breakers; Time: 5:30; Field: A

Week 5: 7/5/2007 (Thurs.); Opponents: Radicals; Time: 5:30; Field: A

Week 6: 7/10/2007 (Tues.); Opponents: Traumatizers; Time: 5:30; Field: B

Week 7: 7/18/2007 (Wed.); Opponents: Fill N Kill; Time: 5:30; Field: A

Week 8: 7/26/2007 (Thurs.); Opponents: MSOB's ; Time: 5:30; Field: A

Week 9: 8/02/2007 (Thurs.); Opponents: Rainmakers; Time: 5:30; Field: A

The Radiology Rays welcome anyone who is interested in joining our team. For more information, please contact me at chinf@stanford.edu or visit the SUMC website (http://www.sumcsoftball.com/2007/ ) for additional information (i.e., standings, list of teams, etc.). The following is our most current team roster:

Brosnan, Tom "TJB" #14
Caires, Chris "CAIRES" #26
Chin, Fred "CHIN" #15
De, Abhijit "ABHI" #10
Glazer, Gary "GLAZER" #8
Gowrishankar, Gayatri "GAYATRI" #4
Granlund, Kristin "TIPS" #82
Graves, Ted "GRAVES" #2
Hubbard, Joe "BONDS" #3
So, Min Kyung "SO" #17
Lee, Ha-Young "YOUNG" #77
Lee, Sang-Hoon "SH LEE" #61
Lee, Sheen-Woo "SW LEE" #22
Levin, Craig "LEVIN" #24
Lutz, Amelie "LUTZ" #1
Moseley, Mike "YOGI" #6
Park, Jinha "PARK" #37
Pollio, Sharon "BOO BOO" #5
Ramasamy, Paulmurugan "PAUL" #11
Rao, Jianghong "RAO" #99
Ryu, Eun Kyuong "Daisy" "RYU" #23
Schipper, Meike "SCHIPPER" #12
Willmann, Juergen "WILLMANN" #7
Xiao, Fei "XIAO" #20
Yao, Hequan "YAO" #18

T-shirts are also available for all team members and non-team members for $25. The shirts are grey in color with a two-color design on front and a one-color design on back. The shirts also come in various sizes (S, M, XL, and XXL). If you are interested, please contact me at chinf@stanford.edu and give me the name and number you would like me to put on the shirt.