5/19/02 - 11 player setup. Veto victorious over McCafferty, 12-7. No homeruns.
5/26/02 - 18 players (VLB record). Wildest game in history, Veto falls to McCafferty 32-30. Hrs.- (M) McCafferty, Myers 2, A. Engstrom. (V) Kramer 2, Roberts 1.
Greatest comeback in history, but still falling in a loss. Matt Veto’s team was down, 23-1 in the third inning and came fighting back. Lance McCafferty’s team scored 2 runs in the top of the ninth to take a 30-28 lead. Veto’s team could only score 2 in the ninth, making up 20 runs of ground in a 32-30 loss.
5/27/02 – Matt Veto finally blasts his first career homerun over the left field wall to extend an 8-3 lead to 10-3. The final in that game was an 11-7 Veto victory.
Ninth inning heroics by Brett Carlson lifted Boruff’s squad to victory in a five-inning exhibition game. Carlson lifted a 3-run walk-off homer over the left field fence in a game that was protested by the opposing team.
The ever-expanding technology of the VLB brings Busch beer boxes and two towels in the picture as they were used as bases. The slum like qualities of this game prompts the VLB to seriously ponder the purchase of “real” bases
Exhibition Game 2 - Boruff victory 8-7 (5 innings)
6/1/02 – Veto’s team victorious over Noah Roberts’ team 17-15 at the first 2002 game at the Blackhawks Diamond. Hrs. (R) Roberts.
Scott Ellefritz plays without his shirt on as VLB players put on sunglasses to prevent permanent damage. The three-quarters moon rose early that day
6/2/02 - 1st rain out of the season
6/8/02 - Veto knocks off opponent, 15-14. Veto holds 5 game winning streak.
Brett Carlson shocks the VLB when he runs. VLB technology continues to flourish as torn up pieces of carpet are used as bases.
6/9/02 - Streaked snapped as Veto falls to McCafferty 20-18. Series tied at 2 apiece.
Brett Carlson hits two homeruns including going back to back with Kiel Engstrom as Engstrom hits his first VLB homerun.
6/15/02 - McCafferty takes 3-2 series lead at Blackhawks diamond with a 32-31 Veto League win.
Engstrom and Roberts go back-to-back at the Blackhawks diamond in a 32-31 loss that set the VLB combined scoring record for the second time in one year.
Brett Carlson shocks the VLB when he runs... for a triple! Hell froze over. Jacob VandeMoortel followed up with a triple providing the VLB with the first occurrence of back-to-back triples. Frozen Hell froze over.
McCafferty rallied his troops to come back to win after being down 11 going into the bottom of the eighth. An Ashley Engstrom walk off homer provided the final blow.
Casey Thomas becomes second VLB member to smoke while batting. Isn’t that sad... there are two now.
6/16/02 - No game. Father's Day.
6/22/02 - Veto ties VLB series at three with a 28-18 win over McCafferty at Moline High School's Holmgren field. (First game there) Hrs: Jackson (M).
Bases are finally purchased for use in the VLB. They are rubber and cheap... but they're not beer boxes or torn pieces of carpet.
MVP of game six of the VLB Series, Scott Ellefritz helps Veto to 28-18 win going 8 for 10 on the day.
Night game ideas are drawn up for the first time.
6/23/02 - Veto wins the series over McCafferty with a 32-28 win. Scott Boruff's grand slam and three run homers helps Veto's squad to a VLB Series win over Lance McCafferty.
6/29/02 - Worst game ever. Best crowd ever. 20 VLB members find themselves playing at diamond #4 at the Coal Valley complex. All fields that the VLB usually plays on were taken and this was the last resort. There was a fence in play in left and also a pole. Fielders were place behind and in front of the fence. The fiasco was cancelled after four innings with McCafferty up 5-3 on Veto.
6/30/02 - Homeruns were the key to Veto's 23-17 win over McCafferty. Veto hit his second career homerun, a three run blast to left, and Brad Jackson had two homeruns including Veto League Baseball's first inside-the-park homerun. Brad Hines also hit a grand slam for McCafferty. Veto beats McCafferty 23-17. Hrs. M- McCafferty, Hines (GS). V- Veto, A. Engstrom, Jackson 2, (ISP) Back-to-back with Engstrom.
7/6/02 - Rain out.
7/7/02 - Brad Jackson chases the single game HR mark set by Josh Lawhorn, but comes up two short with four long bombs in a 22-20 Veto win over McCafferty. Jackson hit two homeruns in the first inning and went back to back with Ashley Engstrom twice in the game. Veto beats McCafferty 22-20 in 7 innings. Hrs. M- K. Engstrom, McCafferty. V- Jackson 4, A. Engstrom 2.
7/13/02 - Brett Carlson beats Mitch Heckenkamp in game 1 of a 7 game series, 18-13.
First primitive box score kept.
7/14/02 - Noah Roberts defeats Jon Escajeda in record setting game, 43-13.
VLB box score improved.
Single team run record set by Noah Roberts squad as they put up 43 runs to Jon Escajeda's 13.
Ashley Engstrom sets VLB single game RBI record with an astounding 18 RBI. He was 8 for 10 with 5 homeruns.
Eddie Elbert Cupp becomes first married man to play in the VLB.
7/20/02 - Mitch Heckenkamp evens the series defeating Brett Carlson, 16-8 in 7.
A by request notable, Mitch Heckenkamp wanted listed that this was the most "savage" game in Veto League history. It was 100 degrees, there were 10, then nine players, we played only seven innings, and argued over three or more calls.
Matt Veto plays the outfield while wearing headphones for one inning and with a portable radio for the rest listening to a very important Cubs game. They lost to the Astros 3-2 and his friend wasn't even on the radio as first though.
7/21/02 - Called Game. Too few players.
7/27/02 - Cancelled. Rain.
7/28/02 - Off day.
8/3/02 - Veto holds off four fun ninth to defeat McCafferty 13-11.
8/4/02 - In a nine player game Veto falls 4-3 in seven innings in one of the lowest scoring VLB games in history.
8/10/02 - McCafferty defeats Veto 10-8 in a nine inning, nine player game. Lance Fair's two-run homer in the eighth would prove to be the game winner. Kiel Engstrom hit three homeruns for Veto in the loss.
8/11/02 - McCafferty wins the final game of the season by a landslide 31-14. 18 players were on hand.
5/26/02 - 18 players (VLB record). Wildest game in history, Veto falls to McCafferty 32-30. Hrs.- (M) McCafferty, Myers 2, A. Engstrom. (V) Kramer 2, Roberts 1.
Greatest comeback in history, but still falling in a loss. Matt Veto’s team was down, 23-1 in the third inning and came fighting back. Lance McCafferty’s team scored 2 runs in the top of the ninth to take a 30-28 lead. Veto’s team could only score 2 in the ninth, making up 20 runs of ground in a 32-30 loss.
5/27/02 – Matt Veto finally blasts his first career homerun over the left field wall to extend an 8-3 lead to 10-3. The final in that game was an 11-7 Veto victory.
Ninth inning heroics by Brett Carlson lifted Boruff’s squad to victory in a five-inning exhibition game. Carlson lifted a 3-run walk-off homer over the left field fence in a game that was protested by the opposing team.
The ever-expanding technology of the VLB brings Busch beer boxes and two towels in the picture as they were used as bases. The slum like qualities of this game prompts the VLB to seriously ponder the purchase of “real” bases
Exhibition Game 2 - Boruff victory 8-7 (5 innings)
6/1/02 – Veto’s team victorious over Noah Roberts’ team 17-15 at the first 2002 game at the Blackhawks Diamond. Hrs. (R) Roberts.
Scott Ellefritz plays without his shirt on as VLB players put on sunglasses to prevent permanent damage. The three-quarters moon rose early that day
6/2/02 - 1st rain out of the season
6/8/02 - Veto knocks off opponent, 15-14. Veto holds 5 game winning streak.
Brett Carlson shocks the VLB when he runs. VLB technology continues to flourish as torn up pieces of carpet are used as bases.
6/9/02 - Streaked snapped as Veto falls to McCafferty 20-18. Series tied at 2 apiece.
Brett Carlson hits two homeruns including going back to back with Kiel Engstrom as Engstrom hits his first VLB homerun.
6/15/02 - McCafferty takes 3-2 series lead at Blackhawks diamond with a 32-31 Veto League win.
Engstrom and Roberts go back-to-back at the Blackhawks diamond in a 32-31 loss that set the VLB combined scoring record for the second time in one year.
Brett Carlson shocks the VLB when he runs... for a triple! Hell froze over. Jacob VandeMoortel followed up with a triple providing the VLB with the first occurrence of back-to-back triples. Frozen Hell froze over.
McCafferty rallied his troops to come back to win after being down 11 going into the bottom of the eighth. An Ashley Engstrom walk off homer provided the final blow.
Casey Thomas becomes second VLB member to smoke while batting. Isn’t that sad... there are two now.
6/16/02 - No game. Father's Day.
6/22/02 - Veto ties VLB series at three with a 28-18 win over McCafferty at Moline High School's Holmgren field. (First game there) Hrs: Jackson (M).
Bases are finally purchased for use in the VLB. They are rubber and cheap... but they're not beer boxes or torn pieces of carpet.
MVP of game six of the VLB Series, Scott Ellefritz helps Veto to 28-18 win going 8 for 10 on the day.
Night game ideas are drawn up for the first time.
6/23/02 - Veto wins the series over McCafferty with a 32-28 win. Scott Boruff's grand slam and three run homers helps Veto's squad to a VLB Series win over Lance McCafferty.
6/29/02 - Worst game ever. Best crowd ever. 20 VLB members find themselves playing at diamond #4 at the Coal Valley complex. All fields that the VLB usually plays on were taken and this was the last resort. There was a fence in play in left and also a pole. Fielders were place behind and in front of the fence. The fiasco was cancelled after four innings with McCafferty up 5-3 on Veto.
6/30/02 - Homeruns were the key to Veto's 23-17 win over McCafferty. Veto hit his second career homerun, a three run blast to left, and Brad Jackson had two homeruns including Veto League Baseball's first inside-the-park homerun. Brad Hines also hit a grand slam for McCafferty. Veto beats McCafferty 23-17. Hrs. M- McCafferty, Hines (GS). V- Veto, A. Engstrom, Jackson 2, (ISP) Back-to-back with Engstrom.
7/6/02 - Rain out.
7/7/02 - Brad Jackson chases the single game HR mark set by Josh Lawhorn, but comes up two short with four long bombs in a 22-20 Veto win over McCafferty. Jackson hit two homeruns in the first inning and went back to back with Ashley Engstrom twice in the game. Veto beats McCafferty 22-20 in 7 innings. Hrs. M- K. Engstrom, McCafferty. V- Jackson 4, A. Engstrom 2.
7/13/02 - Brett Carlson beats Mitch Heckenkamp in game 1 of a 7 game series, 18-13.
First primitive box score kept.
7/14/02 - Noah Roberts defeats Jon Escajeda in record setting game, 43-13.
VLB box score improved.
Single team run record set by Noah Roberts squad as they put up 43 runs to Jon Escajeda's 13.
Ashley Engstrom sets VLB single game RBI record with an astounding 18 RBI. He was 8 for 10 with 5 homeruns.
Eddie Elbert Cupp becomes first married man to play in the VLB.
7/20/02 - Mitch Heckenkamp evens the series defeating Brett Carlson, 16-8 in 7.
A by request notable, Mitch Heckenkamp wanted listed that this was the most "savage" game in Veto League history. It was 100 degrees, there were 10, then nine players, we played only seven innings, and argued over three or more calls.
Matt Veto plays the outfield while wearing headphones for one inning and with a portable radio for the rest listening to a very important Cubs game. They lost to the Astros 3-2 and his friend wasn't even on the radio as first though.
7/21/02 - Called Game. Too few players.
7/27/02 - Cancelled. Rain.
7/28/02 - Off day.
8/3/02 - Veto holds off four fun ninth to defeat McCafferty 13-11.
8/4/02 - In a nine player game Veto falls 4-3 in seven innings in one of the lowest scoring VLB games in history.
8/10/02 - McCafferty defeats Veto 10-8 in a nine inning, nine player game. Lance Fair's two-run homer in the eighth would prove to be the game winner. Kiel Engstrom hit three homeruns for Veto in the loss.
8/11/02 - McCafferty wins the final game of the season by a landslide 31-14. 18 players were on hand.
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