Hard work saps Black Sox

From: The Press | Date: January 22, 2004| Author: DUNBAR, Tim | Copyright information

Mark Sorenson says there is no reason to panic over the New Zealand Black Sox twice losing to Canterbury in their softball double- header on Tuesday night.

The softball veteran, whose record-equalling sixth world series starts in Christchurch a week today, said the Black Sox did not get into the games emotionally, being beaten 5-3 and 5-2.

"Defensively we didn't play that great, and I think mentally we were showing the backside of four or five pretty hard days of extensive trai...

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