Major League was released on April 7, 1989. That means Major League is old enough to drink. That movie shows a bunch of minimally talented misfits come together and become winners. What the hell does THE TEAM know about that!!! We are awesome!
It was mentioned in that stupid Cast Away post ( A "Wilson"? Really?) that THE TEAM swept a double header. In the second game THE TEAM batted .646 with 2 Home Runs, 6 Doubles, 1 Triple, no walks and 4 Strikeouts. Those are some attractive numbers (Except for the Strikeouts). We can also be proud that we held Fugittaboudit to only 4 runs. Holding any team to 4 runs in a slow pitch softball game is pretty strong.
Andrew went 5 for 5 with 3 RBIs. Roma went 1 for 4 with 2 RBIs. Melody went 2 for 5 with 1 RBI. All of THE TEAM was going nuts but the Jobu's rum can only go to one gentleman and one lady.
Justin went 5 for 5 with 2 doubles, 2 Home Runs and 7 RBIs. Jobu's rum for Justin.
Robbin 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs. Jobu's rum for Robbin.
Maybe we should rethink this. It was a great effort by everybody on THE TEAM and that makes it hard to trim it down to only two people. OK, Justin and Robbin are awarded Hats for Bats and a shot of Jobu's rum goes to Chris for being the best pitcher in all of H League. Chris throws strikes. If you want to score runs against THE TEAM you have to earn them because he isn't giving anything away. CJ dove head first back to second to avoid getting caught in a double play. That's gotta be Jobu's rum-worthy. Jenny went 3 for 5 but the rum would wasted on her.
The point is...
GO THE TEAM!!!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Game 3 - I... have made fire!
Can you believe Cast Away is 11-years-old? It seems like only yesterday I was punching myself in the neck to stay awake for that movie.
THE TEAM swept a double-header. That last time we did that we ended up playing for a championship. The EyeCatchers are a pretty good team that can't seem to beat us and this time was no exception. When it was all over it was 17-9.
THE TEAM batted .625 with a Home Run, 4 Doubles, 3 Triples, 4 walks and 5 Strikeouts.
In keeping with the Cast Away theme, we will award a "Wilson" to the outstanding efforts for Game 3.
Peter made a sweet play at SS and threw the runner out from one knee (CJ dug that throw out beautifully). Peter also blew up at the plate after a slow start. Peter hit for the cycle going 5 for 5 with 7 RBIs. Enjoy your Wilson Peter.
CJ dug that throw out beautifully (remember?). She also went 1 for 3 with an RBI and hustled hustled hustled. Enjoy Tom Hanks bloody handprint on your Wilson.
It was a great effort by everybody and it was nice to see that the two weeks off didn't slow us down.
GO THE TEAM!!!
THE TEAM swept a double-header. That last time we did that we ended up playing for a championship. The EyeCatchers are a pretty good team that can't seem to beat us and this time was no exception. When it was all over it was 17-9.
THE TEAM batted .625 with a Home Run, 4 Doubles, 3 Triples, 4 walks and 5 Strikeouts.
In keeping with the Cast Away theme, we will award a "Wilson" to the outstanding efforts for Game 3.
Peter made a sweet play at SS and threw the runner out from one knee (CJ dug that throw out beautifully). Peter also blew up at the plate after a slow start. Peter hit for the cycle going 5 for 5 with 7 RBIs. Enjoy your Wilson Peter.
CJ dug that throw out beautifully (remember?). She also went 1 for 3 with an RBI and hustled hustled hustled. Enjoy Tom Hanks bloody handprint on your Wilson.
It was a great effort by everybody and it was nice to see that the two weeks off didn't slow us down.
GO THE TEAM!!!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Game 2 - Now it places the lotion in the basket
That's from Silence of the Lambs. That movie is 20 years old. I can't believe it either. What I can believe is that THE TEAM won 15-3 against Rapid Inebriation. Holding a team to 3 runs in slow pitch softball is something to be proud of. That puts THE TEAM at 1 and 1 and getting better. In a strange turn of events, Melody hurt her leg and had to be moved from the outfield to the infield. It turns out she can play some second base. How lucky is that! CJ has her glove in mid-season form. Justin is turning out to be a valuable addition to THE TEAM.
THE TEAM batted .438 with 2 Home Runs, a double and a triple. We also walked 7 times and struck out 6 times.
It looks like that whole Raiders of the Lost Ark thing already went to hell. Headpiece to the Staff of Ra? How silly. In keeping with the Silence of the Lambs we will award The Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center for the outstanding effort this week. Now that's an award!
Justin gets the Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center award for another great double play. He went 2 for 2 with 2 Home Runs, a walk and 5 RBIs.
Melody gets the Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center award for the ladies. She went 1 for 3 with two walks but had some great stops at second base.
Good job everyone
It's so much more fun when we win
GO THE TEAM!!!
P.S. I am missing two RBIs on the stats. We have Justin (5) Lou(4) Chris (2) Andrew (1) and Rick (1). That's only 13 but we scored 15. What did I miss? Any help?
THE TEAM batted .438 with 2 Home Runs, a double and a triple. We also walked 7 times and struck out 6 times.
It looks like that whole Raiders of the Lost Ark thing already went to hell. Headpiece to the Staff of Ra? How silly. In keeping with the Silence of the Lambs we will award The Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center for the outstanding effort this week. Now that's an award!
Justin gets the Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center award for another great double play. He went 2 for 2 with 2 Home Runs, a walk and 5 RBIs.
Melody gets the Plum Island Animal Disease Research Center award for the ladies. She went 1 for 3 with two walks but had some great stops at second base.
Good job everyone
It's so much more fun when we win
GO THE TEAM!!!
P.S. I am missing two RBIs on the stats. We have Justin (5) Lou(4) Chris (2) Andrew (1) and Rick (1). That's only 13 but we scored 15. What did I miss? Any help?
Monday, January 17, 2011
Game 1 - Oh my friends! I'm so pleased your not dead.
That quote is from Raiders of the Lost Ark. That movie is 30 years old. Time flies, ask anybody. A couple of season ago I tried to base the blog posts on The Big Lebowski. I did a terrible job so now I am going to try to see if we can have them all somehow relate to Raiders of the Lost Ark. Doesn't that sound like a horrible idea? Yes!
First things first, let's get acquainted with the Winter 2011 Roster. It looks like this:
00 Carrie
2 Tiffany playing as Liz
3 Lou
4 Jenny
15 Robbin
16 Melody playing as Dody
18 Rick
24 Peter
25 Andrew
27 Roma
42 Justin
99 Chris
Look at all that talent! Seriously, look at it. OK enough.
Game 1 was a tough loss. We were tied 12-12 and ended up losing in the tie-breaker. On the other hand there was a lot of promise. We have a solid core to build on. The Championship Dream Lives!
THE TEAM batted .543 with 2 Home Runs, 2 Walks and 4 Strikeouts. Andrew went 4 for 4 with 2RBIs. Roma has found her stroke with solid contact on her second at-bat and a genuine single in her third at-bat. Melody/Dody made a great play in Right Field. Justin turned a double-play. Everybody on THE TEAM showed great effort but now it is time to award the outstanding players. In keeping with the Raiders of the Lost Ark theme we will go with the headpiece to the Staff of Ra.
Lou gets the headpiece to the Staff of Ra for going 4 for 4 with a Home Run and 5 RBIs. He also did a solid job pitching
Sarah gets the headpiece to the Staff of Ra for going 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs. I realize she is not officially on the roster but it was a great help and a great effort by someone who has plenty of history with THE TEAM.
GO THE TEAM!!!
First things first, let's get acquainted with the Winter 2011 Roster. It looks like this:
00 Carrie
2 Tiffany playing as Liz
3 Lou
4 Jenny
15 Robbin
16 Melody playing as Dody
18 Rick
24 Peter
25 Andrew
27 Roma
42 Justin
99 Chris
Look at all that talent! Seriously, look at it. OK enough.
Game 1 was a tough loss. We were tied 12-12 and ended up losing in the tie-breaker. On the other hand there was a lot of promise. We have a solid core to build on. The Championship Dream Lives!
THE TEAM batted .543 with 2 Home Runs, 2 Walks and 4 Strikeouts. Andrew went 4 for 4 with 2RBIs. Roma has found her stroke with solid contact on her second at-bat and a genuine single in her third at-bat. Melody/Dody made a great play in Right Field. Justin turned a double-play. Everybody on THE TEAM showed great effort but now it is time to award the outstanding players. In keeping with the Raiders of the Lost Ark theme we will go with the headpiece to the Staff of Ra.
Lou gets the headpiece to the Staff of Ra for going 4 for 4 with a Home Run and 5 RBIs. He also did a solid job pitching
Sarah gets the headpiece to the Staff of Ra for going 2 for 3 with a double and 2 RBIs. I realize she is not officially on the roster but it was a great help and a great effort by someone who has plenty of history with THE TEAM.
GO THE TEAM!!!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Sunday, December 12, 2010
THE TEAM - Fall 10
That was a brutal season. Three wins and seven losses ends up being a lot less fun than winning. There certainly were some proud moments along the way and there was some great effort but clearly it was not enough 70% of the time. Let's look at some numbers. We are going to in numerical order.
#00 CJ played in 8 games. She batted .333 with 4 RBIs. She was reliable at first base and always hustled.
#3 Lou played in 7 games. He led THE TEAM with an .828 batting average. Lou had 14 RBIs, 4 Doubles, 2 Triples and 3 Home Runs. Lou was a wild man at short stop. I mean that in a good way
#4 Jenny played in 6 games. She batted .579 with 5 RBIs. She played everywhere we needed her including third base.
#7 Katina played in zero games. What the hell. Now I'm stuck with a #7 jersey.
#8 Peter C played in 5 games. He batted .100 with 4 RBIs. He was showing patience at the plate and improving in left field before it all went wrong.
#13 Sandy played in 7 games. She batted .381 with 2 RBIs. Sandy showed great speed and great hustle and improved every season she was with THE TEAM. Sandy will be missed.
#15 Robbin played in 8 games. She batted .217 with 4 RBIs. She also hit two doubles and was versatile in both the infield and the outfield.
#17 Jude played in 5 games. She batted .429 with 3 RBIs. She ran well and did all she could.
#18 Rick played in 10 games. She batted .706 with 17 RBIs 4 doubles and a triple. I know I called myself a "she". That was funny.
#24 Peter L. played in 10 games. He batted .725 and led THE TEAM with 24 RBIs. He also hit 6 doubles, a triple and 2 home runs. Peter was a rock solid infielder playing either third base or shortstop.
#27 Roma played in 8 games. She batted .000 but she did have an RBI on a bases loaded walk.
#28 Terrence played in 9 games. He batted .719 with 12 RBIs. He also had 5 doubles, 3 triples and a home run. If we kept track of runs scored Terrence would have led THE TEAM. He was so fast that if he was on base he was probably going to score.
#42 Sarah played in 9 games. She batted .323 and led the ladies with 7 RBIs. She also hit 3 doubles.
#99 Chris played in played in 6 games. He batted .810 with 7 RBIs. He also hit 3 doubles.
Here are some more numbers for THE TEAM.
We batted .527 with 104 RBIs 6 Home Runs 27 Doubles 7 Triples 39 Walks and 38 Strikeouts. Those numbers do not include Doug and Tiffany and Ken and one other lady whose name escapes me right now. Those are just the regular members of THE TEAM.
So now we rest and we enjoy the holidays and get ready to come back in January for the Winter 11 season. Let's keep trying and let's keep improving and let's keep trying. (Don't forget trying)
GO THE TEAM!!!
#00 CJ played in 8 games. She batted .333 with 4 RBIs. She was reliable at first base and always hustled.
#3 Lou played in 7 games. He led THE TEAM with an .828 batting average. Lou had 14 RBIs, 4 Doubles, 2 Triples and 3 Home Runs. Lou was a wild man at short stop. I mean that in a good way
#4 Jenny played in 6 games. She batted .579 with 5 RBIs. She played everywhere we needed her including third base.
#7 Katina played in zero games. What the hell. Now I'm stuck with a #7 jersey.
#8 Peter C played in 5 games. He batted .100 with 4 RBIs. He was showing patience at the plate and improving in left field before it all went wrong.
#13 Sandy played in 7 games. She batted .381 with 2 RBIs. Sandy showed great speed and great hustle and improved every season she was with THE TEAM. Sandy will be missed.
#15 Robbin played in 8 games. She batted .217 with 4 RBIs. She also hit two doubles and was versatile in both the infield and the outfield.
#17 Jude played in 5 games. She batted .429 with 3 RBIs. She ran well and did all she could.
#18 Rick played in 10 games. She batted .706 with 17 RBIs 4 doubles and a triple. I know I called myself a "she". That was funny.
#24 Peter L. played in 10 games. He batted .725 and led THE TEAM with 24 RBIs. He also hit 6 doubles, a triple and 2 home runs. Peter was a rock solid infielder playing either third base or shortstop.
#27 Roma played in 8 games. She batted .000 but she did have an RBI on a bases loaded walk.
#28 Terrence played in 9 games. He batted .719 with 12 RBIs. He also had 5 doubles, 3 triples and a home run. If we kept track of runs scored Terrence would have led THE TEAM. He was so fast that if he was on base he was probably going to score.
#42 Sarah played in 9 games. She batted .323 and led the ladies with 7 RBIs. She also hit 3 doubles.
#99 Chris played in played in 6 games. He batted .810 with 7 RBIs. He also hit 3 doubles.
Here are some more numbers for THE TEAM.
We batted .527 with 104 RBIs 6 Home Runs 27 Doubles 7 Triples 39 Walks and 38 Strikeouts. Those numbers do not include Doug and Tiffany and Ken and one other lady whose name escapes me right now. Those are just the regular members of THE TEAM.
So now we rest and we enjoy the holidays and get ready to come back in January for the Winter 11 season. Let's keep trying and let's keep improving and let's keep trying. (Don't forget trying)
GO THE TEAM!!!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
The Team - Game 8
The Team returned to triumphant form with a victory over Eye Catchers this past Sunday. I forget what the final score was. 17-10 or something.
The pitcher for the Eye Catchers struggled to pitch strikes which The Team took advantage of to load the bases up for some of our power hitters. They had a few good hitters on their team that consistently produced offense but couldn't quite overcome the number of walks we got along with our batters driving them in.
Everyone looked pretty good out there in the field so why not give free Jack in the Box tacos to everyone.
The pitcher for the Eye Catchers struggled to pitch strikes which The Team took advantage of to load the bases up for some of our power hitters. They had a few good hitters on their team that consistently produced offense but couldn't quite overcome the number of walks we got along with our batters driving them in.
Everyone looked pretty good out there in the field so why not give free Jack in the Box tacos to everyone.
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