Game 5 Recap

A recap this past Sunday's game, in which the following happened --

- Sandy rode onto the field on a unicorn
- the Silversun Pickups sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame"
- Lou teamed with a puma and wrestled against a kodiak bear and a bag of Hot Cheetos
- Chris, Victor and Rick wore eyepatches in honor of Blackbeard's birthday
- CJ found a $20 bill under first base
- John dug up part of left field and found a time capsule from 1977

...or at least that's how I would prefer to remember the game.

Gaem 3 Sumer 09

I'm sorry. It looks like the title has some errors in it. Hey speaking of errors... Wow! Between the walks and the errors, that was a serious pounding. The umpire informed is that we were down 15-0 and there was a mercy rule if we wanted to take adavantage of that. We can be proud that we were all ready to keep playing. Peter got an RBI and it was 15-1. Mercy my a**! In the end I think we lost something like 231 to -6.

The "Manny Ramirez Is That Guy on Something" Award goes to Lillian for that sweet stab in the outfield. Yer out Goodfellas. For once

GO THE TEAM!!!

Game 2 Summer 09

Is it just me or does it seem like we are this close to winning? (Right now my thumb and index finger are about 16" apart) 12 - 7 or maybe it was 14 -7 if we wanted to count that last home run.

Kristin and Lillian did make a couple of great plays with the glove so that was something to build on.

Since we are no longer going to call these posts "The Moment it All Went to Hell" I would like to acknowledge the efforts of THE TEAM with an award.

It is the honorary Manny Ramirez IS THAT GUY ON SOMETHING Award. Since there was no award in Game One we can give out two this week.

Lou gets a Manny Ramirez IS THAT GUY ON SOMETHING Award (MRITGOSA)for motoring right through the stop sign from the third base coach and ending up in some kind of UFC tangle to be out at home.

Victor also gets a big fat MRITGOSA for sliding head first into second base. I thought he was going to look like he was in a motorcycle accident when he got up from that.

GO THE TEAM!!!

Game 1 Summer 09

It was a close game. Chris and Peter both did a good job pitching. There were errors by THE TEAM but they were spread out and we avoided one of those huge run baccanalias that we have experienced in the past. There were minimals strikouts when we batted. We just came up short. 12-9

But really it was all about Destanie absolutely roasting that runner on second. It was such a heads up play and she did a perfect job selling the throw. She sent him skidding through the dirt for a great out.

Maybe that's why he turned into Breakin' 2 Electric Boogaloo in the last inning when he threw Leigh Anne out at first. We all though his outpouring was a little excessive but maybe he was still feeling the sting of getting fooled by the fake throw like a frisky puppy.

Maybe

GO THE TEAM!!!

Practice Game Malfunction

It was great to be back on the field. We have tangled with Variety Pak before. They are a sweet bunch aren't they? Of course they aren't so sweet when they are pounding us 8-5.

THE TEAM looks good though. There was solid hitting all around. Even if we weren't getting on base we were making contact so I'm sure we can look forward to going undefeated. Lou brought Sarah in for our first run. Sandy made a couple of strong defensive plays. We all looked sharp in our summer whites.

00 CJ
1 Destanie
3 Lou
4 Jenny
11 Dave
12 Lillian
13 Sandy
14 Leigh Anne
18 Rick
24 Peter
26 Meredith
27 John
31 Victor
42 Sarah
99 Chris

GO THE TEAM!!!

Game On!!!

First practice next Sunday the 3rd. Awwww yeah!!!!

Softball Dream

Over the weekend, I dreamt that we played a softball team from MIT or some such university. They kept changing the rules on us, and developing all of these crazy technical techniques to gain an advantage. One of them involved constructing some huge wooden enclosure around the pitcher's mound leaving me only about a 1' wide gap for me to throw the ball out of. I kept getting pissed off but they told me everything was legal according to the rule book.

Stupid rule book.