It was a rare
perfect day at Big Rec -- like last week, but without the fog. The throwback teams that had the field before
us finished their game in time for us to warm up, and we started
eight-on-eight. Bob and Wilson showed up
in the top of the first, so we were a perfect 18. Greg took the bump for the homers, and Sean
twirled for the visitors. Greg started
the game with a bang, bouncing the first pitch off Richie's helmet. Richie answered with a base hit, and we
plated a classic Garcia run, plus one more, to go ahead 2-0 after half an
inning.
Sean started
strong, and after about three we were ahead 3-1. Defense was pretty solid on both sides most
of the day, and the visitors inched a little further ahead before the home team
rallied back on a line drive just outside my limited reach, followed by a popup
just outside that same reach, followed by an E-3 on a throw from Richie at
short. Sean just smiled and dealt,
however, and limited the damage to two, with a little help from questionable
base running.
Dennis made his
appearance around the fifth inning, but that was more or less all right because
at least one home team player had to leave around then, so the sides stayed at
nine. About that time one of the
spectators started asking about the game, and when Johnny had to leave, he came
into the game. All we know about him is
that he might or might not be Dutch, and he showed off a pretty good arm from
right field. In his only at bat, though,
Sean jammed him and I was able to redeem myself a little bit by catching his
foul popup. We'll forgive him for
playing in plaid shorts, though -- he didn't know he'd be playing, and Lattig
wasn't there anyway.
Sean and Greg
continued to swap frames, and by the top of the ninth the visitors were ahead,
6-3. Top 9 was one of THOSE innings,
this time for Greg. We batted around,
and the only thing that kept me from making the last out two innings in a row
was that I came to bat with only one down.
We sent 10 to the plate, scored five, and left two. Sean finished his complete game with a
flourish, and we ended 11-3.
Highlights -
* Sean and Greg
each pitched a complete game
* Both pitchers had
a bunch of strikeouts
* Every time I came
to bat Greg really needed an out - and he got it
* Pretty solid
defense all around, especially in the outfield
* We turned two
lineout double plays, one on a catch by Daniel at second and the other on a
catch by Wilson in right.
* Thanks to Adam,
Bob, Gaspar, and Ed, who caught
* Note to
baserunners: if you're on third with one
out and the infield is back, you're scoring on a ground ball to the right
side. You owe Nick an RBI.
* After lobbing
rainbows from third during between-innings warmups all afternoon, in live
action John Nero picked up a slow roller and fired a perfect strike to me at
first to nab a fast runner.
* There were at
least two triples, including one by Sean that might've been a repeat of his
previous mom-powered performance if we’d have been at West Sunset.
Here with a late addition is Mike "The Shift" Gaspar, thanks Mike!
It was a great day for baseball
at 7th and Lincoln. The old tyme players
were just finishing up when the MBC started trickling in. Although they were drinking beer from
aluminum cans kept cold in plastic coolers. How authentic is that?
After a quick warm up we were
ready to start with eight players aside. Bob and Wilson came after an inning
making it a good old 9-9 game till Dennis showed up in the middle innings. Greg S.
took the hill for the home team and Sean Paul for the visitors. And that was only hurlers for the day as both
went the distance. How’s that for old
school?
Richie, the first batter, set
the tone for the day as he got hit in the head by the very first pitch. But he shook it off and got a base hit again,
how's that for old school? After yours
truly got an infield hit, there were a few more knocks (not sure by whom) and
the visitors tallied two runs.
Meanwhile Sean, although he
did not have his best stuff, managed to keep the homers at bay using his
defense (Ed in left, john n. at 3rd) and some timely strikeouts to keep he
homers at bay. The visitors tacked on
few more. And somewhere in the middle
innings the score was 5-0. The homers broke through, but Sean and his defense
kept them from having a big inning.
It was a tight game as both
pitchers settled in. The score was 5-3 going
into the top of 8th. Then the visitors erupted for 5 runs, and is often the
case a few "harmless" errors led to a big inning with Sean and Brian Phelps
providing the big blasts. Needless to
say the homers were deflated and went easy in the bottom frame save greg's two
out double. Final 10-3.
* Daniel’s collision at home with Adam. Again, old school! We’re just as tough as those old tymies.
Same time, same place next week.
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