Well it was a hell of game, for at least one team.
The weather was nice, foggy at times, maybe a little chilly, but not terrible. We had 15 to start and then 16 with the late addition of Paul and his two kids, who took a at bat mid game.
Chris Powell, who now fancies himself vying for Oil Can Boyd's position, started for the homers, and Satch started for the visitors. For some reason, we just couldn't get a hit. Oh I know why, the infield was literally the worst, thickest ground ball killer I have ever seen.
And we couldn't stop hitting ground balls.
I counted at least three hits for myself that would have been legitimate hard base hits. Instead, the infielder had to walk over and pick up the ball after it had stopped rolling. Real bad.
The homers on the other hand, figured out the way to get runs was to mix in hits to the outfield with short flies and letting us make the errors. Which we did. Round about the 5th inning we finally got everyone to a position that they felt comfortable at, but by that point the damage was done.
Doc came out and officiated, to mixed reviews, we had to do the stare down and the extended frame to get him to call a few, but on the whole, he called a good game. We also noticed that Doc likes to make the initial call on a play, then sort of see what the consensus is before he makes his final ruling. That's fair.
Will took over for Powell and shut us down even more than we were already doing to ourselves. Satch went the CG, and absorbed the loss, which was satisfying at least that I stuck it out to the end....
Final Score- 11-1.
Highlights:
* The visitors had a great time losing that game, great to see Rojas back in form, and Greg, back from vacation
* Great to see Doc out and about, he brought his own gear too!
* Elvin had a rough one, but we encouraged him to keep his chin up and he scored our only run!
* We had a new guy, friend of Ed's, come out, who played well, and unfortunately had the bad luck of a few ifffy calls, hope he comes back
* Tony's barehanded attempt in center didn't go quite like planned
* Our best defensive play involved Sean from the other team playing 3rd (of course) and backdooring his own team member. Well, that's Mission baseball.
* Will brought out the sledgehammer and dealt with the rebar on the mound issue!
* The knuckleball was working, if you don't believe me, ask Adam.
* Certified Bad Sportsman Alumni helmet throw
* I tried to hit lefty since I was already 0-3. No dice.
* Thanks to everyone who made it out.
S. Paige
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