I showed up after having been out at the beach with the family, and figured I would be the Johnny Come Lately. Instead, I made the lucky 14th player, which makes a game legit. Thank goodness! On paper our team was stacked, we had Sean, New Chris, James, Bob, John Carey, I didn't think we could be beat. But beat, we were.
The game swelled as time went on, so that by the middle innings, instead of subbing in for the defense, we had people sitting each inning. John McG showed up with Liam and Aiden, which makes 3 new players right there. Loren was his customary late self. All in all, it was really nice to play a game that stayed lighthearted the whole time, and had just the right amount of competitiveness. I have to say that the last few games I have been a part of have all had a tinge of negativity to them.
I started for the visitors, and never quite felt right, though I didn't end up pitching all that bad. The mound had a lot of new clay on, which ordinarily is a good thing, but tit threw my balance all out of whack. A good pitcher always blames his mound, right? They scored a few runs, but by and large, no huge deficits. After 4 innings, the score was 4-2? Sean took over, and didn't fare any better, the homers were just hitting the crap out of the ball.
Speaking of hitting, I went a glorious 0-5, with at least 4 of those hits being really hard hit, but directly at someone. Chris Powell snared a line drive for an out, and then the next time, made a leap to get a high bouncing ground ball, that defied physics. Seriously, he leapt about 6 feet in the air to get this ball. Then a hard come-backer to Sonny on the mound who knocked it down, and then a drive to left field that would have been extra bases if Loren hadn't been playing at just the right place.
We made a
great comeback in the middle innings to tie up the game, and then we let the lead slip away again, came back, tied it at 8, in the 8th inning, but were out of chances, and the homers took the opportunity to finish the game in the bottom of the 9th and as Chris Powell scored, the game ended 9-8.
Highlights:
* A really good game
* The rally that we started was the moment when the game took a turn into real enjoyable, I think another thing we have been having lately is real lop sided games, which are not as much fun
* James explained that he hits lefty when the game is tied, or his team is ahead, his take on how to make MBC the most enjoyable
* John McG was back to hitting righty
* Aiden gets the start in the next game, so says Greg, since he did not get a chance to pitch in the 10th.
* The homers had 3 line drives in a row that all went to the same place for hits
* We had to shoulder tap around the park for a an extra guy, Doug, who was hanging with his girlfriend. He played the whole game, and did a great job. Hopefully he will come out again
* James made a nice catch on a hit to center, I couldn't watch, for fear that it was going to die before he got to it
* The homers had a nice double up play at first
* I am probably preaching to the choir, but it is really important that people pay Bob and Greg for the permits, it should be about $5 a game, but everyone, especially if you don't come out a lot, should be paying into the community fund
* Gabe, who hasn't been seen in a while, showed up, and proved that it had been a while....
* Chris Powell proved the difference, the Powell run was the decider
* Loren seemed to play at just the right place to make a play, while looking like he had been completely caught off guard.
* We at least solved the mystery of Sonny enough to tie up the game
* Loren's triple was probably the hit of the game
* New Chris scored the majority of our runs in the beginning of the game
* Aiden had a legit hit
* Defensively, the home team was just superior and it made the difference
S. Paige
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