Welcome to another episode of This Week in Mission Baseball!
We played a solid game this week. The home team eventually
pulled away while shutting down a few attempted rallies by the visitors. The
game ended in the top of the ninth on a cleanly executed, 6-4-3 double play!
Let's give out some awards and see what happened.
SWINGS OF THE WEEK: We're splitting the honors this week.
Tony gets an award for two solid hits, one to each gap and both with decent
power. Abe gets a mention for a solid, opposite field double. Sean blasted one
to right field late in the game. The fence is deeper to right, so he becomes an
honorary member of the Warning Track Club because if he was a righty, it would
have threatened the fence. Finally, I am tipping the hat to myself for a
renewal of my Warning Track Club membership with a blast to deep left field
early in the game, driving in two. It felt good!
PITCHES OF THE WEEK: This one goes to Greg. Both starters
pitched well and cancelled each other out. Greg came in for the home team in
the 8th and 9th and closed the door. Well done!
GLOVES OF THE WEEK: The very best glove of the week goes to
Mike G! Early in the game, Big Dave was looking at an RBI situation against
Nick. Dave fought one off the hands and pushed it to the right side. A bit of a
soft liner, but it looked like a fine piece of hitting and a sure opposite
field single through the hole. However, Mike G at second base moved to his
left, dove, and produced a cloud of dirt while making the stop! He then
continued the heroics with a throw from the ground to get Dave at first.
Excellent put out. Honorable mentions: Adam at first base on a ground ball
towards the hole made a graceful, spinning catch/turn/throw to the pitcher
covering first. Check out the film! Phelps fell to his knees while running
forward to make a catch in center. Greg playing catcher threw behind the runner
at third after a pitch and caught Adam sleeping. Because he is so nice, he let
it go despite many people agreeing that he was out. We scored two after that on
a single the very next pitch, but we agreed to trim one run off the scoreboard
due to Greg's generosity. He wins a glove of the week and sportsmanship award!
Finally, I'll say that as catcher, something I do from time to time, I made a
nice play on a swinging bunt up the third base line late in the game. I
sprinted up the line, snatched the ball on a high bounce before it could land
one more time and leak into foul territory, and threw a laser to Adam at first
to get the runner. I felt like a pro catcher! I even ditched the mask!
AAUGH!
- Poor Tony and Abe. Early in the game, they got in front of
some hard-hit balls at 3rd and short, respectively, and had to deal with wicked
hops up into their chest (Tony) and near the face (Abe).
WORD OF THE WEEK: Double play. I think the home team turned
three or four. The most clutch was in the top of the 7th. Bases loaded, one
out, HR struggling the entire inning, and then he gets a friendly grounder up
the middle. 6-4-3... it ended a 20-minute inning where the visitors got no runs
for all their work. Then, they ended the game on a double play as well.
Nice.
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