What a glorious game! Well, anything that isn't a rainout qualifies as a glorious game, but we still had fun. The ranks were full, even if we were missing quite a few of the regulars. Greg started for the visitors and Mitch for the homers. I desperately wanted to pitch but I didn't want to start, since I am chasing the Johnny Bartlett consecutive CG record. Of course Greg brought up that he remembered a whole lot of CG losses in a row for himself, so now I got to go back to vault and see if I am chasing the right record. Anyway, we made the deal that he would start and then i could come in without reprisal to my chase. That worked, and we ended up each throwing 4 innings.
Mitch was pretty lights out, he kept us to a few runs, and we never had much of a threat going. Both teams had some great defensive plays, and some not so great. Our team turned a double play just when things were getting ugly. I managed to screw up a defensive play in every position that I played, thanks to my hobbled nature. The outfielders did a lot of not knowing where the ball was. The lack of coverage at 1st was evident a few times.
And in what may be a first in the history of MBC we had a ground rule triple, called after Stoner hit a ball to deep left, that disappeared completely into the muddy salad that was the outfield. We never found it, up it went, and plop, gone. Seriously, the outfield was like running in a swamp full of jungle plants.
The homers had the edge in hitting, they were pounding the ball, and at one point there was talk of a reorg to combat the blowout. But we decided to let it lie. The crowd had thinned out from its glorious beginning when the Latin league was partying and having fun. The band showed up for us though, and they kept us entertained the whole time. I got better as it went on, and finished the 8th with only 5 pitches thrown. Mitch finally gave us a chance, and John Mcg came in with a curious lack of control that eventually yielded us some mercy runs. We still never really had a chance, and other John slammed the door on us in the 9th.
Final 11-7.
Highlights
* Great game, fun times
* The band sounded amazing
* Neither team had a real SS, which was new
* I somehow had 4 hits, though I could barely run to first
* Gaspar made two catches on foul pop ups behind the plate.
* There was a collision at the plate, with Arson catching, and Mike N coming in. He should have slid, however the MBC has never ratified the Posey rule either.
* Greg nabbed Mike Lynch at the plate with a great throw from right
* Gaspar was doing it with the bat again, he is peaking in his 50s!
* Bob was not HBP, missed opportunities
* Nick made a couple of catches in left when we really needed them
* Lattig attempted an ole' at first, nope.
* The wind was fierce at times, pop ups got weird and my change up was getting propped up to get tee'd off on
* Thanks to everyone who made it out, welcome back baseball!
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