The park is open again for games, though the grass is now really nice, they didn't do any work on the dirt, the mound, or the outfield. So maybe that could have been done.t But it wasn't and the infield is a sandbox, the mound is a dust box, and the outfield is a kale salad.
Seriously, they couldn't have mowed the grass before the grand re-opening?
Our other problem is that the summer time is really hard to get people out. The last few games have been very light affairs, and I know people are travelling, or whatever, but seriously, we have 94 people on the email chain, we can't get 18 to show up? That being said, I know that we have some regulars out with injuries and hope they are healthy again soon.
I made 12 players when I got there at 3:15 after being stuck in traffic and then parking nightmares. The band had at least 10, so we got showed up by them. We got two more late comers and a public pick up, but then we lost a player to a gig, so it was 14 for most of the game. Good nuf'!
Tony started for the homers, and Sean for the visitors. Our team was stymied by Tony, but the homers had no problem scoring runs. Tony bowed out, and so did Sean and HR came in for the homers, and was pitching good but we finally got our bats working, thanks to Don who stumbled his way on the field after some music festival in the mountains. He was our good luck though, and we brought the game back within reach to 6-3.
I took over for Sean and, not to toot my own horn, was the epitome of efficiency. Over the next 4 innings, I threw a total of 20 pitches! While they didn't score anymore runs, we also didn't seem to be catching up. The attendance being what it was, it was decided that the 8th inning should be the 9th inning, so we entered the 9th down 3 runs. Then all of a sudden, we scored a run! Then another, and another! 6-5! What a game! But, as with most things, we ran out of gas and HR settled in and got the outs he needed.
Final Score: 6-5, homers
Highlights
* Thanks to everyone who showed up
* Mike N had the drive of the day, with a hit to left that got to the hard grass and rolled and rolled
* Greg volunteered to catch for both teams, thankfully he only had to do one inning.
* Mitch and Powell on the same team? Seems sus'.
* I discovered that playing left field is easy when you dare the hitters to hit it over your head. The grass was so thick it won't roll, and you are in the perfect position to catch the line drive over the short stop.
* The band sounded great!
* While it was 102 where I live, it was foggy and 62 degrees during the game...
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