Super shitty parking.
Warm day, muggy, almost sultry. Then the fog rolled in, and I found myself still sweating in the fog.
I started for the visitors and Sonny for the homers.
Sonny is still pumping strikes, and has developed some good off speed stuff
We had 15 at a high point but barely 14 for most of it.
Highlight of the game: The reemergence of Abe! Back from a 4.5 year hiatus, his daughter in tow, and the rest of the family making an appearance at the end. Welcome back, and don't be a a stranger!
Gaspar vetoed my suggestion that we keep to 2 outfielders, which I like since it doesn't make that much of a difference for our teams, and we get to not be running in an out from the outfield the whole time. So instead I played outfield as much as I could to give them a taste of what that extra fielder can bring to the game.
A guy from a previous game played with us, big shout out to Mark!
No Greg, no Tony, no Mitch, no Sean, no Adam, no McG's.
Don was late, but early by his standards.
The game was back and forth, both of us were throwing efficiently. Sonny quit after 6, HR came in, did well too. I stayed in and ate the whole thing, as my team was low on pitchers.
My team was up, after some rough patches. Going into the final inning, technically the 8th because people had to go
I coughed up the lead in the bottom of the 8th, and the homers won the game.
6-5(?), homers
Highlights
* Well, 14.5 ain't bad I guess.
* I am going to keep pushing for a 2-outfielder defense, if things don't turn around with our numbers. As a non-strikeout pitcher, I of all people, should care a lot about the quality of my defense, and honestly, it doesn't make that much of a difference. But being able to sit on the bench and have a conversation with a person I haven't seen in a few years does.
* Sonny and HR both pitched well
* I struck out Don with one of two decent curveballs I threw the whole game
* The Gaspar shift paid off every time.
* Mike N did a fantastic job behind the dish for the whole game
* We managed to keep to the two original balls in play for the whole game, and they were beat up by the end of it
* Nick W. was the defensive player of the game, with several great catches in the outfield on balls that no one thought would be caught.
* We managed a double play on one of those catches as the baserunner was convinced there was no way Nick would get the ball
* Nate was out and hit the smoker of the game, a big drive to left. Unfortunately, his team didn't care enough to help him with base-coaching, so he listened to me from the mound, and got thrown out trying to make it a homerun. The picture is where it landed, but then it rolled onto the dirt and it was off to the races
Roll Call of the Faithful:
HR, Sonny, Don, Abe, Anna, Powell, Nick W, Satch, Jacob, Mark, Mike N, Mike L, Alex, Lynch, Gaspar
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