This just in from the opposite
field hitting surgeon, Mike Gaspar. I wish
I could have been there, but hopefully weekends will be a little easier now
that we are out of wedding season.
It wasn't nice, it wasn't decent. It was downright hot at Balboa Park on
Sunday.
If nothing else, Fleet Week seems to bring some great
weather with it. Per Bob's advice we all
arrived a little early. But as it turned
out there were only 13 of us regulars.
Luckily, there were a couple of guys practicing their bunting and
playing pepper at the field and they were more than happy to join us.
Greg took the mound for the home team and was immediately
greeted with a line drive single off the bat of John Mac. A couple of hits later it was 2-0. Then came the big hit, a three run homer from the visitors pitcher
Mitch. And the hits just kept
coming. It was eight or nine to nothing
before the homers even came to bat.
Mitch, given the big lead, was aggressive with the fast ball
and mixed in just enough curves to keep the homers off balance. And with the combination of at ‘em balls and
just plain good defense the homers were kept off the board until late in the
game. Mitch gave way to yours truly in
the eighth (a sure sign the game is out of hand) and Hank pitched the
ninth.
Greg went the distance for the
homers. And to be fair, his defense let
him down a bit. Their center fielder,
Rufino, was very reluctant to catch balls in the air. Preferred to let them bounce once or
twice.
Final score was 15-2.
Highlights:
- · Everyone on the visiting side had multiple hits, with Mitch's being the most memorable.
- · Nick had some nice catches in right
- · Milo had a home run. And showed some nice flair when he threw off his sunglasses half way between third and home. Love the Hello Kitty batting gloves by the way.
- · Fun in the sun. Well maybe not for the homers. Sorry guys.
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