What an amazing day. It is not hyperbole that it was a perfect day for a game. We also had 24 players show up, which makes it even better, no running around covering positions, though we did have to remind a few that you can't sit out every inning...
The only issue I had with the day was the breakdown of the 2 squads, for lack of a better word, they were uneven. The home team was without gaps, it was one big hitter after another. The general rule has always been that you shouldn't have Powell and Mitch on the same team.
Well, Mitch led off and Powell was 2nd. That was what we were facing. Then it got worse.
Satch started for the visitors and Nick W for the homers. The score wasn't terrible at the beginning of the game, though I don't think we ever held the lead. The difference in the game seemed to be Tim Presley who put on a clinic at 3rd base, to the tune of 8-9 put outs. He was everywhere, doing everything. It was awesome. Nick threw well and kept us in check, then handed it over to John McG for one inning, who put up a 4-pitch dazzler and then on to Sonny who shut us down completely. His knuckleball in particular, was super funky.
After 6 innings of facing crusher after crusher I handed the ball off to Dave for an inning and then Sean, who took it the rest of the way. Sean faced the same conundrum as I had, how can you celebrate getting an out, when the next hitter up is another potential double.
The score started to get lopsided by the 8th inning, which I think was when we lost track of how many runs had actually been scored. There was a bases loaded rally with 2 outs that seemed to go on forever. John McG tattooed a ball.
New guy Ben came in to close the door and threw well, he has a sneaky fastball and a good curve.
Final of game- 13(?)-3, homers.
Since we had extra time and players, we did a one inning exhibition and we managed to win that 4-1, so a little respect, though most of our team went home, so we only had about 6 players left.
Highlights:
* Everyone on the home team
* New Guy Alex and New Guy Ben were raking all day.
* Greg waited on a changeup and hammered it down the line
* Kenball almost had an amazing sliding catch in left field
* We did get an out at home, on a sliding play, thrown in from right field. That was a bright spot.
* Alejandro had a big fly as well
* Great to see Stoner out
* Two line drives, one to me and one to Tim, that nearly took our gloves off
* Adam made some life saving plays at 1st base
* Someone almost hit the right fielder in the other game on the fly.
* Tim had an inning that he was responsible for every put out, great day!
* Sean ripped a couple of balls, but we couldn't consistently pick him up.
* Mike N did a great job blocking the dish in the latter part of the game
* Ana had a nice hit and scored a run
* Let's remember this team, so we can stop it if it happens again: Mitch, Powell, Alex, Ana, McG, Greg, Alejandro, Nick W, Sonny, Ben, Don, Rick
* Sorry to relate the news that skateboarding has claimed another victim from the MBC, get well soon Tony Rojas!
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