One of the most amazing days, on a field that is normally a foggy wind chasm. Once again, field issues abound. This time it was a playoff game, that was supposed to be at Swampy, but was moved to our field, because there was another game already in progress. So we get there, and there are easily 100 people watching the game. How are we supposed to ruin that? So we start to walk to Swampy, only to see guys setting up a pitching machine on that diamond.
Welp, that ain't going to work either.
Luckily, the playoff game guys were super cool, and they finished up quick and handed off the field. We had 16 at our high point, and the game was, well, not pretty. As Greg says, maybe I need to examine that these recent shit show games have one common denominator, me. I will be the first to admit that I did not have it yesterday. The mound was terrible, my arm was sore from little league, and I never felt totally in control of my pitches. Mike Lattig took the bump for the visiting team, and he was throwing every kind of dipsy doodle curveball that he could, and it was so tempting to swing at, but never good contact. Needless to say, he had us in the palm of his hand.
The first two innings of the game took roughly 4 hours to play it felt like, and when the smoke cleared it was still only 4-2. I thought to myself, that wasn't so bad. But we could not make the plays. I settled down and we got more efficient but the score just kept going up: 7-2, 8-2, 11-2.
A low point of the game for our team was getting the first two outs of an inning via the infield fly rule. In both instances, our players dropped the pop up too. We literally had to legislate the game to get an out. It was also a good learning situation, as we were educated on the infield fly rule calls the batter out, but the ball remains live. Runners can still advance at their own risk, just like on any other fly ball.
That was the game, and we all had fun, but I don't know that I would call it a fun game. John McG pitched two good innings, and Nick W took over for Lattig and then Aiden came in and blew us away in rapid succession in what we called the bottom of the 9th (it was the 7th and we were losing players).
Final- 11-2, visitors
Highlights
* The visitors had a good game
* Poor Gabe, such a mighty swing, neutralized by the softest of breaking balls
* The visitors defense was superb, 3 double plays?
* We did have a great play at the plate to nab Aiden, excellent throw by Alex and Gabe
* JT played 6 outs of defense in a row in right field
* Kenball had a good game at the plate, lacing line drives
* Aiden's fastball is more fun to see now that it is a strike and not at your liver
* Greg, who has been clutch of late, killed our bases loaded rally with a pop up to the pitcher
* Lattig hit three gork balls to left field that all landed in the exact same place
* Gaspar using a wooden bat and driving the ball up the middle!
* Naldony with a heads up play at 2nd to tag the runner and then get the double play
* Not a single foul ball that threatened a car!
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