Courtesy of Nick Smith, here are the pics from our annual BBQ.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
10/9/11- West Sunset
The Blue Angels were heard a few times but never seen, which was fine with us. Aiden walked around with his fingers in his ears for a half hour, just in case. We had to wait for the league game to finish up, so we didn't get started until about 3:15. The fog stayed around for a the first few innings and then it got sunny and hard to see, warm, but muggy. We were 12-11, but everyone did real well at taking their turns at sitting and making sure that everyone got to play. Nice work everyone, and thank you!
AOY 2011 Brian Phelps started for the home team, and he definitely brought his A game. His crafty pitching racked up 6 Ks in about 5 innings of work, and he had some nice footwork on the mound as well. Satch started for the visitors, and didn't do horribly, but what a lineup to face! Every power lefty in the MBC decided to face me, one after another, and they all whacked me around. It was one of the stronger batting lineups ever assembled
And true to it's talent the Homers took the lead early, and held it for the whole game. We were looking down the barrel of a 7-2 game before we knew what had happened. Inning by inning we scratched our way back, and for a time, we actually kept the monsters at bay. By the middle innings, we actually had clawed our way back to a one run game, 7-6. We savored it, and then the home team woke up again and started busting us up again like a cheap pinata.
I had bowed out with the close game, and sent in Tony Rojas to throw. He did well, managed to strike out a few, but the batters were just too many, and the runs started to pile up again. Phelps went out around the same time and in came the new old guy, who had a live arm but not as much control. He threw effectively wild for a few innings and then Sean came in to close the game. Yeah, that really inspired our late inning rally hopes. In any case, we died on the vine, final score 12ish-7?
Highlights:
* Brian pitched a hell of a game!
* Rich, Sean, Loren, that is a line up you face in Hell.
* There were a lot of really hard hit balls, but my defense did a great job of keeping them to singles.
* The knuckle ball was working, especially with Bob, again
* Rojas pitched to someone other than Greg for the first time!
* Rich hit the highest pop fly I have seen in a long time, and Duane made a nice catch, after moving his face out of the way at the last moment.
* I was warned about my pine tar use in non-batting situations, however, I still maintain plausible deniability.
* Tim was a no show, but hope that he knows that all is well and he is welcome to play
* We had a crazy double play to end a threatening inning, something like 6-4-3-4-2
* I stole a base Ricky-style, stay low, early jump, mad dog the pitcher the first 10 steps
* Right field proved to be Candyland for batters, as the fielder was completely blinded by about the 4th inning
* Gaspar's special lady friend, Laura came out to root and stayed the whole game!
* Bob got hit twice, once in the foot, one in the leg. You know how you kill a redwood Bob, you go for the roots.
* Duane took his base after getting plunked, with the sound rationale that it "fucking hurt.". He came around to score. That is how the visitors scored our runs....
* Tony played 1st base, which I have never seen, and then proceeded to have about 10 hard hit liners all around him, including one that almost took his head off
* I broke my slump with a pure hit up the middle with a RBI, and a gork to right. I also struck/foul tipped out on the best pitch to hit that I had all day, still not sure how I didn't get all of it. Nice pitch Brian, and even better catch Bob!
* Phelps doesn't think I got it in me to regain the AOY title in 2012. Sounds suspiciously like a challenge.
* Chris had one of the prettiest hits of the day
* News from the Wild West, John Carey loves his new school, and is starting to like his horse, named Delightful. He changed his mind after he had to ride the back up mount for a few days. The back up's name was Moped.
* The kangaroo court will continue to levy warnings and fines for conduct ruled as off base, but I will be paying the fine to Bob personally from my own wallet, and it will be up to the defendant to make it right. If you think its an unfair ruling, we can talk about it and see what can be done, and 99% of the time I am sure that a resolution can be found. If you don't like it, there's plenty of leagues out there.
Same time, same place.
S. Paige
AOY 2011 Brian Phelps started for the home team, and he definitely brought his A game. His crafty pitching racked up 6 Ks in about 5 innings of work, and he had some nice footwork on the mound as well. Satch started for the visitors, and didn't do horribly, but what a lineup to face! Every power lefty in the MBC decided to face me, one after another, and they all whacked me around. It was one of the stronger batting lineups ever assembled
And true to it's talent the Homers took the lead early, and held it for the whole game. We were looking down the barrel of a 7-2 game before we knew what had happened. Inning by inning we scratched our way back, and for a time, we actually kept the monsters at bay. By the middle innings, we actually had clawed our way back to a one run game, 7-6. We savored it, and then the home team woke up again and started busting us up again like a cheap pinata.
I had bowed out with the close game, and sent in Tony Rojas to throw. He did well, managed to strike out a few, but the batters were just too many, and the runs started to pile up again. Phelps went out around the same time and in came the new old guy, who had a live arm but not as much control. He threw effectively wild for a few innings and then Sean came in to close the game. Yeah, that really inspired our late inning rally hopes. In any case, we died on the vine, final score 12ish-7?
Highlights:
* Brian pitched a hell of a game!
* Rich, Sean, Loren, that is a line up you face in Hell.
* There were a lot of really hard hit balls, but my defense did a great job of keeping them to singles.
* The knuckle ball was working, especially with Bob, again
* Rojas pitched to someone other than Greg for the first time!
* Rich hit the highest pop fly I have seen in a long time, and Duane made a nice catch, after moving his face out of the way at the last moment.
* I was warned about my pine tar use in non-batting situations, however, I still maintain plausible deniability.
* Tim was a no show, but hope that he knows that all is well and he is welcome to play
* We had a crazy double play to end a threatening inning, something like 6-4-3-4-2
* I stole a base Ricky-style, stay low, early jump, mad dog the pitcher the first 10 steps
* Right field proved to be Candyland for batters, as the fielder was completely blinded by about the 4th inning
* Gaspar's special lady friend, Laura came out to root and stayed the whole game!
* Bob got hit twice, once in the foot, one in the leg. You know how you kill a redwood Bob, you go for the roots.
* Duane took his base after getting plunked, with the sound rationale that it "fucking hurt.". He came around to score. That is how the visitors scored our runs....
* Tony played 1st base, which I have never seen, and then proceeded to have about 10 hard hit liners all around him, including one that almost took his head off
* I broke my slump with a pure hit up the middle with a RBI, and a gork to right. I also struck/foul tipped out on the best pitch to hit that I had all day, still not sure how I didn't get all of it. Nice pitch Brian, and even better catch Bob!
* Phelps doesn't think I got it in me to regain the AOY title in 2012. Sounds suspiciously like a challenge.
* Chris had one of the prettiest hits of the day
* News from the Wild West, John Carey loves his new school, and is starting to like his horse, named Delightful. He changed his mind after he had to ride the back up mount for a few days. The back up's name was Moped.
* The kangaroo court will continue to levy warnings and fines for conduct ruled as off base, but I will be paying the fine to Bob personally from my own wallet, and it will be up to the defendant to make it right. If you think its an unfair ruling, we can talk about it and see what can be done, and 99% of the time I am sure that a resolution can be found. If you don't like it, there's plenty of leagues out there.
Same time, same place.
S. Paige
Friday, October 7, 2011
In Lieu of Hits.
So the Yankees lost, so we can all enjoy that.
The rest of the playoffs are at least proving to be interesting, I am rooting for the Tigers, cuz it's been a while. Or the Rangers, since they were nice enough to lose to us last year. The Brew Crew or D-backs wouldn't be bad either, I love an underdog.
Since I am currently in an 0-9 slump, I thought I would post some footage of proof that I did get a hit at some point. And also a fly out. Thanks to Adam Pfahler for shooting it and sending it to me.
The rest of the playoffs are at least proving to be interesting, I am rooting for the Tigers, cuz it's been a while. Or the Rangers, since they were nice enough to lose to us last year. The Brew Crew or D-backs wouldn't be bad either, I love an underdog.
Since I am currently in an 0-9 slump, I thought I would post some footage of proof that I did get a hit at some point. And also a fly out. Thanks to Adam Pfahler for shooting it and sending it to me.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Spiraling out of Control- A Correction
Sincere Apologies to Tim Farr, as we got the his side of the story that he did solicit other people to catch and no one jumped (bunch of lazy humps...), so he stayed in.
The take home message- With high attendance games, no one should play every inning, including pitchers and catchers. Sorry, for those that want the CG, but wait until we have 15 and have need for that sort of thing.
As for the strike call, I was over that 2 seconds after it happened, and my protestations were purely for literary fodder. Sorry Tim, if you thought I was really bothered by that. I know I'll have another shot at striking out soon enough.
In closing, we value Tim as a member in good standing with the MBC, and he is here by cleared of all charges relating to the game on Sunday, October 2, 2011.
Thank you.
S. Paige
The take home message- With high attendance games, no one should play every inning, including pitchers and catchers. Sorry, for those that want the CG, but wait until we have 15 and have need for that sort of thing.
As for the strike call, I was over that 2 seconds after it happened, and my protestations were purely for literary fodder. Sorry Tim, if you thought I was really bothered by that. I know I'll have another shot at striking out soon enough.
In closing, we value Tim as a member in good standing with the MBC, and he is here by cleared of all charges relating to the game on Sunday, October 2, 2011.
Thank you.
S. Paige
10/2/11- Moscone Field
What a great way to come back to the game. Of course, I am surprised as anyone that I actually was allowed to play so soon, but hey, Mrs. Paige is a very special person.
And the icing on the cake was it was a the fabled return of Mr. Peter Van Schaik, who, after a long sojourn in Connecticut, graced us with his presence for the day, and he did everything, field, hit, drop balls, strike out. Unfortunately, this visit was not indicative of things to come, but hey, a path is made by laying a single stone at a time. There's a stoner joke in there somewhere but I can't find it.
For a day that was supposed to rain, we lucked out, and only had a short period of strange light where the clouds looked ominous, then the sun came out again and we were good. We ended up with 14-14, a rather large number, and there were enough representatives to get a old guys versus new guys game together. So we did.
The new guys ran away with it, no other way to put it. We started out strong, Pete scored our first run, and we put up another and we were in the lead 2-1 for at least a while. Johnny started for the homers and Sean was on the hill for the visitors. Well, those two runs must have really scorched Sean's pride, because he settled down into strike out mode and ended up with about 10 K's and a complete game. Ouch. Johnny did his best to hold back the tide, but there were some real strong bats to contend with on the visiting team.
We flailed away, and our defense, while being mature and well rounded, couldn't keep up with the hit parade. By the time I came in to pitch, the visitors were up 4-2, and we kept that for a good long while, but we just couldn't score a run, or really even get a decent rally going. Maybe we were distracted by all the visitors, Dani came out to root for us, as did Pete's kids and wife, and Ed's kids and his wife and a host of others.
We convinced the homers to keep playing, since we could, but it just got worse, and in the last inning, the visitors started to really exploit the weaknesses, and put up at least another 3 runs. I left before we got our final licks, but I am not holding out too much hope for late breaking news of a big comeback.
On a serious note, We got a bit of club business to take care of. Tim is being fined $5 by the kangaroo court for refusing to sit out in a game that was 14-14. He was specifically asked about it and he chose to ignore it, and even continued to play into extra innings. I have been itching to play for the last 3 weeks, and I still sat out for two innings. The team had ample back up catchers. Not acceptable, sorry Tim. You can pay the fine to Bob, who will verify to the court that it's been taken care of. Everyone else, pay attention. The fine and punishments go up exponentially, now that everyone is aware of the rules.
Highlights:
* Pete made a number of great catches in short right field, like he never missed a day
* Duane played a great 1st sack, digging out some balls that would have been hits for us usually.
* Rich, as usual, killed it at SS
* Sean's performance was awesome.
* We got out of a bases loaded jam, to keep the score close, that was satisfying.
* JT made a number of great catches in right field, which we know is not his favorite position
* Rick had a great hit, and then slightly re-injured himself. At least it was a solid hit, get well soon!
* Jay also had a hit and then a flare up of a nagging injury, rehabbing is a slow process, sometimes, as much as it sucks, you have to go for complete rest
* I now have an 0-9 slump going, with 2 strikeouts, and about 6 ground balls that never made it past the grass of the infield
* Richie was foiled in a foot blocking the bag steal attempt. One of our many rally enders
* I threw a fast ball and had my body buckle under me, that could have been a lot worse
* We kept score officially, or as officially as the MBC is going to get
* Tony had a nice rope early on to get our only run production started
* Dennis also had a few hits and continued to put his recently healed ankle in peril
* Thanks to Nick Smith for keeping everybody in line and demanding that people sat out their fair share (for our team anyway...)
* With a few exceptions, most of the runs for the visitors were earned, just solid singles.
* Mitch had a great battle at the plate that ended with a line drive
* I was K'd looking on a pitch that was low. To end the 9th inning. Real low. Tim should be fined another $5 for that, but as a participant in the event and official of the kangaroo court, I think that would cross into malicious use of process. MBC law dogs please verify that this is the proper use of this legal term. And yeah, I probably should be swinging with 2 strikes, if you want to be a dick about it.
* We were helped by a infield fly rule as well. Sad game when that is a highlight for us
* Aiden looked good chasing the soccer ball around and kicking it into the fence, I would love to play soccer if I could run more than 90 feet at a time
* Noah might have had 2 hits and 2 stolen bases!
* We almost had Noah picked off at third, but I couldn't hold on to the ball, and then fell over. I really thought I still had it. My glove needs re-lacing officially, I have noticed that its a lot floppier with the laces all broken.
I may even make it out next week, but it's a crap shoot. Thanks again Pete for the appearance, lets do it again soon, big guy.
S. Paige
And the icing on the cake was it was a the fabled return of Mr. Peter Van Schaik, who, after a long sojourn in Connecticut, graced us with his presence for the day, and he did everything, field, hit, drop balls, strike out. Unfortunately, this visit was not indicative of things to come, but hey, a path is made by laying a single stone at a time. There's a stoner joke in there somewhere but I can't find it.
For a day that was supposed to rain, we lucked out, and only had a short period of strange light where the clouds looked ominous, then the sun came out again and we were good. We ended up with 14-14, a rather large number, and there were enough representatives to get a old guys versus new guys game together. So we did.
The new guys ran away with it, no other way to put it. We started out strong, Pete scored our first run, and we put up another and we were in the lead 2-1 for at least a while. Johnny started for the homers and Sean was on the hill for the visitors. Well, those two runs must have really scorched Sean's pride, because he settled down into strike out mode and ended up with about 10 K's and a complete game. Ouch. Johnny did his best to hold back the tide, but there were some real strong bats to contend with on the visiting team.
We flailed away, and our defense, while being mature and well rounded, couldn't keep up with the hit parade. By the time I came in to pitch, the visitors were up 4-2, and we kept that for a good long while, but we just couldn't score a run, or really even get a decent rally going. Maybe we were distracted by all the visitors, Dani came out to root for us, as did Pete's kids and wife, and Ed's kids and his wife and a host of others.
We convinced the homers to keep playing, since we could, but it just got worse, and in the last inning, the visitors started to really exploit the weaknesses, and put up at least another 3 runs. I left before we got our final licks, but I am not holding out too much hope for late breaking news of a big comeback.
On a serious note, We got a bit of club business to take care of. Tim is being fined $5 by the kangaroo court for refusing to sit out in a game that was 14-14. He was specifically asked about it and he chose to ignore it, and even continued to play into extra innings. I have been itching to play for the last 3 weeks, and I still sat out for two innings. The team had ample back up catchers. Not acceptable, sorry Tim. You can pay the fine to Bob, who will verify to the court that it's been taken care of. Everyone else, pay attention. The fine and punishments go up exponentially, now that everyone is aware of the rules.
Highlights:
* Pete made a number of great catches in short right field, like he never missed a day
* Duane played a great 1st sack, digging out some balls that would have been hits for us usually.
* Rich, as usual, killed it at SS
* Sean's performance was awesome.
* We got out of a bases loaded jam, to keep the score close, that was satisfying.
* JT made a number of great catches in right field, which we know is not his favorite position
* Rick had a great hit, and then slightly re-injured himself. At least it was a solid hit, get well soon!
* Jay also had a hit and then a flare up of a nagging injury, rehabbing is a slow process, sometimes, as much as it sucks, you have to go for complete rest
* I now have an 0-9 slump going, with 2 strikeouts, and about 6 ground balls that never made it past the grass of the infield
* Richie was foiled in a foot blocking the bag steal attempt. One of our many rally enders
* I threw a fast ball and had my body buckle under me, that could have been a lot worse
* We kept score officially, or as officially as the MBC is going to get
* Tony had a nice rope early on to get our only run production started
* Dennis also had a few hits and continued to put his recently healed ankle in peril
* Thanks to Nick Smith for keeping everybody in line and demanding that people sat out their fair share (for our team anyway...)
* With a few exceptions, most of the runs for the visitors were earned, just solid singles.
* Mitch had a great battle at the plate that ended with a line drive
* I was K'd looking on a pitch that was low. To end the 9th inning. Real low. Tim should be fined another $5 for that, but as a participant in the event and official of the kangaroo court, I think that would cross into malicious use of process. MBC law dogs please verify that this is the proper use of this legal term. And yeah, I probably should be swinging with 2 strikes, if you want to be a dick about it.
* We were helped by a infield fly rule as well. Sad game when that is a highlight for us
* Aiden looked good chasing the soccer ball around and kicking it into the fence, I would love to play soccer if I could run more than 90 feet at a time
* Noah might have had 2 hits and 2 stolen bases!
* We almost had Noah picked off at third, but I couldn't hold on to the ball, and then fell over. I really thought I still had it. My glove needs re-lacing officially, I have noticed that its a lot floppier with the laces all broken.
I may even make it out next week, but it's a crap shoot. Thanks again Pete for the appearance, lets do it again soon, big guy.
S. Paige
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