I know some of you are old enough to have fought in WWII. Or at least in Korea. Vietnam?
But we all saw the movie the Longest Day, with John Wayne, Henry Fonda, et al. It's about D-Day, of course. Well, today the game between Red and Royal was No D Day. We outslugged them but they just wouldn't go away, although ultimately we outscored them 40-33. Does anyone know the record for runs by both teams in a Creaker game?
Red scored 5 runs in 7 of 9 innings. Royal kept us from gloating about it, as in three of those innings, being down by more than 5, they answered with 7.
Red did get a little lucky - a few Texas Leaguers fell in for us. A few ground balls just squeaked through the infield. Royal missed a couple they would say they should have had. But that all evened out as Royal had a few of each too. We just stayed a little hotter throughout the game, and never trailed in the whole game; the last tie score was 5-5 after the first.
There were so many hitting stars for Red today, I might as well just list the whole lineup. Everyone scored at least one run and all but one drove at least one in. Everyone had at least two hits. But our John Wayne was Steve Alvarez. He simply went yard for a grand slam his first time up as the fourth batter of the game, and hit a two run homer in the third, as the race was on. He had a total of 9 RBIs, and he made a couple of nice catches in left center too. Brian Black wasn't far behind Steve - he had five hits, including 3 doubles and a home run of his own. Poor Brian though - all the runners were gone off the bases when he was up thanks to Steve, so he just had one RBI.
A summary of the rest includes 5 hits from Kravin, Black, Dewlaney, and Sayatovich. Four RBIs from Fragoso, D'Alonzo, Baily, and Sayatovich.
As the visiting team, Red never had less than a 4 run lead going into the bottom half after the fourth inning. Royal never gave in, and kept storming back. I thought the game might be suspended for darkness before we were through. The teams on Field 3 were done at least a half hour before us. Guys were crying for their lunch. The geese were already getting ready to fly south again.
In the bottom of the 9th, we really thought Royal would fold as they should have been flushed. At least three times they were down to their last strike. By the time we finally put them away, we were getting very nervous. They had no quit in them, and you have to respect that. But Bob Muegge finally coaxed a pop up to end the game. Everyone will enjoy their nap this afternoon.
But we all saw the movie the Longest Day, with John Wayne, Henry Fonda, et al. It's about D-Day, of course. Well, today the game between Red and Royal was No D Day. We outslugged them but they just wouldn't go away, although ultimately we outscored them 40-33. Does anyone know the record for runs by both teams in a Creaker game?
Red scored 5 runs in 7 of 9 innings. Royal kept us from gloating about it, as in three of those innings, being down by more than 5, they answered with 7.
Red did get a little lucky - a few Texas Leaguers fell in for us. A few ground balls just squeaked through the infield. Royal missed a couple they would say they should have had. But that all evened out as Royal had a few of each too. We just stayed a little hotter throughout the game, and never trailed in the whole game; the last tie score was 5-5 after the first.
There were so many hitting stars for Red today, I might as well just list the whole lineup. Everyone scored at least one run and all but one drove at least one in. Everyone had at least two hits. But our John Wayne was Steve Alvarez. He simply went yard for a grand slam his first time up as the fourth batter of the game, and hit a two run homer in the third, as the race was on. He had a total of 9 RBIs, and he made a couple of nice catches in left center too. Brian Black wasn't far behind Steve - he had five hits, including 3 doubles and a home run of his own. Poor Brian though - all the runners were gone off the bases when he was up thanks to Steve, so he just had one RBI.
A summary of the rest includes 5 hits from Kravin, Black, Dewlaney, and Sayatovich. Four RBIs from Fragoso, D'Alonzo, Baily, and Sayatovich.
As the visiting team, Red never had less than a 4 run lead going into the bottom half after the fourth inning. Royal never gave in, and kept storming back. I thought the game might be suspended for darkness before we were through. The teams on Field 3 were done at least a half hour before us. Guys were crying for their lunch. The geese were already getting ready to fly south again.
In the bottom of the 9th, we really thought Royal would fold as they should have been flushed. At least three times they were down to their last strike. By the time we finally put them away, we were getting very nervous. They had no quit in them, and you have to respect that. But Bob Muegge finally coaxed a pop up to end the game. Everyone will enjoy their nap this afternoon.
Great post. Texas leaguer, really???
ReplyDeleteFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ReplyDeleteGlossary of baseball (T)
Texas Leaguer
A Texas Leaguer (or Texas League single) is a weakly hit fly ball that drops in for a single between an infielder and an outfielder. These are now more commonly referred to as flares, bloopers or "bloop single." See blooper.
The term is said to have originated when Ollie Pickering, a popular Texas League player, made his major league debut and proceeded to run off a string of seven straight bloop hits, leading fans and writers to say, "Well, there goes Pickering with another one of those "Texas Leaguers".
b.t.w. f.y.i. in softball, they are thinking of changing it to a 'Heffe hit'.
ReplyDeleteBloop. Blooper. Bloop single. No one calls 'em Texas Leaguers anymore.
ReplyDeleteHeffe hit is less of an anachronism than Texas Leaguer.
ReplyDeleteWhat a game. I remember the nap after the game because I had a major cramp in my hamstring that woke me up. Mr.Wolf
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