No it's not because when the score was 16-14 Red he claimed we only had
allowed one earned run (he's the Red pitcher for those that don't know).
Not because he walked the lead off hitter in the bottom of the ninth when we were clinging onto a 17-14 lead, with Gary Tryhorn lurking in the spot to win the game for Blue, and still thought it was no problem.
Not because he got another clutch hit in the eighth and pitched a whale of a game, holding Blue to just a few earned runs.
But because he brought us home-smoked salmon and we had an excellent post victory lunch complete with cheese and crackers and mimosas (yes that technically is whine with our cheese). And some even had a Bud or two.
This game was a nail biter. In the end everyone agreed it was a fun one to play. That's because the biggest lead was seven runs, and Blue came back when we thought they would fold when it got to be 16-9, and our open inning 'insurance' was all of one run to put us up three going into the penultimate inning, and then Muegge walked the leadoff batter to start off the bottom of the ninth. The lead changed hands four times before we moved ahead for good in the sixth. In the end Blue had the tying run on first and winning run at the plate and Tryhorn on deck. Great drama when Brian Black squeezed the line drive to left center for the last out.
For Red is was a game of clutch hits. Of course our superhero Herb Moessing leads off that list. All he did was give us our first lead in the second inning with a clutch two out hit (following same by George Sayatovich to tie it), and then the same thing in the sixth to give us the lead for good. That's right - twice drove in the fourth and fifth runs in an inning with two outs.
Other clutch hits included a double by Mel Burman that should have been a triple but ol' Herb umpiring missed the third baseman coming off the bag for the throw as Mel tried to take third. Or maybe Herb didn't want to share the limelight. It still scored two.
Bob Eddy also had a big two run double in the seventh, and later that inning Howard Davis plated our fifth with a clutch two out smash. Overall the hitting was evenly distributed - everyone had two or three hits.
Add to that a few key plays on defense and that is what made the difference in this close game. The biggest, and the ones that really changed the game were twice Mike 'Pigpen' Fragoso went diving and crawling deep in the 5-6 hole to snare grounders destined for left field, and managed to get a force at second. They both kept rallies from getting out of hand. And your humble author (OK maybe not so much) did his finest Willie Mays impression on a deep fly in right center one inning, and scooped an errant throw in the dirt at first base in another. I also got a key out in the ninth on a popup off first base - one of those that were so routine when you were 30, and now take everything you've got just to move 30 feet to get.
And a smokin' good time was had by all over the post game fish.
Not because he walked the lead off hitter in the bottom of the ninth when we were clinging onto a 17-14 lead, with Gary Tryhorn lurking in the spot to win the game for Blue, and still thought it was no problem.
Not because he got another clutch hit in the eighth and pitched a whale of a game, holding Blue to just a few earned runs.
But because he brought us home-smoked salmon and we had an excellent post victory lunch complete with cheese and crackers and mimosas (yes that technically is whine with our cheese). And some even had a Bud or two.
This game was a nail biter. In the end everyone agreed it was a fun one to play. That's because the biggest lead was seven runs, and Blue came back when we thought they would fold when it got to be 16-9, and our open inning 'insurance' was all of one run to put us up three going into the penultimate inning, and then Muegge walked the leadoff batter to start off the bottom of the ninth. The lead changed hands four times before we moved ahead for good in the sixth. In the end Blue had the tying run on first and winning run at the plate and Tryhorn on deck. Great drama when Brian Black squeezed the line drive to left center for the last out.
For Red is was a game of clutch hits. Of course our superhero Herb Moessing leads off that list. All he did was give us our first lead in the second inning with a clutch two out hit (following same by George Sayatovich to tie it), and then the same thing in the sixth to give us the lead for good. That's right - twice drove in the fourth and fifth runs in an inning with two outs.
Other clutch hits included a double by Mel Burman that should have been a triple but ol' Herb umpiring missed the third baseman coming off the bag for the throw as Mel tried to take third. Or maybe Herb didn't want to share the limelight. It still scored two.
Bob Eddy also had a big two run double in the seventh, and later that inning Howard Davis plated our fifth with a clutch two out smash. Overall the hitting was evenly distributed - everyone had two or three hits.
Add to that a few key plays on defense and that is what made the difference in this close game. The biggest, and the ones that really changed the game were twice Mike 'Pigpen' Fragoso went diving and crawling deep in the 5-6 hole to snare grounders destined for left field, and managed to get a force at second. They both kept rallies from getting out of hand. And your humble author (OK maybe not so much) did his finest Willie Mays impression on a deep fly in right center one inning, and scooped an errant throw in the dirt at first base in another. I also got a key out in the ninth on a popup off first base - one of those that were so routine when you were 30, and now take everything you've got just to move 30 feet to get.
And a smokin' good time was had by all over the post game fish.
First of all, you?, ohfer? when's the last time that happened, and I ask because I'm sure you know. No words to describe the inning or so I saw of that contest(?)!
ReplyDeleteAs for the Commies, good thing you got a good place kicker (Muegge?) to edge the Blue on the late regulation 3-pointer. Big, for you, versus Gold next week, a standing-changer perhaps!