And A Charity Time Was Had By All

That madcap group of Mud(Hen) (Rip)City (Cone)Head (Free)Agents once again had the most fun of all at the 15th or so SWC Charity Tournament and Cornhole exhibition in Daly City's Westlake Park on Saturday. The fact that we lost twice to the hated 12 Angry Men and we didn't get our coffee mugs (or whatever they gave out this year to the winners) was incidental (What? No Cotton?). We played to the last game, and Cornholed longer and ate and drank better once again. We won a couple and rebounded nicely from the previous year's three and out debacle to make the championship game this year.

I put it up to a vote, comedic highlight of the day:

1.  Ian grabbing a fly in right in the first game, and snowconing the ball with a grin that could be seen in both dugouts.
2. Andrew with a mighty Casey swing, and the resultant cue shot up the third base line. They didn't have a chance to get him out.
3. Ho stumbling, fumbling, tumbling, flipping (!) and flopping and somersaulting and still getting a putout on a grounder to the mound.
4. And for good measure, Hector telling the a-hole who kept trying to take out our pitchers' feet and knees with dead aim liners and hot grounders up the middle that 'you hurt me', AND GETTING AN APOLOGY (OK it was just a bit sarcastic, but still).

Other Highlights:

Marv burning the left fielder in game 1, fourth inning.
Reggie breaking out of his 'charity' funk in the same inning with a towering fly over the left center's head for a double
Ol' G with a gapper straight up the middle for a two run triple that made the score 7-4 in the first game that essentially ended it. Later, in the penultimate game, one of the rare highlights with another gapper up the middle for an RBI double. He also added that near death catch-flashback-collision with Andrew on the pop up behind second.
Heffe getting an extra base hit off the dread 12 Angry Pissheads, and not going ballistic after a called third strike over his head that fell several inches behind the strike zone.
Kevin hitting line shots and tracking down fly balls all day, but then nearly hitting into a triple play against the Pissheads. Only the Pissheads pull their first baseman for dropping that throw, even in jest.
Ian slashing line drive after line drive all day long.
Jason turning a couple of double plays, including being part of all three outs one inning after one 6U3 DP, and Netz with a great turn at 2B on the other.
Andrew being Andrew with 10 hits, and hitting the shot of the day - a blast to the parking lot in deepest right center field on the north field. And keeping the Dread Angries from running on his cannon.
Ho finding his groove by the second game he pitched. It bodes well for Rip City in the fall, although I still think they should take up a collection to get Hector a helicopter ride home or maybe a limo after the games so he is in good enough shape to teach his Thursday morning classes.

Stanley with a big fly to right, and a great play at 1B to get the lead runner in the first game that set the tone.
Larry hitting with authority all over the place but taking the bad luck hitting it at em all day award.
And Dub for organizing it, juggling 14 players without pissing anyone off (although no one really took anything too seriously today), and being our grill man extraordinaire. Some day we may let him win a cornhole match too. Er NOT.

See you all sometime on the field in the fall, or if not then winter ball or at Steak night or perhaps even another Poker night once again. Of course if you ever want to challenge me and Jason in Cornhole, we are available.