The Title, it stands for "OK, You Can Hit It Farther Than Me." - Quote from Cage, when RB hit his second shot over the fence, opposite field in left center, for a single. His first, a towering blast to right, nearly landed in Dublin five miles north of the field.
It was a single because he and Cage had already gone yard. the latter continues to be our hottest hitter of the fall, and in fact, his HR, leading off our eleven run sixth that salted the game, set a record for home runs in the shorter fall seasons (5). Two more to tie the all time record for any season, no pressure.
I have to cede the floor to our hero, Cage at this point. We played the Big Kahunas, who used to have our number, and routed them in the end 24-8. We now have taken the lead in our all time series with them 5-4. They are hard to hate now - they lost two of their a-holes, and their leadoff hitter/second baseman-turned-catcher apparently stopped drinking, rumor has it, and has mellowed a lot. Interestingly, they are not nearly as good a team since they lost their over the top edge.
But Nick is always good for something chippy (as are many of us) with the other team. I will quote him:
Some stats: Cage, RB, and Hama went 12-12, double, two HRs (plus the single over the fence), 14 RBIs (seven from RB), 10 runs, and two walks. The rest of us weren't too shabby, either (Jason 3-3 with two sacs, Sir Guy stayed hot at 3-4, Mario 2-2 with 2 walks, and Timmy 3-5 and scored four runs, an off game).
ESPN moment a throwout from center to Jason, and then a strike to Monty at home to gun down a suddenly Little Kahuna.
If we lose ALL our games the rest of the year, this will tie 2005 for our best record ever as a team. That ain't happening.
Which means last night we tied the record for wins in a year, and we have half the losses we did that year, and that was a pretty damn good year, the year of Ryan Baxter. We also set a team record for wins in a season in Spring that year (10-2), and this season we can tie that with two more wins.
We have eliminated everyone but the Show Boaters in the race for first place. They trail by two with three left; obviously we can send them packing next week too as we play them heads up. Even if we lose, they would have to beat us by +17 to gain any tiebreaker advantage, so all we would have to do is won one more of the last two.
In other words, this is fun, and I'd say we are in a pretty good position wouldn't you? Are they giving out cotton for both the season and the playoffs this year?
Let's win one, and take our chances.
Milestones:
Heffe 50 r (#4)
Sir Guy 750 ab (#6)
Jason 200 h (#12)
Rams 50 g (#23)
RB 50 rbi (#29)
It was a single because he and Cage had already gone yard. the latter continues to be our hottest hitter of the fall, and in fact, his HR, leading off our eleven run sixth that salted the game, set a record for home runs in the shorter fall seasons (5). Two more to tie the all time record for any season, no pressure.
I have to cede the floor to our hero, Cage at this point. We played the Big Kahunas, who used to have our number, and routed them in the end 24-8. We now have taken the lead in our all time series with them 5-4. They are hard to hate now - they lost two of their a-holes, and their leadoff hitter/second baseman-turned-catcher apparently stopped drinking, rumor has it, and has mellowed a lot. Interestingly, they are not nearly as good a team since they lost their over the top edge.
But Nick is always good for something chippy (as are many of us) with the other team. I will quote him:
"My favorite part of the game:
In the 1st inning I walked off the field very slowly as my ankle was
killing me and didn't want to turn it on a jog in the grass, I broke a light
jog as I hit the dirt passing the RF heading out to his position, when he says:
"long run huh?" I took that as an asshole comment, but said
nothing....until about the 6th inning when I was walking out to the field and
he was walking in from his position, clearly defeated...I think the score was
well out of hand at this point. I said: "long run huh."
He said nothing."
Some stats: Cage, RB, and Hama went 12-12, double, two HRs (plus the single over the fence), 14 RBIs (seven from RB), 10 runs, and two walks. The rest of us weren't too shabby, either (Jason 3-3 with two sacs, Sir Guy stayed hot at 3-4, Mario 2-2 with 2 walks, and Timmy 3-5 and scored four runs, an off game).
ESPN moment a throwout from center to Jason, and then a strike to Monty at home to gun down a suddenly Little Kahuna.
If we lose ALL our games the rest of the year, this will tie 2005 for our best record ever as a team. That ain't happening.
Which means last night we tied the record for wins in a year, and we have half the losses we did that year, and that was a pretty damn good year, the year of Ryan Baxter. We also set a team record for wins in a season in Spring that year (10-2), and this season we can tie that with two more wins.
We have eliminated everyone but the Show Boaters in the race for first place. They trail by two with three left; obviously we can send them packing next week too as we play them heads up. Even if we lose, they would have to beat us by +17 to gain any tiebreaker advantage, so all we would have to do is won one more of the last two.
In other words, this is fun, and I'd say we are in a pretty good position wouldn't you? Are they giving out cotton for both the season and the playoffs this year?
Let's win one, and take our chances.
Milestones:
Heffe 50 r (#4)
Sir Guy 750 ab (#6)
Jason 200 h (#12)
Rams 50 g (#23)
RB 50 rbi (#29)
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