C'mon guys, give me something. It's just been too easy. No controversy, no adversity. Where is Jason jawing at the other pitcher when we need him?
"In just another day at the office, Transdyn pummeled the Ringers 22-7."
"In just another Tuesday in paradise, Transdyn walked to a 22-7 win over the so-called Ringers."
"The Ringers proved to be just another obstacle in the path to a rare and hoped for accomplishment - the perfect season. Transdyn took advantage of 12 walks (!), waited for the opposing pitcher to groove it in his desperate attempts to throw a strike, clubbed the ball when he did, and routed the Ringers 22-7."
I probably shouldn't push it too far. The softball gods could get angry. We are just playing at a really high level right now. OK it's only D ball, but no one can touch us week to week. It's not over, and we have a lot left to achieve this season, but a 9-0 start is pretty fun.
Everyone, I mean everyone, showed patience. No one had more than three hits, because as usual we ended the game early, and all but two of us took a walk during the game. Four times with the bases loaded for an RBI. Some may make fun of taking a walk in softball, but it shows a level of unselfishness that leads to great team play.
Thanks to some pretty questionable baserunning (yes we do have something to work on), it actually was a game at 9-6 through three and then four innings. But we accomplished something rare indeed. In the top of the fifth, all twelve of us came up, got on base and scored - before there was an out. Talk about hitting being contagious. Cage started it with one of the hardest hits of the night, over the left fielder's head to the fence for a double. Donnie followed with his own two-bagger, and it was on. Not to be outdone by sonny boy, Sir Guy smashed his own double later in the inning for two runs. In total, there were ten hits and five walks and suddenly it was a rout at 22-6. One run allowed in the bottom of the fifth, and the slaughter was over.
Bill had his usual night of making the youngsters reach for balls dying on the corners, and on the front edge. Pauly had a day at third, throwing out a bunch of runners, as did Hama at SS. Our rookie of the year, Rene had the only perfect 3-3 game (with one of the bases loaded walks thrown in) and made a tremendous catch in left field. Timmy showed him how it's done with an even better one...and the amazing part was after he leapt up, caught the ball, and was falling down, he transferred the ball to his right hand to show he caught it to one and all. Greatest show on earth at that moment.
One more win, we clinch a tie for the regular season. Let's get that first. This is the third season in a row with at least nine wins after a grand total of two in the first 24 seasons in Pleasanton. But we won't be satisfied this season until we are the last team standing. Yes a good win, but we need to win one at a time for several more weeks yet.
Milestones:
Coop 1250 ab (#1)
Mario 450 ab (#10)
"In just another day at the office, Transdyn pummeled the Ringers 22-7."
"In just another Tuesday in paradise, Transdyn walked to a 22-7 win over the so-called Ringers."
"The Ringers proved to be just another obstacle in the path to a rare and hoped for accomplishment - the perfect season. Transdyn took advantage of 12 walks (!), waited for the opposing pitcher to groove it in his desperate attempts to throw a strike, clubbed the ball when he did, and routed the Ringers 22-7."
I probably shouldn't push it too far. The softball gods could get angry. We are just playing at a really high level right now. OK it's only D ball, but no one can touch us week to week. It's not over, and we have a lot left to achieve this season, but a 9-0 start is pretty fun.
Everyone, I mean everyone, showed patience. No one had more than three hits, because as usual we ended the game early, and all but two of us took a walk during the game. Four times with the bases loaded for an RBI. Some may make fun of taking a walk in softball, but it shows a level of unselfishness that leads to great team play.
Thanks to some pretty questionable baserunning (yes we do have something to work on), it actually was a game at 9-6 through three and then four innings. But we accomplished something rare indeed. In the top of the fifth, all twelve of us came up, got on base and scored - before there was an out. Talk about hitting being contagious. Cage started it with one of the hardest hits of the night, over the left fielder's head to the fence for a double. Donnie followed with his own two-bagger, and it was on. Not to be outdone by sonny boy, Sir Guy smashed his own double later in the inning for two runs. In total, there were ten hits and five walks and suddenly it was a rout at 22-6. One run allowed in the bottom of the fifth, and the slaughter was over.
Bill had his usual night of making the youngsters reach for balls dying on the corners, and on the front edge. Pauly had a day at third, throwing out a bunch of runners, as did Hama at SS. Our rookie of the year, Rene had the only perfect 3-3 game (with one of the bases loaded walks thrown in) and made a tremendous catch in left field. Timmy showed him how it's done with an even better one...and the amazing part was after he leapt up, caught the ball, and was falling down, he transferred the ball to his right hand to show he caught it to one and all. Greatest show on earth at that moment.
One more win, we clinch a tie for the regular season. Let's get that first. This is the third season in a row with at least nine wins after a grand total of two in the first 24 seasons in Pleasanton. But we won't be satisfied this season until we are the last team standing. Yes a good win, but we need to win one at a time for several more weeks yet.
Milestones:
Coop 1250 ab (#1)
Mario 450 ab (#10)
Mario 150 r (#10)
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