On Tuesday we are not used to losing. We had lost just once this year, in the playoffs last season, going into last week's game. It's tough going undefeated, and we learned last season the playoffs are not the place to get your first loss.
So, being really good at rationalization, losing to the Brew Brothers last week was not the worst thing in the world. We had a really bad defensive inning or two, and got down 14-2 going into the bottom of the third. We came roaring back to close the margin to 14-11, and then our last inning rally came up short to fall 17-15.
The silver lining is that we never gave up. And we got Chopper back in the lineup - he only went 4-4 with a clutch two out triple in the second and a two out two run single in the seventh to bring the winning run to the plate. We couldn't finish, but it was a sign of good times ahead. Rene stretched a single into a double on his way to a 2-3 with a walk evening. Dizzy D drove in four, including the last one in the seven run fourth that got us back into the game. We had eight straight hits in that frame, and we never said die.
This will pay off, starting this week against the cellar dwelling BAHSBAT. Our loss tightened up the early race - six of the seven teams are either 2-1 or 2-2. Last season maybe was just too easy, nothing like a tight race to motivate you!
Milestones:
8/6
Cage 10 k (#4)
Dizzy D 10 gw (#8)
Rams 200 ab (#21)
8/13
Timmy 400 r (#2)
Rams 20 bb (#13)
8/27
Heffe 1200 ab (#2)
Pauly 550 ab (#9)
So, being really good at rationalization, losing to the Brew Brothers last week was not the worst thing in the world. We had a really bad defensive inning or two, and got down 14-2 going into the bottom of the third. We came roaring back to close the margin to 14-11, and then our last inning rally came up short to fall 17-15.
The silver lining is that we never gave up. And we got Chopper back in the lineup - he only went 4-4 with a clutch two out triple in the second and a two out two run single in the seventh to bring the winning run to the plate. We couldn't finish, but it was a sign of good times ahead. Rene stretched a single into a double on his way to a 2-3 with a walk evening. Dizzy D drove in four, including the last one in the seven run fourth that got us back into the game. We had eight straight hits in that frame, and we never said die.
This will pay off, starting this week against the cellar dwelling BAHSBAT. Our loss tightened up the early race - six of the seven teams are either 2-1 or 2-2. Last season maybe was just too easy, nothing like a tight race to motivate you!
Milestones:
8/6
Cage 10 k (#4)
Dizzy D 10 gw (#8)
Rams 200 ab (#21)
8/13
Timmy 400 r (#2)
Rams 20 bb (#13)
8/27
Heffe 1200 ab (#2)
Pauly 550 ab (#9)
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