I woke up today at 7, forgetting it was Saturday, a little panicked to be late to work. Then I remembered it was Saturday. Whew...back to sleep.
And then I had the dream. In it, JFT/Coneheads' own Chuckster came over as I was just waking up. He had made and brought a really STRONG triple espresso...and he threw it in my face!
Well I thought, what was that all about...and it came to me. You all miss the blog so much, that this was my 'wake up' call to get back to the post. And leading the way as he does in the lineup, Chuck. Because it has been another week and a game ago, and Chuck still had received no love for getting the walk off hit to beat Pinky's and make this a season. In our great comeback two weeks ago, when we scored eight in the bottom of the sixth with time running out and two outs, Joe walked to load the bases for Chuck. He slashed a single, two runs scored, walk off! And then - everyone mobbed Joe! Chuck moaned and whined, there is no love for our hero. Well Chuck, here it is in black and white! High Five!
Not to mention he went 4 for 5 and started a double play, and started that sixth inning rally with a single.
It was a weird game due to the game being timed to go against one of the big tournament weekends, this one in Vegas. That meant half of Pinky's team was gone against us losing Derek and Reg (who?). But Pinky's just went to the well of players and fielded a team that may have actually been better than the regulars. We played like we usually do against Pinky's...which is to say let's get this over so we can get to our beer and talk about how they have our number. We have had many games against them that were competitive close losses and some blowouts. In this one, they just didn't seem that keen on pulling away, despite how badly we were playing.
We did scratch out 10 runs by the fateful sixth, so it wasn't out of reach. Knight's season debut was a big factor, as he went 4-4 with a triple and four RBIs. As were cameo appearances by Nomar Dacey, who had his usual 4-4 with a double, and Larry, who held Pinky's in check in the middle innings after a rough seven run third. But it was the five hits to start the sixth and the three sandwiching Joe's walk that produced the Conehead inning to end it. Joe had the walk on, but Chuck had the walkoff.
And speaking of Wake Up Calls, we repeated the pattern last week against previously winless Oak Park Construction. We napped through five innings once again, giving Oak Park hope as we were tied 6-6 after five. And that was with our stellar infield turning three double plays to keep Oak Park from running away.
When OPC turned over four runs in the top of the sixth with time awasting, it looked kinda bad for the good guys. Then we had a true Conehead inning, and scored 11 before time ran out. Yours truly started it with a single, but everyone was in on the action as we batted around plus half the lineup, all told 17 hitters. The game winner scored on a force out by D, but we weren't done. Knight and G loaded the bases with hits, and when I hit a ten hopper past the first baseman, two runs scored to double the lead, and they were done. The game ended on an error, a hit and then the pitcher completely lost it, walking the last three batters to force in runs. Final score 17-10.
The real game MVP was Randy. He went 4-4 with a homer, a double, and four runs scored, and an assortment of plays at the hot corner. If he just had some speed, he might have been able to get a triple to complete the cycle.
Honorable mentions go to Haz and Joe. Both went 3-3 with a walk, and have started the season hot. And of course Nomah, who really can't stay away. He's 'retired', which means he has almost played as many games as the regulars.
Pleasant dreams, next game is less than 24 hours away. Hope no one hits you in the face with hot coffee.
Milestones:
4/6
Lefty 350 ab (#4)
Haz 300 ab (#6)
D 100 ab (#18)
4/13
Chuck 250 h (#1)
Chopper 100 rbi (#5)
Joe 300 ab (#7)
Ol' G 10 2b (#13)
4/27
Gene 20 bb (#9)
Gene 250 ab (#11)
Chopper 50 r (#14)
Randy 100 ab (#19)
5/4
Randy 1st hr
And then I had the dream. In it, JFT/Coneheads' own Chuckster came over as I was just waking up. He had made and brought a really STRONG triple espresso...and he threw it in my face!
Well I thought, what was that all about...and it came to me. You all miss the blog so much, that this was my 'wake up' call to get back to the post. And leading the way as he does in the lineup, Chuck. Because it has been another week and a game ago, and Chuck still had received no love for getting the walk off hit to beat Pinky's and make this a season. In our great comeback two weeks ago, when we scored eight in the bottom of the sixth with time running out and two outs, Joe walked to load the bases for Chuck. He slashed a single, two runs scored, walk off! And then - everyone mobbed Joe! Chuck moaned and whined, there is no love for our hero. Well Chuck, here it is in black and white! High Five!
Not to mention he went 4 for 5 and started a double play, and started that sixth inning rally with a single.
It was a weird game due to the game being timed to go against one of the big tournament weekends, this one in Vegas. That meant half of Pinky's team was gone against us losing Derek and Reg (who?). But Pinky's just went to the well of players and fielded a team that may have actually been better than the regulars. We played like we usually do against Pinky's...which is to say let's get this over so we can get to our beer and talk about how they have our number. We have had many games against them that were competitive close losses and some blowouts. In this one, they just didn't seem that keen on pulling away, despite how badly we were playing.
We did scratch out 10 runs by the fateful sixth, so it wasn't out of reach. Knight's season debut was a big factor, as he went 4-4 with a triple and four RBIs. As were cameo appearances by Nomar Dacey, who had his usual 4-4 with a double, and Larry, who held Pinky's in check in the middle innings after a rough seven run third. But it was the five hits to start the sixth and the three sandwiching Joe's walk that produced the Conehead inning to end it. Joe had the walk on, but Chuck had the walkoff.
And speaking of Wake Up Calls, we repeated the pattern last week against previously winless Oak Park Construction. We napped through five innings once again, giving Oak Park hope as we were tied 6-6 after five. And that was with our stellar infield turning three double plays to keep Oak Park from running away.
When OPC turned over four runs in the top of the sixth with time awasting, it looked kinda bad for the good guys. Then we had a true Conehead inning, and scored 11 before time ran out. Yours truly started it with a single, but everyone was in on the action as we batted around plus half the lineup, all told 17 hitters. The game winner scored on a force out by D, but we weren't done. Knight and G loaded the bases with hits, and when I hit a ten hopper past the first baseman, two runs scored to double the lead, and they were done. The game ended on an error, a hit and then the pitcher completely lost it, walking the last three batters to force in runs. Final score 17-10.
The real game MVP was Randy. He went 4-4 with a homer, a double, and four runs scored, and an assortment of plays at the hot corner. If he just had some speed, he might have been able to get a triple to complete the cycle.
Honorable mentions go to Haz and Joe. Both went 3-3 with a walk, and have started the season hot. And of course Nomah, who really can't stay away. He's 'retired', which means he has almost played as many games as the regulars.
Pleasant dreams, next game is less than 24 hours away. Hope no one hits you in the face with hot coffee.
Milestones:
4/6
Lefty 350 ab (#4)
Haz 300 ab (#6)
D 100 ab (#18)
4/13
Chuck 250 h (#1)
Chopper 100 rbi (#5)
Joe 300 ab (#7)
Ol' G 10 2b (#13)
4/27
Gene 20 bb (#9)
Gene 250 ab (#11)
Chopper 50 r (#14)
Randy 100 ab (#19)
5/4
Randy 1st hr
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