It was bound to happen sometime.
According to the league web site, at least at the time I write this, Transdyn is now 9-1, only 2 games up in the standings after falling to the Cleveland Steamers, 18-3 last night.
That's right, despite our best intentions and scrambling to get enough players away from the Warriors NBA Finals Game 3 out on the field to defend our undefeated season, we fell to the lowly Steamers in a rash of base hits and doubles.
Only one thing - it's not right, and the story of our demise was incorrect and premature, and the score was reported backwards. They may correct it by the time you read this, but have no fear - we are 10-0 and have clinched Cotton, and at the risk of jinxing it, are still on track for an undefeated season.
In fact after spotting the Steamrollers three runs in the top of the first, we held them without a run the rest of the game and put them away with an eight run sixth inning that may still be going if we hadn't reached the slaughter rule limit of a 15 run lead as time was also running out.
Do you even know what a Cleveland Steamer is? No, it is not a type of clam fished out of the beautiful waters of Lake Erie. No, it is not the name of a roller derby team from the midwestern city in Ohio.
I will not go into graphic detail here - I am trying to retain my PG-13 rating. Let's just say it has to do with a marriage of feces and sex and the fact that pavement steamrollers were invented or at least manufactured in the midwestern city, and leave it at that. Here are a couple of links if you are still interested, and if you are, you have worse problems than I imagined:
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Cleveland_Steamers
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cleveland+Steamer
So the question is, who takes that as a name of their rec league softball team? What statement are you making about yourself and your friends?
These are the questions I lay up at night pondering.
Back to the game, we pretty much creamed the Steamers. Downright steamrolled them. Oh god, did I just write that?
Jason lead the way with four hits, and was one of six of us that had a double in the game. Mine was the closest - even the opposition was rooting for me to make it to second. Derek's was not the closest - he nearly tore a hole in the fence. Poor right center fielder - he took maybe four steps in before he realized he misjudged it, and it sailed over him. D also hit a bomb to the warning track that nearly could have been triple play - Tom and Brian were each nearly a base and a half into their home run trot when the other center fielder tracked down the warning track shot.
Brian, Tom and Rene all had three hits. Tom had a perfectly placed single to score Rene with two outs - they gave him the middle, and he put it just where they would have to chase it down (not deep) and the fleet footed Rene could practically jog home. Rene recovered from his 'slump' - he made three straight outs going back to the last game - and finished with three straight hits.
Perhaps the clutch hit of the night was a two run single I managed with the bases loaded with two outs in the fourth. Maybe I am biased, but you know when your team gets that hit that you know puts you enough ahead that the opponent will not come back? Well, even though this one only changed the score from 6-3 to 8-3, it had that feel of rubbing their noses in it.
The defensive play of the game was Cage getting a force out at second on what appeared to be a clean single up the middle by the Steamer Catcher (don't ask), who appeared to be the shittiest player on the team (oy, help me stop). If the runner is safe, it's two on and no outs and who knows what could happen?
And so we go on one more step in the path to glory in the D Lower league. Contrary to popular belief it was a clean win.
And by the way, while writing this I received notification from the league that they have corrected the website, so you will think I made the whole thing up. Not the stuff about the Steamers, however.
Milestones:
Coop 550 r (#1)
Cage 90 bb (#3)
Jas 300 h (#10)
Jas 40 2b (#11)
According to the league web site, at least at the time I write this, Transdyn is now 9-1, only 2 games up in the standings after falling to the Cleveland Steamers, 18-3 last night.
That's right, despite our best intentions and scrambling to get enough players away from the Warriors NBA Finals Game 3 out on the field to defend our undefeated season, we fell to the lowly Steamers in a rash of base hits and doubles.
Only one thing - it's not right, and the story of our demise was incorrect and premature, and the score was reported backwards. They may correct it by the time you read this, but have no fear - we are 10-0 and have clinched Cotton, and at the risk of jinxing it, are still on track for an undefeated season.
In fact after spotting the Steamrollers three runs in the top of the first, we held them without a run the rest of the game and put them away with an eight run sixth inning that may still be going if we hadn't reached the slaughter rule limit of a 15 run lead as time was also running out.
Do you even know what a Cleveland Steamer is? No, it is not a type of clam fished out of the beautiful waters of Lake Erie. No, it is not the name of a roller derby team from the midwestern city in Ohio.
I will not go into graphic detail here - I am trying to retain my PG-13 rating. Let's just say it has to do with a marriage of feces and sex and the fact that pavement steamrollers were invented or at least manufactured in the midwestern city, and leave it at that. Here are a couple of links if you are still interested, and if you are, you have worse problems than I imagined:
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Cleveland_Steamers
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Cleveland+Steamer
So the question is, who takes that as a name of their rec league softball team? What statement are you making about yourself and your friends?
These are the questions I lay up at night pondering.
Back to the game, we pretty much creamed the Steamers. Downright steamrolled them. Oh god, did I just write that?
Jason lead the way with four hits, and was one of six of us that had a double in the game. Mine was the closest - even the opposition was rooting for me to make it to second. Derek's was not the closest - he nearly tore a hole in the fence. Poor right center fielder - he took maybe four steps in before he realized he misjudged it, and it sailed over him. D also hit a bomb to the warning track that nearly could have been triple play - Tom and Brian were each nearly a base and a half into their home run trot when the other center fielder tracked down the warning track shot.
Brian, Tom and Rene all had three hits. Tom had a perfectly placed single to score Rene with two outs - they gave him the middle, and he put it just where they would have to chase it down (not deep) and the fleet footed Rene could practically jog home. Rene recovered from his 'slump' - he made three straight outs going back to the last game - and finished with three straight hits.
Perhaps the clutch hit of the night was a two run single I managed with the bases loaded with two outs in the fourth. Maybe I am biased, but you know when your team gets that hit that you know puts you enough ahead that the opponent will not come back? Well, even though this one only changed the score from 6-3 to 8-3, it had that feel of rubbing their noses in it.
The defensive play of the game was Cage getting a force out at second on what appeared to be a clean single up the middle by the Steamer Catcher (don't ask), who appeared to be the shittiest player on the team (oy, help me stop). If the runner is safe, it's two on and no outs and who knows what could happen?
And so we go on one more step in the path to glory in the D Lower league. Contrary to popular belief it was a clean win.
And by the way, while writing this I received notification from the league that they have corrected the website, so you will think I made the whole thing up. Not the stuff about the Steamers, however.
Milestones:
Coop 550 r (#1)
Cage 90 bb (#3)
Jas 300 h (#10)
Jas 40 2b (#11)
You are a vile man.
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