This is Lefty with his playoff Game Face on:
This is Lefty catching a fly ball:
Smooth as silk
This is Lefty hitting, in his mind's eye:
This is Lefty with two strikes Monday night:
This is where Lefty ended up with three strikes, and YER OUT:
You might think that this post is all about Lefty, and his uncomfortable looking strike three swing...but as usual Craig is all about providing comic relief.
It's really about Randy and the game he had. On a night when our hitting was somewhat out of sorts, he went 3-3 with the defining blow to put us ahead 10-6 in the bottom of the second. It was a three run homer to deep left center, scoring Larry and Chuck after we had taken the lead on a perfectly placed line drive double right on the right field line by Larry.
After Randy's long ball, Larry held the Snorts to two runs over the next three innings, and it was all but over. He had one inning where he got the 2-3-4 hitters to fly into three straight can of popcorn outs. I think he needed but four pitches that inning. His clutch pitching against those guys caused their best hitter (batting 5th) to bat three times leading off innings with the bases empty. Of note is he barely beat Bruce in LC early on, and Pope ran one down nearly to field five on his last AB.
The other big blow was Bruce's gap shot triple in the first that gave us our first lead, and set the tone of winning every inning (we won or tied every one except the third).
Randy also turned two outstanding plays - a tough hot shot that he made look routine for a 5-3 putout in the top of the fourth, and catching a pop up against the fence in the fifth. Most guys at our level shy away from the fence on that play. To complete his night he even drew a bases loaded walk for an RBI in the sixth as we put up three insurance runs to get to the final score of 15-8.
Chuck stayed very hot - matching Randy's 3-3+BB and scoring three runs. Best Acting Oscar in a supporting role goes to D for somehow selling the back end of a double play in the third to end that frame. How he did that from two feet off the base, I'll never know, but whatever works! Must have been the lights shining off his pate. Temporary umpire blindness. Pretty bright out there.
We are back in action against Dub MD Monday, and it can't come soon enough. Cream and Clear bowed out early in week one. The Way is Cleared. But Dub MD will be gunning for us - don't forget it was they who two years ago beat us in the first round and forced us to beat them twice to snatch the title from the losers' bracket.
Milestone:
Lefty 250 h (#18)
This is Lefty catching a fly ball:
Smooth as silk
This is Lefty hitting, in his mind's eye:
This is Lefty with two strikes Monday night:
This is where Lefty ended up with three strikes, and YER OUT:
You might think that this post is all about Lefty, and his uncomfortable looking strike three swing...but as usual Craig is all about providing comic relief.
It's really about Randy and the game he had. On a night when our hitting was somewhat out of sorts, he went 3-3 with the defining blow to put us ahead 10-6 in the bottom of the second. It was a three run homer to deep left center, scoring Larry and Chuck after we had taken the lead on a perfectly placed line drive double right on the right field line by Larry.
After Randy's long ball, Larry held the Snorts to two runs over the next three innings, and it was all but over. He had one inning where he got the 2-3-4 hitters to fly into three straight can of popcorn outs. I think he needed but four pitches that inning. His clutch pitching against those guys caused their best hitter (batting 5th) to bat three times leading off innings with the bases empty. Of note is he barely beat Bruce in LC early on, and Pope ran one down nearly to field five on his last AB.
The other big blow was Bruce's gap shot triple in the first that gave us our first lead, and set the tone of winning every inning (we won or tied every one except the third).
Randy also turned two outstanding plays - a tough hot shot that he made look routine for a 5-3 putout in the top of the fourth, and catching a pop up against the fence in the fifth. Most guys at our level shy away from the fence on that play. To complete his night he even drew a bases loaded walk for an RBI in the sixth as we put up three insurance runs to get to the final score of 15-8.
Chuck stayed very hot - matching Randy's 3-3+BB and scoring three runs. Best Acting Oscar in a supporting role goes to D for somehow selling the back end of a double play in the third to end that frame. How he did that from two feet off the base, I'll never know, but whatever works! Must have been the lights shining off his pate. Temporary umpire blindness. Pretty bright out there.
We are back in action against Dub MD Monday, and it can't come soon enough. Cream and Clear bowed out early in week one. The Way is Cleared. But Dub MD will be gunning for us - don't forget it was they who two years ago beat us in the first round and forced us to beat them twice to snatch the title from the losers' bracket.
Milestone:
Lefty 250 h (#18)
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