It could have been a metaphor for the whole game.
Taking a throw from the outfield, our dear Chopman caught the ball, then dropped like a ton of bricks. If we had won the game it would have led off the highlights. Gone on YouTube.
As it was, it was just the metaphor. St. Mo's came out blasting, and they decked us with a bunch of long balls, and an eight run first. We took the punch, but did come back with a four run answer in the bottom half. The highlight was a two run triple in the gap, by Chopper, of course.
After shutting down St. Mo's in the second, we took another shot to the chin in a seven run third. But in the bottom of the fourth we finally had the Conehead inning we have been waiting for all year in Walnut Creek - 10 runs. It brought us back to within one run and suddenly everything was possible. We had 11 hits in a row at one point, punctuated by Lefty's soaring two run triple in the gap and Joe's smash double down the left field line. Every single one of us had a hit in the inning, Haze and I two. Now that was Conehead ball!
But alas that was all we had, and when St. Mo's poured on ten unanswered runs in the last two frames, we came up on the short end of a 26-15 score.
The star was Chuck going 4-4 as he re-took his rightful place at the top of the lineup. Chopper led us with three RBIs.
So it goes in the opener of a very short season. This could loom large later on.
Milestones:
Larry 500 tbi (#4)
Pope 550 r (#5)
Pope 1050 ab (#6)
Pope 700 h (#6)
Taking a throw from the outfield, our dear Chopman caught the ball, then dropped like a ton of bricks. If we had won the game it would have led off the highlights. Gone on YouTube.
As it was, it was just the metaphor. St. Mo's came out blasting, and they decked us with a bunch of long balls, and an eight run first. We took the punch, but did come back with a four run answer in the bottom half. The highlight was a two run triple in the gap, by Chopper, of course.
After shutting down St. Mo's in the second, we took another shot to the chin in a seven run third. But in the bottom of the fourth we finally had the Conehead inning we have been waiting for all year in Walnut Creek - 10 runs. It brought us back to within one run and suddenly everything was possible. We had 11 hits in a row at one point, punctuated by Lefty's soaring two run triple in the gap and Joe's smash double down the left field line. Every single one of us had a hit in the inning, Haze and I two. Now that was Conehead ball!
But alas that was all we had, and when St. Mo's poured on ten unanswered runs in the last two frames, we came up on the short end of a 26-15 score.
The star was Chuck going 4-4 as he re-took his rightful place at the top of the lineup. Chopper led us with three RBIs.
So it goes in the opener of a very short season. This could loom large later on.
Milestones:
Larry 500 tbi (#4)
Pope 550 r (#5)
Pope 1050 ab (#6)
Pope 700 h (#6)
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