In a game so big and so tense, it felt like I wasn't even a part of it, Advance Construction edged the Polar Bears 8-6 to plant themselves a half game ahead of us in the standings.
I guess it's because I wasn't part of it, only watched as I awaited our game. Rosie Posey the dog watched too, but kept wondering why no one on the Polar Bears was paying attention to her, and why wasn't I on the field?
That game put so much pressure on the Coneheads, we opened ours with 10 straight hits, which ultimately produced nine runs in the top of the first against the Masterbatters, and then Joe shut down the top of their order on four pitches in the bottom half.
In a note of symmetry, by the time D came in to finish the game off in the last inning, it was 14-2 and he shut down their last ups also on four pitches.
The biggest drama was who was going to go yard on the short porch Field 3. Pope launched a couple, one to right that fell short but got him a triple. Next time up he hit the top of the fence in dead center. A prodigious shot to be sure, but he hit it so hard they held him to a single. Note to Greg and those trying to go yard: That got you as far as my nine-hopper to the 3-4 hole, which Chopper turned into a hit with his pretzelizing his body to avoid a force at second. The Chopper school of base-running, Graduate School version. Sometimes you love it sometimes you hate it.
But I digress. Big D came up his next time and was determined to best Pope (who along with Buddha led us with three hits). Big D popped up to left center. Team players one and all. But even though he wore a sheepish grin when he admitted to the sin when he got back to the dugout, it didn't matter because this game was over in the first inning.
Speaking of goats, Joe got one K, but Randy paid the Masterbatters back when he took a called strike three in the sixth. When did the tradition stop of buying a six-pack or 12 pack for a backward K? Randy had already made up for it (can you do that ahead of time) by contributing shots down the third base line in the first two rallies we had, and by tracking everything in left center in a tough sun.
The play of the game, though was made by the MB right center fielder. D smashed one in the gap and the outfielder went all out into a dive to grab it. You gotta give kudos when it is deserved to the other team. On our side, G made one heck of a catch roaming into short right, and Knight took one in the middle hole and turned it into an out. Other than that Joe and D had the MB's off balance and hitting routine flies and grounders.
Due to Advance's doubleheader we dropped a half a game into second place, but we own the tie breaker over them, so all we have to do is keep winning to take the number one seed into the playoffs. Even though there is no cotton associated with that distinction, there is another Bay Area team that recently made a point of ending the regular season in first place for seeding in the playoffs. You might check the Warriors' web site to see how that went. Onward and upward.
Milestones:
Knight 200 r (#2)
Lefty 300 h (#3)
Chopper 200 h (#8)
Randy 250 ab (#14)
Pope 50 h (#22)
I guess it's because I wasn't part of it, only watched as I awaited our game. Rosie Posey the dog watched too, but kept wondering why no one on the Polar Bears was paying attention to her, and why wasn't I on the field?
That game put so much pressure on the Coneheads, we opened ours with 10 straight hits, which ultimately produced nine runs in the top of the first against the Masterbatters, and then Joe shut down the top of their order on four pitches in the bottom half.
In a note of symmetry, by the time D came in to finish the game off in the last inning, it was 14-2 and he shut down their last ups also on four pitches.
The biggest drama was who was going to go yard on the short porch Field 3. Pope launched a couple, one to right that fell short but got him a triple. Next time up he hit the top of the fence in dead center. A prodigious shot to be sure, but he hit it so hard they held him to a single. Note to Greg and those trying to go yard: That got you as far as my nine-hopper to the 3-4 hole, which Chopper turned into a hit with his pretzelizing his body to avoid a force at second. The Chopper school of base-running, Graduate School version. Sometimes you love it sometimes you hate it.
But I digress. Big D came up his next time and was determined to best Pope (who along with Buddha led us with three hits). Big D popped up to left center. Team players one and all. But even though he wore a sheepish grin when he admitted to the sin when he got back to the dugout, it didn't matter because this game was over in the first inning.
Speaking of goats, Joe got one K, but Randy paid the Masterbatters back when he took a called strike three in the sixth. When did the tradition stop of buying a six-pack or 12 pack for a backward K? Randy had already made up for it (can you do that ahead of time) by contributing shots down the third base line in the first two rallies we had, and by tracking everything in left center in a tough sun.
The play of the game, though was made by the MB right center fielder. D smashed one in the gap and the outfielder went all out into a dive to grab it. You gotta give kudos when it is deserved to the other team. On our side, G made one heck of a catch roaming into short right, and Knight took one in the middle hole and turned it into an out. Other than that Joe and D had the MB's off balance and hitting routine flies and grounders.
Due to Advance's doubleheader we dropped a half a game into second place, but we own the tie breaker over them, so all we have to do is keep winning to take the number one seed into the playoffs. Even though there is no cotton associated with that distinction, there is another Bay Area team that recently made a point of ending the regular season in first place for seeding in the playoffs. You might check the Warriors' web site to see how that went. Onward and upward.
Milestones:
Knight 200 r (#2)
Lefty 300 h (#3)
Chopper 200 h (#8)
Randy 250 ab (#14)
Pope 50 h (#22)
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