Believe it or not, I once worked for a living. Yes, it's true. I worked in the SCADA industry, which is short for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, where we provided a system that controlled processes and equipment (the C) and acquired data (the DA) for various industrial systems such as water treatment plants or power plants. The system supplied alarms on a screen or in an annunciator when things got too hot, too cold or too whatever. And when things went back to a normal state, you could define an alarm that announced things had "Returned to Normal."
Last week the Coneheads hit the too cold alarm against Big Feet. It lasted until the second inning of our first game of our doubleheader yesterday. We gave up some on defense, and couldn't hit, and we were down 8-0 after two innings.
And then something happened to wake us up in the top of the fourth. We erupted for a Conehead inning, batted around, and before you knew it, we were tied 8-8. The Polar Bears never knew what hit them, and they did not score the rest of the game. When Chopper hit into a bases loaded no out double play the next inning, we scored the only run we would need to finish the B. It was a little tight when we failed to add on in the top of the sixth. There were only a couple of minutes left, and all they needed to do with the hammer was score one to tie and two to win. Rec league softball, right? But Larry shut them down as he had since the second, and we escaped with the 9-8 win.
Return to Normal.
In fact, after the second inning, we only allowed one run in the ten remaining innings of the day. Almost as if we were celebrating the close win, we came out like gangbusters in the nightcap against Corona, and smashed them 19-1.
Thanks to the rain outs after our game last week, they have only played twice, both against us, and are 0-2 losing to us by a combined score of 36-4. They hate us! They even said so in the hand shaking line!
Special thanks to Mike S and Mike N and Larry for showing up, especially for game one. We went from having 9 players as of Friday to 14 for the last game, since Chopper ignored his doctors and played, and both Pope and Gene arrived on their white horses for the night cap.
Mike N leads off the defensive gems, with a sliding catch on the left field line, staring into the sun to preserve the one run lead we had just taken in the first game. D had quick hands and caught a foul going over his head at catcher. He called a great game too. The Knight turned a great double play in the first, except it wasn't - Usually reliable Ump Dave made one of his worst calls ever. Everyone in the vicinity saw the ball in my glove and the glove between it and the ground (except of course the home ump who naturally wasn't paying attention). This ended up costing us two runs, which would have been a bummer if we had lost by one.
In the second game, D pitched and had himself a grand old time snaring balls this way and that from the bump. He started a double play and shut down rallies with his stops. Chauncey made a great over the shoulder catch in foul ground in right.
The scores speaks volumes for the pitchers. D allowed only one score to an underwhelming Coronas team but still, pretty tough to do in softball. Larry had just about the same number of earned runs in the opener, as we gifted the Polar Bears most of their seemingly insurmountable eight run cushion. Four straight scoreless after that is more indicative of his game.
Offensively, Lefty made his first out of the season in the last inning of the nightcap. I do not mean he was offensive. Or maybe he was. All I know is that he has started the season on fire, and sits at 9 for 10 after a 5 for 6 day. Randy was a perfect leadoff hitter in the second game with a 4-4. Chuck had a clutch two run single in the eight run come back against the Bears, and was 5-6 for the day. Big D is now 5-5 for three games but has nearly walked as many times (4) as he has official ABs. The word is out - no one wants to pitch to him. He still managed to go 3-3 against Corona including a rope to the fence in right. Most of the others had three or four hits on the day, including Chauncey with his first Conehead 'Conehead' hits.
But the Heffinator was the only one who made a team record - I struck out for the second straight week! At least I hit the ball foul this time. Jesus, man, get a grip! Or loosen the grip! I now have more K's than Lefty and D have outs, combined.
Ah but my coaching...
The two wins puts us in first place at 3-1. But due to the rain outs and the weird scheduling we have now played four and Advanced Construction, for example, played their first game yesterday. So it's early and the next game against them looms large to set the tone for the season.
Milestones:
Game 1
D 20 2b (#10)
Game 2
Chuck 10 sf (#7)
Last week the Coneheads hit the too cold alarm against Big Feet. It lasted until the second inning of our first game of our doubleheader yesterday. We gave up some on defense, and couldn't hit, and we were down 8-0 after two innings.
And then something happened to wake us up in the top of the fourth. We erupted for a Conehead inning, batted around, and before you knew it, we were tied 8-8. The Polar Bears never knew what hit them, and they did not score the rest of the game. When Chopper hit into a bases loaded no out double play the next inning, we scored the only run we would need to finish the B. It was a little tight when we failed to add on in the top of the sixth. There were only a couple of minutes left, and all they needed to do with the hammer was score one to tie and two to win. Rec league softball, right? But Larry shut them down as he had since the second, and we escaped with the 9-8 win.
Return to Normal.
In fact, after the second inning, we only allowed one run in the ten remaining innings of the day. Almost as if we were celebrating the close win, we came out like gangbusters in the nightcap against Corona, and smashed them 19-1.
Thanks to the rain outs after our game last week, they have only played twice, both against us, and are 0-2 losing to us by a combined score of 36-4. They hate us! They even said so in the hand shaking line!
Special thanks to Mike S and Mike N and Larry for showing up, especially for game one. We went from having 9 players as of Friday to 14 for the last game, since Chopper ignored his doctors and played, and both Pope and Gene arrived on their white horses for the night cap.
Mike N leads off the defensive gems, with a sliding catch on the left field line, staring into the sun to preserve the one run lead we had just taken in the first game. D had quick hands and caught a foul going over his head at catcher. He called a great game too. The Knight turned a great double play in the first, except it wasn't - Usually reliable Ump Dave made one of his worst calls ever. Everyone in the vicinity saw the ball in my glove and the glove between it and the ground (except of course the home ump who naturally wasn't paying attention). This ended up costing us two runs, which would have been a bummer if we had lost by one.
In the second game, D pitched and had himself a grand old time snaring balls this way and that from the bump. He started a double play and shut down rallies with his stops. Chauncey made a great over the shoulder catch in foul ground in right.
The scores speaks volumes for the pitchers. D allowed only one score to an underwhelming Coronas team but still, pretty tough to do in softball. Larry had just about the same number of earned runs in the opener, as we gifted the Polar Bears most of their seemingly insurmountable eight run cushion. Four straight scoreless after that is more indicative of his game.
Offensively, Lefty made his first out of the season in the last inning of the nightcap. I do not mean he was offensive. Or maybe he was. All I know is that he has started the season on fire, and sits at 9 for 10 after a 5 for 6 day. Randy was a perfect leadoff hitter in the second game with a 4-4. Chuck had a clutch two run single in the eight run come back against the Bears, and was 5-6 for the day. Big D is now 5-5 for three games but has nearly walked as many times (4) as he has official ABs. The word is out - no one wants to pitch to him. He still managed to go 3-3 against Corona including a rope to the fence in right. Most of the others had three or four hits on the day, including Chauncey with his first Conehead 'Conehead' hits.
But the Heffinator was the only one who made a team record - I struck out for the second straight week! At least I hit the ball foul this time. Jesus, man, get a grip! Or loosen the grip! I now have more K's than Lefty and D have outs, combined.
Ah but my coaching...
The two wins puts us in first place at 3-1. But due to the rain outs and the weird scheduling we have now played four and Advanced Construction, for example, played their first game yesterday. So it's early and the next game against them looms large to set the tone for the season.
Milestones:
Game 1
D 20 2b (#10)
Game 2
Chuck 10 sf (#7)
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