The doubt creeps up like a bug crawling up your spine. We're too old, we can't hit any more, the young guys are catching everything we hit, and running wild on the bases like they have 25 year old legs. Because they do, and we don't.
And I am not even going to address the apparently rampant use of shaved bats. Why are we the ones that are so damn moral?
A week and an inning after watching 10+ balls go over the fence against us, we stood down 4-2 with two out and a runner on first in the bottom of the second. And then...
Ten straight hits sandwiched around a walk in the middle, and we had our first ten run inning in quite a while. The big hit was a blast by Big D to pretty much straight away center with the bases loaded. Well over the fence I might add. It put us ahead to stay, and appropriately qualifies as the Game Winning RBI(s).
We coasted until the last inning, but good for us we added on with five in the bottom of the fourth on RBI hits from J, B, Cage, Hama and Bo. This was after Bat Pitches Only got back in the game with a four run top of the fourth to close to 13-8. And we won the inning. It proved significant when they plated eight in the last inning to make it a two run game. In the end all this did was use up all their time, and when Cage ran the count up and then got a bloop hit to lead off the bottom of the sixth, time had run out. Final score 18-16.
Defensive highlights started with a great running catch in left in the first by our Youth Movement, Bo. Following that, Jay ranged far into shallow right center to snag a dying quail. In the second, we turned a classic 6-4-3 DP, B to Jay to D. Pretty slick.
But the play of the game was in the fifth. Rene fielded a single to right, and the runner on second raced around third toward the plate. Rene quickly diagnosed that he had no chance to get him at home; and that the hitter was the very speedy shortstop (who had robbed me on a blooper destined to hit green in shallow center). If he thought the throw was going home, he would break to take second. So instead of throwing home, or hitting the traditional cutoff, the second baseman, or even me at first as the other cutoff for throws going home, Rene threw to Tom at the mound. The runner assumed it was a wild throw and never stopped as he rounded first. Tom was a little surprised but had the presence of mind to field it and throw to second to nail the runner on a slick tag but Brian (or was it Jay?). Inning, rally over.
The middle of the lineup led the way as Cage, Hama and Bo all had four hits and of course D had the grand slam. But hitting was spread all over the lineup and Jay and Brian at the top combined for 6 times on base, and likewise Tom, Mario, and Monty all had three hits at the bottom of the lineup. In between them, Rene made the most of his one hit, as he got our only other extra base hit a triple that soared over the center fielders head.
Just one game, but it's a start and the post game beer was sweeter, and we even celebrated (a few of us) with Beebimbap. Old School Transdyn.
Next week, arch-rival SOP. Time to start a winning streak.
Milestones:
3/27
Jay 20 sf (#8)
4/3
None
4/10
Cage 550 r (#2)
Tom 350 ab (#15)
4/17
Sir Guy 350 g (#4)
Monty 300 r (#7)
And I am not even going to address the apparently rampant use of shaved bats. Why are we the ones that are so damn moral?
A week and an inning after watching 10+ balls go over the fence against us, we stood down 4-2 with two out and a runner on first in the bottom of the second. And then...
Ten straight hits sandwiched around a walk in the middle, and we had our first ten run inning in quite a while. The big hit was a blast by Big D to pretty much straight away center with the bases loaded. Well over the fence I might add. It put us ahead to stay, and appropriately qualifies as the Game Winning RBI(s).
We coasted until the last inning, but good for us we added on with five in the bottom of the fourth on RBI hits from J, B, Cage, Hama and Bo. This was after Bat Pitches Only got back in the game with a four run top of the fourth to close to 13-8. And we won the inning. It proved significant when they plated eight in the last inning to make it a two run game. In the end all this did was use up all their time, and when Cage ran the count up and then got a bloop hit to lead off the bottom of the sixth, time had run out. Final score 18-16.
Defensive highlights started with a great running catch in left in the first by our Youth Movement, Bo. Following that, Jay ranged far into shallow right center to snag a dying quail. In the second, we turned a classic 6-4-3 DP, B to Jay to D. Pretty slick.
But the play of the game was in the fifth. Rene fielded a single to right, and the runner on second raced around third toward the plate. Rene quickly diagnosed that he had no chance to get him at home; and that the hitter was the very speedy shortstop (who had robbed me on a blooper destined to hit green in shallow center). If he thought the throw was going home, he would break to take second. So instead of throwing home, or hitting the traditional cutoff, the second baseman, or even me at first as the other cutoff for throws going home, Rene threw to Tom at the mound. The runner assumed it was a wild throw and never stopped as he rounded first. Tom was a little surprised but had the presence of mind to field it and throw to second to nail the runner on a slick tag but Brian (or was it Jay?). Inning, rally over.
The middle of the lineup led the way as Cage, Hama and Bo all had four hits and of course D had the grand slam. But hitting was spread all over the lineup and Jay and Brian at the top combined for 6 times on base, and likewise Tom, Mario, and Monty all had three hits at the bottom of the lineup. In between them, Rene made the most of his one hit, as he got our only other extra base hit a triple that soared over the center fielders head.
Just one game, but it's a start and the post game beer was sweeter, and we even celebrated (a few of us) with Beebimbap. Old School Transdyn.
Next week, arch-rival SOP. Time to start a winning streak.
Milestones:
3/27
Jay 20 sf (#8)
4/3
None
4/10
Cage 550 r (#2)
Tom 350 ab (#15)
4/17
Sir Guy 350 g (#4)
Monty 300 r (#7)
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