Double the Misery

Subtitle: Who are these guys and where have they been all season?

The Coneheads set two team marks this season at least for the Modern Era (the years I have been chronicling the JFT/Coneheads, since 2006).

Both a little dubious. The first is that it was the first season in the last 14 we finished under .500 at 6-7-1.

The second is that we set a team record for the number of players used, 23. Since it isn't a real database, my Stats program only can handle 23 as it turns out, so I had to put Dr. Larry into the 'Others' bucket. Poor Larry, that's what he gets for not making a game this year.

Related? Hmmm.

Well many of the 'regulars' (not sure who they are) returned for the season finale, and it showed. Nothing against the Skips and Charlies and Chaunceys we added this season, they are all fine players. But the old guys returned and the result was we doubled the Pit of Misery to death. As in, 12 of our 26 hits were doubles, and that doesn't count late in the game when many players were just taking first on a hit because we were so far up. D had three, and Sting, Chopper and Gene all had two. D's, Chopper's, and Gene's produced four RBIs to co-lead the team.

Final score was 21-5, and it wasn't that close.

The defense was solid. Johnny made a nice stop up the middle for an out, and Gene made a fine catch coming in on a blooper in the second. But the play of the day had already happened. In the first with a runner on first and one out, there was the first blooper to right, in front of Gene. He looked startled and called out, "I can't see it", and the runner on first took off. Gene then caught the ball and fired to first for the double play. They say it's the Okey Dokey play, and I guess Gene Okeyed that Dokey pretty good.

Nice game to build up momentum for the playoffs, which will be killed by having a bye the last week of the season. But luckily most of us will be playing together in Orinda, so there's that. In the mean time, don't get yourself Okeyed, and stay safe.

Milestones:
6/30:
Randy        200 h (#11)

7/7 G1:
Haze          250 h (#9)
Gene          150 r (#10)

7/7 G2:
Lefty          600 ab (#3)
Gene          450 ab (#8)

7/14:
Lefty          200 g (#3)

Johnny       100 h (#16)

7/21:

D                 150 rbi (#9)

Randy         20 bb (#13)

D                 300 ab (#13)