I'm not sure we are supposed to write up the non-competitive Fall Ball games. After all, we aren't keeping standings, we are just out to have "fun", and we don't care who wins.
NOT.
Take a bunch of Creakers on two teams that were both missing key players, tell them not to care, and look what happens - one of the greatest games of the year.
I may be biased - my Team Four was the one who came back from 11-0 and 14-3 and 16-5 deficits to ultimately walk off with the 23-22 win on a single to right by Randy Crase that scored the tying and winning runs.
After gifting Three some runs early on, we were almost ready to pack it in in the heat after seven innings. But we scored five in the bottom of the sixth to change 16-5 to 16-10 and suddenly it seemed within reach. They added another five in the seventh but we matched that and then miraculously held them to one and zero runs in the last two frames. The zero we put up in the top of the ninth was the only inning Team Three did not score.
You look at the box score and see Gary Namanny with a 5-6, two double, TEN RBI day, and you think he was the hero (which, of course, he was - he also made two running catches to prevent extra base gap hits). But he was set up by the bottom of the lineup. 'JP' Preston, Ken Gurgone, Bill Hoffman, and yours truly scored 15 runs between them. The bottom of the lineup hits, you win. Al Munoz batting leadoff was also 5-6, and drove in a bunch while getting the lineup around to Gary in the three hole. John Huzokowski was the other hitter with 5 hits, all line drives to left.
The quirkiest thing about this game was that two batters hit the third base bag for hits - Mike Nichols on Three, and I think it was Hoffman on our team. The latter's ball came up and hit Clay Kallam in the nose and we had a Magic Johnson moment - I hope Clay is all right.
One additional note - JP pitched all nine innings since our other three potential hurlers were missing, and he was pretty lights out. No walks, and with better defense, we may have held Team Three to way fewer runs.
I hope the rest of our games are this non-competitive!
NOT.
Take a bunch of Creakers on two teams that were both missing key players, tell them not to care, and look what happens - one of the greatest games of the year.
I may be biased - my Team Four was the one who came back from 11-0 and 14-3 and 16-5 deficits to ultimately walk off with the 23-22 win on a single to right by Randy Crase that scored the tying and winning runs.
After gifting Three some runs early on, we were almost ready to pack it in in the heat after seven innings. But we scored five in the bottom of the sixth to change 16-5 to 16-10 and suddenly it seemed within reach. They added another five in the seventh but we matched that and then miraculously held them to one and zero runs in the last two frames. The zero we put up in the top of the ninth was the only inning Team Three did not score.
You look at the box score and see Gary Namanny with a 5-6, two double, TEN RBI day, and you think he was the hero (which, of course, he was - he also made two running catches to prevent extra base gap hits). But he was set up by the bottom of the lineup. 'JP' Preston, Ken Gurgone, Bill Hoffman, and yours truly scored 15 runs between them. The bottom of the lineup hits, you win. Al Munoz batting leadoff was also 5-6, and drove in a bunch while getting the lineup around to Gary in the three hole. John Huzokowski was the other hitter with 5 hits, all line drives to left.
The quirkiest thing about this game was that two batters hit the third base bag for hits - Mike Nichols on Three, and I think it was Hoffman on our team. The latter's ball came up and hit Clay Kallam in the nose and we had a Magic Johnson moment - I hope Clay is all right.
One additional note - JP pitched all nine innings since our other three potential hurlers were missing, and he was pretty lights out. No walks, and with better defense, we may have held Team Three to way fewer runs.
I hope the rest of our games are this non-competitive!
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