Now that is more like it. Today we beat one of the teams we are supposed to defeat in our quest for glory this season. We trounced Mudcat Black 20-9 and it wasn't that close.
Something weird was up though. When two of our three extra base hits were doubles by Heffe and Frank, something is up. But you look at the rest of our lineup - everyone was hitting. We hit .673 as a team. Every single batter got at least one hit, and three were produced by Al, Mike, Heffe, JP, and Dave R. The latter has been hitting line drives all over the place for weeks and until today many seemed to be right at gloves. In his return, JP hit like he should always take a few weeks off mid-season.
We had some outstanding plays, especially on the infield. Mike turned an excellent third unassisted to first double play in the second. Wilbur replicated the feat at second base in the sixth (tag out, throw to first). Les made a fabulous stop on a ball to his right at rover, and wheeled and fired to Wilbur at second for the third out in the fifth. Throw in one K by Al, and a few good running catches in the outfield and we had a good day on defense.
There was even a miracle play. JP caught a popup at second that was right in the late arriving sun in the seventh.
Play like this and we can compete with any team in the league. Even Vintage.
Something weird was up though. When two of our three extra base hits were doubles by Heffe and Frank, something is up. But you look at the rest of our lineup - everyone was hitting. We hit .673 as a team. Every single batter got at least one hit, and three were produced by Al, Mike, Heffe, JP, and Dave R. The latter has been hitting line drives all over the place for weeks and until today many seemed to be right at gloves. In his return, JP hit like he should always take a few weeks off mid-season.
We had some outstanding plays, especially on the infield. Mike turned an excellent third unassisted to first double play in the second. Wilbur replicated the feat at second base in the sixth (tag out, throw to first). Les made a fabulous stop on a ball to his right at rover, and wheeled and fired to Wilbur at second for the third out in the fifth. Throw in one K by Al, and a few good running catches in the outfield and we had a good day on defense.
There was even a miracle play. JP caught a popup at second that was right in the late arriving sun in the seventh.
Play like this and we can compete with any team in the league. Even Vintage.
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