The Coneheads' run of high level scoring came crashing down against the Old Scouts Monday night, as we lost 15-7. Maybe it was the late game, maybe it was Steve Robinson's pitching, maybe it was the fault free Scout defense. Or maybe it was just time. At any rate, I have a feeling we will get a chance for retribution in the playoffs.
We started off well enough, scoring three each in the first two innings. And held to Scouts to less. But we put up zeroes for the next three innings and even though we kept it relatively close, a number of routine errors enabled them to build 13-6 lead through five.
The Punch was Pope's monstrous shot over the soccer goal in right field - I don't even know if D has hit one that far. Sadly it was the only offense we could muster and that makes the rest of us the Judies.
I want to thank Mark for stepping in to be a Conehead the last couple of years. We really needed a player of his caliber with all the missed games the last two years, and Mark stepped up to fill that void for us. We wish him good luck moving to Rocklin, and hope he finds a team half as fun as the Coneheads to play on, and he'll be ok.
How appropriate that he makes the defensive highlight of the game in has last chance to shine for the Heads. On a ball thrown wide from the outfield that skipped off of Joe as he tried to cut it off, Mark sprinted from first base, picked it up and dove at the plate to keep a run from scoring. It is the type of hustle I have come to know from Mark as a Conehead and on the other team, Sunshine Saloon, we shared. If Mark doesn't dive at least once a game he's just not happy.
We did have a number of guys with multiple hit games, but we just didn't string them together in this one. Next time.
The schedule gets a little easier for a bit, but on any given Monday...so beware complacency.
Milestones:
Pope 600 r (#4)
Lefty 150 g (#18)
We started off well enough, scoring three each in the first two innings. And held to Scouts to less. But we put up zeroes for the next three innings and even though we kept it relatively close, a number of routine errors enabled them to build 13-6 lead through five.
The Punch was Pope's monstrous shot over the soccer goal in right field - I don't even know if D has hit one that far. Sadly it was the only offense we could muster and that makes the rest of us the Judies.
I want to thank Mark for stepping in to be a Conehead the last couple of years. We really needed a player of his caliber with all the missed games the last two years, and Mark stepped up to fill that void for us. We wish him good luck moving to Rocklin, and hope he finds a team half as fun as the Coneheads to play on, and he'll be ok.
How appropriate that he makes the defensive highlight of the game in has last chance to shine for the Heads. On a ball thrown wide from the outfield that skipped off of Joe as he tried to cut it off, Mark sprinted from first base, picked it up and dove at the plate to keep a run from scoring. It is the type of hustle I have come to know from Mark as a Conehead and on the other team, Sunshine Saloon, we shared. If Mark doesn't dive at least once a game he's just not happy.
We did have a number of guys with multiple hit games, but we just didn't string them together in this one. Next time.
The schedule gets a little easier for a bit, but on any given Monday...so beware complacency.
Milestones:
Pope 600 r (#4)
Lefty 150 g (#18)
No comments:
Post a Comment