Now We've Seen It All

This is a test. Pick the most unique play of the night as Kapsch routed M.A.R.A. 23-8:

1) Greg hitting a ball a mile over the fence to put us up 3-0 in the first. We never looked back.

2) Cage gunning down a runner at home in the top of the second. Monty coming off the plate to grab the ball and tag the runner. This only seems to be an out in Pleasanton.

3) Albert doing his best Greg impression in the bottom of the second, our second two run homer.

4) Heffe hitting a pool cue shot: 70 feet squibber straight toward left field, then taking a left turn to wrap abound the bag. Look up squibber, it is an actual baseball term. According to the Wikipedia Glossary of baseball, it's also called a nubber. I hit a squibber and a nubber. It sounds a little dirty. It's hit off the end of the bat and "This puts a side spin on the ball...and is difficult to catch and can be trouble for the infielder to make a play." Base hit all the way.

Remember who writes this thing. If you ever want to be mentioned again, weigh your choice carefully.

That was the chief entertainment of the evening. The rest was a lot of action running around the bases and making plays in the field. Ho hum.

Bert had a perfect 4-4 night adding a double to his two run homer, and scored four runs.

Tom was also 4-4: four line drives over the infield. I did a double take when I looked at his record: Tom has had exactly one extra base hit for Transdyn/Kapsch. And it's not like he can't hit or run. That's out of 210 hits. He's just got that line drive down so well, it's just what he does. No accident that on three of his hits a run scored. I think we will call him our Duane Kuiper.

Bo also had four hits, and went to second on three of them. Every time I looked up he was rounding a base. Gregg, Pauly and Heffe had three hits apiece.

Besides Nick's throw and Monty's tag, the other defensive high(low?)lights came on their last batter, who arrived late. The first time he popped it up half way between the plate and the mound. Monty and Tom ran circles around each other and the ball like Keystone Kops, and finally picked it up. They were saved by the Infield Fly rule, which was subsequently called since there were runners on first and second.

The next time up it got even better. This time he muscled up and put it between Tom, Mario at second and Bert playing first. They debated it, looked at it, had coffee, watched a movie and finally no one made a play on the ball. "SAFE" yelled the ump. Luckily it didn't hurt us, and these were side shows as we poured it on with innings of 5, 8, and 7 runs, and put it away early.

Next game bring your pool cues and I will teach you how to really hit.

Milestones:

Tom           100 r (#20)

Bert           20 2b (#20)

Gregg        50 h (#34)