The season is half over. The Coneheads were cruising through the first half, not having to face any of the tough teams through four games (although * for Bushwood who forfeited due to the Warriors game five win).
What to do when you are facing yet another weak team while you are on a roll.
Of course, lay an egg, and then have every 50-50 chance go the other way. Like Chauncey's deep gapper running through the fence for a 400 foot ground rule double and their similar ball staying in play for a homer.
Like the fact that the damn soccer people actually managed to remove all the goals from the field of play except one that was tethered to the fence beyond first base, and an errant through lodged up there and took away a force play situation and probably cost us a run or two.
Or the Walk-Ons playing a shmiddler in no man's land in shallow center and about three of us hitting it right to him while trying to hit it anywhere else.
Well life's a bitch and what did we do? We played through the adversity and came out on top with a three run top of the seventh and held on in the home half to walk off the Walk-Ons, 10-7.
The defensive (and entertainment) star of the game was the man on the mound, Doc Sarver. He must have made about eight putouts and assists on pop outs and comebackers he induced, which belies his great pitching, and even covered first on a grounder to first that the baseman tossed low when he was about two feet away and should have stepped on the bag himself.
Pope requested that I only spend about five lines of this post on Chauncey's smash that was the bomb of the game. And then shut it down. He should have known I am way too wordy for that but I appreciate the sentiment. As it was Chauncey got robbed and had to settle for a ground rule double as stated above - it cost him an easy home run trot and cost the team two runs in a tight game.
The other offensive heroics of note included Haze, who was 2-2 including a triple to right. And the capper was Bruce hitting a seventh inning low liner that eluded first the second baseman and then the two right side outfielders and was hit so hard it rolled all the way to the fence (without going under). The two run round tripper proved to be the game winner as Larry walked off the Walk-Ons in the bottom of the seventh.
Next week we are off for the Fourth and then the real season begins with a game against Cal Bronco.
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