It's the Shoes! Team Cuervo over Blue-Yellow, 25-18

Last week Team Cuervo donned our gleaming new yellow uniforms but it didn't help us in the game as we were missing so many key players.

This week my Co-Manager Chuck Howlett took all the rag tag shirts we had been wearing and exchanged them for new shoes - the brand name is Hitting Shoes.

And so, we came out slugging and didn't stop until the game was nearly out of reach. We scored five spots in the first, second, and fourth and fifth after taking a break in the third, and before Blue-Yellow could blink, we were up 20-8. Give them credit, they came roaring back in the top of the seventh with eight runs to narrow the margin to 23-17, but we tacked on two more in the eighth, and it was too steep a hill to climb in the open ninth inning, and the final score was 25-18.

Hitting heroes abounded, which is obvious when I tell you Gold hit .722 in the game. Dick Stanley continued his rampage through the league going 5-5 with four RBIs. Jim Alexander was right with him with a 5-5 day. Dan DeClercq was 4-5 with a triple and a double, and tied Stanley with team leading four RBis. Helen Kostoff was also perfect with a 4-4 game including three RBIs. Charlie Uhlman smashed some line drives and scored three and was also 4-5. Lead off hitter Willie Hollis and Dale Browne and Howlett all had three dingers, and all but one player had at least two, and that guy walked twice including one with the bases loaded for an RBI.

There were some spectacular plays on defense. Howlett set the tone for the day with a diving two out grab in the first to end B-Y's threat. We turned three double plays with Kostoff as the pivot in her rover position. Kostoff robbed Leslie Lafredo on a hot shot down the line in the fourth when she subbed for Alexander at 3B in his one inning out. Likewise Jay Edwards made a great play on a ball up the middle that inning when he replaced Helen at rover.

It was very encouraging how well Gold played when almost the whole team was present. Henceforth all vacations and tournaments are canceled for Team Cuervo players. Sorry, guys and gal.