5/17 Recap

The first game started and ended ugly against PT Mortgage. The game was fairly close until about the 5th inning when again the bats went silent and the gloves failed us miserably. The 17-1 Doublewide summer team that played sick defense all last summer had yet to show any signs of that team . PT put a pretty good beat down on us the last couple of innings and ended up winning the game 24-8.

The second game we showed some signs from the team we had last year. The only big change was we went back to playing 4 infielders and 4 outfielders for the first time since the 2009 season. The bats came alive and defense stepped up. The game turned into a homerun contest with several cars getting dotted in the parking lot. Doublewide ended up winning the game 16-8 in game that was never really close.

Our record now stands 2-2-1. The league is wide open this year so it should be a very exciting summer.

Side Note: Ryan hit into a double play. (12 Pack)

Week in Review

I apologize for not posting a Tuesday night recap sooner, but I was too busy drying off.  Where do I begin, we show up, get going.  I think we gave up 4 runs in the first inning.  We really need to stop doing that.  I want to know what it is like to play with a lead.  Then the shit hit the fan.  All hell broke loose.  We had down pouring rains, strong winds, hail, tornado sirens, and....an incompetent umpire that had the decision making capacity of a 2 year old.  So huddle around for a while.  Meanwhile, I know that if we somehow continued that game, we would not win it.  So the rain slowed temporarily, and we continued the game while using a white T-shirt sticking out of a puddle for home plate.  I think we put up 0's in the 7th and the 8th before ending in a TIE!  Yes, that's right....a tie.  I had a brief (anonymous) discussion with the director of the league and made her aware of the horrible quality of the folks they call umpires and also the extreme inconsistency of their regulations. 

Then we faced a team with 9 guys (then 8 guys).  Somehow, even there was no catcher on their defense, we decided to hold people up at 3rd.  Needless to say, our base running needs some work.  It might even be time to bring my third base coaching skills out of retirement.  I think we ended up winning fairly handedly after what the ump said was a time limit.

Here is a list of "firsts" for me:
1. Got to play softball in lightning directly above the field.
2. Got to play softball in hail.
3. Got to play softball in a tornado warning (heard the sirens).
4. Got to play softball while using a t-shirt in a puddle of water as home plate.
5. Got to wade through standing water on my way to and from the field.
6. Got to watch BW hit solo home runs.
7. Got to see two of our own players standing on the same base.

All in all, not a bad night all things considered, except we will have that annoying tie in our record all damn season.  Lets just hope that it doesn't come back to bite us come playoff time.

Until next time....

Tonight

Well, let's hope the thunderstorms hold off for the evening (20% chance).  We have ourselves a big double-header week against two undefeated teams.  Hopefully we can pull our heads out of our asses.  We shall see...

At least we saw the no-no

We may have sucked it up pretty bad Tuesday night against the Dirty G's, but at least we got to see some quality baseball at the bar after the game (and the 20 pitchers of beer were pretty good too).  Back to the softball game.  Not much to say.  Bats were flat.  Fielding was non-existent.  Whenever we got runners, we proceeded to hit infield flies.  Never really got anything going.  I guess this is proof that we needed that scrimmage game.  Oh well, hopefully we removed all the rust and are ready to go for a double header next week so that we can get back into the win column.  I don't even have any shit to talk.  Bottom line is we got smoked.  Good game Grizz.  We shall see you again.

2011 Team Case Rules

You owe the team a 12-pack of beer if:
1. You strike out or foul out.
2. You ground into a double play.
3. You make two outs in the same inning.
4. Pop up to the infield twice in one game.
5. You commit three errors in one inning.
6. You didn't bring your glove or cleats to the game.
7. If you go "O" fer, minimum 4 at-bats in a game.

Qualifiers:
*A $20 bill payable to the team can substitute a paid case of beer.
*$20 payment can be paid towards bar tab at the Spur after the game.
*When using the word "case" it refers to nothing other than beer.
*You must buy a full 24-can case if you choose to buy Busch, PBR, Old Milwaukee or any other shit beers out of the far cooler in the liqueur store.

Game 5/03 vs. Dirty G's

Well.  It sounds like we may actually be able to play this week.  Forecasts call for 60 degree highs and sun.  But beware, the low for the evening is 32 so dress accordingly.  As for the game, I will just be happy to play anything but one-pitch, that is if I can even walk on Tuesday after playing in that awful tournament on Saturday in Apple Valley.  A few words of wisdom from the old Cowbell....Don't make the first actual physical activity you do for the summer (and the last 8 months) involve playing 5 consecutive 9 inning one-pitch games in 40 degree rainy weather with hurricane winds.  I am not completely certain, but I think I am hurting in joints and muscles that I wasn't even aware were present.

No word on the jerseys, probably won't have them this week so wear the old trusty blacks.