We must protect this house!
I'm not sure where to begin on this one. We didn't lose this weekend, but we also didn't win. Well, we should have won, except for the two run bonus both of our opponents received because of our lack of girls. As far as protecting the house, I think we can say we did, although we didn't necessarily destroy or even infiltrate theirs. We're now 2-4-2, staying steady at .333, despite my prediction from last week.
In any case, a non-loss or a technical win is reason enough for me to award game balls. As we played a doubleheader, today there are four game ball recipients.
A game ball goes to Holly for showing up to spectate, only to be called into duty as the third girl on our roster. Despite having not played softball since high school-ish, she reliably got the bat on the ball and also did well in her stint at catcher. Had this been filmed, right now you would be watching a highlight showing Holly chasing down a pop-fly, all the while saying "Ohgodohgodohgod" until the ball was safely in her glove. Kudos.
Emily gets a game ball for pitching 2 full games for a total 14 innings, and taking a no decision in both only because of a technicality... and not complaining about her ERA (*cough*Brian). She also fanned at least two, including one of the other team's better players, which resulted in a spontaneous chest bump between Sean at first and the other team's first base coach.
Eags gets a game ball for playing well and running all over the field despite being more hungover than any of us. Some nay-sayers may fault his misjudgment of a fly to center, but I say that gave us the opportunity to see a dramatic 8-6-5 play at the plate: Eagle fielded the ball, threw to Derek on the relay who sent it to Ryan who was covering home. Yes, we do have some interesting plays... and they all seem to involve Eagle for some reason. A hungover Eagle at that.
Sean "Kraft Easy" McElroy also deserves a game ball for digging out some tough balls to get the batter at first. Not as much color to add on this one. I should have given him his game ball first.
There will be no true recap of Sunday, as 1) I was hungover and 2) it was a doubleheader. It's going to be more just memory fragments... we'll see how this goes.
For those of you who missed the games on Sunday, you missed the opportunity to see Ryan demonstrate the similarities between him and a freight train, when he turned the corner at third on a deep fly and headed for home. If you weren't there, you might think I'm referring to his ability to turn like he's on rails. But if you were there, you'd realize I'm talking about the fact that it takes a whole lot of track to stop a 100-car train. Score that as a triple, 8-5-2.
Meredyth demonstrated a chase down of a pop fly from the catcher's position, flinging her hat off like a catcher's mask. Way to be Meretek.
I demonstrated just how out of shape I had become, pulling my hammy while running out a grounder to first. I was safe, but after consulting with the team's medical staff, it looks like I'll be on the 10-day DL with a grade I strain.
We collectively demonstrated the importance of base coaching, as we got ourselves into a few base running errors. The key here is that the base coaches should actually be near the base, as opposed to the more laissez-faire style Sean and I used. Had this been in a screenplay, it would have looked like this:
Sean demonstrated the correct way for two men to do a chest bump: run towards each other, jump in the air, and bump chests together, with the "naughty bits" as far apart as possible. We'll use some graphical examples to explain some of the do's and don'ts of a chest bump:
DO
DO NOT
Now, there's stuff I missed so I'm going to try to rattle them off: Derek apparently has it out for Eagle, sending three heaters down the line at him while he was on third. Fortunately Eagle is nimble. Mario really dislikes bees, to the point of dancing like a raver in at attempt to scare them away. Emily apparently doesn't like percentages over 100%, as she shaded out on yet another drink-up, keeping us from achieving the 111% drink-up turnout (including Holly) we would have had, had she attended. BSSC likes orange. Opponents liked hitting down the first base line. And I'm out.
Discussion question:
In any case, a non-loss or a technical win is reason enough for me to award game balls. As we played a doubleheader, today there are four game ball recipients.
A game ball goes to Holly for showing up to spectate, only to be called into duty as the third girl on our roster. Despite having not played softball since high school-ish, she reliably got the bat on the ball and also did well in her stint at catcher. Had this been filmed, right now you would be watching a highlight showing Holly chasing down a pop-fly, all the while saying "Ohgodohgodohgod" until the ball was safely in her glove. Kudos.
Emily gets a game ball for pitching 2 full games for a total 14 innings, and taking a no decision in both only because of a technicality... and not complaining about her ERA (*cough*Brian). She also fanned at least two, including one of the other team's better players, which resulted in a spontaneous chest bump between Sean at first and the other team's first base coach.
Eags gets a game ball for playing well and running all over the field despite being more hungover than any of us. Some nay-sayers may fault his misjudgment of a fly to center, but I say that gave us the opportunity to see a dramatic 8-6-5 play at the plate: Eagle fielded the ball, threw to Derek on the relay who sent it to Ryan who was covering home. Yes, we do have some interesting plays... and they all seem to involve Eagle for some reason. A hungover Eagle at that.
Sean "Kraft Easy" McElroy also deserves a game ball for digging out some tough balls to get the batter at first. Not as much color to add on this one. I should have given him his game ball first.
There will be no true recap of Sunday, as 1) I was hungover and 2) it was a doubleheader. It's going to be more just memory fragments... we'll see how this goes.
For those of you who missed the games on Sunday, you missed the opportunity to see Ryan demonstrate the similarities between him and a freight train, when he turned the corner at third on a deep fly and headed for home. If you weren't there, you might think I'm referring to his ability to turn like he's on rails. But if you were there, you'd realize I'm talking about the fact that it takes a whole lot of track to stop a 100-car train. Score that as a triple, 8-5-2.
Meredyth demonstrated a chase down of a pop fly from the catcher's position, flinging her hat off like a catcher's mask. Way to be Meretek.
I demonstrated just how out of shape I had become, pulling my hammy while running out a grounder to first. I was safe, but after consulting with the team's medical staff, it looks like I'll be on the 10-day DL with a grade I strain.
We collectively demonstrated the importance of base coaching, as we got ourselves into a few base running errors. The key here is that the base coaches should actually be near the base, as opposed to the more laissez-faire style Sean and I used. Had this been in a screenplay, it would have looked like this:
At a dusty softball field, two men sit on the bench watching as their team is batting. The batter hits the ball into the outfield. As the fielder scoops up the ball, a runner approaches a base.So while I'm on the DL, I plan on attending games and taking over coaching duties for at least one of the bases. Whichever one is closer to our bench. Hey, I got a hamstring to worry about, I can't be traipsing all over the field.
Basil, at a conversational level, to Sean: She should hold.
Sean: Yeah, hold.
Both men watch as the runner turns the corner and is tagged out at the next base.
Sean: Ahh, well.
Sean demonstrated the correct way for two men to do a chest bump: run towards each other, jump in the air, and bump chests together, with the "naughty bits" as far apart as possible. We'll use some graphical examples to explain some of the do's and don'ts of a chest bump:
DO
DO NOT
- Attempt to hug in the air
- Look like this while chest bumping. For that matter, do not chest bump while playing tennis
Now, there's stuff I missed so I'm going to try to rattle them off: Derek apparently has it out for Eagle, sending three heaters down the line at him while he was on third. Fortunately Eagle is nimble. Mario really dislikes bees, to the point of dancing like a raver in at attempt to scare them away. Emily apparently doesn't like percentages over 100%, as she shaded out on yet another drink-up, keeping us from achieving the 111% drink-up turnout (including Holly) we would have had, had she attended. BSSC likes orange. Opponents liked hitting down the first base line. And I'm out.
Discussion question:
- Is Basil as a base coach worse than having no base coach at all? Explain.
- The longest freight train ever was made up of 682 ore cars, and was pushed by eight locomotives. It was 4.5 miles long.
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8/16/2006 10:01:00 PM
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