Plonnnnnnnnn!

We had a reunion of sorts this past Sunday. In addition to having four returning members make their first appearance of the season, we reconnected with our favorite umpire, as well as Miss Personality Plus from the Lime Green Crushers of last year. Apparently the rest of her team moved on, having had enough of her sweet charming demeanor, and she joined BSSC Indies Rec 1.

The good news about having this ump again is that we're beginning to learn about him. For example, it seems that if you make the call, he won't second guess you... as happened at a close play at first where I called "safe" and the ump seconded me, even though our batter should have been out.

As opposed to our last game, we did have some replay worthy events on Sunday... and in no particular order, here they are:

First, I'll take credit for keeping the game interesting by helping the Indies to score 9 runs in the bottom third. It all started when I misjudged a deep ball, then spent the rest of the game playing so far out that I was in the 60s or something. Sorry, lost my train of thought. Anyhow, I was deep enough that had this been in Fenway, I would have been in row 37.

Ryan would get at least a couple seconds of highlight film for:

1. His "circus" catch where he called Derek off on a pop-up in the infield, letting the ball fall out of his glove before regaining control of it and throwing to first for the double play (Miss Personality Plus was caught off of 1st and was pretty psyched)
2. Playing a game of tag with the guy who spent so much money on his custom BSSC jersey that he couldn't afford a decent pair of shorts. Sure the episode of watching the Indies player run around his base coach took quite a bit longer than the "couple" seconds I mention above, but in the highlight reel, this would have been done Benny Hill style. Here are some more examples to get you going: Simpsons, Baseball

Then I'd probably be back up on the film for my failure to advance from second on a slowly rolling ball hit by Karen S down the first base line. I'm not sure why I stood there leisurely watching the ball. But I think I was still confused from the previous play, where Briggs lined out to third, forcing me to slide back to first. Except she was also at first, and when the dust finally settled I was somehow at second.

Since we should end on a high-note, we turned a couple double plays and our bats did well, with three people going three-for-three, and dingers sprinkled throughout. But this week's game ball (and 20 seconds of highlight reel) goes to John P for his solid defense at first base and for hitting two of those home runs. It's just unfortunate that "Plonnnnnnnn" doesn't work as well as "Youuuuuuuk". Or maybe it does...

Fun fact:

• The Mattapan High Speed Line, an extension of the MBTA Red Line, uses cars that are 60 years old. In true MBTA fashion, these trains are not red, and are also not running due to station renovations.
  

Discussion Question:

• When was the last time you heard someone use the words "nifty" or "outta sight"? Was it you? Are you 60 years old? Are you a subway car? Explain.