We're going steaking!
Man, is it tough going back to blog about a game that happened two weeks ago. Fortunately I started a couple thoughts before I took a hiatus, so hopefully we can pull together a vague outline of the day's events.
We played Game 3 against the Pioneer Red Stox. I don't get their name, but they probably would say the same about ours. The day was a hot one but apparently not hot enough for the woman who offered us firewood. Now, to go off on a bit of a tangent here, do you think there will ever be a day in your life, where you're in your backyard, and you see a group of 30 year old people getting ready to play softball, on a day that is 95 degrees and humid, and you offer them firewood? I'm guessing she might have been a few logs short of a campfire, if you get my drift.
Okay, back from the tangent. Because of the deplorable condition our field was in, we shifted over to a field that was more of a little league field than an adult softball field, and featured a yellow iron pole conveniently in right center field, supplemented by a telephone pole of some sort in right field. OSHA would have had a field day, if they decided to focus on making our recreational lives safer.
Anyhow... back to the game, as I look at the rumpled piece of paper that is our scoresheet, I'm reminded that I forgot the clipboard of power and had toborrow mooch a scoresheet from the other team. By the way, my use of "clipboard of power" is sort of an experiment, as currently there are only 8 results for this when you search for it (with quotes) on Google. Let's see how this blog does in the company of such sites as kivetonkatapultz.co.uk, dooyoo.co.uk, and six blog sites. Apparently only the English and bloggers would think to string those three words together. But I digress, yet again.
Looking at the rumpled piece of paper that is our scoresheet, I'm reminded that we ended a couple streaks on that fateful day. The first was the end of our 2-game streak without a home run, as Eagle and Pitts both homered in the top first, although Pitts was a bit more legitimate of a home run, as Eags might have benefited from prodigious base running and not so prodigious throwing by the Stox. So the game started out strong for the thirds, with five runs getting knocked in on 6 hits and a walk. We finished the bottom first with a 1-2-3 inning on five pitches, and rolled into the second with a strong 5-0 lead.
The top of the second was also decent with two runs scored on two doubles and what appeared initially to be a dead mosquito on the scoresheet, but upon closer inspection was a triple by Sean where he was left stranded on base. The Stox scored one on a semi-close play where the third base coach sent a runner home by yelling "We need the runs!" So it was 7-1 exiting the second, but I'm guessing either my foreshadowing or your memories will tell you how the game played out.
We fell apart offensively in the top third, with two walks, a strikeout and two fly-outs. And that's when the Stox began their offensive march, bringing it to 7-5. The Stox held us to an automatic out-2-3 inning in the top fourth, but added two runs to their tally to bring it to 7-7. We would score but once more in the game, and would lose by at least five runs, as that's the point when the scorekeeping for the other team stops.
In case you're wondering about the other streak that ended, I ended a 22-month streak without a hamstring injury resulting from softball. So more of a personal streak, and a rather specific one at that, but a streak is a streak.
On the bright side, we're now at a 2-game losing streak.
There were some other bright spots during the game, including an outfield assist from Sean in left to Ryan at third for an out. Lindsey also took one for the team, taking a hard slide into second and getting rewarded with a bloody ankle for her efforts.
And there were the areas of improvement, such as seeing Brian round second and have to ask the base coach mid-stride "What am I doing?!" I got a pretty good view of that one, given that I was standing by the bag, "coaching third."
Anyhow... so there it is. A delayed, rambling post. Hope you enjoyed it.
Discusson Question:
We played Game 3 against the Pioneer Red Stox. I don't get their name, but they probably would say the same about ours. The day was a hot one but apparently not hot enough for the woman who offered us firewood. Now, to go off on a bit of a tangent here, do you think there will ever be a day in your life, where you're in your backyard, and you see a group of 30 year old people getting ready to play softball, on a day that is 95 degrees and humid, and you offer them firewood? I'm guessing she might have been a few logs short of a campfire, if you get my drift.
Okay, back from the tangent. Because of the deplorable condition our field was in, we shifted over to a field that was more of a little league field than an adult softball field, and featured a yellow iron pole conveniently in right center field, supplemented by a telephone pole of some sort in right field. OSHA would have had a field day, if they decided to focus on making our recreational lives safer.
Anyhow... back to the game, as I look at the rumpled piece of paper that is our scoresheet, I'm reminded that I forgot the clipboard of power and had to
Looking at the rumpled piece of paper that is our scoresheet, I'm reminded that we ended a couple streaks on that fateful day. The first was the end of our 2-game streak without a home run, as Eagle and Pitts both homered in the top first, although Pitts was a bit more legitimate of a home run, as Eags might have benefited from prodigious base running and not so prodigious throwing by the Stox. So the game started out strong for the thirds, with five runs getting knocked in on 6 hits and a walk. We finished the bottom first with a 1-2-3 inning on five pitches, and rolled into the second with a strong 5-0 lead.
The top of the second was also decent with two runs scored on two doubles and what appeared initially to be a dead mosquito on the scoresheet, but upon closer inspection was a triple by Sean where he was left stranded on base. The Stox scored one on a semi-close play where the third base coach sent a runner home by yelling "We need the runs!" So it was 7-1 exiting the second, but I'm guessing either my foreshadowing or your memories will tell you how the game played out.
We fell apart offensively in the top third, with two walks, a strikeout and two fly-outs. And that's when the Stox began their offensive march, bringing it to 7-5. The Stox held us to an automatic out-2-3 inning in the top fourth, but added two runs to their tally to bring it to 7-7. We would score but once more in the game, and would lose by at least five runs, as that's the point when the scorekeeping for the other team stops.
In case you're wondering about the other streak that ended, I ended a 22-month streak without a hamstring injury resulting from softball. So more of a personal streak, and a rather specific one at that, but a streak is a streak.
On the bright side, we're now at a 2-game losing streak.
There were some other bright spots during the game, including an outfield assist from Sean in left to Ryan at third for an out. Lindsey also took one for the team, taking a hard slide into second and getting rewarded with a bloody ankle for her efforts.
And there were the areas of improvement, such as seeing Brian round second and have to ask the base coach mid-stride "What am I doing?!" I got a pretty good view of that one, given that I was standing by the bag, "coaching third."
Anyhow... so there it is. A delayed, rambling post. Hope you enjoyed it.
Discusson Question:
- Is this image real or Photoshopped? Nevermind. I really don't want to know.
- The frozen confection that Brian and Ryan were debating the name of is called a screwball. Yippee.
posted by Basil at
6/23/2008 09:53:00 PM
1 Comments:
Couple of things. First, we're up to second in the "clipboard of power" rankings, behind the Kiveton Katapultz.
Secondly, they actually make two-ball screwball, which is pretty funny.
Finally, I think they were a team from Pioneer Investments, hence the Red "Stox". They seemed like a douchey enough group of people to think that would be "clever".
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Ryan, at 8:27 PM
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