Time of Game: 45 Minutes!

With threatening skies above the six whifflers assembled this morning set about to organize a game in workmanlike fashion.  The lines were chalked, the sides chosen, the game was on!  The visiting team made credible threats in every inning - loading the bases against Kurt; two on, nobody out against The Commissioner - but only managed to score with Brent Mackintosh (still woozy from his Blackhawks) pitching the holey sphere.

RBI doubles from Tim and The Artist cleared the table set by the rat-a-tat-tat of Stats' parade of singles.  Once Brent had finally found a third out, four runs had scored.  Slumping into a chair Mackintosh could be heard to say, "Patrick Kane.  Patrick Kane.  Patrick Kane."

The four runs were just enough to make up for the three surrendered by Stats in the top of the first.  After loading the bases with two out, Peter Berwald took his place in the box.  Finding a pitch to his liking he lashed a 3-RBI triple that rolled all the way to the fence.  Most men would find that a satisfying day, but the Commish would have, not one, but two home run balls caught for outs in later innings.  It made him rather taciturn.

As Baker took the mound for the bottom of the third, the rains finally arrived.  A steady but light rain during Kurt's AB, which ended with a groundout.  A harder rain hit the bill of Stats' cap as he took away Peter's homerun.  Torrents fell as Brent stepped into the box, as the home side's last chance.  Baker pulled out the Cricket Pitching for Brent, but the wily Chicagoan worked a deep count.  Sheets of rain now fell, and with HALF of his outfield COWERING in a doorway, Tim Baker rips off a nasty curve that somehow Brent puts in play.  Tim, TIM BAKER ladies and gentlemen, RAN (R-A-N!) hard to his right and fielded a grounder deep in the pitchers' triangle to end this game.  A rain-shortened, three-inning final.

Glen, Matt, Tim - 4
Brent, Kurt, Pete - 3

And then the skies really opened up, threatening the scoresheet:

While watching the rain, and concluding that there would be no resuming play, all agreed that this week there would be Wednesday Night Whiffle, 7:00 PM at Smith.