Under a cloudy sky, with chilly, gusty winds and with basically no fanfare, Stats Lindsay opened the season with a first pitch ball to batter Chris "Flo" Anderson. The 2011 OW&AC season was underway.
There were two runs plated, evenly divided between two teams over 150 minutes of play. There were gutsy performances from Hansoo, who pitched two innings despite a bad shoulder, and new guy Mike Lucas, who threw three innings (and a high pitch count) and in a lot of jams. Those gentlemen surrendered the paltry supply of runs on the day.
Batting stars of note included "Flo" Anderson, with 2 (count 'em) doubles on the morning, and an RBI; Hansoo with 6 singles in 9 at-bats; and Mike Lucas with a 4-for-11 debut with an RBI.
Chris, Hansoo, Kim, Kurt - 1
Matt, Mike, Peter - 1
One last note - Stats achieved wiffle-dork history this morning: He became the first batter in league history to use a batting helmet (facing Kurt Mosser in the bottom of the first inning). It didn't help - struck out looking - but Kurt didn't bother hitting him in the head.
The redesigned stats for 2011 are updated and available at the links on the right column.
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i'd be too embarrassed hitting someone in a helmet.
ReplyDeleteI drove in our only run, and gave up our only run. I think I am lucky you guys didn't pass a '20 balls = BB' rule. I would've walked in several more runs. And made the game last even longer.
ReplyDeleteFor a short spell, we had a 9 ball walk rule, we also had a 10 ball walk period, but neither lasted because we kept losing count!
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The rule most recently considered was the "4 hit-by-pitch = BB" proposal. Clearly, I am the most lucky that this didn't pass.
ReplyDeleteMike, I did too. I record top and bottom of the stats.
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