Wow! What a game!

There is too much to be said about yesterday's gathering on the asphalt at Nance Bradds Field. There were Oakwood Safety officers, the Treasurer of the Oakwood City School District, a power-washing crew, and.. (are you sitting down?)... NANCE BRADDS HERSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am kicking myself now, trying to figure why we didn't stop the game to get a picture with the Smith Principal. Must have been because the game was so good.

Good for two reasons really:
1. There were nine of us. Nine is huge. Nine in this case includes Ben, back from Maine! And if anyone needed a reminder of how much fun the chatter gets when nine warped minds are acting all at once, here are two choice snippets:

"I think Stats is hungover."
"Too much chocolate milk, last night."
"He must have been dunking Oreos in that milk."

or

"This is a key, dramatic moment in the game. One of them is going to be the hero, the other is going to be the goat."
"Can't you get goat in a gyro?"

Well, maybe they were funnier live. I was still laughing at them the rest of the day even as I primed my kids' bedrooms for re-painting. Funny how they grow up and don't want their 5-year-old rooms anymore.

2. The game was good because it was filled with offense and drama. Stats pitched first and last for the Visitors, and really shouldn't have. Allowing a rocket home run to Dave (R) in the first inning and a soaring, arcing shot (think Gateway Arch) by Kurt in the bottom of the fifth. Kurt's had the additional flair of being a true Walk Off Home Run, so he had more to smile about than witty repartee for the rest of his day.

In between the Visitors did manage to dig out of a 4-0 hole by scratching out a four-spot off Brent. 2-RBI double (Peter) and a 2-RBI triple (Glen) did the damage after they and teammates Eric and Matt set a nice table. And they had Han-Soo on the ropes with bases loaded and none out, but he worked out of it.

Nice days with the bats were had by:
Kurt: 5 for 6, HR, 2 2B, 3 RBI
Dave: 3 for 5, HR, 2 RBI
Glen: 4 for 7. 3B, 2B, 2 RBI
Peter: 4 for 6, 2B, 2 RBI
Han-Soo: 5 for 6, 1 RBI
Brent: 3 for 6
Matt: 3 for 7, 2B

Eric, Glen, Matt, Pete - 4
Ben, Brent, Dave, Han-Soo, Kurt - 7

W: Mosser (gyro)
L: Lindsay (goat)