Wiff-Fall Play ended with a blow out and then a walk off, as the final two games were played on October 22 and October 29.
On the 22nd, seven gamers showed for a delayed start at 10:30. Highlights of the morning included Laura Hume surrendering a mere 6 runs and recording 3 outs! She also had 2 singles along the way. Also, Han-Soo batted away Kurt Mosser's attempt at a double play, protecting the box. This "innovation" was frowned upon, and deemed "interference" and the double play was credited to Kurt.
The game saw the return of the prodigal nurse, Chris Anderson, who managed 2 hits on the day, and allowed but the one run. Kurt swatted his 15th, and final, home run of the season, a two run shot in the third off Glen.
OCTOBER 22
Glen, Han-Soo, Matt - 14
Chris, Eric, Kurt, Laura - 2
W: Lindsay
L: Zamonski
Yesterday was a morning for the stalwarts (except Glen): 35 degrees, maybe, at 9 am, though it was a sunny sky and little or no wind. "Playable" was the commish's call. Peter, Kurt and Matt played a round of 1-on-1-on-1. Matt took an early lead with 2 off Peter the first time he pitched and another on his second turn at the bump. Peter and Kurt spent the rest of the morning chipping away at the 3 run lead.
Kurt got 2 off Matt in the first inning. Peter scored two off Matt as well during his fourth inning pitched. That included Peter's 10th home run of the season. Peter joins Kurt (15) and Glen (11) with double digits in homers.
Peter pitched the final half inning facing Kurt. Matt held a slim 3-2-2 lead. Peter managed only one out and Kurt strung together 5 hits to plate two. The last hit, a walk off single to drive in the fourth run of the day, came on the season's 2,011th AB. How cool is that? So, as with his beloved Cards' dramatic October trip to the World Championship, Kurt Mosser ended his terrific wiffle season in walkoff style!
OCTOBER 29
Matt - 3
Peter - 2
Kurt - 4
W: Mosser
L: Berwald
All stats up to date through October 29.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
W is for...
Those that showed for a little Sunday Wiffle played 1-on-1-on-1, sans scoresheet, because G is for Glen didn't come to tally the marks.
The K is for Kurt, who continues to bemoan the fate of the Cardinals. P is for Peter "Pumpkin Artist" Berwald, who could have and should have scored more runs today.
There was unfortunately something on the lens and I can't quite make out who that third player was. It's clear that he was no threat with the bat. Word is he gave up five of the six runs chalked. Someone was overheard to say, "It's like having Brent here!" I deduce from that statement that it was, in fact, not Brent. Simple logic.
The parade of hits off the mystery player are of no interest to the discerning reader. Rather let us delve into the first run - a home run surrendered by Peter on the first pitch of the game to Kurt. Today, the wall giveth and taketh.
Kurt smacked a high one to the roof, and it never came down. Here's a closer look:
This was ruled a "home run," giving Kurt a lead he never surrendered.
Kurt - 5
???? - 0
Peter - 1
[W is for wuss: for not owning up to my lousy day on the asphalt.]
The K is for Kurt, who continues to bemoan the fate of the Cardinals. P is for Peter "Pumpkin Artist" Berwald, who could have and should have scored more runs today.
There was unfortunately something on the lens and I can't quite make out who that third player was. It's clear that he was no threat with the bat. Word is he gave up five of the six runs chalked. Someone was overheard to say, "It's like having Brent here!" I deduce from that statement that it was, in fact, not Brent. Simple logic.
The parade of hits off the mystery player are of no interest to the discerning reader. Rather let us delve into the first run - a home run surrendered by Peter on the first pitch of the game to Kurt. Today, the wall giveth and taketh.
Kurt smacked a high one to the roof, and it never came down. Here's a closer look:
This was ruled a "home run," giving Kurt a lead he never surrendered.
Kurt - 5
???? - 0
Peter - 1
[W is for wuss: for not owning up to my lousy day on the asphalt.]
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Wi-FALL Ball
So if you were told that the following players met to enjoy some plastic bat and ball play this morning:
Could you guess what the teams were? Of course you could because the rubric is to place the worst player or players with Kurt. Thus, Kurt was shackled to Glen and Matt, to "versus" (as my kids are wont to say) Peter and Dave. Let it be noted here: this was not Peter's idea, Glen suggested it, and Peter said "ok."
Now, could you guess who, amongst these five pitchers, was the only one to NOT surrender a run? Here you are thinking that I am using some sort of reverse psychology, and that the answer is Glen, the underhanded wonder-kind. But, HA! You have been caught because your interlocutor knows that you know of this reverse psychological technique, and it is utter folly to imagine that Glen would surrender no runs in a whole game, much less any inning, with those ridiculous pitches he's arcing toward the plate these days. No, the answer is Matt, and that of course means that both Dave and Kurt allowed a run today: exactly one each! This was the first game all season that Mosser and Eldridge both allowed runs.
Next, can you guess who hit for the cycle? Of course you can't. It was a trick question, anyway, because two players did it. The obvious one is Glen, the Artist, because of the steady diet of underhand pitches he receives. Glen went 9-for-11, with a double, FOUR triples, and a home run. The other was Peter Bewald, posting a more modest 9-for-15 with a double, a triple and a home run.
But oh, what a homer it was!!
You see, in the top of the sixth, Peter pitching, the visiting crew mounted what might have at other times been referred to as "the greatest come-back in wiffle history," as Glen's fourth triple cleared the loaded bases to tie the score at 5. This came 6 batters after Glen's lead off solo home run to start the frame. Too bad for Glen-Kurt-Matt they were not able to hit a visitor walk off, or get an insurance run with the score tied, because, pitching the now suddenly necessary BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH, was one Glen Cebulash.
When your team scores a crooked number to tie the game, what do you need from your pitcher next inning? A SHUTDOWN INNING. What did we say earlier about Glen's pitching?
Well, he almost did that very folly. Putting down the first two batters with a ground out and a fly out. Then he gave up a harmless single. Then Peter came to the bat. Peter smacked a very high, very deep, home-run depth shot straight to center - currently patrolled by one Matt Lindsay. Matt was currently engaged in a good convo with one Kurt Mosser about Chris Carpenter and the broader notion of a "shutdown inning." Let's just say Matt did not take an optimal route to this deep fly ball - he turned the wrong way. He did get his outstretched full hand on the ball, and came close to squeezing it for the final out - but did not and it fell for the second true walk off homer of the year.
(This is not to say that had I taken a better route to the ball, I would have caught it; you just can't know that.)
Peter Berwald
Glen Cebulash
Dave Eldridge
Matt Lindsay
Kurt Mosser
Could you guess what the teams were? Of course you could because the rubric is to place the worst player or players with Kurt. Thus, Kurt was shackled to Glen and Matt, to "versus" (as my kids are wont to say) Peter and Dave. Let it be noted here: this was not Peter's idea, Glen suggested it, and Peter said "ok."
Now, could you guess who, amongst these five pitchers, was the only one to NOT surrender a run? Here you are thinking that I am using some sort of reverse psychology, and that the answer is Glen, the underhanded wonder-kind. But, HA! You have been caught because your interlocutor knows that you know of this reverse psychological technique, and it is utter folly to imagine that Glen would surrender no runs in a whole game, much less any inning, with those ridiculous pitches he's arcing toward the plate these days. No, the answer is Matt, and that of course means that both Dave and Kurt allowed a run today: exactly one each! This was the first game all season that Mosser and Eldridge both allowed runs.
Next, can you guess who hit for the cycle? Of course you can't. It was a trick question, anyway, because two players did it. The obvious one is Glen, the Artist, because of the steady diet of underhand pitches he receives. Glen went 9-for-11, with a double, FOUR triples, and a home run. The other was Peter Bewald, posting a more modest 9-for-15 with a double, a triple and a home run.
But oh, what a homer it was!!
You see, in the top of the sixth, Peter pitching, the visiting crew mounted what might have at other times been referred to as "the greatest come-back in wiffle history," as Glen's fourth triple cleared the loaded bases to tie the score at 5. This came 6 batters after Glen's lead off solo home run to start the frame. Too bad for Glen-Kurt-Matt they were not able to hit a visitor walk off, or get an insurance run with the score tied, because, pitching the now suddenly necessary BOTTOM OF THE SIXTH, was one Glen Cebulash.
When your team scores a crooked number to tie the game, what do you need from your pitcher next inning? A SHUTDOWN INNING. What did we say earlier about Glen's pitching?
it is utter folly to imagine that Glen would surrender no runs in a whole game, much less any inning
Well, he almost did that very folly. Putting down the first two batters with a ground out and a fly out. Then he gave up a harmless single. Then Peter came to the bat. Peter smacked a very high, very deep, home-run depth shot straight to center - currently patrolled by one Matt Lindsay. Matt was currently engaged in a good convo with one Kurt Mosser about Chris Carpenter and the broader notion of a "shutdown inning." Let's just say Matt did not take an optimal route to this deep fly ball - he turned the wrong way. He did get his outstretched full hand on the ball, and came close to squeezing it for the final out - but did not and it fell for the second true walk off homer of the year.
(This is not to say that had I taken a better route to the ball, I would have caught it; you just can't know that.)
Glen, Kurt, Matt - 5
Dave, Pete - 7
W: Berwald
L: Cebulash
Beltran-Themed Bonus Question: Can you guess which player had FOUR Beltrans (as a batter) today? Ah, I see that was an easy one. Yes, it was of course, Dave Eldridge, all when facing Kurt Mosser. This tied a record previously the exclusive domain of one Brent Mackintosh.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Wiffle Postseason begins - Nightly Wiffle this week?
Game one of the 2011 Wiffle Postseason featured two teams looking to prove they had more than brains. As it worked out, while Mosser and Hume talked "Constructing Communities", Berwald and Lindsay talked "Building the Big Inning."
No lack of hits in the first inning and a half, but neither team was able to score. Prof. Hume took the mound in the bottom of the second, allowing 12 hits, recording 1 out, but reaching the inning-run rule limit of 10. Lindsay drove in 6 and da Commish 4.
Prof. Mosser drove in a run off Berwald in the top of the fourth with help from Prof. Hume's 3rd and 4th hits of the evening (Hume went 4-for-10 on the day and raised her season's average to .174, just ahead of Ben's .167.)
But.. it wasn't enough as Peter turned a nifty double play to end the contest.
Laura, Kurt - 1
Matt, Peter - 10
W: Berwald
L: Hume
Note:
Kurt Mosser hit no batters in his two innings of work. He also allowed no runs and lowered his ERA to 1.43.
Matt drew crappy foul lines and reversed the "H" and "V" on the scoreboard.
The weather is gonna be great all week! So how many games can we get in this week? Post Season: All hands on deck!!
No lack of hits in the first inning and a half, but neither team was able to score. Prof. Hume took the mound in the bottom of the second, allowing 12 hits, recording 1 out, but reaching the inning-run rule limit of 10. Lindsay drove in 6 and da Commish 4.
Prof. Mosser drove in a run off Berwald in the top of the fourth with help from Prof. Hume's 3rd and 4th hits of the evening (Hume went 4-for-10 on the day and raised her season's average to .174, just ahead of Ben's .167.)
But.. it wasn't enough as Peter turned a nifty double play to end the contest.
Laura, Kurt - 1
Matt, Peter - 10
W: Berwald
L: Hume
Note:
Kurt Mosser hit no batters in his two innings of work. He also allowed no runs and lowered his ERA to 1.43.
Matt drew crappy foul lines and reversed the "H" and "V" on the scoreboard.
The weather is gonna be great all week! So how many games can we get in this week? Post Season: All hands on deck!!
Saturday, October 1, 2011
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