Steamed and Pressed

Memorial Day Weekend Blogger: Peter Berwald!

It was a hot and hazy Saturday morning as three regular participants showed up to play some wiffle ball. The usual pre-game chatter took place about who had won in the “bigs” and what the guys had done the previous night while the Commish re-chalked the field (remnants of chalk remained from Thursday night's game)..

And then the surreal occurred. Ben "Tag" showed up to play, he walked on the field with a child-like grin and extra “swag” in his step.  He was coming in off of a good game the other day, and he was hungry for more-and he didn't disappoint the fans....in theory.

Not to be outdone, who came coasting in on his bike? Han Soo, that’s who. No driving to Columbus for graduate school today, and a clearly he was looking forward to having break from the usual parenting routine. Like Ben, he came to play… in theory.

The sides were chosen; Peter "The Commish" and Han Soo “Two Strike” took the field.

With a runner on first and two outs, who was next to show up? Brent “Mac Daddy" Mackintosh! 3 per side! Play ball!

The visitors loaded up the bases and Kurt (Krash) Mosser knocked in a run to start the scoring. He followed up his RBI inning shutting down the home-team as Han Soo, Brent and Pete began a day of anemic hitting including against the likes of Ben and Glen, a couple of pitchers accustomed to giving up a run or two.

As the game progressed, the visitors pecked away with consistent hitting and timely RBI’s while the home-team couldn’t seem to put it all together including a bases-loaded ground out by the Commish against Glen in the bottom of the 4^th.

The game ended with all three home-team “hitters” flying out to deep left against “The Artist, Glen Cebulash.”

Photo courtesy of Brent Mackintosh

The final score says it all, visitors 10, home 0.

Ben 8 for 14 with a triple, and 4 RBI’s. He gave up 3 hits from the mound.

Glen 7 for 14 with two doubles and 3 RBI’s. He gave up 3 hits as well.

Kurt 9 for 14 (all singles) with 4 RBI’s. He gave up 3 hits...hmm, sense a pattern?

Brent 2 for 9 at the plate (singles). He gave up 5 runs from the hill.

Han Soo 3 hits (singles) for 9 at bats. He gave up 2 runs.

Pete 4 for 9, all singles. He gave up 3 runs.

Side notes; Glen made a great catch on a line-drive from the Commish. Kurt hit a shot that hit the wall in a millisecond for a powerful…single. It would've cleared the fence and then some. "The wall giveth..." There were probably 10 pop-ups by everybody. The home-team had no extra-base hits. The Commish went up and over giving up 50 plus runs for the season…he obviously needs to back himself up with better fielders.