Be the Story

You may ask..

"How can a wiffler start opening day 6-for-6 at the plate, go 8-for-11 on the day and NOT be the story?" Good question.

It can happen when some other wiffler hits a walk off grand slam to win the game.

Then you might ask..

"How can a wiffler hit a walk off grand slam to win an opening day game and NOT be the story?" Better question.

That can happen if and only if there are two wifflers playing in tweed hats.

Today Jeremy and Fred strode upon the asphalt in true gentlemen's chapeaux.   Their pitcher-batter confrontations, beneath those sterling boaters, were moments of civility and style. The woolly bonnets elevated the whole affair, as the homers beat the guests on a grand walk-off homer, by Dr. Mosser.

Headpieces make the man; tweed makes the wiffler. The millinery work on these tams were a sight to behold, blending browns, grays and blues into classy toppers, worthy of opening day pomp and bunting.

You can have your bowlers, your sombreros, the odd fedora, pork-pies. A skimmer, or even a ten-gallon can be fine, too. Nothing wrong with a Stetson, nor for that matter a Panama or a stove pipe.  But for a wiffler - it simply must be tweed.

Eric, Jeremy, Matt - 6 runs, 17 hits
Fred, Kurt, Peter, Tim - 7 runs, 14 hits

HR - Mosser (1)

Men in Hats.