Thumpin'

Mother Nature drenched the field on Saturday, so the league was reduced to the impious players on Sunday, again.

The visitors (Dewey, Hansoo, and Stats) brought out the thunder sticks and the lightning arms for the game, as it turned out. They produced 10 runs using a 26-hit attack from the first inning to the ninth. All the while surrendering zero runs and only 12 hits to the homestanding Adrian, Eric (!), Kurt and Pete.

Dewey's 10-for-18 (plus 4 RBI) led the winners and earns him a blog mention, though average-wise Pete's 6-for-9 in a losing cause was the best of the day. Hansoo (7-for-18, 4 RBI) hit the game's only dinger and was just a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. Ironic, as this was a game that featured four different players hitting triples.

Just not Hansoo.

Indeed, Pete and Matt (9-for-18, 2 RBI) were both just a homer shy of the cycle. For Matt, that's the same as saying he was a Unicorn shy of the cycle.

Nothing says it better about the pitching than saying "9-inning shutout." Matt threw three shutdown innings following top halves where his team scored. As the game wore on this seemed less and less an achievement, since everyone was pitching shutouts.

Dewey, Hansoo, Matt - 10 runs, 26 hits
Adrian, Eric, Kurt, Peter - 0 runs, 12 hits

HR: Ha (1)

To Whom It May Concern

Peter had an Idea: let's play Sunday wiffle, since the weather was not so good on Saturday. Seven men showed up, but Zamonski once again was the Spanish at Trafalgar.

The quality of play was matched by the glorious weather. In the end, the home team cobbled together an 8-inning 7-5 victory, with a gutsy performance by Bob (who stayed vertical, not Horizontal), One big inning off of Dewey, and Bee Gees jokes.

The visiting team of Dewey, Hansoo, Matt and Adrian built an early 5-1 lead, but then their bats flew to Odessa. Spirits Having Flown, Dewey took the mound for his second turn on the bump, and gave up a series of Spicks and Specks hits. 2 Years On the lead was gone and they were down a run. Peter got the dream that inning, by the way.

Stats gave up another run in an inning where the home team of Bob, Kurt and Peter loaded the bases with no one out. Stats couldn't replicate the feat of Mr. Natural, Krash Mosser, who had earlier allowed the bases to be loaded then surrendered no runs.

Down two in their final at bats, the visitors had two on with two out with Peter gasping for the save. Trying to reach the Cucumber Castle with a dramatic late rally, instead, Matt struck out while laughing at one of Mosser's High Civilization jokes. Meh, Size Isn't Everything.

Adrian, Dewey, Hansoo, Matt - 5 runs, 19 hits
Bob, Kurt, Peter - 7 runs, 22 hits
Barry, Robin, Maurice - 8 Grammys, 12 Top 40 Hits

HR: none

This Is Where I Came In

When the Commish is Away...

It's a proud, bittersweet, moment when a parent sees their child off into the world of independent adulthood. Seeing that they can manage a life, contribute to society, make art, consume calories, etc. This week, the OWAC did manage to have a game, even without the beneficent leadership of the Commish.

Stats, his left wrist in a brace, managed to pull off a game. And as has been noted in the past - the only thing he does worse than drawing the lines, is picking the teams. BUT NOT THIS TIME!!! This time, the lines were MUCH worse than the teams.

In fact is was a very competitive 7-5 game. The game ended with the tying run in scoring position. The game featured a lot of hits, some amazing defense. Memorable in every way - except for J.D.

Mark had pitched himself into a jam. Bases loaded, one out. JD gave him a pretty tough at bat, but then fouled one off the wall that mark managed to catch and then turn into a nifty double play. Rally quashed.

No one likes to do that, but it happens. But for JD - it happened twice. In the eighth inning with Tim Y. on the mound JD did it again, this time with an easy grounder. Twin rally-killing double plays in a game where your team loses by 2. Ugh. JD, we hope your Easter goes better.

It was a better day for Andy, who's twin home runs put him firmly in the league lead in that category. Like they say, you can't win an MVP in April, but you can lose it.

Dewey, Hansoo, JD - 5 runs, 22 hits
Andy, Kurt, Mark, Tim Y. - 7 runs, 16 hits

HR: Evans (2)