Sept. 30, 2017: A day that will live in improbability

A virtually insurmountable 1-0 lead by the Vans on Saturday was, beyond all forms of logic and reason, undone by a two-run explosion in the sixth. Adrian, hobbled by recent finger surgery, was taken advantage of by the type of ruthless opportunism one should expect from the OW&A. The Halens won 3-2.

Sun Tzu would be proud.

The outcome would have been much altered had not:

1. The Vans left the bases loaded on several occasions.

2. Dewey not been robbed by Eric of several deep hits.

The Vans drove in a run in the ninth to make the Halens sweat some but that cry of hope was made quiet by muted bats.

A rookie, too, was broken in. Andrew (not to be confused with the older, taller Andy) accounted for two singles in his initial outing. After a thorough explanation of the rules (follow by an apology for such obfuscation) the younger Andrew faced pitchers with aplomb. On the mound, he learned to count on his finely tuned and sure-handed oufield. At his homecoming dance tonight, Andrew is sure to spend the entire night talking about our endeavors.

In lieu of offense, we did learn the distance of a double (58 feet), triple (77 feet) and at-fence home run (94 feet). The mound sits 35 feet from the box. This research was brought to us by Eric who produced scientific equipment and a thirst for knowledge to get us to this frontier.

In attendance: Dewey, Hans, J.D. and Mark for the Halens; Adrian, Andrew, Eric, Kurt and Pete for the Vans.

Weather conditions: God smiled on our corner of Ohio. Asking for anything better would be criminal.

If this were an ordinary weekend..

So much to report from the asphalt BUT...

Ordinarily I would write in breathless prose about the return of Dewey to Nance Bradds Field and to our spirited bat-and-ball play. Ordinarily, I would mercilessly savage Kurt for sitting on his league leading batting average. Ordinarily, I would make jokes about this being an "offensive" game after 11 runs were scored in the first inning, and then none in the remaining five.

But this is no ORDINARY weekend, dear wifflers. For this weekend sees the return of ..

Yes, Matt passed Kurt in the batting stats and sits at the head of the table. Sure, Adrian was run-ruled in the first. Yup, they used the black bat named Esther. But none of that is important.

Sunday night on CBS, Star Trek returns to serial television for the first time since 2005!!!!!

REALLY WHAT COULD BE MORE AWESOME THAN THIS?!?!?!?

Adrian, Andy, Matt - 1 run, 15 hits

Dewey, Hansoo, Peter - 10 runs, 19 hits

HR: None

Two is the One

It's not enough to induce the easy fly ball - your outfield has to CATCH them. 

The visitors dropped three easy fly balls that should have been three outs and could have been four outs. These misplays led directly to three home-team runs in a game the home boys won 4 to 2.

Nonetheless is was a good, tight contest; the visitors loaded the bases after two were out in the top of the ninth. Hansoo came to bat to face Andy... and struck out to end the day.

Adrian, Hansoo, Matt, Peter, Eric Z. - 2 runs, 17 hits
Andy, Bob, Kurt, Mark - 4 runs, 20 hits

HR: none

Monday Morning Wiffle, Live From Budget Field

So there was this:

So Peter had to do this:

Which had the side benefit of allowing us to do this:

Bob got a single on that pitch, by the way. Welcome to Budget Field!

Fred, Matt, Mark, Ryan, Hansoo - 5 runs, 18 hits
Bob, JD, Kurt, Peter - 2 runs, 14 hits

HR: Ha (4)