So that was weird

In a year and season when nothing is normal, even an idyllic 3-on-3 wiffle match can present the unexpected. To wit:

• That moment in the top of the first when Matt, the shortest member of the home team, leapt up and stole a line drive home run from Jeff.
• That moment in the bottom of the first when that same Matt hit a homer over Jeff's head in left. (1-0 home boys).
• That later moment when Matt had a home run taken away by Jeff who leapt over the home run line and tipped the ball back to Kurt who caught it.
• That moment when Adrian hit a foul off the backboard which was caught by the pitcher, Matt, for an out... with the bases loaded.
• That moment (which lasted a span of nine outs) when Zach and Eric mused about whether moving from zero to one was in fact "counting" or merely acknowledgement of the changing state from non-existence to existence.

None of those is made up. As they say, if you go to a ball game, you're bound to see something you've never seen before. Or five things.

There was serious talk (really only from Matt) of playing 2 seven inning games - just like they do in the bigs! - but at the end of seven, with Matt's team losing such talk died down and a single nine-inning affair was concluded.

It got no better for the home team however: trailing by one after seven, they eventually lost by four - 10-6.

Take note that the stats are now actually linked on the home page of the blog - and it's not even Labor Day, yet! Also note the very close stats between Jeff and Zach. The only edge for Jeff being due to his one BB (Intentional BB, that is, by Matt). Stats are fun.

This is a picture of a waterfall in Dayton. You may think of it as Zen.