Catch As Catch Can Of Corn

An exciting one at NBF this morning as Visitors Adrian, Jeff, and Tom locked horns with Home Team Eric, Hans, Pete and Zach.  This week's theme:  fielding matters.  Especially when, on paper at least, the offensive numbers appeared pretty equally split.  But a number of key catches at critical points led the HTHs to a 6-2 victory, including the game-ending final sprinting grab by Zamonski to ice it.  Special thanks to Zach for not running into me there, OR a few innings before when *he* made the great running grab.  Two other sweet ones were Hansoo's dead-running grab on a shallow popup (Hans woulda caught that...oh wait, he did) and Zamonski's One-Hand-Of-God two finger snag which to be honest I'm still not sure how I pulled that off.  

The other interesting note is that Zach and Jeff entered today's game, which could possibly be the season's last, in a virtual tie for the batting title, Zach just a nick ahead.  With Jeff going 6-for-12 and Zach going 4-for-10 that might have switched leads, we'll have to wait for Matt to update the stats.  

Then there was Adrian:  while the rest of us were thinking about home runs and crazy catches and what color of habanero is the hottest, Adrian quietly yoinked five singles off of a very strong pitching lineup.  Which hitwise put him second only to teammate Jeff's six.  Plus, his own pitching was amazing today with sick location.  Nice game, gato.  

Adrian, Jeff, Tom  -  2 runs, 13 hits

Eric, Hansoo, Pete, Zach  -  6 runs, 11 hits

HR  -  Jeff (2), Hansoo, Zach