Monday, August 01, 2011
July 14th Game
You Say You Want a Revolution
July 14 vs. Phil's Crappy Corner
The B61 Starting Lineup
Pitcher: Henry "Le Boom Boom"
Catcher: Alyce "Let them eat babaganoush"
1st: Rob-espierre
2nd: Ro-usseau
SS: Papa Matt
3rd: Jamie le Terrible
Left: Willy du Brooklyn
Center: Tom
Right Field: "Oὺ est le tren?" Jon et ensuite Brendan l'indien
Floater: Amy la Rouge et ensuite Sam, l'amie de Kate
Our Coach: Stephane Whippit
Our Fans: Kris, Nicolas, Chris, Lilac, Lawyer Mike, Lou
The Game
As we all know, July 14th is well known as Bastille Day, marking the day that the people of Paris, armed only with stale baguettes and berets, stormed the Bastille in search of ammunition, political prisoners and a rumored stash of French fries and stinky cheese. The attack on the prison symbolized a nation's desire to end an absolute monarchy, form a constitution supporting the tenets of Enlightenment and develop into a republic soon to be controlled by Napoleon.
What does this have to do with softball? Very little. Since we got slaughtered by the 5th inning, I needed something to fill up the page. Phil's Crappy Corner kicked our butt. I really think they shouldn't be in our league. The average age is probably 21, and they're too good to play slow-pitch co-ed softball. There's a reason they've scored 163 runs in 10 games. One of their females even has her own bat bag. Seriously?
Anyway, it's not for me to decide who's in the league, so it is what it is.
The Craps came out swinging. Pull hitting bouncing on the right field line and with their first 4 at bats, they were already ahead 4-0. Even after switching Jon and Amy to cover the line, they just adjusted their aim to Amy in right center.
A little shaken, but still optimistic, we came to the plate. Their pitcher, the only one really old enough to play in this league obviously plays in a fast-pitch league because he was throwing them in fast and straight. Blue didn't seem to care. That and some good fielding brought us down 1-2-3.
The Craps quickly started scoring more runs in the 2nd inning. Blue wasn't helping when he said Rob never tagged the runner at first. Blue might have tried to make up for it by calling a Crappy runner out for leading off 2nd before the pitch. Even so, they scored 6 more runs to make it 10-0.
Henry started the bottom of the second with a base hit, but it did no good. The Craps were soon back, scoring 3 more runs to bring us on the brink of a slaughter. Alyce also got one of the only base hits, but Crappy turned a double play to shut down hopes of a rally.
Finally, in the 4th inning, there were signs of life in the B61 squad. Finally, an inning where the Craps didn't score! With 2 outs, Jamie got us pumped with a rocket out to center field. The center field had no chance, and Jamie had an easy jog to home. We all agreed it was a good time to go home, but we decided to see what else could happen. Good thing we stayed because Care Bomb knocked a line drive down the 3rd base line. Left field had no chance to get to it, and we had back-to-back home runs! 13-2. Willy tried to follow up but struck out. The pitcher called him back because the last pitch was too fast (it wasn't Blue who called him back.) No help though.
In the 5th, Pawnee went in for Amtrak and got some sweet action with a quick catch to right field. A solo HR to left field brought Crappy to 14-2. They then questioned a called out at 1st, but Blue stood strong by his call. Seriously, you're up 14-2 and you question a play at 1st?? Roblem was so mad that he said he'd kill someone if he wasn't taken out of the game. It didn't matter though; 3 quick outs later, Crappy had won by slaughter.
Player of the Game
We all made mistakes in the game, so I don't know who MVP was. We need to earn it.
Player Profile
"Candian Club", Vipond", "Mr. Pop Up", "Jamie", "James" – Call him what you want, but Jamie has been the unofficial leader and coach of this team from the start. His experience, enthusiasm, quick glove and big bat have led and guided this team through its ups and downs. Few things pick us up more than one of his clutch hits or his game-saving plays to 1st. Women swoon over him, and he even convinced one of the Lady Bus Stops to marry him and bear his child. So, he's doing ok. I think we're lucky to have him on our team and in our lives.
