This is what it is all about

Our first game today was against the Chorizos, an undefeated team that didn't need to take infield because "they were good enough". They had averaged 20 runs a game in their first two games and thought they were on the way to the finals on the second day. Enter the Stud Muffins (my team - Hargrove named us) with our 1-1 record. After scoring one run in the first inning we took the field holding them scoreless. In the bottom of the second inning our starting pitcher had to leave the game with after blowing out his arm with the score 3-1 in favor of the Chorizos. Enter Mike "TO" Burns who hasn't played baseball since the 8th grade. Mike throws nothing but slow junk and was the junk working today! The "Muffs" started to fight back scoring runs in the third and forth innings to to tie the game before giving up a run in the bottom of the forth to go down by one. It stayed this way until the bottom of the seventh with 2 outs. The rally started with a 4 pitch walk followed by the next batter getting 2 strikes on him before Mike ripped a bullet up the right center gap for a game tying triple. With Mike on third up came the Z-man (70 something old man that can't run. we provide a pitch runner for him) He proceeded to hit a single into right field and we took the lead 5-4. Now we needed to hold them scoreless and the come back win is ours. Mike puts them down in order to secure the victory! Mike Hargrove commented after the game, "man I never got goosebumps before at a fantasy game but today I did" It made me think of the year when the tribe was always coming back to win games. I went 1-2 and scored a run.


Our second game didn't go as good as the first. Again a coaches pitch game and we lost 11 - 5 to the D & D Destroyers, Dave Burba & Dave Nelsons team. Burba pitched for their team and we had Kevin Rhomberg pitching to us. Who would you rather have pitching to you? A major league pitcher or a utility infielder? Burba's team ripped the cover off the ball with pitches coming in consistently the same speed and location. On the other hand we had pitches coming in at all locations and at different speeds. At least that is my excuse for losing. I was 0-2 for the game (should have had a hit, but the ump was blind, called me out at first).

We are now 2-2 and still in the running for the championship game on Friday. My batting average dropped to 300 with a 1-4 showing for the day. I have now played, right & left field as well as 1st and 2nd base.

Tomorrow we again have two games on the schedule and one Thursday morning to decide the division winner.


While some of the fans have left to get back to the cold of the north we did have Charlie & Janet join the fan gang today for the morning game!