In the course of updating the software behind the website, somewhere all the customization I had done got lost. Just FYI that I am aware of the strangeness.
Update: One step closer!
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Salty said I should write something nice, so I will, right after I wish him good luck as the wedding crasher this weekend. Have fun storming the castle! So Beck wrote the lineup, and for about three innings he looked like a damn genius because we were on pace to win the game 1-0. But, alas, things started to sputter and only quick thinking by Coach Sully put the game back on track*. Whew! * We got back on track when Coach Sully pulled himself out of the game. We had good defense, by which I mean nobody made any real egregious errors. Big Cat went deep into the hole *snort* at shortstop to make a play, and Dewey went deep and left *snicker* to make a nice running catch in left field. The hitting started slow, but picked up after the afore-mentioned benching. I don’t know if anyone else has noticed this, but with Sloppy, Mookie and The Tank back in the lineup, we’re not quite as glacial getting around the bases as we were in April, May and June. Beasley had a long double in the third inning, which came at a good time because it looked like we might never score again. Salty came into the game for House and went 2-for-2, including something called a “double” which usually for us is followed by “penetration.” Action Jackson, fresh off watching his son’s baseball team win the state tournament, went 3-for-3 to lift his average off the deathbed. Who else went nuts? Art! Art! went nuts! Playing like a much younger man*, Art! got on base all three times he batted, including an almost-bases-clearing double deep over the left-centerfielder’s head. Good win. Routine win, at least after the fifth inning. I like that. Next up is the Coeur d’Alene tournament, which is the usual one-day marathon in a sauna. * 38 Postscript: When I reviewed the scoresheets, I found a run for the O-fers that apparently the scorekeeper missed. The actual 17-9 score is reflected above. Cheerleading is not a sport, federal judge rules. Rule 1: No ball, no sport. Anyone wanna argue? I just couldn’t get into the World Cup, I just couldn’t. This video shows you why (and I hate basketball too, so that oughta tell you something):  The Evil Monkey switched backs during this game. May Dave enjoy it for a long time. We came into the game with monkeys on our backs. The big monkey was that we haven’t beaten Integrity in two seasons of trying. A couple of the games have been close, but a couple have been ugly blowouts. (I’m looking at you, 16-5 loss last month.) The other monkey was that whole triple play business. Bryan hit into one against Integrity during that afore-mentioned loss, so he expected to hold onto the title of “most recent O-fer to hit into a triple play” for a long time, years maybe. Would you believe 35 days? The monkey switched backs in the fourth inning, when Dave Hunt talled a 6U, 6U, 6-3 triple play that broke out spirits, except that it didn’t. We were down 9-7 at that point, and Integrity scored five more runs in the bottom of the fourth, so we were down 14-7 in the top of the fifth. We scored three. Then we held ‘em. Then we scored six to take a 16-14 lead. Triple play, schmiple play, right? It’s not a head game if you don’t let it be one. But then … OK, my stomach still hurts. Integrity scored six in the sixth, including four runs after two outs. Their shortstop, Jeremy Loffer, hit a deep fly ball with a runner on. Dave was under it but had to reach back for it and (ouch) it dropped. Jeremy ended up on third base, until our shortstop threw the ball home (oof) and our catcher missed it (barf). Jeremy scored, and we were down two runs on a ball that should have ended the inning. Two batters later, Tyson hit a two-run homer for Integrity to make the score 20-16. We had a good chances to win this game and run our league record to 5-3. Instead, we’re 4-4, and very possibly would have been 3-5 if we didn’t have a forfeit win to our credit. Game Notes: Dewey was ejected in the first inning … Bryan went 3-for-3 with a walk, possibly his first perfect game since jamming his fingers in Moscow six weeks ago … Frank Morden continued his hot streak with a 3-for-4 performance … Scotty Morgan was 4-for-4 in his third game of the season. Strange Game Note: Gary Beck played second base in both games of a doubleheader, and I can’t remember anyone hitting a ball to him on the ground in either game. Sorry about the delay. I spent all night studying the infield fly rule,* especially the part about how it is only supposed to be called if the infielder could catch the fly ball with “ordinary effort.” Anyway, we won, they lost. It was a close game for a while, at least until the bad juju they set . . . → Read More: O-fers 17, Ciao Mambo 7 I think we ended up tied for seventh out of 16 teams. That’s about where we stand at the moment. There is a clear class of teams above us, ranging from the New York Yankees down to, oh, let’s say Bomb Squad. Nah, make that Moon Time … they’re about 1 percent better than we are . . . → Read More: O-fers notch three wins in Regis I scored the run. I just want to get that out of the way right now. It is clear that playing three games in six weeks is not good for us. On the night of Scotty Morgan‘s 2010 debut, the O-fers were on and off the field in the blink of an eye Thursday night. The Beas managed . . . → Read More: Smalls 16, O-fers *sob* I thought this was funny enough to share (from Empire Earned): Continue reading It can always get worse It’s noon, and so far they have cancelled adult tennis for tonight, but softball is still “on as scheduled.” I put the over/under for cancellation time at 2 p.m. Update: Cancelled at 1:30 p.m. . . . → Read More: This should be a no-brainer |
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