June 9 vs.
DoDgers (fka Rick's Rejects)
WE WON ANOTHER GAME!!!!!! And
we didn't have to mercy the other team to do it. We won by forfeit, since
it's hard to have a game when there's nobody to play. (Gretchen -- no more
need to feel bad about missing the game!)
Who showed up to
play softball: Karen, Andy, Scott, Andrew, Jenny, Steve, Bob, Karl,
Renaud, Dave, Mary Beth, Bobbyjoe, JohnD, and Mike.
Who showed
up just to play: Emily, Max, Jesse, Ellie, Cassie and Simon. Awards for
the most decorated Bruisers go to Jesse and Ellie for their green-stripe
and cheetah costumes. Booby prize for worst eating habit of the day goes
to the Redding kids' friend who decided mud was a good thing to eat...
bleah!
Who went to dinner at Fuddruckers: Andy, Jenny, Emily,
Jill, Max, Steve, JohnD, Renaud, Scott, and
Karen.
Player count at 5:45pm:
Bruisers
14
DoDgers 4
In an extremely poor show
of inconsideration, the DoDgers ("Department of Defense-ers" formerly known
as Rick's Rejects) showed up with the equipment, but not nearly enough
players. Did they know this ahead of time? Yes, they did. Did they have
the courtesy to inform their opponents in order to cancel the game during
the day so Bruisers could possibly do other things? No, they didn't. Is
this a habit of theirs? Apparently so. *Sigh*
Anyway, things
being as they were, once we learned the Rejects were going to go back to
their offices (most having shown up not dressed to play anyway) the
Bruisers tried to get up a game with the also-insufficiently-staffed teams
playing on H3, but they weren't interested. So, we took advantage of
having a field and had some good practice time before heading to
dinner.
Next week's game is on Wednesday June 17 on field H3
against the Goat Scouts (who, I believe, have managed to field a whole team
for every game so far this season that didn't get rained out). We are the
home team. Everyone PLEASE let me know if you'll be at the game. We may
be short players next week. Most certainly we'll be short women because I
already know we'll be missing three of our regulars (Mary Beth, Shaunna,
and most likely Jenny (depending on her plane)), plus Andy and Dave R. If
you're one of our "call me if you need me" players, I'm
calling!!
See ya!
Karen
:)