Karen :)
June 29
vs. Gravity Fielders
Who played: Renaud, KarenC, Scott,
Brendan, Beth, Andrew, JohnD, JohnK,KarenT, Steve, Marc, Mike, Rhiannon,
Brad, Kent, Gretchen, and Jes.
Who spectated: Linda, Barb,
Kindra, Emily, Mud Boy Max, and Jenny who was sidelined with some strange
Turkish malady she picked up on her business trip last
week.
Who participated in Renaud's Farewell Dinner at
Souplantation: Steve, Max, Emily, Jenny, Marc, Kent, Karen, JohnK, JohnD,
Gretchen, Jes, Brad, Renaud, Brendan, Scott and Karen.
Bleeder
of the Game: Kent, who proved he coagulates well, but may never get that
stain out of his sock. As for my ankle, doc says it's a sprain, but I have
to stay off it until after I see the sports medicine docs... :( Anyone
know where to get an air splint around here?
Box score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Gravity Fielders 3 5 2 2 0 2 0
14
Bruisers 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 7
It was
quite a respectable game, despite the fact that we lost. We had some
really good hits, and some excellent fielding. Offensively, we put the
hurt on the Gravity Fielders with home runs by Andrew, Steve and Kent.
RBIs were knocked in by Andrew (2), JohnK, KarenT, Kent (2), and Steve.
Defensive highlights included a "made it look easy" catch at second by Jes,
and and good backup of our pitcher by KarenT, also at second. JohnK made a
great snag of a line-drive back to the him (which, if it had been me
pitching, would have hit me in the face), and we had good outfield catches
by Scott and Brendan, and a couple of really nice plays to get runners at
first. Humor highlight would have to be Marc's Jose Canseco imitation when
he bounced a thrown ball off the top of his head while getting back to
second base.
Dinner was a somewhat sad affair as we bade adieu
to our friend Renaud. After 1.5 seasons with the Bruisers, he's returning
home to Lyon France, with a genuine C League softball signed by his Bruiser
Buddies. We'll miss you Renaud! We expect to have France participating in
Olympics softball soon, with you as the team manager.
We'll all
have plenty of time to recover from our injuries and illnesses, since our
next game isn't until Thursday July 9.
We'll be playing the Crawdads out on field
H4. Check out the web page for the map. I know we'll be
missing Andrew, Jessica and (sniff!) Renaud. Everyone let me know if
you'll be there or not! Don't worry, I won't forget to do the reminder
this time!!
See you then, and have a fun and safe holiday
weekend!