July 27
vs. IR Sox
Athletes: KarenC, Scott, Steve, Brendan,
KarenT, Kenny (Bruiser debut), Mike, JohnK, Jenny, Marc, Kent, Gretchen,
Hiro (Bruiser debut), Doi-chen (Bruiser debut), Andy, and
JohnD.
Recruiting kudos go to Andy for maintaining the
international flavor of our team by inviting his Japanese colleagues, Hiro
and Doi-chen to come out and play, and to Brendan for keeping his little
brother on the right playing field.
Cheerleaders: Emily, Max,
Linda, Bob, and Kim.
Participants in the Round Table Feeding
Frenzy during which was polished off six extra large pizzas, a bunch of
pitchers of beer and soda, and a couple of kids meals in less than an hour:
KarenC, Scott, Kent, Andy, Hiro, Emily, Jenny, Steve, Max, Doi
chen, Marc,
JohnD, Randy (who was off swimming during game time instead of playing
softball), JohnK, KarenT, Kenny, Brendan, and four IR
Sox.
Box score:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Total
IR Sox 3 0 0 3 0 1 3 10
Bruisers 3 2 0
0 7 1 x 13
Oh what a night!!! It was hot and yucky at
game time, but cooled off nicely in mid-game, as was marked by the sudden
coming-to-life of Max who proceeded to play with everyone he could get his
hands on. The teams were evenly matched both in skill level and
temperament, and the Bruisers and IR Sox got down to having a nice,
friendly, close game. We even got away with having no injuries worse than
a broken fingernail. In case anyone was wondering, tonight marks our third
win by actual runs, in addition to the two forfeit wins this
season.
Defensively we did very well, with good outfield
catches by everyone who played out there, and some good infield plays to
get runners. Offensively, we also did well, with home runs by Steve (2)
and Andy, triples by Scott, Brendan, and Kenny, and RBI by Scott (2), Steve
(4), KarenT, Marc (2), Hiro, Doi-chen, and Andy (2). The award for most
enthusiastic batting of the night goes to Doi-chen who attacked the ball
with more vigor than Raul Mondesi with men on base, and the award for best
evasive base-running of the night goes to Kenny for making it back to first
before he could become the second out of an attempted double play in the
6th inning. Contract negotiations will begin soon to keep Hiro and
Doi-chen in the States to play out the season.
Our next game is
Wednesday August 5 (not the day after
tomorrow) on field H3 against the Wild Turkeys. We are the home team
again. I know we'll be missing Dave and Mary Beth Redding, Steve and Jenny
Taw, Bobbyjoe and Randy. Everyone else, please be sure I know if you're
able to make it or not.
Wahoo!!!!! Good job tonight
everyone!
Karen :)