Bruise rs 1998

August 5 vs. Wild Turkeys

Business first:

LOST AND FOUND: I came away from the field with two matching water bottles... if they are yours, please claim them. They are currently living in my car.

PARTY?: There is interest in an end-of-season party (to be commenced directly after the last game of the season, date TBD) -- anyone feel like hosting/planning it?

Now, the replay:

The Turkey Hunters: KarenC, Andy, Scott, Andrew, Nancy, Mike, Brendan, Kenny, KarenT, Bob, Mark, Gretchen, Marc, Beth, JohnD, and Rhiannon.

Turkey Hunter cheerleaders: Kim, Claire & Toto, Barb, Kindra, and JohnK

Those who ate anything _but_ turkey at Robins: Brendan, Kenny, Beth, Barb, Rhiannon, Kindra, JohnK, Gretchen, JohnD, KarenT, Mark, Claire, Scott, and KarenC.



Box
Score:

                 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   Total

  Wild
Turkeys   10  2   0   1   2   1   0   16

  Bruisers       1   0   1   1
5   0   0   8

It was another odd game. Mainly because we played according to the Sam League version of the mercy rule instead of normal C League rules. Philosophically speaking, perhaps some day Sam will realize that the more he talks the less people listen, esp. when he's making up new rules as the game goes on. But then again, since he's been trying to change the way the mercy rule works for years, perhaps not. Ah well. At any rate, we knew it was going to be a rough game when we were mercied before we even had our first ups. After languishing in that weird, ever-changing mercy fog for four innings, we finally broke out of it enough to give the Turkeys their genuine three outs per inning for the rest of the game.

The weather was nice, the camaraderie around the Bruiser blankets was good, and we did try hard. Defensively, we were about 50-50, with really a cool play being made by Bob-Marc, a great snag by Andy at pitcher, and an awesome snag of a fly ball by Brendan. I won't mention who dropped the fly ball or let one go into the street, or which Bruiser was actually booed (by Bruisers, no less) for being first base boy scout... :) Offensive magic consisted of home runs by Andrew and Bob, and a triple that could have been a homer by JohnD. RBIs were hit by Andrew (4), Bob (3), and Rhiannon. Blooper reel points must go to Wild Turkey Sam Dolinar for his imitation of Jose Canseco when he chased a foul ball and ended up bouncing it off his head.

Our next game is on Tuesday August 18 against the LA Radars on field H2. Please let me know if you'll make that game or not. I think so far we're only missing JohnD. We have a bye next week (NO game with the Grounders on Monday 8/10). Yes, I'll remind you that we have no game.

See you on the 18th!

Karen :)