Everyone showed up on time again. Thanks… We played the 4th place Slop and their record and team name turned out to be very appropriate. We started with 14 plate appearances and 10 runs to their 0. The 2nd inning was my favorite. We stared off with 2 pokes to shallow LC. Normally that should have been 2 base hits. However their shortstop made a couple of great plays to run down the bloop fly balls. With 2 outs and no one on we repeated our 1st inning performance with 14 plate appearances and another 10 runs. We even held them to 0 again. In the 3rd we settled down scoring only 6 and giving up 2 runs (but most of us moved to different fielding postions at this point). In the 4th we scored 8 and knowing it was going to be a 4th inning mercy rule we took it easy on defense and let them score another 2 runs. Final Score: WPFF 34 Slop 4.
Great game. It locked us into the playoffs having a 6-1 record through 7 games. Slop and K1MW can’t catch us so we’ve at least clinched 3rd place. Next week we play The Shocker who is the only team to have beaten us. They are 5-2 and in 2nd place. If we lose we’ll move into 2nd place since they will have head-to-head against us. For us to take back the head-to-head advantage over them we need to beat them by 7 runs.
Thanks to Tom R., Dave, German and Ken for joining me after the game. We had a great time. It’s always fun to be with friends who arrive and the 1st thing they do is steal your beer. Then when the pitcher is low they pour themselves a beer and reach over me to pour the guy next to me the remainder of the beer. Of course when the guy who finished the beer notices it he feels bad for me and lets me know it by stabbing me in the leg. Good times… Good times.
Next week is an early game so we’ll go to Avenue #3 after. Hopefully they’ll serve plactic forks to avoid further leg injuries.