09 Oct 2004

ONES :
Catch: Dahlia, Pitch: scooterboy/Andy, 1st: HY, 2nd: Princess, 3rd: Rickey, SS: Fubar, RF: Andy/scooterboy, LF: TH, CF: Sandman & Gino, Rover: Diana

TWOS :
Catch: Joanne, Pitch: Geok, 1st: Indiana, 2nd: Horfun/coach@second game, 3rd: Generalissimo, SS: DT, RF: TS, LF: Swat, CF: Rube & TK, Rover: Jason

Game 1 : ONES 12 : TWOS 9
Game 2 : ONES 10 : TWOS 14 (7 innings)

Two very good games. Good defense and hitting from both teams. 4 new people showed up for the game. First timers, but they performed admirably, showing good batting skills and good hustle on the field. Jason put up a good effort in Rover, and he even made 2 plays to 1st for the out. Diane, Dahlia and Joanne showed great hand eye coordination and took good at bats with power and direction. They didn't get on base, but showed lots of promise. This is the first time we had new people that didn't suck and bring down the standard of the game. In fact, they raised the bar by showing good skills for a first try. Great effort. Hope they come back again.
The game overall was both a masterpiece of hitting and a defensive gem. Two extremely close games that could have gone either way, all the way down to the bottom of the ninth. Th was back to form after the sad display last week, and the princess was back dominating second base. She put out the coach by grabbing his hard-hit opposite field liner. The Ipoh assassin definitely performs better when the princess is around, he was too distracted last week with her absence. And the princess was back with solid hits and error-free fielding, I guess the 3 week break did her good after all. Horfun took a good step up to take second base, making good stops and even a great play to first to take out the batter. She's definitely getting there, it's good that she's a stayer and we see great potential for her.
ONEs were the victor in the first game but it could have gone to the TWOs. The TWOs had several chances during the game to take the win, but solid defense prevented extra runs. The game was turned around in the second game when the TWOs took a solid lead in the first inning, and held on to it in a mirror image of the ONEs in the first game. Coach finally showed up, and horfun graciously gave up her place for him to play. DT offered him the SS position instead of 2nd, but he declined. This comment was heard coming from the dugout, "OMG. Look at the infield, it's Indiana at 1st, Coach at 2nd, Generalissimo at 3rd and DT at SS. What an infield". And to prove the opposition correct, the TWOs with the infield-of-death, setup a textbook 4-6-3 doubleplay in the bottom of the 9th to get the win. The ONEs had a spectacular play during the second game as well with a 8-6-5-1 relay to take out Rube at home. Rube hit a solid opposite field hit and he was heading for 3rd when the throw came in to fubar. The basecoach signaled rube to hold at 3rd, but fubar turned and threw the ball at rickey, and the basecoach signed rube home. Rickey astounded everyone with a quick turn and throw to Andy at home and a surprised rube was tagged out at home.
There was no MBP for this double header as everyone played good ball. The weather was fantastic and except for some rude, disrespectful cricketers who almost threatened to ruin our day, the 2 games were extremely memorable.