06 NOV 2004

ONES :
Pitch : Kitty, 1st : Monk, 2nd : Geok, 3rd : Guppy, SS : Money, LF : Rube, CF : Sandman/Beyonce, RF: Monk/Guppy, Rov : Horfun

TWOS :
Pitch : Rickey, 1st : Windmill, 2nd : Princess, 3rd : Indiana, SS : DT, LF : TH, CF : Cool Papa, RF : TS, Rover/catch : Andy

Game 1 : ONES 14 : TWOS 4(mercy in 3 innings)
Game 2 : ONES 11 : TWOS 24(mercy in 7 innings)

MBP : Cool Papa

Two back to back mercy games. Were the teams uneven? Was it good hitting or bad defence? Was it multiple homeruns or multiple fielding errors? Well, a little of both. There were some great individual plays and some not-so-great plays. There were some fine extra-base hitting, and some not-so-fine bloopers that turned into singles. There were some massive hits that sailed past fielders heads, and some not-so-massive hits that sailed past fielders heads because they stood too shallow. The infield didn't get much action that day, but when they did, their performance (on both teams) were stellar. Honorable mentions to Windmill's unassisted double play, fielding a hard ground ball down the first base line, tagging the runner, and still having the presence of mind to run to first to take the batter out And Indiana's Jeteresque behind the back play, deep in the hole, off a fast grounder and the throw to take out the batter. Cool Papa was outstanding in centerfield. Even though he was tired AND hungry, he still ran down the hits, and held many many batters to 1st with his strong throws to 2nd. Rickey called him the castrator because he cut off so runners from extra-base hits.
On another note, We had our first mid-game storm off this year. The rube, through a combination of fielding errors and poor batting, worked himself up into an adamesque frenzy and he walked off the field of play after his at-bat in the 3rd inning (slow grounder to SS) with nary a word. Attempts to contact him was not possible, as he switched off his phone.