11 Nov 2004

Since there were about 13 people per team, we decided to playwith 3 outfielders and 2 rovers, and sit out 2 people per inning. I won't post up the positional rotation as it kept changing with sitouts, but you can check the player roster in the preview of the series.

Game 1 :
Pitch : Swat, Catch : Rickey, 1st : Indiana, 2nd : Geok, 3rd : DT, SS : Coach, LF : TH, CF : Sandman, RF : Cheetah, Rov : Gil
You'd think with the lineup like that the series would already be in the bag. Can the team can any dreamier? Could you hear the new chappies quivering in their boots. Can you hear Beyonce saying "this is so unfair, the teams are so unbalanced". Would you think, "hey, might as well pack up and go home, pick 1s and 2s instead". Well....

As befits their seniority, the old chappies started the game at home, taking the field first. You could hear the sighs of resignation and wows of "look at that team", when the Oldies took to the field. It was a scary sight. Shutting down the newbies in the first inning, it looked like the oldies would soon dominate the game. That was not to happen. The ghost of overconfidence (And lloyd's kids) were not put to rest after all. The newbies took a 2-0 lead in the 3rd inning, with good solid singles hitting. The oldies, swinging for the fences got nowhere with bloop popups and infield grounders which were easily put away by Salehim, one of lloyds kids. Finally tying the score in the 4th, the oldies felt that theie time had come, time to show the newbies a thing or two about classic saturday softball. But no, it didn't happen. The newbies rallied hard from the tie and won the game with a 6-2 score. Fundamental single hitting by the newbies won the day and the first game. The ghost of lloyd's monfort kids have come back to haunt the oldies. Dom pitched a classic game for the win, and stellar defence from Salehim at 3rd base got him the MBP

Final Score : New Chappies 6 : Old Foggies 2

Game 2 :
Winning team took the field first. By this time, the newbie's ranks have been severly buffered by the arrivals of Rube and Cool Papa. The oldies were lost in dismay, their morale having taken a harsh beating from the loss of the first game. Starting the second game at bat, the oldies quickly put 2 runs in. It looked like things had finally turned around, but it was not to be. The newbies clawed their way back at their at bat to 2-1, and for the 2nd and 3rd innings, the oldies offense just stopped short. Both innings, with none out, bases loaded, the oldies failed to score. giving up 3 outs to strand the runners on base. A good string of 3 hits followed by 3 chokes at bat. The oldies need to relook their batting lineup. The newbies again put up a masterful display of hitting fundamentals, taking singles and extra base hits to swoop to a 5-3 lead by the 4th. TH picked up the mantle for the oldies and stepped up to hit a gigantic opposite field HR over Andy's head to bring the score back to 5-4, but his efforts were in vain. The newbies crushed the oldies spirits with a 11-6 win.

Final Score : New Chappies 11 : Old Foggies 6

The series continues on saturday with game 3 and 4.

Honorable mention, DT suffered a severe case of knoblochitis, making the worst throws in the history of mankind, the ball never coming close to first base.