20 Nov 2004

ONES :
Pitch : Swat/Rickey, Catch : Scooterboy, 1st : Beyonce, 2rd : Geok, 3rd : Rickey/Swat/Sandman/Dasuki, SS : Money, Outfield : TS/Sandman/Gunz/Dasuki/Swat/Cheetah

TWOS :
Pitch : Dasuki2/Kitty, Catch : Rube/Kitty, 1st : Indiana, 2nd : Princess, 3rd : DT, SS : Salehin, Outfield : TH, TK, Ironman, Dasuki2, Rube, Kitty, Horfun

Game 1 : ONES 8 : TWOS 14
Game 2 : ONES 1 : TWOS 11 (3rd Inning Mercy)

Back to our normal Saturday Softball game of 1s and 2s. Rickey picked the teams, and it looked pretty even, with ONEs at home. For a change, we played at the legend corner. There must be some kind of magic at that corner, because everyone seemed to be hitting for the fences. The illusion of the short porch was irresistable to all of the usual big bats, and the not so usual big bats too. Everyone was trying to hit the track for a homerun, and the closest must have been TH's hit, that landed a couple of feet short. The longest hit belonged to Gunz, who smacked a long centerfield liner. That drive would have hit the track if he hit it along the line. Rube had the best hit of the game, hitting a deep opposite field hit into right center for a grandslam home run in the second game. TH deserves honorable mention for his pin-point spray hitting, placing the ball with delicate finess over the heads of the infielders. His accuracy advanced runners and brought in several runs.
The TWOs exhibited some of the finest infield defense ever seen on Saturday Softball, with both sides of the infield showing mad defensive skillz. If the ball was hit in the infield, the batter was out. Didn't matter if the batter hit it to 1st, 2rd, 3rd or short, there were no gaps. The highlight reel play was made by DT and Salehin, combining to take the runner out at 3rd. With Money on 3rd. over-eager to score, DT fielded a short bunt down the 3rd base line, he faked a throw to 1st, turned to check the runner at 3 and fired to Salehin, who read the play excellantly to cover 3rd and he made the tag to get Money out. Indiana and Princess likewise showed perfect communication on the right side of the infield to get the other highlight reel play. Indiana fielded a blooper over his head, he scoped the spinning bounce and made a blind toss to first and Princess was there to take the ball to get the runner out.
The ONEs looked stronger on paper, but it seems (from past trends) that the team with more of Lloyd's kids always wins. And the TWOs had 3 of lloyd's kids. I think we have finally found the replacement for DY. Salehin is an excellant infielder with a good singles bat.