27 NOV 2004

ONES :
Pitch : Kitty, 1st : Guppy, 2nd : Princess, 3rd : Sandman, SS : Money, Outfield : TS, TK, Rube, Horfun

TWOS :
Pitch : Rickey, 1st : Beyonce, 2nd : Geok, 3rd : Indiana, SS : DT, Outfield : TH, Swat, Jason, NewGuy

Game 1 : ONES 5 : TWOS 11
Game 2 : ONES 7 : TWOS 8 (5 innings)

Rickey declared his was sick on always being on the losing team (that he picks), so he handed the mantle over to Guppy to pick the teams for this day. Suprisingly and totally against his nature, Guppy picked 2 very fair teams, with an equal balance of hitting, defence and positional players. We only had to make ONE trade to fully even out the teams, which was brother for brother, TK for TH.
Game one started well, with both teams showing tight defence and aggressive hitting. TH again showed off his pinpoint-accurate-spray-hitting, placing TyCobbesque singles between the fielders on both sides of the field. Both teams were showing strong defensive plays to hold the scores tied at 1 apiece till the top of the 4th, when DT hit a 2 RBI HR over the Rube (It was the taunting). The ONEs rallied back to even the score to 5 by the 7th, but the TWOS pulled ahead with some monster hitting from their lineup to bring the final score to 11-5. Highlight reel play of the game was by Rickey at the mound. Kyle hit a slow grounder to Rickey's feet, though Rickey fubbed the play, he stayed with the ball and made a spectacular fully-stretched-diving throw to Beyonce at 1st to get the Kitty out. There was no need to do a slow-motion replay of it, because the original play was already in slow motion, with Rickey even making the "ooooo--aaaaaa--wwwwwww-rrrrrrr--ggggg------hhhhhhhh" sound while he threw the ball and the air was expelled from his lungs from the impact with the ground.

The second game was closer than the first with the TWOs are home. With the pressure of getting swept, the ONEs put up strong hitting and defense to hold the TWOs to only a 2 run lead by the 8th. The ONEs rallied at the top of the ninth to take the lead by 1 run, 7-6, placing the pressure back onto the shoulders of the TWOs. With the meat of the lineup coming up to bat Rickey-Jason-TH, the TWOs were not worried. Playing cautiously, Rickey got the signal for a basehit, the strategy being to let Rickey steal 2nd, then bunt Jason to get Rickey to 3rd, and let TH-Gav work their magic. Rickey complied with the instructions given and got on base, Jason got on base, and with runners on first and second, TH smacked an opposite field line-drive to bring in both runs and win the game.
(Note : Rickey tried to repeat his fully-stretched diving throw from the first game, in the second game. This time, he made a spectacular underhand toss to second, but due to the immense momentum and the upward motion, the ball carried 20ft over the 2nd baseman's head, and into the outfield. Goes to show that there should only be ONE greatest play of the game)


Gold Glove : DT
Biggest Bat : TH
Best Play : Rickey
DY play of the day : Indiana