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This one from the friendly land of Cambodia.
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25 Dec 2004

ONES :
Santa Claus

TWOS :
Jesus

Game 1 : Santa wins by with a double mercy.

Hey, it's Christmas. Old school SAS would have played even if we only had 6 guys and had to do triple or nothing, in the rain. But these young'uns don't seem to have the fire for the game ;). Anyway, no one was around, so we had to call the game on account of shortage of numbers.

So some parting words for the year 2004. Next week is 2005, and We WILL bring in the New Year with Softball.


So this is christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
A new one just begun

So this is christmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones
The old and the young

And so this is christmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and for poor ones
The road is so long

And so happy christmas
And a happy new year
Lets hope it’s a good one
Without any fear

War is over
If you want it
War is over now

So this is christmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Lets all stop the fight

So happy christmas
And what have you done
Another year over
A new one just begun

And so happy christmas
And a happy new year
Lets hope it a good one
Without any fearl?

Matt says HI!

Matt says Hi from Ho Chi Minh.

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18 DEC 2004

ONES :
1st : Guppy, 2nd : Geok, 3rd : DY (YES, DY is back), SS : Money, Outfield : Swat, Cool Papa, TS

TWOS :
1st : Monk, 2nd : Princess, 3rd : Indiana, SS : DT, Outfield : TH, Rube, Jason

Game 1 : ONES 8 : TWOS 11
Game 2 : ONES 4 : TWOS 5

Another hardluck old school game with rain that started at 1pm and stopped at 2.20pm. 2.30pm, only Guppy is present. 2.45pm, 6. 3pm, 9. Looks like the game is gonna get called. Cellphones are frantically whipped out and numbers dialled to try and get more numbers. 3.10pm, 14 Finally!!
Opening a brand new ball, and a brand new bat. Though short on numbers and on a damp soggy field, the game must go on, and it did. The ball got slimy, the errors kept coming, the hits did not. Rube stole the show with 2 homeruns, but TS stopped him from getting 4 by making 2 outstanding catches deep in right field. Guppy was running the bases like his wife was pregnant again, stealing bases on infield plays with aplomb. Of course the highlight of the day was DY appearing. Pity his visit this time was so shortlived, and he could only get one game (which had poor attendance) before he has to return to Boston. Ironically, there were no cries of "DY would have got that" because there were no plays for DY to get.



MBP : None
Gold Glove : TS
Biggest Bat : Rube
Best Play : none
DY play of the day : DY playing

11 Dec 2004

ONES :
1st : Guppy, 2nd : Diana, 3rd : Indiana, Outfield : Rube, TS, Jason, Horfun

TWOS :
1st : Princess/Geok/Rickey, 2nd : Princess/Geok, 3rd : Princess/Rickey, Outfield : Gunz, Andy, Grandpa

All-Time SS : DT

Game 1 : ONES 13 : TWOS 11

It was a return of old school ball this saturday. A nasty turn of weather left the field soaked through, gratefully, the rain let up at 2.30, but the numbers definitely looked old school with many away for the holidays. Only 13 die hards showed up on the field, but we managed to pull off a good game anyway. It started off as a balanced game with the scores tied at 2 till the bottom of the fifth, when the bats of the ONEs just opened up to score 8 runs to take a 10-2 lead. The TWOS did not take it lying down and came back to score 9 runs to steal the lead from the ONES at the top of the 5th. The longest two half innings played, the batters went round and round to score run after run. The ONEs managed to score immediately at the bottom of the 6th. And the scores stayed this way till the bottom of the 8th, when the ONEs scored 2 runs to take the lead, and finally the win. Of course the last hit of the game belonged to Rickey, who was picking on Jason in right field all day. He hit a scorcher of a opposite field line drive, but Jason plucked it out of the sky to defend the win for his team.
Best play of the game belonged to Gunz, who ran almost to the edge of the infield and made a sliding catch to grab the ball barely inches before it could touch the ground.
We played with a rubber ball, and with the ground wet and soggy, there were no spectacular defensive plays and none of the usual gymnastics that we usually see at SAS.

A special shoutout to Jason, Diana, Andy and Horfun, who though new to the SAS family, truly displayed some old school conviction by showing up for the game even though they didn't know if we would play or not after the rainstorm that preceeded the game.


MBP : None
Gold Glove : DT
Biggest Bat : Rube
Best Play : Gunz
DY play of the day : Jason for his stint at catcher for his own team, and catching all the foul tips.

04 DEC 2004

ONES :
Pitch : Seven, Catch : Guppy, 1st : Indiana, 2nd : Geok, 3rd : Sandman, SS : Money, Outfield : Nigeypooh, TS, Diana, Swat, Grandpa

TWOS :
Pitch : Andy, Catch : Monk, 1st : Beyonce, 2nd : Princess, 3rd : Rickey, SS : DT, Outfield : TH, TK, Jason, Rube, Fei

Game 1 : ONES 8 : TWOS 7
Game 2 : ONES 3 : TWOS 6 (5 innings)

The TWOs started the game with promise, scoring an early run to take the lead, but the ONEs came back immediately at the bottom of the 1st, taking away the lead from the TWOs. The score remained at 2-1 in favor of the ONEs, when Rube smacked a 3 RBI HR in the 3rd to take back the lead. The TWOS could not hold on to the lead, and the score was tied at the top of the 6th. The TWOS once again batted well, to force a 3 run lead going into the bottom of the inning. They managed to hold on to this lead till the 9th, when a SacFly from the sandman put all their dreams of a victory to sleep.
There were some amazing defensive plays in this first game. With 3 consecutive plays that were strong contenders for DY-play-of-the-game. The first play was by DT, who was on the mound (pitching to his OWN team) and got smacked in the shin by a hard-grounder by TH, he stuck with the play to pick up the ball (while in immense pain) and outran TH to first to him out(DY play because it was for the other team). This was followed immediately by Andy hustling (and getting) a short popup in foul territory. It was a long run for the pitcher to make, and he caught the ball with aplomb. The third contender for the DYplay was Rickey's amazing grab at third. Grandpa hit a sizzling ground ball down the line, that took one bounce, and threatened to take out Rickey's crown jewels. With unquestionable dexterity, he plucked the ball before it make it's royal impact and threw out a shocked Grandpa, who was barely getting out of the batter's box. A tough call today. Honorable mention goes to Jason, though he is still new to the game, he has improved in leaps and bounds and he proved it with a stunning double play at the rover position. With only 1 down, bases loaded and the score tied, Indiana hit a hard liner up the middle to set Grandpa off from 2nd. Jason caught the ball and without hestitation made a great throw to Princess to get 2 outs. Another deserving mention was Fei's Ichiroesque throw from right field to 2nd base to catch Nigeypooh trying to run extra bases on his single. Nigeypooh had no chance.

The second game started with a memorable quote from Rickey. "Everybody's worst nightmare is at bat". The TWOs again took an early lead in the first, and again, lost that lead at the bottom of the inning. Finally going down 3-1 at the bottom of the 3rd. The TWOs rallied hard and finally took back the lead at the bottom of the 5th to take the win. As usual, the second game was not as exciting as the first, with tired players, worn arms and slow bats. But the second game is a great way to warm down from the exhilaration of the first, and to extend the saturday softball so that we have a little more to last us till the next week.

MBP :
Gold Glove : Andy
Biggest Bat : Rube
Best Play : Jason
DY play of the day : Too tough to call