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