29 October 2005 - The Green Monster

ONES: P: Burma Girl; C: Monk; 1B: Rube; 2B: Diana; 3B: John; SS: Nomar; OF: Gunz, Jason, Andy, The Boss
TWOS: P: Ramadan Dave; C: Say Hey Kid/Rickey; 1B: Heidi; 2B: Soo-eey; 3B: The Venezualan Jaguar; SS: DT; OF: Sandman, Weixiong, Spider, Fei-ette, Rickey

Game One: (Mercy, 4 innings)
ONES: 1
TWOS: 11

Game Two: (9 innings)
ONES: 11
TWOS: 5

It was a hot day. Due to playground rules, and the frisbee people taking up ground, we shifted the field. We had a short left field fence with extra rules involved. A "home run" over the fence was a double, but a foul ball of the neighboring fence - which led to the steep slope and that nasy, hole-filled grass - was an out. There were plenty of doubles, but there were even more foul outs, with Weixiong being particularly guilty in the first game. In that game the TWOS masterfully used the fence to advance runners, while the ONES floundered. The game ended when Rickey flubbed an easy Gunz pop foul (little league stuff). Gunz smacked the next pitch over the fence for the mercy. In the second match-up the ONES had control throughout the game, and Ramadan Dave even pitched a shut out into the 8th inning.

NOTES:
1) Fei-ette still gets on base almost everytime she bats. An alternative nickname may be Mojo; 2) Nomar had some good plays to impress his lady-friend; 3) Rickey smacked a hard line drive right at Burma Girl's head (she was pitching). She handled it with non-chalance; 4) Channeling the spirit of Ozzie Guillen - but perhaps not the religious beliefs - the Venezualan Jaguar was magnificent. In several innings he handled every out the ONES were getting. He was responsible for much of Ramadan Dave's shut out into the 8th of game two; 5)Heidi made some good stretches on throws; 6) Jason did a great job at rover. He was nailing runners at 1st and 2nd (not just Rickey) with his throws; 7) Sandman was bouncing off the Green Monster like a pinball.

MBP: Venezualan Jaguar
Best Bat: Fei-ette/Mojo
Biggest Bat: Gunz
Gold Glove: Venezualan Jaguar
Most Equivalent Speed runner to replace the Jaguar: Ramadan Dave
Bonehead Play of the Day: Rickey on foul pop
Play of Day: Burma Girl snags the line drive
Drama Mama: Sandman on the fence
Most likely to be drunk at BBQ: Rube/Seven (tie)

REMINDER: Games on Tuesday and Thursday this week