2 December 2006 - Old School, Fake Steve Style

ONES: 1B: Fake Steve; 2B: Rickey; 3B: DY; SS: DT; LF: Marv-elous; CF: The Mick aka White Gold; RF: Heidi; Rover: Geok
TWOS: 1B: Coach; 2B: Indiana; 3B: The Venezualan Jaguar; SS: New John; LF: Rube: CF: Sandman; RF: Aussie Mike; Rover: Horfun

ONES: 19
TWOS: 26

Look at that line-up, look at the photos below. It was an old school game. If the Kitty, Lloyd, and Guppy had shown up (and a Tan), we would have had a rip in the time-space continuium. It was a great day for ball. Coach brought his take-no-prisoners style, DY made the plays, Fake Steve (aka Martin) yacked a lot, Marv-elous made some catches, and all was right with the world.

The game started off with a bang. The TWOS - in the top of the 1st - were relentless. They scored 13 runs. The ONES fought back with 7, and the TWOS seemed to go to sleep. They didn't score again until the 6th inning. In the meantime, the ONES passed the TWOs and built up a nice lead by scoring in 7 out of 9 innings. It was all held down by a solid defense. The Mick was pure white gold (no iron pyrite there) in CF. He was giving up the body making spectacular catches among the medical waste on the alternate field. DY and DT held down the infield, while Rickey and Fake Steve talked a lot.

But, the TWOS were too deep in the talent pool. They woke up in the 8th and passed the ONES with a two run lead. Although the ONES got one back in the bottom of the 8th, the TWOS just turned it on. Key to those final two innings were fine hits by Coach, who would then have the Rube boom him in. All-in-all a great day at the field.

Afterwards, we went to Dom's wedding. I'm sure there will be other posts on this one.

NOTES:
1) Great day to see the Old School SAS people; 2) The Mick had a throw that went 90 degrees to the right of where he wanted it to go. Marv-elous picked it up and threw it in; 3) Aussie Mike likes protecting the line; 4) On a grounder to 1B, with Rickey at 1B, DT ran over got the ball and got there before Rickey and Horfun (the batter); 5) It's not a good idea to play ball in Crocs; 6) DY still hustles when he catches against his own team; 7) Textbook run-down pepper play. New John went too far off 1B. The Mick throws to Rickey at 2B, who throws to Fake Steve, then to DT then to the Venezaluan Jaguar (who was pitching). Got him. Coach smiles.

MBP: Fake Steve
Gold Glove: The Mick
Biggest Bat: The Rube
Best Bat: The Rube
DY: DY
Play of the Day: Either the Run-down or DT covering 1B.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Next week, 9 December, we will play at 11:00 so we can all go to Jason and Diana's wedding. Also, 16 December we're having a BBQ.