24 Feb 2007 - Back from the Break

Ones:
2nd: Lili, SS: Indiana, LF: Superdad, CF: DT/Jason, RF: Burma Girl

TWOS:
2nd: Diana, SS: NewJohn, LF: H, CF: Sandman, RF: Jason/DT (traded in the 4th)

AllTime-1st: Rube

Game 1: ONES 7: TWOS 17 (7 innings)

How could the ONEs lose with Superdad on their side? DT did the count, and with no natural opposite for Superdad, he tried to balance the teams. It worked out too well, because the TWOs did everything right. They strung together hit after hit, and there were no gaps in their offense. They were 5-0 in the first inning, and 15-1 ahead in the 3rd. The Ones managed to fight off the mercy in the bottom of the 3rd with Superdad hitting a 3 run HR to 15-6, but the ONEs had no answer when the TWOs scored another 2 runs in the 4th to take a 17-6 lead. The game should have ended in Mercy in the 4th, but due to the short numbers, and the later-than-usual start, we decided to just trade DT for Jason and continue the game. With the trade, the teams balanced out a lot more, and both teams settled down. The TWOs only managed to score 1 run in the last 3 innings, with no answer form the ONEs. Superdad had to leave early to perform his SuperDuties, so we decided to call the game in the 7th, and just do batting practice.

Notes:
NewJohn had a big day at bat. He smacked a HR past Superdad, and another one past DT.
Jason and Diana proved that their long absence hasn't affected their skills. Both were hitting and fielding well (Jason hit a HR too)
Indiana showed why he didn't play goalie when he played hockey.
DT played with one hand, Using the glove on his right hand to catch, and then switching the glove to the left to throw. He hit with one hand too...making much better contact than with two hands... (Quote from Ted "He should've cut off his left hand ages ago")
Lili is showing some power batting. She will be hitting singles and doubles pretty soon. She made mincemeat of the ball during batting practice when the pressure was off.
Rube tried his broken elbow at bat during practice, and managed to hit a soccer player right smack on the leg (no deflection off the ground). That's $10 to him.
H and Sandman were merciless on Burma girl in RF and the One-Handed Gimp in CF. They kept pounding hit after hit into the gap in right-center to get on base.