Locals Vs Expats
Singaporeans Vs Americans
Chinese Vs Caucasians
Fu Man Chu Vs Sherlock Holmes
Charlie Chan Vs Charles Manson
Bruce Lee Vs Chuck Norris
Green Hornet Vs Green Lantern
Jin Vs Vanilla Ice
John Woo Vs Martin Scorsese
Infernal Affairs Vs The Departed
Us Vs Them
Home Vs Away
Hometeam: DT, DY, H, Clement, Gil
Visitors: Rube, Indiana, Uboat, Knees, Maglite
Game 1: Home 17: Visitors 8 (7 innings)
The field was beautiful and practically virgin since it hadn't been touched for 3 weeks. The weather was perfect with the sun behind the clouds and a nice breeze blowing in from the west. Sadly we didn't have enough numbers as too many people had 'other' more 'important' things to do. We ended up with 10 guys, and coincidentally had 5 Singaporeans and 5 Americans.
It was quite strange when DT proposed it to Rube, Rube said, 'we're gonna lose', and when DT told the teams to DY, DY said 'we're gonna lose'. Confidence isn't a strong suit on both sides. The Americans feared the speed and range of the Singaporeans, and the Singaporeans feared the power of the Americans.
It was the Americans who struck first. With Knees, Rube and Indiana leading the charge, taking the visitors to a 4-0 lead with their first at-bat. They were 8-3 ahead by the 3rd inning, and it looked like they were going to power their way to victory. The hometeam were playing a rotational defence, with everyone moving clockwise one position every time they took the field. The visitors on the other hand played a static defence, with Indiana at short, Uboat at 1st, Rube at LF, Knees in CF and Rebecca at RF.
One would think that the hometeam would have tried to pick on Maglite in right field, but strangely, they only started hitting opposite field when they started falling way behind in the score.
The 4th inning saw both teams stuck with their scores. It was only in the bottom of the 5th inning when DY hit a 2 RBI HR over Rubes head that it all went south for the visitors. That brought down the clouds and we had a slight delay of game due to rain. It was a 15minute shower, and that seemed to have brought new vigor to the home team. They managed to string together a few hits and slipped past the visitors for a 9-8 lead.
The bottom of the 6th and 7th saw DY hitting two 3RBI HRs, and another 2RBI HR. He single-handedly batted in 10 runs to take the home team to victory. It was short game and the Americans wisely and uncharacterisically pulled out before more damage was done (Also, Knees and Maglite had to leave).
DY award: DT's glove. H hit a foul tip way behind DT at the plate. He tried to miss the catch by looking away, but somehow the ball dropped into his glove and H was caught out.
Biggest Bat: DY
Gold Glove: Indiana
MBP: DY
The Names have been changed to Protect the Errorists
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
19 May 2007 - Numbers
ONEs: Pitcher Ironman/Cool Papa, Catcher Joe, 1st Uboat, 2nd Wild Thing, 3rd Gil, SS NewJohn, OF Superdad, Cool Papa/Ironman, Sandman, Rube
TWOs: Pitcher Horfun/Cheetah, Catcher Gunz, 1st Indiana, 2nd Maglite, 3rd Clement, SS DT, OF Rugburn, H, Knees, Cheetah, Andy
(Game 2, TWOs did a infield-outfield switch. Pitcher Knees, Catcher Andy, 1st H, 2nd Horfun, 3rd Rugburn, SS Indiana, OF DT, Cheetah, Horfun, Clement, Gunz)
Game 1: ONEs 21: TWOs 8 (5 innings Mercy)
Game 2: ONEs 14: TWOs 13 (7 innings)
It was a beautiful day and we had beautiful numbers. 21 people showed up. Making a long forgotten appearance was such legendary names as Cool Papa and The Cheetah, who've not graced our pages for quite some time. As our primary field was still closed, we made our way to the alternate field.
The field was relatively dry, but there were some swampy bits in the outfield that sucked the spirit of the players, and sucked the life out of the ball. The moment the ball landed in any bits of the swamp, it would just stick. It didn't roll or travel. Many a fielder was fooled when the ball just stopped instead of rolling towards him. Many batters attained extra bases, getting doubles on singles, or triples on doubles when the fielder could not pluck the ball from the mud's grasp. The infield was lovely though. Nice and dry and relatively even.
The ONEs took the most advantage of the swamp thing. Facing the ONEs heavy batters, the TWOs OF wisely played deep, but the ONEs decided not to hit long, but hit smart. They fired their projectiles with pinpoint accuracy into the swamp thing, and kept the scoring alive with singles and doubles. The TWOs had no answer. If they played shallow, they go burned, if they played deep, they got burned. The ONEs were simply too dominatant in the first game, taking the win with a 13 run-mercy lead by the 5th.
No changes were made to the teams for the second game. But the TWOs tried a new tactic. The infield-outfield switch. And it almost worked too. The TWOs also picked a leaf from the ONEs book and took advantage of the swamp thing. Letting the swamp thing work for them instead of against them. They managed to string together a nice series of hits and the managed to hold the lead in the game for 5 1/2 innings. It was in the bottom of the 6th when it all fell apart. The ONEs managed to score 4 go ahead runs to go into the 9th, and in the top of the 9th, the TWOs only managed to get 3 runs. It was heartbreak for them, but a clean sweep for the ONEs.
Gold Glove: Swamp Thing (The mud. He held on to every ball refusing to give them up once they landed)
Biggest Bat: Rube
MBP: Swamp Thing (He turned singles into doubles and doubles in triples)
PS. Sandman pointed out to me last weekend that I had neglected to nominate one of the greatest over-40 players in the list I published. Well, it's not too late, as he's still over-40 this week.
Presenting... John 'Indiana' Miksec. The oldest-quadruple-bypassed youngster to grace the Saturday Afternoon Softball Diamond. One of the original founders of the game way way back when he was a young lad of 50. He's probably the only one left on the field who would remember the days of yore when Canadians played Swedes on the field (according to rumour), when games actually started at 2pm (This is an urban legend) and Coach actually yelled at people for fucking up plays (It could be true). He's seen the bar change owners, he's eaten pizza hut (another urban myth), Canadian 2for1 and Rockies. He's had chicken burger but he prefers yam rings, and he's seen Lloyd as a young NUS undergraduate (many have heard this to be true). At 61 years of age, he's still quicker than most of us, has better range and bigger bat. He can play multiple positions, excelling at 1st and short, he's even been known to venture into the outfield. He can still hit homeruns (without steroids) and actually make it home on his own steam. If only he'll retire, he'll be a shoe-in for the hall of fame.
TWOs: Pitcher Horfun/Cheetah, Catcher Gunz, 1st Indiana, 2nd Maglite, 3rd Clement, SS DT, OF Rugburn, H, Knees, Cheetah, Andy
(Game 2, TWOs did a infield-outfield switch. Pitcher Knees, Catcher Andy, 1st H, 2nd Horfun, 3rd Rugburn, SS Indiana, OF DT, Cheetah, Horfun, Clement, Gunz)
Game 1: ONEs 21: TWOs 8 (5 innings Mercy)
Game 2: ONEs 14: TWOs 13 (7 innings)
It was a beautiful day and we had beautiful numbers. 21 people showed up. Making a long forgotten appearance was such legendary names as Cool Papa and The Cheetah, who've not graced our pages for quite some time. As our primary field was still closed, we made our way to the alternate field.
The field was relatively dry, but there were some swampy bits in the outfield that sucked the spirit of the players, and sucked the life out of the ball. The moment the ball landed in any bits of the swamp, it would just stick. It didn't roll or travel. Many a fielder was fooled when the ball just stopped instead of rolling towards him. Many batters attained extra bases, getting doubles on singles, or triples on doubles when the fielder could not pluck the ball from the mud's grasp. The infield was lovely though. Nice and dry and relatively even.
The ONEs took the most advantage of the swamp thing. Facing the ONEs heavy batters, the TWOs OF wisely played deep, but the ONEs decided not to hit long, but hit smart. They fired their projectiles with pinpoint accuracy into the swamp thing, and kept the scoring alive with singles and doubles. The TWOs had no answer. If they played shallow, they go burned, if they played deep, they got burned. The ONEs were simply too dominatant in the first game, taking the win with a 13 run-mercy lead by the 5th.
No changes were made to the teams for the second game. But the TWOs tried a new tactic. The infield-outfield switch. And it almost worked too. The TWOs also picked a leaf from the ONEs book and took advantage of the swamp thing. Letting the swamp thing work for them instead of against them. They managed to string together a nice series of hits and the managed to hold the lead in the game for 5 1/2 innings. It was in the bottom of the 6th when it all fell apart. The ONEs managed to score 4 go ahead runs to go into the 9th, and in the top of the 9th, the TWOs only managed to get 3 runs. It was heartbreak for them, but a clean sweep for the ONEs.
Gold Glove: Swamp Thing (The mud. He held on to every ball refusing to give them up once they landed)
Biggest Bat: Rube
MBP: Swamp Thing (He turned singles into doubles and doubles in triples)
PS. Sandman pointed out to me last weekend that I had neglected to nominate one of the greatest over-40 players in the list I published. Well, it's not too late, as he's still over-40 this week.
Presenting... John 'Indiana' Miksec. The oldest-quadruple-bypassed youngster to grace the Saturday Afternoon Softball Diamond. One of the original founders of the game way way back when he was a young lad of 50. He's probably the only one left on the field who would remember the days of yore when Canadians played Swedes on the field (according to rumour), when games actually started at 2pm (This is an urban legend) and Coach actually yelled at people for fucking up plays (It could be true). He's seen the bar change owners, he's eaten pizza hut (another urban myth), Canadian 2for1 and Rockies. He's had chicken burger but he prefers yam rings, and he's seen Lloyd as a young NUS undergraduate (many have heard this to be true). At 61 years of age, he's still quicker than most of us, has better range and bigger bat. He can play multiple positions, excelling at 1st and short, he's even been known to venture into the outfield. He can still hit homeruns (without steroids) and actually make it home on his own steam. If only he'll retire, he'll be a shoe-in for the hall of fame.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Update will be late this week
Hi Folks,
Apologies, the update will be late this week as DT is under sedation.
Meanwhile, we'd like to wish Rugburn, Rube and The Cheetah many happy returns, as they celebrated their birthdays last week.
DT.
Apologies, the update will be late this week as DT is under sedation.
Meanwhile, we'd like to wish Rugburn, Rube and The Cheetah many happy returns, as they celebrated their birthdays last week.
DT.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Friday, May 18, 2007
Life Begins at 40???
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Whatever the reasons, here is my tops of the 40s list -- the best players who are 40 or older this calendar year:
1. Barry Bonds (43 in July). is an asshole
2. Roger Clemens (45 in August). He isn't getting older, he's getting richer. For two thirds of a season and practically no clubhouse face time, he'll receive about $19 million, which is more than any other pitcher in baseball. Though unlike Bonds, he hasn't improved in his 40s, it just seems that way. His ERA was 3.10 entering the year he turned 40, and it's 3.12 since. So we can't really say there's been a dropoff, either.
3. Curt Schilling (41 in November). He doesn't throw 97 mph anymore, but he still can dominate on any given night.
4. John Smoltz (turned 40 on Tuesday). Great in any role, and maybe the best competitor of his generation. He suffered a dislocated pinky on Monday night, but apparently he won't miss even one start.
5. Tom Glavine (turned 41 in March). When he struggled for the first time a couple years ago, he reinvented himself by throwing inside more often and rediscovering his curve. But considering he never threw especially hard and never had a superb breaking ball, nobody's gotten more out of his talent than Glavine, who's still an ace for the best team in the NL in what's likely his last year.
6. Trevor Hoffman (40 in October). He has had a couple bad games, but his WHIP is 0.878, lowest of his career. With his style, this could go on awhile.
7. Jamie Moyer (45 in November). His repertoire of finesse pitches has lent itself to longevity. Since he never had any velocity to lose, he's actually gotten better with age and experience (4.22 ERA before he turned 40, 4.02 since).
8. Greg Maddux (turned 41 in April). He's not what he was, but he'll still win his 15, as always, and help several on his staff (see Jake Peavy).
9. Moises Alou (41 in July). One of the most consistent hitters over the past couple decades, he was hitting .301 entering the year he turned 40, and has hit .305 since. His only drawback is he gets hurt even more now.
10. Tim Wakefield (41 in August). His current 1.79 ERA is less than half his career mark (4.25). The knuckleballer has no known expiration date.
11. Randy Johnson (44 in September). He's lost some velocity and the slider doesn't dive like it used to. About the only constants are height, back pain and the scowl. Yet he won 17 last year and can still dominate at times.
12. Orlando Hernandez (42 in October). The Mets are listing him at 37, and if this makes them feel better, who's it going to hurt? The man has a complete bag o' tricks, apparently including a fake birth certificate.
13. Luis Gonzalez (40 in September). Funny career, with an odd home run spike in his prime years. He is still being counted on as one of main Dodger power suppliers, though he isn't what he was. His .413 slugging percentage is his lowest since '97.
14. Mike Stanton (40 in June). The former Braves and Yankees stalwart has made a big comeback after he seemed to have lost it. He became the Giants' unlikely closer late last year, saving eight games (his highest total since '93), and the Reds liked enough of what they saw to give him a two-year deal. So far he isn't duplicating what he did as a Giant (7.50 ERA).
15. Omar Vizquel (turned 40 in April). He's the only middle infielder on the list. Not quite Ozzie Smith, even in his prime, but not that far behind.
Other fortysomethings (or soon to be 40s) still hangin' in there: Woody Williams (40), Craig Biggio (41), Roberto Hernandez (42), Julio Franco (48), David Wells (43), Doug Brocail (turns 40 today), Tom Gordon (turns 40 in November), Kenny Lofton (40 later this month), Mike Timlin (41), Jeff Conine (40), Steve Finley (42), Reggie Sanders (40 in December), Jose Mesa (40).
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Whatever the reasons, here is my tops of the 40s list -- the best players who are 40 or older this calendar year:
1. Barry Bonds (43 in July). is an asshole
2. Roger Clemens (45 in August). He isn't getting older, he's getting richer. For two thirds of a season and practically no clubhouse face time, he'll receive about $19 million, which is more than any other pitcher in baseball. Though unlike Bonds, he hasn't improved in his 40s, it just seems that way. His ERA was 3.10 entering the year he turned 40, and it's 3.12 since. So we can't really say there's been a dropoff, either.
3. Curt Schilling (41 in November). He doesn't throw 97 mph anymore, but he still can dominate on any given night.
4. John Smoltz (turned 40 on Tuesday). Great in any role, and maybe the best competitor of his generation. He suffered a dislocated pinky on Monday night, but apparently he won't miss even one start.
5. Tom Glavine (turned 41 in March). When he struggled for the first time a couple years ago, he reinvented himself by throwing inside more often and rediscovering his curve. But considering he never threw especially hard and never had a superb breaking ball, nobody's gotten more out of his talent than Glavine, who's still an ace for the best team in the NL in what's likely his last year.
6. Trevor Hoffman (40 in October). He has had a couple bad games, but his WHIP is 0.878, lowest of his career. With his style, this could go on awhile.
7. Jamie Moyer (45 in November). His repertoire of finesse pitches has lent itself to longevity. Since he never had any velocity to lose, he's actually gotten better with age and experience (4.22 ERA before he turned 40, 4.02 since).
8. Greg Maddux (turned 41 in April). He's not what he was, but he'll still win his 15, as always, and help several on his staff (see Jake Peavy).
9. Moises Alou (41 in July). One of the most consistent hitters over the past couple decades, he was hitting .301 entering the year he turned 40, and has hit .305 since. His only drawback is he gets hurt even more now.
10. Tim Wakefield (41 in August). His current 1.79 ERA is less than half his career mark (4.25). The knuckleballer has no known expiration date.
11. Randy Johnson (44 in September). He's lost some velocity and the slider doesn't dive like it used to. About the only constants are height, back pain and the scowl. Yet he won 17 last year and can still dominate at times.
12. Orlando Hernandez (42 in October). The Mets are listing him at 37, and if this makes them feel better, who's it going to hurt? The man has a complete bag o' tricks, apparently including a fake birth certificate.
13. Luis Gonzalez (40 in September). Funny career, with an odd home run spike in his prime years. He is still being counted on as one of main Dodger power suppliers, though he isn't what he was. His .413 slugging percentage is his lowest since '97.
14. Mike Stanton (40 in June). The former Braves and Yankees stalwart has made a big comeback after he seemed to have lost it. He became the Giants' unlikely closer late last year, saving eight games (his highest total since '93), and the Reds liked enough of what they saw to give him a two-year deal. So far he isn't duplicating what he did as a Giant (7.50 ERA).
15. Omar Vizquel (turned 40 in April). He's the only middle infielder on the list. Not quite Ozzie Smith, even in his prime, but not that far behind.
Other fortysomethings (or soon to be 40s) still hangin' in there: Woody Williams (40), Craig Biggio (41), Roberto Hernandez (42), Julio Franco (48), David Wells (43), Doug Brocail (turns 40 today), Tom Gordon (turns 40 in November), Kenny Lofton (40 later this month), Mike Timlin (41), Jeff Conine (40), Steve Finley (42), Reggie Sanders (40 in December), Jose Mesa (40).
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
A Blink of an Eye
All it takes is a small accident, a momentary lapse and entire futures could be changed. If not for a wild throw, maybe the headline would be 'Melendez sets shortstop double-play mark', and we'd call the Generalissimo, Dr Vizquel...
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Vizquel sets shortstop double-play mark
Giants Gold Glover passes Smith for all-time record
DENVER -- Omar Vizquel of the San Francisco Giants was offered a base -- yes, an actual base, square and white with a small post meant for sticking in the ground -- to commemorate his latest achievement.
Said Vizquel, sounding extremely practical, "What am I going to do with a base?"
However, Vizquel was perfectly happy to accept the Major League record of most double plays participated in by a shortstop. The 11-time Gold Glove winner turned the 1,591st of his career, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith, in the seventh inning of the Giants' 15-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Vizquel, whose 11 Gold Glove Awards rank second to Smith's 13 among shortstops, paid tribute to the former Padres and Cardinals star.
"It's an honor to me to be above him in double plays because everybody knows how great he was," said Vizquel, 40.
Vizquel jokingly added, "I can finally say that I have quicker hands than him."
The tiebreaking play came with Omar Quintanilla on first base and one out in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Steve Finley smacked a grounder to second baseman Kevin Frandsen, who fed Vizquel to start the double play.
Vizquel also contributed to the Giants' offense, going 3-for-6 and scoring two runs.
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Vizquel sets shortstop double-play mark
Giants Gold Glover passes Smith for all-time record
DENVER -- Omar Vizquel of the San Francisco Giants was offered a base -- yes, an actual base, square and white with a small post meant for sticking in the ground -- to commemorate his latest achievement.
Said Vizquel, sounding extremely practical, "What am I going to do with a base?"
However, Vizquel was perfectly happy to accept the Major League record of most double plays participated in by a shortstop. The 11-time Gold Glove winner turned the 1,591st of his career, breaking a tie with Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith, in the seventh inning of the Giants' 15-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies.
Vizquel, whose 11 Gold Glove Awards rank second to Smith's 13 among shortstops, paid tribute to the former Padres and Cardinals star.
"It's an honor to me to be above him in double plays because everybody knows how great he was," said Vizquel, 40.
Vizquel jokingly added, "I can finally say that I have quicker hands than him."
The tiebreaking play came with Omar Quintanilla on first base and one out in the seventh. Pinch-hitter Steve Finley smacked a grounder to second baseman Kevin Frandsen, who fed Vizquel to start the double play.
Vizquel also contributed to the Giants' offense, going 3-for-6 and scoring two runs.
Monday, May 14, 2007
12 May 2007 - Double or Nothing
ONEs: 1st Indiana, 2nd Maglite, SS NewJohn, LF Superdad, CF Sandman, RF Knees
TWOs: 1st Uboat, 2nd Rube, SS DT, LF Rugburn, CF DY, RF H
Game 1: ONEs 13: TWOs 12
It was good news bad news. Good news, they were tearing up the cricket bowling green. Bad news, they were tearing up the cricket bowling green, so the field was closed. We moved to the alternate field. As it was extremely sunny, the ground was nice and dry, except for some patches of swampland in the outfield. Unfortunately, the person scouting the field doesn't play in the outfield, so when he found a nice dry turf to lay the infield diamond, he was satisfied.
DT did not make the traditional 1-2 count off as he's more familiar with 1s and 0s. Instead, he tried to spilt the teams evenly without going the random 1-2 route. The teams looked pretty even with the ONEs looking stronger offensively and the TWOs looking better defensively.
As it was, the ONEs led all the way with their bigger bats.. Leading 3-0 in the first, 6-1 in the second and 7-2 in the third. The TWOs tried to claw their way back, and they only managed to tie the game at 11 runs in the 8th, and take a slim 1 run lead going into the middle of the ninth. It was not to be for the TWOs, as the ONEs laid the smackdown on them with 2 outs and 2 runners on base. It was Maglite, the MBP who won the game for the ONEs with a double right up the middle and right through DY's legs. She had been denied a double in the previous inning when she overran the base and was tagged out, but she was not to be denied this time.
It was a game of double plays, and not because of Prof Zen rules. There was only 2 base to home DPs, but plently of infield DPs. Rube made the most DPs, with a couple of 4-4-3s and even a unassisted DP.
Maglite has finally got her eye on the ball. Her strikeout waiver is now revoked. She's always had a hard swing, but could never make good contact with the ball. She hit two doubles today, one in the 8th and 1 in the 9th for the win. She burned DY both times.
Indiana was hustling so much, we might have to change the DY award to the Indiana award. He was relentless even when pitching and catching for his own team. He ran down all the fouls tips, and was only a hair away from making the catches.
The big bats were stifled by the swamplands in the OF. Every deep fly ball that went into the outfield was stopped by the ground. It didn't even bounce. The infield was nice and dry, but the outfield was terrible. Even the outfielders decided to play shallow and let the ball go over their head, knowing that the ball would not take off after hitting the ground.
Rube was awesome at 2nd base, but he suffered from a spat of injuries for no apparent reason. He was like the carl pavano of the TWOs, but with a lot more heart and a lot more hustle. He pulled his groin, his hamstring and possibly his back, just walking around the field. He even sprained his ankle while taking off his boots. It was not a good day for the Rube.
We welcome back DY after a 9 month hiatus. He was not his old self. The 9 months on Paternity leave totally took its toll. He has certainly lost a step or two, and his bat has lost quite a bit of pop. Its good to see him back though, and he promised to come out every other week.
Gold Glove: Rube (3 DPs)
Biggest Bat: Rugburn
MBP: Maglite (2 down, bases loaded, Maglite hits a double up the middle for the win)
DY: Indiana
TWOs: 1st Uboat, 2nd Rube, SS DT, LF Rugburn, CF DY, RF H
Game 1: ONEs 13: TWOs 12
It was good news bad news. Good news, they were tearing up the cricket bowling green. Bad news, they were tearing up the cricket bowling green, so the field was closed. We moved to the alternate field. As it was extremely sunny, the ground was nice and dry, except for some patches of swampland in the outfield. Unfortunately, the person scouting the field doesn't play in the outfield, so when he found a nice dry turf to lay the infield diamond, he was satisfied.
DT did not make the traditional 1-2 count off as he's more familiar with 1s and 0s. Instead, he tried to spilt the teams evenly without going the random 1-2 route. The teams looked pretty even with the ONEs looking stronger offensively and the TWOs looking better defensively.
As it was, the ONEs led all the way with their bigger bats.. Leading 3-0 in the first, 6-1 in the second and 7-2 in the third. The TWOs tried to claw their way back, and they only managed to tie the game at 11 runs in the 8th, and take a slim 1 run lead going into the middle of the ninth. It was not to be for the TWOs, as the ONEs laid the smackdown on them with 2 outs and 2 runners on base. It was Maglite, the MBP who won the game for the ONEs with a double right up the middle and right through DY's legs. She had been denied a double in the previous inning when she overran the base and was tagged out, but she was not to be denied this time.
It was a game of double plays, and not because of Prof Zen rules. There was only 2 base to home DPs, but plently of infield DPs. Rube made the most DPs, with a couple of 4-4-3s and even a unassisted DP.
Maglite has finally got her eye on the ball. Her strikeout waiver is now revoked. She's always had a hard swing, but could never make good contact with the ball. She hit two doubles today, one in the 8th and 1 in the 9th for the win. She burned DY both times.
Indiana was hustling so much, we might have to change the DY award to the Indiana award. He was relentless even when pitching and catching for his own team. He ran down all the fouls tips, and was only a hair away from making the catches.
The big bats were stifled by the swamplands in the OF. Every deep fly ball that went into the outfield was stopped by the ground. It didn't even bounce. The infield was nice and dry, but the outfield was terrible. Even the outfielders decided to play shallow and let the ball go over their head, knowing that the ball would not take off after hitting the ground.
Rube was awesome at 2nd base, but he suffered from a spat of injuries for no apparent reason. He was like the carl pavano of the TWOs, but with a lot more heart and a lot more hustle. He pulled his groin, his hamstring and possibly his back, just walking around the field. He even sprained his ankle while taking off his boots. It was not a good day for the Rube.
We welcome back DY after a 9 month hiatus. He was not his old self. The 9 months on Paternity leave totally took its toll. He has certainly lost a step or two, and his bat has lost quite a bit of pop. Its good to see him back though, and he promised to come out every other week.
Gold Glove: Rube (3 DPs)
Biggest Bat: Rugburn
MBP: Maglite (2 down, bases loaded, Maglite hits a double up the middle for the win)
DY: Indiana
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
5 May 2007 - Alternate Field
ONEs: 1st Uboat, 2nd Maglite, SS Fisk, LF Rugburn, RF Knees
TWOs: 1st Indiana, SS DT, LF Rube, CF Sandman, RF H
Pitcher: Wild Thing
Game 1: ONEs 11: TWOs 14
The rain over the past week without the benefit of sun left our primary field in an awful condition. It was so awful that the frisbee players even moved to the lower soccer field instead of hogging their usual spot. We decided to move to the alternate field since the chances that it would be less wrecked was higher. We had to move deeper into the field that we usually did, and with some creative placement of the diamond, managed to find ourselves a nice, relatively dry, mud-free spot.
It was a late start, even for us. Numbers only started streaming in after 3, and we didn't start the actual game till 4. Even so, we should've been able to squeeze in at least 1 game + 3 innings. But somehow, we seemed to play at a sloths pace and we only finished 9 innings after 6. Game was called and we moved to Joes.
Numbers was quite dismal, with only 10 fellows showing up. Not sure what happened, as rumour has it that there were 14 last week. Guess it must be because it was the Spiderman 3 weekend, and many a parent might have taken their children to watch the crapfest rather than come onto to field. Too bad for us as we had to make do with Indiana and Prof Zen rules.
It was a unique situation in the field as both teams decided on different strategies for defense. Numbering only 5 a team, the ONEs decided on a 3-infield, 2-outfield lineup while the TWOs went for a 2-infield, 3-outfield. The bats on the opposing team probably played a big factor in the defensive strategy with the ONEs having the bigger bats of Rugburn and NewJohn.
However, it was the TWOs that opened up accounts early, taking a 6-0 lead by the first inning. They were not about to give up their lead at any point in the game, and even came close to winning by mercy twice. It wasn't till the 8th inning that the ONEs finally struck back. They managed to score 6 runs to bring the score from 12-5 to 12-11. But the TWOs were not about to give up the goat. They put on 2 insurance runs to take a 14-11 lead going into the bottom of the ninth.
Lili showed up in the 4th inning, and she earned herself her nickname of 'Wild Thing'. She went 7 scoreless innings pitching all time for both teams. She was merciless on the mound, even striking out NewJohn, for his first career jug. Not only was her location superb, she also varied the speed of her pitches causing batters quite a bit of discomfort. Strange enough, the only person who could effectively hit off her was Maglite. Everyone else was having difficulty reading her pitches.
The 9th inning was all about Indiana. Playing 1st/2nd. He singlehandedly stopped the ONEs rally by making 2 beautiful diving grabs for the assisted out to 2nd. Meanwhile, DT was having the worst case of knoblochitis ever. While he showed good range at short, none of his throws were even close to 1st base. Several spectators were hit by wild throws.
Due to the creative positioning of the diamond, right field was short, leading to the drain and a 20 foot drop into a huge storm drain. In order to prevent the bigger hitters from taking advantage of the short porch, any hit that went past the drain was ruled a ground-rule-double instead of a HR. Even with this rule, Rube went to the drain twice, and so did Rugburn. In fact, Rugburn managed to get one down the slope. Thankfully, it stopped right before the storm drain, or that would've been another ball lost to Indonesia. It was one of his attempts at the short right field when H made the best catch of the day. She was so focused on getting to the ball that she was inches away from stepping into the drain. It wasn't till after the play that we told her how close she was to falling in.
Looks like NewJohn picked his own nickname. He had trouble straighening out his hits, pulling the ball foul at least 3 times at every at-bat. He must have hit about a dozen balls down the wrong side of the foul line. Rube and DT were more tired running to pick up the foul ball than hitting and fielding throughout the entire game.
DY: Wild Thing (Struck our Fisk)
Gold Glove: H (Best catch of the day off Rugburn)
Biggest Bat: Rugburn
MBP: Indiana
Play of the day. Indiana dives for an opposite field ground ball from Rugburn. Snags it, and tosses it backhand lying facedown to DT to get NewJohn out.
TWOs: 1st Indiana, SS DT, LF Rube, CF Sandman, RF H
Pitcher: Wild Thing
Game 1: ONEs 11: TWOs 14
The rain over the past week without the benefit of sun left our primary field in an awful condition. It was so awful that the frisbee players even moved to the lower soccer field instead of hogging their usual spot. We decided to move to the alternate field since the chances that it would be less wrecked was higher. We had to move deeper into the field that we usually did, and with some creative placement of the diamond, managed to find ourselves a nice, relatively dry, mud-free spot.
It was a late start, even for us. Numbers only started streaming in after 3, and we didn't start the actual game till 4. Even so, we should've been able to squeeze in at least 1 game + 3 innings. But somehow, we seemed to play at a sloths pace and we only finished 9 innings after 6. Game was called and we moved to Joes.
Numbers was quite dismal, with only 10 fellows showing up. Not sure what happened, as rumour has it that there were 14 last week. Guess it must be because it was the Spiderman 3 weekend, and many a parent might have taken their children to watch the crapfest rather than come onto to field. Too bad for us as we had to make do with Indiana and Prof Zen rules.
It was a unique situation in the field as both teams decided on different strategies for defense. Numbering only 5 a team, the ONEs decided on a 3-infield, 2-outfield lineup while the TWOs went for a 2-infield, 3-outfield. The bats on the opposing team probably played a big factor in the defensive strategy with the ONEs having the bigger bats of Rugburn and NewJohn.
However, it was the TWOs that opened up accounts early, taking a 6-0 lead by the first inning. They were not about to give up their lead at any point in the game, and even came close to winning by mercy twice. It wasn't till the 8th inning that the ONEs finally struck back. They managed to score 6 runs to bring the score from 12-5 to 12-11. But the TWOs were not about to give up the goat. They put on 2 insurance runs to take a 14-11 lead going into the bottom of the ninth.
Lili showed up in the 4th inning, and she earned herself her nickname of 'Wild Thing'. She went 7 scoreless innings pitching all time for both teams. She was merciless on the mound, even striking out NewJohn, for his first career jug. Not only was her location superb, she also varied the speed of her pitches causing batters quite a bit of discomfort. Strange enough, the only person who could effectively hit off her was Maglite. Everyone else was having difficulty reading her pitches.
The 9th inning was all about Indiana. Playing 1st/2nd. He singlehandedly stopped the ONEs rally by making 2 beautiful diving grabs for the assisted out to 2nd. Meanwhile, DT was having the worst case of knoblochitis ever. While he showed good range at short, none of his throws were even close to 1st base. Several spectators were hit by wild throws.
Due to the creative positioning of the diamond, right field was short, leading to the drain and a 20 foot drop into a huge storm drain. In order to prevent the bigger hitters from taking advantage of the short porch, any hit that went past the drain was ruled a ground-rule-double instead of a HR. Even with this rule, Rube went to the drain twice, and so did Rugburn. In fact, Rugburn managed to get one down the slope. Thankfully, it stopped right before the storm drain, or that would've been another ball lost to Indonesia. It was one of his attempts at the short right field when H made the best catch of the day. She was so focused on getting to the ball that she was inches away from stepping into the drain. It wasn't till after the play that we told her how close she was to falling in.
Looks like NewJohn picked his own nickname. He had trouble straighening out his hits, pulling the ball foul at least 3 times at every at-bat. He must have hit about a dozen balls down the wrong side of the foul line. Rube and DT were more tired running to pick up the foul ball than hitting and fielding throughout the entire game.
DY: Wild Thing (Struck our Fisk)
Gold Glove: H (Best catch of the day off Rugburn)
Biggest Bat: Rugburn
MBP: Indiana
Play of the day. Indiana dives for an opposite field ground ball from Rugburn. Snags it, and tosses it backhand lying facedown to DT to get NewJohn out.
Thursday, May 03, 2007
28 April 2006 - Strippers
DT was away in KL for the weekend. He's hoping someone who showed up for the game could provide him with the lineup, final score and highlights of the game so that He can update the blog.
Meanwhile, according to the word on the street, a certain wife of one of our esteemed players with 2 of our very own female players and a bunch of her female stripper friends went for a post-post-post-wedding hen night at a male strip club. Sadly, the word also mentioned that bananahammocks were in use and no dangly bits were partaken. We can neither confirm nor deny the word.
Meanwhile, according to the word on the street, a certain wife of one of our esteemed players with 2 of our very own female players and a bunch of her female stripper friends went for a post-post-post-wedding hen night at a male strip club. Sadly, the word also mentioned that bananahammocks were in use and no dangly bits were partaken. We can neither confirm nor deny the word.
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