26 May 2007 - Us Against Them

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