Before I start the post, I'd like to say that this week was another week that I thought that we would be cursed by low numbers. Why? Because quite a few regulars had left for overseas trips. Rugburn to Aussieland, NewJohn/Wild Thing to FreedomLand, H to Thailand, Knees/Maglite to SomeotherLand, Rickey/Gunz/Rube to FluLand. Leaving us with the grand total of about 4-6. We did get 11 to start, and we laid the diamond for Indiana Rules, adding Prof Zen rules for scoring. But somehow, we managed to get 17 bodies on the field. That was just incredible. To top it all off, the weather was fantastic and the field was in perfect condition. What a lovely day.
ONEs: 1st DT/Cheetah/Clement, 2nd Diana, 3rd DT/Sandman, SS Weixiong/Clement/Gil, OF Clement, Gil, Weixiong, Jason, Sandman, Horfun
TWOs: 1st Rickey/Uboat, 2nd Geok, 3rd Indiana, SS The Mick, OF Superdad, Gunz, The Finnish Girl, NigeyPooh
Game 1: ONEs 19 : TWOs 15
Game 2: ONEs 9 : TWOs 8
If you're thinking the lineup looks skewed, well, it was counted off as Singaporeans vs the rest before more of the rest showed up.
2 interesting facts of the day. The Singaporeans, due to some technical difficulties, lost 6 at bats. Weixiong and Gil only had 1 at bat in the first inning, and their next at bat was in the 7th inning. The score would have been completely different if they had managed to step into the batters box. Not sure how it happened, but it did, and by the time it was noticed, it was almosts too late. Nevertheless, they managed to help the ONEs go from mercy to a decent score. (The ONEs were 18-9 by the 7th).
The second interesting fact, was that the man who did not like to run, ran the furthest. Uboat, who barely gets out of the batter's box on a normal day, not only batted in the most RBIs, he also set the record for the most extra-base hits in a game, and put himself on the SAS HOF for hitting for the cycle. Ironically, it was only his last at-bat that he managed to hit a single. Strangely enough, it wasn't his batting that got him extra bases, but his extremely aggressive running. He reached second on singles, third on doubles and all the way home on triples. It was amazing to see his display of speed on the base paths, and we honestly hope to see it again.
It was good to see some of the 'oldies' reappear, and we welcome back Rickey from his *coughvacationcough* sabbatical. Although, Rickey was up to his old self again, sitting on the bench, leaving after the first game..etc. It was good to see Jason and Diana again. We haven't seen them since they got married. It seems marriage is a curse for SASers. Look at DY, Nigeypooh and Sandman. They've become especially irregular after getting married. Rube managed to stave off the curse somehow, and DT wisely sidestepped the entire situation.
MBP: Uboat
Biggest Bat: Uboat
Gold Glove: Cheetah
DY: Gunz and Rickey for showing up even though they were sick.
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