15 March - Night Riders

ONES: P: The Cheetah; C: Burma Girl; 1B: Indiana; 2B: Jor El/Iron Man; 3B: The Mick; SS: Big Dick; OF: Rube, Cool Papa, Yellow Shoes, Red Cowboy, The Red Cowgirl
TWOS: P: Yong Yang; C: Rickey; 1B: Gretzky; 2B: Horfun; 3B: Handsomest Man in Singapore; SS: Salehin; OF: Rugburn, Superdad, 36, Anonymous Montfort Player #1

10 Innings:
ONEs: 11
TWOs: 12

It was a game when some of the old school players returned on a beautiful day when we had the whole field. The Cheetah and his Montfort gang showed up, raising the level of play as usual. We also had the return of Big Dick's son, Gretzky, from the Great White North. Finally, who was that pulling up in KITT the car? It's Hassie, with Mrs. Hassie and Little Hassie.

The game was a good one. Despite his initial complaints about his team, the Mick led his gang to a formidable 9-2 lead after 5 innings, getting 2-3 runs per inning using good fundamentals of hitting and baserunning. That's when the dam broke. The TWOs scored 9 in one inning and the ONEs looked shell-shocked coming off the field. The ONEs clawed back with 2, and then for 3 innings the game was tied. No one could get beyond one base runner, and then three outs. Going in to extra innings the TWOs finally pushed one over for the win. Overall, good day on the field.

NOTES: 1) Superdad pounded a homerun before an audience of the superkids who cheered him around the bases in the 9-run 5th inning for the TWOS; 2) There were six kids under 10 at the field; we need to open a day-care center; 3) Salehin needs to count to three; 4) Yong Yang was pitching like Santana. Good job; 5) The Mick was on fire at 3B. Brought back memories of the Jaguar (although no one can replace the Jaguar); 6) Jor El pulled up after running to 1st in the 1st inning. A shorter appearance than Brando in Superman; 7) Horfun needed some oxygen after a great run from 1B to Home. Good Hustle; 8) Cool Papa had a textbook throw to the Mick at 3B to tag out the Handsomest Man in Singapore (formerly known as Gil); 9) Good to see Hassie, the Cheetah, the Monfort Gang, Cool Papa, Gretzky and the Red Cowgirl. They need to show up more often.

Post-Ball Notes: The Lords of Death went rolling. DT, Ted and Lil' One joined the rest on the lanes. After Rube tried to take out the pin bar (the thing that re-sets the pins), and then left with Gunz, the rest rolled. The Mick had a 170 in the first game, and then seemed to have trouble shaking off some bad mojo. It was so bad that in the second game the Mick came in last (out of 5 bowlers in that game). He did get things back on track with the arrival of Sandman and Lil' One. Rugburn was a model of consistency, winning 3 games, while DT had four strong games. Meanwhile Horfun and Lil' One showed that power wasn't everything by putting on a lesson in spinning the ball. After four games, sore thumbs, and enormous amounts of fried food, the Lords of Death rolled out into the night. Rickey went home. Others went to find love, or at least coffee in Holland Village or Coach's Corner. The Night Riders roll on.

MBP: The Returnees
Gold Glove: The Mick
Biggest Bat: Superdad
Cameo Appearance: Jor El
Satu, Dua, Tiga: Salehin
Least amount of movement possible on field: Rickey
DY: Horfun
Lebowski: Rugburn

PS: No Good Friday game next week. But, playing on Saturday