20 March 2010

Ones: 2nd Jor-el, 3rd Ripken, LF Rugburn, CF H, RF Ziegler
Twos: 2nd Horfun, 3rd Sin, LF Mick, CF Voodoo, RF Uboat
All-time: 1st Rickey, SS DT
Spectators: Indiana, Geok

Final Score Ones 23 : Twos 22

The rain must have scared away most of our numbers, cos we only had 12. At least it had stopped raining by the time we started. If February was the driest month, March might be the wettest. Even with the rain, the ground was still nice and even from the intense heat of Feb. The rain only served to moisten the top layer of grass, making the ball slick. Combined with the hard earth underneath, it was like playing tennis on a grass court. The ball would bounce and take off at high speeds.

Short of numbers meant 2 guys played all-time defense, with 5 per team batting. Rugburn put up one of his classic homerun shows. Drilling them into the gaps between the outfielders. It was a case of hit and run home for both teams as they combined for a total of 43 runs in 9 innings.

Its not that our defense has gotten worse, its just that our bats have gotten bigger. Everyone hits, and hits well now, so short of an ground ball to the infield or a fly ball directly to an outfielder, batters are getting on base, and scoring. We really need to take part in another tournament to guage our progess. Frankly, I haven't seen so many good bats at the same time in one generation of saturday softballers.

No box score this week as I stayed in the field and wasn't able to take notes.

On to next week