30 Oct 2010 - Scary Field

Ones: Ripken, Baskets, Hi Tea, Sin, Ziegler
Twos: Rugburn, Indiana, Geok, H, Bumblebee
All-time: Rickey, Chris

Game 1: Ones 17 - Twos 6 (Mercy in 6)
Game 2: Ones 12 - Twos 13 (3 innings, walkoff. Ziegler left for Ones, Bumblebee traded to Ones, Rickey joined Twos)

Highlights

We started the game with 10. 5 on 5, right field dead, score from 2nd.
When H and Bumblebee showed up, Chris and Rickey fielded all-time to open up all fields.
Hi Tea and Sin hit back to back homers over Rugburn in LF.
Rickey advanced to 2nd on a sacrifice by Geok, then stole 3rd when the infield had a meeting at 2nd base. Rickey ran so fast, his cleats fell off his shoes.
Ripken fell 4 times taking the relay from CF. He also fell a couple of times rounding 3rd.
The ground was sloshy, damp and slippery. Really tough to play.
The Twos won game one purely on singles. There was one inning of at least 10 singles that kept loading the bases.
The second game was much closer with Bumblebee traded to the Ones and Rickey playing for the Twos.

23 Oct 2010 - Armageddon

I was in Melaka for the weekend, but I was told the game was like playing in Armageddon.
The air was so hazy that you could barely see the guy in the outfield.
Everyone was hacking and coughing and spitting.
On top of the haze, there was thunder and lightning.
The guys stopped after 5 innings to go watch Scrubs new movie 'ExTerminators'.
Its been rumoured that the mick would fuck a retard for money to buy a dress.

16 Oct 2010 - Two actual teams...

Ones: 1st Tom, 2nd Monika, 3rd Generalissimo, SS Chris, LF Mick, CF Bumblebee, RF H, C Rickey
Twos: 1st Rickey/Ziegler, 2nd Geok, 3rd Ziegler/Ripken, SS Indiana, LF Ripken/Kelson, CF Superdad, RF Sin, C Hi Tea

Game 1: Ones 17 : Twos 6 (5 innings)

1. Hi Tea finally got his right-hand glove, and 2 more show up (all year without left-handers, suddenly we have 3)
2. Ripken hit the longest homerun of the year, except it wasn't. The ball bounced on the ground between Mick and Bumblebee and rolled all the way to the drain near the cricket scoreboard.
3. The Ones put together 7 infield hits to load the bases and score 3 runs.
4. We had a strange new ball in the first inning that the Mick brought back from the US. It was the regulation size, but weighed half the standard.
5. New player from Germany, Monika. She came out with her own glove, cleats and mouthguard. We really hope to see her again.
6. Good to see the Generalissimo back in town.
7. The Horfun rule strikes again. Superdad was thrown out at the plate when he tried to stretch a triple into a homerun. The Horfun rule rocks.
8. I left after we mercied the Twos for the win. No idea what happened in the 2nd game.

9 Oct 2010 - RBI Machine

Bodies: Ripken, Rickey, Rugburn, Indiana, Geok, H, Sin, Bumblebee, Baskets, Cool Papa

All time: Chris

Score: Ones 20 : Twos 19 (extra innings)

1. Same as last week, Right field was closed. We just needed 1 more body and we could've had a full game.
2. The Rugburn shift has stopped working completely.
3. Cool Papa has found his bat back... and it is scary.
4. Rickey choked on 9RBIs. He simply couldn't get past the double digits (He has 3 ABs with runners on base after his 9th RBI, but he couldn't get it done)
5. Bumblebee has re-learnt the 'oh shit' moment.
6. Ripken shaking his head at Sin's lack of hustle is ironically funny.
7. Indiana and Geok play an hour of tennis before ball... and can still kick our ass on the field.
8. Baskets is a pretty decent 1B. At least he catches the ball thrown below his hip.
9. H has a scary arm. Doubly scary when Cool Papa won't run on her.
10. The first at bat broke the game ball, and Rugburn had to break out a brand new one.
11. Pitchers need to learn how... a) Cover 1st on the ground ball up the 1st baseline. b) Cover 2nd if the SS is pulled into the OF. c) Cover 3rd if the Lefty shift is on. d) Cover home for an overthrow, but NOT cut off a perfect throw to the catcher.
12. The Horfun rule is one of the best new rules we've put into effect.

2 Oct 2010 - Everybody plays Short

Bodies: Ripken, Rickey, Tom, Rugburn, Mr Science, Kelson, H, Sin, Bumblebee, Baskets

All time: Chris

Score : 30something to 30something

1. Right field was closed
2. Chris played all time 2nd and 3rd
3. Everyone got to play Shortstop (including, Rugburn, Ripken, Rickey, Bumblebee...etc)
4. An average of 10 runs were scored per inning
5. The Rugburn shift didn't work this time
6. Ripken went from 2nd base stud to SS dud, he didn't have a good day
7. 3 Outfielders covering 2/3 the OF still leaves many gaps
8. The ball just seemed to find all the holes in the OF
9. Aggressive running pays dividends