Ones: 1st Rickey, 3rd Superdad, SS Chris, LF Mauneau, CF Gunz, Rover H
Twos: 1st Rickey, 3rd Mick, SS Ripken, LF Rugburn, CF Chee, 2nd Baskets
Game 1: Ones 13 - Twos 1 (3 innings)
Game 2: Ones 8 - Twos 18 (6 innings)
The baseball gods are still testing us. Its frigging March and its still raining on Saturdays, and our numbers are frigging pathetic.
We almost called time of death at about 4pm and head over to BarBar. Some of us wanted to go, but some of us really wanted to play. And then the sky stopped falling.
We had to take advantage of the opportunity we were given. Even though we only had 11 people. We had to get in a game. There was a time we could hit 55-60 games a year (52 weekends + public holidays). We barely scratched 40 in 2010 and unless a miracle happens, we won't hit 30 for 2011.
The field was a pond after the heavy downpour and we turned homeplate into a swamp, and 3rd base into a sliding pool. Sliding into 3rd was VERY fun.
The ONEs started the ball rolling with a 10 run 2nd inning in the first game. The TWOs had no answer, and we were calling 'game over' by the 3rd. With the distribution of players, there was no way to make any trades even though it was a mercy score. Both teams were fairly even and any trades would result in an even more lopsided result.
Well, The TWOs soon returned the favoured and they put together run after run after run to get a 18-3 lead going into the bottom of the 6th. The ONEs had a chance to dig themselves out of the mercy hole and managed to put 5 runs on the board. With 18-8 on the scoreboard and 2 runners on base, the ONEs bats suddenly fell apart. 3 consecutive outs ensured that the TWOs would take the mercy victory in the 2nd game.
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