26 Mar 2011 - Playground Rules

Ones: 1st Rickey, 2nd High Tea, 3rd Mick, SS Chris, LF Superdad, CF H, RF Seven
Twos: 1st Baskets, 2nd Ripken, 3rd Santini, SS New Guy, LF Gunz, CF Chee, RF Sin/Chris

Final Score
Ones 13 : Twos 14

I'd rate this as the best defensive games of the year. Don't let the high score fool you, there were no errors or fielding mistakes. All the runs came from solid hitting, and all the outs came from solid defense.

Hardly any runs were scored till the 6th inning, and all the runs scored after that was because the cricket monkeys set up in our centerfield and did not have the courtesy to respect the playground rules.

Fuckers.

Every one was trying to hit the cricket monkeys, and they just got in the way of all the plays.

Fuckers.

High Tea made the most insane catch I've ever seen. He made a running, over the shoulder, falling over, arm contorting 270 deg under his body, half-tumble-roll AND managed to keep the ball in the glove for the out. I'd score it an 11.

Immediately after, Gunz tried one as well, rolling a somersault on his head. It was only a 9 cos he didn't contort the arm under his body. Gunz also doesn't need a cut-off.

It turns out I play better under the influence of rage.

Rickey caught everything thrown at him. Take that Mauneau. Baskets did well at 1st too.

Ripken should play 2nd. He plays so much better in that position than any other.

Great to see Seven back.

Chee is a new guy from Sheares Hall. He's shown up 3 weeks in a row, and started bringing his friends. Chee reminds me of Fei. Fantastic wheels, incredible speed and range in the OF, and you have to work to thrown him out on an infield hit. He's a keeper.

PS. We finally broke the boycott of 'Archies' (see this post. They replaced some of the uncomfortable wood chairs with comfortable sofas. And real nice ones too. And the sofas face the TV... which is on MIO, which has ESPN, which means we can actually watch baseball. The sofas also soak up the echos from the wood floors. So the place feels quite cosy now. Looks like Archies will finally get our business.
The wait staff do need to work on their service standards though. Putting the jugs of beer and the glasses on the table is not service. I don't think its too much to expect them to pour the beer.

Check out the comfortable sofa and Rickey the Hutt

Dopo mee gusha, peedunkey?