Well, well, welllll, Catfish! Nice game last night!
I'm not even sure where to begin. Let me just say first of all that the Legion of Doom is a really great team--friendly and funny, with a sense of humor about things and consisting of more than just a lineup of
b e e e f c a a a k e.
We lost to them in our opening game by just 2 runs, so we knew who we were up against. We went into this feeling well matched--not just win/lose-wise, but in sportspersonlike temperament.
Nevertheless, charming as they may be, they remain the Legion of Doom, and it was incumbent upon us Fish to make the fields safe for, well, non-Doom. And we accomplished that last night.
Our offense was impeccable. We were without JC, who typically provides some punch to our at-bats. But I believe everyone got on base. And if anyone didn't, they waz robbed. For all of our great hits, we were also robbed of a couple stellar smashes. David W in particular I recall being robbed of a line drive by their 3rd baseman. But Butters was a doubles machine; Ryan maintained, and Helke (who scared their pitcher out of his wits, he said so himself) and Jose renewed, their membership in the Homerun Club. Charles had a triple; Kate C, Rich, and Marc also had doubles; Erin got a double on an overthrow, and also another single; Evan forced a double with a smooth slide--actually, a crawl--to 2nd base (in fact his second crawl of the day, having pub-crawled all afternoon with some teacher buddies). Alexa, Greg, Will all had singles. And did I mention I myself got on base, twice? Incroyable!
And our defense--Fish!!! I'm almost speechless. We had not one double play, but two, thanks to Butters's and Ryan's quick thinking at first and shortstop. Catch behind the plate by Erin; great catches in outfield by Evan and Jose; catches by Kate on the mound. Fantastic pitching by Kate; we held them scoreless 4 out of 7 innings! They came back for a bit of a rally in the top of the 7th but they just couldn't quite make it over the Impenetrable Wall of Fish.
Let me close by saying again that this is a truly fun team to play, as well, which makes it all what it should be--happy softball fun.
Regarding our next game: next week is supposed to be a bye week, but it might turn out otherwise. Marc and I have decided that we will in fact reschedule the game with the Shadow Masks. This fits with league policy and we do have enough willing players. It will take place some upcoming Wednesday; we'll keep you posted.
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