Catfish 21, Legion of Doom 3

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Catfish	4	0	2	2	6	1	6	21
LoD	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	3

 

 

 

Dearest Catfish and Friends,

 

It was a nearly perfect finish to our 2010 season last night. As the game began, it looked like we were in for a close battle. But our impenetrable Wall of Fish proved to be too impenetrable for the Legion of Doom. We hereby dedicate this game to Katie Helke, on the DL with a nasty cold, and to our Rookie Will Mahoney, on the DL with a nasty gashed wrist (and who's also been traded to the Georgia Puffer Fish).

 

Everyone had a great night: Greg got a couple singles, a triple, and had a very graceful catch out in short field; JC had a couple singles and the usual ho-hum homerun; Jose had singles galore; Butters had TWO homeruns plus a double; Evan had a homerun; Charles's bat was on fire, with a double, a homerun, and a single; Marc had a couple nice singles as well as a particularly sweet play at 3rd base, scooping up a grounder back-handed with the grace of a gazelle; Kate had a single, great pitching, two catches on the mound; Rich had a triple; Erin had at least one single and displayed her usual ferocious determination catching for us behind the plate; yours truly even had a couple singles; Erika was in top form at 2nd base and also had a single; Matt (Abbate the Elder) pitched and batted with flair, and got at lease one single; Lenzie's bat was on fire, she got a single that stretched into a double; and John (Abbate the Younger was in fine form, getting a couple singles and a double.

 

And that's not all, Fish: There was even a pickle!! between 3rd and 2nd base. The first and only pickle of the 2010 season. It took 4 Fish to get that guy out, but we prevailed in the end.

 

To top it all off, we wowed them with our creative cheering skills to send them off: "Va Va Voom! Heart Goes Boom! We All Love! Legion of Doom!"

 

As I say, a near-perfect finish. The only thing that could have improved upon this fine evening would have been if it hadn't been quite such a blow-out. They're a fine team who beat us by a couple runs in our first game of the season, and they didn't deserve to go out like this. If there is justice we'll meet them again next year and they'll be better prepared for a fierce battle of Fish vs. Doom.

 

Thanks to everyone for a terrific season. There's still the Easter Seals game, August 7. We do have a full team of 14, but if anyone else is interested in playing for and donating to this worthy cause, let me know. We'll also keep you posted on the end-of-season bbq, to be held at Jose and Marieke's.

 

Au revoir, Fishies! Til next year!