Shadow Masks 19, Catfish 16

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	total
SMs	9	2	2	0	6	0	0	19
Catfish	0	0	0	9	3	4	0	16

Catfish and Friends:

Believe me when I say, and I'm not sugar-coating this, that this was one of the best games we've ever played!!! The Shadow Masks were quaking in their shadowy masks by the bottom of the 7th!

Granted, we got off to a very rough start. That first inning was lame. At the Muddy afterwards, we tried to remember why exactly, and we couldn't quite recall what happened. Just that nothing seemed to be working for us. The Shadow Masks thought they had it in the bag, of course. But they were wrong. (Oh, they had it all right--just not in the bag. There's a big difference, Fish!) When we held them to zero and then scored back those 9 runs in the 4th--you shoulda seen the looks on their shadowy faces!

Things started to happen in the 4th inning of course, when we finally held them to a big zero and our bats came ALIVE! I believe almost every single one of us got on base. Highlights: singles galore; Jose, Evan, and JC got doubles; Butters got a triple and TWO homeruns; Rookie Will batted a thousand, going 4 for 4. Defensively as well, we got better and better as the game went on. Katie had a fine tag-out at 3rd; marvelous catches in the outfield by Evan and JC; great pitching as always by Kate (getting inside their batters' heads and freaking them OUT!!); and of course, who can forget the inning-ending catch by Lowenthal, with his tongue flapping in the breeze! That was, I believe, the end of the top of the 7th inning, and we only need 3 runs to tie it up. The Fish were determined. But then I made last out, with bases loaded. I did this mainly to spare Greg undue stress, as he would be up after me. So, really, when you look at it this way, the true selfless Catfish spirit shines through as always, as a beacon of goodness and beauty in this Shadowy Masky world.

In sum, great game, Fish. We showed them What For.

Final game of the season is next Tuesday, vs. our pals The Legion of Doom, on field 2. This will be team picture day, so look your best! Until then, keep those fires burning in your fishy bellies, as always.