It was a warm and windy evening on the Jack Barry Astroturf last night, where we faced the BE Natural Killers. “BE” stands for Biological Engineering, and it’s pretty clear that they’ve biologically engineered themselves into a Wall of Beefcake. Still, the Fish would not go gentle into that good night! We fought hard and proud, and as Erin “The H Bomb” put it so well at the Muddy Charles Pub afterward: “There was no shame in that game!”
Our rookies stood out and
shone fiercely, just as we knew they would: Yar “The Yaaarchitect” Laakso, and
Beth “The Mórrígan” Moore (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morr%C3%ADgan), Levi “Laser-Beam
Leviathan” Rubeck, and Andrew “Sweetie Pie” Sweet all did us proud on the field;
tragically, all were robbed of mighty hits by the Wall of BEefcake.
The game also marked the triumphant return of Karie “Knee of Steel” Kirkpatrick, whom we’ve been sorely missing ever since a dreadful mishap on the Whiffle Ball field several years ago. The Fish felt just a bit more complete having her back, especially as we’re missing the likes of Tslammy John Tsai. We can only hope that one day he shall Tslam again.
Monster hits were had by Greg “Menacing Papa Bear” Dokshin, Eric “Mini Commish” Throop, Ryan “Pickles” Picazio, Jon “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butters” Elwell, Savagely Savage Christine Savage, and Rich “Is That Nathan Fillion???” Wladkowski. (I hope I’m not missing anyone there, feel free to pipe up if you got on base, Fish.) Even yours truly, Cap’n Batty, got on base owing to a fielder’s choice. I can only hope this offers some small compensation for my mini-meltdown-on-the-mound in the bottom of the 6th.
Our fielding was top shelf. Outfielders Papa Bear, Pickles, Nathan Fillion???, Sweetie Pie, Mini Commish, and the Yaaarchitect were quite slammed out there and made many superb catches. Perfect Pitcher Scalding Kate Elwell neé Caldwell was truly on fire, confusing them at every turn. Our infielders included Papa Bear (again), Katie The Personable Persons, Can’t Believe It’s Not Butters, Savagely Savage, Knee of Steel, The Mórrígan, H Bomb, and Laser-Beam Leviathan—all of us gave it our all. But one of us gave a little bit extra, that 110%, and that is David “Dances with the Wind” Weininger. He made all 3 outs in one inning himself—leaving the rest of us saying, Hey Dances, save a little for us!—including a sliding-on-the-astroturf snag. For this he has earned himself the title of MVF of the game—Most Valuable Fish.
Final score was was Fish 5, BE Natural Killers 16, but really, 11 runs is just a drop in the ocean. We Fish know the tides will turn and those Beefcakes shall feel terror rain down upon them the next time we meet.
Next game is Thursday, June 6, vs. the Koch Blockers, on the Women’s Softball Diamond, at 5:30.
Hold your heads high, Fish Nation, and keep swimming for the stars.
| 5/30/13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | total |
| Catfish | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| BENKs | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | X | 16 |
