Catfish 9, Koch Blockers 16

Catfish Nation:

It was a slippery evening last night as we battled the Koch Blockers in 100% light rain mist. A difficult loss to our estimable foes, the Koch Blockers, our favorite team to play--because they DO play, and because they are not entirely a Wall of Beefcake.

Our bats were flourishing: Pickles Picazio had a single and a double; John “The Butchie-a-tor” Costello had a single and a triple;  Jon “Butters” Elwell had a triple and a double; Eric “Mini Commish” had a single and a triple, and at least one fancy slide; Nate “The Lawyerator” Band had a single; Greg “The Menace” Dokshin had a single; David “The Weisenheimer” Weininger had a double and a single; Karie “Ace of Brace” Kirkpatrick had a single; Erin “H Bomb” Hasley went 2 for 2, both singles; Marc “M Lo” Lowenthal had a double; and John “The Abbatoirist” Abbate had two doubles. Yar “The Yaaaarchitect” Laakso was robbed—of his plays both offensively and defensively, because, well, he got tied up at work and was a bit late.  I hope I am not missing any Fishes’ hits here—Fish, please enlighten me if I am! It was all a little foggy in that light rain mist.

Defensively we were focused as well: Many great catches in the outfield and infield, by Pickles, The Lawyerator, Kate” The Scalding Elwell neé Caldwell” Elwell, and Butters. Matthew “The Baffler” Abbate baffled and confused them with his pitching, and The Scalding Elwell neé Caldwell was in fine form as well. Christine “The Savagely Savage” Savage was, dare I say, ruthless in manning 2nd base.  

Highlights include the crazy pickle that blossomed in the bottom of the 4th, when a Koch Blocker got a little greedy and went for home. Sadly the outcome of the pickle did not go our way and he ended up scoring. But it was a sight to see the quick pickled thinking by Rich “Vladkoffskee” Wladkowski, Ariel “Bake-Me-a-Cake” Baker-Gibbs, and Butters. M Lo got us started on what we hoped would be a 9-run rally in the top of the 7th with his solid double. (Sadly, as the scoreboard shows, the prophesied rally would not come to pass.) Throughout we were cheered faithfully on by our biggest fan, Phil "The Laughing Man" Laughlin, which always makes our fishy spirits soar. But the greatest highlight was perhaps The Butchie’s making a crucial out at home, at which he caught a rocket that was aimed somewhere we cannot mention in mixed company. Let’s just say, thanks for taking one for the team, Mr. Butchie. For this you have earned the honor of MVF, Most Valuable Fish, of the game.

Please join us in two weeks on July 11, 5:30, when we hope to play a double header against the Killer Bs on the “BB” field (in the outfield of the men’s baseball diamond).

 

6/27/13	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	total
Catfish	3	1	0	3	0	0	2	9
KBs	4	3	1	1	4	3	X	16

Fish Pix!

Fish, some great pix (thanks to Greg Dokshin) here!

Fish Score Five More Runs Against Wall of Beefcake!

Dear Catfish Nation,

Though the scoreboard belies it, our bats were veritably ON FIRE last night. Let me first note that each and every Fish got on base last night against the BE Natural Killers! We began strong, with Eric “Li’l Commish” Throop hitting yet another homerun to bring home Rich “It’s Pronounced ‘Vlad-koff-skee’” Wladkowski and the Mighty Jon “Butters” Elwell. Vlad-koff-skee would go on to get a double later in the game, and everyone else got singles—Nathan “The Lawyerator” Band, Kate “The Scalding Caldwell” Elwell, Beth “The Mórrígan” Moore (who has in fact earned herself another nickname, “Bat of Death Beth,” courtesy of M Lo), Matthew “The Baffler” Abbate, Levi “The Leviathanator” Rubeck, Marc “M Lo” Lowenthal, John “The Battler” Abbate, José “Hot Stuff” Herrero, and even yours truly, Captain Batty. And there was some very fierce and aggressive base running, most notably by Li’l Commish and The Scalding Caldwell.

As you can see from this list, we were a leaner, meaner team of Fish last night, only 12 of us to face this Wall of Beefcake. And no one can deny that we Fish rose and floated up to the occasion. Our fielding, though again the scoreboard belies it, was veritably ON FIRE. Butters and The Leviathanator turned a neat double play just for kicks, because they could. Scalding Caldwell and The Baffler were stellar as usual on the mound. The Lawyerator, Hot Stuff, Li’l Commish, and M Lo all had fine catches in the outfield—as did, surprisingly enough, shortstop Butters, who halfway through the game started pulling a sneaky shift on the Beefcakers to rob them of even more of their beefy hits.

In sum: each and every Fish is a rare and glowing prize, a bit of twinkling pirate’s gold in the sparkling green sea that is Barry Astroturf Field 2. For this game, however, the MVF (Most Valuable Fish) Award goes to M Lo, who caught no fewer than four (FOUR!) of the Beefcakes’ hits in the outfield. Huzzah M Lo, and huzzah to All Fish!

Please join us next week, June 27, when we face the Koch Blockers at 5:30 on Astroturf field 2.

 

6/20/13	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	total
BENKs	10	2	2	6	6	4	5	35
Catfish	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	5

 

 

 

Killer B Double Header canceled/postponed

Catfish: Double-header tonight vs. Killer Bs is canceled/postponed. It seems Bain & Co. is frightened of raindrops. As Karie "knee of steel" Kirkpatrick put it: "my neutered cat has more cajones than they do." Indeed. Next game: Thursday 6/20, field 2 (astroturf), vs. the BE[efcake] Natural Killers.

Fish Blocked by Koch Blockers but Improve in a Sense

Dear Catfish Nation:

It was another tough loss for the Fish last night as we fell to the Koch Blockers. As you can see from the scoreboard, though, it began as a very close game, and the KBs just continued to chip away at things in the later innings.

Still, the Fish sparkled as usual! We welcomed rookies Ariel “Bake-Me-A-Cake-As-Fast-As-You-Can” Baker-Gibbs, Nathan “The Lawyerator” Band, and Gabrielle “The Jolly” Joffe, all of whom played with fierce Fishy fire. We also welcomed back after a long hiatus José “Hot Stuff” Herrero, who has had some surgery on his right knee and is now bionic and better than ever. 

Hits were had by Evan “The Maus Beast” Mauser, Jon “Buttery Goodness” Elwell (a single AND a double), John “Birthday Butchie Boy” Costello (a single), Ryan “The Pickler” Picazio (a double), David “The Weisenheimer” Weininger (a single), Andrew “Sweetie Pie” Sweet (a perfectly placed hit to left field earning him a single), Hot Stuff Herrero (a single), The Lawyerator Band (a single), Erin “H Bomb” Hasley (a double!), Yar “The Yaaarchitect” Laakso (a single), and Eric “Mini-Commish” Throop (HOMERUN!).

Highlights were Mini-Commish’s out-of-the-park homerun (of course), which got us on the board at last, bringing home The Yaarchitect in the bottom of the 5th. Believe me, Fish Fans, when I say the ball sailed off his bat like it had a mission, was on a journey to a better land, determined to make the world a better place. Further shining moments included Katie “Mama Hellie Dawg” Helke Dokshin’s sweet play at 3rd base, Buttery Goodness’s double play with the Weisenheimer, and The Yaaarchitect’s perfect catch in short field. 

And perhaps the sweetest moment of all: enjoying the company of Li’l Gena “The Genasaurus” Dokshin, come to cheer on his mom and chillax with his dad, The Menace Dokshin, who was recently awarded his Ph.D. Kudos and Huzzah to you, sir! 

We capped off our night at the Muddy Charles Pub, singing Happy Birthday to Butchie Costello, and belting out everyone’s favorite show tune, “Cheese Tomorrow, Guaranteed (Cheese! Cheese! Cheese!)!”

We hope you’ll join us next Thursday, June 13, on field 9, when we will kick the butts of the Killer Bs.

(Oh yes, and how did we "improve in a sense"? Well, as The Sweetie Pie Sweet pointed out, last week we lost by 11 runs, this week by a mere 7—you do the math, Catfish Nation!)
 
 

6/6/2013	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	total
Koch Blockers	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	10
Catfish	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3