Fish Score Twice vs. HUP!

Dear Fish and Friends,

It was something of a brutal loss to Hup on Sunday. But we Fish have nothing to be ashamed of. We played our hearts out and we did it for Easter Seals, which is a very good cause.

Matt “The Baffler” Abbate was pitching some sneaky pitches for the full 7 innings; Erin “H-Bomb” Hasley caught behind home plate with aplomb; Eric “Lil Commish” Throop manned up at 1^st base; Christine “Savagely Savage” Savage made super plays at 2^nd; Nate “The Lawyerator” Band was sharp at shortstop; Rich “Richie Rich” Wladkowski and Mary “Sweet Sully” Sullivan covered 3^rd base with fire in their eyes; and the slippery, sloppy outfield was covered well by Yar “the Yaaarchitect” Laakso, Stephen “Do Believe the Hype” Hile, Marc “M Lo” Lowenthal, Mark “The Commish” Throop, Evan “Papa Beast” Mauser, and John “The Battler” Abbate. Singles by Papa Beast, The Commish, Lil Commish, Savagely Savage, Yaaarchitect, Richie Rich, The Baffler, and M Lo. Standouts included Lil Commish (for getting us on the board and his stupendous slides into 2^nd and home), and Savagely Savage (for scoring run number 2 and her snappy snags at 2^nd).

But in truth, all Fish were, as always, something to behold, and as Easter Seals says, every team playing for Easter Seals is a WINNER. I’d like to thank everyone for donating their time, money, efforts, and in some cases (viz. Lil Commish), some flesh and blood off their left leg. A huge thanks also to our fans for cheering us on through our darkest hours—thanks Ellen, Beth, Colleen, Sarah, John H, Eve, Minki, and especially young Edith, the littlest Fish and also the Fish who most closely resembles an adorable dumpling. I hope I am not missing anyone!

I know I’ve said this before, but I will say it again: There’s always next year, Fish! Thanks for a great season.

Koch Blockers 19, Catfish 5

Dear Catfish Nation,
 

We seem to be getting stuck on 5 runs a lot this year! We were a lean team again last night, the leanest ever, with just 9 of us taking the field: Kate “Give ’em Hell” Elwell was pitching, David “Weisenheimer” Weininger was at 3rd, Jon “Butters” Elwell at short, yours truly Captain Batty and Levi “Laser-Beam Leviathan” Rubeck trading off between 2nd and short field, and Rich “Richie Rich” Wladkowski at 1st; in the outfield we were most ably represented by Marc “M Lo” Lowenthal, Ryan “Pickles” Picazio, and Matt “The Baffler” Abbate. Truly amazing catches in the outfield by all three! At bat, we struggled, but we did have our shiny moments: a double and a homerun by Butters (natch), triples by M Lo and the Weisenheimer, and singles by Pickles, Richie Rich, and yours truly Cap’n Batty. And all the while we were cheered on by Tslammin’ Johnny Tsai! This truly lifted our spirits, as it has been a big loss to the Fish not to have him in our line-up this year.

 

We practiced our chops in the warm-up while the Koch Blockers battled the BE Natural Killers on field 2. They managed to tie the evil BENKs, 18 – 18,  and will face them in the playoffs next week. It’s no secret that we Catfish will be rooting for the Koch Blockers to take home the much-coveted prize of 2013 Kentucky Fried Champs.

This is the close of the Catfish season, but we do have one last hurrah: our match-up against Harvard University Press on August 10 at 1:30 pm, at Danehy Park in Cambridge. This could be the year that the underdog triumphs! If you would like to donate to support Easter Seals, you can do so at this link:

Click here to view the fund page for MIT Press Catfish

or just come on over and cheer us on.

Happy Friday to you all, and thanks for your support of the Fish.

Judy

 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	total
KBs	5	3	2	2	7	X	X	19
Catfish	0	1	2	0	2	X	X	5