Dear Catfish Nation,
It was a lollapalooza of a loss last night to Langer Lab to
close out the 2014 season. Nevertheless, we Fish managed to have our fun.
Langer Lab is a team of about 50 or so young jocks, mostly
bashing stuff into the outfield or line-driving stuff into our faces. So we owe
much to our outfielders, who got a lot of exercise out there on the turf:
thanks Yaaarchitect, The Mórrígan, L’Artiste Abbate
the Younger, Pickles, and Richie Rich. Pitchers The Scalder and The Baffler had
to face a lot of bizzare Langer Lab stances at the plate, and pitched with much
aplomb. The H Bomb caught with panache and also screamed her battle cry
furiously while running the bases, upsetting an otherwise sure double play.
Chrazy, Butters, the Abbatoirist (Abbate the Younger), and Hot Stuff faced many
line drives and crazy bounces on the turf, and also had many amazing plays.
Highlights included Butters’s super-buttery and delicious home run (thanks,
Butters!); our holding those punks to ZERO RUNS in both the 3rd and 6th innings; Pickles’s
and L’Artiste’s fine catches in the outfield; H Bomb’s afore-mentioned
battle-cry; the glorious power of the team Abbate in the 6th, with
both Abbates the Younger scoring off of Abbate the Elder’s double; and The
Scalder’s fine cheering skills (“nice ACTION!!!”).
We sent them (and their peeing dog) off with a cheer of
“Langer Lab! Langer Lab! You’re Really Fab!” They were kind enough to buy us a
pitcher of Miller High Life, the Champagne of Beers, at the Muddy. We paid them
back with a much finer beer, to prove that we are so much better than them,
deep down where it counts.
In sum, it was nice action indeed, for all of us, this season.
We now turn our fish eyes to next season when we’ll be thrilled to have the
HellieKat and the Magical Clavicle (if I can persuade him) back with us again.
Thanks to everyone for playing your hearts out. And thanks for tuning in, and
keep swimming toward the future with your fish heads held high!
(And ps: don’t forget the Easter Seals charity game vs. our
Arch-Arch Nemesis Harvard University Press, this Saturday, 1:30, at Danehy Park
in Cambridge. You’ll want to see Hot Stuff try his hot stuff at 3rd, Chrazy try
his crazy at shortstop, and JC Superstar’s triumphant return at 1st base.)
August 4, 2014, vs. Langer Lab
Batting Order
1. Matt
2. José
3. Ryan
4. Butters
5. Chris
6. Kate
7. Rich
8. Erin
9. Yar
10. Beth
11. Judy
12. John
13. Art
1,3,5
2,4,6
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Pitch
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Kate
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Matt
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Catch
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Erin
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Erin
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1B
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José
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Chris
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2B
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Judy
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John A
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SS
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Butters
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Butters
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3B
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Chris
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José
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SF
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Beth
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Art
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LF
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Yar
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Yar
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CF
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Ryan
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Ryan
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RF
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Rich
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Beth
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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TOTAL
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FISH
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1
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0
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0
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1
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0
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4
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0
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6
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LL
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10
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11
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0
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6
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6
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0
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X
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33
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