kzsox (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} kzsox) wrote,@ 2005-06-23 22:27:00 |
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SLAUGHTER
When I first got to the park, I was immediately intimidated. We were playing the red shirts. And they looked really sharp warming up in the field. My fellow green shirts had congregated on our side of the field. They were seed spitting and wise-cracking, but not catching or throwing. I immediately recognized the ump - he was the guy from our first game: Puck from The Real World, without all the insults and scabs. I've got to admit, I didn't have a very good feeling going into this one.
We had "first licks" and the inning was alright, but no great shakes. I think we scored 3, maybe 4 runs. The red shirts countered with 2 or 3 at the bottom of the 1st. I played 2nd base all through the game except one inning when I was catching. My fielding started off pretty slowly, too. I fumbled a very routine ground ball and forgot to flip it to the SS. I ran it over myself and not in time.
It was a sort of tit-for-tat type of game until the 5th, when the mighty green opened it wide open, and on 2 outs. I think we brought in a total of 10 runs in that inning. We went through our entire batting order. We just kept finding the holes. After that, the red shirts were doomed.
The only disappointing part: Hits that went over the fence weren't considered to be runs. The first 5 were doubles, and after that, only singles. The power hitters on the team were trying to hit softer (if you can imagine that) to go for the "inside the park homer" and reader, we actually got one. Han, our amazing pitcher, also has a pretty decent bat. Our girls, even the smallest of them, all got really good hits tonight.
At one at-bat, I managed 2 RBIs. At another at-bat, I got a single, but my hit was all the way into the outfield. I went deep, reader. Can you believe it? I can't. Too bad it was to center and I couldn't get to 2nd on it. After that, a hit went right to 2nd base and I was out. Also, I had a ground out, which was not very good. After the first couple of innings, my defense improved.
Final Score: 21-10, Green. Current Record: 7-1. The most runs we've put on the board to date. Right on!
When I first got to the park, I was immediately intimidated. We were playing the red shirts. And they looked really sharp warming up in the field. My fellow green shirts had congregated on our side of the field. They were seed spitting and wise-cracking, but not catching or throwing. I immediately recognized the ump - he was the guy from our first game: Puck from The Real World, without all the insults and scabs. I've got to admit, I didn't have a very good feeling going into this one.
We had "first licks" and the inning was alright, but no great shakes. I think we scored 3, maybe 4 runs. The red shirts countered with 2 or 3 at the bottom of the 1st. I played 2nd base all through the game except one inning when I was catching. My fielding started off pretty slowly, too. I fumbled a very routine ground ball and forgot to flip it to the SS. I ran it over myself and not in time.
It was a sort of tit-for-tat type of game until the 5th, when the mighty green opened it wide open, and on 2 outs. I think we brought in a total of 10 runs in that inning. We went through our entire batting order. We just kept finding the holes. After that, the red shirts were doomed.
The only disappointing part: Hits that went over the fence weren't considered to be runs. The first 5 were doubles, and after that, only singles. The power hitters on the team were trying to hit softer (if you can imagine that) to go for the "inside the park homer" and reader, we actually got one. Han, our amazing pitcher, also has a pretty decent bat. Our girls, even the smallest of them, all got really good hits tonight.
At one at-bat, I managed 2 RBIs. At another at-bat, I got a single, but my hit was all the way into the outfield. I went deep, reader. Can you believe it? I can't. Too bad it was to center and I couldn't get to 2nd on it. After that, a hit went right to 2nd base and I was out. Also, I had a ground out, which was not very good. After the first couple of innings, my defense improved.
Final Score: 21-10, Green. Current Record: 7-1. The most runs we've put on the board to date. Right on!
