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TOP TEN REASONS WHY PAUL DIDN'T GET THE RECAP DONE ON TIME
| 10. | Ran out of Gatorade (you try writing one of these when you're dehydrated!) |
| 9. | Too much Gatorade (you try writing one of these in the bathroom without a laptop.) |
| 8. | No coffee..... can't.... stay... awake.... much.... .longer.....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ |
| 7. | Watching "SHOGUN" my favorite mini-series of all time. (check it out on the Hallmark Channel 9:00pm this week) |
| 6. | I got lost leaving the dugout after the game. (the field was REALLY big!) |
| 5. | I got tired lugging all the lost and found items back to my car |
| 4. | The score book was just too damm wet! |
| 3. | I am doing it as of 11pm, but if I fail it's because of the Boynton Bucket, and several pitchers of beer at the B. |
| 2. | Spent too much time at our end-o-season Boynton party. |
Lost and Found Update: Tough noogies, your glasses, and batting glove are gone.
Today's evening beverage: A Large Honey Dew Blueberry Cinnamon (yes that is a real coffee) along with the always enjoyable FREE doughnut, which is the same as last time, a double chocolate. As the evening progresses, I may have to talk about the PIZZA of the evening, but more on that later.......
Laziness update: screwed around watching the football game, and the West Wing. On the plus side, neither Jake Plummer or Ashley Lelie got injured today, so for at least one day my Fantasy Football team isn't shot to hell, which is more I can say for those that had Chad Johnson.
And now courtesy of Bob Stechler's incessant moaning regarding my consumption of fruit flavored beers, another fruit beer of the day......
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Today's Fruit Flavored
Beer of the Day:
Crazy Ed's Cave Creek Chili Beer Some of you know it, none of you love it, but it's a Missing Sox favorite of days gone by. And for you wondering, yes Chili is a fruit (at least for this moment it is!)
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Quote of the week: "Women are inherently bi-sexual" Courtesy of Joe WPI. We didn't have any good quotes at the game. Bob Stechler reminded me of this classic courtesy of Joe College at the Boyton last year. He said it, he really did.
The word of the day: Finito. We're done. We had a good run in the playoffs coming in 4th place after finishing the regular season in 8th. Moving up four spots. Not too shabby!
Newcomer of the week: it's been a while, so let's consider him a newcomer. Ronnie is back!
Fans of the Week: Katie Hutchinson, and her sister Something (other than Katie) Hutchinson (Sorry Dave, you'll have to clue me in)
Food and Beverage update: I just had some Boynton Sausage, and Pepperoni pizza, and with the coffee gone, I've moved on to Corona. It's 3:45am, and I have to get up for 8:00am, I'm in trouble. Most people would have some sense, cut their losses and go to bed, but not me, I vow to get this update done before I hit the hay.
Now without further ado, the lineup:
| 1 | Steve on the mound |
| 2 | Little Bob in Right Center |
| 3 | Mike in left field |
| 4 | Mark at Shortstop |
| 5 | Big Bob in Right |
| 6 | Dave at Thirdbase |
| 7 | Randy at First |
| 8 | Mad Dog behind the plate |
| 9 | Charlie in Left Center |
| 10 | Yours truly at secondbase |
| 11 | Ronnie on the bench ready to fill in |
Now your TV update: (by the way it's 4:15am)
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Epic Sci-Fi series Monday-Friday on the Sci Fi channel |
Onto the game's dirty details:
| 1st Inning | Steve starts off the inning by popping up to the pitcher. He's going to be tough. Little Bob stings one up the middle but the pitcher picks it out of mid air for a line out and the innings second out. Mike gets things going on the right foot, and goes yard. We're up by one. Mark goes up the middle and singles. Dave doubles to left field scoring Mark, and Bob. We're up 3-0. Randy singles to left center moving Dave to third. Mad Dog ends the inning with a ball to the shortstop. Defensively we start off a bit shaky, but settle down and have a decent inning, giving up only two runs. We lead 3-2. |
| 2nd Inning | Charlie hits one back to the pitcher for a 1-3 putout and the innings first out. The Sluckis shift is implemented and I try to overcompensate, and in doing so hit a can-o-corn to right center - CRAP! Out #2. Ronnie hits it down to third. A great throw by the thirdbaseman was the only thing that kept Ronnie off the bases. Our #3. HELLO FOLKS, we need more innings like our first. The bad guys get two more and now take the lead 3-4. |
| 3rd Inning | It's our second time through the order and we should have an idea of how the pitcher pitches, let's get hits.... Steve doesn't listen (by who does?) and hits a fly ball to left. Little Bob singles. Next up is Mike, who flies to right center. Mark ends the inning but POPPING OUT TO A GIRL. I think we've all done it, but that's beside the point. Mark did it right now so we can make fun of him till the next game (8 months and counting.) No runs on our side. Being an equal opportunity complainer I have to state that the opponents score wasn't being kept by our normally outstanding scorekeeper Carol - kangaroo court fine upcoming..... the score is ABOUT 3-8. |
| 4th Inning | Big Bob hits a deep flyball, but the left fielder is ready for it, one out. Dave singles. Next up Randy reaches on a fielders choice forcing Dave at second for the second out. Mad Dog has the last out of the inning hitting it back to that darn pitcher. No runs once again. They scored ABOUT four more. the score is now 3-12ish. |
| 5th Inning | Charlie flies out to rightcenter. Last Call puts on the most extreme 'Sluckis shift' I've ever seen with no on on the left side of the infield. They were daring me to hit it their. I was up to the task and hit one through the vacated area at third/short. Ronnie is up next and hits it to short. I (according to Dave) dogged it to second, and was out on a close play (I agree that I didn't give it my all. I thought I was out from the very beginning of the play - CRAP!) Steve hits it to short and is put out 6-3. Between the pitcher, and the shortstop, they've gotten half the outs! Once again no runs. Four more for Last Call to make the score 3-16. |
| 6th Inning | It's put up or shut up time. We need thirteen to tie, fourteen to take the lead. This could be our inning. Little Bob singles, and so does Mike - 60 feet at a time, that's the way folks! Mark does likewise. One run scores 4-16. Big Bob summons up all his softball energy and rifles a double. Two score 6-16. We're getting closer...... Could it be destiny? Probably not. Dave records the first out of the inning 5-1 (I'll assume the pitcher was covering.) We can still do it folks. Only one out. Let's get more runs. Randy lines out to the pitcher (damm him - the pitcher not Randy) for the second out. It's all up to Mad Dog she needs to keep the inning alive. We're only down by 10. Foul - strike one, Foul - strike two. Drumroll....... Swing and a miss for a K, and the final out of the inning, the game and the season - way to go MD. At least you didn't pop out to a girl! |
Last Call has had our number in the playoffs. We put up a decent effort defensively most innings, but couldn't get on base to keep the game close. Still it was a great effort!
The MVP Awards:
| Gold Medal | Dave Hutchins - He came back early from his vacation to play softball - that's dedication (I originally wrote defecation, thank god for spell check.) was 2-3 with a single and a double, with two RBI's. Most importantly he tried to do his best PELE impression by stopping an infield hit with his skull. The cut isn't too bad (check out the picture.) His wife is going to kill me (and maybe him.) My cover story: you saved five orphans from a burning building, and got hit by falling debris. Back me up everybody! |
| Silver Medal | Mike: no major injury, but played a great left field, and had our only homerun of the game. He went 2-3. The other hit was a single. Got an RBI and two runs scored. |
| Bronze Medal | Little Bob . Was 2-3 with two singles and a run scored. His defense was inspired. He had at least four spectacular running catches in the outfield. Inspired play! |
| Paper Mache Medal | Big Bob: was 2-3 with a couple doubles and a run scored. |
| Ms. Congeniality | Mark: was 2-3 with two singles and two runs scored. Did you know that he popped out to the girl catching? |
| Honorable Mention | Mad Dog. didn't have any luck at the plate (but at least you didn't pop out to the catcher - who was a girl) but fielded her position well tonight and at all the other games she attended this year(KUDOS MD) She was the only female to play more than one game (I think the total was 8) |
| Tofu Medal | Me: for my unlikely hit to the left side of the infield - I was 1-2. |
OK it's 5:30am...... I'm done.......
That's all folks. See you next season!
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