Subject: Mc Nair Continues Winning Streak! -E-Mail from 5/26
Re-Cap of Mc Nair Win Against the Public Defenders
Introduction:
Let me begin my diatribe by saying that last night we played the best team that we have faced this and last year. To clarify: we have lost to teams that have better individuals and losses because of our own mistakes, but we have not played a “better team” than the Public Defenders. They have not won a game this season, still they remain positive, tenacious and never forget the main reason we are out there-to have fun! They talked trash to us about Jay and Corbett (their intern), but Tom centered our team by pointing out the naturalistic beauty of the field, Jay could not be ran over at first by an 80 lb. girl and that although she interned with their office, Corbett was PAID by Mc Nair during that time. People often wonder why Coach Phil Jackson and Tom Mc Tighe make the "big bucks"; it is due to their "Zen Style of Leadership" that clears their team's heads and brings focus. Tom inspired our bats to do our trash talking. By the way, I asked Corbett to add an inspirational-victory quote for our team to today’s absentee list; I believe she chose the perfect one. “Victory is sweetest, when you have known defeat.” –Malcom Forbes
We were in a bind this week, with M.A. Scar-DiMaggio and M.C. “Hammer” Scarafile unable to attend. Fortunately, Brett (Mr. Dependable) Bluestein was able to make it, and J. Donahue-Walden score keeper (part-time scout) recruited Capers Owings, esq. to play last night. Janet excellent job scouting! The Dynamic-Duo of “Cover-girl” and “Callander-girl” played to complete our list of attorneys. These four barristers played wonderfully and gave us an exciting-suspenseful game!
THE GAME:
At the bottom of the second inning we were up 10-0. Everyone batted great! Aggressive base running added numerous extra points to our score. Going into the fifth inning the score was 17-7. Everyone was able to play last night, and we finished off the Defenders (23-11). Luke Jeter-mini held down short-stop and was 5 for 5 at bat. J-Bird Alexander went 3 for 4 at bat-getting at least a double on everything except his pop-fly. His skills playing first base were excellent; turning numerous high throws from extra bases into easy outs. Brett "Mr. Dependable" Bluestein took advantage of their poor grounding ability up the center and in short left field. JET had back to back in field home-runs (I told you we had a aggressive base running) and one out before being Tom Mc Tighe took over in the fourth inning. Tom played excellent and ran the bases harder than I do. For those of you that missed it, before Tom came in for me, he batted clean-up putting him in front of Luke Jetermini. Here's the set-up, Tom's on second, Luke's at bat. Luke gets a double; as I am telling Tom to bring it home from third, I happen to be telling Luke as well, since he was about 6 inches behind Tom. They both came home to score-excellent base running by both of you! Capers Owings helped Brett out in left field and went 2 for 4 at bat. Corbett played a mean second base and made to base 2 for 5. Jordan (You can never leave us) Bowers wore many hats during the game, and wore them well. Jordan continued his excellence in pitching, held down third base and was 4 for 5 at the plate. Paul Callander played short-out and then left-center, with a double and a single before Ms. Rylie pulled him out of the game. Bob "Charlie Hustle" Ailstock took over for Paul and continued his excellence playing right-center and going 2 for 3. Bob's aggressive base-running combined with his super speed added a few points to the Mc Nair tally. (I bet you never thought you would read Bob and super speed used in the same sentence-just kidding Bob) Speaking of fast wheels, "Covergirl" Mary Shahid brought home the bacon at home-she was 3 for 4 and what she missed at home was covered by Jay-Bird. Amanda "Callander-girl" did an excellent job in right field. She went 2 for 5 at the plate, but she did have 5 R.B.I.s Excellent job Amanda!
Dugout:
This has to be one of the most humorous plays of the season. Let me set this up for you (queue the Circus music): Bob is on second base, Mary is on first and Amanda is up. Amanda smacks one high to their short-stop (His name escapes me, but it is fitting that she hit to him; as he is their version of the covergirl attorney-he is a model for Ben Silver-yes, that is where you have seen him before.) I digress, he misses the ball, tries to grab it out of the sand and tag Bob. Bob does a human slinky to miss the tag and stays on third. Mary is safe on second, but Amanda thought she was being waved to second. After grabbing on to Mary, she realizes that something is not right and heads back to first-where she is thrown out. Obviously, with no umpires and at least 8 attorneys on the field this needs to be discussed. Mr. Ben Silver believes he had a cuff-link tag on Bob's bow-tie; to prevent further discussion we call Bob out, and the ladies stay on base. I did not think that we should argue with them when we were up by 16 runs. The Defenders did rally in the sixth inning putting 7 runs on the board, but we were too far ahead to be caught. Final score Mc Nair 23, Defenders 11.
NEXT GAME IS TONIGHT!!! JUNE 8th @ PARKSHORE
Tonight we face Pierce, Hearns, Sloan & Mc Leod. They beat Haynsworth last week by two runs. As of today, the North Division standings are as follows:
1.) Rosen 4-0
2.) Solicitors 3-1
3.) Mc Nair 2-1
4.) Pierce, Hearns 1-1
5.) Haynsworth, S & B 1-2
6.) Hood Law Firm 1-2
7.) Young, Clement 1-3
8.) Public Defenders 0-3
As you can see this is a big game for us as we are in third. Pierce, Hearns could tie us with a win tonight, but if we stay focused, play well and have fun-WE WILL BE TIED FOR SECOND PLACE! In addition, Bob's roommate plays for Pierce Hearns-we need to give him bragging rights for his house! We have Joel and MC-Hammer back in the line up tonight. I still need to hear from MAS. Make sure you send me an e-mail for player of the game. See you tonight at six!
P.S. Mr. Williams has extended my contract as team Captain.
Go Mighty McNair!
Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Here is a re-cap of our scrimmage/game. Mc Nair's record is now 1-1.
RECAP OF GAME- MC NAIR VS. HOOD
INTRODUCTION
For those of you looking for a great book to read check out Money Ball by Michael Lewis (when I return it to the library.) In this book, he writes about the clever, patient and intelligent General Manager of the Oakland A’s Billy Beane. Beane has a belief that you should find the perfect position for each player, help players get over their mental hang-ups to play better and have fun while playing. He also is a firm believer in letting the other team make the mistakes first.
One hour before the game, we still were short one attorney-with all of our regulars either tied up by Wal-Mart, leaving town or Town Council meetings. I found myself calling Mary Shahid’s husband Peter, Rivers Jenkins, newly elected shareholder Lisa Philp’s husband Graeme and the Governor himself to play. Peter had to go to their son’s game/banquet; Rivers was the “snack dad” at his daughter’s game, Graeme was caught in Mt. Pleasant traffic-he could have made it though, and the Governor said “Jet the helicopter is in the shop, but if need be I’ll ride my horse “Doc” or the mule ya’ll got me for my 80th down for the game.” Just then the phone rang, it was the captain over at Hood, explaining to me that they only had one attorney and would have to forfeit. I had a beep, on the other line it was Kenny Rogers, he said “Jet, you got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em and know when to accept a forfeit and just go out and scrimmage”. I accepted their forfeit and told them we would still scrimmage. Called Graeme and the Governor, told them they did not have to come out unless they wanted. Did you notice Corbett’s quote this morning was about luck- we had it in spades last night. To make sure everyone knows we are playing by the rules, I was in the process of lining up another attorney (Daniel) and sending him directions when Hood called.
DUGOUT
Last night, we were short; Scarafile, Joel, Jay, Adam, Mary, George and Christina could not make it-notice three of the aforementioned are pitchers. The other team had one female attorney playing and the rest of their “A Team” was in attendance. Their “A Team” was not all that, they had some good bats, scored some runs, but had their attorneys been there they could not have fielded the team they did, and certainly would not have stopped the “Big Mc Machine”. Most of their points came from poor fielding by our in-field, lucky bunts and short hits. A lesson for us to learn here is that getting a short-line drive single pays off in the end. [1] These lucky hits got them on base due to the A.D.D. spreading from third to short, etc. Three of their swings produced bunts that buried themselves in the sand.[2] Mistakenly, Luke had his “fire-arm” set on “Outfield Artillery” and not “Infield Rapid Fire”, he earned just as many errors as Jet and put a few over Paul’s head-this scared the other team as they parked in the front row. I was visiting Corbett the other day and happened to notice above her fireplace the Fishburne Coat of Arms (Mother’s family Coat of Arms.) This is probably of little significance to most of you, but I noticed the shield had two softball bats and a large glove below the lion’s chest. Obviously softball runs in her family’s blood. Corbett played well; she kept everything hit to right field at least to a base hit and got on base a few times with a couple of great hits. Camaron (Corbett’s Cousin) played second and held it down pretty tight. She led the team in R.B.I.s last night hitting in Jet four times and Luke twice. She got banged up sliding and receiving contact at second, but she walked it off and turned down treatment from (Juris) Doctor MAS. Great Job Camaron! Thank You for helping us out last night. Amanda came out last night, got a couple of good hits and played (foreign to her) catcher. Give her props for doing so well and getting an RBI (She knocked in her husband) her first time out. Paul played first and seemed to be frustrated his first few at bats. (Remember the book Money Ball?) I told Paul, this is just a scrimmage, relax, nothing here counts, just get up, take your pitch and get your hit. I could tell you that he is over his “mental block”, but I think his hitting the fence in right field and getting a double said it better. Bob filled Joel’s shoes and made some excellent plays in the outfield, as well as some great hits to get on base. Bob has a cannon for an arm, and I think his bat is about to take off. Jordan rallied us, with another in-the-park home run and played some serious D. Luke had an in-the-park home run and his handiness with the bat made up for the errors on the field. Brett hit the ball hard last night, really hard. He still has a couple of kinks to work out, but his defense is top notch and I can’t wait to see him get a hold of one in the next game. Finally, Mr. Scardato, where have you been hiding those skills? MAS told me if your name ends in a vowel, you automatically have amazing baseball skills.” I think that he might be on to something. His highlight last night was very Garciaparra-esque. Michael runs for the ball snags it off of the bounce, spins, jumps in the air and throws it to second base. (We were all stunned.) Between that play, his three hits, five snags playing defense, and his generous offer to play doctor for Camaron-sorry if that is worded funny. (He got his first aide bag out of the car for her) The player of the game is MICHAEL SCARDATO. If you get the chance congratulate Michael on his performance.
Our next game is next Wednesday the 26th of May at the Navy Base against The Public Defenders! We beat those folks at the same field last year. So far, I have Joel and Christina as not being able to make it. If you can, please confirm if you can or can not make it by next Tuesday. Thanks, Jet
P.S. After a few games, I’ll spend an evening working on our statistics.
[1] Their on-base percentage was significantly higher than ours, with their “star” player, Citadel classmate of yours truly Shane Brionis, getting on base 7 of 8 times.
[2] Also, I think that my being 14 lbs overweight and dating a “tarheel” prevented me from getting to the ball and earning errors
Go Mighty McNair!
RECAP OF GAME- MC NAIR VS. HOOD
INTRODUCTION
For those of you looking for a great book to read check out Money Ball by Michael Lewis (when I return it to the library.) In this book, he writes about the clever, patient and intelligent General Manager of the Oakland A’s Billy Beane. Beane has a belief that you should find the perfect position for each player, help players get over their mental hang-ups to play better and have fun while playing. He also is a firm believer in letting the other team make the mistakes first.
One hour before the game, we still were short one attorney-with all of our regulars either tied up by Wal-Mart, leaving town or Town Council meetings. I found myself calling Mary Shahid’s husband Peter, Rivers Jenkins, newly elected shareholder Lisa Philp’s husband Graeme and the Governor himself to play. Peter had to go to their son’s game/banquet; Rivers was the “snack dad” at his daughter’s game, Graeme was caught in Mt. Pleasant traffic-he could have made it though, and the Governor said “Jet the helicopter is in the shop, but if need be I’ll ride my horse “Doc” or the mule ya’ll got me for my 80th down for the game.” Just then the phone rang, it was the captain over at Hood, explaining to me that they only had one attorney and would have to forfeit. I had a beep, on the other line it was Kenny Rogers, he said “Jet, you got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em and know when to accept a forfeit and just go out and scrimmage”. I accepted their forfeit and told them we would still scrimmage. Called Graeme and the Governor, told them they did not have to come out unless they wanted. Did you notice Corbett’s quote this morning was about luck- we had it in spades last night. To make sure everyone knows we are playing by the rules, I was in the process of lining up another attorney (Daniel) and sending him directions when Hood called.
DUGOUT
Last night, we were short; Scarafile, Joel, Jay, Adam, Mary, George and Christina could not make it-notice three of the aforementioned are pitchers. The other team had one female attorney playing and the rest of their “A Team” was in attendance. Their “A Team” was not all that, they had some good bats, scored some runs, but had their attorneys been there they could not have fielded the team they did, and certainly would not have stopped the “Big Mc Machine”. Most of their points came from poor fielding by our in-field, lucky bunts and short hits. A lesson for us to learn here is that getting a short-line drive single pays off in the end. [1] These lucky hits got them on base due to the A.D.D. spreading from third to short, etc. Three of their swings produced bunts that buried themselves in the sand.[2] Mistakenly, Luke had his “fire-arm” set on “Outfield Artillery” and not “Infield Rapid Fire”, he earned just as many errors as Jet and put a few over Paul’s head-this scared the other team as they parked in the front row. I was visiting Corbett the other day and happened to notice above her fireplace the Fishburne Coat of Arms (Mother’s family Coat of Arms.) This is probably of little significance to most of you, but I noticed the shield had two softball bats and a large glove below the lion’s chest. Obviously softball runs in her family’s blood. Corbett played well; she kept everything hit to right field at least to a base hit and got on base a few times with a couple of great hits. Camaron (Corbett’s Cousin) played second and held it down pretty tight. She led the team in R.B.I.s last night hitting in Jet four times and Luke twice. She got banged up sliding and receiving contact at second, but she walked it off and turned down treatment from (Juris) Doctor MAS. Great Job Camaron! Thank You for helping us out last night. Amanda came out last night, got a couple of good hits and played (foreign to her) catcher. Give her props for doing so well and getting an RBI (She knocked in her husband) her first time out. Paul played first and seemed to be frustrated his first few at bats. (Remember the book Money Ball?) I told Paul, this is just a scrimmage, relax, nothing here counts, just get up, take your pitch and get your hit. I could tell you that he is over his “mental block”, but I think his hitting the fence in right field and getting a double said it better. Bob filled Joel’s shoes and made some excellent plays in the outfield, as well as some great hits to get on base. Bob has a cannon for an arm, and I think his bat is about to take off. Jordan rallied us, with another in-the-park home run and played some serious D. Luke had an in-the-park home run and his handiness with the bat made up for the errors on the field. Brett hit the ball hard last night, really hard. He still has a couple of kinks to work out, but his defense is top notch and I can’t wait to see him get a hold of one in the next game. Finally, Mr. Scardato, where have you been hiding those skills? MAS told me if your name ends in a vowel, you automatically have amazing baseball skills.” I think that he might be on to something. His highlight last night was very Garciaparra-esque. Michael runs for the ball snags it off of the bounce, spins, jumps in the air and throws it to second base. (We were all stunned.) Between that play, his three hits, five snags playing defense, and his generous offer to play doctor for Camaron-sorry if that is worded funny. (He got his first aide bag out of the car for her) The player of the game is MICHAEL SCARDATO. If you get the chance congratulate Michael on his performance.
Our next game is next Wednesday the 26th of May at the Navy Base against The Public Defenders! We beat those folks at the same field last year. So far, I have Joel and Christina as not being able to make it. If you can, please confirm if you can or can not make it by next Tuesday. Thanks, Jet
P.S. After a few games, I’ll spend an evening working on our statistics.
[1] Their on-base percentage was significantly higher than ours, with their “star” player, Citadel classmate of yours truly Shane Brionis, getting on base 7 of 8 times.
[2] Also, I think that my being 14 lbs overweight and dating a “tarheel” prevented me from getting to the ball and earning errors
Go Mighty McNair!
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Re-Cap Game against Rosen (1st Game of Season 2)
Here is the re-cap from our first game.-Jet
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Monday’s Game Recap: Remember when I wrote you and I noted that we have seen what Rosen has in its' arsenal? Well, I did not know about two weapons of mass destruction (that are so good they don't go to practices) on the Rosen team.[1] The first inning we went three up and three down, due to some deep fly balls off the bats of Bluestein, Luke, and Jay-Bird. We held them to three points at the bottom of the first-even though their three lead-off batters hit a triple, two- singles and “Romie” popped out, as well as we played a man down due to some miscommunication. The second inning Joel got things going with a base hit, Corbett followed with another base hit and our team’s first R.B.I. [2]Scarafile got another base hit, but it came at the expense of losing Corbett at second. Michael “Too Sweet” Scardato (who was late due to a problem with his hairdryer) hit a base hit as well. Next up was our very own Mary “Cover girl” Shahid. Her first at bat, unaware of the three pitch rule, ended with a foul out. Her second, in front of ten maybe fourteen screaming fans (including her children) she hit a ground ball to their short-stop, Frank “ex-Commish” Blanchard. In spite of Frank’s missile to first, Mary slid into first and beat the throw[3]. Good Job Mary! We fell apart in the sixth inning allowing the team from Meeting Street to pull away with a twelve point lead. This was partly due to Jim “where is the fence” Trabert missing two in a row at the back fence. Brett Bluestein facing his older, less handsome, brother at the plate missed a pop-up that looked like it was going right in the glove. Brett chased it down over the pitcher’s mound to prevent things from getting uglier. We did come back in the seventh inning scoring seven points.
Personal Highlights: Christina had her softball debut for Mc Nair and played quite well for someone totally alien to the game. I was amazed that Brett’s brother (playing first base) dropped the ball after Christina let out her battle cry and ducked away from being thrown out. In case you did not know, both Christina and Mary Shahid have serious wheels going around the bases. Christina is so fast she over-runs every base. (Actually that is my fault for not explaining that you could not over-run third and still be safe) Bob got his first R.B.I. this year-knocking in yours truly from second base. Special Note: As Bob was coming home, he tripped and prematurely went for his “Charlie Hustle” face first slide, Ray-Bans, shirt, shorts and a freshly made strawberry left an imprint that was made even more humorous by the claw marks as he scratched to get up and cross the plate. Way to hustle Bob! Adam did a great job multi-tasking by pitching, batting and playing outfield. My favorite multi-task/play of Adam’s was when a fan noticed his Cubs hat; he asked “what’s the name of the fan that stole the ball during the Cub’s playoff game.” Adam smacked a line drive and replied “Steven Bartman” as he ran to base. Bravo Adam! Jordan and Scarafile let it be known that Paul Callander left pretty big shoes to fill at first base. Luke “Jetermini” played excellent at short had a single and an In-the-Park homerun, and yes, his homer was the catalyst for Bob’s slide. Joel played some major defense in the outfield, as did Jay Alexander!
Finally, I leave you with this Highlight: Jordan fouled off his first pitch, swung and missed his second. A comment was made, “you don’t want to miss this next pitch!” Jordan replied. “You don’t know how bad I don’t want to miss this next pitch!” He stepped to the plate, smacked an In-the-Park homerun, made Corbett run harder than she has since the last Bridge Run and pumped some Spirit back into the Team at the end of the game! Thanks Jordan, we needed that!
It was our first game. We will work out the kinks, play with positions and people the first couple of games. Don’t worry; the mistakes we made are easily repaired. Our next game is Wednesday, May 19th at Parkshore. Please contact me if you can not make it. Thanks, Jet
[1] One of their players “Romie”-played Professional Ball, now plays for Rosen; he hit two homeruns and a double. “James” hit four to the back fence, getting at least a double each time.
[2] Corbett’s hit knocked in Joel Warren for our first score and first Run Batted In this season.
[3] Despite Mary’s success, you should never try and slide into first base. You should run as hard as you can because this is the only base you can over-run (as long as you beat the defense’s throw) without being out.
Go Mighty McNair!
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Monday’s Game Recap: Remember when I wrote you and I noted that we have seen what Rosen has in its' arsenal? Well, I did not know about two weapons of mass destruction (that are so good they don't go to practices) on the Rosen team.[1] The first inning we went three up and three down, due to some deep fly balls off the bats of Bluestein, Luke, and Jay-Bird. We held them to three points at the bottom of the first-even though their three lead-off batters hit a triple, two- singles and “Romie” popped out, as well as we played a man down due to some miscommunication. The second inning Joel got things going with a base hit, Corbett followed with another base hit and our team’s first R.B.I. [2]Scarafile got another base hit, but it came at the expense of losing Corbett at second. Michael “Too Sweet” Scardato (who was late due to a problem with his hairdryer) hit a base hit as well. Next up was our very own Mary “Cover girl” Shahid. Her first at bat, unaware of the three pitch rule, ended with a foul out. Her second, in front of ten maybe fourteen screaming fans (including her children) she hit a ground ball to their short-stop, Frank “ex-Commish” Blanchard. In spite of Frank’s missile to first, Mary slid into first and beat the throw[3]. Good Job Mary! We fell apart in the sixth inning allowing the team from Meeting Street to pull away with a twelve point lead. This was partly due to Jim “where is the fence” Trabert missing two in a row at the back fence. Brett Bluestein facing his older, less handsome, brother at the plate missed a pop-up that looked like it was going right in the glove. Brett chased it down over the pitcher’s mound to prevent things from getting uglier. We did come back in the seventh inning scoring seven points.
Personal Highlights: Christina had her softball debut for Mc Nair and played quite well for someone totally alien to the game. I was amazed that Brett’s brother (playing first base) dropped the ball after Christina let out her battle cry and ducked away from being thrown out. In case you did not know, both Christina and Mary Shahid have serious wheels going around the bases. Christina is so fast she over-runs every base. (Actually that is my fault for not explaining that you could not over-run third and still be safe) Bob got his first R.B.I. this year-knocking in yours truly from second base. Special Note: As Bob was coming home, he tripped and prematurely went for his “Charlie Hustle” face first slide, Ray-Bans, shirt, shorts and a freshly made strawberry left an imprint that was made even more humorous by the claw marks as he scratched to get up and cross the plate. Way to hustle Bob! Adam did a great job multi-tasking by pitching, batting and playing outfield. My favorite multi-task/play of Adam’s was when a fan noticed his Cubs hat; he asked “what’s the name of the fan that stole the ball during the Cub’s playoff game.” Adam smacked a line drive and replied “Steven Bartman” as he ran to base. Bravo Adam! Jordan and Scarafile let it be known that Paul Callander left pretty big shoes to fill at first base. Luke “Jetermini” played excellent at short had a single and an In-the-Park homerun, and yes, his homer was the catalyst for Bob’s slide. Joel played some major defense in the outfield, as did Jay Alexander!
Finally, I leave you with this Highlight: Jordan fouled off his first pitch, swung and missed his second. A comment was made, “you don’t want to miss this next pitch!” Jordan replied. “You don’t know how bad I don’t want to miss this next pitch!” He stepped to the plate, smacked an In-the-Park homerun, made Corbett run harder than she has since the last Bridge Run and pumped some Spirit back into the Team at the end of the game! Thanks Jordan, we needed that!
It was our first game. We will work out the kinks, play with positions and people the first couple of games. Don’t worry; the mistakes we made are easily repaired. Our next game is Wednesday, May 19th at Parkshore. Please contact me if you can not make it. Thanks, Jet
[1] One of their players “Romie”-played Professional Ball, now plays for Rosen; he hit two homeruns and a double. “James” hit four to the back fence, getting at least a double each time.
[2] Corbett’s hit knocked in Joel Warren for our first score and first Run Batted In this season.
[3] Despite Mary’s success, you should never try and slide into first base. You should run as hard as you can because this is the only base you can over-run (as long as you beat the defense’s throw) without being out.
Go Mighty McNair!
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