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!