Re-Cap of Game against the Solicitors (Season 2)

The Big Mc Nair Machine continues to win! Our record is now 4-2. Good job everyone!
Re-Cap of Mc Nair’s Game vs. The Solicitors from June 22, 2004

Introduction:
The Solicitors defeated Young Clement 31 to 14. They beat Haynsworth 20 to 12, and beat the Public Defenders 24 to 9. Their only loss was to Rosen (1st place in the Division) 17 to 5. Obviously, with this kind of record, they were going to have their hands full playing Mc Nair. The game was poetic with a level of comity heretofore never seen on a softball field. It was written in the stars that this game was ours, as we won our first coin toss and took home field advantage. The game reminded me of one of Donald Williams’ “Irish Blessings”. “May your bats always have a smack, whilst playing defense, may the wind always be at your back. Let the rain fall softly on your fields (at least for 30 seconds, twice, we had a rain delay to soften the clay of the Navy Base.) And until we meet again may God put their pop flies in the palm of your glove.” Despite their efforts and abilities, Mc Nair was victorious 9 to 6. To quote the loquacious Commissioner, Mike Seekings, responding to my e-mail about our victory, “Very Impressive!!!” I’d like to thank everyone that came out and played, our fans-who were led to safety from the rain by MAS and Tom for teaching some of us a new word “comity.”
The Game:
Everyone played and played excellent, except for MAS who decided to sit this one out to keep the ladies both dry and entertained . As everyone knows, this was Luke’s last game as he is moving to Colorado for school. Luke told me beforehand, he was leaving with another victory for the E.Bay Street Bombers. Corbett and Luke’s friend James kept the books was our designated hitter and pinch runner. Unfortunately, he designated all of his hits to their short-stop. Don’t worry James, you should have seen Jet hit last year, the result was quite similar. Amanda "Birthday Girl" Callander went 1 for 3 at the plate, but held down a mean second base. One of their “ringers” Nathan smacked a skyscraper, but Amanda (with much excitement from her fellow players and the crowd) caught his pop-up and ended the innings. What a clutch player. Great job Amanda! Although, she had a little trouble swinging the lumber, Corbett kept numerous hits into short right field from becoming triples and played excellent defense. On her behalf, Corbett blames her lack in the hitting department on foregoing her ceremonious “Two-Can” warm-up with bottled water. Before the game, MC “Hammer” Scarafile told me that we should start charging people for errors. Hmm, unless we accept his Expedition as collateral for payment, perhaps, we should institute this new system during our next game. Then again, Hammer says, “It doesn’t count as an error if you fall while going for the ball.” I’ll let you all be the judge. Our young barrister, Chris Williams had a stellar game, going 2 for 3 at the plate, and holding down the hot corner. Good job Chris! Christina “Les Bonnes Temps de Roullez” Davis was a real trooper playing on 2 hours of sleep, went 2 for 3 at the plate, and took the “Strike-out Monkey” off of Jet’s back. As usual, Joel Warren was taking care of business in left center, went 2 for 3 at the plate, and notched a few more RBIs on his belt. Jet missed a line drive in center, as the “ Tarheel Curse” a.k.a. too much junk in the trunk kept him from making the play of the game. Jet had two doubles, backed up “Two-Can” and did not miss another ball that came to him. Our very own epistemologist, Tom Mc Tighe took over for Jet in Right-Center, but suffered James’ malady of hitting to their short-stop. Obviously, Tom deserves the patience award for suffering directions of which brown patch to line-up with from the dug-out. He did not say it, but something tells me he was about to extend me “Cheney’s Congressional bed-side manners”. Brett “Mr. Dependable” Bluestein went 4 for 4 at the plate, racked up a couple of RBIs and signed autographs for the fans afterwards. Silent but deadly, Jay-Bird went 2 for 3 at the plate and made some ever so crucial snags at first base. Luke Jeter-mini went 1 for 3 in his last game due to a 1st Inning injury at first base, hence James playing the pinch-runner role. Although playing hurt, Luke did an excellent job at short-stop. I wonder, who will fill your shoes. I would like to extend a special thanks and Good luck to Luke as he travels out West to tap the Rockies. And I am sure that softball fields throughout Colorado will wonder from where that echoing “MINE!!!” is coming.
Conclusion:
The odds were against us, but we showed Ralph’s boys never to underestimate the underdogs. I have never been as proud of a victory as I was after this game! Good Job Everyone! You all are great team players which makes it easy to be your Captain. You have met the challenge of playing one of the best teams in the league, were tenacious and did your best. It seems Mc Nair wins games the "Old Fashioned Way"-We earn them. We have this week off. Our next game is July 7th at the Park Shore field against Haynsworth, Sinkler Boyd. Our record is now 4-2. I’ll send you an update of our league standings as soon as I get the information. Thanks again to everyone, including “Covergirl” Mary Shahid and Momma Jo for taking care of Miss Rylie, so her Mom could play!
"Whether your name is (Lou) Gehrig or (Cal) Ripken, (Joe) DiMaggio or (Jackie) Robinson, or that of some youngster who picks up his bat or puts on his glove, you are challenged by the game of softball* to do your very best day in and day out. That's all I've ever tried to do." -Cal Ripken
*The word softball was substituted for baseball in this quote-sorry Cal

Go Mighty McNair!