Re-Cap of game against Young Clement (Season 2)

Re-Cap of Monday, June 14th’s Game vs. Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale

Introduction:
Normally, I try to relate the re-cap with something in the news, but there has not been much other than the “coverage” this past week in the papers and on the tube. So, to begin my diatribe, let me paraphrase a question Reagan asked America in his 1980 Campaign. I ask, “Is your softball team better off than it was a year ago?” Abs-o-lut-e-ly! Yes, it is official folks; we have beaten our record of two games from our freshman season. We are playing smarter, getting better hits, getting on base and putting more runs on the board than we did last year. After losing a close game last week[1], we won our third game for the season in a final inning finish. Corbett called “heads” in the air, the coin landed “tails” and we became the visiting team. If you ever was interested in why teams like to be the “home” team and have the last at bat. (See below)

Mc Nair
1-run/3 runs=4
1 run/4 runs=9
0/1run=10 runs
3 runs, final 13
Young/Clement
3-runs/0 runs=3
4 runs/2 runs=9
0/1 run=10 runs
1 run, final 11

The Game:
Young, Clement are the defending champs from last year; they took down Motley Rice in the finals. When you see three bases, especially first, being played by females (wearing softball pants) you have to consider that their females must be good. Their ladies were good, not as good as ours, but they knew how to play their positions. Also, their “1960’s So-Con-All-American” on third, has the same arm he had in college-three out of five batters hitting to third-base were thrown out at first. JoAn Mc Daniel holds the two safe at first stats. Then again, she made him work for it. Luke Jeter-mini (playing his 2nd to last game) held down short-stop and went 3 for 4 at the plate. Also, he was our first run scored-Brett earned the RBI. Luke is leaving us after our next game, but will leave us with “Mini-Jeter-mini” as both a runner and a new female in the line-up. (She has very big shoes to fill both on the field and in the office.) Jay-Bird prevented errors at both first base and home. He went 3 for 4 at the plate, hitting three doubles. As a pitcher, J-Bird earned our team’s second strike-out of the season. Top of the 7th, 2-outs, Jet performs the “Mighty Casey” routine and struck out-one whiff on an inside pitch, two fouled away-Jet, you only get three pitches. Then again, all of Jet’s hits last night were pop-flies and easy outs. Sorry guys, someone should have sat down and let Tom be the designated hitter. (That is what I get for being greedy.) Sorry Tom. Christina scored twice, held down home and went 3 for 4 at the plate. MC “Hammer” Scar-Sacrifice led the team with 3 RBIs-closely followed by Mamma-Jo and Brett both with two. Brett “Mr. Dependable” Bluestein came through once again. He played left field very tight, went 3 for 4 at the plate hitting two singles and one double with two-RBIs. Also, Brett continued to show our opponents why he is a “Distinguished C of C Communication Alumni” by giving the “batter some chatter” throughout the game. Capers “The Caped-Crusader” went 4 for 5, with three singles and a double. Also, he caught more flies than Mr. Miyagi with a pair of chop-sticks on the top floor of the Amityville Horror House. (I bet you did not see me throwing a Jay Anson book/Horror film-Karate Kid analogy in on this recap.) Young, Clement knew who that masked man was holding down left-center and called him everything from Benedict Arnold to #%@@**. (This is a PG-13 recap, if you wanted to hear the name calling you should have attended the game.) Regardless, Capers played a great game, and made a gutsy slide into home which put another run on the board. MEDIC!!! Jordan had the wheels to cover right-center and whatever Mamma-Jo let by her. Jordan went 3 for 5 at the plate, with two doubles and a single. Also, he did a wonderful job pitching and will have to inform the person at Garibaldi’s he has a family emergency for about an hour and half every Tuesday when we have a game. “Two Can” Corbett went 2 for 4 at the plate and played some mean “D” at second base. Just to clarify, “Two Can” is a reference to how she warms up-with two cans of Miller Lite®, not anything derogatory. Chris our new young attorney from Teck Law played an excellent game! He had a hot hand at third base, catching a missile in the fourth inning from one of their ringers “Big Mike”. Chris went 4 for 5 at the plate and ran the bases like, well, just like Jet. He was exposed to an interesting display of rule bending because he “faked” a tag on someone who did not have the wheels to make it home. Sorry Buster; only Mc Nair hits in the park homers. Finally, Mamma-Jo, who leads the team with the best on base percentage, went 3 for 3 at the plate, showing everyone she still has the wheels to beat the throw from third and make it around the bases. Someone get that girl a Diet Coke or a Game Ball which ever is closer! Well folks, it was not pretty, but it was a WIN! Adding to our usual fan base and filling our stands, O’Dessa and Teresa came out for the game. O’Dessa told me that the games are much more exciting than reading them the next day. Thanks for reassuring my writing skills O’D. Let us celebrate with pizza and smiles as Mc Nair is now 3-2.

Next Game:
Our next game is against our old friends the Solicitors. Despite the clearly placed sticker on our door, which reads, “No Soliciting”; we will be playing Ralph’s boys out at the Navy Base next Tuesday, June 22 (6:30 P.M.) Please try to be there as close to six as possible to warm-up. I am going to put our roster together on Monday. Please let me know as soon as you can if you can make it. GOOD JOB EVERYONE!

[1] Mc Nair lost to Pierce Hearns by one run (13 to 14) on June 8, 2004.
Go Mighty McNair!