Things Got Bad & Ugly Last Night-McWhaley Drops Another & Next Game Info!

I’m not sure if it was the three weeks we’ve had off, the missing players (due to the weather, traffic caused issues for a few players getting to the field and the darkness caused “happy-nappy” for a handful of others) or if it was the looming storm that became an ever more present and possibly dangerous distraction but we lost last night. We hung with the GBU until their yellow softball became quite invisible in the pitch-darkness of the clouds and adding insult to injury, once they started winning, GBU regressed back to being just the “Bad and the Ugly” side of über-competitiveness.

You are probably asking yourself: Why on Earth (and the Navy Base) did we continue to play? Unfortunately, we were playing a woman and an attorney down so quite frankly (read: automatic out every time that person comes up in the line-up), we should have forfeited (although we did have both a woman and attorney show at the end of our five-innings of play) we were barely had ten players at game time-thanks Renee for bringing your stuff and changing from fan to player so quickly.

“And the Thunder Rolls”
Look I knew that despite the dark, looming clouds that looked as though they were straight out of a Garth Brooks video, GBU was pushing us to play through the weather to the top of the fifth (so they could get a complete game in) and to be honest, I wanted to get that complete game in as well because (for the record) the process of rescheduling the game and then starting the game from where we left off- being we were a considerable number of runs behind them-would have became a huge hassle (for Donn) and I know they would have cried foul when we didn’t have the exact same line-up of people at the make-up game. That being said, personally I wanted to get the game over with because of GBU’s inability to maintain a certain level of comity on the softball field. I know, I know, the young lion has grown up and yadda, yadda, but honestly, it is, as it has always been, just a game.

Just as shocking as the lightning
We will be making up our game against Seekings’ team (the Usual Suspects) tomorrow night at Orange Grove! Dain is flying back to town tomorrow and I am playing to his vanity to get him to come out and play but regardless, I think it time for us to get back into our groove. Donn will run the show tomorrow night as I expect to be sipping martinis while flying to South Africa for the World Cup aboard my G-5 (everyone should dream) or I could very well be chained to my desk with actual duties to complete tomorrow. Either way, forget last night’s game and get out there tomorrow and play some great ball.

-Trabert

Reminder - Game Tonight and Wednesday!

Just reminding all of you about our game tonight at the Navy Base. We're playing Good, Bad and Ugly. Game time 6:30.

I've heard from some of you, but not all. Please let me know if you are going to be there.

Also. Our make up game against Usual Suspects (Mike Seekings team), will be this Wednesday. Let me know if you can make it to that one as well. I haven't been told which field, but it's a safe bet that it will be Orange Grove.

Thanks!

Donn

Reminder Game Tonight @ the Navy Base vs the Outlaws

Let either Donn or myself know if you can play tonight! See you there 6:30 pm!

Reminder: Game Tonight @ The Navy Base Against Finkel

Tonight will be our first of two games at the Navy Base this week; our second game will be on Thursday (at the Navy Base) against the Outlaws. We will have both Jay Harper and Jay-Bird in the line-up tonight so hopefully with the Jays back we will be back on track-not that we are a bunch of high-maintenance-headcase athletes who need to see the Jays before we unleash our full potential but it will be interesting to see what happens.

Let me or Donn know if you plan on being at tonight's game. Finkel is always a tough group for us but I gotta feeling tonight's going be a good night!

Reminder: Game Tonight @ the Navy Base vs. Young Clement

Our game is tonight at the Navy Base, 6:30 pm, against Young Clement. Let either Donn or myself know if you can make it.

Crouching Tiger...Hidden Harper

Just to make things interesting we have three guys named Jay on the team this year. In this photo is Jay-Squared.

Reminder: Game Tonight @ the Navy Base Against Buist Moore

Our game against Buist Moore is tonight @ the Navy Base. Game starts @ 6:30 PM, so please try to get there as close to 6 as possible so you have plenty of time to warm-up. -JET

Photo courtesy of Burt Hill, visit the architect's site to check out all of the work his team did for the park @ the Navy Base.

Sent via JET's BlackBerry from T-Mobile

The Machine Drops A Heart-Breaker

There's "good news and bad news" The bad news is the Machine lost a heart-breaker to Nex-P with a final score of 8-9 tonight. The good news is that this is the last time this season we have to see the Navy Base (see photo courtesy of J. Trabert)

A Pitcher's Duel
It may have been for sympathy, but when JET was fanned, somehow, Jay-Bird was as well. The Machine had a chance to bring up a couple of rookie law clerks from Double-A, Boo Moore and Jeff Little who did the best they could having not been properly introduced to the high-level of play at the Navy Base. The Machine did finally get the wheels moving in the 6th-inning, scoring 6-runs to come back from a 8-2 deficit, but the top of the order was held to just one hit (by Mr. Dependable) and Nex-P, won the game.
Go Mighty McNair!

McNair drops first game of the season

The Machine came screeching to a halt last night at the Navy base losing their first game of the season to the Fighting Fabers of Finkel 7-18.The series between the two teams is now even at 1-1. (Photo compliments of JET)

Re-Cap:
The game was a text-book pitcher’s duel until the 4th inning as McNair scored once in the first inning on an RBI-single by Capers and F-Cubed finally scored one to tie the game in the 3rd inning. McNair scored two-runs in the 4th inning on an RBI-single by “Baby-Face” Bolden and an RBI-single (reached 2nd base on an error) by JET. F-Cubed would answer with 5-runs in the bottom of the 4th as Ryan, Brian, Ed, & Trip (Oh My!) rounded the bases.

In the 5th inning, the Machine had 3-up, 3-down as Finkel pulled away scoring 7-runs in the bottom of the inning. McNair would add 2 more runs in the top of the 6th as Jay-Bird hit a two-RBI, double. Things looked promising as Bolden reached first but JET would ground out to end the inning. Finkel added 5 more runs in the bottom of the 6th. Turner hit his second-single of the night in the top of the 7th; Cody hit his first RBI-Triple (scored as a single) of the Season bringing home the Afterburner and Rosie would repay the favor knocking in Cody from third.

Dug-Out:
“It was definitely a humbling experience, we made small mistakes that cost us big tonight” said Machine’s Coach Trabert. He continued, “I know the Finklers were out for blood, but we still just did not hit the ball.” When asked about Big Daddy Joel not being in the line-up, Trabert responded, “Joel will be on the D. L. for a while, I will let him decide when he wants to come back. He was missed in the line-up tonight, but the fact remains this is a team effort, it’s not just one person out there (jokingly) although, I am sure Jay-Bird would beg to differ-he (Jay-Bird) was definitely our work horse tonight." The Machine’s GM and Owner, Tom McTighbrenner commented simply (about the game) to the AP, “This was an opportunity for improvement”. No doubt, shake it off McNair!

Next Game:
The Machine will return to the Navy Base next Tuesday (June 19th) to face Pierce, Hearns.

Go Mighty McNair!

Reminder: Game Tonight Against Finkel @ the Navy Base!

McNair returns to the Navy Base tonight to face the lone sailor, Finkel (Altman is no longer associated with their team) at 6:30 pm. The Machine is 1-0 all-time against Finkel, scratching out a 15-13 win over F&A last season. (Photo courtesy of the National Archives)

Stats:
McNair is currently one of four unbeaten teams in the league: Buist-Moore, McNair, Rosen and the Solicitors. McNair has scored 56 runs and allowed 30 (+26) in the first two games.

Finkel is ranked 7th with a 1-1 record. They have allowed 25-points against and scored 22-points this season losing to Nexsen, Pruet 18-14 and beating Parker/Carlock by 1 (8-7). Go Mighty McNair!

Our Next Game is Monday, June 4th Against the Public Defenders!

Our next game will be against the Public Defenders on Monday, June 4th (6:30 PM) at the Navy Base. Please send me a message if you can make it!

McNair is 3-0 all-time against the Defenders, but the PD are 1-0 this season having won this week 19-14.

Directions
To Academic Magnet H.S. (Old Naval Base)
· Take I-26 West and take the first Cosgrove Exit (Exit 216B)
· Stay on Cosgrove and follow it for 1.1 miles (you will go through three stop lights: Azalea Road, Rivers Avenue, and Spruill Avenue)
· After you cross Spruill Ave, you will go over Railroad tracks, continue until you reach the stop sign.
· Turn left onto Avenue E (You will see the old shipyard parking lot on your right) Follow Avenue E until you reach a stop sign.
· Turn right at the Stop sign onto MacMillian Avenue (a.k.a. 3rd Street). Follow MacMillian Ave and go through the security gate until you reach the traffic light.
· Turn right at the light onto Hobson Avenue (a.k.a. C Avenue) Continue on Hobson Avenue for about .4 miles.
· You will cross over railroad tracks and after the curve in the road, turn right and enter the opening in the chain link fence.
· You will see a sign that reads: Academic Magnet High School, the building will be on your left.

The softball field is the second on the left as you drive down the road. (Click here for directions from Google)



Go Mighty McNair!