Wednesday, May 03, 2006

0-2: Score . . . ouch!

I can't give you the exact score of last night's drubbing at the hands of the Covies because modern mathematics cannot calculate numbers that large. When I stopped counting, it was 32-7, in favor of the bad guys. They scored a bunch more runs after that point, but it was fairly clear who the winners were without a scorecard.
And, I should mention, they had more than one 50+ year old on the team.

The down side from last night (the loss was kinda expected, so it wasn't really that big a bummer) is that our big banger, our cleanup hitter, our Babe Ruth . . . is out for the season with a mangled finger he got while attempting a slide into third base. He went in, jammed his hand into the bag, and came up with four fingers pointing in one direction and the other one headed backwards at a very uncomfortable angle. He went straight to the hospital.
So, you know, that's fun.

I think we're down to 11 guys now, which is good as far as playing time goes, but not so good as far as actually winning a game is concerned. I went 0-1 last night with a walk. My batting average is still a big, fat .000. I made a pretty smooth play at second, though, after fielding a sharp grounder off of my shin. I also got a LOT of excersize, running out to the shallow outfield to be the cutoff man for all of the balls the Covies hit to the wall.

To paraprhase Chevy Chase from Caddyshack: We're . . . we're not good.

But tomorrow is another game. We'll give it another shot.

* Note 1: "Covies" turns out is short for "Naperville Covenant Church". We had our asses kicked by a church. With 50-year-old players. Although, to be fair, their players who were not 50 years old were about 21 and about 6'3", 210 pounds. They could flat-out crush the ball, sending many all the way to to the fences.

* Note 2: Just got an e-mail from our big slugger Jeff, whose first line was the great Mark Twain line "rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated." Turns out his finger was just dislocated, not broken, and he'll be back in a couple of weeks.
Maybe things are looking up for the No-Names.

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