Briefly

Pre-Winston Ghostbusters

Exhibition game: Ducks vs. Matadors Saturday 9pm, Moore Park.

While I construct the season in review blog, I'd like to take time to announce I will be coaching a fall ball team. We will, of course, be the "Ghostbusters". If anyone wants to play sign up at the NABA home page.
Phantoms register at your own risk.


The trade winds are swirling
Ducks may fly south for the winter, but I'll keep everyone posted while Manager of the Year, TC Jones, and the front office work to assemble our '09 Team of Destiny in the off-season.
Unless I'm the victim of a very cruel joke, there is a good chance the Ducks will acquire two all-star pitchers before next season.
The rotation would be the best the league has ever seen, unless Rob Cool of the Owlz brings in three guys from the Mexican Winter League, unfortunately this is something we can't rule out.

The Warriors dominated the Oilers 18-5, to go up 1-0 in the Allegheny finals.
recap here: The Game

It's interesting the recap is in yellow, what do you think, Fago, calling out the OwlZz perhaps?

Footage of Craig Boley at the post-game press conference.

The umpire says, "PLAY ball"
From 8-16 to 11-9-2. Eight games under to three games over .500. Quite a turnaround.

South Oakland has become a favorable destination for free agents. For the first time in a lwhile, the Ducks have played the game for the sake of enjoying it, and to win while accomplishing both feats.

I'm going to make hunting down Ian Dickman a priority this off-season, and convincing Swanger to move back to the 'burgh.

Coby, I know you're reading, the post-season party should be at your house, don't let the team down.

Quack

Wild Card Playoff. Imprisioned by the way it could have been, Black Sox 14, Ducks 5

Better than Joe Cocker's version.

I write this bruised, achy, bloodstained and sad, the words seem to swell along with my left wrist, and my right knee. Too deep of an attempt at reflection on this season would be a lost cause at this point, but I know for certain the Ducks are on the rise, the rivalry with the Black Sox has been renewed, and we now know what it takes to really make a deep run in the playoffs; a little more than we had this season.
This was the most fun I've had playing ball in years, (this is supposed to be fun, right?) I won't be completely happy with a season that falls short of a championship, but who is? only assholes who only care about stats. I'd say I'm in the 90th percentile of satisfaction with how the season went, but maybe in the zero to three percent range in regards to our last game.

****

The Ducks suffered a severe beating at the hands of the Brookline Black Sox, to the tune of an eleven run third inning from which South Oakland could not recover.

Chris Wojton opened the game for South Oakland with a solo homerun, tying Ben Gwin for the all-time lead in Ducks post-season home runs. After the Black Sox scored two in the bottom inning, the Black Sox challenged the mismatched Duck uniforms, the game would continue under protest.

Down 2-1 in the bottom of the second, the Ducks answered. As best as I can remember, Novak singled, Kolaja reached on an error there was a questionable double play, another single by Homa, then Murphy walked to load the bases for Wojton who doubled in two runs, then Gwin singeld in two more to give the Ducks a 5-2 lead. Then the bottom fell out.

The bottom of the third was a swirling mass of bad pitches, bad sportsmanship, and bad defense. The Black Sox scored eleven runs during an endless inning full of doubles, and snide remarks. and that was it.

They did not however, stop stealing bases, they must have an incentive clause regarding the ten-run rule, up nine in the bottom of the sixth, why not steal?

They beat us senseless. You'd think it'd be enough to roll over a hot wild card team in the playoffs, I know things are said in The Heat of the Moment, but , well I guess I'd have handled it differently.

The umpiring was terrible, but it wasn't the difference. We could have got every call and still lost.
I'm not a sore loser, I'm just sore...
The Black Sox deserved to win. The Ducks' staff could not find the strike zone for an inning and the Sox hit it hard and found the gaps.

The Ducks officially support the Warriors.

The Black Sox play the OwlzZ later this week, perhaps their will be a bench clearing brawl and both teams in their entirety will be banned from league play for the rest of the post-season, and the Ducks will take the Monongahela Division by default. I wouldn't count on it, though.

South Oakland will wrap up the season with two exhibition games; on Saturday and Sunday.
I'll keep blogging about the rest of the playoffs (probably throughout the off-season, if you'll keep reading), but my heart won't be in it until the sting of this loss wanes a bit. I figure I should use the rest of the Ultimate Warrior you tube clips I have stashed away.

ON THE UNIFORM SITUATION

• Three or four Ducks quit and never returned their jerseys, and we added a few guys throughout the season. For whatever reason we did not order our uni's from a vendor that is able to make new ones unless we order in bulk, so we have four guys who play in green T-shirts, or yellow "Ducks" shirts. This is not ideal, and we realize this. It's not like that team who wore shorts one year. I realize it's a rule, but we had extenuating circumstances. One player had their Jersey stolen somehow.
  
• Is it more disrespectful to the game of baseball to steal up nine runs, and yap about nothing or to play in a T-shirt with your team's name and logo on it?
• Not all the Black Sox were doing this stuff.
  

***

BULLET POINTS

• Balls
• This was not a fun game to catch.
• Wojton is a beast.
• I guess the 2007 Rockies lost eventually anyway.
• Without Guthrie's wins over the Black Sox and the Rakers this season, we don't make the playoffs.
  

Nick Homa for Pitcher of the Year
TC Jones for Manager of the Year.

There will be a grandiose season recap in the near future.

Next season, it's bad news for every team in the league other than the Ducks.

Quack.

Rumors of a Blockbuster deal between the Rakers and Ducks are swirling, like cigarette smoke from the Black Sox dugout...

Same old venue, different show.

Before the Wild Card preview it's time for....Around the Pittsburgh NABA

Nick Homa for Pitcher of the Year, TC Jones for Manager of the Year.
(these things are won in the press.)

***

A pitcher on the Oilers threw a no-hitter against the Bulldogs, then the Matadors tried to say both teams cheated and that they should be awarded a spot in the Allegheny Championship, because they won the division last year, and have sweet uniforms.

Why not name your team "The Bulls"? Granted, the Matador usually ends up killing the bull, but its not very humane, bullfighting is disgusting, and unfair. I imagine it is sweet to watch live, though.
Maybe they just wanted to go with a Carmen theme. Bizet is unreal.

Neither the Rebels nor the Matadors made the playoffs this season, after playing in the 2007 Championship.

The League President should mandate the next expansion team name themselves the
"Ghostbusters" or something along those lines. Something, you know, Bill Murray related.

Something you should know about our League President. He dominated me in Dance-Dance-Revolution at the Ultimate Warrior's bachelor party at Dave and Busters.

Footage of me practicing for the rematch

• The Oilers will face the Warriors Wednesday night, at Spring View Field in Game 1 of the Allegheny Division Series.

There's some fierce, bright-yellow smack-hooting on the OwlZzz "My Site News" page. I stumbled over it while I was searching for a pitcher with more strikeouts than Homa. I didn't find anyone.

Speaking of the regular season Monongahela Division Champs...
The winner of tonight's Ducks, Black Sox game faces "Team Typo" on Thurzday.
Those kids can play ball, but that yellow writing gives me a headache.

* * *

"Yours is the cloth mine is the hand that sews time..."

The Ducks (11-9-2) will play the Black Sox (14-8) Tuesday night at 8:30pm at John Herb Field.

South Oakland is 5-3 all time in Pittsburgh NABA post-season play; the Ducks went 3-0 in 2003 and won the title. The next season, South Oakland beat the Maulers in the first round, and took the first game of the best-of-three with the Black Sox before losing by forfeit in game two, and losing game three after a rescheduled rain-out left the Ducks playing with seven guys. that was the end of an era.

In 2005, the Red Dawn Ducks lost to Chris Wojton's Rangers/Phantoms, 14-8 in the first round. It was during that game starting pitcher Matt Swetz took a ground ball to the groin in the fourth inning and continued to pitch three more innings. He wore a cup the next season. Swetz was never the same after that night.

Then it was two seasons of lame duck baseball before TC Jones revitalized the team, leading the South Oakland youth movement into the playoffs for the first time since '05.

I've been here since the beginning. Rick, A.Smith and E.Lee have been here since '05. Everyone else is in their first or second year on the team. We are as good now as we have ever been.

There's no use bringing up the '04 series against the Black Sox, and beating it to death. That time is pertinent only to myself, and a bunch of Ducks who have moved on, and out of Pittsburgh. We did let one slip away, though and it was all down hill from there. I'll tell you stories if you want to hear 'em.

There is no use in evoking images of a return to glory by the Ducks, nor should I cover this post with wistful reminiscence about 2003, the days when Dickman dominated, or sweet double plays and bench clearing brawls from six years ago. I think that would be self-indulgent, and it won't help win the game tonight.

But this team, the 2008 Ducks, can win tonight.

Ducks with game winning RBI this season: Moore, Lee, Spagnola, McCray, Gwin, Homa.

***

Fly together.

Leave it all on the field.

Ghostbusters.

Kenesaw Mountain Landis

Bad News for the Black Sox.

Here's one from The King

The most tragic King since Duncan.

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I like this one so I used it again.

click the link below for a great...
quote from Duck legend, and friend Rob Swanger

another link to a brief history of the Ducks-Black Sox rivalry.

The game is scheduled for tomorrow. There is a chance that could change.
This effects both teams equally.
We will know later tonight.

Whenever we play, it's going to be bad news for the Black Sox

Game 22:Nick Homa in, The Color of Money. Ducks 2, Rakers 1

THE DUCKS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS

Nick Homa struck out 14 Rakers, allowed three hits, and drove in the game winning run as the Ducks earned themselves a date with the Black Sox, in the Monongahela Wild Card game, Teusday Night.

This game was a pitcher's duel to end all pitcher's duels. Raker's starter Ben Sorosky threw a complete game five-hitter of his own, striking out somewhere between seven and ten Ducks. Sorosky also went 2-4 at the plate, and scored the Rakers only run on a wild pitch.

The Ducks scored two runs in the second, when Mark Guthrie walked, stole second and advanced to third on Ryan Novak's single to right field.

Novak stole second, and the Ducks had runners on second and third with one out. Guthrie scored on a past ball, Novak advanced to third, and Nick Homa singled him in one out later.

On this day, that was all Homa would need.

The Ducks made the plays in the field, first baseman Ben Gwin let a ground ball, get behind him in the 6th, and second baseman Andrew McCray made the play with Homa covering. Later in the inning, Ryan Novak caught a line drive up the middle, which may have brought the tying run to the plate.

Three Stars of the game:

3: Ryan Novak 1 for 3, run
2: Ben Sorosky(L): 7IP, 4h, 8k, 2-4, run
1: Nick Homa(W): 7IP, 4h, 13k, 1-3, GWRBI

I'll have more on this game and a black sox/playoff preview tomorrow.

Kolaja almost had that one against the fence in left, what an effort.

Game 21: Antietam. Rebels forfeit to Ducks...One game to bind them, one game to rule them all...

Ken Griffey Kolaja III, comes up big, as always.

I wrote this a while back,
South Oakland(5-8-1) has one game before the July 2nd, All-Star break. Due to a recent slump in which the Ducks have lost four of five, by an average of two runs per game, the team finds itself on the cusp of elimination. With ten games remaining (eight against Monongahela Division teams), South Oakland still has a chance to go on a run and sneak into the post-season.

Since then, South Oakland has gone on a 5-1-1 run.
and we find ourselves on the cusp of the playoffs.


Now it comes down to one game

BATTLE FOR THE WILD CARD

VS.

Ducks vs. Rakers
Sunday, 2:30 Avonworth High School Field.
Win and we're in.

Batting practice: Noon, Pitt Field. All hands on deck.



***
How the mighty have fallen.

The defending champion, Monroeville Rebels, are suffering through a 4-16-1 season. The South Oakland Ducks take a 7-0 victory, which sets up a do or die match-up with the Cyrilla Landscaping Rakers, Sunday at 2:30 at Avonworth High Shcool Field. Both teams were operating under the assumption the game would be played at noon, but a mix-up with the Pie Traynor Field permit issuers, lead to a last minute time change, moving the game to 9am. General Lee was unable to rally the troops, and the Rebels surrendered rather than suffer further casualties.

General Lee has had a rough season. The Rebels short-comings this season can not all be blamed on their field general, he can't force his soldiers to arrive to battle on time, and he fights valiantly. No one can take away their championship from 2007. Chances of a repeat, not great. only if four Monongahela Division teams fold.


There are a couple of mercenaries on the Rebels who would look good in green and gold, next season.



The history of the Ducks and .500 baseball, lest we be doomed to repeat it...
South Oakland is over .500 for the first time in almost half a decade. Even the Ducks title campaign of 2003, saw the team finish with a 6-9 regular season record before winning three straight post season games en-route to their coronation as the first Pittsburgh NABA Champions. The Ducks opened the 2004 Campaign 2-0, to put the team at 11-9 overall, but the team finish with around nine wins that season, two or three games under .500.
The Ducks started the '05 season 3-1. before finishing 10-13.

Change starts at the top. TC "Buttermaker" Jones, Coach of the Year.

Indeed.

Bring the Pain.
(video contains profanity)



Bad News for the Rakers

Take it Easy

*TIME CHANGE: GAME TOMORROW 9 AM PIE TRAYNOR FIELD*

Here is the link to the recap of the last Rebels game, which the Ducks lost. The week's worth of posts leading up to this game were fun to write. The game came down to the last at-bat. The Ducks lost.


Ducks vs. Rebels, Saturday, 12pm Pie Traynor Field. Tonight won't be the last night you have to get insanely drunk, we only have three regular season games left. This is a must-win game.

The Ultimate Warrior destroyed the Eagles, afterwards he took on Phil Collins.
Do you like Phil Collins? How about Genesis?



The Eagles have fallen 1.5 games out of the wild card. Here's a recap by the Warriors' Steve Heckman. The Game
Warrior, Doug Ryba, is afraid of Triceratops. Aren't we all?

More footage of Craig Boley dominating the Eagles...

The Ducks trail the Rakers by a half game. A win over the Rebels will set up a one game playoff for the Wild Card on Sunday.

I think the Eagles are eliminated, unless the Ducks and Rakers lose out, and tie their game on Sunday. The Eagles were much improved this season. Their ace pitcher, Joe Walsh owned me this season, to the tune of 1 for 7 with a K, hbp, and a walk.

Our life is in our hands.

Darth Vader, Jedi: Not a fan of Rebels.

Here's Neil Young


That might have been a bit much, but does anyone take this stuff seriously?

Why so serious?

The Dark Knight was amazing.
Going to see it tonight would be a good alternative to testing your capacity for alcohol consumption.


Bad news for the Rebels.

Down to the wire

No Games on Thursday or Friday. The Ducks next game is Saturday, 12pm at Pie Traynor Field, vs. the Rebels.

It is likely we will play a double header on Sunday, at Avonworth High School. One of the games will be at 2:30pm vs. The Rakers.

The other game of the double header will be against either the Bulldogs, or Black Sox. As of now, it appears the Rakers will finish with at least one more game than the Ducks, even if we play two on Sunday. Not sure how that will effect playoff seeding.

Wild Card Race
Remaining Schedules:

Rakers (11-10 -yesterday's Rebels' game yet to be posted) remaining schedule, Hurricanes, Ducks.

Ducks (9-9-2): Rebels, Rakers, (plus one)

Eagles(9-10) Warriors, Oilers, Phantoms, Black Sox


Sorry if I added to the schedule confusion, Ducks. These have been confusing times.

I was warming up Nick during the bottom of the sixth of our 8-4 victory over the Rakers, and I did not report the order of events correctly. Here's what actually happened:

Bottom 6 score tied 3-3. McCray doubled, Homa sacrificed, but wound up with an infield hit when their pitcher slipped (I think you have to score that a hit, right?) then they intentionally walked A.Smith to load the bases for KT, who singled through the drawn-in left side of the infield. 4-3 Ducks. Then Spagnola singled up the middle, 5-3 Ducks. Moore came to the plate and drove in a run with an RBI ground-out. 6-3 Ducks. Eric Lee came up with runners on second and third and doubled to left, driving in two runs. 8-3 Ducks, after six.

With three games in two days, it is possible Jesse Smith will give us a couple quality innings this weekend, giving him a chance to lead the team in OBP, SLG, AVG., HR, and ERA, WHIP, and strikeouts per innings pitched. That would be Ruthian. He probably won't meet the minimum requirements to earn the pitcher of the year award, though. {Segue}

Here is my official, only slightly biased, endorsement of Nick Homa(4-3-1) for Pitcher of the Year. Or maybe MVP, he is hitting .368, with solid power numbers in limited action at the plate.

Homa's pitching stats, IP: 52 , K: 63, ERA: 3.10, 1 save

Suffered one-run losses to the Bulldogs, and Oilers, the tie was a nine inning, 5-5 game against the Owlz.
Has three more strikeouts than Fago. Quack.

Also, I think the league should have a coach of the year award, and it should go to either Don Henley of the Eagles, Grounds Keeper Willie of the Rakers, or TC "Buttermaker"Jones of the Ducks, which ever team makes sneaks into the last playoff spot. (With consideration to Craig McTavish of the Oilers. )

James Fago, Z-men, has 27 RBI. Friend of the Ducks' outfielder, Jim Spina, Owlz, has stolen 21 bases. Impressive numbers. Brendan Malone, Warriors, is hitting .767-not too shabby (who's keeping the book over there, Heckman?).

Ducks Leaders:
Batting Avg. Jesse Smith, .500, Ben Gwin, .440, Chris Wojoton, .375
Doubles: Andrew McCray, Ben Gwin (4) [McCray has hit four doubles in half the at bats it has taken Gwin ] Chris Wojton, Mark Guthrie, (3)
Triples: Speed Demon, Mark Guthrie, 1
HR: J.Smith, Chris Wojton, Ryan Novak, (1)
RBI: Gwin 18, J. Smith 11, McCray 9
OPS: J.Smith 1.389 (sick)
SB: Gwin, 8, Garrett Moore, 5, KT. Murphy, Chris Wojton (3).
HBP: J.Smith, 5, Gwin, 4, Guthrie, McCray (3)

Pitching:
Wins: Homa, 4, Guthrie, 3, A.Smith, TC Jones, (1)
Ties: Guthrie, Homa, (1)
IP: Homa, 52 A.Smith 31, Guthrie, 30
K's: Homa, 63, A.Smith 21
ERA: Guthrie 2.75, Homa, 3.10
Hit Batsmen: Jones, 1

I wonder if Larry would be so kind as to fill us in on the outcome of the Rebels, Rakers game last night. The Rebels are a tough team if they have all their players, we lost to them once this season, when they had eight players, and we did not take the out in the ninth spot in the order. We also did not hit the ball into the outfield enough to take advantage of their two outfielders. Although if I had to play with only two OF, Stell and Tremmel would be as solid a pairing as any not found on the Ducks. E.Lee and Campbell/Wojton/Kolaja, would be deadly, in fact we might want to consider going to a five infielder format and doing this on purpose.

Abner Doubleday: Union General, Creator of Baseball.
Not a fan of Rebels

SCHEDULE UPDATES*******

Ducks, this is your skipper speeking. I just talked to Prez Joe and he informed me we will not be playing on Friday. There is a possibility of playing tomorrow night (Thursday) at 8:30 at John Herb. He will let me know later, so keep an eye on the blog or your inbox. Finally, we most likely will be playing a double header on sunday.

Rakers Pitcher, Mike Jackson lead Cyrilla Landscaping to an 8-4 victory over Don Henley and the Eagles, Tuesday night at John Herb Field.

Profanity Warning:

General Lee surrenders
(thanks to the Duke, and TheJza for the photoshop inspiration)

I'm not sure who we play tomorrow or if I will be able to make it.

Bad news for the Bulldogs

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Bad News for the Black Sox

Quack

Schedule updates

The South Oakland Ducks might play Thursday at John Herb Fieldat 8:30pm, vs. Bulldogs or Black Sox, Saturday at 12pm against the Confederacy at North Park. There will be a double header Sunday at Avonworth high School, one game will be against the Rakers, and the other will be against the Bulldogs or Black Sox.

Go Ducks

Stormy Monday,...A fictional day in the life of an amateur baseball league's president

There have been a record number of rain-outs this season, it's got to be stressful for Joe, to have to reschedule all these games and deal with the domino effect of inconveniences resulting from such poor weather. His team is in the middle of a playoff run, and I'm sure he would much rather focus on simply playing the game, and not dealing with guys like this.....

(this film clip contains profanity)

I thought our rain-out against the League President's Bulldogs provided a nice segue into this fictional story. If the league president, who reads somewhat faithfully would leave a comment, I'd love to hear his thoughts.

A Day in the Life of the League President of a Fictitious Amateur Baseball League, in the Not Too Distant Future.

The Back Story

Calvin Davis played baseball in high school in Oregon, and went on to play JV for the Oregon State Beavers, while he earned his teaching degree. In the year 2015, Massive budget cutbacks eliminated all public schools in Oregon, so Calvin had to move to Cincinnati to find work at East Cincinnati High School, Home of the Gamblers. Aside from his family, Calvin loves baseball, more than anything. So when the ECHS Gamblers varsity first base coach was fired for illegally recruiting ball players from neighboring districts, Calvin throws himself at the vacancy with the reckless abandon of a young Lenny Dykstra. His girlfriend Annie is luke-warm about the idea, the extra $35 a week will help with the bills, but she won't see nearly as much of her "love stallion", her pet name for her boyfriend whom she followed almost entirely across the country. When Calvin finds a local amateur baseball league in which to play during the summers, she is even more upset, but she is willing to endure Calvin's near neurotic love of balls and bats, because he is a good man, and gives her good loving. She also likes to see him happy, and loves watching him in tight pants.

Calvin's life is great at this point, his American History course is going wonderfully, and he can see improvement in the players he coaches. He is hopeful he will be able to coach third next season. His Amateur baseball team, the Gravediggers wins the regular season title, and despite losing in the first round of the playoffs, he had a good season and is happy he has the chance to keep playing baseball. After hitting for the cycle in a post-seaosn all-star game, he pops the question to Annie, and she says "yes", life is good.

When he returns from the honeymoon in Niagra Falls, Calvin learns that the President of the Cincinnati Amateur Baseball League has been siphoning league funds to subsidize his paint thinner addiction, and has been thrown in jail after knocking off a string of convenience stores in Northern Kentuky. Calvin, in a moment he will ponder for the rest of his life, volunteers to take over as League President
He thinks to himself, "I have summers off, I am well organized, and I love baseball. I will be a great league president."

Fast Forward, one year later, mid season, Calvin Davis is president of the ten team CABL. Here is a typical Saturday in June day for the new president.

• 6:00am Wake up, ten mile jog, 100 push-ups, 100 sit-up, one shot of whiskey.
  
• 7:00am Poo, shower, shave, shot of whiskey.
• 8:00am Breakfast with the sports page: two raw eggs, a box of Wheaties, half a side of Bacon, one shot of whiskey
• 9:00am Check league email: in-box shows 897 unread messages. After a shot of whiskey, Calvin browses the emails, 297 are hate mail from teams 1, 2, 5, and 7, complaining about the 65 year old umpire who demands to work games alone, but can't remember the inning, count or number of outs. 300 messages are from teams 3, 4, 8, and 9 regarding their late league dues, which Calvin needed a week ago in order to secure field times for rain dates and rescheduling. 200 emails regarding why Calvin's "Gravediggers" have the easiest schedule this season, and 90 e-request from teams 1-9 to have games rescheduled. 10 emails demanding Calvin return the bases and rakes to the designated league equipment shed.
  
• 9:15am Sends polite, but firm email to umpire association inquiring why his previous 25 requests to have the mildly retarded umpire not work any more league games have gone unfulfilled. Responds with "no" to all requests, and sends a polite, but firm league wide email requesting all league dues be paid before the 1/4 mark of the season or teams will be disbanded, and that whomever took the rakes and the bases from the league equipment shed will have to return them, or be fined $50.
• 11:00am Recieves call from Gravedigger's head coach Quinn Zimmerman, who frantically rants about team six's blog post in which he is depicted as the "Paul Bearer", who will "eventually betray the Gravediggers in a manner similar to the WWF's 1996 Summer Slam when Paul Bearer joins forces with Mankind and smashes the urn over the Undertaker's head, and he loses his powers from beyond the grave, forcing the return of the less creepy, biker Undertaker at the next WrestleMania, who was no where near as cool. "I mean, I don't have powers from beyond the grave, and I would never betray you guys, he was stretching to go from "Gravediggers" to "Undertakers" anyway, this guy is ridiculous." Calvin assures Quinn, the post was a joke, and that they will just take it out on Team six when they play later in the day. Calvin turns off his phone.
  

Paul Bearer, with urn.

• 12:30pm Annie comes home after working 16 straight hours at Cincinnati General Hospital to find Calvin in his jock strap and stirrups sitting at his lap top pouring over CABL spread sheets with a half empty bottle of whiskey. She complains that ever since Calvin took the job, he has slipped dangerously past "social drinker" level and her private area is "getting lonely" She rips into him claiming, "what good is that huge man-wand of yours if you won't ever take off your jock strap." Calvin replies in a loving, but firm tone, "Annie, you know I love you, but I have a twelve game hitting streak going, and I haven't taken off my jock strap or made sweet love to you during the streak, haven't you seen Bull Durham?, don't mess with the streak." Annie goes to sleep, Calvin returns to the spread sheet.
  
• 2:00pm, turns phone back on-73 voice mails, shot of whiskey: browses messages: 20 from Team One, complaining that Team Three got both Ken Griffeys to play on their team and that it wasn't fair, two from Team three letting him know that they contacted the national office and there is no rule against former pro's in the CABL, and that they have two new roster additions. 31 messages from Team Four complaining that Team Seven broke the innings pitched per week rule and should forfeit their last game. 10 messages from Team Seven claiming they had the rule book and the week started on Monday, not Sunday and Team Four is bitter and they stink at baseball, so shut up already. 7 messages from members of team eight, saying their backup catcher stole the rakes and bases, and sold them for money to pay off gambling debts, and has been missing since last Friday, and are there any free agent catchers available. 2 messages from the umpire association, citing non-discriminatory hiring policies, and assuring they will minimize the presence of the "slow" umpire. 1message from Coach Zimmerman complaining about a blog post by Team Six which shows a youtube clip of the Monster truck "Gravedigger" bursting into flames, and its driver suffering 3rd degree burns, the caption of which reads: Coach Zimmerman, is a flamer and will destroy the Gravediggers.
  

2:15-Emails team eight, says he will overlook fine, citing extenuating circumstances. checks Team Six's blog, laughs so hard he spits out his whiskey.
4:00 pm Team Five calls and says the umpire who showed up for their game against team Nine was not the half-wit, but was entirely drunk, and has passed out on top of home plate. Shot of whiskey. Calvin goes to umpire the game.
4:20 pm, Calvin arrives at the the field, strips the drunk umpire down to his boxers and uses his gear, however the umpire weighs just over 340 lbs, and the best the teams can do is roll him back to the back stop. Calvin umpires the game wearing over-sized equipment with the passed out half naked umpire rolled into a ball ten feet behind home plate.
5:00pm Manager of Team Nine, argues a call and upon his ejection takes second base with him. Calvin offers the hubcap of his Chevy as second base, and continues to umpire the game.
6:45pm the game ends in extra innings, team nine wins on a wild pitch that gets stuck beneath the beached umpire. Calvin changes at the field, and hurries to his 7:30 game against Team Six.
7:0pm Calvin fields three consecutive calls as he approaches the field. The first from Team Five demanding a forfeit due to playing the game with a hubcap for a base, and that the ball was stuck under the umpire and the catcher would have thrown the winning run out at the plate had he been able to get the ball; the second call is from the umpires association threatening to break their contract after reports of stripping and rolling an umpire were reported, the third is from Coach Zimmerman, ranting about a bad "necrophilia joke" on Team Six's blog.
7:15pm arrives the field just in time to hastily warm up for his game. Shot of whiskey.
10:00pm Calvin's hitting streak ends, and his game against Team Six ends in a tie when the lights go out 45 minutes earlier than the county official said they would.
11:00pm Calvin arrives at home, realizes he never replaced his hubcap. Shot of whiskey. He sits down to enter his teams score into the league website. Checks email, 1,728 unread messages. Shot of whiskey. Among the emails are complaints from Quinn about Team Six's write up of the game, in which their team blogger rants about the lights and posts a of the Undertaker dying at the Royal Rumble "That guy is a freaking singles hitter, where does he get the balls to write this stuff? and we're the "Gravediggers" not the "Undertakers""

11:15pm Calvin finally takes off his jock after his hitting streak ends, and is ready to copulate with his wife. However, when he goes into the bed room, he finds a lengthy letter from Annie, she says she is leaving him. She cites his drinking and unhealthy dedication to a baseball league full of teams that don't even appreciate his hard work and dedication, when he had a beautiful woman at home. adding insult to injury, "I always liked Quinn Zimmerman better than you, and he doesn't have a problem taking off his jock strap. Shenwrites that she has changed her cell phone number, leaves no forwarding address, and takes his Tony Gwynn autographed baseball.
11:30pm emails coach Zimmerman, says he's decided to play for Team Six.
12:00am, shot of whiskey. six hours of sleep before Calvin does it all over again.

Longest post ever, thank you, Joe.
Go Ducks

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Ducks, read the next post for schedule info, be alert for emails, I'll post schedule updates on the blog as well.

Keep winning

Rain Out, Schedule Ramifications

First, I'd like to apologize to Nick Homa's grandparent's for the use of profanity a few posts back. The line in question it is a quote from the film "The Big Lebowski", which is one of my favorites. I assure you I don't hate anyone, and don't normally use the f-word as a modifier in my writing. I will temper my language from now on. Thanks for reading, and providing Nick with wonderful baseball genes.

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Storm

It's obvious, the league president contacted Storm from the X-Men, and had her use her mutant powers to bring a fierce downpour upon Spring Hill, to flood the field and cause a cancellation. He has been doing this all season, just to get in the heads of his division rivals and teams who give him grief.

This game will be made up some time this week. Thankfully, Storm will be fighting giant robots in a far away galaxy, and will not be able to help her friend Joe delay the inevitable beating by the South Oakland Ducks any longer than a few days. (put that on your bulletin board, you Mutant lovers.)

In other news, the Ducks will take on the Confederacy on Saturday at a field to be determined sometime in the noon hour. That will give me another week to anger them into hitting me with a pitch.

South Oakland will potentially play four games in six days this week. We will be provided 24 hours notice before any games are scheduled.

This is happening league wide in an attempt to get all the rain-outs played, every team will deal with this, so don't start feeling sorry for ourselves, or mad at Joe just because we had our pitching rotation set on "Decimate" for the final playoff push.

The Ducks' bullpen is ready to pick up the slack. Jim has been dreaming of this since the Matadors' game, TC's wing is well rested, and ready fire.

In theory, I'm in favor of the move. It would cause problems if the Rakers finished with one more game than the Ducks and the Eagles. I don't like the fact that I may either have to miss work, or a game because of it. So it goes....

We have a chance to get into the playoffs. I will do everything I can to get to the games, it is in our team's best interest the rest of the Ducks do the same.

Both Rambo and Captain America would have fought for the Union.
Quack.

Game 20: The Ducks Abide. Ducks 8, Rakers 4

Talking Heads

South Oakland brought the rakes, and the Rakers brought a duck; a stuffed duck with a make-shift noose. The poor bird spent the afternoon suspended on the back stop staring at the Ducks' dugout. After a brief rain delay, perhaps inspired by their fallen comrade, the Ducks soared over soggy Pie Traynor Field. Everyone contributed, the whole flock. Now the Ducks find themselves in a three way tie for the final playoff spot in the Monongahela Division.

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Mark Guthrie (3-1) struck out five and scattered eleven hits over seven innings, as the South Oakland Ducks evened their record at 9-9-2, after today's victory over the Rakers. Trailing 1-0 in the bottom of the first, South Oakland came out raking. Eric Lee started the game with a lead off single, Gregg Campbell walked and both runners advanced on a double steal. Catcher, Ben Gwin singled in both runners to put the Ducks ahead 2-1. Then...
Kirk Gibson doubled to right, and Gwin scored from first, 3-1 Ducks after one.

It appeared as though the Rakers would figure out Guthrie. The Rakers scored two runs in the second, but were hitting the ball hard, Ben Sorosky hit a line drive right at SS, Andrew McCray, Nick Homa threw out a runner at home after a single to left, and Jeremy Barchie flew out deep to left. Their outs all came on hard hit balls.

The Ducks defense was spectacular, they picked up Guthrie in the middle innings, and stole several runs from the Rakers.

Were it not for two "oh-my-god" catches: the fist by right fielder Coby Kolaja, on a flair to right, the second by Gregg Campbell on a ball which seemed destined to be a triple, the Ducks may have found themselves playing catch-up.

Inspired by the defense behind him, Guthrie settled down, and the Rakers bats became as lifeless as the stuffed Duck hanging from the back stop.

After the second inning this was some of the best baseball, we've seen this season. Both teams battling for their playoff lives, the plays were made, the pitchers were phenomenal, and the intensity was as thick as the mud behind home plate.

Neither team could take controll of the game, the score was tied 3-3 going into the bottom of the sixth, then it was time.

McCray continued his domination of the Rakers right fielder, a lead off double put the winning run in scoring position with no outs. Nick Homa laid down a perfect sac bunt, and the muck tripped the Rakers fielder, Homa was safe at first. Eric Tans pinch hit for Ken Griffey Kolaja Jr, and reached on an error. Bases loaded, no outs.

KT Murphy; hitless the last two games, benched against the Eagles, stepped to the plate 0 for 2 on the day with a ground out to the pitcher and a strikeout in his previous two at bats. Redemption.



Barchie left one up, and Murphy made him pay, an RBI single and it was 4-3 Ducks.

Garret Moore drove in another run with a fielder's choice to the right side. with runners on second and third with one out, Adam Smith was intentionally walked to set up the double play.
"Rick" James Spagnola took it personally. In a profanity laced at-bat, Spagnola singled in another run with a shot up the middle, just past a diving Brandon Eberle.

The bases were still loaded for Eric Lee who stomped the life out of the Rakers with his third hit of the day.


Lee doubled to left-center, and the Ducks would take an 8-3 lead into the bottom of the seventh.
After a lead off single, Guthrie got a double play ball, and the Ducks survived three consecutive two-out singles by the Rakers to hold on for the 8-4 victory; the biggest win in a long time for the storied South Oakland franchise.

BULLET POINTS

Thank you to everyone who came out to watch the game.

• Eric Lee had a heroic game, 3-4 2B, 2RBI...It is possible he also stole two bases and threw out two runners at the plate.
  
• KT had a clutch RBI single late in the Black Sox game, and did it again today.
  
• I think I had the plate blocked on the first play at home, but that last guy was absolutely out at home.
  
• If your going to bring a duck noose to our game, bring an American Flag to the Rebels game, if they show up it will be hilarious. Thanks for your perpetuation of the Confederacy nickname as well.
• Speaking of the Rebels, I told John Tremmel I'd mention that he earned a spot on the Braves farm team. The only catch I've seen that was almost as sick as the one Campell made, was made by Tremmel, a basic Jim Edmonds over the shoulder type grab. Campbell's was tougher, by a hair, and it was definitely in a more important game.
  
• We won this one without our starting SS, our all-star catcher and Wojoton.
  
• Is Wojoton headed to the DH role, given the emergence of Ken Griffey Kolaja Jr. in right?
• How about three consecutive RBI by the 8, 9, 10 hitters: Murphy, Moore, Spagnola.
  
• A Smith is hitting around .400 over the last couple games, the Ducks probably have the best Smith, Smith combination with Jesse and Adam.
  
• Homa had a solid gam at third, and went 1-2 with a run scored.
  
• Guthrie, the Ducks "other " all-star pitcher, leads the team in ERA and is tied for first in wins. I think with two games left it's about time we gave him the "C" on his jersey, we can use....Duck tape. WOOOOOOOOOOO

The Rakers are solid citizens, I wish I could root for them, but we've got a Wild Card race on our hands.

Batting Practice at 6pm at the pitt field tomorrow.

To clarify an earlier error, Bulldog Brian Strom can in fact pitch. I just feel he's a better outfielder than a pitcher, that's my assessment. He struck me out last year, never again.

Peaking at the right time.

Ducks Rakers, Sunday, 3pm, Pie Traynor Field.

I'd like to implore the Ducks to plan some recreational activities for this evening which will not have an adverse effect on their performance in the game tomorrow afternoon.
Drink six beers, not sixteen. Stay up till 1am, not 11am. Everyone's different; whatever you can handle and still go 4-4 with three doubles.
Read the comments on this post if you haven't allready

Monongahela Division Round-up, and the last Rakers' pre-game post.
Thank you, coach Eberle, for putting this web address on your site. Classy move from a guy who has done a good job bringing stability to the Knights/Orioles/Knights/Rakers.

Maybe someone will cut the outfield grass for the game tomorrow.The Rakers play the Confederacy today. The Rebels have had trouble getting enough soldiers onto the battlefield, and are in danger of being dissolved into the NABA Union, as per the "three-forfeit rule" established during the winter meetings. When the Rebels have their best players, they are a formidable opponent.

The worst case scenario, a Rakers win today, would put the Ducks a full game behind the Rakers in the race for the last playoff spot. Since we will most likely finish with fewer games played than the Rakers, it is absolutely imperative we take the game tomorrow.
The resurgent Eagles (8-9) have two games at hand on both the Rakers and the Ducks. They have four games left on their schedule (Rebels, Phantoms, Warriors, Black Sox) as of now they will finish with 22 games played.
If nothing changes, the Rakers (9-9) will finish with 23 games played, two battles against the Rebels, a game against the Hurricane-Carters, and two vs. the Ducks.
South Oakland (8-9-2) has two games vs. the Rakers, and a Monday night home game vs. the red hot Bulldogs. The Ducks are scheduled to finish with 22 games.

We have to win, and get some help against the Eagles, (I'm looking at you Warriors). The Rakers are in the same position.

All-star Brian Strom, celebrates the fact his team doesn't play the Owlz three times a year
(I told you the bulletin board material was coming, there will be more)

Sub-plots upon sub plots...
The Ducks probable starter for Sunday is Engineer, and right handed pitcher, Mark Guthrie, former Knight. Jeremy Barchie is the only traitor Duck to leave South Oakland for another team, he left to play on the Knights.
It is likely Barchie and Guthrie will square off against each other, and their former teams tomorrow.
Last season, the Ducks beat the Knights and Barhcie 4-0. A.Smith pitched a shutout. The Ducks swept the Kinghts last year. Theses are not the same Knights, they are now the Rakers and have sweet uniforms.
I miss hitting against Knight's pitcher,"Fats" McGraw, or whatever his name is.
The Rakers beat the Ducks 4-1 early this season, in a game Rick actually hit a double, and Chris Roth made his only appearance of the season. (he's hurt pretty bad)
The Ducks roster was just taking shape at that point.
South Oakland has done very well in rematches this season.

keep winning

Bad news for the Rakers

Is this your homework, Larry?

Nick Homa has 63 strikeouts.
The Ducks were 8-16 last season, and are currently 8-9-2, with three games remaining on the schedule.
The Eagles (8-9) beat the Black Sox (12-6) last night. The Eagles have four games left.
The Rakers (9-9) have five remaining; two against your South Oakland Ducks.
I'm no math major, but there are a number of scenarios which could lead to a big headache for the league president, regarding rescheduling rain-outs and potentially replaying ties.

Say it ain't so, Kenny.

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There are no heroic tales, without heroic tails...

I applaud your knowledge of the Bad News Bears, but leave Tatum O'Neal (above right) out of this. She has enough to worry about.

And there's this...

Bulletin Board. WOO-HOO

The Rakers have spoken:
Attention all Duck Players,

After Sorosky or Barchie pitches a complete game gem on Sunday, you female Mallards aka female ducks will not be quaking anymore. Because you Ducklings are vulnerable, your inability to fly around the bases and hit the ball off of Sorosky or Barchie will result in an easy victory for the Rakers. On Sunday the Rakers will be Waterfowl hunting some ducks, and end their little winning streak and potential last spot in the playoff run.

Good Luck Ducklings

Bring it on Ducks. Its time for the Rakers to go Duck hunting for the 2nd time this season. Barchie or Sorosky will shut the Ducks down like always to preserve the last playoff spot in the rightful hands on the RAKERS......."

"It is just stating the facts. The Rakers are strictly business from here on out. The playoffs are upon us and the Rakers will sneak into the last spot. No messing around. The Ducks will be roasted on the campfire after the beating they take on Sunday."

• To see these remarks in context, check out the comments two posts ago.
  
• It would be funny if fast51ball wasn't even on the Rakers, there's really no way to tell.
  
• Ducklings...Touché, my friend.
• It's great to be playing meaningful baseball this late in the season. This is a playoff game on Sunday, all hands on deck, Ducks.
• "Bring it On"?...oh, it will be brought....

Fast51Ball, Glad you enjoy the blog. Thanks.

huge game

Rakers prepare to face Ducks on Sunday

Rakers Head coach Brandon Eberle visited Japan recently, and brought home with him some ancient, far-eastern training techniques. Video below.




We need to watch out for that dog on Sunday, I think its a Bulldog.
I called the Rakers' forfeit over the Eagles, word is Don Henley was in rehab, and Glen Frey was working his new solo album.
Thanks for reading, Rakers. It's going to be a good game this weekend.
Playoff atmosphere.


New stuff in the Ducks store. All the proceeds go towards next season's team fees.


From here on in, its all business.
Go Ducks.

Homa-nyms battle for last playoff spot

I was having a hard time thinking of anything derogatory to say about the Rakers.


Thankfully, Rakers sympathizer, Larry posted a harmless comment a couple entries back providing a nice segue into another Lebowski clip. "Good luck" he says. Right.
What does a smart person do if someone swings a rake at his head? he Ducks.
I'm not sure how the term "raking" came to be synonymous with hitting the ball well, but it has.
The Rakers are also sponsored by a landscaping company (the name escapes me but they have a banner), which all of us should patronize if given the chance. What a wonderful team name, given the circumstances. It even ends in "s" which, as a literary traditionalist and a baseball traditionalist), I admire.
TANGLED WEB OF NABA HISTORY
Nich Homa set the Ducks single season strike out record last game.
The Ducks single game record is held by current Raker, Jeremy Barchie, who struckout 17 Black Sox two seasons ago, in a 5-5 tie. The spread on the game was Ducks (-.5), so who knows how legit all those K's were, I did see a few noted gamblers on the premises.
Barchie came to the Ducks towards the end of the 2006 season, the only loss he suffered as a Duck came at the hands of the Orioles, who were once the Knights, then became the Knights again, before current head coach, Brandon Eberle took charge and they became the Rakers. Barchie conveniently left to play with his friends on the Orioles/Knights/Rakers.

I remember that loss two seasons ago because it was the last time I hit a home run. it was a line drive that traveled at least 290 feet to right center. we were playing on a small field. The home run came off All Star pitcher Ben Sorosky (sp.), off of whom I recorded my first hit of this season. Basically I own that guy. Actually, he is very good and I am fortunate to have had the success I've had against him.
The Rakers have great pitching, they don't seem to score a lot of runs, but they beat the Black Sox three times this season. The only other teams to beat the Black Sox this year are the OwlZz and the Ducks.
It would be quite a different playoff picture if the two expansion teams (the Owlz and Hurricanes) were placed in opposite divisions, but I'm sure the league president's Bulldogs (10-9) don't mind, they are tied for third, in the same division as the two win Hurricanes.
We will probably get Barchie or Sorosky this Sunday. I enjoy the challenge of hitting against those two, whom I consider to be two of the best in the league.
Although I don't think either of them have over 60 K's this season.
It would be great poetic justice for the Ducks single game strike out record to be set against the Rakers. And for the author of this blog to get beaned in the spine.

Benedict Arnold. Traitor

BULLET POINTS

• Homa is a beast, he will have a chance to redeem an early season loss to the Bulldogs on Monday.
  
• McCray grounded into the game ending double play the first time we played the Eagles, he had the game winning RBI on Monday.
  
• Guthrie is swinging the bat well, he's due for another triple.
  
• Every game it's someone different, coming up with a clutch hit.
  
• The Eagles were quite loud, right up until the end, when we beat them.
• Class act by Kolaja to let Giess hit for him in his last regular season game of the season.
• TC is doing a better job than I did at finding the balance between getting everyone in and winning. We are assured a better winning percentage than last season, a lot of that is due to how TC has managed. Where were you in '06, Skip?
• Keep reading Bulldogs, I'll give you some more bulletin board material in a day or so.
  

Go Ducks

Thanks for reading

profanity waring



A somewhat well thought-out Rakers preview and the rest of my thoughts on the win over the Eagles will be up at some point. Right now the all star game is on. Stay tuned.

We missed the home run derby on Monday.
One day at a time, Josh.

Game 19: What a difference McCray makes, Ducks 5, Eagles 3

Nick Homa broke the Ducks single season strikeout record (60 and counting) and Andrew McCray hit what proved to be the game winning single in the bottom of the sixth, as the Ducks (8-9-2) defeated the Eagles (7-9) to remain in control of their own destiny for the final playoff spot in the Monongahela Division.

It was a pitcher's duel early. Nick Homa faced only nine batters through three innings, and Eagles' starting pitcher Don Henley held the Ducks in check for most of the game. In the top of the fourth, the Eagles screeched and clawed their way to a 3-0 lead.

With one out, Joe Walsh doubled and Glen Frey reached on an error, scoring Walsh. Frey would steal second and score on a Bernie Leadon single. Leadon moved to third on an error and scored on a soft liner by Randell Cunningham. Homa induced a Vai Sickahema groundout, and struck out Brian Westbrook to end the inning.
The Ducks tallied a run in the bottom of the fifth courtesy of a bases loaded walk by Eric Tans. 3-1 Eagles after five.
The Ducks got to Henley in the sixth. Henley beaned Rick Wailen, who stole second and moved to third on a Mark Guthrie single. Gwin Walked to load the bases for all-star catcher Jesse Smith. Smith came through with a clutch two-run single to center, to tie the game at three. Ryan Novak Walked to load the bases for Andrew McCray...



woo-hoo

The Ducks went ahead 5-3. Homa retired the side in the top of the seventh.

The dramatic come from behind win sets up what amounts to a playoff game with the Rakers (9-9) Sunday at 3pm.

The Ducks' single season strike out record was previously held by Ian Dickman (56).

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I'll have more on this game later.
Go Ducks.

There's gonna be a heartache tonight...

THE BATTLE FOR THE FINAL PLAYOFF SPOT
Ducks vs. Eagles, Monday, 9pm, Spring View Field
Last season the Ducks finished 9-15. How and the hell did we win 9?As this season winds to a close, South Oakland (7-9-2) is right in the thick of things.
The Eagles(6-7) played the Rakers(8-8) yesterday. The Eagles probably forfeited, and the Rakers didn't enter the win on the league site.
Ideally the Eagles won, we will beat them tonight and there will be a log-jam at 3rd in the division.
The game tonight is thick with playoff implications. If the Rakers are in fact 9-8, we must stay withing two games of them, a win will put us a game back, with two games against the Rakers remaining. A loss and we need some help.
I don't know what's going to happen with the rain-outs or the ties. I'd hate to be the League President right now. There will probably be controversy.





I hate the Eagles; Hotel California makes me want to vomit. Pink champagne on ice, indeed.
Who names their baseball team after a soft-rock group?

Joe Walsh's involvement in the Eagles shows why drugs are bad. I doubt he'd give up playing songs like the one below to play "Witchay Woman" and "Desperado" if he weren't hooked on smack.



Homa has to be upset about how things transpired yesterday, he's on the hill tonight.
This is Les Gies's 2008 Ducks' finale.
My family will be in attendance.

I see a one-game playoff in our future

Bad News for the Eagles

Game 18: Back down to earth, Ducks 3, Owlz 11

There is no shame in losing to the Owlz (15-4-1). They play baseball the right way, and on this day they played much better than the Ducks (7-9-2). Hats off to the Owlz, who handed it to us twice this season. We will see you in the playoffs.*

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The umpires mulled leaving at 3:15, and a glassy-eyed malaise consumed the Ducks dugout. When the Owlz were certain to have enough players to field a team, the game limped to a start. South Oakland's pitchers had trouble throwing strikes early.

The Owlz scored three in the first. James Faygo, hit a two-run double to the gap in left center. Ryan Novak cut down, Rob Kool at the plate and the Ducks escaped the top of the first inning trailing by three runs.
Garret Moore, and Ben Gwin opened bottom of the first with back to back singles for the Ducks, Jesse Smith walked to load the bases with no outs. The Ducks would only score two in the inning on Andrew McCray's double to right. A wasted opportunity, on a day when they would be scarce.

The Owlz scored two more in the second, and one in the third. The Ducks answered with a run in the bottom of the third when Garrett Moore scored on Jesse Smith's sacrifice fly, to make the score 6-3 Owlz.

The Owlz took a 9-3 lead into the bottom of the fifth, helped by more walks, and an RBI triple by their center fielder. Les Geis lead off the fifth inning with a single up the middle, and A.Smith turned on a fastball, but unfortunately it went right at the third baseman, for a back breaking 5-4-3 double play. He hit it so hard, that the second baseman had time to triple pump before throwing him out at first. Eric Lee hit a double to right, but Moore flew out to deep center to end the threat.
In came Dunn, and the Ducks would not record another hit.
The Owlz ran up the score by adding one run in the sixth and another in the seventh.

we were due for this guy

*I'm not into predictions, but we control our own destiny, and our pitching rotation is set, set to Kill.

2 rbi today

• BULLET POINTZ
• We didn't show up today, but it's not as if Saturday night didn't exist for the Owlz. We will lose games if half the team can't see straight.
• E.Lee is heating up, watch out.
  
• Fago can't get out.
  
• I'm not writing any positives about our pitching anymore, clearly I jinxed everything two posts ago.
• Garret Moore is revolutionizing base running. He did not maliciously run that kid over, but he looked like a pulling guard going after a defensive back out there.
  
• Dunn has filthy stuff.
  
• Moore reached base twice from the lead off spot today, happy birthday, old man.
  
• on a positive note, we turned a sweet double play, but overall the defense was poor.
  
• From what I could gather at first base, the Owlz are good guyz. Thankz for reading and good luck the rest of the way.

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"It's been along night, and I hate the fucking Eagles, Man"