Game 10: NPSIA the undefeated team

"Way to beat 1/2 of our team...." - Per Unheim

It seems only fitting that I begin this week's blog post with a quote from one of our opponents on the NPSIA team. This brings to mind another quote by Paul Brown - known well in the NFL:

"When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less."

Clearly NPSIA is having a hard time dealing with their loss when the excuses start flowing our way - offline at the field and online. I personally think the definition of a team, are the people who show up for the game... although the comment section will be reserved for talk-back on this issue!

Other than that.........WHOAAAAAAAA ZOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMBBBBBBBBBIEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!! What a game - everyone played fantastic: batting, fielding, running, jumping, throwing, catching, BRAIN EATING!!! *NUM* *NUM* *NUM*. We came out particularly strong for a re-match that we wanted a win out of. The first inning we took the field - "what's that?" you might say... yes 3 UP - 3 DOWN. OK good start, but how can we top that ? Well how about with a little MERCY RULE ACTION? Seven - nill... WHATS UP? Cannot ask for better than that!

The remainder of the game we continued to chip in runs steadily while our defense held well for the majority of the game. Special honorable mentions go out to the following players:

David Barrera - This years contestant for the Golden glove. Dave - our team captain - took a key position in our strategy for dealing with the offense that NPSIA presented and caught an un-countable number of pops (binary 2-bit is all we have) in shallow left. Not only that, he was the first bullet in the chamber of our mercy inning with a lead-off triple!

Alex *the monster* Cowperthwaite - reliable pitching and heads-up field plays gave us an edge... not to mention perfect batting. However, he gets a runner-up medal in the 60' footrace :).

Marc Leclair - solid center fielder, long ball, and doubles as a pinch runner for our favorite Uncle.

Gerardo - Perfect batting game, very solid on bag #1 stopping many potential over-throw disasters.

Gen, Teri, Cynth - our pocket aces... these girls consistently advanced all of our runners on base with zero pop-outs. Eventually NPSIA got wise and stopped throwing these girls out, as our runners were scoring (refer to Alex's second place medal :P ).

Next week we have some well-earned time off. However don't slack Zoombies - continue the beer consumption... we don't want anyone to cramp up when we win our next pitcher!