What's Worse Than Losing Two in a Row?

Losing one and tying the next.

The Solid Gold Hits were robbed of their third victory of the season on Tuesday night as they somehow, even though this is America, figured out a way to have a game end in a tie. This brings their record to an awkward 2-1-1. Still good enough for second place, but there can be no pride when you need to utilize a third column in order display your win-loss record.

Before I continue, let me first say that the Solid Gold Hits have the best fans in all of Tuesday night Co-ed D-League. Special thanks to Paul for bringing the bike horn to help cheer us on. Also, Paul, I know it's been replaced with the dinner bell, but each honk of the bike horn should still represent a Tourism booking, so I'll be expecting to see those contracts.

Anyhow, the Hits got off to an early lead as Game Ball winner Leticia extended her hitting streak to two games and Dustin and Chris N. hit big homeruns. It should also be mentioned that, as he rounded the bases, Chirs N. made everyone feel awkward as he pretended to grab Amanda's bottom(!) as he chased her around the bases. Apparently he forgot that her husband, his wife, his brother in-law, his impressionable young son and many innocent bystanders were trying to enjoy a nice ballgame in the park without his sick, perverted desires being forced down their throats. I'd like to apologize to Amanda and society in general. Also, where was our team photographer when we needed her?

Things kinda went downhill when the umpires started giving the other team extra outs. One batter received an extra pitch (which he hit VERY far) after his third strike and then, a few innings later, the same batter had a pop out reversed because the runner on second was wearing a wristwatch.

The game came down to an intense last inning as the Luck Dragons rallied. After bringing in two runs to tie the game, one of the Luck Dragons sent a ball in to deep right field. Luckily, The Solid Gold Hits performed a beautiful three man relay to get the potential game-winning run out at the plate. So, in a way, we were lucky to tie. In another, more accurate way, we were screwed.

Sadly, our league's strict time limits don't allow for extra innings to be played, but maybe I'll contact their coach and see if we can't settle things in some other way (i.e. an eating contest).

Also, there was one play where we tagged a girl out after she overran third slightly. It was kinda cheap, but I still say we got screwed.