A Heartbreaker

The Luck Dragons got a little payback last night as they did to us exactly what we did to them in Week 1...only they didn't look as good doing it.

Pre-game beers fueled the Solid Gold Hits early surge. The balls were flying off our bats and, unencumbered by sobriety, we ran wild on the basepaths on our way to an 11-5 lead. Then, as the buzz died off, a series of great hits from the Luck Dragons really harshed our mellow.

In a saddening 4th inning, which I'd rather not talk about, the Dragons came back to tie. Then, despite a valiant effort, they scored the winning run in the bottom of the 5th.

Here are the highlights:

* Game ball winner, Dustin, made a few fantastic catches in the outfield. On one, he was just running a full-on sprint with his arm out and somehow he managed to get the ball in the tip of his glove. The Dragons have some great hitters and we would've lost by a lot more if not for speedy Dustin in the outfield. This is proof that is pays off to show up to the games 5 hours early to run drills.

* Lisa, as a "courtesy runner" for the injured (but toughing it out admirably) Heather, scored all the way from first base on a routine ball to the outfield. How courteous is that?

* Hillary had a great hit which kept our beer-fueled rally going strong in the 2nd inning.

*KC was the first person to get dirty as he barrelled into to home plate greedily trying to stretch a triple into a homer. He was out, but it was still awesome.

* Poor Sonya, who I feel terrible for, had to pitch again and, once again, did a much better job than the rest of us could have done. I think I'm gonna give her a break next week. This isn't really highlight, but I thought I'd mention it.

Ok, I guess that's it. Next week, we have our rematch with the Bulldogs (7:30). They're the ones that hurt Jessica so we'd better bring our A game.

Oh, and we're in last place now, but we can still turn things around. Here are the standings:

1. The Luck Dragons 3-1
2. The Bulldogs 2-1-1
3. Majority Rules 1-2-1
4. Solid Gold Hits 1-3