Hits Stumble Out of the Gate

Stupid Bulldogs.

Turns out the mysterious "The Bureau" team is actually just a revamped version of our old rivals, the Bulldogs. The only difference is that now they are really, really good. More accurately, they are really, really good again since they were a top-tier team last spring before things went downhill for them.

The Solid Gold Hits welcomed a few new players to the squad for this game and they did not disappoint. Terry showed up with a totally tricked out version of our jersey with a baseball logo, olde English font and a nickname, "Striker," on the back. Our other newcomer, Matt, pleased everyone with his ramshackle running of the bases, nearly hurting himself on numerous occasions. That's the kind of foundation the Hits are built on.

The Solid Gold Hits who, it should be mentioned, had very poor performance at the annual practice, took a few innings to shake off their winter rust. Really, the first 3 innings were basically the team's Spring Training and the Hits found themselves down 9-0.

The Bulldogs defense was pretty much perfect. Unlike our team, they caught the ball when it was hit to them, threw the ball to the proper base and didn't over and/or under throw their targets every single time. But that was only for the first three innings.

In the second half of the game, we pulled it together. Game ball winner, Zep, came through with the Hits' first RBI of season when he doubled in Terry and Matt. He followed that up by getting reprimanded by the umpire for "verbal interference." Basically, Zep yelled something while the other team was attempting to catch the ball.

When Alex Rodriguez did a similar thing in a real and actual MLB game, he did not suffer any punishment other than players and millions of fans referring to his actions as "bush league." And since we actually do play in the bush league, I couldn't very well justify punishing Zep, so he still got the game ball.

Anyhow, after Zep broke the seal, runs poured in. This new found offense combined with Sonya's excellent pitching allowed us to make it look respectable with a 9-5 loss.

I'd also like to thank the Team Mom Committee which crowned a new queen when Betsy stepped up to pre-order pizza for the post game party. Nice work, Betsy!

So next week, we will try to redeem ourselves at 8:30 against a team that put zero effort into coming up with a creative name, the West Coast Builders.