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Week 2 (September 12)Score: crescent fresh 4, dr frazier's therapy group 2 Rundown: in one of the most exciting evenings in the history of musa kickball, the crescent fresh no-talent ass-clowns evened their record to (hopefully) get back on the winning horse. the evening started on a low note, as we were beaten to OUR bench by our opponents. that was the last time they'll ever do that. from now on, if any other team tries that the rest of the season, we'll sit on them. in addition, the lovely city of milwaukee had failed to supply a field manager to turn on the lights and put bases on the diamond. so there were three slippery, flattened cardboard beer cases placed somewhat near the bases. employing our "new look offense", involving strategically placed grounders and a whole lot of running, the first inning looked good. we had the bases loaded with 1 out. but...we couldn't get anyone home. that's like the scene in boogie nights where the "new kid" with the however many inches of manmeat comes on the scene and gets to do it with roller girl in the back of the limo -- but then he gets a little crazy with her, and burt reynolds (and maybe marky mark, too?) pulls him off of her and kicks him out of the car for being a prick, and he says something like "well jesus, aren't you at least going to jack me off?" or something like that. that's how it felt. the next few innings were quiet....they got runners on third a couple times and we ended up stranding them with some extraordinary pitching and defense... then in the fifth, it started to get dark. in the bottom half, it was still tied at 0. jourdain came up to bat, and i tried to telepathically tell him to ignore everything i'd said all game about "i don't care who you are, if there's no one on base, just kick it on the ground to third and wheel it out," and to just boot it instead. i think it worked. as the ball took off, he rounded all three "bases" and was on his way home when the ball got to the infield. probably a smart move otherwise, he decided to slide. you know the scene in major league, where willie mayes hayes steals a base? and he slides headfirst? and he's about two feet short of the base? yeah. it happened. jourdain squirmed to get home in time, and a couple of eyes on our team said he did it, but......the ump called him out. then, right after that inning, the ump pulled me and the dr's captain aside and asked if we wanted to call the game due to darkness. as i put it, "that's bullsh*t! we'll play it out!" dr's was hesitant though, they didn't want to get hurt (awwwwwwwww). the hell if i was going to let the game be called. "if they refuse to play, we have no choice, but we'll play all night if that's what it takes." but they called the game anyways. a 5-inning tie, and it would go down that way. so we all packed up our sorrows and were about to head to the bar when.... andrea, who had taken something to her car (or perhaps her and tim went to the car to take care of some business...) came running back, screaming "THEY'RE GONNA TURN ON THE LIGHTS! THEY'RE GONNA TURN ON THE LIGHTS!" oh yeah. we knew it was ours to be had at that moment. we were destined to win it. it didn't look like it though. in the top of the sixth, the dr's squeaked one by home plate to take a 1-0 lead. in the bottom of the seventh, with the bases loaded, roter knocked sandeep home on a sacrifice. then the ump told us we got to play one extra inning. in the top of the eighth, dr's got one home with one out, when with a guy on third, jerod threw the ball to first (immediately after having yelled to the entire team "if it comes to the infield, just hold it and watch the guy on 3rd!" ????). it wasn't looking so good, like maybe we should've just taken the tie. bottom of the 8th -- i had a miserable attempt to keep it on the ground to third, and instead popped out to second. andy drilled one to shallow right field (i think), and got to first. andrea laid down the PERFECT bunt, no one expected it, and andy got to second, andrea got to first. jourdain came up with 1 out. and knocked the ball deep into center. deep. DEEP. and everyone scored. and everyone cheered. and everyone hugged each other. except the other team, who cried. Highlights: Lowlights: Player(s) of the game: Player(s) of the post-game: |
