GLORY DAZE...

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE GRISSLIES. 

Game # 8- June 23, 2014

Hurtin' Units lose 27-11

Team Record- 0-8-0

Keogh Park- Over the last weekend, I was going through a pile of papers and I came across a game sheet. The game sheet was from the Hurtin' Units first season and it was almost 4 years to the day, way, way back on June 22, 2010. 

I thought it would be cool to post it and think about those glory days again. I went back and looked at the team record at the time of this game. The Hurtin' Units record on June 23, 2010 was 6-1-1. NICE!!!

On the game sheet, the only missing players were Chris N. (no show), Chris Ross and Al H. I'm wasn't sure what happened to Chris N. and Al H., so I read the blog. Al thought the game was at 8:15 and I don't know what happened with Chris N. It turns out we only had 9 players, so we asked for a catcher from the Dusty Cleats. I spotted Brett M. in the stands and asked if he wanted to play. Permission was granted by the Cleats and Brett subbed in. Al did show near the end of the game, but it was too late to get in.

Glory Days... Hurtin' Units in 2010. 

We (the Hurtin' Units) could really pound out the runs. In the game in 2010, Mike O. (before the knee problems) went 5 for 5 and five other guys went 4 for 5. In this game we had two 7 run innings and a total of 25 runs without even playing the 7th inning. These were definitely the glory days. 

Almost all the players on the game sheet still remain in the T.O.T baseball league. Tom Perry only played the one season with the Units and called it quits, really prefers hockey, easier on the knees. And Jerry Wallace played last season, but did not come back this year. 

Jens and Paul are both captains in the league now. Don C. is back with the 2014 Units after taking 2013 off. And everyone else (except for Mike and I) are scattered around the league on other teams. We were a solid team in those days and I hope we can get back there in the near future.

The Hurtin' Units logo back in the Glory Days (2010) was a cartoon guy sliding in to, and falling short of, a base. The next season we changed our logo to Bender, the lovable shiny robot from the show Futurama. Since that change of logo (in 2011), I have included a picture of Bender in every posting of the blog...I'm not going to do it in this one...hoping it will change our luck. I will also have the Bender logo smudged to remove any bad energies it may have at this time. 

I said to Mike maybe we should wear our shirts from our first season and see if it changes our luck. I found mine, I will ask Mike to find his...Mike did find his 2010 shirt and we both wore them for the Grisslies game...As the score would indicate, it didn't really change our luck. 

In 2010, the Units were a solid team and with a record of 19-5-2, and 2 of the losses were by 2 runs and another was by a single run.    

2010 Final Standings.

  Position Team        Games  Wins  Losses  Ties  Points  

 1 Hurtin' Units          26         19        5          2        40     

 2 Brew Jays              26        19        7          0        38     

 3 Rusty Rebels         26        16        8          2        34   

 4 Lucky Stiffs            26        16        9          1        33    

 5 Banshees               26        14       11         1        29   

 6 The Wild                 26        13        11         2       28 

 7 Torn Ligaments     26        12        10        4       28     

 8 Dog Catchers         26        12       13         1       25  

 9 Dislocated Joints   26        12       14         0       24      

 10 Grisslies                26        11       14         1       23    

 11 HotTub Woodys   26        10       14         2       22   

 12 Dodge City           26         9        17         0       18  

 13 Red Dogs              26        7        17  

 14 Dusty Cleats         26        3       23         0        6        

This season we are not off to a great start. Do I think we will go 0-22-0? I don't think we will, but the way things are going, it's going to be a tough season. Looking at the 2010 roster and comparing it to the 2014 roster...I can't see a major difference in player personnel. We can only continue to go out there, play hard and hopefully things will turn around.

The weather for the Grisslies game was a little sticky. The temperature at 7:00pm was around 23 degrees, but with the humidity it was 28. At game time (8:15) it had dropped slightly. There were a few drops of rain late in the game, but we missed any real bad weather.


We were missing a few of the regulars guys. Missing were Rick (sick), Esau (bad weather), Don C. (holidays) and Kevin (working). We picked up Bob P. as a sub. We had to ask the Grisslies for a backcatcher for the game. 

We were the home team and the umpire was Don S. Bill C. was the starting pitcher for the Units, my shoulder was sore (I blame it on my weed wacker) and I wasn't able to go. Bill's start was similar to most of the other starts this season, runs fast...runs furious... Bill pitched part of the game and Bob P. (sub) took over in the later innings. 

This game was almost a carbon copy of most of the other games we have played this season. We got down early (7 runs in the first, 7 runs in the second) and the remainder of the game was just stopping the bleeding. 

In the bottom of the 1st inning the Units, actually scored 6 runs to get back in the game, but after the second 7 run inning by the Grisslies, the Units tires were deflated and it was tough to get back on the rails.

This was another tough game, I could see how it was starting to take it's toll on our team. We have another game on Thursday evening versus the Rusty Rebels and hopefully we can get this thing turned around.   

Walk Watch G-0, S-3.