Coming off the Rails.

“ Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”

Game # 19 – August 10th, 2023

Hurtin' Units vs. The Master Batters.

Hurtin' Units lose 17-0

Team Record- 3-15-1

So it seems that the Hurtin' Units season just got a little wackier, what the deuce is going on this season? On September 4, 2018, ( based on information from the statistician) the Master Batters played the Rusty Rebels and The Master Batters would come away with a 19-0 victory. That was the last time (officially) that a team has been shut out in the T.O.T. league. Almost 5 years ago. Last night, the Hurtin' Units were defeated and deflated by the Master Batters by a score of 17-0. I'm here to say that history has repeated itself. “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” - Winston Churchill

Tannerville - This game was our second on a 2 game road trip. The first
game saw the Units beat the Sons of Pitches, in their own park, by a score of 24-14. That win ended the Hurtin' Units winless streak and made the train ride into Tannerville a little bit sweeter. Coming into this game, the Units only have 6 games remaining and of those 6 games, the Units are Ridin' the Rails for 4 of them. After this game, the Units will jump back on the train and head for Tottenham where some of the Unit's players will be playing in the August Tournament and the All-Star game.

The weather for this game was comfortable, the temperature was in the mid-20s, there was a soft breeze, and the ground was still a little damp from rain earlier in the day. The rain was so hard before noon that I really didn't think we were going to play. The Units were the visiting team in this game. 8:20 start time.

At game time, the Units had 9 guys ready to take on the Sons of Pitches for the second time this season. Jamie, Nick and Roman were the missing bodies in this game. Roman had a show and Jamie was away again, Nick got caught up at work. I scrambled to find a player for a sub, and I ended up getting Nimmo K ( Mr. Reliable) for our game.

On Tuesday night we had a very impressive night with our bats. We were crushing the ball around the diamond and we came away with a fantastic win. This game vs. The Batters was a little bit different. The Units batting came off the rails in this game, some people would even say we left the bats on the train.

I won't go into details today, all I can say is the bats need a good smudging and we need to shake this game off. We had a bad night at bat, we did have chances to score, but could not get them across. Kevin Moore pitched a great game, Dave Fleming was a vacuum at first, and almost everything we hit was in a glove. Let's just say this was one of those history-making nights.

I thought the Units' defence actually played quite well, Roddy was great at 3^rd, Corey was really good at first, Wayne and Tommy made some stellar catches in the outfield, the game was close in the early innings, and the Master Batters had a 7 run inning that deflated us a little, but there real were no blow out innings. Heads high Units.

I will include the game sheets just for shits and giggles.