July 7th-9th , 2023
HTKP TOURNAMENT.
Sometimes when I do postings on this group it's just for the documentation of the Hurtin' Units team. That's probably why I still keep the Hurtin' Units blog going. I can go back to the very first season and look up the roster and tell you game by game what I believed happened on that particular night. Sometimes I post for both entertainment and documentation. I actually enjoyed the last post with the Draft Kings game. It was fun trying to be creative. This post is more about what briefly happened to the Units over the weekend.
In July of 2016, the Hurtin' Units would play in their 7th HTKP tournament and I guess it was 7 times a charm. The Units would go on the win their first and only HTKP tournament. The Units have put a team in every HTKP since we came into the league, with the one exception, the year the Covid 19 shut us down.
This year we also put a team in the Tournament. Every April year I send out an email to our newly drafted team and one of the things I mention, in the email, is that we always like to put a team in the tournament. It is 1 of 2 tournaments I like to participate in, the other being the August tournament.
For this tournament the Hurtin' Units had 10 of our own players taking part in the games. The only missing bodies were Mystery Guy and Jamie N. The Units would pick up Dave McGovern and Steve Porter for the weekend. Thanks guys.
The schedule had the Units playing their 3 round robin games all on Saturday. We also had bar duty at 2:30 until 3:45.
The weather on Saturday was a little mixed, for our first 2 games we had sunshine and it was warm. The 3 game was breezy, there were definitely rain drops, a little thunder in the distance, but we got the game in. It did rain later in the day.
Game # 1 – Saturday July 8th, 2023.
Hurtin' Units vs. The Inglourious Batsters.
Game # 2- Saturday July 8th, 2023.
Hurtin' Units vs. The Tap Masters.
The Hurtin' Units lose 12-10
In this game, we played the Tappers and gave them a pretty good game. We were the home team in this game and it came down to the last inning before it was decided. A base running error ended the game, but it was really the lack of stringing hits together at the right times that cost us a win. The Units had the tying run on first when the game concluded. The Tap Masters would go on to lose in the semi-finals vs. The Twisters.
Game # 3 – Saturday July 8th, 2023
Hurtin' Units vs. The Master Batters.
Hurtin' Units lose 13-11
In this game, there was little chance of getting into the elimination games without a big win and a plus 7 plus/minus. We were again the home team in this game, (I think we won the coin toss 3 times, at least we can win something) and this game was up and down throughout, but in the later innings, the Units had a 6-run inning and took the lead. Going into the final inning, the Units had a 4-run lead, we stopped the Batters and we at least got a win. The Master Batters would score 6 runs and take the lead away. CRAP! The Units could not get any runs back. Batters win, Batters win, 13-11.
Congratulations go out the the Draft Kings for winning the tournament. The Draft Kings and The Tottenham Twisters of New Tecumseth would play in the finals. The Draft Kings would get off to an early lead and would almost mercy the Twisters (13-1), but then the Twisters would battle back and make a game of it. In the end, the Twisters just couldn't catch the Draft Kings because of the runs early in the game. Great final!!
The Hurtin' Units would be the only team not to get a win in the tournament, and including the regular season, we are winless in 13 games. The Hurtin' Units next game is Tuesday July 11th vs. The Dogcatchers. Mystery Guy has been called up for this game, come on out to the park and Mystery Guy's identity will be revealed. See ya Tuesday.
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