Twelve Happy Men.

 The 2023 Playoff Run. 

Playoff Game # 1 - September 12^th, 2023

Hurtin' Units vs. The Dogcatchers

Hurtin' Units win 18-11

Playoff Record 1-0-0

COVENTRY PARK - The weather for this game was comfortable, almost a little muggy, the temperature was in the mid-20s, and there was a breeze rustling the leaves on the trees at C #3 for our 8:30 game. There was a sky full of clouds and early in the day, we had a lot of rain. There was a chance that the games could be cancelled and made up on Wednesday or Thursday. We got them played. We were the visitors in this game.

At game time, the Units had 12 guys ready to take on the Dogcatchers. For only the second time all season, we had all 12 guys in uniform.

I did not get a picture of the game sheet, but I can tell you the Units got off to a good start in this game and kept it going throughout the entire game. Solid bats and stellar defence. Les and Ingo made some big catches and everyone had a solid night batting. The top, the middle and the bottom of the order all contributed it this game. Nice win Units.

The Units' next game is Friday night at Coventry #3 vs. The Gruesome Devils.

Scary Good Team

Playoff Game #2 - September 15th, 2023

Hurtin' Units vs. Gruesome Devils

Hurtin' Units go down big time. - 22-5

Playoff Record 1-1-0

COVENTRY PARK - The weather for our final 3 games was fantastic, the Friday night was comfortable, with plenty of sunshine and the games on Saturday, we could not have asked for more perfect weather for our season-ending run.

At game time, the Units had 12 guys ready to take on the Gruesome Devils.

This game was a rough one. The Units kept pace in the early innings, but the strong bats of the Gruesomes were too much to contain, the Grusomes hit hard and often. The Units' bats could not get anything going against these guys, we are not going to win very many games scoring only 5 runs.

The Gruesomes are my dark horse to be in the final four teams on Sunday. They have so many big hitters, I think they could win it all.

They Spin You Round and Round.

Playoff Game #3 - September 16th, 2023

Hurtin' Units vs. Tottenham Twisters

Hurtin' Units play a better game but come up with another loss. - 15-8

Playoff Record 1-2-0

At game time, the Units had 11 players, Corey was the only missing body, he was playing in another tournament, and he was back for game # 4.

The Twisters are one of my favourite teams to play against, I really like their captains and the rest of the team are just good guys. Anthony is my physio buddy (see him at physio every week), Joe, Brad W, and Dan S are all Hammell Toe teammates and Rico and Jerry M were on the 2022 Hurtin' Units team. That's the great thing about this league, there is always a past connection.

In this game the Units played, solid baseball, we were in this game, at one time we even had the lead, but some big hits widened the gap and the Twisters started to pull away.

On Tuesday night, the Units bats were on fire ( not literally), to the tune of 18 runs and a win. In the last 3 games, in the round-robin, we scored 20 runs in total. We had 3 games with single-digit scoring, we're not going to win too many games with those numbers.

The Twisters have a good squad, but I honestly don't think it's enough to beat a couple of the other teams left in the final eight.

The Kingdom of Brew.

Playoff Game # 4 - September 16^h, 2023

Hurtin' Units vs. Draft Kings

Hurtin' Units go down King Charles and his royal Stikeness - 15-7

Playoff Record 1-3-0

The Draft Kings are another team I like playing against, Chuck and Stike are classy guys (classy, really Jimmer?) and they always seem to be in the thick of it. They lost their title of most jugs this year but still managed to drink down a few beers at the Legion. It seems to me that year after year they are always at the top of the standings, they must be doing something right.

Coming into this game, the Units' record was 1-2-0, and there were numerous teams with the same record, we would need a win to have a chance at Sunday games. The Draft Kings record was an impressive 3-0-0, they had not lost in the round-robin.

This was another close game in the early innings, the Units kept pace and had some great shutdown innings, but with bats like Chuck, Fordy and Franco, it was only a matter of time before they started to widen the score gap, and basically that's what happened. Going into the final inning, we were down by 8 runs, we came out and “shit the bed”, we went down Fast and Furious, and the Units season had all but come to an end. We needed a win to even have a chance to get in, we didn't do that.

The 5 to 8 teams in the final 8 teams remaining all got in with a 2-2 record. Missed it by that much.

It would not surprise me to see the Draft Kings in the final again this Sunday, they were bride's maids last year, could they be brides this season?

This was not the Hurtin' Units season. We had good games, we had a great team, we just couldn't put it all together this year. I can't complain too much, over the last two seasons, we have had a good run. Last season was the championship, and in 2021 we won the league and keg party.

I would like to thank the Hurtin' Units players for a fun season, we didn't win very much, but everyone was great on this team. I would also like to thank all the people who follow this group, I enjoy telling everyone about the happenings of the Units, it's fun for me and I hope you keep following. Go Units!!