When the Gales of August Turn Friendly.

My favorite tournament of the season is finish and is in the books. This tournament was a little different for me, I decided to put last year's championship team, the 2022 Hurtin' Units back together for the final reunion tournament. In previous years, my street would put a team in called the Hammell Toes, but this year I chose to go in a different direction. The Hammell Toes still put in a team, but I was labelled a traitor ( jokingly and in jest of course) and I went on with the Units.

The Hurtin' Units 2.0 the tournament edition played 4 games on the weekend. It was really a good time getting back together with a bunch of guys who played together all last season and won the championship. We will always have that bond. We also picked up Craig Pattison, from the Beer Bros. and he did not disappoint in our games. Thanks for joining us, Craig.

I won't go into detail about the games, but I will record the scores for future reference
and the Units' history.

Game One: The Units had Lava Lamps ( Sambuca and Tequila Rose) before every game, something we started last season, just before playoffs. The Units would go on to defeat the Double Ds in the first game by a score of 16-11.

Game Two: The Units had 13 players for this game. Darrell (Hags), played for the 2022 Units, but had entered a team in the tournament and was going to play a game single nostalgia game will the tournament team. The Units would be defeated by the Funky Shorts by a score of 11-7.

Game Three: Between games 2 and 3, Pete Hollmann and I would have the honour of captain/coach of the White All-Star team in the Chris Larkin Memorial All-Star game. The White team would go on to victory vs. The Chuck and Stike-coached Blue team. The final score was 16-9 for the White team. I would also work the BBQ for 2 hours in between games 2 and 3. When the Units finally got back on the field, we would be playing the Shrank Shredders. The Units would lose another close game to the Shredders by a score of 17-13. It wasn't looking good to miss playing at 5:00pm, but as luck would have it, we got into Sunday and would be playing at 10:15 Sunday morning.

Game Four: In our 4^th game we looked pretty good as we took on the Gruesome Crue. The game was close all the way through and in the final inning, we had a chance to tie or take the lead but fell just short. In fact, we had the tying and lead runs on base, but just could not score them. The final score was 14-13 for the Gruesome.

This weekend was fun, as it usually is, the finals in the SPN division and the T.O.T rec division were both exciting baseball. Russell Mabee would cut his hair for charity, the weather was great (a little bit of rain never hurt anyone), and the Funky Shorts would go on to defeat the Stallions in the final by a score of 17-3. All in all, I would say this weekend was a success.