HURTIN' UNITS vs. RED DOGS
Game #1 – May 4, 2010
Hurtin Units win 14-10
Team record 1-0-0
Coventry Park- On a comfortably warm, slightly breezy evening for the forth of May, the Tottenham Oldtimers could not have asked for a more perfect night to begin the 25th anniversary season. A season with one more team than the previous season and two new sets of captains and team names.
Over the off season the Recycled decided to call it quits which opened the door for the new captains. The four new captains this season are Rod Duggan, Bo Niederhuber, Mike Olliffe and myself (James Taylor). The new team names are The Brew Jays and The Hurtin' Units. Bo and Rod will captain the Brew Jays and Mike and myself the Hurtin' Units. I had the pleasure of playing along side Rod last season with the Banshees, He and Bo will make great captains.
The Brew Jays and the Hurtin' Units both played on opening night and both were victorious. The Hurtin' Units played the Red Dogs and won by a score of 14-10.
Our game was not a stand out by any means, but it did have certain hang around the beer cooler topics to discuss post game. What topics you ask? Well, there were the five strike outs by the Units, which leads to five frosty jugs of beer at the Legion and this made the eyes of Chris, Robin and Jerry light up like little kids in a candy store. There was the nature call by an umpire who found relief in the meadows of Coventry Park and of course, there was the game. Yes the game, the first ever game for the Hurtin' Units.
The Hurtin' Units played a solid defensive game with few errors which is good news for the first game of the year. Robin made a fantastic play near second base, picking up a well hit ground ball, crawling toward second, getting to his feet, stumbling again to his knees, crawling to the bag for the out, a solid effort indeed. There were some nice catches in the outfield and the infield didn't look to shabby either. I have a feeling I might be repeating this line several more times over the course of the season ( not the Robin crawling line, although given enough beer... no, I mean the team looked good line).
Our bats were a little inconsistent at times, but there were certainly glimpses of what we are capable of. After all, we did put 14 runs on the scoresheet despite striking out 5 times. Five strikeouts (I'm in for one, but mine was a foul out, not one of those stand there and watch the third strike hit the board outs, I only do that in the playoffs, when Tito is pitching). I wonder if five strikeouts is a record for a team, I can't recall a game where a team had as many, but really, who would keep such a stat? Heavy beer drinkers, that's who!! Chris R., Robin, Woody... What's the record for jugs by one team in a game???
What else happened in the game? There were a few base running mishaps (nothing a bottle of Ginkgo Biloba won't fix), there were some great catches in the field and we did hold our opponents to only 10 runs. Some guys struggled at the plate (I'm guilty as charged), but I would chalk up the batting woes to first game rust and maybe even opening night jitters. I've already seen everyone bat earlier this season , this is not going to be a problem for us!
Now that the first game is behind us, we take a little one week breather and then the season is going full bore. We will soon be back at Keogh, the rust will be off the cleats and bats (I know the cleats are plastic and the bats are aluminum, there is no rust, it's just a figure of speech), we will be more comfortable at the plate and I think we will be competitive with any team in the league...
By the next game, which is scheduled for Tuesday May 18, 2010 vs. The Torn Ligaments, we should have our team shirts, two new bats in the bag, a restocked beverage cooler and we'll head into our second game with a 1-0-0 record. Until next game.... UNITS UNFINISHED!!
Hurtin Units win 14-10
Team record 1-0-0
Coventry Park- On a comfortably warm, slightly breezy evening for the forth of May, the Tottenham Oldtimers could not have asked for a more perfect night to begin the 25th anniversary season. A season with one more team than the previous season and two new sets of captains and team names.
Over the off season the Recycled decided to call it quits which opened the door for the new captains. The four new captains this season are Rod Duggan, Bo Niederhuber, Mike Olliffe and myself (James Taylor). The new team names are The Brew Jays and The Hurtin' Units. Bo and Rod will captain the Brew Jays and Mike and myself the Hurtin' Units. I had the pleasure of playing along side Rod last season with the Banshees, He and Bo will make great captains.
The Brew Jays and the Hurtin' Units both played on opening night and both were victorious. The Hurtin' Units played the Red Dogs and won by a score of 14-10.
Our game was not a stand out by any means, but it did have certain hang around the beer cooler topics to discuss post game. What topics you ask? Well, there were the five strike outs by the Units, which leads to five frosty jugs of beer at the Legion and this made the eyes of Chris, Robin and Jerry light up like little kids in a candy store. There was the nature call by an umpire who found relief in the meadows of Coventry Park and of course, there was the game. Yes the game, the first ever game for the Hurtin' Units.
The Hurtin' Units played a solid defensive game with few errors which is good news for the first game of the year. Robin made a fantastic play near second base, picking up a well hit ground ball, crawling toward second, getting to his feet, stumbling again to his knees, crawling to the bag for the out, a solid effort indeed. There were some nice catches in the outfield and the infield didn't look to shabby either. I have a feeling I might be repeating this line several more times over the course of the season ( not the Robin crawling line, although given enough beer... no, I mean the team looked good line).
Our bats were a little inconsistent at times, but there were certainly glimpses of what we are capable of. After all, we did put 14 runs on the scoresheet despite striking out 5 times. Five strikeouts (I'm in for one, but mine was a foul out, not one of those stand there and watch the third strike hit the board outs, I only do that in the playoffs, when Tito is pitching). I wonder if five strikeouts is a record for a team, I can't recall a game where a team had as many, but really, who would keep such a stat? Heavy beer drinkers, that's who!! Chris R., Robin, Woody... What's the record for jugs by one team in a game???
What else happened in the game? There were a few base running mishaps (nothing a bottle of Ginkgo Biloba won't fix), there were some great catches in the field and we did hold our opponents to only 10 runs. Some guys struggled at the plate (I'm guilty as charged), but I would chalk up the batting woes to first game rust and maybe even opening night jitters. I've already seen everyone bat earlier this season , this is not going to be a problem for us!
Now that the first game is behind us, we take a little one week breather and then the season is going full bore. We will soon be back at Keogh, the rust will be off the cleats and bats (I know the cleats are plastic and the bats are aluminum, there is no rust, it's just a figure of speech), we will be more comfortable at the plate and I think we will be competitive with any team in the league...
By the next game, which is scheduled for Tuesday May 18, 2010 vs. The Torn Ligaments, we should have our team shirts, two new bats in the bag, a restocked beverage cooler and we'll head into our second game with a 1-0-0 record. Until next game.... UNITS UNFINISHED!!
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