Revenge Is A Meatball Best Served Cold. 

Revenge Is A Meatball Best Served Cold.

Game #1 – May 19th, 2026

Hurtin' Units vs. The Meatballs

Hurtin' Units lose 19-8

Team Record – 0-1-0

Coventry Park- Back on August 27th , 2025, in the final games of the regular season for both the Units and the meatballs, the Units defeated the Meatballs by a score of 24-14. This was not just another loss for the Meatballs; it was the game that knocked the Meatballs out of first place and gave the Gamblers the regular season title. In fact, on this night, the Gamblers were playing at Coventry Park, with an earlier start, and came to Keogh to watch the final innings as the Units ate up the Meatballs. The Meatballs were not going to forget what the Units did to them. It took 9 months, but the Meatballs would have their revenge.

Last week, the weather prevented most 35+ teams from playing the opening night, rainouts and soggy fields were the theme of the week, and the running joke is that it was the Brew Birds' fault based on how many games they had rained out in 2025. For tonight's game, it was not looking promising. At around 6 pm, the rain started to fall, and the skies looked a little ominous, but as luck would have it, the rain stopped over Tottenham, and the chatter on WhatsApp was leaning toward getting the games in. I arrived at the diamond around 7:30 pm. The ground was damp, but the diamonds were playable. Around 8pm, a light rain started to fall; it sounded worst in the metal dugouts, but after a couple of innings, the rain moved out of the area for the night.

At game time, the Units had all 12 players dressed in new jerseys with a little different colour trimming on the shirts this season. I did not play in this game and kept score. The umpire was Dave T., and he was actually quite good. The Units were the visitors in this game.

In the top of the first inning, the Units looked great. I remember thinking this is a good hitting squad, the Units would score 6 runs and leave the 7th stranded on base. At the bottom of the inning, the Units only allowed the Meatballs to score 3 runs. I remember thinking this is a good defensive squad. After the first inning, the score was 6-3 for the Units.

The second inning was not pleasant for the Units. At the top of the inning, the Units scored 2 more runs, and that would be the total for the game. In the bottom of the inning, the Meatballs were cookin', they sent 10 batters to the plate and scored a 7-run inning.

As I mentioned, the Units did not score another run in this game, the Meatballs were spicy all game long and scored 4 more runs in the 3rd, and 5 more runs in the 5th, and when everything was on the table, the final score was 19-8 for da Meataballs. Revenge belonged to Meatballs on this night.

The Units' next game is Wednesday, May 20th, vs. The Master Batters. Go Units!!