GRISSLIES TEAR APART THE HURTIN' UNITS...

HURTIN' UNITS vs. THE GRISSLIES...

Game # 8 - June 8, 2011

Hurtin' Units lose 19-3

Team Record 5-3-0

Keogh Park- The first game of the evening was canceled due to lightening in the area, but by the time our game was set to start, the weather had cleared up considerably. This was the warmest June 8 (33 degrees) since 1950, but by game time it had cooled off and the evening was actually quite pleasant...It felt warmer to me on Monday than on this night...

This has been a bitter sweet week for me, with regards to baseball. On Monday evening we beat the Rebels in the bottom of the seventh inning, on Tuesday I subbed for the Dogcatchers and we beat the Lucky Stiffs ( one of the undefeated teams in the league) and then this game which we were man handled and it turned out to be very disappointing...

The funny thing is that I really do love to play ( win or lose) and even though I play hockey late on Thursday evening, I was actually considering playing ball again, if I was called to sub on Thursday. I've decided to not play ball or hockey on Thursday evening, I feel a little beaten up this week (sore back, sore knee, aching shoulder and I'm really tired), probably best to relax for an evening...

Bill J. made me laugh last night at the end of this game. Bill thinks it's his new shoes (cleats) that are responsible for our recent playing woes. He started wearing the new shoes 4 games ago, we lost the first two games, we were losing when he left the game on Monday night and we lost this game. Bill says he's not going to wear the shoes anymore... I'm glad to see that I'm not the only one who is superstitious...LOL.

This game against the Grisslies was like that strange, distant, long lost relative that you don't talk about, so let's not talk about it...Let's just move on. The Grisslies were the better team on this night winning 19-3.

Boxscore:            1    2    3    4     5     6     7          Total

Hurtin' Units       0    0    0    0     2     0     1             3     

Grisslies              3    0    6     2     1     5    2            19               

Our next game is Wednesday June 15, 2011 at Keogh Park vs. The Dusty Cleats at 9:30pm.  The Cleats are undefeated this season, we can redeem ourselves with a win against the Cleats...See ya there... 

HURTIN' UNITS LIGHT UP THE GRISWOLDS...

HURTIN' UNITS vs. GRISSLIES...

Game #15 - July 20, 2010


Hurtin' Units win 15-10


Team Record 13-1-1

Coventry Park- It was a beautiful evening for baseball. The storm clouds that were around earlier in the evening had pushed through and the skies were almost clear. At game time, the clouds were gone , but now the sun was shining into the faces of the players. Thankfully, we were on diamond # 3 and the tree line, on the west side of the diamond shielded most of us as the game progressed...

At game time, we had 9 players, I knew Tom, Chris N. and Chris R. were all going to be away, so I arranged for a sub. We picked up Wilf Roblin as a sub...The Grisslies only had 8 players at the start of the game, and after the first half of the inning we traded our sub Wilf to the Grisslies for a first round draft pick and a player to be named Later... I've never personally met anyone named Later, so as chances of seeing a player in this transaction are quite slim...

We were the home team again tonight. In the top of the first inning we had a difficult time with the hitting of the Grisslies. The Griswolds came out swinging, spraying the ball all around the field and when the half had ended, the Gris had scored 6 runs. The Units first at bat saw the team only score a single run... 6-1 Grisslies at the end of one...

In the second inning the Units defense tightened up and shut down the Grisslies. In the bottom of the second the Units scored 4 more runs and made the score 6-5 after two innings. The Units also left the bases loaded in the second.


The third inning saw the Gris score a single run and the Units countered with 7 big, juicy runs... Somehow this just sounds wrong, not the 7, but the big, juicy runs, sounds more something you do when you have the flu.. doesn't it? In the forth inning neither team could score. In the fifth inning the Units scored 3 more runs and shut down the side defensively...

The sixth inning was the open inning due to time restraints, and the Grisslies rallied to score 3 more runs, but in the end it would not be enough and the Units would go on to victory by a 15-10 score.

Boxscore:

                         1st     2nd    3rd    4th    5th    6th    7th   Total

Hurtin' Units     1        4        7       0       3       X      X       15   

Grisslies            6       0         1       0       0        3      X        10   

With the exception of the 1st inning the defense was solid again, in fact we were good in the first inning, but the Grisslies managed some good, timely hitting to score their first inning runs. We continue, as a team, to make smart decisions on the field, and stay out of trouble by not throwing the ball away, our communication on the diamond is great and our batting lineup can get us back into most games... Units United!!