LET THE PLAYOFF GAMES BEGIN.

HURTIN' UNITS HEAD IN TO THE 2017 PLAYOFFS. 

Playoff Games:

Game #1 - Rusty Rebels 

Sept. 12th, 2017

Units lose 20-13

Coventry Park- I would chalk this loss up to two reasons; one the powerful, powerful offense of the Rebels (no weak spots in their batting order) and the second that the Units were a bit nervous. It also didn't help that we were missing Darren H. The Rebels got off to an early lead and didn't look back.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	0	0	5	2	1	5	0	13
Rusty Rebels	2	4	7	3	0	0	4	20

Game # 2 - Master Batters

Sept. 13th, 2017

Units win 12-5

Over the last couple of seasons, the Master Batters seem to have the Hurtin' Units number during the regular season. But when it comes to the playoffs, the Units tighten up defensively and score those all important runs. 

In this game, the Units defense was not as stellar as it had been, but the offense was firing on all cylinders and when the diamond dust settled the Units would have their first win in the playoffs. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	0	7	1	2	0	1	1	12
Master Batters	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	5

Game # 3 - Tap Masters

Sept. 16th, 2017

Units lose 14-11

The Tap Masters were the Playoff champions and the Hurtin' Units actually gave them a closer game than the final game for the championship. 

After 4 innings of play, the game was tied at 6-6. The Masters would score 8 more runs in the final 3 innings, the Units would only manage another 5 runs, in the end the end the Tap Masters would win. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	0	2	4	0	0	2	3	11
Tap Masters	1	3	2	0	1	3	4	14

Game # 4 - Dusty Cleats.

Sept. 16th, 2017

Units win 13-10

The Hurtin' Units always seem to play the Dusty Cleats in the round robin, and it always seems to be an important game. The Units needed  at least another win to go on to Sunday games or an elimination game. 

Over the first 4 innings, the Cleats would out score the Units 8-4, but in the fifth inning, the Units would put up a 5 spot, taking the lead. The lead was short lived when the Cleats scored 2 runs in the bottom of the inning to regain the lead. The score after 5 innings was 10-9 for the Dusty Cleats. Over the next 2 innings, the Units would shut down the Cleats, no runs, the Units would also score another 4 runs for a 13-10 victory. 

Unfortunately, the win would get the Units a bye into Sunday, the Units would have to play an elimination game. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	4	0	0	0	5	1	3	13
Dusty Cleats	3	2	3	0	2	0	0	10

Game # 5 - Beer Bros. 

Sept. 16th, 2017

Units win 12-10

The Hurtin' Units and the Beer Bros. had played in the round robin and the Units had lost by a score of 14-11. A close game that could have gone either way with a lucky bounce or hit in our favor. 

This elimination was another close game, the Beer Bros. kept the Units off the score board over the first 3 innings, while scoring 3 runs for an early lead. The Units would finally get on the score board in the 4th inning with 2 runs, the Beer Bros. would also score another 2 runs. The score after 4 innings was 5-2 Beer Bros.

The Units would score another 3 runs in the fifth inning, but the Beer Bros. would counter with another 5 runs...crap!! The Units defense tightened up and did not allow the Beer Bros. another run in the game, the Units offense decided to show up and scored 7 runs over the final 2 innings. The Units would come back to defeat the Bros. by a score of 13-10 and play the Dogcatchers in the quarter finals on Sunday. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	0	0	0	2	3	2	5	13
Beer Bros.	2	0	1	2	5	0	0	10

Game # 6 - Dogcatchers.

Sept. 17th, 2017

Units lose 11-10

The game against the Dogcatchers was another close game. The Dogcatchers would get off to an early lead in the first inning scoring 5 runs to the Units single run. The Dogcatchers would score another 4 runs in the 3 inning and the Units scored another single in the 2nd inning. The score after 3 innings was 9-2 for the Catchers.  

The Units bats came to life in the fifth inning, scoring 3 runs. The Units would score runs in the final 4 innings, but in the end it would not be enough, the Dogcatchers would win 11-10. The Units season had come to an end.

The Dogcatchers would go on to the semi-finals and finals vs. the Tap Masters.  

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	1	1	0	3	2	1	2	10
Dogcatchers	5	0	4	0	2	0	0	11

Final Regular Season Results. 

Team	GP	Won	Lost	Tied	Points	RA	RD
Tottenham Twisters of New Tecumseth	24	18	5	1	37	284	132
Master Batters	24	17	7	0	34	278	68
Dog Catchers	24	16	8	0	32	228	102
Bat Flippers	23	16	7	0	32	297	80
Grisslies	24	15	8	1	31	278	64
Beer Bros.	24	13	10	1	27	312	-15
Hurtin' Units	24	13	11	0	26	292	37
Inglorious Batsters	24	13	11	0	26	416	-12
Tap Masters	24	11	12	1	23	290	29
Sliders	23	11	12	0	22	328	-34
Rusty Rebels	24	10	13	1	21	322	-1
Sons Of Pitches	24	10	13	1	21	327	-71
Dusty Cleats	24	10	14	0	20	326	-17
Hot Tub Woody''s	24	7	14	3	17	354	-52
Dodge City	24	7	16	1	15	334	-33
Gruesome Devils	24	6	18	0	12	376	-156
Draft Kings	24	5	19	0	10	361	-121
Gruesome Devils	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

INGLORIOUS BATSTERS HAMMER THE UNITS.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE INGLORIOUS BATSTERS.

GAME # 24- AUGUST 30TH, 2017

Hurtin' Units lose 31-17

Team Record- 13-11-0

Keogh Park- Coming in to this game, the Units had a 3 game winning streak and during that winning streak they grabbed possession of the Beer Cup from the Twisters and defended it against the Rusty Rebels and the Gruesome Devils. A victory against the Inglorious Batsters would give the Units a Beer Cup win for the second season in a row. 

The Inglorious Batsters had different plans. The Batsters laid a good ole fashion, out behind the barn, ass kicking. The Batsters would hand the Units their worst loss of the 2017 season. The Units would play a offensive game, scoring 17 runs of their own, but the Batsters had everything (offensively) going, scoring 7 runs in 3 different innings. There were 48 total runs scored in this game. 

The Batsters would win the game and become the 2017 Beer Cup winners.    

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	2	3	3	2	2	2	5	17
Inglorious batsters	3	7	1	7	7	6	0	31

HURTIN' UNITS DEFEAT THE REBELS

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE RUSTY REBELS.

Game # 23 - August 29, 2017

Hurtin' Units win 11-5

Team Record- 13-10-0

Keogh Park- The Hurtin' Units had taken possession of the Beer Cup when they had defeated the Tottenham Twisters back on August 16th. This game vs. the Rebels would be another chance, for the Units, to defend the Beer Cup and if they Units won the game it would be the 3rd win in a row. 

The Hurtin' Units won the Beer Cup last season and with the victory against the Rebels they would only have to defeat the Inglorious Batsters to repeat as Beer Cup winners. 

In this game the Units would play solid defense against the high powered offense of the Rusty Rebels. The Units would not allow a Rebels run in the first 5 innings, the Units would score 11 runs in the first 3 innings and would cruise to a 11-5 win. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	11
The Rusty Rebels	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5

UNITS SQUEAK BY THE DEVILS WITH SKELETON CREW.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE GRUESOME DEVILS. 

Game # 22 - August 22, 2017

Hurtin' Units win 11-5.

Team Record -12-10-0 

Coventry Park- At game time the Hurtin' Units only had 7 of their own players. We had called for a sub, but we did not expect being so short staffed. Missing from this game were Ryan, Dave, Winston, Bob and Darren. Just before game time, I talked to Scotty P. and he agreed to let the Units pick up a couple of subs from the 7:00pm game. The Units picked up Wayne W., Craig E. and Joe L. 

The game was close up to the top of the seventh inning, when the Units scored 6 unanswered runs and held on for a 12-5 win. 

The Units would defend the Beer Cup in this game. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	0	3	0	2	0	1	6	12
GRUE DEVILS	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	6

UNITS HOLD TIGHT IN TWISTER FILLED NIGHT.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE TOTTENHAM TWISTERS OF NEW TECUMSETH. 

Game # 21 - August 16th, 2017

Hurtin' Units win 15-9

Team Record - 11-10-0

Keogh Park - For the second time this season the Hurtin' Units defeated the Tottenham Twisters. The Twisters would finish the season with an 18-5-1 record and 2 of those losses came at the bats of the Units. The Units defense in this game was solid, holding the high powered Twisters to only 9 runs. The Units were full marks for a solid victory. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	2	0	4	5	2	2	0	15
TWISTERS	1	1	0	3	0	0	4	9

MASTER BATTERS LAY A BEATING ON UNITS.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. MASTER BATTERS.

Game # 20 - August 14th, 2017

Hurtin' Units lose 25-15

Team Record - 11-9-0

Keogh Park- There are some teams that just seem to have the Units number during the regular season. One of those teams in the Master Batters. The Units always have a difficult time vs. the Batters almost every season, maybe the threat of Gord and Dave just keeps us on our toes. 

This game was a offensive battle, the Units got down early, 14-3 in the first 2 innings and it was an uphill battle even to game the game close again. After 4 innings, the Units had closed the gap slightly, but a 5 run inning, for the Batters in the fifth inning, put this game away. 40 runs in total scored in this game. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	3	0	2	1	0	4	5	15
Master Batters	7	7	2	0	5	4	0	25

BEER BROS. SNEAK BY THE UNITS...AGAIN.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE BEER BROS. 

Game # 19 - August 8, 2017

Hurtin' Units lose 14-11

Team Record -10-9-0 

Keogh Park- For the second time this season the Beer Bros. would come back and squeak out a win vs. the Hurtin' Units. The Units showed some strong defense in the early innings, only allowing 2 runs in the four innings, but the wheels fell off in the fifth, as the Bros. scored 5 runs. In the seventh inning, the Units could not shut the door and the Beer Bros. would tack on another 7 runs for the win. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	3	0	0	1	3	2	2	11
BEER BROS.	0	0	0	2	5	0	7	14

GRISSLIES LIGHTS OUT AGAINST THE UNITS.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE GRISSLIES. 

Game # 18

Hurtin' Units lose 19-7

Team Record-10-7-0 

Keogh Park- This game was definitely the worst loss of the season for the Units. The Grisslies would score in 6 of the 7 innings and when the diamond dust settled the Grisslies would easily cruise to a huge win. 

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
	Hurtin' Units	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	7
	GRISSLIES	2	0	3	2	2	4	6	19

Units Battle the Kings.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE DRAFT KINGS. 

Game # 17 - July 25th, 2017

Hurtin' Units win 10-7

Team Record - 10-7-0

Coventry Park- I mentioned on several occasions that it has been a tough go of it for me with the blog, I seemed very distracted this season and my interest in doing this is really not there. That said, the blog has been a wonderful resource in looking back for game information from the past, so I believe I must keep it going, even if it is the minimal amount.  

If you captain in this league long enough you are going to have a season where nothing seems to go right. For the Draft Kings, this is their season. As I am writing this, the Draft Kings have a record of 3-15-0 with 6 points. Been there, done that! In 2014, the Hurtin' Units finished the season with a record of 3-18-1, not our finest hour or season. 

For this game the weather was good, no rain, good temperature.

At game time we were missing Bob and Dave.

The game was not very exciting, and at times we did not look very good batting. Our bats have gone a little cold over the last few games. The Units managed to hold on for the win and record our 10th win of the season. 

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Hurtin' Units	3	0	5	0	2	0	X	10
Draft Kings	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	7

Units Get Dusted By Cleats.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE DUSTY CLEATS.

Game #16 - July 24th, 2017

Units lose 8-7

Team Record- 9-6-0

Keogh Park- For the first time this season, the Hurtin' Units played a team for the second time. Back on May 16, 2017 the Units played the Dusty Cleats in the Units season opener. The Cleats would prevail by a 10-3 score. I guess our bats were a little to start the season. 

At game time, for this second game, the Units were missing Dave and Bob.

The weather was perfect, the temperature was around 23 degrees, no wind and a sun/cloud mix.

The game went back and forth with both teams taking the lead at some point in the game. 

Going in to the top of the seventh inning, the Units trailed by a score of 8-7. The Units would get the based loaded with 2 out and Winston G. coming to the plate. Winston would hit the ball hard in to the gap in RCF, but the Cleats outfielder would make a great catch and the game was over. The Dusty Cleats would prevail (again) by a score of 8-7.  The Hurtin' Units would lose their 3rd one run game of the season. 

The Units  next game is Tuesday July 25th, 2017 vs. the Draft Kings. 

UNITS BEAT GRISSLIES.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE GRISSLIES. 

Game # 15 - July 20th, 2017

Hurtin' Units win 20-15

Team Record- 9-6-0

Keogh Park- For the first time since 2014, I was unable to play. I had a sore toe (not sure, could have been gout), but there was no way I could play. It was time to call up the P2. It would be the first time that Peter would pitch this season. I thought he did an excellent job. 

The weather was really good for the game, there was some humidity, earlier in the day there was a risk of thunderstorms, but by game time it was all cleared up. 

At game time, the Units had 10 players ready to play. Missing from this game were Dave and Jimmer. 

Just like the HTKP tournament, this game was a tight, well played and very close. Each team would hold the lead on several occasions and it came down to the final inning to determine a winner. The Hurtin' Units would prevail by a score of 20-15.

Nice game Units.  

UNITS DODGE THE ROUNDERS.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE DODGE CITY ROUNDERS.

Game #14 - July 19th, 2017

Hurtin' Units win 18-9

Team Record- 8-6-0

Keogh Park- In the first have of the season the schedule did not play in our favor. We were the visitors most of the time and we were playing most of our games in Coventry. Over the next 8 games were are the home team 7 times and the bulk of the games are at Keogh Park. 

The weather for this game was good. The temperature was hovering around 25 degrees, the skies were clear and there was a slight breeze. 

At game time, the only missing Units player was Dave. 

The home team Units would take an early lead in this game scoring 7 runs in the bottom of the first inning. The Rounders had a couple of innings where they fought back. In the 3rd inning, Dodge City would hit a 3 run homerun and a single run homerun. The Units would score another 7 run inning in the sixth to seal the deal.

The Units were solid defensively and offensively in this game. Nice job Units. 

THE HTKP HANGOVER

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE SLIDERS. 

Game # 13- July 10th, 2017

Hurtin' Units win 10-9

Team Record - 7-6-0

Keogh Park- The HTKP  Tournament was played over the weekend before this game. This game vs. the Sliders was actually the first game of the week. 

Based on the final score, it would appear that both teams had a little bit of a tournament hangover, although now that I think about it, the Sliders didn't even put a team in the tournament. There were several of the Sliders players scattered on different teams. The Hurtin' Units picked up Al (Bones) from the Sliders in HTKP  tournament.

This game was a slow starter and it took until the third inning to see a run put up on the board. 

The 3rd to the 5th saw only one run scored. 

The final score was a 10-9 win for the Units. 

Play of the Game: 
Winston made a running catch (running a long way) to have the ball hit in his glove, bounce out, juggling from hand to hand several times, all while still running. Awesome catch!!     

HELPING THE RASCALS PLAY.

HTKP TOURNAMENT. 

Coventry Park- It always amazes me how quickly the year goes bye. The 2017 Oldtimers season is half over and the Help the Kids tournament is upon us again. This year the tournament is a little different for the Units (obviously the team is different with the exception of Peter and Myself), but this year the Hurtin' Units are the defending champions of the tournament. 

Last year, the Units won the tournament for the first time. There has never been a team that his won the HTKP tournament twice in a row, in fact there has never been a team win the tournament twice in the 10 year history of the tournament. Could this be the year that a team will win twice? 

Winning this tournament for the second year will be a tough task. The Oldtimer division has some good teams this season. The Grisslies, the Twisters, the Bat Flippers and the Dogcatchers are all having a great season. The Units are a good team, but have been a little inconsistent over the last 5 or 6 games. I believe we have the team to win the tournament, but we have to play a solid defensive and the offensive has to be firing on all cylinders to have a chance. 

Darren Hall is dreamy. 

Game # 1- Saturday July 8th, 2017

Hurtin' Units vs Hottub Woodies

Hurtin' Units lose 16-8

Coventry Park-I'm not sure what it was, but the Units bats were not hitting well, at all, in this game. 
I'm really not very lucky when it comes to coin tosses. In the round robin portion of this tournament, I lost the toss everytime. The first time was against the Hottub Woodys. 

Against the Hottub Woodys, we did not have a very good start, in fact I can honestly say it was horrible. Our bats, in the first couple of innings, were weak and our defense was a little shaky. I will call it first game jitters. The Woodys would be victorious in our first game of the tournament.  

Game # 2 - Saturday July 8th, 2017

Hurtin' Units vs. Beer Bros.

Hurtin' Units win 9-3

Keogh Park- Our second game would see the Units up against Beer Bros. at Keogh Park. The Beer Bros. picked up Steve Lahey as a replacement player for the tournament. Steve would hit a blast into the tennis courts during the game. 

This game was a defensive gem, with both teams shutting down their opponent. Going in to the seventh inning the score was 3-2  for the Beer Bros. The first 2 Hurtin' Units batters would get out, the second out would be myself. I would hit a pop up to Steve Lahey, I would stop running, Steve would drop the ball, upon realizing the ball drop I began running again, 
Steve would recover the ball, throw to second base for a fictitious base runner, and then the ball was thrown to first to get me out (I could hear Stef in my head, telling me to always run it out). D'oh!!

The Units had 2 out and it was up to Dion to keep the inning alive. Dion would hit a single. The next Unit's batter was Ryan Rawn, Ryan would hit to the second baseman, the ball would get tied up feet of the baseman and all runners would be safe. This would bring up the top of the Units order and the boys at the top would deliver. When the diamond dust settled the Units would have scored 7 runs, all with 2 outs. The Beer Bros. would have the bottom of the inning to come back. Unfortunately, they would down 1,2,3. The Units would win their first game of the Tournament by a 9-3 score.   

Game # 3- Saturday 8th, 2017

Hurtin' Units vs. Gruesome Devils

Hurtin' Units win 20-6

Coventry Park- In the Units vs. the Gruesome Devils game, the Units came out to play. In the early innings, the game was very close, but the visiting Units (lost the coin toss again) would start to string multiple hitting together over multiple innnings. 

When the dust settled, the Units would be victorious and put up a much needed +7. At the end of the round robin, the Units had 4 points and a +6, tied with two other teams for the final 2 bye spots. The Units would squeak in to the final bye spot. The Grisslies would be the odd team out and would play a elimination game vs. the Gruesome Devils on Sunday morning. The Grisslies would defeat the Devils and face the Units in the quarter finals. 

Quarter Final Game- Sunday July 9th, 2017

Hurtin' Units vs. Grisslies.

Units win 7-6

Coventry Park- Win or go home! The Units and Grisslies always have a good games and this one was as good as it gets. I loved the intensity of this game; every at bat, every pitch, every mistake could result in a loss or a win. 

Hooray!! the were the home team for the first time in the tournament, based on seeding.

This game was close and going in to the bottom of the 7th inning, the Units found themselves down by a score of 6-5 for the Grisslies. The Units would score the tying run on an in the park homerun by Steve W. 

The Units would get the winning run to third base, Jimmer (myself) would be batting, Jimmer would hit a line drive in to RCF and drive in the winning run. The Units win 7-6 in an awesome game. 

The Units were headed to the semi-finals vs. the Tap Masters. 

Semi Final Game- 
Sunday July 9th, 2017

Hurtin' Units vs. Tap Masters. 

Hurtin' Units lose 15-12. 

Coventry Park-The Hurtin' Units and the Tap Masters had played earlier in the week and the Tappers won the game by a 25-22 score. This game was a little tighter. 

This game would be a back and forth event, each team scoring and other countering. At the end of 4 innings the Units lead by a score of 5-4. 

In the fifth inning, the Tappers scored 3 runs and the Units scored 2, after 5 complete innings the score was tied 7-7. 

In the sixth inning, the Tap Masters would put up 7 runs and take a huge lead. In the bottom of the inning, the Units went down 1,2,3. The score at the end of 6 innings was 14-7 for the Masters. 

In the top of the seventh inning, the Tappers would tack on another run. The Units were now down by 8 runs. In the bottom of the inning, the Units would score 5 runs with no outs, Dave would be the first out. The Units would get a runners on 3rd and 2nd bases, the tying run would get the tying run to the plate with 2 out. Unfortunately, the tying run would ground out and the Units come back attempt would end. The Units tournament run had come to an end. 

The Tappers would go on to play the Sons of Pitches in the final, the Tap Masters would would be victorious and win their second HTKP tournament. Tap Masters won the tournament in 2014.

LITTLE TIMMY AND THE TAPPERS.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE TAP MASTERS.

Game # 11- July 5th, 2017

Hurtin' Units lose 25-22 

Team Record - 6-5-0 

Keogh Park- This season I have struggled  to keep up with the blog. I find that I seam be distracted by other stuff going on and can't seem to get my head into it. So, the best I thing I can do is to say something quickly and move on to the next posting. 

The game before this one, the Units played the Twisters and would come away with a 11-4 win. This game we score 22 runs and lose. WTF! The truth is this game we a real back and forth event, the Tappers would score 5, the Units would score 4, the Tappers would score 2, the Units would score 4... it would be like that all evening long. In the end when the diamond dust settled, the Tappers would walk away with a 25-22 win. 

Next up for the Hurtin' Units is the HTKP tournament. 

UNITS TAME THE TWISTERS.

HURTIN' UNITS VS. THE TOTTENHAM TWISTERS OF NEW TECUMSETH.

Game # 11- July 4th, 2017.

Hurtin' Units win 11-4.

Team Record- 6-5-0

Coventry Park- Coming in to this game, the Twisters were sitting on top of the league standings. The Twisters only had a single loss. This game was going to be a challenge for the Units. 

The weather for this game was great, the temperature was around 22 degrees, the skies were a sun/cloud mix and there was soft breeze. 

The Units defense was stellar in this game. The Twisters were the top run producers coming in to this game and the Units would limit them with very few opportunities. The Units offense would capitalize on their chances and scoring 11 runs would be enough to hold on for the victory. Hurtin' Units win 11-4.