OBI finished the 10-4 and in second place for Season 6. We will face the winner of 1st round action between Diamondback Pools and BMW (big guess on who will take this one ;~) ) January 8th in the Season 6 Tourney.
The two weeks off for the 2014 Holidaze!!! will be both a blessing and a,,, well, umm, an opportunity. The blessing comes in the form of time off to heal. Several OBI players are dealing with injuries that are limiting their effectiveness. This is also an opportunity for those who need a New Year's Resolution to choose to begin improving their skill sets... LOL
Yes, yes, yes,,, it seems whenever we have an extended break, our bats and gloves take a few extra games to get back on track... Thus, for one, I am planning to put in some time exercising and may even contact Steven for some BP (yes, that does tell you how much I want to make a good showing to start 2015 LOL)...
Game 1 this week, OBI jumped out early and held a 12-3 lead after 5 innings. Empty Pitchers plated 4 in each of the final two innings. The last out of the 7th was made with the tying run on base.
Late arrivals John and Spillane faired well in the 11 & 12 spots in the order going 3-4 with a SF. Fill in Rod (a Senior Major Plus player with Arizona Elite) played good defense and was 2-3.
The fast start was due to those bats plus a quick start in the first as Matt and Clint singled and moved up one base on Paul's "Sacrifice Bunt". Michael singled them in and moved to third on Steven's double. These two scored on consecutive hits by Jayse and Nuta.
In the fourth, Larry scored from second on John's Sac Fly to Center. Larry returned the favor driving in a fifth inning run with a Sac Fly of his own.
Game 2 was a very quiet affair on the OBI side of the ball. Falling behind by 5 after the top of the first, it took 4 innings to score our first runs. Down 4-10 at that point, we were able to muster only 1 additional run and the final of 5-12 seemed closer than we really were.
Stats for 2014 and Season 6 will be available soon. And 2013-2014 stats will be posted after Jan. 8th...
Wishing all OBIers and their families the best during the Holidaze!!! May you all enjoy the season and have safe travels.
Monday, December 22, 2014
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Split City Returns for the Holidaze!
9-3 One Bad Inning came out rather flat after a holiday/weather induced 3-week vacation. 7-5 Diamondback Pools / CADCON scored early and often jumping out to an 11-2 lead after 3 innings. The OBI Defense came to the rescue and held DBack Pools to 10 runs over the final 10 innings of the night. The OBI Offense awoke just enough from our slumber to score 15 over the same spand and take Game 2 9-7.
Game 1 loss (8-14) was pretty quiet on the offensive side of the ball by OBI standards. Matt, Steve, and Spillane accounted for half of our base runners with 8 hits and a walk. The remaining 8 in the lineup had just 9 hits.
Our defense gave a few extra outs away, however, the reason for the seasonal generosity was shared by Dback Pools making the gifts about as equal as it gets. The coolness of the evening did seem to help the ball fly a bit better as the night wore on.
And speaking of ball flight,,, the new Dudley balls will be in and ready for use at Victory Lane around the first of the year. The mush-ball era comes to a close once again. Soooo Happy I am...
Game 2 started quickly as Juan R. lifted a Big Fly to RC field scoring both Michael and Spillane. The lead remained 3-0 till the top of the third. Jayse, Michael, and Spillane singled ahead of run scoring hits by Juan R. and John (currently with the top batting average in Season 6).
John, Paul and Larry's 6th inning hits pushed the lead to 7-3 but DBack Pools would not go away and pushed across two of their own. In the top of the 7th, Michael's RBI Triple to the right field corner turned out to be huge insurance run-wise. OBI owned a 4 run lead after Spillane's single scored Michael, and the Defense closed down the rally in the bottom of the 7th ending the threat and holding on for the 9-7 final.
Again, the top of the order was huge as the top 5 in the order reached base 14 times in 20 plate appearances. The last 6 in the order reached 6 times...
Notes:
Game 1 loss (8-14) was pretty quiet on the offensive side of the ball by OBI standards. Matt, Steve, and Spillane accounted for half of our base runners with 8 hits and a walk. The remaining 8 in the lineup had just 9 hits.
Our defense gave a few extra outs away, however, the reason for the seasonal generosity was shared by Dback Pools making the gifts about as equal as it gets. The coolness of the evening did seem to help the ball fly a bit better as the night wore on.
And speaking of ball flight,,, the new Dudley balls will be in and ready for use at Victory Lane around the first of the year. The mush-ball era comes to a close once again. Soooo Happy I am...
Game 2 started quickly as Juan R. lifted a Big Fly to RC field scoring both Michael and Spillane. The lead remained 3-0 till the top of the third. Jayse, Michael, and Spillane singled ahead of run scoring hits by Juan R. and John (currently with the top batting average in Season 6).
John, Paul and Larry's 6th inning hits pushed the lead to 7-3 but DBack Pools would not go away and pushed across two of their own. In the top of the 7th, Michael's RBI Triple to the right field corner turned out to be huge insurance run-wise. OBI owned a 4 run lead after Spillane's single scored Michael, and the Defense closed down the rally in the bottom of the 7th ending the threat and holding on for the 9-7 final.
Again, the top of the order was huge as the top 5 in the order reached base 14 times in 20 plate appearances. The last 6 in the order reached 6 times...
Notes:
- Juan R. once again filled in well with a 5-7, 7 RBI, 2 Double and a Home Run on his stat line.
- The outfield played admirably, being short-handed, against a quality opponent.
- The infield played well enough to make most of the plays and not give the game away.
- With two important players missing, the team rallied to earn the split.
- John has taken the lead in Batting Average and Steve retains his On Base Pct lead.
- OBI needs more consistency at the plate.
- OBI needs one win to earn a bye in the Season 6 Playoffs.
- The Holidaze are always fun and stressful.
Monday, November 24, 2014
Come From Behind Victory Vaults OBI to D2 Division Lead...
Season 6's Week 5 was a struggle for all three 6-2 teams tied atop the D2 Division standings:
Play this week was offensively impressive in Game 1 and we even showed some grit in Game 2.
The four inning affair that was Game 1's 19-3 route was mostly about timely hitting, gifts from the generous benefactors playing BMW's Defense, and some decent defense. The big story of the night may be Jacob's three walks that have put him atop the category for Season 6. Or it just might be the BMW Defense, tough call...
The top of the first was highlighted by Michael's 2-run triple (aka, Single to Left that passed thru the fielders legs and rolled to the fence). In the second inning, OBI built an 8-0 lead by scoring 5 runs. This inning featured a second walk by Jacob and Nuta's Home Run (aka, Single to LC that passed thru the fielders legs and rolled to the fence).
John scored the first out of the third inning. And the final out of the inning. In between, OBI pushed across 9 runs that included a 3-run Triple (aka, Single to Left that passed thru the fielders legs and rolled to the fence) by Matt... No mention will be made in this blog posting about consecutive hits to LF (aka dropped popups) by anyone, especially third basemen. 'Nuff said...
Game 2 started slow and we led 1-0 after one inning. The first batter made an out, and we scored a run in spite of that fact,,, both in Game 1 and 2. A good sign.
What was not a good sign was a stupid yellow ball that would not find its way into our gloves in the top of the second. Instead, BMW hopped out to a 10-1 lead which inflated to 12-1 going into the bottom of the third.
OBI scored 3 in the third, 5 in the fourth, and one each in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings. Hitting was contagious as each player did what they do best and did not try to force the issue.
Down 13-11 going to the seventh, the Defense held BMW scoreless for the 3rd time in four innings. In the last half, OBI was led by John and Paul singling to begin the parade. A deep drive to CF by JR was run down but the fielder was unable to control the ball. This put the tying run on third and winning run on 2nd base.
Simple enough, both Nuta and Larry produced run scoring singles that gave us the win, sweep, and D2 Division lead going into December play. Keep on Keepin' On OBI !!!
YTD Stat Notes:
-- DC and Steve have qualified and will win the Batting Average and On Base PCT titles in 2014.
-- Nuta may qualify but both Paul and Jacob will fall just short.
-- Matt, Larry and JR will have played the most games.
-- Okay, enough hints ;~)
-- At seasons end, along with 2014 YTD stat posting, the 2013-2014 stats will be accumulated and a sheet covering both years included in the blog.
- 6-4 Diamondback Pools/Cadcon took 2 on the chin, losing to 5-5 Empty Pitchers.
- 7-3 Mamma's Boys split with 3-7 No Glove No Love.
- 8-2 OBI came from a Game 2 12-1 deficit to win 14-13 by scoring 3 in the bottom of the 7th inning and sweep 1-9 BMW.
Play this week was offensively impressive in Game 1 and we even showed some grit in Game 2.
The four inning affair that was Game 1's 19-3 route was mostly about timely hitting, gifts from the generous benefactors playing BMW's Defense, and some decent defense. The big story of the night may be Jacob's three walks that have put him atop the category for Season 6. Or it just might be the BMW Defense, tough call...
The top of the first was highlighted by Michael's 2-run triple (aka, Single to Left that passed thru the fielders legs and rolled to the fence). In the second inning, OBI built an 8-0 lead by scoring 5 runs. This inning featured a second walk by Jacob and Nuta's Home Run (aka, Single to LC that passed thru the fielders legs and rolled to the fence).
John scored the first out of the third inning. And the final out of the inning. In between, OBI pushed across 9 runs that included a 3-run Triple (aka, Single to Left that passed thru the fielders legs and rolled to the fence) by Matt... No mention will be made in this blog posting about consecutive hits to LF (aka dropped popups) by anyone, especially third basemen. 'Nuff said...
Game 2 started slow and we led 1-0 after one inning. The first batter made an out, and we scored a run in spite of that fact,,, both in Game 1 and 2. A good sign.
What was not a good sign was a stupid yellow ball that would not find its way into our gloves in the top of the second. Instead, BMW hopped out to a 10-1 lead which inflated to 12-1 going into the bottom of the third.
OBI scored 3 in the third, 5 in the fourth, and one each in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings. Hitting was contagious as each player did what they do best and did not try to force the issue.
Down 13-11 going to the seventh, the Defense held BMW scoreless for the 3rd time in four innings. In the last half, OBI was led by John and Paul singling to begin the parade. A deep drive to CF by JR was run down but the fielder was unable to control the ball. This put the tying run on third and winning run on 2nd base.
Simple enough, both Nuta and Larry produced run scoring singles that gave us the win, sweep, and D2 Division lead going into December play. Keep on Keepin' On OBI !!!
-- DC and Steve have qualified and will win the Batting Average and On Base PCT titles in 2014.
-- Nuta may qualify but both Paul and Jacob will fall just short.
-- Matt, Larry and JR will have played the most games.
-- Okay, enough hints ;~)
-- At seasons end, along with 2014 YTD stat posting, the 2013-2014 stats will be accumulated and a sheet covering both years included in the blog.
Monday, November 17, 2014
It Is Good To Be One of the Haves ...
Halfway thru Season 6, our 6-2 OBI maintains a share of the D2 Division lead. Split City battle 6-2 Mamma's Boys this week while 6-2 Diamondback Pool/CADCON swept 2-6 No Glove No Love. A three-way tie for the division lead and we hold in our own hands a sometimes slippery key,,, our own destiny.
With our Game 1 victory 12-8 and 9-11 loss in Game 2 to Mamma's Boys this week, we hold the tie-breaker by point differential. Week 7 battle with Diamondback Pools/CADCON looms if OBI can take care of business against BMW and Empty Pitchers over the next 2 weeks.
This weeks games were both close scores, although OBI lead 12-3 going into the bottom of the last inning in Game 1. Paul got things going in Game 1 by driving in Jayse to tie the game at 1 in the top of the second. And then OBI lit up the scoreboard, a bit, by putting up back to back 5 to build an 11-3 lead.
John continued his hot hitting by starting the 3rd inning parade off with a triple. Well, mainly Michael runs about the speed of a parade though that is only because he likes to slide, but I digress. After Matt, Clint, and Jacob singled,,, Spillane's 3-run triple broke it open. Michael finished off the scoring by doubling on a pitch that should have been a Sac Fly (I will take it)...
The 4th inning had another 3 singles from Paul, Nuta, and John,,, promptly followed by Larry's right field line type line drive that turned into a 3-run HR. Spillane later singled to score 4for4 Matt again.
The 5-man infield again worked its magic. Our play was good, but the mental game it forces our opponents to play is worth every bit of learning curve we are going through with this new defensive alignment.
Game 2 was a back and forth battle won by Mamma's Boys on the strength of a 5-run fifth inning. This wiped out a two run lead and down 8-11 at that point,,, OBI would muster only one run in the final two innings.
OBI's 4-spot in the bottom of the first inning was started by a Michael Base on Balls. Jayse, Steve (double), Nuta (triple) and John hit safely in the inning. We were quiet till the bottom of the third when Michael drove a 2-2 pitch deep into the night. Steve later informed me the umpire stated that he had just thrown in one of the old "Victory Lane" stamped backup balls (I do so miss the days of swinging at non-mush balls).
A fourth inning 3-spot swung the lead back in our favor at 8-6. Paul, John, Larry, Clint and Jacob were contributors to this innings cause making the pendulum of momentum swing our way for a whole half inning. Alas, the Boys followed up with their 5-run fifth and Split City is Baaaaccckkk !!!
Following are a few special notes:
-- This weeks defense was very good, once again. A couple dropped balls after long runs in the outfield, a couple bobbled balls in the infield, and we converted almost everything else. Good Plays all, whether we play with what defense,,, I am always proud of the effort. That and the way Spillane always uses his head on Defense.
-- Thus far in Season 6 we have played 5-man infield 3 of 4 weeks:
Infield W-L Runs_Against
5-Man 5-1 13.8 6.5
4-Man 1-1 8.5 6.0 (played on field 5)
Totals 6-2 12.5 6.4
Final Verdict is still out,,, but thus far, I am having fun I tell ya.
-- Forwards and Backwards: Paul (forward K) and Michael (backwards K) each had a strike out...
-- Stat of the Week: Jayse, Jacob and Mike walked... Steve did not!!!
With our Game 1 victory 12-8 and 9-11 loss in Game 2 to Mamma's Boys this week, we hold the tie-breaker by point differential. Week 7 battle with Diamondback Pools/CADCON looms if OBI can take care of business against BMW and Empty Pitchers over the next 2 weeks.
This weeks games were both close scores, although OBI lead 12-3 going into the bottom of the last inning in Game 1. Paul got things going in Game 1 by driving in Jayse to tie the game at 1 in the top of the second. And then OBI lit up the scoreboard, a bit, by putting up back to back 5 to build an 11-3 lead.
John continued his hot hitting by starting the 3rd inning parade off with a triple. Well, mainly Michael runs about the speed of a parade though that is only because he likes to slide, but I digress. After Matt, Clint, and Jacob singled,,, Spillane's 3-run triple broke it open. Michael finished off the scoring by doubling on a pitch that should have been a Sac Fly (I will take it)...
The 4th inning had another 3 singles from Paul, Nuta, and John,,, promptly followed by Larry's right field line type line drive that turned into a 3-run HR. Spillane later singled to score 4for4 Matt again.
The 5-man infield again worked its magic. Our play was good, but the mental game it forces our opponents to play is worth every bit of learning curve we are going through with this new defensive alignment.
Game 2 was a back and forth battle won by Mamma's Boys on the strength of a 5-run fifth inning. This wiped out a two run lead and down 8-11 at that point,,, OBI would muster only one run in the final two innings.
OBI's 4-spot in the bottom of the first inning was started by a Michael Base on Balls. Jayse, Steve (double), Nuta (triple) and John hit safely in the inning. We were quiet till the bottom of the third when Michael drove a 2-2 pitch deep into the night. Steve later informed me the umpire stated that he had just thrown in one of the old "Victory Lane" stamped backup balls (I do so miss the days of swinging at non-mush balls).
A fourth inning 3-spot swung the lead back in our favor at 8-6. Paul, John, Larry, Clint and Jacob were contributors to this innings cause making the pendulum of momentum swing our way for a whole half inning. Alas, the Boys followed up with their 5-run fifth and Split City is Baaaaccckkk !!!
Following are a few special notes:
-- This weeks defense was very good, once again. A couple dropped balls after long runs in the outfield, a couple bobbled balls in the infield, and we converted almost everything else. Good Plays all, whether we play with what defense,,, I am always proud of the effort. That and the way Spillane always uses his head on Defense.
-- Thus far in Season 6 we have played 5-man infield 3 of 4 weeks:
Infield W-L Runs_Against
5-Man 5-1 13.8 6.5
4-Man 1-1 8.5 6.0 (played on field 5)
Totals 6-2 12.5 6.4
Final Verdict is still out,,, but thus far, I am having fun I tell ya.
-- Forwards and Backwards: Paul (forward K) and Michael (backwards K) each had a strike out...
-- Stat of the Week: Jayse, Jacob and Mike walked... Steve did not!!!
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
He's Baaaaaaaacccccckkkkkk .......
An Old Soul returned to 5-1 One Bad Inning two weeks ago and in week 3 Steven has brought an element missing from our team's repertoire, patience at the plate. In the prior 20 games, OBI has tallied 2 Base on Balls. In two games this week, Steven now walked 3 times. The walks (patience, as it were) were infectious. Jayse, JR and Matt each reached base via BB giving us 6 on the night.
2-4 No Glove No Love did have their own moments in the Field 6 Lights. Cheers abounded in both games when they scored their first run of the game. NGNL scored two in the 4th inning of Game 1's 2-12 five inning run rule. They were also able to push across a 5 spot in the bottom of the 6th inning in game 2's 7-25 loss.
OBI scored 14 in the top of that 6th inning as we racked up 12 consecutive hits with 2 outs. Spillane saved Michael from a second opportunity to make the final out of our night. This was a nice 55th Birthday present for Michael (man I am old)...
Game 1 was highlighted by Matt's 3-3 performance, Jayse and Stevens' back to back Walks resulting in 1 RBI, plus a 7-run second inning. In the inning, Paul, John B., Larry, Juan R., and Matt singled to start the inning. Clint doubled and Spillane tripled to cap the strong hitting.
Game 2 was all about consistency at the plate, oh and the 14 run final inning at the plate. Leading 5-1 in the top of the 4th inning, OBI batted around, pushing 6 runs across the plate. After a quiet 5th inning, the dam broke,,,
21 batters went to the plate with all but 3 batting twice in the inning. Picking up two hits a piece were JR, Paul, John, Larry, Matt and Clint. All had at least 2 hits in the game.
Larry once again pitched extremely well (duh). Jacob, Jayse, and Paul patrolled the outfield, also extremely well. This allowed the 5-man infield to work its magic. Ok, Ok,,, our youth and speed in the outfield is what really makes the 5-man infield work... There, I said it... Can we please move on.........
Leaders at the plate bat throughout our lineup. Our consistency there pay dividends all of season 6. Back with us for the second consecutive season, John B. has found his groove and is in the top 3 for Batting Avg. Paul is leading both in Runs Scored and RBIs. Hmmmm, and Base on Balls is once again a viable category. 'Nuff Said...
This weeks matchup is against 5-1 Mamma's Boys on Field 1. Chris Nuta will return to the lineup giving us more depth in the outfield. Keep on Keepin' On, Boiz !!!
2-4 No Glove No Love did have their own moments in the Field 6 Lights. Cheers abounded in both games when they scored their first run of the game. NGNL scored two in the 4th inning of Game 1's 2-12 five inning run rule. They were also able to push across a 5 spot in the bottom of the 6th inning in game 2's 7-25 loss.
OBI scored 14 in the top of that 6th inning as we racked up 12 consecutive hits with 2 outs. Spillane saved Michael from a second opportunity to make the final out of our night. This was a nice 55th Birthday present for Michael (man I am old)...
Game 1 was highlighted by Matt's 3-3 performance, Jayse and Stevens' back to back Walks resulting in 1 RBI, plus a 7-run second inning. In the inning, Paul, John B., Larry, Juan R., and Matt singled to start the inning. Clint doubled and Spillane tripled to cap the strong hitting.
Game 2 was all about consistency at the plate, oh and the 14 run final inning at the plate. Leading 5-1 in the top of the 4th inning, OBI batted around, pushing 6 runs across the plate. After a quiet 5th inning, the dam broke,,,
21 batters went to the plate with all but 3 batting twice in the inning. Picking up two hits a piece were JR, Paul, John, Larry, Matt and Clint. All had at least 2 hits in the game.
Larry once again pitched extremely well (duh). Jacob, Jayse, and Paul patrolled the outfield, also extremely well. This allowed the 5-man infield to work its magic. Ok, Ok,,, our youth and speed in the outfield is what really makes the 5-man infield work... There, I said it... Can we please move on.........
Leaders at the plate bat throughout our lineup. Our consistency there pay dividends all of season 6. Back with us for the second consecutive season, John B. has found his groove and is in the top 3 for Batting Avg. Paul is leading both in Runs Scored and RBIs. Hmmmm, and Base on Balls is once again a viable category. 'Nuff Said...
This weeks matchup is against 5-1 Mamma's Boys on Field 1. Chris Nuta will return to the lineup giving us more depth in the outfield. Keep on Keepin' On, Boiz !!!
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Split City and the 4-Man Outfield Both Return on FIeld 5
3-1 Split City (aka OBI) played a very good defensive 2 games and gave up 12 runs total (7 and 5). Offensively, SC/OBI was not much stronger, but was able to push across 17 runs in a 6-7 loss and 11-5 victory.
Defensively, especially on the infield, we spent much of the evening preparing for the 5-man infield we plan to play the rest of the season. Tonight was our last game on one of the big fields. Spillane proved prophetic as a few of the deep drives were tracked down where a 3-man outfield instead gives up big extra base hits.
On the offensive side of the ball, the middle and bottom of the order carried the evening. This part of the lineup scored 4 of 6 in game 1 and 8 of 11 in game 2. A huge part of the equation was the combination of Steve, JR, Paul, John, and Larry.
Steve returned to OBI full time this week and was 4-5. He knocked in the first run of game 1 in our One Big Inning, the second, where we scored 5 of our 6 runs. Batting AVG team leader JR followed up with a run-scoring Double and the hits kept coming.
With the score tied 5-5 after 3 innings, 2-2 Diamondback Pools outscored us 2-1 the rest of the way for the victory.
Game 2 only lasted 6 innings as the OBI crew opened up a small can, very small, of whoop ass to take the night cap 11-3. The defense played well with player positioning a premium. The game could have been a run-rule with better,,, base running...
There were bad decisions made at times, including Michael's ill attempt to tag and take second. An awkward slide later, he was out, and limping due to a bruised leg, hip, and buttocks region of the body. The bruising showed on Sunday, and it stretches from the hip almost down to the knee. Sorta like my own purple racing stripe... But I digress...
Matt, Steve, JR, and Paul were each 2-2 in the game and at the heart of our 6-run second and 4-run fourth innings.
Last season OBI was 4-0 against this weeks opponent, No Glove No Love. We battle once again on field 6 at 6:15/7:15. The 5-man infield will return,,, and hopefully, so will consistency in our offense. ;~)
Defensively, especially on the infield, we spent much of the evening preparing for the 5-man infield we plan to play the rest of the season. Tonight was our last game on one of the big fields. Spillane proved prophetic as a few of the deep drives were tracked down where a 3-man outfield instead gives up big extra base hits.
On the offensive side of the ball, the middle and bottom of the order carried the evening. This part of the lineup scored 4 of 6 in game 1 and 8 of 11 in game 2. A huge part of the equation was the combination of Steve, JR, Paul, John, and Larry.
Steve returned to OBI full time this week and was 4-5. He knocked in the first run of game 1 in our One Big Inning, the second, where we scored 5 of our 6 runs. Batting AVG team leader JR followed up with a run-scoring Double and the hits kept coming.
With the score tied 5-5 after 3 innings, 2-2 Diamondback Pools outscored us 2-1 the rest of the way for the victory.
Game 2 only lasted 6 innings as the OBI crew opened up a small can, very small, of whoop ass to take the night cap 11-3. The defense played well with player positioning a premium. The game could have been a run-rule with better,,, base running...
There were bad decisions made at times, including Michael's ill attempt to tag and take second. An awkward slide later, he was out, and limping due to a bruised leg, hip, and buttocks region of the body. The bruising showed on Sunday, and it stretches from the hip almost down to the knee. Sorta like my own purple racing stripe... But I digress...
Matt, Steve, JR, and Paul were each 2-2 in the game and at the heart of our 6-run second and 4-run fourth innings.
Last season OBI was 4-0 against this weeks opponent, No Glove No Love. We battle once again on field 6 at 6:15/7:15. The 5-man infield will return,,, and hopefully, so will consistency in our offense. ;~)
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Season 6: OBI vs. Split City, a Battle for the Sages...
2-0 One Bad Inning,,, errr, 2-0 Split City,,, errr, 2-0 OBI has turned a new page. This battlefront shift leans heavily on youth and teaching old dogs new tricks. OBI won 2 games in Week 1 of 2014 Season 6 mainly due to Jedi Mind Games ... aka, a 5-man infield...
Initially, it was reported that OBI was to be Sacrificial Lambs as a D2 team invited into the D1 divisional play in Season 6. This did not happen,,, yet an interesting thing did happen on the way to last Thursday. Yes, Season 6 will be a season of giving,,, giving our opponents something to think about.
We were all up in 0-2 Empty Pitchers heads so well that by the end of the 2nd game, the EPs were toying with a 5-man infield of their own. 'Nuff Said,,, we be stickin' with this for a while...
Game 1's 14-4 victory in 7 innings as the defense played well and the offense hit consistently. Hitters 8-10 ( JR, Nuta, and Larry) made one out between them and directly produced 5 of the 14 runs.
Clint and Michael both tripled, ok Michael 2x in the scorebook thanks to EP generosity,,, and Spillane drove in 3. OBI's 7 run third inning put the game out of reach at 11-0 starting with 5 consecutive hits thanks to Jayse, Jacob singles and Paul's double to start things off. 11 batters were sent to the plate.
Game 2 was another 7 inning affair with OBI winning 11-7. This was totally due to a First and Fifth inning outburst of 5 runs each. And of course, the 5-man infield...
Michael, Spillane, Jayse and Jacob started each of these innings with hits,,, while Paul and JR helped cap the rallys with a couple Sac Fly's and hits. JR's was the biggest hit of the night with a 2-run Big Fly that pushed across the last 2 runs of the 5 run first inning.
Down 1 in the top of the 5th inning, the five run rally seemed to take the enthusiasm out of the steps for the Empty Pitcher players. They did not score another run...
A good start to another season. A good start at a 5-man infield. Another week with no Base on Balls by an OBI batter... What is this world coming to???
Initially, it was reported that OBI was to be Sacrificial Lambs as a D2 team invited into the D1 divisional play in Season 6. This did not happen,,, yet an interesting thing did happen on the way to last Thursday. Yes, Season 6 will be a season of giving,,, giving our opponents something to think about.
We were all up in 0-2 Empty Pitchers heads so well that by the end of the 2nd game, the EPs were toying with a 5-man infield of their own. 'Nuff Said,,, we be stickin' with this for a while...
Game 1's 14-4 victory in 7 innings as the defense played well and the offense hit consistently. Hitters 8-10 ( JR, Nuta, and Larry) made one out between them and directly produced 5 of the 14 runs.
Clint and Michael both tripled, ok Michael 2x in the scorebook thanks to EP generosity,,, and Spillane drove in 3. OBI's 7 run third inning put the game out of reach at 11-0 starting with 5 consecutive hits thanks to Jayse, Jacob singles and Paul's double to start things off. 11 batters were sent to the plate.
Game 2 was another 7 inning affair with OBI winning 11-7. This was totally due to a First and Fifth inning outburst of 5 runs each. And of course, the 5-man infield...
Michael, Spillane, Jayse and Jacob started each of these innings with hits,,, while Paul and JR helped cap the rallys with a couple Sac Fly's and hits. JR's was the biggest hit of the night with a 2-run Big Fly that pushed across the last 2 runs of the 5 run first inning.
Down 1 in the top of the 5th inning, the five run rally seemed to take the enthusiasm out of the steps for the Empty Pitcher players. They did not score another run...
A good start to another season. A good start at a 5-man infield. Another week with no Base on Balls by an OBI batter... What is this world coming to???
Monday, October 27, 2014
IT IS ALIIIIIIIVE !!!!! Season 5 Stats are here ...
After a season in the wind, the Statistics are almost fully caught up... The YTD Stats still have a bug as moving players around has caused a few issues in resolving calculations... Okay, truth be told, I am just not sure what I did to totally Fuck It Up !!!
However, I must say that when you want something done well, you can count on me. But, I digress, as usual...
Season 5 stats are dominated by just a few players. Achieving our 8-8 record this season was all due to the top 3 spots in the order: Matt, Clint and Spillane ...These were the only 3 players to play in all 16 games, as well...
Somehow, Clint had 1 more Plate Appearance than Matt. I find this unusual since Matt bats ahead of Clint. I may need to dig further into this one,, or Matt may need to stay injury free so stats like this don't freak me out...
Hitting in the #3 spot, Spillane led 7 of the 14 offensive categories and was top 3 in all but three of them. With Matt and Clint setting the table, who could stop him?
A few interesting stat twists:
-- Paul and the Fill Ins Players finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in both Batting Average and On Base PCT.
-- As a team, only 2 BBs were recorded. Special Note here: Steve played one week this season and did Not record one of the walks.
-- Fill in Players recorded 12 player games and helped us out 5 of the 8 weeks.
-- And best of ALL !!! Season 5 is done and we are 2-0 in Season 6 ... Gooooo OBI !!!
However, I must say that when you want something done well, you can count on me. But, I digress, as usual...
Season 5 stats are dominated by just a few players. Achieving our 8-8 record this season was all due to the top 3 spots in the order: Matt, Clint and Spillane ...These were the only 3 players to play in all 16 games, as well...
Somehow, Clint had 1 more Plate Appearance than Matt. I find this unusual since Matt bats ahead of Clint. I may need to dig further into this one,, or Matt may need to stay injury free so stats like this don't freak me out...
Hitting in the #3 spot, Spillane led 7 of the 14 offensive categories and was top 3 in all but three of them. With Matt and Clint setting the table, who could stop him?
A few interesting stat twists:
-- Paul and the Fill Ins Players finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively, in both Batting Average and On Base PCT.
-- As a team, only 2 BBs were recorded. Special Note here: Steve played one week this season and did Not record one of the walks.
-- Fill in Players recorded 12 player games and helped us out 5 of the 8 weeks.
-- And best of ALL !!! Season 5 is done and we are 2-0 in Season 6 ... Gooooo OBI !!!
Monday, October 20, 2014
Split City Looks Forward to the 2014 Halloween Party,, and,
Oh ya,,, comes out flat in Game 1 of Season 5 Tourney vs. Mammas Boys. Yet OBI battles in Game 2 vs. Midlife Crisis taking 3rd Place and earning a spot in D1 for Season 6.
The nights are getting longer as we move towards the upcoming Halloween Party and Season 6, but OBI, aka Split City stayed pretty consistent all season 5. This is not about wins and losses as much as it is about replacement players.
That being said, it was fun to have Steven back out on the field, and Chris always fills in well.. Both were good adds with JuanR, Nuta, JohnB, and Paul all out due to various ailments and lame excuses (ok, JuanR gets a pass on the lame excuse as I used Worlds excuse two weeks in a row this season)...
Yes, all season 5 was about was overcoming adversity. Players missed time with very few exceptions,,, did not find their own replacements. Roster challenges happen. Raise a drink and say cheers to a season of love and understanding and players showing up each week.
But I digress,,, In Game 1 this week, there was pain, popups, and drops. In the top of the 1st, Michael took his eye off a grounder and bruised the tips of two fingers (and not the good kind, Tequila). Fortunately, Fill-in Chris was able to move to the 6 and played admirably in both games.
Fly outs were abundant as 14 of our 21 outs were air bound. And the Drops, well, at least Matt was able to turn an Infield Fly into a FC for both runners on first and second. I still see that play in my nightmares, but an out is an out… Larry gloved a few that would not come out of his glove in time to be thrown to a base,, and Michael left a couple fly ball opportunities lie on the ground.
The final of 16-9 seemed closer than the game really was. Moving to field 1 for game 6 against Midlife Crisis seemed to wake up the beast in Split City as we rolled to a tough fought 1-0 lead after 1 inning. (whew)
Michael led off the bottom of the second with a single thru the middle of the infield. JR promptly forced Michael at 2B and accepted him as a pinch runner. Good Ol' 1-hamstring Larry also forced Michael at 2B. Michael was then given permission to run for Larry and Steve was able to complete the trifecta having Michael make all 3 Outs at 2B on Force Plays. Guinness Book of Records is still researching this authentically created Forced Runner Record…
Then, after Midlife Crisis tied the game in the top of the 3rd,,, Matt and Clint opened the bottom half with hits, and with 2 outs Jayse, Jacob and Michael all had run scoring hits to retake the lead 6-1. The lead shrunk to 6-4 when OBI sent 9 men to the plate,,,
Another 4 runs were pushed across so OBI could continue with the Split City moniker. The book says that Jacob, Michael, JR, Larry, Steve, Matt, and Clint all Tripled in the inning,,, am pretty sure that would be another record. Thus, I have edited the hits all to be singles …
The scariest thing ,,, being October this says a lot,, Steve played an entire DH and did NOT walk once !?!??!?!????? Wait,, maybe it was Spillane actually DROPPING a Fly Ball. Run for the hills...
O
M
G
!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all, especially the fill-ins, whom we could not have made it this far without…
The nights are getting longer as we move towards the upcoming Halloween Party and Season 6, but OBI, aka Split City stayed pretty consistent all season 5. This is not about wins and losses as much as it is about replacement players.
That being said, it was fun to have Steven back out on the field, and Chris always fills in well.. Both were good adds with JuanR, Nuta, JohnB, and Paul all out due to various ailments and lame excuses (ok, JuanR gets a pass on the lame excuse as I used Worlds excuse two weeks in a row this season)...
Yes, all season 5 was about was overcoming adversity. Players missed time with very few exceptions,,, did not find their own replacements. Roster challenges happen. Raise a drink and say cheers to a season of love and understanding and players showing up each week.
But I digress,,, In Game 1 this week, there was pain, popups, and drops. In the top of the 1st, Michael took his eye off a grounder and bruised the tips of two fingers (and not the good kind, Tequila). Fortunately, Fill-in Chris was able to move to the 6 and played admirably in both games.
Fly outs were abundant as 14 of our 21 outs were air bound. And the Drops, well, at least Matt was able to turn an Infield Fly into a FC for both runners on first and second. I still see that play in my nightmares, but an out is an out… Larry gloved a few that would not come out of his glove in time to be thrown to a base,, and Michael left a couple fly ball opportunities lie on the ground.
The final of 16-9 seemed closer than the game really was. Moving to field 1 for game 6 against Midlife Crisis seemed to wake up the beast in Split City as we rolled to a tough fought 1-0 lead after 1 inning. (whew)
Michael led off the bottom of the second with a single thru the middle of the infield. JR promptly forced Michael at 2B and accepted him as a pinch runner. Good Ol' 1-hamstring Larry also forced Michael at 2B. Michael was then given permission to run for Larry and Steve was able to complete the trifecta having Michael make all 3 Outs at 2B on Force Plays. Guinness Book of Records is still researching this authentically created Forced Runner Record…
Then, after Midlife Crisis tied the game in the top of the 3rd,,, Matt and Clint opened the bottom half with hits, and with 2 outs Jayse, Jacob and Michael all had run scoring hits to retake the lead 6-1. The lead shrunk to 6-4 when OBI sent 9 men to the plate,,,
Another 4 runs were pushed across so OBI could continue with the Split City moniker. The book says that Jacob, Michael, JR, Larry, Steve, Matt, and Clint all Tripled in the inning,,, am pretty sure that would be another record. Thus, I have edited the hits all to be singles …
The scariest thing ,,, being October this says a lot,, Steve played an entire DH and did NOT walk once !?!??!?!????? Wait,, maybe it was Spillane actually DROPPING a Fly Ball. Run for the hills...
O
M
G
!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks to all, especially the fill-ins, whom we could not have made it this far without…
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Split City Perfect at 7-7 Heading into Season 5 Tourney
Well, after some additional time off for the World Master Championships, Michael is back on the prowl and nervously typing an update...
7-7 Split City, aka OBI, aka One Bad Inning, aka (ummm, ya that is all I know about that...) ,,, draws the #1 seed of the lower bracket after the Season 5 Thursday D1/D2 Regular season. We are only 2 wins from a title,,, and also, 2 losses from a tie for 3rd Place !!!
So, what has been happening whilst I have been vacationing over in Vegas? Darn good question, let's check the book and see:
Week 5 -- OBI takes it on the chin, losing 11-12 to McGlovin in Game 1. McGlovin scored 4 in the bottom of the 3rd, 5th, and 6th innings to overcome OBI's late inning rally. Game 2 will not be mentioned here as OBI lost by 2 touchdowns, 14-0. 'Nuff Said...
Week 6 -- All is right with the world again as the opponent was none other than 0-14 No Glove No Love. A thrilling game 2 was taken by OBI 14-13 after a drumming of NGNL 24-1 in game 1.
Chris Spillane hit safely in all 7 at bats. His out in the 3rd at bat in Week 7 stopped his 11 hit streak. (sad face). Mr. NoShow himself, Chris Nuta, bled through 6 straight hits of his own.
Week 7 -- OBI played decent defense and scored a run in the bottom the 7th to win 8-7 in Game 1. Jacob and Paul led off with singles and two deep flies scored the winning run.
Mamma's Boys put it to Split City in the nightcap in run rule fashion 19-9. But we may get another chance to show them who is boss...
OBI's first round bye earns the right to play the winner of Can We Drink in The Dugout vs. Mamma's Boys. Let's have some fun this Thursday...
Stats are almost caught up. Posting to be made on Wednesday !!!
7-7 Split City, aka OBI, aka One Bad Inning, aka (ummm, ya that is all I know about that...) ,,, draws the #1 seed of the lower bracket after the Season 5 Thursday D1/D2 Regular season. We are only 2 wins from a title,,, and also, 2 losses from a tie for 3rd Place !!!
So, what has been happening whilst I have been vacationing over in Vegas? Darn good question, let's check the book and see:
Week 5 -- OBI takes it on the chin, losing 11-12 to McGlovin in Game 1. McGlovin scored 4 in the bottom of the 3rd, 5th, and 6th innings to overcome OBI's late inning rally. Game 2 will not be mentioned here as OBI lost by 2 touchdowns, 14-0. 'Nuff Said...
Week 6 -- All is right with the world again as the opponent was none other than 0-14 No Glove No Love. A thrilling game 2 was taken by OBI 14-13 after a drumming of NGNL 24-1 in game 1.
Chris Spillane hit safely in all 7 at bats. His out in the 3rd at bat in Week 7 stopped his 11 hit streak. (sad face). Mr. NoShow himself, Chris Nuta, bled through 6 straight hits of his own.
Week 7 -- OBI played decent defense and scored a run in the bottom the 7th to win 8-7 in Game 1. Jacob and Paul led off with singles and two deep flies scored the winning run.
Mamma's Boys put it to Split City in the nightcap in run rule fashion 19-9. But we may get another chance to show them who is boss...
OBI's first round bye earns the right to play the winner of Can We Drink in The Dugout vs. Mamma's Boys. Let's have some fun this Thursday...
Stats are almost caught up. Posting to be made on Wednesday !!!
Thursday, September 25, 2014
The Heights and The Lows
4-4 OBI suffered two losses to 8-0 The Heights in week 4 of Season 5. Both were good games, yet OBI was not able to put on its best Split City shoes and ride off into the darkness that is Field 5's CF…
In Game 1, OBI battled back from an early 12-1 deficit on the back of an 8-run inning. We batted around, yet not one player had two hits in the inning. Jayse did reach base on a single and a walk, and both JohnB and Spillane doubled,,, outside of that was just a typical string of hits to push across the runs.
OBI then followed that up with 3 runs in the 4th inning and called it a game. The Heights raked across 9 runs in the final 2 innings for a 23-12 victory.
Game 2 was much more of a pitchers duel as OBI led 6-0 after 3 innings. The lead was not surrendered until the bottom of the 5th as The Heights scored 4 for the second inning in a row.
OBI scored one final run in the top of the 7th to close the gap. However, no Split City as we lost 7-10.
Remember to always get a replacement player for yourself when you miss. This keeps stress levels down and run production up. Be the Ball even when you are not being the Ball…
Stats will be posted some time this weekend. I will have time in between games at Worlds and only have a few categories to verify.
In Game 1, OBI battled back from an early 12-1 deficit on the back of an 8-run inning. We batted around, yet not one player had two hits in the inning. Jayse did reach base on a single and a walk, and both JohnB and Spillane doubled,,, outside of that was just a typical string of hits to push across the runs.
OBI then followed that up with 3 runs in the 4th inning and called it a game. The Heights raked across 9 runs in the final 2 innings for a 23-12 victory.
Game 2 was much more of a pitchers duel as OBI led 6-0 after 3 innings. The lead was not surrendered until the bottom of the 5th as The Heights scored 4 for the second inning in a row.
OBI scored one final run in the top of the 7th to close the gap. However, no Split City as we lost 7-10.
Remember to always get a replacement player for yourself when you miss. This keeps stress levels down and run production up. Be the Ball even when you are not being the Ball…
Stats will be posted some time this weekend. I will have time in between games at Worlds and only have a few categories to verify.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Split City: The Continuing Saga ,,,
Season 5 has started in typical 4-2 OBI (formerly known as One Bad Inning) fashion,,, with a string of Strong Split City efforts. Case in Point:
Week 1 -- OBI could Not Not hit in a Game 1 3-inning win vs. No Glove. The final score was 27-3. OBI scored 9 in the first, 11 in the second,,, then a weak 7 in the top of the 3rd. Oh the humanity ... Game 2, Split City showed up and went oppo in a nasty way. OBI scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to pull ahead and win the contest in fine fashion,,, errr,,, 2-0. Definitely a Fail Category if the Defense had not shown...
Week 2 -- Warning Track Power is always a competitive opponent. In game 1, OBI consistently battled on offense and defense, earning a run rule victory in 5 innings of 17-2. Then,,,, Split City showed and the balls of WTP bats began to fall onto green. A second run rule ensued as Split City took it on the chins 25-6.
Week 3 -- OBI was able to muster a stand in Game 2 and once again make Split City a reality. 3-3 Murphy's Law rode an 8 run third inning to a 13-5 victory in Game 1. Then 4-2 OBI brought their bats (and Murphy's Law fielders forgot their gloves) and down 3 in the top of the 6th put up a 9 spot to take a 23-17 lead. A two-run inside the park homer brought the final to 23-19. However, good Defense by OBI kept the LawBoys down... Especially in game 1 as OBI played with 3 outfielders on Field 4.
Consistency has been our mantra it seems. Split City for the new team name will be on this years mid-term political ballot. There are interesting times to come... So are the stats,,, coming anyways... Will post along with Week 4's outcome this weekend. Stay Tuned !!!
Week 1 -- OBI could Not Not hit in a Game 1 3-inning win vs. No Glove. The final score was 27-3. OBI scored 9 in the first, 11 in the second,,, then a weak 7 in the top of the 3rd. Oh the humanity ... Game 2, Split City showed up and went oppo in a nasty way. OBI scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to pull ahead and win the contest in fine fashion,,, errr,,, 2-0. Definitely a Fail Category if the Defense had not shown...
Week 2 -- Warning Track Power is always a competitive opponent. In game 1, OBI consistently battled on offense and defense, earning a run rule victory in 5 innings of 17-2. Then,,,, Split City showed and the balls of WTP bats began to fall onto green. A second run rule ensued as Split City took it on the chins 25-6.
Week 3 -- OBI was able to muster a stand in Game 2 and once again make Split City a reality. 3-3 Murphy's Law rode an 8 run third inning to a 13-5 victory in Game 1. Then 4-2 OBI brought their bats (and Murphy's Law fielders forgot their gloves) and down 3 in the top of the 6th put up a 9 spot to take a 23-17 lead. A two-run inside the park homer brought the final to 23-19. However, good Defense by OBI kept the LawBoys down... Especially in game 1 as OBI played with 3 outfielders on Field 4.
Consistency has been our mantra it seems. Split City for the new team name will be on this years mid-term political ballot. There are interesting times to come... So are the stats,,, coming anyways... Will post along with Week 4's outcome this weekend. Stay Tuned !!!
Thursday, September 4, 2014
Out With The Old, In With The New (Season 5, that is)
The OBI blog has been on life support for a few weeks after travel, school open house, and other sundry life events. During that time, One Bad Inning has run into a wall called the second half of Season 4 (7 game loss streak) and used the great life giving paddles in Week 1 of Season 5 to get off to a 2-0 start.
Midway through Season 4, life around the OBI world was as rosy as a 7-2 record can get. Then, one of them Dome things (insert inane television show reference here) was D-Ropped all over us and neither our offense, defense, nor the special teams (poor football reference here) were particularly impressive,,, ummm good,,, ummm servicable,, ummm ya, we sucked in fine fashion...
Dropping the final seven games in season 4 sucks, but our future is so bright, well, not that much as shades are now only necessary for 6:15 games and the days are getting shorter. But I digress...
Season 5 started with one great victory and one quiet victory... OBI couldn't Not hit in a 27-3 opening game victory. This was followed up by a full on pitchers duel won on a 2-run hit in the bottom of the sixth inning. Final, 2-0 ...
Following are the final stats for Season 4 and YTD (there may be some adjustment needed for Noobs Jacob and Joe, still need to double check that in the YTD stats)... Will get the book and have the first two weeks stats available following tonight's games...
Midway through Season 4, life around the OBI world was as rosy as a 7-2 record can get. Then, one of them Dome things (insert inane television show reference here) was D-Ropped all over us and neither our offense, defense, nor the special teams (poor football reference here) were particularly impressive,,, ummm good,,, ummm servicable,, ummm ya, we sucked in fine fashion...
Dropping the final seven games in season 4 sucks, but our future is so bright, well, not that much as shades are now only necessary for 6:15 games and the days are getting shorter. But I digress...
Season 5 started with one great victory and one quiet victory... OBI couldn't Not hit in a 27-3 opening game victory. This was followed up by a full on pitchers duel won on a 2-run hit in the bottom of the sixth inning. Final, 2-0 ...
Following are the final stats for Season 4 and YTD (there may be some adjustment needed for Noobs Jacob and Joe, still need to double check that in the YTD stats)... Will get the book and have the first two weeks stats available following tonight's games...
Monday, August 4, 2014
Split City Controls Own Destiny with 2 Weeks Left in Season 4 ...
7-3 Split City,,, aka One Bad Inning, is currently in 3rd place with two weeks remaining in Season 4. The only teams remaining on our schedule are #2 8-2 Murphy's Law and #1 9-1 Midlife Crisis ...
Simple enough, win out, take the #1 seed into the Season 4 Tourney... Beyond the teams we play, there are a few challenges to overcome including missing a few players during these two weeks. We are looking to ensure this angle is covered.
Week 5 was interesting as OBI played good defense, was gifted a few extra outs, and hit well enough to roll to a 12-6 win in Game 1. Game 2 was definitely not the same as verse 1. Runnin' Fools out hit us in fine fashion,,, to the point it almost hurt in the 6-18 run rule loss.
Game 1 was quiet early and the Fools scored once in the top of the 3rd to take a 1-0 lead. However, OBI pushed across 6 and 5 in our next two at bats to take an 11-4 lead after 4 innings. The game went quickly and we played a full 7 innings, a rare occurrence.
Besides a couple of gift wrap oppotunities, Matt had two RBI singles and JuanR a bases emptying Double in the big innings. Just about everyone got involved, there was even time for some comedy as certain individuals need speech therapy and/or a hearing test... Especially with one running attempting to return to First base after rounding second on a single by the following batter,,, "Back, Back Juan" is tooooo darn close to Back to One ... roflmfao ...
Game 2's six runs were scored by the top of the order as Michael, JuanR, JuanC, Jacob and Paul either scored or drove in all the runs,,, sans one RBI by Nuta. Consistently Inconsistent is what makes us Split City...
We will need to be consistent throughout the batting order to take the final four games of Season 4's regular season ... Let's raise a Taco and cheer each other on to Consistency !!!
Simple enough, win out, take the #1 seed into the Season 4 Tourney... Beyond the teams we play, there are a few challenges to overcome including missing a few players during these two weeks. We are looking to ensure this angle is covered.
Week 5 was interesting as OBI played good defense, was gifted a few extra outs, and hit well enough to roll to a 12-6 win in Game 1. Game 2 was definitely not the same as verse 1. Runnin' Fools out hit us in fine fashion,,, to the point it almost hurt in the 6-18 run rule loss.
Game 1 was quiet early and the Fools scored once in the top of the 3rd to take a 1-0 lead. However, OBI pushed across 6 and 5 in our next two at bats to take an 11-4 lead after 4 innings. The game went quickly and we played a full 7 innings, a rare occurrence.
Besides a couple of gift wrap oppotunities, Matt had two RBI singles and JuanR a bases emptying Double in the big innings. Just about everyone got involved, there was even time for some comedy as certain individuals need speech therapy and/or a hearing test... Especially with one running attempting to return to First base after rounding second on a single by the following batter,,, "Back, Back Juan" is tooooo darn close to Back to One ... roflmfao ...
Game 2's six runs were scored by the top of the order as Michael, JuanR, JuanC, Jacob and Paul either scored or drove in all the runs,,, sans one RBI by Nuta. Consistently Inconsistent is what makes us Split City...
We will need to be consistent throughout the batting order to take the final four games of Season 4's regular season ... Let's raise a Taco and cheer each other on to Consistency !!!
Tacos 'R' Us Party is a Hit ...
The get together was a good bonding event for the OBI clan. Excellent Food, a few rain showers and some interesting sporting events highlighted the party.
We were missing a few OBIers, however, those that attended more than enjoyed the festivities.
Many Thanks to both Nuta and JuanC for sponsoring the event. Donations were accepted to help offset the cost, and I believe Nuta was able to reach a break even point. If not, possibly MikeG can pitch in a few more bucks for the 14 tacos he downed...
Thanks again to all for their efforts. I am looking forward to another time soon where we can all get together... Ok, who am I kidding,,, Juan, can you just come over to my place and show me how to create your masterpiece???
We were missing a few OBIers, however, those that attended more than enjoyed the festivities.
Many Thanks to both Nuta and JuanC for sponsoring the event. Donations were accepted to help offset the cost, and I believe Nuta was able to reach a break even point. If not, possibly MikeG can pitch in a few more bucks for the 14 tacos he downed...
Thanks again to all for their efforts. I am looking forward to another time soon where we can all get together... Ok, who am I kidding,,, Juan, can you just come over to my place and show me how to create your masterpiece???
Friday, August 1, 2014
One Bad Inning's Nuta hosts Tacos 'R' Us Party
Everyone prepare for a "Feast for the Ages" this Saturday night !!!
There is a Tacos 'R' Us party being held at Chris Nuta's humble abode. The menu features Tacos made by the Master himself, Mr. Juan "Carlos" Cena ... Oh, the joy we have found ...
Festivities begin at 6PM on Saturday, August 2nd...
The address is:
3118 W. Lone Cactus Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85027
https://www.google.com/maps/place/3118+W+Lone+Cactus+Dr,+Phoenix,+AZ+85027/@33.6808989,-112.126854,1424m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x872b6f5b0dae7571:0xe009936c9d2619
This is BYOB ... And bring a few bucks to throw down to help cover the cost of the food...
C'Ya There !!!
There is a Tacos 'R' Us party being held at Chris Nuta's humble abode. The menu features Tacos made by the Master himself, Mr. Juan "Carlos" Cena ... Oh, the joy we have found ...
Festivities begin at 6PM on Saturday, August 2nd...
The address is:
3118 W. Lone Cactus Drive
Phoenix, AZ 85027
https://www.google.com/maps/place/3118+W+Lone+Cactus+Dr,+Phoenix,+AZ+85027/@33.6808989,-112.126854,1424m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x872b6f5b0dae7571:0xe009936c9d2619
This is BYOB ... And bring a few bucks to throw down to help cover the cost of the food...
C'Ya There !!!
Monday, July 28, 2014
One Bad Inning Returns to Split City Form ...
5-3 Warning Track Power found itself short players on Thursday night and nearly pulled off a sweep that would have been one enormous slowpitch softball coup. With 9 players, WTP decided to go with 4 outfielders and only 3 infielders. Say What !?!?!???
This strategy did not pay off early as 6-2 One Bad Inning scored 7 in the first 3 innings to take 7-3 lead. However, only 4 baserunners over the final 3 and 2/3 innings sealed OBI's fate in the 11-7 loss.
For some strange reason, hitting a ground ball through the right side of the infield was unacceptable to many OBIers. Maybe we could do better during Game 2...
Game 2 was another close battle with Jayse hitting a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 9-8 final. WTP never had the lead in this game and only tied it in the top of the 7th.
JuanR was the most consistent offensive threat on Thursday. He and Matt were both 3-3 in Game 1. Then JuanR went deep X2...
A bottom of the second inning Grand Salami was the first scoring of the game. WTP came back with 3 in the 4th and then both teams scored once more in the next two innings leading to JuanR's 2nd Big Fly pushing the lead to 7-4. Jayse also singled and scored in the bottom of the 5th, driven in by JR's second RBI of the game.
With the scored tied at 8 in the bottom of the 7th, Michael went all Steven on a 3 pitch walk. JuanR followed with a Triple,,, errrr, Double, off the CF fence... Michael, forced to stay at third due to speed issues, etc,,, on the previous hit, scored on Jayse's single and Split City it was again.
This week we play Runnin' Fools on Field 2 at 815/915 ... This is the best field at the park, as the snack bar window is closer than at any other field. Ohhhh yaaaa !!!
This strategy did not pay off early as 6-2 One Bad Inning scored 7 in the first 3 innings to take 7-3 lead. However, only 4 baserunners over the final 3 and 2/3 innings sealed OBI's fate in the 11-7 loss.
For some strange reason, hitting a ground ball through the right side of the infield was unacceptable to many OBIers. Maybe we could do better during Game 2...
Game 2 was another close battle with Jayse hitting a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 9-8 final. WTP never had the lead in this game and only tied it in the top of the 7th.
JuanR was the most consistent offensive threat on Thursday. He and Matt were both 3-3 in Game 1. Then JuanR went deep X2...
A bottom of the second inning Grand Salami was the first scoring of the game. WTP came back with 3 in the 4th and then both teams scored once more in the next two innings leading to JuanR's 2nd Big Fly pushing the lead to 7-4. Jayse also singled and scored in the bottom of the 5th, driven in by JR's second RBI of the game.
With the scored tied at 8 in the bottom of the 7th, Michael went all Steven on a 3 pitch walk. JuanR followed with a Triple,,, errrr, Double, off the CF fence... Michael, forced to stay at third due to speed issues, etc,,, on the previous hit, scored on Jayse's single and Split City it was again.
This week we play Runnin' Fools on Field 2 at 815/915 ... This is the best field at the park, as the snack bar window is closer than at any other field. Ohhhh yaaaa !!!
Sunday, July 20, 2014
One Bad Inning Rolls to Sweep of Skeleton Crew
5-1 One Bad Inning remains tied atop the Season 4 D2 standings with Midlife Crisis after an impressive sweep of 0-6 Skeleton Crew. The full squad of 13 players contributed throughout the evening, and here is how it was done:
-- Gifts from the Crew: Skeleton's were very generous by allowing several balls to be misplayed into extra outs (especially the usually steady LFer). That said, the 3B was solid as he snared a few line drives we have not seen him previously pull in.
-- Offensive Groups continue to work together:
-- Most notably is the Jacob, Paul, JR combo that seems to have gelled quite well. All 3 individuals are hitting over .625 thus far in Season 4. Jacob has been a spark plug, Paul quite consistent, and JR is driving the ball as if he was in the batting cage (this is a good thing)...
-- Two Through Five: This week it was Joe, Spillane, Michael, and JuanR. And only two outs between them were in Game 1, and one of those should have been a a Base on Balls taken by Michael. A solid 17-19 for these 4 individuals combined.
-- Lucky 13: Clint made the second game and lead off a lineup that included all 13 roster players. His 2-3 performance keeps him at #2 in the batting average category thus far. Joe has made only 1 out in 4 games thus far this season. These two are combining to be the best 3B platoon I have seen in quite sometime, possibly, ever ... Ok, I am old and my memory isn't what it used to be but these two are 20-23, 'nuff said.
-- He's Baaaack: The Old New Players in Juan Carlos, Nuta, and Jayse light it up:
-- In his second week back, Juan has not shown brightly on defense and honestly, has not needed to do so. His play has been steadier than it should be after a 10 month layoff. On offense, his swing remains very consistent and he is tied for third at .750 ...
-- Returning from the injured list, Nuta finally received a challenge late in Game 2 and responded well by going back to the warning track and making an over-the-shoulder catch. With his left hand healed, Chris was still able to float the ball into the grass to the tune of a 4-6 night.
-- Jayse was gone only a week, but it seemed much longer as we missed his OF coverage and line drive consistency. (whew)
-- Defense starts with Good Pitching: Larry continues to pitch lights out. The OBI "D" gave up only 11 runs in 8 innings this week. And offensively, Larry has found a groove that will serve OBI well as the season moves on.
-- Ending with a Lead Off: Matt continues his consistent play as the OBI Front Man. The Groove goes on again this week as Matt once again proved why he deserves this role. Expect him to lead us onto to good things as the season and year progress.
BTW,,, OBI hit at an incredulous clip this week at .761 as we were 51 of 67. With all the Sac Flies (7 of them), our OBP dipped down to .697 as we were only 53 of 76,,, key word ONLY ... Well done, and keep up the consistent offensive and defensive work !!!
With League Fees paid, and almost all the $$ turned in by the team,,, post-game discussion centered around putting the extra $$ towards new Jerseys. Also discussed was an OBI Stimulus Package that would have dropped a few dollars into each players hands, however, that was voted down. New Jerseys decisions will be made soon,,, voting on the final jersey options may even happen this week ...
After the impressive outing, our stats are trending in a positive direction. Here are the stats through Week 3,,,
-- Gifts from the Crew: Skeleton's were very generous by allowing several balls to be misplayed into extra outs (especially the usually steady LFer). That said, the 3B was solid as he snared a few line drives we have not seen him previously pull in.
-- Offensive Groups continue to work together:
-- Most notably is the Jacob, Paul, JR combo that seems to have gelled quite well. All 3 individuals are hitting over .625 thus far in Season 4. Jacob has been a spark plug, Paul quite consistent, and JR is driving the ball as if he was in the batting cage (this is a good thing)...
-- Two Through Five: This week it was Joe, Spillane, Michael, and JuanR. And only two outs between them were in Game 1, and one of those should have been a a Base on Balls taken by Michael. A solid 17-19 for these 4 individuals combined.
-- Lucky 13: Clint made the second game and lead off a lineup that included all 13 roster players. His 2-3 performance keeps him at #2 in the batting average category thus far. Joe has made only 1 out in 4 games thus far this season. These two are combining to be the best 3B platoon I have seen in quite sometime, possibly, ever ... Ok, I am old and my memory isn't what it used to be but these two are 20-23, 'nuff said.
-- He's Baaaack: The Old New Players in Juan Carlos, Nuta, and Jayse light it up:
-- In his second week back, Juan has not shown brightly on defense and honestly, has not needed to do so. His play has been steadier than it should be after a 10 month layoff. On offense, his swing remains very consistent and he is tied for third at .750 ...
-- Returning from the injured list, Nuta finally received a challenge late in Game 2 and responded well by going back to the warning track and making an over-the-shoulder catch. With his left hand healed, Chris was still able to float the ball into the grass to the tune of a 4-6 night.
-- Jayse was gone only a week, but it seemed much longer as we missed his OF coverage and line drive consistency. (whew)
-- Defense starts with Good Pitching: Larry continues to pitch lights out. The OBI "D" gave up only 11 runs in 8 innings this week. And offensively, Larry has found a groove that will serve OBI well as the season moves on.
-- Ending with a Lead Off: Matt continues his consistent play as the OBI Front Man. The Groove goes on again this week as Matt once again proved why he deserves this role. Expect him to lead us onto to good things as the season and year progress.
BTW,,, OBI hit at an incredulous clip this week at .761 as we were 51 of 67. With all the Sac Flies (7 of them), our OBP dipped down to .697 as we were only 53 of 76,,, key word ONLY ... Well done, and keep up the consistent offensive and defensive work !!!
With League Fees paid, and almost all the $$ turned in by the team,,, post-game discussion centered around putting the extra $$ towards new Jerseys. Also discussed was an OBI Stimulus Package that would have dropped a few dollars into each players hands, however, that was voted down. New Jerseys decisions will be made soon,,, voting on the final jersey options may even happen this week ...
After the impressive outing, our stats are trending in a positive direction. Here are the stats through Week 3,,,
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Split City Sweeps the Jones'es
On a night when Juan Carlos returned,,, 3-1 One Bad Inning scored late in Game 1 and often in Game 2 to sweep Jones'es by scores of 10-7 and 19-9. Juan played a good second base and was strong at the plate to help the cause ...
Clint returned after two weeks of vacation himself with an impressive evening at the plate and with the leather. Larry was in a fairly foul mood and took it out repeatedly on the Jones'es. I recall too many times when the opposing offensive players were overmatched and struck or fouled out.
Offensively, OBI scored only 3 runs through the first 4 innings of game 1. A 7-run 5th inning aided greatly in the 10-7 win. A fine defensive play by Michael put the final dagger into the Jones'es last inning comeback effort (whew) ...
Game 2 was very offensive after the first inning. Down for the second game in a row by the count of 2-0 after 1,,, OBI scored 6, 5, and another 6 spot,,, taking a 17-4 lead into the fifth and final inning. Jones'es put up 5 of their own in the top half to unrunrule themselves. This was only a temporary fix as Dylan and Matt go back-to-back with Triples that score two for the final score of 19-9.
Next week, we get both Nuta back from injury and Jayse back from Cali ... And less probable,,, Joe back from a severe tear of the hammy. And your welcome, No Pics to be posted on that nasty lil issue.
Since Michael has just returned from vacation, stats will be posted within the next few days. I was lazy and totally enjoyed my time. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
Clint returned after two weeks of vacation himself with an impressive evening at the plate and with the leather. Larry was in a fairly foul mood and took it out repeatedly on the Jones'es. I recall too many times when the opposing offensive players were overmatched and struck or fouled out.
Offensively, OBI scored only 3 runs through the first 4 innings of game 1. A 7-run 5th inning aided greatly in the 10-7 win. A fine defensive play by Michael put the final dagger into the Jones'es last inning comeback effort (whew) ...
Game 2 was very offensive after the first inning. Down for the second game in a row by the count of 2-0 after 1,,, OBI scored 6, 5, and another 6 spot,,, taking a 17-4 lead into the fifth and final inning. Jones'es put up 5 of their own in the top half to unrunrule themselves. This was only a temporary fix as Dylan and Matt go back-to-back with Triples that score two for the final score of 19-9.
Next week, we get both Nuta back from injury and Jayse back from Cali ... And less probable,,, Joe back from a severe tear of the hammy. And your welcome, No Pics to be posted on that nasty lil issue.
Since Michael has just returned from vacation, stats will be posted within the next few days. I was lazy and totally enjoyed my time. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...
Monday, July 7, 2014
Split City Pours It On ...
Okay, actually, it was the Heavens that poured it on ... OBI fought hard in a 2 inning clash with Midlife Crisis, only to have Mother Nature clean the slate with a Haboob (oxymoron,,, clean with Haboob) and then a nasty little downpour.
These two games are now rescheduled for the last week of the regular season... Thus, adding to our lineup this week will be the return from Vacationing Clint, return from Injury Nuta, and our long lost Second Baseman Juan Cena ... And we will have each for 7 of the 8 weeks of this Season 4 ...
Jayse is out of town this week and will miss our game. Thus, if Joe returns (or sends a replacement) we will be at 12 (yay !!!) ...
This week we will try Not to get rained out on Field 4 for 815 & 915 games against the Jones'es ...
These two games are now rescheduled for the last week of the regular season... Thus, adding to our lineup this week will be the return from Vacationing Clint, return from Injury Nuta, and our long lost Second Baseman Juan Cena ... And we will have each for 7 of the 8 weeks of this Season 4 ...
Jayse is out of town this week and will miss our game. Thus, if Joe returns (or sends a replacement) we will be at 12 (yay !!!) ...
This week we will try Not to get rained out on Field 4 for 815 & 915 games against the Jones'es ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
New OBI, Same Old Split City ...
1-1 One Bad Inning lived up to our Q2/2014 reputation with a Split City effort this past Thursday. A 6-5 victory against McGlovin was earned in the final at bat, while Game 2s loss to Runnin' Fools by a 10-12 score was all about late Split City offense almost seizing the day...
With our 17 runs against, OBI proved that we are still a capable defensive team. Our 16 runs scored took 14 innings. Offensive production was not a forte on this game night. OBI scored 4 of 6 Game 1 runs in the 4th inning and then followed up by scoring 7 of 10 Game 2 runs in the final 2 innings. We produced 5 runs in the other 11 innings... Things will get better...
Certainly, Steve, DC, KC, and Clint were missed. However, Joe, Jacob, and Fill In Dean filled the shoes pretty well. Joe was spectacular at third and is currently our leading hitter. Jacob was late, as usual, but performed well at the plate and in the field. And Dean filled in well for vacationing Clint. No one turns more infield opportunities into extra base hits than Dean I tell ya...
Let's continue to build on our Game 2 late inning eruption as we head to Week 2.
Chris Nuta rejoins after a brief stint on the DL and some work down in the rookie league (ok, I am assuming he has been working his hand a bit anyways) ...
We have Midlife Crisis at 8:15 & 9:15 on field 3 this week ... Sounds fun, let's take it to them ...
With our 17 runs against, OBI proved that we are still a capable defensive team. Our 16 runs scored took 14 innings. Offensive production was not a forte on this game night. OBI scored 4 of 6 Game 1 runs in the 4th inning and then followed up by scoring 7 of 10 Game 2 runs in the final 2 innings. We produced 5 runs in the other 11 innings... Things will get better...
Certainly, Steve, DC, KC, and Clint were missed. However, Joe, Jacob, and Fill In Dean filled the shoes pretty well. Joe was spectacular at third and is currently our leading hitter. Jacob was late, as usual, but performed well at the plate and in the field. And Dean filled in well for vacationing Clint. No one turns more infield opportunities into extra base hits than Dean I tell ya...
Let's continue to build on our Game 2 late inning eruption as we head to Week 2.
Chris Nuta rejoins after a brief stint on the DL and some work down in the rookie league (ok, I am assuming he has been working his hand a bit anyways) ...
We have Midlife Crisis at 8:15 & 9:15 on field 3 this week ... Sounds fun, let's take it to them ...
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Split City Consistent in Season 3 Even Thru the Tourney
10-7 One Bad Inning won their final game of the Season 3 Tourney to claim 3rd Place after finishing the regular season in third as well. The 19-13 beat down of Midlife Crisis came on the heels of a 12-3 first round victory vs. Murphys Law,,, and a 9-12 loss to a tournament team in Blue Ballers...
Game 1 was a wind blown affair early on with gusts coming in from CF. DC had the RC fielder measured and KC hit a liner of the 315 sign in LF for a double. OBI was consistent on offense scoring in 4 of the first 5 innings while the defense was aces and allowed only the 3 runs (none in the 4th thru the 7th) ...
Was wonderful to see Spillane back out in LC. His wheels have certainly been missed. This weeks OF gave OBI a good view into what lies ahead. Well done all ...
Game 2 was interesting a this was our first battle with Blue Ballers. They play a 5 man infield and the 3 OFers cover ground well. An experienced tournament team they are, however, they are certainly beatable with the team OBI puts on the field.
We played good defense, putting up 3 eggs while giving up 4 in 3 innings as well. This was a back and forth game and we took a 7-4 lead to the bottom of the third only to give up 4 then. Once down 12-7, only two single runs were scored the rest of the way. Blue Ballers went on to Run Rule the Runnin' Fools for the championship. I believe we would have as well.
Game 3 was all about offense for OBI. KC and JuanR homered, DC had 5 RBIs,,, Matt, Larry, and Michael all had 3 hits... After Midlife Crisis tied it at 5 in the top of the 4th,,, OBI scored 14 in their next two at bats leading to a final of 19-13...
*** Failure to mention 3-pitch walks by Jayse, Matt, Larry, and JR could get me fined. Thus, this blog post has been updated to notate said fact. If any other transgression has occurred in the writing (or lack thereof) of this blog post, please send a text or email at Get.A.Life@KissMyGrits.com ***
An excellent Season 3 in all,,, however, Season 4 finds OBI with quite some turnover. Here is the list of changes:
DC & KC: Out 1-2 seasons ...
Steven: Retired, Injuries ...
Tino: Released, 'nuff said ...
Juan Cena: Returning in Week 3 after extended hiatus ...
Nuta: Returning around mid-season after injury ...
JuanR, Jacob, and Joe: Joining for Season 4 ...
Also missing time: Clint in Weeks 1 & 2 ...
Should be fun as we retool... Here are the Season 3 and YTD Stats ...
Game 1 was a wind blown affair early on with gusts coming in from CF. DC had the RC fielder measured and KC hit a liner of the 315 sign in LF for a double. OBI was consistent on offense scoring in 4 of the first 5 innings while the defense was aces and allowed only the 3 runs (none in the 4th thru the 7th) ...
Was wonderful to see Spillane back out in LC. His wheels have certainly been missed. This weeks OF gave OBI a good view into what lies ahead. Well done all ...
Game 2 was interesting a this was our first battle with Blue Ballers. They play a 5 man infield and the 3 OFers cover ground well. An experienced tournament team they are, however, they are certainly beatable with the team OBI puts on the field.
We played good defense, putting up 3 eggs while giving up 4 in 3 innings as well. This was a back and forth game and we took a 7-4 lead to the bottom of the third only to give up 4 then. Once down 12-7, only two single runs were scored the rest of the way. Blue Ballers went on to Run Rule the Runnin' Fools for the championship. I believe we would have as well.
Game 3 was all about offense for OBI. KC and JuanR homered, DC had 5 RBIs,,, Matt, Larry, and Michael all had 3 hits... After Midlife Crisis tied it at 5 in the top of the 4th,,, OBI scored 14 in their next two at bats leading to a final of 19-13...
*** Failure to mention 3-pitch walks by Jayse, Matt, Larry, and JR could get me fined. Thus, this blog post has been updated to notate said fact. If any other transgression has occurred in the writing (or lack thereof) of this blog post, please send a text or email at Get.A.Life@KissMyGrits.com ***
An excellent Season 3 in all,,, however, Season 4 finds OBI with quite some turnover. Here is the list of changes:
DC & KC: Out 1-2 seasons ...
Steven: Retired, Injuries ...
Tino: Released, 'nuff said ...
Juan Cena: Returning in Week 3 after extended hiatus ...
Nuta: Returning around mid-season after injury ...
JuanR, Jacob, and Joe: Joining for Season 4 ...
Also missing time: Clint in Weeks 1 & 2 ...
Should be fun as we retool... Here are the Season 3 and YTD Stats ...
Monday, June 16, 2014
Split City Sputters Losing 2 Low Scoring Games to the Runnin' Fools
A few weeks back, 7-7 One Bad Inning controlled their own destiny to claim 2nd place in the league with a more than 50/50 shot at over taking the Runnin' Fools for first place. However, good defense will not always overcome all obstacles ... Let me count the ways:
-- Quiet Offense, scored 32 runs in last four games. Though, only allowed 41 !!!
-- Missed Games, injury, sickness, family, vacation, etc. Life Happens ...
-- Earth's Axis, seems tilted a little more than normal ...
Whatever the reason,,, OBI simply needs to snap out of it for 3 games during the tournament and that will be that... This team is capable and with all the pieces in place for the Season 3 Tourney,,, there are good things on the horizon ...
For the tournament,,, we just need to focus on what we each do well. Don't try to be someone you are not,,, well, at least not right now. We can work towards goals later... We have walked our way through Season 3 to get to the playoffs... Now, are you gonna be the Spurs or the Heat? You decide and bring it on Thursday,,, btw,,, Fuck the Heat !!! Let's go OBIers ...
Clint and I are finalizing the lineup as I type this blog post. We are also reviewing the players we have returning for Season 4,,, since that starts next week,,, bring your $$ with so we can get our down payment in...
Here are the Season 3 stats..
-- Quiet Offense, scored 32 runs in last four games. Though, only allowed 41 !!!
-- Missed Games, injury, sickness, family, vacation, etc. Life Happens ...
-- Earth's Axis, seems tilted a little more than normal ...
Whatever the reason,,, OBI simply needs to snap out of it for 3 games during the tournament and that will be that... This team is capable and with all the pieces in place for the Season 3 Tourney,,, there are good things on the horizon ...
For the tournament,,, we just need to focus on what we each do well. Don't try to be someone you are not,,, well, at least not right now. We can work towards goals later... We have walked our way through Season 3 to get to the playoffs... Now, are you gonna be the Spurs or the Heat? You decide and bring it on Thursday,,, btw,,, Fuck the Heat !!! Let's go OBIers ...
Clint and I are finalizing the lineup as I type this blog post. We are also reviewing the players we have returning for Season 4,,, since that starts next week,,, bring your $$ with so we can get our down payment in...
Here are the Season 3 stats..
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Split City Keeps on a Rollin'
And we are not talking double plays here ... 7-5 One Bad Inning lost for a second time to a 5-6-1 Midlife Crisis that is on a 4 game roll, and then fought mightily-ish to down 1-9-2 Mamma's Boys 9-8 on a walk off single by DC.
We welcomed back Borracho Juan this week. His 4-6 effort included a Big Fly and 2 Doubles (the doubles may or may not have made it onto the first run of the stat sheet, d'oh. Okay, they didn't, but they are there now ;~) ...
Game 1 against a fun rival in Midlife Crisis was a tale of two cities type experience,,, the top half of the order (1-6) was a combined 5 for 19, scoring and driving in exactly no runs at all. Our 7-11 hitters did all the damage going 8 for 14 while scoring and driving in all 5 of our runs in the 5-10 loss.
Game 2, the top 6 rolled better to the tune of a 12 for 20 clip and the second half of the lineup also raked it decently at 6-15 (down a bit from game 1). The hitting was more consistent and OBI, errr, Split City was able to happily earn the right to be called our new moniker one more week with the 9-8 win. Whew ...
This weeks games will be even more challenging as we will be missing 4 more players due to other important life happenings (work, retirement, church, and the like). We will be adding KC and Dean back to the mix. Plus Dre' was volunteered to help us out ... Should be a good warmup at 106 degrees for next weeks tournament.
The stats sadly reflect our ability to be consistently inconsistent,,, read at your leisure:
We welcomed back Borracho Juan this week. His 4-6 effort included a Big Fly and 2 Doubles (the doubles may or may not have made it onto the first run of the stat sheet, d'oh. Okay, they didn't, but they are there now ;~) ...
Game 1 against a fun rival in Midlife Crisis was a tale of two cities type experience,,, the top half of the order (1-6) was a combined 5 for 19, scoring and driving in exactly no runs at all. Our 7-11 hitters did all the damage going 8 for 14 while scoring and driving in all 5 of our runs in the 5-10 loss.
Game 2, the top 6 rolled better to the tune of a 12 for 20 clip and the second half of the lineup also raked it decently at 6-15 (down a bit from game 1). The hitting was more consistent and OBI, errr, Split City was able to happily earn the right to be called our new moniker one more week with the 9-8 win. Whew ...
This weeks games will be even more challenging as we will be missing 4 more players due to other important life happenings (work, retirement, church, and the like). We will be adding KC and Dean back to the mix. Plus Dre' was volunteered to help us out ... Should be a good warmup at 106 degrees for next weeks tournament.
The stats sadly reflect our ability to be consistently inconsistent,,, read at your leisure:
Monday, June 2, 2014
Top Seed Within Reach, With a Little Help ...
With two weeks left in Season 3's regular season, 6-4 One Bad Inning is in a three-way tie for 2nd place with Diamondback Pools and the Blue Ballers. We have the tie breaker against Diamondback Pools by virtue of a 9-7 win and versus the Blue Ballers on Point Differential (+59). We do not play either of these two teams in the remaining two weeks.
8-2 Runnin' Fools has a full last two weeks of the regular season. They play Diamondback Pools twice this week, and then 5-4-1 Murphy's Law and OBI next week. Definitely a possibility that the two loss differential can be made up, especially given one of the games is against our squad.
The key to One Bad Inning's opportunity to capture the #1 seed for Season 3 is simply this,,, Win Out. Win them one at a time but capture them all and we are guaranteed the #2 seed and will have an opportunity for the Runnin' Fools to come back to us with one loss in their next three games.
Let's continue to build on our Week 5 momentum of Teamwork and Consistency ,,, win each of our four remaining games ,,, and regain our rightful place atop the standings ,,,,, muahhahahahahhhh ...
8-2 Runnin' Fools has a full last two weeks of the regular season. They play Diamondback Pools twice this week, and then 5-4-1 Murphy's Law and OBI next week. Definitely a possibility that the two loss differential can be made up, especially given one of the games is against our squad.
The key to One Bad Inning's opportunity to capture the #1 seed for Season 3 is simply this,,, Win Out. Win them one at a time but capture them all and we are guaranteed the #2 seed and will have an opportunity for the Runnin' Fools to come back to us with one loss in their next three games.
Let's continue to build on our Week 5 momentum of Teamwork and Consistency ,,, win each of our four remaining games ,,, and regain our rightful place atop the standings ,,,,, muahhahahahahhhh ...
Sunday, June 1, 2014
Split City -- Team Ownership Meeting to Discuss Name Change
6-4 One Bad Inning continues a blistering consistently inconsistent pace as Season 3 rolls along. This has prompted a cry for a new team name,,, suggestion being Split City ... OBI has not been "Taking Care of Business" against much of anyone this season. In fact, I believe that the rest of the league is happy to see us come their way. Knowing that although they are most likely to get thumped in one game, the other game is pretty much theirs for the taking.
Split City ,,, errrr, OBI has been extremely giving during Season 3. In fact, both Mamma's Boys and Midlife Crisis have 1 win in 10 games played over the first 5 weeks of the season. Both have come against Split City ,,, errrr, One Bad Inning.
OBI did give forth a better team effort this week! Base coaches and courtesy runners were on top of every situation. Productive outs were made. Mental mistakes minimal. We simply won a close game and lost a close game because we did not score enough runs to win both ... The team work tells me that we are heading in the right direction with the Season 3 tournament only 3 weeks away ...
In game 1, OBI answered Mamma's Boys opening 3-run salvo with a 4-spot of their own, capped by KC's first HR of Season 3. Larry broke the tie scoring the first run in the bottom of the second inning a few hitters after legging out a single to RC field (whew). DC pushed the lead back to 4 with his 3-run Big Fly to finish off the second inning scoring.
OBI scored in each of the five innings, including another 4 run inning in the 4th where all the runs were scored with 2 outs. Matt and Jayse drilled back to back RBI Doubles and J.R. singled the last run home in the inning. DC led the way with a 4-4 performance, while Steve, KC, and Jayse collected 3 hits apiece.
Game 2 started with another 4 run first inning by the OBI crew. With 2 out, 2 on, and no one in,,, Steven, Clint, and Michael went triple, double, single, respectively,,, to drive in the four runs. This would be the only runs the top of the order would push across this game (sad face) ...
And, in true Split City giving nature,,, Mamma's Boys were allowed to hit and hustle their way to a 6-run spot of their own to take a 6-4 lead after one. The score could have been worse if not for two fine running catches by Paul in RF and Michael on a looping liner in shallow right.
KC, Spillane, and Matt continued to rake the ball well and led the bottom half of the order. Michael hit his first HR since Season 1 2013 and earned this weeks Han Solo title,,, only to have it taken from him two batters later by a hard-swinging, cursing (eh, give or take) KC ... Just what the doctor ordered for Mamma's Boys as DC homered for an out to end the game (ugh, sucks being 6'4", 280 lbs. with a swing that,,, well, I think we all get the picture) ...
Anyways, I would be remiss if I did not point out a new OBI Single Season record (stats dating back to late 2012) set after only 5 weeks of the season,,, Steven took a pass four times this week to bring his season total of Base on Balls to 13. At this rate, the record may reach into the 20s. Or possibly even into the teens... Yes, technically 13 is a teen, however,,, most high rise buildings do not even recognize 13 as a number / floor,,, therefore,,, we challenge Steven to continue his assault on this category in order to boost sales,,, errr,, run production ...
Way to lead by example! In another note, 4 other players also walked this week. A few of those didn't even give a courtesy swing, bravo to all ye' late game, non-courtesy swinging animals.
Split City ,,, errrr, OBI has been extremely giving during Season 3. In fact, both Mamma's Boys and Midlife Crisis have 1 win in 10 games played over the first 5 weeks of the season. Both have come against Split City ,,, errrr, One Bad Inning.
OBI did give forth a better team effort this week! Base coaches and courtesy runners were on top of every situation. Productive outs were made. Mental mistakes minimal. We simply won a close game and lost a close game because we did not score enough runs to win both ... The team work tells me that we are heading in the right direction with the Season 3 tournament only 3 weeks away ...
In game 1, OBI answered Mamma's Boys opening 3-run salvo with a 4-spot of their own, capped by KC's first HR of Season 3. Larry broke the tie scoring the first run in the bottom of the second inning a few hitters after legging out a single to RC field (whew). DC pushed the lead back to 4 with his 3-run Big Fly to finish off the second inning scoring.
OBI scored in each of the five innings, including another 4 run inning in the 4th where all the runs were scored with 2 outs. Matt and Jayse drilled back to back RBI Doubles and J.R. singled the last run home in the inning. DC led the way with a 4-4 performance, while Steve, KC, and Jayse collected 3 hits apiece.
Game 2 started with another 4 run first inning by the OBI crew. With 2 out, 2 on, and no one in,,, Steven, Clint, and Michael went triple, double, single, respectively,,, to drive in the four runs. This would be the only runs the top of the order would push across this game (sad face) ...
And, in true Split City giving nature,,, Mamma's Boys were allowed to hit and hustle their way to a 6-run spot of their own to take a 6-4 lead after one. The score could have been worse if not for two fine running catches by Paul in RF and Michael on a looping liner in shallow right.
KC, Spillane, and Matt continued to rake the ball well and led the bottom half of the order. Michael hit his first HR since Season 1 2013 and earned this weeks Han Solo title,,, only to have it taken from him two batters later by a hard-swinging, cursing (eh, give or take) KC ... Just what the doctor ordered for Mamma's Boys as DC homered for an out to end the game (ugh, sucks being 6'4", 280 lbs. with a swing that,,, well, I think we all get the picture) ...
Anyways, I would be remiss if I did not point out a new OBI Single Season record (stats dating back to late 2012) set after only 5 weeks of the season,,, Steven took a pass four times this week to bring his season total of Base on Balls to 13. At this rate, the record may reach into the 20s. Or possibly even into the teens... Yes, technically 13 is a teen, however,,, most high rise buildings do not even recognize 13 as a number / floor,,, therefore,,, we challenge Steven to continue his assault on this category in order to boost sales,,, errr,, run production ...
Way to lead by example! In another note, 4 other players also walked this week. A few of those didn't even give a courtesy swing, bravo to all ye' late game, non-courtesy swinging animals.
Monday, May 26, 2014
OBI Remains Consistently Inconsistent ,,,
On a Thursday night where 5-3 One Bad Inning had an opportunity to topple two teams ahead of them in the division standings,,, OBI scored one for the good guys with a 20-5 thrashing of 5-2-1 Aero Skeleton Crew and followed that up by handing 7-1 Runnin' Fools three runs in the bottom of the 7th to lose Game 2 by a count of 9-10 ...
Larry continued his banner season with two more excellent games on the mound. He and the defense allowed only 14 runs in 11 innings. As there will be, a few defensive mishaps occurred to go along with a mental mistake or, few,,, setting up the final inning. As with last weeks theme, them's the breaks (although nothing actually broke this week ;~) ) ...
Our Week 4 sub was Ken, he played well (give or take) and was much less annoying that Michael was pissed about the umpires decision to not verbalize illegal pitches when every other frickin' blue at Victory does that. LOL (btw, thanks for putting up with my antics, can promise that I will also feel this bad when it happens again in the future.)
Steven continued his fine season by Walking thrice, although, he did actually make an out this week. For this, he has accepted permanent exile into the outfield. We will get him to shape up, yes we will.
Matt, KC, Spillane and DC continue to work the pitchers as well. The middle of the order is producing runs at a good clip and these gentleman are a big part of the upside of OBI's offensive production.
The rest of the order aren't to shabby either, we are just being consistently inconsistent throughout the order in too many games,,, especially late. To improve on our consistency,,, share the following with your teammates...
1) If you are one of the last to hit in an inning, be one of the following or prepare to be:
-- 1st Base Coach
-- 3rd Base Coach
-- Pinch Runner
*** I suggest you either take a long pull off your beer or if empty, having a trusted peer fly and you buy ...
2) Hustle out of the batters box and on the bases...
3) Reduce Mental Errors (which we already have few of any ways, but I needed a third bullet point here and as three is a multiple of 9 and well, 9 is a special number in the universe, then... But I digress) ...
Let's all work together and encourage each other to improve in each of these three areas. Since we are unable to do as KC suggest ,,, which is get seriously younger ,,, then, I thought this might help ...
Caution: Stats Ahead ...
Larry continued his banner season with two more excellent games on the mound. He and the defense allowed only 14 runs in 11 innings. As there will be, a few defensive mishaps occurred to go along with a mental mistake or, few,,, setting up the final inning. As with last weeks theme, them's the breaks (although nothing actually broke this week ;~) ) ...
Our Week 4 sub was Ken, he played well (give or take) and was much less annoying that Michael was pissed about the umpires decision to not verbalize illegal pitches when every other frickin' blue at Victory does that. LOL (btw, thanks for putting up with my antics, can promise that I will also feel this bad when it happens again in the future.)
Steven continued his fine season by Walking thrice, although, he did actually make an out this week. For this, he has accepted permanent exile into the outfield. We will get him to shape up, yes we will.
Matt, KC, Spillane and DC continue to work the pitchers as well. The middle of the order is producing runs at a good clip and these gentleman are a big part of the upside of OBI's offensive production.
The rest of the order aren't to shabby either, we are just being consistently inconsistent throughout the order in too many games,,, especially late. To improve on our consistency,,, share the following with your teammates...
1) If you are one of the last to hit in an inning, be one of the following or prepare to be:
-- 1st Base Coach
-- 3rd Base Coach
-- Pinch Runner
*** I suggest you either take a long pull off your beer or if empty, having a trusted peer fly and you buy ...
2) Hustle out of the batters box and on the bases...
3) Reduce Mental Errors (which we already have few of any ways, but I needed a third bullet point here and as three is a multiple of 9 and well, 9 is a special number in the universe, then... But I digress) ...
Let's all work together and encourage each other to improve in each of these three areas. Since we are unable to do as KC suggest ,,, which is get seriously younger ,,, then, I thought this might help ...
Caution: Stats Ahead ...
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Them's the Breaks ...
American/Australian slang. Possibly short for "that is the breakdown". It means "that's just how it is" or "that's how the cookie crumbles".
Sometimes rendered as "dems...", "those...", etc.
Sometimes rendered as "dems...", "those...", etc.
A: "Ah, that's not fair!"
B: "Them's the breaks, dude."
B: "Them's the breaks, dude."
One week you score 33 runs in 9 innings at the plate. The next, you can scratch out only 15 in 12 at bats.
Thems' the Breaks ...
For seven innings in a double header, you can score with consistency (15 runs). Over the last 4 innings, you can put up doughnuts and let Game 2 slip away.
Thems' the Breaks ...
Sometimes Jayse lays out for a B E A Uuuu Tee Fulllll Horizontal-Flying type Diving catch. And sometimes, Nuta gets a late jump on a pop up and ,,,
Thems' the Breaks ...
Hope you heal quickly, Chris ...
Stat Line this week: Continued Good Hitting by Matt and J.R. Both KC and Spillane had exceptional nights at the plate as well. DC was a Single shy of a cycle in our Game 1 win. And Steven picked up an extra AB due to a lineup adjustment in Game 2 and helped the OBI cause by reaching base all 8 appearances... Nicely done ...
Friday, May 9, 2014
It's Early Season 3,,, But MVP !!! Chants Abound ...
In recent seasons, these chants have been reserved for the offensive juggernaut DC, our lead off men Nuta and Steve, and even for Michael's Top 10 ESPN Defensive plays combined with consistent offensive production. Season 3 has started a bit differently ...
Following a Week 2 doubleheader sweep of Midlife Crisis and Murphy's Law by scores of 20-5 and 13-1, a look at the stat sheet below gives us clues to where Season 3 may lead us,,, and whom might be our MVP ... (hint: or does it?)
The first thing that jumps out at you may be the top 3 Batting Averages. From the Not Your Usual Suspects list we find Clint atop the list at .800. Matt and JR are 2 & 3 respectively at .786 and .714 ... This consistency has been seen in the past, just not all at the same moment in time. This start is excellent, but alone, not ascending them into the MVP scuttlebutt.
Leading Off, Steve has been consistently on base and has been pushed across the plate 8 times in 4 games. And then we have DC with a 3 HR night in Week 2, atop said category plus RBIs at 10. Expected production from these two,,, not overly excited...
Jayse and Michael have done the job defensively. Jayse laced a walk off single in Game 1 last night to clinch the 4 inning run rule. And Michael's shoulder is once again healthy, allowing him to drive the ball in much improved fashion ... Good, yet nothing to write home about here ...
Hmmm,,, Nuta and Spillane and KC all have missed a week, although were productive during their time on the field... Dean was 7-7 this week, though, he Is just a fill-in... Who have I missed here ...
Oh yes,,, he is 5 for 13 (.385) this season and has walked once (.429 OBP). His 6 runs scored and 2 RBIs do not really lead the team,,,,, HOWEVER, on the mound, Larry has been an Ace. With a solid D behind him, when the teams where not hitting lazy fly balls,,, OBI and Larry gave up 6 runs in 2 games over 9 innings this week. MVP !!! MVP !!! MVP !!!
In four games this season, OBI has given up an average of 7 runs per game. With consistent offensive production and continued Ace pitching performances, OBI looks towards another banner regular season, a possible good seeding, followed by another top flight tournament run. It Could Happen !?!?!!
Following a Week 2 doubleheader sweep of Midlife Crisis and Murphy's Law by scores of 20-5 and 13-1, a look at the stat sheet below gives us clues to where Season 3 may lead us,,, and whom might be our MVP ... (hint: or does it?)
The first thing that jumps out at you may be the top 3 Batting Averages. From the Not Your Usual Suspects list we find Clint atop the list at .800. Matt and JR are 2 & 3 respectively at .786 and .714 ... This consistency has been seen in the past, just not all at the same moment in time. This start is excellent, but alone, not ascending them into the MVP scuttlebutt.
Leading Off, Steve has been consistently on base and has been pushed across the plate 8 times in 4 games. And then we have DC with a 3 HR night in Week 2, atop said category plus RBIs at 10. Expected production from these two,,, not overly excited...
Jayse and Michael have done the job defensively. Jayse laced a walk off single in Game 1 last night to clinch the 4 inning run rule. And Michael's shoulder is once again healthy, allowing him to drive the ball in much improved fashion ... Good, yet nothing to write home about here ...
Hmmm,,, Nuta and Spillane and KC all have missed a week, although were productive during their time on the field... Dean was 7-7 this week, though, he Is just a fill-in... Who have I missed here ...
Oh yes,,, he is 5 for 13 (.385) this season and has walked once (.429 OBP). His 6 runs scored and 2 RBIs do not really lead the team,,,,, HOWEVER, on the mound, Larry has been an Ace. With a solid D behind him, when the teams where not hitting lazy fly balls,,, OBI and Larry gave up 6 runs in 2 games over 9 innings this week. MVP !!! MVP !!! MVP !!!
In four games this season, OBI has given up an average of 7 runs per game. With consistent offensive production and continued Ace pitching performances, OBI looks towards another banner regular season, a possible good seeding, followed by another top flight tournament run. It Could Happen !?!?!!
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Season 3 Opening Night Split
1-1 One Bad Inning started Season 3 much like Season 1 with a split against 1-1 Warning Track Power. Actually, OBI has earned a split in Week 1 of each of the 3 Seasons in 2014. This time, I don't think I digressed.
Anyways, two good battles this past week against a good Warning Track Power squad. Game 1 went back and forth with OBI coming out on top 12-10, while Game 2 was lost 9-12 by the virtue of WTP's 8 run first inning.
The top 3 hitters in the order scored 7 of Game 1's 12 runs. Steve, Clint and Jayse were on base 8 of 12 at bats leading the way to OBI's victory. Matt and Spillane each collected 3 hits in the game. The biggest hit came in the bottom of the 6th inning with 2 outs and a 10-10 tie score. Michael lined a Double up the middle driving in 2 runs that held up in the top of the 7th.
As mentioned, Game 2 was all about WTP's bottom of the first 8-run inning. OBI scored fairly consistently from the second inning on but was never able to completely close the gap and fell 9-12 in 7 innings.
OBI scored 5 in the top of the 5th to pull within 2 at 8-10. However, the lack of 2-out production at the plate was costly as we left 14 runners on base in the seven innings at bat. Ouchitty !!! We also hit into 3 force and one double play,,, ok, I am depressing myself ... Prescott was windy but only about 80 degrees this weekend for the 50+ AAA/AA tournament that Larry and I played in with the AZ Legends... Ahhh, that is better ... Now I am really digressing ...
Defensively, the outfield was ravaged by absence and a quad injury to Spillane. Having Michael roam around in RC is not an ideal scenario at his age. 'Nuff Said ...
Steve, here are your,,, errr, the stats...
Anyways, two good battles this past week against a good Warning Track Power squad. Game 1 went back and forth with OBI coming out on top 12-10, while Game 2 was lost 9-12 by the virtue of WTP's 8 run first inning.
The top 3 hitters in the order scored 7 of Game 1's 12 runs. Steve, Clint and Jayse were on base 8 of 12 at bats leading the way to OBI's victory. Matt and Spillane each collected 3 hits in the game. The biggest hit came in the bottom of the 6th inning with 2 outs and a 10-10 tie score. Michael lined a Double up the middle driving in 2 runs that held up in the top of the 7th.
As mentioned, Game 2 was all about WTP's bottom of the first 8-run inning. OBI scored fairly consistently from the second inning on but was never able to completely close the gap and fell 9-12 in 7 innings.
OBI scored 5 in the top of the 5th to pull within 2 at 8-10. However, the lack of 2-out production at the plate was costly as we left 14 runners on base in the seven innings at bat. Ouchitty !!! We also hit into 3 force and one double play,,, ok, I am depressing myself ... Prescott was windy but only about 80 degrees this weekend for the 50+ AAA/AA tournament that Larry and I played in with the AZ Legends... Ahhh, that is better ... Now I am really digressing ...
Defensively, the outfield was ravaged by absence and a quad injury to Spillane. Having Michael roam around in RC is not an ideal scenario at his age. 'Nuff Said ...
Steve, here are your,,, errr, the stats...
Thursday, May 1, 2014
One Bad Inning Battles yet falls to Coyote Towing in First Round of Season 2 Playoffs ...
The Repeat was just not meant to be... Back2Back eludes OBI... Coyote Towing hauls away OBI hopes for D1 Tourney title...
Oh, the headlines across the country were lyrical, concise, yet accurate. After a slow start to Season 2 given the injuries and Season 1 Championship hangover,,, OBI won 7 of the last 8 regular season games including the final 6 in a row. Our 8-5-1 record tied us for 5th place in the 16 team D1 division and that is where we ended the tourney, tied for 5th as well ...
The 6-12 loss to Coyote Towing was disappointing as we led 5-3 after three innings. The Coyotes outscored OBI 9-0 over the next two innings and that was that ... OBI left 11 runners on base in our 6 innings at bat.
On the good side of things, OBI picks up the leather and bats again tonight, Thursday, May 1st, and will do battle against Warning Track Power on field #6 ... Season 3 is ready for us ...
Here are the Season 2 and Year to Date stats ...
Oh, the headlines across the country were lyrical, concise, yet accurate. After a slow start to Season 2 given the injuries and Season 1 Championship hangover,,, OBI won 7 of the last 8 regular season games including the final 6 in a row. Our 8-5-1 record tied us for 5th place in the 16 team D1 division and that is where we ended the tourney, tied for 5th as well ...
The 6-12 loss to Coyote Towing was disappointing as we led 5-3 after three innings. The Coyotes outscored OBI 9-0 over the next two innings and that was that ... OBI left 11 runners on base in our 6 innings at bat.
On the good side of things, OBI picks up the leather and bats again tonight, Thursday, May 1st, and will do battle against Warning Track Power on field #6 ... Season 3 is ready for us ...
Here are the Season 2 and Year to Date stats ...
Monday, April 21, 2014
#6 seed OBI faces #3 seed Coyote Towing in Opening Round of Season 2 Tourney
Get ready for another fun run through the tourney as we begin our quest for back2back league titles on field #5 at 7:15pm this Thursday versus #3 seed Coyote Towing ... Here is the bracket ...
Getting Hot at the Right Time ,,,
8-5-1 One Bad Inning swept a double header with 6-8 Knuckle Babies with consistent offense and excellent defense on a large scale. The wins give OBI 6 in a row and 7 victories in the past 8 games.
Anticipation is high for a good seed in the tournament. Either we will be in the top half of a 16 team bracket or we will have earned a #6 or #7 seed (ML estimated) in the Top 8 bracket. Either way, we are entering the Season 2 tournament this week...
In Game 1, OBI scored in all but the 5th inning. This was needful as the Knuckle Babies are a solid offense team themselves. Down 2-4 after the 2nd, OBI put up 4 and then a 3 spot in the 3rd and 4th innings, respectively. Highlights were a Big Fly in both innings, first by DC and then Tino. Both HRs plated 3 runs.
The Knuckle Babies fought back and tied the score at 9 going to the 6th and final inning. Then, OBI opened up a can of whoop ass,,, ok, well, we scored a solid 5 runs in the top half of the inning. Nuta, Spillane, and Tino singles preceded an off the wall double by Stephen and a triple by Michael. The KBabies fought back with 2 of their own, however, sharp leather play overcame good raking ...
Game 2 started slowly with OBI leading after 1 by a count of 2-0. The KBabies had their one good inning for the night and scored 6 runs in the top of the second inning. Answering back by batting through the lineup, OBI put up a 10 spot and never looked back.
KC homered in the second to put OBI back in front and with 2 out, Spillane's inside the park Grand Slam essentially put the game away pushing the lead to 12-6. DC followed up in the 3rd inning with another Big Fly as the lead extended to 16-8.
Spillane followed up in the 4th inning with the 3rd HR of the game (as in over 300') to edge the score further towards a run rule at 18-9. However, with time running out, the game would finish just that way...
Stay tuned for the Season 2 Tourney schedule announcement in the next couple of days ...
Anticipation is high for a good seed in the tournament. Either we will be in the top half of a 16 team bracket or we will have earned a #6 or #7 seed (ML estimated) in the Top 8 bracket. Either way, we are entering the Season 2 tournament this week...
In Game 1, OBI scored in all but the 5th inning. This was needful as the Knuckle Babies are a solid offense team themselves. Down 2-4 after the 2nd, OBI put up 4 and then a 3 spot in the 3rd and 4th innings, respectively. Highlights were a Big Fly in both innings, first by DC and then Tino. Both HRs plated 3 runs.
The Knuckle Babies fought back and tied the score at 9 going to the 6th and final inning. Then, OBI opened up a can of whoop ass,,, ok, well, we scored a solid 5 runs in the top half of the inning. Nuta, Spillane, and Tino singles preceded an off the wall double by Stephen and a triple by Michael. The KBabies fought back with 2 of their own, however, sharp leather play overcame good raking ...
Game 2 started slowly with OBI leading after 1 by a count of 2-0. The KBabies had their one good inning for the night and scored 6 runs in the top of the second inning. Answering back by batting through the lineup, OBI put up a 10 spot and never looked back.
KC homered in the second to put OBI back in front and with 2 out, Spillane's inside the park Grand Slam essentially put the game away pushing the lead to 12-6. DC followed up in the 3rd inning with another Big Fly as the lead extended to 16-8.
Spillane followed up in the 4th inning with the 3rd HR of the game (as in over 300') to edge the score further towards a run rule at 18-9. However, with time running out, the game would finish just that way...
Stay tuned for the Season 2 Tourney schedule announcement in the next couple of days ...
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