OBI Original Blog

OBI plays Thursday nights at Victory Lane Sports Park in Glendale, AZ. Earlier 2013 blog postings can be found at onebadinningaz.blogspot.com

Thursday, January 21, 2016

OBI Opens 2016 with DH Loss to The Boys R' Back...

OBI continues to battle in the upper Men's division on Thursday nights and lost a close game 1 before the wheels came off in game 2. The OBI squad continues to play well even through roster turnover, attrition, interesting Umpire perspectives, and the weather.

Playing our first games in a month, OBI battled back from 1-9 and 6-12 scores and scored 9 runs in the top of the 7th inning, taking our only lead of the game at 15-12. The Boys did not cooperate and rolled out their shaved bat and we watched a walk-off 2 run HR fly out over the target wall in LC field. 'Nuff said.

Game 2 was an ugly 7-20 5-inning run rule affair that needs as little said about it as possible. ;~)

Game 1 saw OBI bat through the lineup nearly 4 times. Both Larry and Michael went 4-4 while just about everyone else had multiple hits. Mando, Matt, Jayse, Larry, and Nuta all scored 2 runs while Jayse (2), Michael (3), John (2) and Gary (2) all had multiple RBIs. Not to be out done, Matt had 2 Base on Balls to move up the rankings in that category for the season.

Larry continued his hot streak with a 2-2 performance in Game 2. Gary did as well. Matt decided to swing the bat instead of walking and busted out with a 3-3 performance.

Inconsistency in the field and at the plate were expected for all us aging, non-workout, had not played in a month types. Get a few swings in this week and chase a chicken/rooster around in the coop out back to get your legs back under you. Looming is a battle with Mamma's Boys this week. We are in 8th and they are currently 9th,,, our chance to show someone who is boss I say !!!

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