Another 2 Weeks Goes By And All I Get Is a Stupid Blog Post !!!

Yes, 2016 Season 1 is now at the midway point and blog postings are as rare as a fortnight. However, in order to appease the beast that is the Jayse Manster, I have decided to break out my blog skills and give her a go this weak... Or is that just the way I right, week? So many choices...

Split City showed for the 3rd time in 3 weeks in Week 3 of Season 1. We out hit One Hit Wonders on field 5 to the nth degree in game one batting around in the first inning and batting till the clock struck zero in the bottom of the 5th.

The top of the first was fun as we saw Juan blast a 3-run Big Fly and Brent follow up with the first Back-to-Back HRs for OBI in a few years with a Line Drive somewhere in the neighborhood of the 350' sign in CF of field 5 (aka the Motorcross Track). Not to be outdone, Paul plated the final 3 runs of the inning with a 3-run HR of his own of the inside the park variety.

After the 8-1 start, OBI was quiet scoring just once more through the 4th inning as the Wonders hit 2 HRs of their own and knotted the game at 8. After taking a 11-10 lead going to the bottom 5th, only one out was made by the 10 batters sent to the plate,,, time ran out and the final 17-10 was written.

Split City showed in game 2 as a 6 run second and 4 run 5th could not keep the Wonders down and the final was 11-13 in 6 innings. Mando, Jayse, and Spillane were overly active and collectively made one out, scored 6 and drove in 5.

This past week on Field 1, Split City was a no-show... In a good way...

After a slow team start thru 4 innings, OBI was down 2-3. Ya, both us and No Glove No Love were raking it, ,, NOT!!! The top of the 5th, we plated 3 runs. This totally coincided with Nuta's arrival at the game, but I am not going there.

Leading 5-3 in the top of the 6th, OBI attempted to bat around the lineup,,, twice. Unfortunately, we fell 5 batters short and were able to plate only 13 runs. I know, weak,,, there is that word again. Batting thru the lineup the first time, every player had a hit, exception Nuta... Apropos, no?!?!???

Juan followed up his leadoff single with a second at bat in the inning that turned into a Grand Salami !!! A few more hits led to additional runs that came in handy after NGNL would not be denied and ripped off a Niner of their own... Yes,,, 5-3 after five,,, and a one inning score of 13-9. Ironically, both teams failed to score in the 7th inning,,, D'Oh !!!

Game 2 was even more exciting as Split City pulled into the parking lot, had walked up to the booth and as they paid their $2,,, were sent packing by Matt and his 2-out 2-RBI Walk Off Single that gave OBI and huge 15-14 come from behind victory.

Needless to say that Matt is very proud of himself and for the rest of the evening was taking massive quantities of pics with his selfie stick to celebrate the moment. (please remember that I am old and this happened since I have slept,, some facts may be subject to ,,, umm, subjectivity). But I digress...

This was a back and forth affair that required everyone's contribution on offense and defense:
-- 3 runs in the first inning on 6 consecutive hits by Juan, Spillane, Mando, John, Michael, and Paul.
-- a second run in the 3rd as Larry hustled out a ground ball that was almost a double play.
-- 4 runs in the bottom of the 4 that pulled us back to within 2. Clint and Juan both tripled and Mando also refused to get doubled up, pushing a run across.
-- 2 runs to tie it in the 5th inning on 3 Doubles by Larry, Matt, and Clint.
-- After giving up 3 in the top of the 6th and last inning,, including a HR in the mix,,, 
With two out and two one and none in,,, Paul hits an RBI single, Larry an RBI double,,,
and then for some INEXPLICABLE reason, NGNL Intentionally Walks NUTA !!! Seriously ?!?!??? (Insert joke about how not to use a scorebook to provide game management advice here, or not... I know, I know, am digressing again

WHISKEY
TANGO
FOXTROT

WTF!!! With OBI holding their collective breaths, Matt calmly laced the ball to LF like he knew what he was doing... Bravo young man !!! All that can be said about that has been said, I say anyways!

Let's make Split City pay the entry fee and send 'em home again tonight... What do ya say Boyz !!!