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

Thursday, September 14, 2017

The Rains Save the Day and Split City LIVES !!!

We needed a sweep to get into the thick of the playoff chase. Split City reared her ugly head in a kind and gentle way (in the form of a monsoon attack) to assist with a 2nd game victory to barely keep those playoff dreams alive,,, by a thread.

The only redemption is this weeks opponent,,, 0-12 Scared Hitless. Who are obviously, just what their name says…

Our team name may soon be Split City, permanently. But that is a story for another day…

We scored 22 runs in the two games,,, 18 of those came in the bottom of the first of Game 1 and the last inning (4th) of Game 2. Basically, the offense was a no show otherwise. Consistently Inconsistent…

During our 8 run first of Game 1, the top 8 spots in the order raked well. Brian hit a 3-run Big Fly, Michael had a 3-run Double, and after the 8, Nuta grounded out to short to score the 8th run.

The 10 run top of the 4th inning was wet and wild!!! The monsoon rolled in with full force, along with the rains. It was nice to be in the dugout and batting instead of in the field.

The scoring started with a base clearing, immmm, Single off the LFers glove by Michael, followed by Singles by Nuta, JR, Larry, and back2back2back2back Doubles by Spillane, Brian, DC and Juan.

But it was (I believe ) DCs Double that was the wondrous circus event of the night. With the winds howling and the rain sheeting down, a long fly to LC became the ultimate viral sensation as the ball turned toward center at least 10 feet, then wildly swung back a good 20 feet to fall helplessly onto the wet grass or warning track… Whatever, it was the coolest thing ever.

This pushed our 2-1 lead to 12-1 and what followed was a basic 1-2-3 inning (IN THE RAIN) to close out the 4th and final inning as the umpire was done with this weather front… Ball Game !!!

Still no stats, but we have blog again this week !

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