The only constant in life (and softball) is change... As OBI remains the same, a change at the top occurred to start 2017's Season 5, as Chris Spillane has taken the helm of this long running softball team.
In good hands, finally, One Bad Inning headed into Week 1 against a familiar foe in Warning Track Power. However, at evenings end, Warning Track Power hit 2 more Home Runs for OUTS than OBI hit all night. Which means that WTP totaled 4 big flies to OBI's 0...
That said, the double header loss totally took the wind from our sails and we head into Week 2 versus BFF, inc. Yes, the team that won the league last season. Chris has vowed to contact Split City to visit this week in hopes of obtaining his first victory prior to Thanksgiving as Head Coach / Manager...
Of course, much of the Game 1 blame goes to the RC fielder who was playing catcher since we only had 8 to start with and 9 once Jakob arrived. A fillin, Nick, was able to assist us in game 2 and we had a full 10 players to do battle.
After losing 14-5 in game 1, We held WTP to 12 runs and only scored in two innings ourselves. The 6-run 4th was our highlight in the 7-12 loss.
Most everyone batted and some players actually got on base, including myself by finally walking late in game 2 instead of taking a foul tip (just throw the man a frickin strike)... Anyways, i am almost better now LOL...
It was great to see John back on the field and that other new guy played well too,,, ummm what was his name, oh Ya,,,,, Juan Carlos... That was it!
At the time of this blog post, it was still unknown if Tom stuck around last week long enough to buy a pitcher. PS. It looked like a $10 Swing there, Mr. Puc...
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