Over the past 2 weeks, OBI has turned back into Split City,,, and this is a good thing. Our last venture in D1 saw Split City seldom and the OBI record suffered long enough for us to be shipped back to the lower D2 division.
According to rookie GM / Manager / Outfield Coach and sometime Han Solo, Chris Spillane, good shit happens when you hit the ball. And I agree, at 4-4, OBI is on pace for our best D1 finish to date. Currently, OBI / Split City / That Team Who Used to Fear D1,,, continues to be themselves and hit the ball well at the plate and play good defense against our Tourney level competition. I am sure it pisses them off way more than it amazes ourselves that we can be competitive in these climes...
Oh and did I mention that OBI currently sits 4th and simply needs Split City visits the next two weeks to make the playoffs,,, in D1 ?!?!?!!!!
Anyways, the past two weeks have been split DHs against both Those Guys and the Flying Squirrels. Game 1 of the DH was won both weeks with scores of 20-13 and 19-13 respectively. The loses were 7-15 and a heartbreaking 14-15 on a Grand Salami by one of FS's hot bats,,, wink wink...
The win against Those Guys started well with a 2-0 lead after the 1st. Then, after a Double Play two hitters into the second, OBI reeled off 11 consecutive hits plus a walk and scored 11 with two outs. Only Jayse and Nuta did not reach base in the inning, mainly because they were absent, just sayin'.
With Larry batting last in the lineup, he once again rolled it over to the top with positive results at 3-3, then with Jakob (3-4) and Tom (4-4) at the top, 9 of our 20 runs came from these 3... Hell, Tom scored 3 of our 7 runs in the finale...
This past week, the Flying Squirrels hit some serious shots and some for huge distance including a ~400' out being out of HRs. And the consistent hitting continued throughout OBIs lineup, but the top 7 had at least 3 hits apiece, sans only Tom at leadoff who was on base twice with a hit and a walk.
The second inning was a box party as we batted around not making the first out until the 9th batter in the inning. Again both offense and defense continue to impress, let's keep up the good work in this 2017 Season 5...
Go Split City !!! Go OBI !!!
