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 !!!
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Thursday, October 19, 2017
OBI Reaches New Heights With Sweep!!!
OBI,, One Bad Inning,, Split City,, I'm Not Gay But $20 is $20,,, all good team names but this weeks moniker is simple, Winning!
OBI has officially give Coach Spillane his first victory, first weekly sweep, and as a team, defeated the Heights for the first time. Conversation amongst the Heights players was that they were a bit tired from 40+ Worlds the past weekend, but totally gave props to our players and the offense produced as everyone hit well all night and we outscored them 36-20 in the two games.
Here are the highlights by game...
Game 1 --
I have my contacts in already, see y'all tonight !!!
OBI has officially give Coach Spillane his first victory, first weekly sweep, and as a team, defeated the Heights for the first time. Conversation amongst the Heights players was that they were a bit tired from 40+ Worlds the past weekend, but totally gave props to our players and the offense produced as everyone hit well all night and we outscored them 36-20 in the two games.
Here are the highlights by game...
Game 1 --
- Jakob was a good fill in lead off going 7-9 on the evening.
- Clint had 5 hits and drove in 4 runs.
- Brian's 5 hits included 4 Doubles and a Home Run late in Game 2 to put it on ice. His 8 RBIs were split evenly between the games.
- John was 7-8 hitting clean up and had a Triple and a Base on Balls also.
- Spillane's 7-9 include 3 Doubles, a Triple and 6 RBIs total.
- Michael matched John's 7-8 and he had a Walk and 6 RBIs as well.
- Jayse was 6-9 with a Double a 2 RBIs.
- Nuta kept rolling on a 5-9 night.
- JR had 3 hits and pitched his ASS off. No Small Feat There I Tell Ya !!!
I have my contacts in already, see y'all tonight !!!
Thursday, October 5, 2017
The Torch Has Been Passed,,,
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...
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...
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 !
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 !
Thursday, September 7, 2017
We Don’t Need No Split City!!!
But most of the time, we do need 10 players…
OBI showed in full force versus Midlife Crisis this past week. The sweep was impressive as game scores were 20-6 and 15-0 …
Game 1 started with a phone call to Larry, who was sitting at his desk at work all the while thinking we had late games. Thus, we played on with 9 players until his arrival in the top of the 5th inning. JR was once again wildly effective on the mound and the defense almost didn’t suck behind him.
By the at time the game was well in hand as the score was 18-6. Larry did single and score in the inning.
We batted thru the order twice in the game, both in the second and fourth innings. Everyone scored at least one run with Spillane leading the way with 4.
DC batted 5 times, collected 5 hits and had only 2 RBIs. That is on Brian,,, as he had hits in his middle 3 at bats driving in 7 Runs with a Sac Fly (AB1), 2 Big Flies and a Double,,, then he tried to kill the pitcher. Quite the complete afternoon.
Tom had back-to-back Doubles, while Spillane did the same with Triples. Everyone had at lest two hits sans Larry who was just 1 for 1.
Game 2 was another run rule, but more importantly,,, a shutout. The 15-0 final was a quick and efficient game of 3 2/3 innings.
The home team was led by DC on the mound and a good defensive performance even with Michael playing in the OF #Scary…
No HRs recorded by Brian in this game but I did see another Sac Fly in the book. Clint led the way with 4 hits and Matt was 3-3.
Again, everyone scored at least one, with JR being the exception. But that is ok, he had the walk off hit driving in the 15th run to send us home early….
But then, Brian, Larry and I stayed and played two more games… I need a nap…
ps. we will clear up a few questions in the scorebook and have stats available later this week.
OBI showed in full force versus Midlife Crisis this past week. The sweep was impressive as game scores were 20-6 and 15-0 …
Game 1 started with a phone call to Larry, who was sitting at his desk at work all the while thinking we had late games. Thus, we played on with 9 players until his arrival in the top of the 5th inning. JR was once again wildly effective on the mound and the defense almost didn’t suck behind him.
By the at time the game was well in hand as the score was 18-6. Larry did single and score in the inning.
We batted thru the order twice in the game, both in the second and fourth innings. Everyone scored at least one run with Spillane leading the way with 4.
DC batted 5 times, collected 5 hits and had only 2 RBIs. That is on Brian,,, as he had hits in his middle 3 at bats driving in 7 Runs with a Sac Fly (AB1), 2 Big Flies and a Double,,, then he tried to kill the pitcher. Quite the complete afternoon.
Tom had back-to-back Doubles, while Spillane did the same with Triples. Everyone had at lest two hits sans Larry who was just 1 for 1.
Game 2 was another run rule, but more importantly,,, a shutout. The 15-0 final was a quick and efficient game of 3 2/3 innings.
The home team was led by DC on the mound and a good defensive performance even with Michael playing in the OF #Scary…
No HRs recorded by Brian in this game but I did see another Sac Fly in the book. Clint led the way with 4 hits and Matt was 3-3.
Again, everyone scored at least one, with JR being the exception. But that is ok, he had the walk off hit driving in the 15th run to send us home early….
But then, Brian, Larry and I stayed and played two more games… I need a nap…
ps. we will clear up a few questions in the scorebook and have stats available later this week.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Split City is a No-Show!!!
But just barely...
7-1 BFF-inc. is in first place this season. 3-5 OBI is not, but there is still hope for the playoffs...
13-15 & 10-11 losses to BFF definitely showed that we are competitive this seasons front runner. Now it is up to us to keep Split City at arms length,,, and win out if we want a third consecutive chance at the postseason tourney...
We start tonight versus one of our long time rivals, MidLife Crisis. I think this a great place to begin a run, mainly since we are here now and we need to go on a run and win out or this season will not end with much more than a 8th week double header against another team that did not perform as well as it thought it would in week 1 although they may have actually played well in that first weeks two games and possibly faded over time or just sucked from the get go, though i doubt they would have started slow then picked up a few wins the sucked again at the end, but it is not out of the question.
And no, i totally had no point in that long ass run-on sentence/ paragraph. Oh hell, I am doing it again........
Now, where should I be, oh ya... In Game 1 last week, BFF rolled to a 12 run lead before we even came to bat. If only we had convinced the umpire to start the game in the bottom of the first,, we would have won 12-3. Nice!
Offensively, it was all about consistency, as we scored in all 5 innings (3,2,1,4,3). Stand outs were abundant as follows:
-- Tom collects 2 hits, scores 2 and had 2 RBIs
-- Jayse collects 2 hits, scores 1
-- Spillane had a Double and 2 RBIs
-- Brian collects 2 hits, scores 2 and had 2 RBIs
-- DC collects 2 hits including a Han Solo HR
-- John collects 3 hits, scores once-- Matt singled and had a Sac Fly
-- Clint singled and scored
-- Jakob scored twice and had 3 hits
-- Michael had 2 hits, scores once and had an RBI
-- JR singled and had a Sac Fly
-- Larry had 2 hits, scores once
The second game was much the same but 2 scoreless innings in the 6th and 7th sent us to our doom as BFF eeked out the 1 run victory.
Brians 3-run Tater in the 3rd put us up 6-3. Then after a 4 run outburst in the 5th to take the lead again by 3 runs,,, we were done.
So, another opportunity is in front of us tonight... Goooo OBI,,, Stay Home SPLIT CITY,,, give me a Broom so I can clear a path towards .500... then we can think playoffs lol...
7-1 BFF-inc. is in first place this season. 3-5 OBI is not, but there is still hope for the playoffs...
13-15 & 10-11 losses to BFF definitely showed that we are competitive this seasons front runner. Now it is up to us to keep Split City at arms length,,, and win out if we want a third consecutive chance at the postseason tourney...
We start tonight versus one of our long time rivals, MidLife Crisis. I think this a great place to begin a run, mainly since we are here now and we need to go on a run and win out or this season will not end with much more than a 8th week double header against another team that did not perform as well as it thought it would in week 1 although they may have actually played well in that first weeks two games and possibly faded over time or just sucked from the get go, though i doubt they would have started slow then picked up a few wins the sucked again at the end, but it is not out of the question.
And no, i totally had no point in that long ass run-on sentence/ paragraph. Oh hell, I am doing it again........
Now, where should I be, oh ya... In Game 1 last week, BFF rolled to a 12 run lead before we even came to bat. If only we had convinced the umpire to start the game in the bottom of the first,, we would have won 12-3. Nice!
Offensively, it was all about consistency, as we scored in all 5 innings (3,2,1,4,3). Stand outs were abundant as follows:
-- Tom collects 2 hits, scores 2 and had 2 RBIs
-- Jayse collects 2 hits, scores 1
-- Spillane had a Double and 2 RBIs
-- Brian collects 2 hits, scores 2 and had 2 RBIs
-- DC collects 2 hits including a Han Solo HR
-- John collects 3 hits, scores once-- Matt singled and had a Sac Fly
-- Clint singled and scored
-- Jakob scored twice and had 3 hits
-- Michael had 2 hits, scores once and had an RBI
-- JR singled and had a Sac Fly
-- Larry had 2 hits, scores once
The second game was much the same but 2 scoreless innings in the 6th and 7th sent us to our doom as BFF eeked out the 1 run victory.
Brians 3-run Tater in the 3rd put us up 6-3. Then after a 4 run outburst in the 5th to take the lead again by 3 runs,,, we were done.
So, another opportunity is in front of us tonight... Goooo OBI,,, Stay Home SPLIT CITY,,, give me a Broom so I can clear a path towards .500... then we can think playoffs lol...
Thursday, August 24, 2017
The Long Awaited Stat Update, Brings Forth Season 4 ....
Yes, that is right, we actually have stats...
After a yeas hiatus, Stats B' Back...
After a yeas hiatus, Stats B' Back...
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