Week 9 Scores: Sick of Losing....

Wurd said it best after the game when he lamented about how he is just sick of losing.  I totally agree.  But on the bright side, despite a defense patched together with duct tape and super glue, we managed a come from behind win in game 1 which really helped us in the standings.  Game 2 was a different story though.  An early 5-0 lead sparked by Dan's grand slam evaporated quickly and we could never quite get back on top despite improved hitting.  Recent struggles aside, we are somehow in sole possession of the #2 seed, with a reasonable chance of getting the #1 seed if we win both next week.  Park Tav is in first now, but we own the tie-breaker on them with a 2-1 record and they could easily lose one of their last two games.  Now is when things start getting interesting... nobody will remember this cold spell if we can snap out of it.  Our bats started to wake up, with 5 of us hitting .625 or better on the evening and we also combined for 5 HR's.  If we can find a way to tighten up things on defense we might be able to pull out of this nose dive yet.  Championships aren't won in June... they are won in July and July starts tomorrow!!  We're comin!!!

Week 8 Scores

Update later... I need to gather my thoughts...

Games Cancelled Tonight

Week 7 Scores

Not good...

Week 6 Scores

A lot of crazy stuff happened in the standings the last two weeks...

• Doublewide has gone very cold... 0-4, putting up only 22 runs.
• Mainstreet (Gold Nugget) is hot... 4-0, putting up 57 runs
• Eurotech is coming on... 3-1, 62 runs
• Excelsior Brewers is 3-1 as well, only giving up 22 runs in those 4 games
• Park Tavern and EFM are both 1-3, dropping in the standings as well

The bizarre thing is that 5 teams now have an identical 6-6 record, and we enjoy a nice 3 game lead for the #1 seed.

Week 6 Recap - Celebration Bruhaha!

Game 1 ended early as we sprung out to an early lead and never looked back. Our D was pretty solid all around and the top of our order was on fire, as the guys hitting in the 2-6 spots combined to go 14 for 15.  We now have a combined score of 37-18 vs those guys this year.
Final Score:  Dirty Grizzlies 12 - Evangelical Fracking Moguls 2

After a long delay as the ump took his mandatory smoke break, we got back at it versus a very competitive Park Tavern squad.  Hof got us off to a good start by hitting a 3-run dinger in the top of the first, but after that we slowly fell behind in the middle innings as PT used up all of the HR's early.  Our 2-6 hitters that were so hot in game 1 really cooled off combining for a 7-22 (.318) effort in game 2.  Luckily, the rest of the line-up picked things up, especially late in the game leading to 11 runs in the 5th and 6th innings to put us back in the lead. We failed to score in the top of the 7th, but it didn't matter as we shut them down in the bottom of the inning to preserve the 1 run victory. 

Before the dust even settled on the last out, classy #69 from PT took exception to our excitement and he tried to make us feel bad for taking the game too seriously.  From his reaction, you would think that we had acted like we just won the '87 World Series, jumping up and down like Kent Hrbek.  Berube pointed out that this guys statement was quite hypocritical considering the fact he single handedly pulled the pitcher from the game after a few walks without so much as a consultation with anyone else on the team and also berated the ump repeatedly over borderline calls... yet WE are the ones who take things too seriously!  Unbelievable.  We couldn't hit the starting pitcher worth a crap, but funny, as soon as mr tough guy came in he proceeded to give up an inside the park home run to Wurd which cleared the bases.  The very next inning he gave up 5 more runs, including two triples and a double in a row which put us in the lead for good.  It was a fun game, and I don't feel bad one bit for having a little fun celebrating, if he doesn't like having fun maybe #69 should join the soccer league on the other side of the parking lot.
Final Score:  Dirty Grizzlies 16 - Park Tavern 15