Well, it was a fitting way to end the season... our worst season in the history of the team in which we won only 6 games and struggled to not get 10-runned for the first half of the season. The crazy part is that we played AWESOME in game one against the #2 Seed Scoreboard TLC. What did we turn, 4 double plays, maybe 5? We also had the lead for most of the game...heading into the top of the 7th up 6-3 and nearly added more in that inning. They were on the ropes. They were flustered. They could not solve the 5 infielder puzzle. Every fly play was at someone. In the infield we were making play after play after play. On offense we got timely hits and took exta bases. But in the 7th we had a crack in the ol' armor... we managed to keep it tied to force extra innings, but they had regained the momentum. In the 8th we were fairly punchless at the plate, and then in the bottom of the inning after a leadoff walk they loaded the bases with 1 out and their best hitter at the plate. We brought the infielders to make a play at home....but their hitter did what good hitters do... He hit the ball hard and it found a way through. We had it, we had outplayed them for 95% of the game, but we just could not close it out and Cinderella's slipper just slipped through our fingers. We had played so awesome for so much of the game, but in the end it just was not meant to be. To be so close to such a fantastic win is hard to recover from... and by the results of game two we clearly had not recovered from such a heartbreaking loss.
In the elimination game we had to face the #3 Seed BMW squad whom I think we all loath. They are insufferable when they are losing (constantly yelling at each other) but even worse when they are winning. Our 5 infielder trick had lost its luster early on as they hit gap after gap, then I proceeded to give up walk after walk after walk. We did have a 3-run lead after the top of the first, but after that they out scored us 24 to 1. I am sorry guys... I wish we could have ended on a higher, less embarrassing note, but it is what it is. Congrat to Derek for winning the batting title... I will try to get the stats updated before the weekend. Annual whirely ball night in 2 weeks. Keep that Tuesday open....and I will send out an email with all the details and a MVP voting. See you then, thanks for playing... it was fun hanging out with you guys each week!
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