Poetry in Motion – May 11th Game

 

 

The B61 Lineup, sponsored by Budweiser and Snapple

 

The Game

How can teams not love to play softball?  Last week, Lobo didn’t have enough women to play.  This week, Lido (Red Room) didn’t have enough players, and some of the players they did have were dressed in street clothes just like last year.  Lido rounded up four high school kids to play on their team, a tall skinny kid who liked to jump and catch balls in left field: a Mini-Manny Ramirez looking guy for center field, a good catcher who liked to squat too close to the plate and a 13-year old feisty girl who played on her freshman softball team.  Blue was the happy ump from last year who was out there to have fun but still was official enough to measure out the distance for the bases. 

 

Blue offered us the forfeit, and we had a short discussion about it.  Take the sure win and play a scrimmage, or try to win the game fairly?  In true B61 style, we declined the forfeit.  If we were going to win, we wanted to play for it.  Afterwards, several people confessed they were scared that we might blow the game, but fortunately, our skill matched our sportsmanship and bravado.

 

We came out of the gate screaming, running through the entire lineup to go ahead 5-0.  The 1st baseman (basewoman?) was damn good, but fortunately for us, she was not getting the throws she needed to get us out.  We took them out 1-2-3 to seal the first inning.

 

We continued to get hits and to keep Lido quiet with great fielding.  As we came off the field at the end of the 3rd inning, Adam said, “Still got a no-hitter going.  Am I allowed to say that?”  Apparently not, because Mini-Manny Ramirez on Lobo’s team promptly clocked his first pitch deep into right field to make it 10-1.  This apparently inspired Red Room because in the next few innings, they scored 5 more runs to make it 15-6.  Could Red Room pull out a comeback like they did last season (17-14)?  Not this year, not against these B61’s.  We scored 2 more runs to win by slaughter rule to make our record 3-0.  The best record in the league.   Woo Hoo.  To celebrate, we practiced ‘til dark and returned to the bar to enjoy Capone nachos with Old Grand Dad.  Oh, what a night.

 

Memorable Moments

·         “You’re not getting past third base.  I’ll tell you that.” – The 13-year old 1st baseman talking smack after the first play of the game

·         Jamie responding to Mini-Manny’s HR by smacking a long ball over his head in center field.  Later, Matt told M-M, “I told you to move back, but you didn’t listen to me.”

·         Raible making a pretty play by stopping a grounder hit to first and tossing the ball to me while covering first.  “Just like we practiced in spring training.”

·         “Yo!  You slapped that guy’s butt.  That’s homo.  You thought no one saw.”  - Kid talking when Anthony slapped my butt after a base hit.

·         Blue not wanting to end the game due to the slaughter rule – “You should have gotten out at the plate so we could keep playing.”

·         Alyce with 3 more RBI hits.  This woman is on a roll.

 

Player of the Game

Player of the game goes to Steve.  Always solid in left field, he made some clutch catches during the game as well as keeping those base hits coming.  Plus, it was his birthday.  Jamie and Matt got him cleats as a present, so I expect we’ll see even greater things from this guy once he has his new wheels.

 

Editorial Note

The writeup from the previous game mistakenly listed Whipit as the first baseman during Jamie’s masterful double play.  The first baseman was in fact Big Alex.  Due to the riots that this caused throughout the muslim world, the Editorial Staff officially retracts its earlier statement.  Even though the Staff often makes up facts to support the storyline and to hide tipsy lapses in memory, it must make every effort to maintain the high level of journalistic integrity that the readership expects.

 

Web Site

You can see all of the writeups at http://www.czarsolutions.com/softball/

 

B61 Poetry

Sam suggested that we have some team poetry.  So, here are a few to start it off.  Feel free to submit your own.

 

Haiku

A haiku consists of three lines. The first line has five syllables, the second line has seven syllables, and the third line has five syllables.

 

Sliding into base

Oh. Don’t you want me, Baby?

Shh.  I’m hungover.

 

The R B I Queen

Hit, RBI, hit, RBI, hit

Catch that damn foul tip!

 

Bamboo under moon

Hot bats rounding the bases

It’s 3 Square Design

 

Cinquain

A cinquain consists of five lines. The first line has two syllables, the second line has four syllables, the third line has six syllables and the fourth line has eight syllables, the final line has two syllables:

 

Bus Stops

Very fun team

Likes to drink beer, joke, laugh

And hit 2-out rallies to win

3-0

 

Limerick

There once a guy who could catch

Of nachos, he made quite a batch

In center, he’d run,

Batters’ hopes were undone,

‘Cause on his knees, he’s good for a snatch!

 

A contribution from Alyce (Compliments of Tina Turner)

Against my window
I can't stand the rain