June 18 2006

We played a game on Thursday? Prove it.
We played a game today? Yeah we did!

Sparked by Kelly's "presenting" during warmups, we put our two consecutive losses behind us and jumped out to an early lead, scoring early and often. The Cardinals (sans site de web) were shorthanded, forcing their coach into playing the outfield, to less than stellar results. At first he was in right, but after several line drives headed out that way in the second inning ("is there a bullseye out there" - Cards 3rd baseman) he was found roaming centrefield the rest of the way. We figure it was so he had help on both sides.

His presence in the outfield actually wasn't much of a factor. Our hits were scattered all over, helped along by some uninspired infielding on their part. Once again our pitchers - hey, Chris and Enrique, who knew? - were all-starific, shutting the opposition down inning after inning.

We had a lot of good hits today, but can't seem to remember who did what per se. Recall a Josh smackaroo to left centre, and a Clay triple down the left field line, but without a scorebook as we write this, and paying little attention during the game, we are at a loss for too much specifics..

A couple of nice catches; by Tyler in left and Brad in right. Steady play by the infield, including a soft line drive double play that included a nice scoop by Jeff at first base on a play that included the runner running towards second while the base coach yelled "baaack.. baaack". (We bought some batteries, but they weren't included, so we had to buy them again. Steven Wright is awesome.)

We're not too sure why we're so far below the Cards in the standings. Sure they were missing a player or two, but still, we just didn't see it. They certainly didn't look like the team that beat us a few weeks back.

That's just about all we've got for today. FYI, the game on Thursday was a well-played game by both sides, but Newton scored more runs than us. That other loss we still choose not to discuss.

Happy Father's Day! All father's were given free admission to today's game. We are high-rollers. Never forget it.

Next game is Sunday at 10am.
Robert Burnaby in Burnaby.
Rematch vs the Biscuits.
Be there.