April 30 2006

Twas a b-e-a-youtiful day for our opening day.
We notched a 20-3 victory over the Langley Playaz.

Our sparkling new jerseys made an immediate impact. We executed our warm-up runs and pregame drills with a whole new sense of purpose. As we stretched and gossiped during our centrefield huddle, talk turned to the new Burnaby team, the Biscuits. A future was envisioned. A delicious future. A future pastry league. The Burnaby Biscuits would play against the Coquitlam Croissants, with the winner taking on us, the Surrey Scones. Alas, we missed the boat, what with our new uniforms and all. When these fine fabrics become excessively frayed, the Scones we shall become. (Additional pastry team: Delta Donuts. Any others? Give us some more by chattering at the end of this post.)

The game got off to a rough start, with Aaron aggravating a leg injury in the top of the first that took him out of the game. Kelly, who was in a car accident on Saturday, was not dressed to play Sunday. Get well soon guys!

All in all, we had a decent offensive output, with a total of 21 hits spread out over the nine innings. FYI, last season it took us several weeks, possibly over a month, before we played a nine-inning game. Enrique and Josh both led the way on Sunday, each of them going 4-for-5, and at one point they smacked back-to-back triples. Clay also had a great start to the season, going 3-for-5 with a walk and 4 runs scored.

The pitching staff appears to be in mid-season form. Chris, Enrique, and Josh each pitched very well, holding the Playaz to just three hits.

The heads-in-the-game award is shared by Jeff and RobA, for instructing Rod to get his ass onto third base as he was making his way, helmet under the arm, to the dugout. He had mistakenly thought he was forced out at second when in fact the shortstop "phhhhhh - wasn’t even close" to the bag (quote: base ump).

If you’ve been paying attention to the forum on our website, you know that there is quite a competition brewing over who will lead the league in batting by season’s end. Not helping Scott’s cause was a very questionable infield-fly call on one of his batted balls. The ball landed in short rightfield, well out of the reach of the hustling infielders. No Indian was aware the call had been made until the umps stated the case after all the baserunners had advanced.

Next game: 6:30pm Saturday May 6th vs Coquitlam Cardinals at Blue Mountain Park.