Sloggy Sluggers Salvage Second Contest in Friday Night Deluge
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A quick note to let the general public know the Thursday Sluggers dropped a pair – the first game by a run & the second game by a margin of 10. Better luck next week squad.

Rowing the boat onto the shore of Friday night’s coverage…
Friday the 13th proved to be ominous and challenging for softball activities. As we huddled beneath the cover of the snack bar pavilion and watched lightning streak the sky, the rainfall took turns intensifying and dissipating. All field umpires ignored the signs of impending apocalypse and forged on until all games were completed. The green field was our first site of play on this evening. Amidst the wind and sheets of rain both teams slugged it out. Noose tatterized a three-run shot for the good guys and almost all the hitters in our lineup contributed a pair of hits. Props to Eazy for a nice catch at the fence on a towering shot. Once the score reached 14-14 in the fifth inning, the Sluggers hit a brick wall. In one disastrous inning the tie turned into a 27-14 deficit mostly on the shoulders of a poor effort by the 3rd baseman -- the Freak. The bottom half inning saw us unable to rally to match the 13 runs of the top half of the inning. The result was a loss on the ledger for the Sluggers. Let me just put on the sportswriter’s hat for a moment: the third baseman for the Sluggers played like a Freak or a mentally challenged half-wit. Booting grounders, under/over-throwing teammates – this guy just sucked! He needed to pull his head out of his ass and get it in the game. He probably cost his team 30 runs in this contest! The manager ought to send his ass back to Iowa! OK, taking off the sportswriter’s hat now. 

Next the action shifted to the red field for more showers and slip’n’slide fun. Neither team appeared to be very enthused to play this contest but as they say…On with the Show. It’s a shame Hot Rod was not here for this contest, as he loves to become a filthy mess. In his absence Slick picked up the slack by laying out for a pop up (backwards – he looked like he was making snow angels in the grass behind second base). Pretty much if the ball was not hit directly at a fielder – it was a hit (including 3 in a row by the roid-inflated Fin). Lots of singles in this game as extra bases were a risk to one’s own health. With the lefty on the hill (Silver), he was able to control the opposing line up and only allow 7 runs. Commish at short, Noose at third and Fozzie in left saw the majority of the action and took care of business behind Silver. For those who remember the Cartman Cooler incident in Fenton Park – you’ll be sorry we didn’t have a team videographer available to catch the Cartman stretch at first that somehow turned into as good a slapstick flop backwards into the mud as its gets! It really lightened the mood on a game that really was not a whole bunch of fun. His flop tops Slick’s Nestea plunge on the Fox Midwest sports plays of the night. With the final out recorded via punch out, the Sluggers posted an 18-7 victory (I think - the book was quite soaked and hard to read).

Next up Monday Sluggers early (6:30pm) at Wilmore vs. the Cardinals…