"What's this?" Raul asked, as he unwrapped a dead halibut.  "It means the L.A.
Radars sleep with the fish."  Yes, the Homers kicked some big-time butt in
winning 13 - 4 last Wednesday (apologies for putting this out so late).  For a
while it looked as though our heroes would have to forfeit this game, but at 
5:30 that day the Radars generously (perhaps foolishly - HAHAHAHAHA) gave us 
15 more minutes to find the rest of our team.  Fortunately, Laurie showed up
soon after, followed by Scott at 5:43, which allowed us to take the field with
the minimum of eight players.<p>

Positions:  Raul, pitcher; Scott, first; Laurie, second; Mario (Raul's friend
who showed up on four hours notice), shortstop; Kevin, third; Jeff, right;
Debbie, center; Richard, left.  Around the second inning, a guy wandering 
around the Rose Bowl turned out to be Raul's friend Angel and was drafted on 
the spot and sent to right field, moving Jeff to catcher.  And finally, good 
old Sandra showed up around the third and became our rover.<p>

Highlights of the day:  Richard and Angel both blasted home runs to center
field; Angel later added a triple which would have been another home run had
he not jogged.  Debbie made two running catches on defense and got three hits 
in four at-bats including a double down the third base line which left burn
marks on the grass.  Mario and Scott teamed up well defensively to account for
about 40% of our putouts.  A few brave souls sang the traditional fifth-inning 
stretch while the rest looked disgusted or embarassed.  No kids were within 
throwing distance.  'Twas a good day for all.<p>

The next game is Wednesday at 5:30 again.  We will be playing on field H3,
which I believe is the field we held our second and third practices on.  It's
in the southwest corner.