Word has gotten out about the Homers of '92, for the scheduled opponents, the
Rock Lobsters, did not show up yesterday.  Fortunately for the Homers, the
league office had the foresight to have a backup opponent, a team from
Parsons Engineering in Pasadena, waiting at the Rose Bowl.  So the Homers
did get a chance to fine tune our taunting, intimidating, in-your-face
defense during a 10-8 victory.  Team manager Raul Haro, with his finger
pointed at the face of the opposing manager, personally challenged anyone from
Parsons to "come and get some", but none dared to stand up to such a manly
and generally buff presence.<p>

The starting lineup for the Homers was Raul at pitcher, Jeff at catcher, Scott
at first, Juan at second, Jason at shortstop, Beth at third, Mat (Junior's
co-worker at Edison) in left, Jesus in left-center, Junior in right-center,
and Richard in right.  Bob Verish showed up after the first inning, paid a
one-inning penalty for being late, and then entered the game in the third.
Spectating for the Homers were Laurie, Bob, and Josh, who were all 
preoccupied with the newest addition to the Verish household, the Puppy.<p>

The only home run of the day for the Homers came from Mat, who hit a three-
run shot in the third inning.  Richard tried a little too hard to get his
name in this report by trying to stretch a triple into a home run but was
thrown out at the plate.  Defensively, Jason, who was unfairly unmentioned
in the last Homers report, played well at shortstop.  For the second time
in the season, the Homers threw out an opponent at the plate; this time,
the batter hit a hard liner to left that got by Junior, who did manage to
protect himself.  Jesus chased the ball down and threw to Richard, who
relayed it to Jeff at the plate to put out the aforementioned batter.  The
Homers also turned a double play or two.<p>

Next week's game is on the same field (H3, at the southwest corner of the
Rose Bowl) at the same time.  We'll be playing Just Plain Lucky, who will
probably show up if we can get Raul to stop leaving injury threats on the
opposing manager's void.

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Homers     0  3  3  4  0  0  0    10
Parsons    2  0  1  0  1  4  0     8
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