Starting for the Homers were Don J. at pitcher, Jeff at catcher, Juan at first, Jesus at second, Richard at short, Mary (season debut) at third, Debbie at rover, Jason in left, Mark in center, and Don F. in right. Raul started on the bench and relieved Don after the first inning. Our offense scrounged for only five and 1/2 hits: Juan had 2; Jesus, 1; Debbie, 1; and Richard, 1 and 1/2, the one being a solo home run to break the shutout and the half being a grounder that the pitcher bobbled. This was probably the fastest game of the season since the top half of every inning went very quickly. Furthermore, we didn't have too many defensive highlights after the game started, although in batting practice Debbie and Mark made nice running catches. During the game, Jason made a nice tag at home, and Don F. was solid in right. However, Cosmic Debris was simply hitting the ball well and generally thrashing us, despite an automatic out from the mercy rule in 3 or 4 of their innings. Afterwards, Jason, Raul, Mark, Mary, Don, and Don adjourned to Rose City Diner to drown their sorrows in cheese fries.
Our next game is Tuesday, June 16, against the LA Radars on field H3, the one on the south side of the Rose Bowl. The batters will be looking into the sun. Every Homer should promise to heed the president only as much as he heeds himself, or, to take Mr. Bush's other tactic, to say we did and maybe even believe we did regardless of reality.
Homers 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 Cosmic Debris 0 2 7 1 0 1 x 11