Homers vs. Maulers, April 13, 1993

THE GOOD GUYS

Richard, Raul, Doug, Monica, their daughter Holly, Tim, Amy, Don C., Beth, her 
friend Susie Horn, her husband Mark, their son Chris, Brian, John Chang, Ron 
Baalke, Kelly, and Laurie.

THE GAME

The Maulers lucked out in this one.  After we had set them up for a fall by 
spotting them a 10-run lead, the game was called and declared null and void in 
the bottom of the sixth when Tim "pulled a ligament in the top of his foot" 
(sez Amy) while running to third base after hitting what should have been the 
first Homer home run of the year.  Here's a nightmare for Bill and Hillary to 
consider in their health care reforms:  Tim, Amy, Laurie, and I had to wait 
around 90 minutes at Huntington before they told us that Cigna wouldn't 
authorize treatment there, after which Amy had to take him to an open Cigna 
somewhere in L.A. while Laurie and I snuck out the back.  OK, maybe that's not 
a nightmare because you think, heck, 90 wasted minutes in a hospital is 
nothing special, but, boy, doesn't that (i.e. our own expectations of hospital 
service) say something about health care in the U.S.  Ok, ok, I'll shut up.

HIGHLIGHTS

Tim's hit was our best of the day - a clean, hard shot over the left fielder.
Raul also hit a nice triple to right-center, and Chris (leave it to a 
12-year-old) got the first Homer hit of the season.  Defensively, we were 
neither good nor bad.  The Maulers just loved my pitching and showed their 
appreciation by batting around in the first inning.  Our only glaring error 
that inning was a ground ball hit back to me that we might have turned into a 
double play except that I threw the ball into left field.  Later, John and Amy 
miscommunicated and let a high fly ball fall in between them, but that kind of 
error ought to go away in time.  The defense was otherwise solid, and Kelly 
did make a nice put-out on a hard ground ball to third late in the game.

MONEY

Two more people have paid, raising the number of non-deadbeats to 10.  This 
station thanks you for your support, but we'll be on the air until...

SCHEDULE

I ran into Sam Dolinar yesterday before the game.  He's a C league mucky-muck 
who is actually a very nice guy.  He said that C league would not start next 
week because, for one, he had not yet made the schedule, which therefore had 
not yet been distributed.  He did assure me that we would start on the week of 
April 26.

Some of us mentioned having a practice next week; Thursday (April 22) seemed 
to be the preferred day.  Send me e-mail, call me at (30)6-6192, or notify me 
in some other way if you do want a practice next Thursday.  I think if I get 6 
or more firm commitments by this Friday, we'll do it.  Otherwise, we'll just 
have to kick butt cold when the season starts.