The Homers finally broke out and won a game on the field, 18 to 10 against
the IPL Crawdads.  The Crawdads had but 1 woman to complement their 9 men 
(they must be the archetypal JPL old-school team), and she didn't play defense.<p>
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    Homers         4  2  4  0  1  4  3     18
    IPL Crawdads   0  2  4  1  3  0  0     10
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The Homers had their best turnout of the year despite a conflict with the
B- chick team that plucked away Amy and Holly.  Playing for the Homers were
Doug (1B), Phil (OF), Jeff (1B), Monica (2B), Richard (SS/P), Jesus (OF), 
Ron (OF/P), Beth (3B), Tim (1B/SS), Dave (C/2B), Robb (P/SS), Mary (OF/2B), 
Don (OF), Rich (OF), Robert Fowler (OF), and Holly/Allen (spectators).  A
request for Chinese food led to dinner at Wei Fun, attended by Beth, Bill, 
Robert, Phil, Jeff, Don, Richard, and Ron.<p>

The Homers had a lot of big guns in the lineup, but only Ron was able to hit 
a home run, a shot to left center that took a nice bounce.  Other offensive
heroes included Mary, who got a hard double down THE line, Jeff, with 3 hits
that might have been forgotten if not for a PR campaign, and Monica, who hit 
hard shots into no-man's land between the infield and the outfield.
Defensively, Jesus caught a deeply hit ball while running hard to his left, 
and Rich gunned down a runner going from first to third on a single to right 
with Robb applying the tag.<p>

Our lack of home run production coupled with a desire for corporate 
sponsorship has led to proposals to change the team name.  The difficulty 
lies in picking a sponsor whose image fits the team's character.  The
candidates are:
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    sponsor                 new name    team's contact
    ---------------------   ---------   -----------------
    Cigna                   Hmoers      Scott Morgan
    Army Reserve            Humv-ers    Phil Coffman
    Snap-On                 Hammers     Brian & Lisa
    Family Fitness Center   Hunksters   a few of us
    NuHair                  Domers      many, many others
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Our game next week is Wednesday at Pasadena High School, field 2 (the usual 
one), against the Rock Lobsters.  We'll be the visiting team for the fourth
week in a row, something we have to complain about.  <p>