From: Sue Kientz
Yes, Thanksgiving came early this year for the HOMERS, as they roasted and
toasted the Wild Turkeys 22 to 3 in a veritable turkey shoot of a game.
Spectators were Dave's two sons Brian and Aaron, Sheila and Tony's doggie
Kona, and Sue as manager.
Although the first inning didn't hint at the easy victory, there were
indications the Homers were in top form when they finished off the bottom
of the inning with a 1-5-3 double play involving Ron, Tim, and Jeff. Other
defensive highlights were the many put outs involving second base (boy was
I glad to manage today!) and a pair of great catches by Amy to end the
game. We also *almost* got two other double plays, and Tim threw out a
runner at first all the way from right field (and nearly repeated the feat
the very next play! When the ball sailed over Rich's head, catcher Scott
was heard to say, "Since Richard is not here, *someone* had to do that...").
Offensively, the Turkeys probably considered us very offensive, since we
went through a full line up three innings in a row. Homers came from Rich
(a 2-run and a single blast), Tim (a 3-run HR), and Tony, who was running
out a 3rd mercy-rule out (w/this HR Tony ties the rookie HR record, with
Jesus. Thank you, Ron "Stat" Baalke). Everyone went home with a hit, and we
were giving up a mercy-rule out from the third inning on (double mercy rule
by the seventh).
FYI Ron (who although feeding me this info refused to write the report)
also tells me that now we are 12-2 for the year, with 52 HRs hit already
this year (last year we hit 53 for the whole season; our season record is
63).
The after game dinner was held at Roundtable, which didn't glean much more
attendance than Crown City the week before, so no more disparaging comments
about our beloved CC! Amid lots of MPF hype and martian decorations, Rich,
Tim, Jeff, Karen, Scott, Ron, and Sue polished off two pizzas and various
beer, both root and otherwise.
Next week's game is next Wednesday (August 6) at 5:30 versus the Gravity
Fielders, again in field H3. We are still short some of our usual players,
so please let Jeff know if you are not going to be there.
Sue Kientz
See my new JPL-toon, just completed:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
HOMERS 0 4 7 5 3 0 3 22
Wild Turkeys 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3
Scott OF C OF 3B P C 3B
Ron P OF P OF P 3B P
Karen 2B P 2B P 2B P 2B
Rich 3B 1B 3B 1B 3B 1B C
Jeff 1B OF C OF OF OF 1B
Sheila OF 2B OF 2B OF 2B OF
Tony C SS 1B SS IB SS OF
Dave OF 3B OF C OF OF OF
Amy OF OF OF OF OF OF OF
Tim SS OF SS OF SS OF SS
http://eis/~skientz/galileo/