Homers 2010
Homers 2010
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| Date | Mon | Tue | Wed |
| Apr 19 |
1. Homers 16, Deep Space Cadets 6 |
| Apr 27 |
2. Paper Tigers 25, Homers 16 |
| May 05 |
3. Homers 17, LA Radars 21 |
| May 10 |
4. Homers 24, Bruisers 18 |
| May 18 |
5. Homers 17, Eclectic Eccentrics 8 |
| May 25 |
6. Homers 19, Titans 13 |
| Jun 07 |
7. Goat Scouts 9, Homers 19 |
| Jun 15 |
8. Homers 24, Wild Turkeys 12 |
| Jun 23 |
9. Voodoo Toad Fury 19, Homers 13 |
| Jul 07 |
10. Crawdads 14, Homers 15 |
| Jul 12 |
11. Double Mercy!! 15, Homers 16 |
| Jul 19 |
12. Homers 18, L.A. Radars 19 |
| Jul 27 |
13. Paper Tigers 22, Homers 23 |
| Aug 04 |
14. Homers 21, Goat Scouts 12 |
| Aug 09 |
15. Homers 25, Crawdads 12 |
| Aug 25 |
16. Titans 22, Homers 21 |
| Sep 01 |
17. Homers 14, Voodoo Toad Fury 19 |
All games will be played at
Hahamonga Park.
The softball fields are on the lower level of the park. Field HN has
the backstop and the dirt infield. HS is diagonally across from HN.
M. Homer (body)
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 $
1 Ron Baalke 3 1 11 3 4 4 1 5 5 5 4 1 4 5 4 2 5 16
2 Jeff Osman 4 3 1 1 2 3 5 2 1 3 2 3 2 2 1 2 1
3 Andy Kubasak 11 13 6 5 7 6 10 7 7 9 5 6 6 7 7 6 5
4 Sue Kientz S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4 S
5 Richard Chen 9 4 10 15 10 5 6 6 6 16 7 5 8 6 8 1
6 Joe Jacob 13 11 14 10 11 10 13 12 13 12 9 12 10 11 9 11
7 Scott Morgan 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 15 10
8 Tony Ganino 15 10 12 7 9 9 4 14 4 3 8 2 3 1 12
9 Annette Nasif 7 7 8 6 8 8 12 8 9 12 8 12 5 8 8
10 Jessica Hausman 10 12 13 9 6 6 8 11 11 10 9 10 10 12 7
11 Eric Rigor 11 13 6 8 12 11 12 9 10 10 8 12 11 7 5
12 Daniel Limonadi 16 15 15 S 12 13 15 15 15 13 11 14 13 11 8
13 Eric Limonadi 7 7 S S S 8 S S S S S S S S
14 Renee Limonadi S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
15 Don Calkins 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 2 5 4 3 1 3 17
16 Mary Wittman 18 16 11 14 10 14 15 12 10 9 9 10 14
17 Becky Castano 14 18 13 13 11 14 16 16 14 13 11 14 18
18 Slim Mrozinski 5 5 4 4 7 9 4 6 2 3 6 3
19 Daniel Castano S S S S S S S S S S S
19 Matthew Hanna S S S S S S S S S S S
19 Sofi Castano S S S S S S S S S S S
22 Sheila Ganino 4 10 11 11 11 13 9 12 12
23 Kim Steadman 6 5 3 8 8 4 4 4 .
24 Alyssa Ganino S S S S S S S S
24 Scott Steadman S S S S S S S S
26 Robb Warren 16 16 12 15 7 13 13 14
27 Kelly Oliver S 14 5 6 6 8 S
28 Wes Deadrick 6 9 9 5 7 7 4
29 Haley Ganino S S S S S S
30 Austin Oliver S S S S S
31 Andres Castano 17 18 S S 18
32 Gabrielle Castano S S S S
33 Maddie Barnes S S S
33 Bonnie Tsang S S S
35 Liz Beck 14 13
36 Jack Barnes S S
36 Briana Jacob S S
38 Rich Benesh S
38 Stephanie Su S
38 Montana Sun S
38 Peggy Jennings S
38 Jim Wittmer S
38 Clement Chen S
#==current ranking,
*==previous ranking,
Yes,
No,
Spectator,
Disabled/dead,
Late arrival,
Early exit,
male player,
female player
The algorithm to determine the winner:
number of regular season games attended
if tied, irregular season games attended
if tied, lowest sum of order of appearance at regular season
games
if still tied, order of appearance at irregular games
Order of appearance also pretty much determines: 1) each game's batting
order,
2) the order of sitting out defensively,
and 3) who gets sent over to the other team if they don't
have enough. Note: the payment of team fees counts as an irregular
game.
M. Homer (food)
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1 Jeff Osman + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
2 Ron Baalke + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
3 Sue Kientz + - + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
4 Scott Morgan + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
5 Annette Nasif + - + + + - + + + + + + + +
5 Eric Limonadi + - + + + - + + + + + + + +
5 Renee Limonadi + - + + + - + + + + + + + +
8 Daniel Limonadi + - + - + + + + + + + - + + +
8 Richard Chen + + + - + - + + + + + + - + +
10 Jessica Hausman - + - - + + + + + + + + + +
11 Matthew Hanna - + - + + + + + + + + +
12 Andy Kubasak - + - - - + + - + - + + + + - +
13 Robb Warren + + + + + + +
14 Kim Steadman - + + + + + + +
14 Scott Steadman - + + + + + + +
16 Eric Rigor - + - - - + + + - + + - - +
17 Kelly Oliver + - + + + + -
18 Haley Ganino - + + + - +
19 Alyssa Ganino - + + + - - + -
19 Sheila Ganino - + + + - - + -
21 Austin Oliver + - + + -
22 Wes Deadrick + + - + - -
23 Rich Benesh + +
24 Maddie Barnes + + -
25 Slim Mrozinski - - - - + + - - - - -
26 Mary Wittman - - - + - - - - - - - +
27 Tony Ganino - - - - - - - - + + - - - -
28 Stephanie Su +
28 Montana Sun +
28 Jack Barnes +
28 Clement Chen +
32 Daniel Castano - - - - - - - - - - +
32 Sofi Castano - - - - - - - - - - +
34 Becky Castano - - - - - - - - - - - +
35 Don Calkins - - - - - - - - - - - + -
36 Peggy Jennings -
36 Jim Wittmer -
38 Briana Jacob - -
38 Liz Beck - -
40 Bonnie Tsang - - -
41 Andres Castano - - - -
41 Gabrielle Castano - - - -
43 Joe Jacob - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
# current ranking
* previous ranking
+ attended dinner
- skipped dinner
M. Homer (soul)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 sum
Ron Baalke 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 9
Andy Kubasak 1 1 1 2 1 6
Daniel Limonadi 2 1 1 1 5
Don Calkins 1 1 1 1 4
Richard Chen 1 1 1 3
Scott Morgan 1 1 2
Wes Deadrick 1 1
Tony Ganino 1 1
Slim Mrozinski 1 1
From: Becky Castano
With the start of the 2011 season, it is time to get out the report for the
final HOMER's game of the 2010 season. While the game closed the season with
a loss for the Homer's, it was a well-played game and there was no reason for
the Homer's to wallow in the off-season mulling over what could/should/would
have been.
Offensively, the Homers opened with a strong at-bat, scoring 8 runs in
the top of the first. For the most part, however, the Homer bats cooled
after the first inning. Particularly notable were a great hit by Annette
that was so very close to being a home run, a booming home run by Daniel in
the fourth, and another home run for Ron to start the sixth inning.
Defensively, the Homers were fairly solid. There were no defensive
break-down innings as the Homers can have from time to time. Andy's play
at short stop was more than solid, particularly in the sixth inning in which
he was responsible for dispatching three Toads. Kim also had a nice
defensive out at second. The spectacular defensive play of the game came in
the first inning, when Joe turned a routine catch into a dazzling
ball-bobbling display. Homers were, of course, confident that Joe was just
toying with the Toads and at no time was the ball in danger of dropping to
the ground.
Box Score
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Final
Homers 8 1 0 3 1 1 0 14
Toads 5 2 4 2 4 2 - 19
Defensive Line-up
Tony 1B 1B SS 1B - 1B
Jeff C - C - C -
Don OF OF OF OF - OF
Kim 2B 2B - 2B - 2B
Ron P - P P P -
Andy SS SS 1B - SS SS
Eric - OF - OF OF C
Annette 3B - 2B - 2B -
Joe OF OF OF - OF OF
Mary OF - - OF 3B OF
Daniel OF - OF OF OF OF
Jessica - OF OF - OF -
Robb - P - 1B - P
Becky - 3B 3B 3B - 3B
Scott - C - C - 1B
Spectators: Sue, Scott S., Eric L., Rene, Sofi, Danny
Dinner was at Roundtable.
From: Kim Steadman
On a very hot afternoon, the Homers met the Titans in a rematch of epic
proportions! Well, maybe not epic but it was a pretty darn good game.
After trailing for most of the game, the Homers made a valiant comeback in
the bottom of the final inning but they fell one run short of tying up the
game. The Titans won 22 to 21.
Box score:
Titans 5 2 1 8 3 3 - 22
Homers 1 2 5 2 3 8 - 21
Andy was an offensive powerhouse with 3 doubles and a home run. Richard also
tore up the bases with 4 doubles. Every Homer got a least one hit during
the game. On the defensive side, it was Richard who had the play of the day.
A Titan that was have a great day at the plate came up to bat with runners on
base. As soon as his bat hit the ball the Titans cheered "HOME RUN" and
Richard started running. And running. And running. Then when all hope
seemed lost, Richard stabbed the ball out of the air with his glove.
The Titan was so impressed he ran into the outfield to hug Richard.
Defensive Line-up:
1 2 3 4 5 6
Jeff C OF OF OF 1B OF
Ron P P P P P P
Kim 2B 2B 2B - 2B 2B
Tony 1B SS SS SS SS -
Slim SS
Andy OF OF OF OF - SS
Richard OF OF OF - OF OF
Annette 3B 3B - 2B OF OF
Eric OF OF - OF OF C
Mary OF - 3B 3B 3B 3B
Daniel - - OF OF OF OF
Jessica - C C C C -
Sheila - 1B 1B 1B - 1B
Spectators: Eric, Renee, Matthew, Alyssa, Kelly, Scott S, Austin,
Stephanie, Montana, Clement, and Jim.
Dinner was at Round Table (where the tables aren't round) and was
attended by: Ron, Scott, Matt, Jessica, Kim, Scott S, Stephanie,
Richard, Clement, Montana, Daniel, Annette, Eric, Renee, and Jeff.
From: Ron Baalke
Another addition: I hit a home run in the 1st inning.
From: Don Calkins
It was a bad day for Crustaceans everywhere as the Homers mercilessly
pounded the Crawdads senseless. The Homers were basically in mercy mode
from the 2nd inning until the end of the game. It was a good day for
hitting for the Homer, starting with Richard who crushed a ball to left
center, which resulted in a grand slam in the 1st and then Ron homered
with two on base in the 5th. Annette has a great day at the plate with
two hard shots over second base. Don got two ground rule doubles on pop
ups that should have been caught but, luckily, the right fielder wanted
nothing to do with an airborne softball. In spite of all this firepower,
it was Homer defense (boy, does that sound out of place) that put on quite
the show. In the first inning, it was Richard with a shovel pass to Ron
to get the runner at third. Kelly had a big day at second base putting
out two runners - Ron (3b) to Kelly in the second and then Richard (ss)
to Kelly in the third. Joe (lf) made an easy catch hard in the fourth,
injuring himself in the process. The defensive highlight though came in
the fifth inning with a hard grounder to Sheila at first and then Ron
(p) covering first to get the hard running crustacean. As always,
Shiela had a great day at first, being fundamental to 5 put outs at first.
Dinner attendees were: Sue, Ron, Annette, Daniel, Jeff, Jessica, Matt,
Rene, Eric, Sheila, Haley and Alyssa.
Special thanks to Sue whose scoring and excellent game annotation made
this report possible.
Here are the numbers:
1 2 3 4 5
Jeff c c of c c
Slim p p BLeague
Don of of of of of
Kelly 2b 2b 2b 2b 2b
Ron 3b 3b p p p
Richard ss ss ss ss ss
Andy of of of of of
Sheila 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b
Joe of of of of of
Daniel
Jessica of c of of
Annette of of 3b 3b
Homers 6 7 3 9 25
Crawdads 3 0 3 6 12
From: Ron Baalke
Slim also hit a home run in the 1st inning. He was robbed of another
home run when his deep drive into center field rolled into the dirt area
for a ground-rule double.
From: Ron Baalke
The Homers beat the Goat Scouts 21-12 to improve their
season record to 10-4. The game started slow, with the score
tied at 5-5 after 4 innings. The Homers though scored 7 and 8
runs respectively in the 5th and 7th inning to open up the
game. In the bottom of the last inning, the Homers led 21-7,
and Robb pitched the final inning despite having a foot injury
and unable to field any balls not hit right at him.
Box score
HOMERS 0 3 0 2 7 1 8 - 21
Goat Scouts 2 0 0 3 0 2 5 - 12
The Goat Scouts started the game a little short-handed, fielding
only 8 players in the 1st inning, with only 2 outfielders. Nevertheless, the
Homers failed to take advantage and scored no runs, with the inning ending
on a double play when Don's line drive to the outfield was caught, and Scott
was tagged out trying to advance on a tagup. There was also another
double-play the next inning by the Goat Scouts. The Homers got their
own double-play
when Ron caught a short pop up and threw to Scott to double up the runner
on first. Mary also caught a hard-hit line drive at 3rd base in the 1st inning.
Offensively, the Homers were led by Ron (3 home runs, 7 RBIs) and Don
(home run, double, 5 RBIs). Ron was 4-for-4, and Jeff, Don and Richard
had 3 hits apiece. Joe and Andy also hit a pair of doubles each.
Don was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.
Defensive Line-up:
Scott 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b
Jeff c of of of - of of
Don of of of of - of of
Kim of of 2b - of of -
Ron p p p p p p -
Andy of of - ss ss 3b -
Richard ss ss ss - ss ss ss
Kelly 2b 2b - 2b 2b 2b 2b
Joe of - of of of - of
Eric - c c c c - c
Daniel - - - - of c -
Mary 3b - of of - of of
Becky - 3b 3b 3b 3b - 3b
Robb - - - - - - p
Sideline participants: Sue, Austin, Scott S., Sofi, Daniel C.,
Dinner was at Magpies and attended by Sue, Ron, Scott M., Scott S.,
Kim, Robb, Jeff, Kelly, Andy and Austin
The next HOMERS game is on MONDAY, August 9, versus the Crawdads
on field HN (dirt field). As usual, let Richard or Jeff know if you can't
make the game.
From: Daniel Limonadi
What a game! For the first time in recent memory (at least my recent
memory), the Homers managed to put one over on the Paper Tigers. The game
was pretty tight from beginning to end, with neither team getting too far
ahead for too long. A nine run 5th inning by the Homers was enough to earn
the victory. It did not hurt that the Tigers only had 2 girls to field and
hence were 1 player short in the outfield... but hey, we are old, proud of it,
and we'll take whatever advantage we can get. New second basewoman Kelly
made her second showing of the season, again helping out the team in a time
of need. Also of note was that spotted for the first time ever was
Temporary-Kidless-Bachelor-Man, not quite sure what to do with himself and
acting and looking visibly uneasy at the lack of kids trying to tackle him
and no wife to hold hands with. Post game reports indicate the rare
creature seems to have adjusted ok, but is looking forward to more noise
and company.
Offensive highlights included Eric and Richard getting on base each
at bat (though Richard go lucky on one). Thinking of Don, Tony put two
big hits deep into right field going for known-good-doubles instead of
the runs. No one on the team got any home runs, but together we got
lots of hits and enough RBIs to win this one.
Defensive highlights included the fifth inning 1-2-3 shut down of the
Paper Tigers which left Richard slack jawed on the sidelines in amazement
that the Homers could actually pull off such a feat, especially after
we'd just managed to keep the Tigers scoreless (but not hitless) in the
previous inning as well.
Spectators included Alyssa, Sue, and Matt. Dinner was at Los Gringos
Loco's... until it wasn't due to too large a wait... so we fell back on our
old standby Roundtable. Jeff, Scott, Richard, Andy, Kelly, Ron, Sue,
Jessica, Matt, Eric, and Daniel... I think.
Line Score:
Paper Tigers 3 3 5 0 0 4 7 22
Homers 6 1 0 0 9 4 3 23
Defensive Line-up:
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Eric C C C C C C C
Tony 1B P 1B SS P P SS
Jeff * OF OF OF OF OF *
Kelly 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B * 2B
Ron P 1B P P SS * P
Richard SS 3B SS 3B * OF OF
Andy 3B SS OF * OF SS OF
Mary OF OF OF OF * 2B OF
Bachelorman OF * 3B OF 3B 3B 3B
Jessica OF OF OF * OF OF *
Shiela * 1B 1B 1B 1B
From: Sue Kientz
Daniel,
How could you forget, the exciting climax of Ron's blast into the
outfield that brought Kelly home from second base, to win the game?
Or, even more amazing and incredible and remarkable, Jeff hit a single
to right field!!!
From: Joe Jacob
It was a close game between the Homers and LA Radars,
with the biggest lead taken by the Radars being a mere 4 runs
in the 3rd inning. That proved to be enough as the Radars defeated
the heroic Homers by a single run after the Homers came back to tie up
the game in the 4th inning and maintained the tie game into the 5th.
Defensive highlights included Richard in right field throwing hard to
Sheila at first base for an impressive put out of a not-so-slow Radars
player. Eric at catcher made a nice catch for an out.
Andy hit hard line drive homers in the 2nd and 5th innings. Homeruns
were also recorded by Ron and Richard. Richard needed just a single
to hit for the cycle (meaning a single, double, triple, and homerun in
the same game), but the game ended before he had the opportunity to
get his 4th turn at bat. We are sure he would have stopped at 1st
base regardless of how far he hit the ball.
Line Score:
Homers 1 4 7 0 5 1 : 18
Radars 3 0 5 4 5 2 : 19
Defensive Line-up:
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6
Ron P C 3B P X P
Slim SS 3B SS - - -
Don LCF LCF X LCF LCF LCF
Kelly 2B 2B X 2B 2B 2B
Andy 3B SS X SS 3B 3B
Richard LF RF LCF RF SS RF
Scott RF X RF C RF LF
Sheila 1B 1B 1B X 1B 1B
Tony X P P 1B P SS
Joe X LF LF LF LF X
Eric C X C X C C
Mary RCF RCF RCF RCF RCF X
From: Sheila Ganino
With the World Cup over and the MLB All-Star game yet to be played,
the Homers were the only game in town this warm summer evening. After
the nail biter from the week before, many wondered if the Homers could
pull out another win. It looked good from the start, with the Homers in
control most of the game. Scott made a blind throw from third base to
Sheila at first when his view was blocked by the pitcher. Tony had some
great catches at shortstop, and also made a nice toss to Mary at second
to get the out. Mary also stopped a hard grounder at second and made a
nice throw to Sheila at first. As the fielders made their way in after
that third out, Robb, who assumed managerial duties during this game,
was heard saying, "I knew what I was doing making an all-girl infield",
forgetting that Tony was at shortstop and had made two of the outs.
It's a hard job being field manager. The Homers were solid offensively
as well, with home runs by Ron and Don. Andy, Annette and Ron all had
RBI's and Slim hit a double before having to leave early. The Homers
mercied their opponent after the 4th inning, and it looked to be an early
night for pizza. Then came the 7th inning, and Double Mercy scored eleven
runs after going scoreless the entire game with the exception of their
first at-bat. The Homers always like to give the fans their money's
worth, and this game was no exception. With one out and the tying run on
third, Richard stopped a ground ball at shortstop, tagged second for the
out, then made the throw to Sheila at first for the double play. Game over.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 F
Double Mercy 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 15
Homers 2 6 3 3 2 0 -- 16
Jeff C OF -- OF -- OF OF
Tony SS -- P SS SS P --
Ron -- P 3B P P -- P
Annette 2B OF 2B OF 3B 2B OF
Don OF -- OF -- OF OF OF
Slim P SS SS -- -- -- --
Richard -- -- -- -- -- SS C/SS
Andy OF -- OF -- OF OF --
Sheila 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B 1B
Eric -- C OF C C -- 3B/C
Joe OF OF -- OF OF -- OF
Scott 3B 3B -- OF OF 3B --
Mary OF 2B OF 2B 2B OF 2B
Daniel -- OF C 3B -- C SS/3B
Kelly -- -- -- DH DH DH DH
Dinner was at Roundtable, and Richard has the list of those who were there.
The next game is Monday, July 19 - you know the drill.
From: Richard Chen
With the World Cup nearly over and the Angels fading away, what's a
true L.A. sports fan to do but wager on Homer propositions. The Homers
2010 Mid-Season Betting Guide:
- Russian spies deported vs. wins for the Homers: the former will cap
out around a dozen, which means the Homers need to win 5 more in 8 weeks, with
at least a 1/3 chance of getting one bye. The competition
will presumably be stiffer, as the dreggy teams avoid us during
the pick-'em weeks, but we have been playing better following the 1-2
start. Homers.
- ratings for the Lebron ESPN decision show vs. Homer wins over the Toads:
I estimate these two numbers at 0.2 and 0.4, but I probably
underestimate the number of sycophants glad to feed stars' narcissism and
overestimate how far our loathing can carry us. Lebron.
- goals scored in the World Cup final vs. successful pickoffs by the Homer D:
we've already gotten one this year, when Charlie on 1B got distracted.
That might be enough, though the over/under for the former is 2.5, which stuns
me - Brazil/Italy at the Rose Bowl in '94 scarred me for life, as I nearly
paid hundreds of dollars for a siesta. Homers.
- billions of gallons of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill vs
non-family Homers that Clement lets hold him for 1 minute: the former is
tough to measure but might exceed 1. Clement, on the other hand,
got scared and turned away from Sheila,
who might be the friendliest-looking Homer of all time. BP.
- days Lindsay Lohan spends in jail vs. total Homer home runs in 2010:
who knows what the nominal 90 days will be reduced to given the budget.
The latter though, yikes! With more than half the season gone,
Richard, Ron, and Tony are each sitting on 1. That can't last, right?
Right? RIGHT? Homers.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Crawdads 0 2 3 1 3 2 3 14
Homers 7 2 0 1 2 2 1 15
Scott OF 1B - C OF - OF
Don OF OF OF OF - OF OF
Jeff C C - OF - 3B C
Kim 2B 2B - 2B - 2B -
Tony SS SS P - 1B - P
Ron P P - P P P -
Richard OF - SS SS SS SS SS
Jessica OF OF - OF - OF -
Andy 3B - OF 3B OF - 3B
Eric - OF C - C C -
Sheila 1B - 1B 1B 2B 1B 1B
Joe - OF OF OF - OF OF
Annette - 3B OF - OF - OF
Daniel - - 3B - OF OF -
Becky - - 3B - 3B - 2B
Spectators: Sue, Andy's girlfriend Kelly, her son Austin, Scott S, Alyssa,
Haley, their friend Maddie, Eric L, Renee, Bonnie, Briana, Sofi, Daniel C,
Rich
As for the game itself, the Homers took a good lead in the first and then
mentally checked out, allowing the Crawdads to claw back to even going into
the last half inning. Becky led that off with a good hit but got forced out
on Scott's pop-up that hung a long time but was eventually fielded cleanly
on one-hop and thrown to 2B. Don then looped a ball to CF, which should
have left the game in Jeff's hands, but the same CF, trying to get Scott
going first to third, somewhat anticlimactically threw the ball into the
parking lot.
Scott, Don, Kim, Richard, and Joe reached safely every time up. No home
runs, though Don squared up a couple of balls nicely.
Defensively, the first was an all-Ganino inning, as Tony at SS went
backwards nicely to catch a pop-up then assisted to Sheila at 1B for the
other two. The
most satisfying defensive play came in the 7th. With the tying run Bob Deen
on second base and one out, Richard at SS fielded a hard hit one-hopper,
pump faked
to first, and tagged Bob out, leaving their hottest hitter Paul Andres
with only a runner on first. However, he and the following batter both
reached safely to tie the game, leaving Becky/Scott/Don an opportunity
for their heroics.
Next week's game is Monday, July 12, on the same field. Regulars, please
inform Jeff and/or Richard if you won't be there. No Jessica or Richard/Slim
(one of) so far.
From: Andy Kubasak
It was a close game heading into the 5th inning, kept that way by a few
defensive Sports Center top ten plays. The first was a put out by Richard
in the Outfield to Slim at Short. The other was a pickoff by Ron at catcher
to Sheila at first when the runner led off a little too much for the Homers
taste. The Toads took a large lead in the fifth. The Homers tried to chip
away in the 5th, 6th & 7th, capped by the Homers only homer from Andy,
but we came up a little short.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 T
Voodoo Toad Fury 2 0 6 0 9 2 0 19
Homers 5 0 0 0 2 3 3 13
Jeff C - 2B - C - -
Don OF LC - LC - OF OF
Slim SS - SS SS 1B - -
Kim 2B - OF 2B 2B - 2B
Scott - RF OF - OF OF -
Ron P C - P P - P
Richard OF 2B OF - OF SS SS
Annette OF - - RC OF - OF
Andy 3B SS - 3B - OF 3B
Joe OF LF - LF - OF OF
Sheila 1B 1B - 1B - 1B -
Tony - P P - SS P 1B
Daniel - - OF RF OF - C
Jessica - OF C - - C OF
Becky - - 3B - 3B 2B -
Liz - 3B 1B C - 3B -
Dinner was at Round Table and was attended by Sue, Ron, Scott S, Kim, Scott M, Jessica, Matt, Daniel, Annette, Eric, Rene, Sheila, Alyssa, Haley, Richard & Jeff
Spectators were there, I just don't have a list of who they were, but I am guessing the people at dinner that did not play.
The Next Game is Wed. July 7 v. Crawdads on HN
From: Wes Deadrick
I'm not exactly sure what the motivation was tonight, but the HOMERS
were on FIRE showing the spectators how to baste a Wild Turkey. Daniel,
Andy, Ron, and Jeff (and almost Becky with a great hit to center) all
helped the Homers live up to their name with a slew of HRs. Annette
had a great game going 2 for 2 and holding her ground at second for a
great catch on a high fly ball in the 4th. Slim owned the 6th inning
with a double play at second and the toss to Tony at first followed by
a tall reach on what looked to be fly ball destined for the gap. All of
this was, of course, to make up for rocketing a toss in the 5th inning to
Jeff at first and nearly putting him on injured reserve for the next game.
While the Homers have several games to go, the whoopin' on the
Wild Turkeys marked the end of my season and I would like to extend a
sincere thanks to all the Homers for letting me join in on the fun!
Inning: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Homers 3 13 1 5 0 0 2 24
Wild Turkeys 6 0 0 0 2 0 4 12
Line up:
Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Wes CF LC X LC RC X LC
Scott C 1B 1B X C X 1B
Jeff X X C X 1B X C
Annette 3B 2B X 2B 2B 2B 2B
Don LF X LC X LC LC X
Tony 1B P X P X 1B P
Ron P X P 1B X P X
Jessica RF X RF RF RF X RF
Richard 2B SS X RC SS X X
Slim SS X SS X P SS SS
Andy X RC RC SS X RC X
Becky X 3B 3B X 3B 3B X
Eric X C X C X C 3B
Joe X LF X LF X LF X
Daniel X X LF X LF X LF
Mary X RF 2B 3B X RF RC
Dinner was at Round Table and was attended by the Limonadi's, Slim, Sue,
Andy, Scott, Matt, Jessica, Eric, Ron, Jeff, Richard.
Spectators were: Andres, Sofi, Daniel, Gabrielle, Sue, Matt, Eric, Renee.
Report prepared by: Wes Deadrick
Correction to the report - A HR should have been credited to Scott
instead of Jeff. My apologies for the misread... Annette also went 3 for 3.
From: Eric Rigor
What takes longer, running from first to second, or from second to third?
Second to third, because you have to go through a shortstop.
Great first inning for the Homers opening to a 7-0 lead with the only
homerun of the game going to Don. Defense was the key to this victory with
great fielding from Slim and Tony also a couple of great line drive catches
by Ron while pitching.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Goats 0 0 2 3 0 4 0 9
Homers 6 0 7 2 0 4 / 19
Line up:
Ron 3B P P - P - P
Don OF OF - LCF OF LCF LCF
Scott OF OF - RF OF - RF
Sheila 1B 1B 1B 1B - 1B 1B
Jeff C - 2B C - RF -
Andy OF - OF 3B - LF 3B
Slim P SS - SS SS P SS
Jessica RCF RCF RCF - RCF - RCF
Tony SS - SS P - SS C
Joe - OF OF LF OF - LF
Eric - C C - C C -
Annette 2B 2B - 2B 2B 2B -
Daniel - 3B OF - 1B 3B -
Becky - - 3B RCF 3B RCF 2B
Spectator were Renee, Eric L., Sophie, Daniel C., Sue, Haley, Alyssa,
Matt and Sheila's Mom.
Dinner was at Round Table and attended by Sue, Ron, Andy, Jeff, Scott,
Eric R., Jessica, Matt, Slim, Daniel L., Annette, Eric L. and Renee.
Next game is Tuesday, versus the Wild Turkeys on field HS, the
all-grass field.
From: Scott Morgan
Homers Report, Immigrant Sensitive edition - PLEASE DON'T BOYCOTT US!
1 2 3 4 5
Los Casars 15 0 1 3 0 - 19
Los Titans 3 3 0 2 5 - 13
Defensive Alignment:
1 2 3 4 5
Jefe OF OF OF 1B 1B
Ron P P P SS P
Don OF OF OF OF OF
Yesica OF OF OF C 2B
Scott 1B 1B 1B OF OF
Ricardo C C SS P SS
Wes SS SS OF OF X
Annette 2B 2B X 2B C
Eric OF OF C X OF
Maria 3B X 2B OF 3B
Rebeca X 3B 3B 3B OF
Eric L. did a great job keeping score, even with The Casars batting
around almost twice in the first inning.
Spectators included: Susana, Matt, Renee, Gabrielle, Daniel C, and Sofi.
The Casars actually had more at bats in the first inning (18) than in
the rest of game combined (17). Every Casar got on base at least once.
Ricardo and Don both hit jonrones. Maria went 3-3 and had a hit to the
right side of the field.
Defensive highlights included 2 doble jugadas by The Casar infield.
No one was injured in the celebration that followed the victory.
Dinner was at Das Boot, attended by Ron, Sue, Yesica, Matt, Jefe, and
Scott. Dinner was punctuated by at first happy, then unhappy, yelling by
fans of Los Lakers (inverse for Los Sols fans but they weren't very vocal).
Next game is Monday, June 7, against the Goat Scouts on the southern
(grass) field. The Goat Scouts beat the Toads last week by 8 runs, so bring
your best game.
Scott
From: Mary Wittman
The Homers played the Eclectic Eccentrics on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010.
The only homerun of the game went to Andy. Wes went 3 for 3.
Defensive plays went to Kim's catch in the 4th, a put out by Wes to Becky
in the 3rd inning and Scott's two pop catches while playing catcher.
Line up:
Player Inning 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
------------------------------------------------------
Jeff RCF - RF C - 1B
Ron P C P 1B - P
Wes SS - SS SS RCF LF
Kim 2B 2B - 2B - 2B
Scott M C - C - C C
Andy - SS LCF LCF - LCF
Tony 1B P - P 1B SS
Jessica RF - RF - RF -
Richard LCF RCF LF - SS -
Joe LF LF - LF LF -
Annette 3B - 2B - 2B RF
Daniel - LCF - RCF LCF -
Becky - 3B 3B 3B - 3B
Robb - 1B 1B - P RCF
Mary - RF - RF 3B -
Homers: 4 4 8 0 1 0 Total: 17
Eccentrics 1 6 0 1 0 0 Total: 8
Dinner was held at Round Table which included: Jeff, Ron, Sue, Jessica,
Matt, Kim, Scott, Richard, Wes, Mary, Robb, Daniel, Annette, Renee, Eric.
Spectators were Sue, Scott S, Renee, Eric, Matt.
Our next game is Tuesday on the dirt field. Please notify Richard or
Jeff if you're unable to make it.
Rumor has it dinner after the game will be at the Boat (near
Huntington and Rosemead). But verify at the game on Tuesday.
From: Eric Limonadi
What happens when a ball hits a fly?... A fly ball!
Some of our players were at a B league game. In one inning we got
them out in a minute! Rob was pitcher and Ron was first base and they
got out the first three batters. It was a very cold day. We were playing
the Bruisers. We won!! The score was 24 to 18. It was a very good game.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Homers 2 5 1 2 7 0 7 24
Bruisers 0 0 2 3 4 5 4 18
Jeff - C - C OF OF -
Don LF LF - OF OF OF OF
Ron P 1B - P P - P
Annette 2B 2B 2B - OF OF -
Slim SS SS OF - SS SS SS
Andy CF OF SS - OF - -
Daniel 3B - OF OF - - -
Jessica RF RF - - - - -
Liz - - 3B 3B 3B - 3B
Tony 1B - P SS 1B P 1B
Eric R C - C - C C -
Joe - OF OF OF - OF OF
Mary OF - RF 2B - 2B OF
Rob - P 1B 1B - 1B C
Becky - 3B - OF 2B 3B OF
Spectators: Sue, Andres, Sophie, Daniel C, Bella, Cosita, Eric L., Renee,
and Richard
At Magpie's Grill for dinner: Ron, Sue, Rob, Jeff, Annette, Eric L, Renee
Next game: May 18, Tue, HN @ Eclectic Eccentrics
Tell someone if you won't be there.
From: Robb Warren
It had been a week of grim news which had cast a forlorn pall across
the country. Wall Street saw declines of epic proportions within less
than an hour, oil was spilling into the Gulf of Mexico with the potential
of causing one of the worst environmental catastrophes of our lifetimes,
and potential Pakistani terrorists were being linked to events
frighteningly close to home in New York. The nation was in dire need of
some good news, something uplifting, something that would make Americans
remember the "good old days". But wait, the Homers were playing!!
Certainly they could be counted on to provide that spark to bring the
country out of its doldrums. Certainly they were the sure bet to inspire
the country. Right?...Right?.... Nope.
It was a see-saw game, one in which unfortunately the Homers did more
of the 'saw' than the 'see'. They saw the Radars score 10 in the third,
they saw a late inning rally fall a bit short, and they saw their losing
streak reach 2 games. In spite of the seemingly porous defense that the
score would indicate, the Radars were hitting the ball solid. Combined
with the quick dirt infield, the Homer infielders were challenged throughout.
However, Richard and Tony played solid at short, as did Kim at second.
Annette was placed in the unenviable position of the 'hot corner', and was
able to snag a hot grounder late in the game which undoubtedly saved a run.
Although waiting until the last inning, the Homers were able to Homer a
couple of times, with both Daniel and an inspired Tony (with some help
from the Radars) hitting dingers. Don and Joe were also able to go 3 for
3 at the plate. The gory details follow.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Homers 3 0 3 5 1 5 17
LA Radars 5 0 10 0 6 - 21
1 2 3 4 5 6
Jeff RCF - - RCF - 1B
Don LCF LCF - LCF LCF -
Eric C - C C - C
Kim 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B
Andy LF RCF OF - RCF OF
Wes 1B - O U C H
Richard SS SS - SS SS SS
Annette 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B
Ron P P - P 1B -
Tony X 1B SS 1B - P
Joe X LF OF X LF OF
Jessica RF RF RF RF RF RF
Scott - C 1B - C -
Daniel - - OF LF - OF
Robb - - P - P -
Spectators included Eric, Renee, Sue, Bonnie, and Matt.
Dinner was at Round Table and was attended by Jeff, Kim, Scott S.,
Richard, Ron, Sue, Scott M., Robb, Daniel, Annette, Eric, and Rene.
If the amount of pizza that was ordered is any indication of a recovering
economy, then we are clearly out of the woods since there were ample
leftovers. However, there was a perfect amount of beer ordered.
The next game is Monday on the dirt field vs. the Bruisers. I'll bet
you know what to do if you're not going to be at the game
From: Jessica Hausman
It was a great first inning with Homers leading 7 to 0 against the
Paper Tigers with a home run by Wes. We really don't need to talk about
the rest of the game after that. I say it's James Cameron's fault as he
distracted some players and they had to leave early to see his talk at
Caltech. The ball eating thistles didn't help either.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Paper Tigers 0 6 10 6 2 1 25
Homers 7 2 2 1 1 3 16
Ron P 1B - - - -
Jeff C RF - - - 1B
Richard SS - LC LC LC LC
Kim 2B 2B - 2B - 2B
Slim SS SS SS - - -
Tony 1B P 1B P P P
Wes LC LF - SS SS SS
Annette 3B 3B 2B - 2B -
Joe LF - LF - LF LF
Eric R - C - C - C
Andy - LC - LF 1B -
Jessica RC RC RC - RC RC
Scott M RF - C - C -
Daniel - RF - RF - RF
Robb - - P 1B RF -
Mary - - 3B RC 3B -
Andres - - - - - -
Becky - - - 3B - 3B
Spectators were Renee, Eric, Sue, Matt, Scott, Sophie, Daniel, Bella, and Cosita
Dinner was at Barn Burner and attended by Andy, Eric, Robb, Scott, Jeff,
Jessica, Matt, Richard, and Wes.
Next game is Wednesday against the LA Radars
From: Jeff Osman
Strange things are in the air these days. There is the ash floating in
from the erupting volcano in Iceland and disrupting travel worldwide.
The there are the shrill cries of the Tea Party activists and the television
pundits each trying to shout down anyone who disagrees with them without
ever listening to what anyone else might be saying. There are the endless
political commercials filling the broadcast airwaves months and months
before any election. There are the bad news stories about the economy
filling every newscast.
Fortunately, there is also at least one good thing in the air these
days, the familiar cry of "Play ball!" Yes, once again it is HOMERS
softball season, and all is right in the world.
The HOMERS started the season in the right way with a drubbing of the
Deep Space Cadets.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
HOMERS 1 1 3 0 5 4 2 16
Deep Space Cadets 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 6
It was an impressive turnout of HOMERS for the first game, which gave
everyone a chance to sit an inning or two and catch their breath after
not having played in over 6 months. Given the advancing age of some of
the HOMERS players this is a good thing. (Have we really been doing
this for 20 years???)
Don of of - of of - of
Ron p p - p - p -
Jeff of - of - of - -
Annette/Mary 2b 2b 2b 3b 3b 3b 3b
Slim ss - p - ss ss -
Wes of - of of - of -
Richard 1b - ss ss 1b - ss
Jessica of of of of of of of
Scott c - 1b - - 1b -
Eric R. - c - c - c c
Andy - ss of - - of 1b
Becky 3b 3b 3b - - - -
Joe - of - of - of -
Daniel L. - of c - of - of
Tony - 1b - 1b p - p
Annette - - - 2b 2b 2b 2b
Andres - - - - c - of
Spectators: Sue, Matt, Eric L.(junior scorekeeper), Rene, Sophie,
Daniel C., Gabrielle
Offensively the HOMERS also started off the year living up to their
name. Daniel L. was the big bat of the day going 2 for 2 with both hits
being home runs. Scott added a homer of his own as well on his way to
scoring every time he came to bat.
Defensive highlights featured some of the newest HOMERS. Second year
player Eric R. made a nice catch of a pop-up. Meanwhile the newest HOMER,
Wes, made a very impressive debut with a couple of good catches in the
outfield (not to mention going 3 for 3 at the plate). One in particular
brought a few comparisons to some of Joe's more "stylistic" catches from
previous years.
Dinner at Roundtable was attended by: Jeff, Richard, Scott, Wes, Ron,
Sue, Daniel L., Annette, Eric L., and Rene.
The next game is Tuesday April 27 versus the Paper Tigers on the
grass field (HS). As usual please let Richard or Jeff know well in
advance if you can't make it.
History
After each game, she or he who chooses the dinner location
writes a reasonably factual Homers Report:
2009 |
2008 | 2007 |
2006 | 2005 |
2004 | 2003 |
2002 | 2001 |
2000 | 1999 |
1998 | 1997 |
1996 | 1995 |
1994 | 1993 |
1992 | 1991
Baalkeisms:
all-time home run statistics,
all-time records,
new records for 2008,
new records for 2006,
new records for 2005,
new records for 2004,
new records for 2003,
new records for 2002,
new records for 2001,
recap 2000,
new records for 2000.
A Chenism: games played
Team Song
submitted by Linda Ikami
_------_
/ \ DO RE MI DRINK, by Homer J. Simpson.
| |
| | *ahem* La la la la.... *ahem* LAAAAAAA!!
| __ __)
| / \/ \ DO...... the stuff... that buys me beer
/\/\ (o )o ) RAY..... the guy that sells me beer...
/c \__/ --. ME...... the guy... who drinks the beer
( ) FAR..... a long way to get beer...
\_ _-------' SO...... I'll have another beer...
| / \ LA...... I'll have another beer...
| | '\_______) TEA..... no thanks, I'm drinking beer...
| \_____) That will bring us back to...
|_____ | (Looks into an empty glass)
|_____/\/\
/ \ D'OH!
|  |
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