Homers
The Homers, est. 1991, strives to be a pleasant yet competitive team in
JPL's C League Softball.
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Schedule
| Apr 18 |
1. Bruisers 11, Homers 25 |
| Apr 25 |
2. Pitches Be Crazy 8, Homers 23 |
| May 7 |
3. Homers 13, Cinco Equis 17 |
| May 14 |
4. Homers 25, L.A. Radars 14 |
| May 21 |
5. Homers 25, Single Swing to Orbit 13 |
| May 29 |
6. Eclectic Ecentrics 17, Homers 25 |
| Jun 13 |
7. Homers 17, Voodoo TOAD Fury 14 |
| Jun 20 |
8. Homers 17, Paper Tigers 7 |
| Jun 25 |
9. Homers 22, Double Mercy 14 |
| Jul 10 |
10. Titans 11, Homers 25 |
| Jul 24 |
11. Homers 22, Wild Turkeys 15 |
| Aug 1 |
12. Titans 16, Homers 18 |
| Aug 6 |
13. Homers 25, Eclectic Eccentrics 7 |
| Aug 14 |
14. Voodoo TOAD Fury 18, Homers 17 |
| Aug 21 |
15. McKringleberries 17, Homers 19 |
| Aug 29 |
16. Crawdads 8, Homers 19 |
Almost all games are at
Hahamongna Park's
lower level. Field HN has the backstop and the dirt infield. HS is diagonally
opposite.
In 2018, we have 1 game at
Loma Alta
Park
M. Homer (body)
# 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 $
1 Ron Baalke 1 1 1 2 10 2 3 4 2 2 2 3 1 3 1 2 1
2 Ana Morino 5 6 5 2 5 10 11 5 10 9 12 7 7 14 5 11 9
3 Sue Kientz S S 2 12 S S S S S S S S S S S S
4 Jeff Osman 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1
5 Richard Chen 8 3 7 2 1 5 10 8 7 6 7 5 16 13 4 1
6 Will Reid 13 14 4 10 7 13 6 7 9 5 10 15 11 10 14 11
7 Tony Greicius 7 11 14 11 6 7 8 3 11 8 8 9 7 4 3
8 Chad Galley 12 8 13 11 9 14 7 9 10 10 10 12 8 13
9 Scott Morgan S S 3 2 2 3 3 3 2 5 2 3 1
10 Abby Couto 9 9 6 9 9 13 6 4 4 14 8 10 12
11 Becky Castano 14 16 12 16 14 11 13 13 14 11 19 17
12 Brian White 4 6 6 5 12 4 6 11 6 7 5 13
13 Annette Nasif 12 13 11 8 8 12 8 6 9 14 15 1
14 Robb Warren 2 7 4 4 5 6 3 4 9 12 1
15 Tony Ganino 10 2 12 12 11 9 12 18 16 13 9
16 Daniel Limonadi 10 15 9 11 15 9 14 12 16 17 1
17 John McGrory S 5 10 9 12 7 7 14 5 9
18 Eric Gustafson 3 8 8 12 14 11 12 15 7 1
19 Clement Chen S S S S S S S S S
19 Dorothea Chen S S S S S S S S S
21 Emma Herrick 6 5 6 3 12 7 4 13 1
22 Laura Napoli 17 4 4 13 11 S
23 Rich Benesh S S S 5 8 6
24 Sofi Castano S S S S
24 Danny Castano S S S S
26 Bella Castano S S S
26 Mary Wittman S S S
28 Mitch Ingham 11 9
29 Karrie Hawbaker S S
30 Joe Mrozinski 4
31 Megan Lagace 10
31 Carl Marziali 10
33 Taylor Ingram 13
34 Eric Limonadi S
34 Alex Ingham S
34 Genevieve Reid S
34 Renee Limonadi S
34 Kymie Tan S
34 Lucy Morino S
34 Antonio Morino S
#==current ranking,
*==previous ranking,
Out,
Spectator,
Late arrival,
Early exit,
Disabled/dead
Male player, confirmed
Female player, confirmed
male player, presumed
female player, presumed
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
1 Sue Kientz + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
1 Ron Baalke + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
3 Jeff Osman + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
4 Scott Morgan + + + + + + + + + + + + +
5 Will Reid - + + + - + + + + + + + + - +
5 Richard Chen + + + + + + + + + - - + + - +
7 Robb Warren + + + + + + + + + +
8 Ana Morino - + - + - + + - - - - + - + + +
9 Clement Chen + + + + + + - + -
9 Dorothea Chen + + + + + + - + -
11 Annette Nasif + + - + + + - + - + -
12 Rich Benesh + + + + + +
13 Chad Galley + - - - - + - + + - - + +
14 Daniel Limonadi + + - + - + - - + -
15 Brian White - - + + - + - + - - +
15 John McGrory - + - - - - + - + + +
15 Becky Castano + - - + - + + - - - +
18 Abby Couto - + - - + - - - + - + +
19 Genevieve Reid + + + +
20 Sofi Castano + - + + +
20 Bella Castano + + + + -
22 Laura Napoli + + + - - +
23 Danny Castano + - + +
24 Eric Gustafson + + + - - - - - -
25 Karrie Hawbaker + +
26 Tony Ganino - - - - - + - - - +
27 Lucy Morino +
27 Antonio Morino +
27 Joe Mrozinski +
30 Emma Herrick - - - - + - - -
31 Tony Greicius - - - - + - - - - - - - - - -
32 Megan Lagace -
32 Renee Limonadi -
32 Carl Marziali -
32 Kymie Tan -
32 Taylor Ingram -
32 Eric Limonadi -
32 Alex Ingham -
39 Mitch Ingham - -
40 Mary Wittman - - -
# 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 sum
Will Reid 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 12
Tony Greicius 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 11
Ron Baalke 2 1 1 1 1 6
Abby Couto 1 1 1 1 1 5
Tony Ganino 1 2 1 4
Daniel Limonadi 1 1 1 3
Eric Gustafson 1 1 1 3
Richard Chen 1 2 3
Chad Galley 1 1 1 3
Brian White 1 1 2
John McGrory 1 1 2
Jeff Osman 1 1
From: Abby Couto
The Homers kicked off their last game of a remarkable 2018 season with a
(near) record-breaking inning. Richard, Tony Gr, Eric, and Brian contributed
to 4 home runs in the first inning, 1 away from tying the all-time record of
5 home runs in one inning, set a mere 20 years ago.
The fireworks didn’t end with the first inning, as Tony Ga, Will, and Abby
added one HR each in the second inning, and Richard got his second HR in
the fourth inning.
Homers defense was just as solid with two scoreless innings, holding the
Crawdads to just 8 runs over 6 innings. There were some defensive highlights
throughout the game, but they, like the sweet memories of summer, faded from
our thoughts over Labor Day weekend as we enter the darkness of fall,
winter, and NO SOFTBALL :(
On the bright side, there are still at least 2 opportunities to hang out
with the Homers gang before the 2019 season begins! The first is in two
weeks at Jeff’s house, Saturday 9/22, for a BBQ! Please RSVP when possible.
The second will be Super Bowl Sunday at Robb’s in February. Reservations
will open in a couple months, but prime-couch-seating is first-come,
first-served.
On behalf of all the Homers rookies, thank you all for a great opening season!
Crawdads 2 0 3 1 2 0 8
Homers 5 7 3 4 0 x 19
Ron P P - P P -
Tony Gr LC - - - - -
Richard LF LC RF LC RF -
Abby SS SS SS SS SS SS
Brian RC - LF RC LC -
Rich C - C C - C
Eric 1B - LC 1B - RC
Ana 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B
Chad RF - - RF - LC
Johnny - 1B RC - 1B RF
Robb - C 1B - C P
Annette 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B 2B
Tony Ga - RF P - RC 1B
Will - LF - LF LF LF
Scott --field manager--
Spectators: Sue, Karrie, Mary, Laura
Dinner at Rounds: Ron, Sue, Rich, Robb, Tony Ga, Richard, Brian, Laura, Chad,
Karrie, Scott, Johnny, Anna, Will, Abby
From: Johnny McGrory
With the end of the season in sight, the Homers were determined to come
home with a win. On Tuesday, the unlucky opponent this week was named
[see attached image].
The Homers fielded another long line-up, with 15 players being accounted
for and managed to perfection by Scott. After a slow start in the first
inning, the Homers got the bats moving and put up a defensive wall, giving
up only 3 runs in three innings while scoring 15. The scoring was led by
Tony Gr with 2 home runs and Ron adding another to the home run tally.
The defense was stepping up big with Will making two incredible catches out
in left field (one of which was way in foul territory) and Laura having a
big play to first to get us out of the inning. The Homers walked away with
a 19-17 victory heading into the final game of the season.
However, the MVP of the game goes to "The Baby-Whisperer", Ana Morino, who
was able to do the impossible and get Dora to stop crying while Richard was
away! (And no, Ana's love for Baby did not concern Johnny).
The final game of the season will be against the Crawdads at Hahamonga
Watershed Park @ 530 PM on 8/29 on the South (grass) field.
McKringleberries 4 0 1 2 6 4 17
Homers 2 5 3 7 2 x 19
Ron P P - P P -
Tony Gr LC LC - LC LC -
Johnny SS RF - SS - 1B
Ana 3B 3B 3B 3B RC -
Brian RF - RC LF - RF
Rich C - C C - C
Robb 1B - 1B 1B - P
Laura 2B 2B 2B - 2B 2B
Will LF - LF - LF LF
Chad - C RF - RF LC
Richard - SS SS - 1B SS
Annette RC RC LC RC - RC
Eric - LF - RF C -
Tony Ga - 1B P - SS -
Becky - - - 2B 3B 3B
Scott --field manager--
Spectators:
Sue, Dora, Clement
Dinner at Round Table:
Chad, Robb, Ron, Sue, Scott, Jeff, Annette, Rich, Ana, Johnny
From: Will Reid
Last Tuesday saw a classic Homers vs. Toads matchup. The competition,
steeped in C-League history, was fierce and took the game down to the wire
in the seventh. Unfortunately, the result for the Homers was a one-run loss,
however the real winners of the day were participation and furry pitch
invaders....
A total of 18 players were fielded for the Homers. Highlights of the night
included: diving catches and attempts by Abbey and Johnny, a Tony Gr. triple
that was almost a home run, Ana getting stuck in a rundown but cooly making
it to third, some impressive outfielding by both Richard and Tony Gr, and
Tony Ga's ambidextrous batting moves (the outfield didn't seem impressed).
Also, management of the 18-strong roster was an impressive feat by
Scott.
The current political climate was reflected in a couple of questionable
fielding placements. The Homers were observed to be one female short in the
field at one point. Amongst howls from the Toads this was quickly remedied.
Abbey, the replacement fielder, quickly made the Toads eat their hats with
two outs for the inning.
Brian, playing in left field, upon attempting to field a pop-up fly ball
was impeded by a curious canine. The dog and Brian came out of the incident
unscathed. Toad-Dog collusion mutterings were heard, the outfield impostor
quickly replied "fake news" on Twitter, a special prosecutor has been
appointed.
Voodoo Toad Fury 4 3 3 1 1 5 1 18
Homers 0 5 0 4 2 6 0 17
Jeff - - - - C - -
Ron P - P P - P -
Brian RC - RF LF - LF RC
Abby SS SS SS - SS SS SS
Tony Gr LC LC - LC - LC -
Chad C RF - RF - RF -
Will LF LF LF - LF - LF
Annette 2B - 2B RC - RC -
Eric RF - C - RF - C
Johnny 1B - 1B - 1B 1B 1B
Robb - 1B - 1B - - -
Ana 3B 3B - 3B 3B - 3B
Richard - RC LC - RC 3B LC
Daniel - C RC - LC - RF
Rich - - - C - C -
Laura - 2B - 2B - 2B -
Tony Ga - P - SS P - P
Becky - - 3B - 2B - 2B
Scott ----- manager ------
Spectators:
Antonio, Lucy, Mary, Dora, Clement
Dinner at Rounds:
Ron, Sue, Scott, Jeff, Richard, Dora, Clement, Abbey, Ana, Johnny,
Antonio, Lucy, Robb, Will
Next game: Homers vs. McKringleberries @ Hahamonga park HN, Tuesday August 21
From: Laura Napoli
It was another scorcher when the Homers met the Eclectic Eccentrics --
the kinda day that you could fry bacon on your bare arms. The Homers tried
to stay at bat as long as possible just to keep out of the sun, and bat
they did, to the tune of 25 runs, including 5 home runs by the likes of:
Ron, Will (one regular/one a Grand Slam), Daniel (who woulda had two if
his team hadn't told him to take it easy) and the bruiser, Jeff, who has,
let's face it, been holding himself back because he didn't want to
embarrass the rest of us.
Highlights of the Game:
1) A tremendous 5-3 double play that started with Ana who fielded the
grounder with panache, stepped on third, and fired across the field to
Brian where he respectfully tagged the runner at first to complete the
double play and end the inning.
2) And a huge win for gender equality where two out of the six innings
boasted an all female infield except for Ron. To remedy this, Laura has
begun rigorous training with Rick Honeycutt, so she will be on the mound
next week.
Homers 1 6 10 4 4 0 25
Eclectic E 2 1 1 0 0 3 7
Ron P P P P - P
Jeff C - C - C -
Johnny 1B 1B 1B LC LF -
Laura 2B - RF 2B RC C
Tony Gr LC - - - - - (and then he abandoned us for his other league)
Chad RF LC RC - - - (and then he left, did he join Tony Gr? we will never know)
Brian LF RF - LF 1B RC
Annette RC C - 3B 2B 3B
Tony Ga SS - 3B - P RF
Ana 3B 3B - 1B 3B 1B
Abby - SS SS SS SS SS
Will - LF LF RC LC LF
Daniel - RC LC RF RF LC
Emma - 2B 2B C - 2B
Eaters: Scott Jeff Will Robb Laura Ron Sue Daniel Annette Brian
Shout out to our biggest fan: Sue
Great job to all!!
From: Tony Ganino
The real report is here,
but since some members of our team are getting a little older and using
hyperlinks and playing media files may be a little challenging, the
text version is below...
Titans 4 3 0 6 1 2 16
Homers 5 6 0 5 2 x 18
Jeff C C C C C C
Ron P P P P P P
Richard LF LF LF LF CF LF
Abby SS SS SS SS SS SS
Brian LC LC LC RF - CF
Johnny 1B RF 1B - 2B RF
Tony Ga 3B 1B - 1B 1B 1B
Ana RF 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B
Chad LC - RC LC LF 2B
Daniel - RF RF RF RF -
Becky 2B 2B 2B 2B - -
Our next game is Monday, August 6 at Hahamongna South against Eclectic
Eccentrics. PLEASE be sure to tell Jeff and/or Richard at least a day
in advance if you can't make the game!
From: Robb Warren
Please note SPECIAL LOCATION ALERT at the end of this report.
Recently some Homer faithful have been questioning the allocation of their
annual Homer's dues. Specifically, how are any residual funds being
distributed, and how can there be increased transparency in the distribution
of said funds. Are excess funds being funneled off to pay for the lavish
lifestyles of Homers Management? Are they being used to charter jets to
Homer away games, or possibly pay for lavish penthouse suites while they
throw secretive parties for high ranking league officials? It has just
been learned that nothing could be further from the truth.
In fact, Homer Management has been funding an extensive R&D organization
located in a secluded bunker somewhere within the confines of Brown Mountain.
And.... that the HOMers R&D organization (HOMRAD) is about to release
it's first product which will revolutionize the way future softball will be
played. "Defense Be-Gone" (patent pending) is a pocket sized aerosol can
which will eliminate defenses when sprayed toward an opposing defense.
Before and after pictures taken during recent beta testing at an undisclosed
location are included below. It must be noted that some adverse results have
been reported when volume and wind speed are not taken into account.
Before "Defense Be-Gone"
After "Defense Be-Gone"
After applying a liberal dose of Defense Be-Gone to the Wild Turkeys, the
Homers proceeded to take a 21-3 lead on their way to a 22-15 victory.
Offensive highlights included homers by Tony Gr, Johnny, and Chad. Ron,
Tony Gr, and Chad reached base in each of their at bats. At one point Will
managed to disappear in a cloud of dust between second and third, but
thankfully emerged unscathed.
The Homers played relatively solid defense until a wind shift in the 5th
caused a bit of the "adverse results" previously mentioned. Highlights
included a "I'll snag everything thrown to first base" first inning by
Johnny, a Tony Ga to Laura put out at second, and a snag of a line drive
by Tony Ga at short.
Here are the salient details.
Wild Turkeys 0 2 1 0 6 6 15
Homers 7 3 0 9 2 1 22
Richard/Jeff SS RF C C - RF
Ron P P P - P C
Brian RC LF RF - 1B LF
Laura RF 2B RC RC 2B RC
Johnny 1B 1B - 1B RF SS
Tony Gr LC RC - LC C P
Chad C - LC RF LC LC
Ana 3B LC 3B 3B RC 3B
Will LF - LF LF LF -
Tony Ga - SS SS SS SS -
Robb - C 1B P - 1B
Becky 2B 3B 2B 2B 3B 2B
Spectators included Sue and Rich. Homer dinner points were awarded to
anyone attending one of two options selected for dinner.
Option 1: Junkyard in Simi Valley. Attendees... none
Option 2: Rounds in Pasadena. Attendees... Jeff, Robb, Rich, Will,
Genevieve, Scott, Ron. Sue, Chad, Brian, and Laura. Discussions centered
primarily around future HOMRAD products still in the early stages of
development, including "Offense Be-Gone" and "In-laws Be-Gone".
SPECIAL LOCATION ALERT. The next game is Wed 8/1 at LOMA ALTA vs the Titans.
Please let Richard and Jeff know if you are unable to attend, or if you need
directions.
From: Tony Greicius
The HOMERS were ready for a big game against the Titans. Unfortunately
their usual players were all on vacation and many of their players needed
pinch runners. However, the merciless HOMERS decided to crush them anyways
and put them in double mercy. The final score was 25-11 and we ended the
game after the HOMERS hit for only four innings.
A lot of great defensive plays, including the hilarious ground ball that
went up the middle. Tony was poaching in front of the cones and grabbed
the grounder at second base, however, Becky didn't see him and tried to
stop the ball with her foot. She stepped on Tony's glove preventing him
from lifting his glove and making the double play. The best catch of the
day was by Will who caught a ball over his shoulder in foul territory in
left field. Later in the game we had Becky, Abby and Anna in the
infield - they were the solid iron curtain.
A lot of home runs during our four innings. Abby started the home run derby
in the first inning. 10 batters later in the same inning, Will hit a
grand slam to end the inning with a mercy out. Other home runs were hit by
Chad, Tony G., and Johnny.
After game events was the horse petting zoo where we got to meet the 34
year old stallion.
For dinner, someone suggested Sonics in Murrieta, but due to time
constraints the decision was to go
to Rounds. The usual people
attended, however Richard had to leave before the game since Clement
wasn't feeling well.
We have a BYE next week so get some rest.
Titans 2 2 6 0 1 11
Homers 12 10 0 3 x 25
Jeff - C C C C
Ron P P P P P
Will LF LF LF LC LF
Abby SS SS SS SS SS
Chad C RF LC RF RF
Tony Gr CF RC RF LF -
Ana 2B LC RC 3B 3B
Johnny 1B 1B 1B - RF
Eric 3B 3B - 1B 1B
Brian RF - 3B RF LC
Becky - 2B 2B 2B 2B
Scott -Field Manager
From: Ron Baalke
Some members of the Homers decided to get in some extra softball practice
and thought it would be cool to practice in some caves in Thailand. But
the caves become flooded, trapping the Homers. Four Homers were rescued
in time for the Double Mercy game.
In the game, it was back-n-forth in the early innings, and tied 7-7 after
the 2nd inning. The Homers then scored 10 runs & mercied the Double
Mercy in the 4th inning (17-7), and held on to win.
Homers 2 5 3 7 5 0 - 22
Double Mercy 5 2 0 1 4 2 - 14
The HOMERS improve their season record to 8-1.
Defense: Abby played most of the game at shortshop and played great.
Tony Ganino had a double play.
Offense: Jeff led off the game with a surprise double.
Home runs were hit by Chad, Tony Greicius, Tony Ganino (2) and Will.
Ron & Tony Greicius went 3 for 3.
Defensive line-up
Jeff RF C RF - RF C -
Ron P P P - C P P
Robb C 1B C - P 1B -
Emma 2B 2B - 2B 2B - 2B
Richard 3B CF - RF CF CF -
Will LF LF - LF LF - LF
Abby SS - SS SS SS - SS
Johnny 1B - CF 1B 1B - RF
Annette CF - CF C - RF CF
Tony Gr CF - LF CF - LF CF
Tony Ga - SS 1B P - SS 1B
Chad - CF 2B CF - 3B C
Anna - CF 3B - CF CF 3B
Becky - 3B - 3B 3B 2B -
Scott <--- field manager -->
Sideline Participants: Sue, Clement, Dora, Sofi, Bella, Danny
Still trapped in the Thailand caves and waiting to be rescued: Joe Jacob,
Don Calkins
Dinner was at Anthenaeum with Clement, Dora, Ron, Sue, Scott, Richard, Jeff,
Becky & kids, Chad, Robb, Will & wife.
Immigration officials showed up and took Clement, Dora, Sofi, Bella and
Danny to undisclosed locations.
Next week's game is Tuesday, Jul 10 at HN (dirt) against the Titans.
Let Jeff or Richard know if you can't make the game.
From: Daniel Limonadi
For the last year+ everyone has been talking about Westworld as the ultimate
in exclusive "live out the life of your dreams and find out who you really
are" resort... but, too often over-looked is the softball enthusiasts
paradise of "Hahamongna-World, Ultimate C-League", where you get to pretend
to know how to play softball (some of us, anyway), and clobber teams of
hosts... with little remorse and only occasional mercy. Oh, who amongst
us is a true softball player? What makes one a softball player? Is there
a hierarchy of skills that must first be achieved? Is it emergent?
The debate rages on...
Right... anyway... back in the real world,
The Homers grabbed the lead in the first inning against the Paper Tigers
and never looked back. Offensive highlights of the game included Tony Gr
hitting 2 home-runs in his 2 at-bats before he had to leave, Will got on
base each at-bat and ended with a homer. The defense is really what won
us the game - Johnny, in his Homer debut (with some flashy bright shoes
for the occasion), played 1st base most of the game and did a great job
there, including receiving a slightly hard to field running throw from
Richard late in the game. Ana had a nice catch in the OF and good play
with a hard throw from 3rd to Daniel at 1st to get the runner out. Megan
had a nice jump catch in the OF as well. Thanks to Scott for his excellent
field management, despite the occasional unabashedly disrespectful player
(cough, Richard).
Homers 3 2 6 2 4 0 0 17
Paper Tigers 0 3 0 3 1 0 0 7
Jeff C C C C C C C
Tony Gr LF - - - - - -
Ron P P P P P P P
Ana 2B 2B 2B LC 3B 3B 3B
Johnny 1B 1B 1B RF RF 1B 1B
Will LC LF LF LF LF LF LF
Richard SS SS SS SS SS SS SS
Megan RC CF LC RC RF LC RC
Daniel RF RF RC 1B 1B RF LC
Becky 3B 3B 3B 3B 2B 2B 2B
Annette - - RF 2B LC RC RF
Scott -- Field Manager --
Spectators included Sue, Clement, and Dorathea. Dinner was at Round Table
and was attended by Jeff, Richard, Clement, Dorathea, Scott, Ron, Sue,
Will, Annette, and Daniel.
The next game is Monday 6/25 at HS against the Double Mercy. Please
Richard and Jeff them know early if you can't make it.
From: Scott Morgan
The world watched as the historic summit took place. The leaders of the
opposing teams, Donald J Toad and Kim Jun-Chen, met before the game began.
An agreement was reached prior to the first pitch. Supreme Leader Chen
agreed to limit the Homer offense; President Toad agreed to not destroy
the Homers. Following the second inning, where the TOADS mercied the
Homers, President Toad tweeted that his bats were bigger than the Homer
bats. An enraged Supreme Leader tweeted back that the President was merely
a dotard and unleashed the Homer offense. The Homers not only recovered
from the ten run deficit but went on to beat the Toads 17-14.
Defensive highlights included:
- Tony Gr making a running catch in the first inning
- Richard throwing out Charlie at first from right field
- Jeff making a tumbling catch in right field
- Richard and Ana teaming up for a double play
- Emma making a circus catch at second
Spectators: Scott, Sue, Mary, Clement, Dora, Rich
Dinner at Rounds was attended by: Ron, Sue, Robb, Brian, Rich, Jeff,
Will, Ana, Richard, Dora, Clement, Johnny, Genevieve, Scott, and
Dennis Rodman
The next game is Wednesday against the Paper Tigers on the North/dirt
field. Let Jeff and Richard know if you won't be there.
Homers 0 0 7 1 0 4 5 17
TOADs 2 8 0 3 0 1 0 14
Jeff - C C RF RF C C
Ron P P P P P P -
Tony Gr LF - - - - - -
Emma 2B RC 2B 2B - 2B 2B
Brian RF LC LF RC LF - LF
Will LC LF LC LF - LF 3B
Tony Ga 1B 3B SS - 1B 3B 1B
Ana RC 2B RC - 2B LC RC
Chad C RF - LC RC RF RF
Richard 3B - RF 1B LC RC LC
Robb - 1B 1B C C 1B P
Abby SS SS - SS SS SS SS
Becky - - 3B 3B 3B - -
From: Brian White
A very delayed Homer's report...
Hello Sports Fans,
It's been two weeks since the Homers last game and it was quite the
slobberknocker. The Homers charged ahead early in the game and left
little doubt they would come out ahead. The bats were alive and a lot
of heads up baserunning helped add to our final score of 25-17. Some
mercy's here and there kept the Eclectic Eccentrics in the game but it
was all Homers all the time.
There was some sharp fielding all around with some spectacular throws.
The players thought they knew better than the manager, Scott, as he
assigned players to a position and they abruptly ignored him and went
where they wanted to anyway.
Eclectic E 3 3 0 1 3 5 2 17
Homers 5 5 5 6 1 3 x 25
Jeff - C - C - C C
Ron P P P - P P -
Richard SS SS - SS RF LF -
Abby 3B 3B SS - SS 3B SS
Brian LC LC RF - LC RF -
Tony Gr LF LF - LF LF - LF
Chad 1B - LC 1B 1B - RC
Ana RC RC - RC RC - 1B
Will RF - LF LC SS 3B RF
Emma - 2B 2B - 2B 2B -
Eric - 1B 1B RF - LC RC
Robb C - C P - 1B P
Daniel - RF - - - - -
Annette 2B - RC 2B C - 2B
Becky - - 3B 3B - RC 3B
Scott --- field manager --
25,000 JPL Fans attended "A Ticket to Explore JPL" this past weekend and
Ron Baalke hit his 250th career home run this past game. With 275, he
gets a set of steak knives.
We had our own "A League of Their Own" moment in the final inning where
our infield was comprised entirely of kickass women.
Daniel arrived late and left early to get his car fixed while Annette
stayed and represented.
Brian is currently batting 1.000 (even though it's not something we keep
track of) and too proud of it right now.
Laura Napoli came to support the Homers by doing her best Benedict Arnold
impression and played on the other team.
Sue, Dora, Clement, Bella and Sophie came to support and we lost track of
who was at Dinner since we were separated throughout Round Table. Tonight's
game (that's right, tonight) will be against Voodoo TOAD Fury, our heated
rivals. At least as heated as C League softball can get...
From: Chad Galley
And here's the report!
JPL announced that May had the most launches than any other month in its history. Clearly, they were including in that count all the home runs we put into orbit during last week's game! Thanks to Tony Gr, Will, and Abby for showing Single Swing To Orbit how it's done. Other highlights included Will's highlight-reel diving catch in the outfield, Richard's double-play-that-coulda-been-a-triple-play-if-there-were-three-outs-to-get, a 14-run inning by everyone, and many others.
Spectators: Sue got a break from playing this week.
Dinner: I'm sure it was somewhere but I couldn't make it and delegated the choice to Richard... I think it was a pizza place but not Rounds.
Next week's game is (ahem...) tomorrow! We're playing Eclectic Eccentrics on the north field (the one with all the dirt). Let Richard and/or Jeff know if you can't make it as soon as you can.
Homers 1 0 13 6 0 2 3 25
SStO 0 4 0 0 3 3 3 13
Richard RF C SS SS - RF 3B
Jeff - - C - C - C
Slim SS SS P - SS SS P
Emma 2B 2B - 2B 2B 2B -
Tony Gr LC LC LC LC RF - LF
Will LF LF - LF LF LF RF
Ron P P - P P P -
Ana RC - RC RC LC - LC
Daniel 1B - LF C RC LC RC
Eric C RC RF RF 1B 1B -
Annette - RF 2B 3B - RC 2B
Chad - 1B 1B 1B - C 1B
Abby 3B 3B 3B - 3B 3B SS
From: Ana Morino
Sorry for the delayed report, I was struggling with writers block! But
without further ado, here's the report!
Game Recap:
We played a great game despite losing some of our star players early on.
Our defense was fantastic. Even with only 3 in the outfield and no one at
second base, we held our lead. Our batting, as always, amazing! Highlights
below. And a big shout out to Sue for stepping in to hit.
Highlights:
Will hit 2 home runs! And probably set a Homer record for fastest time
around the bases.
Tony Gr hit 1 home run. Then kept running to his Glendale game.
Ana's first up at bat was a double. Her first in Homer history. A huge
accomplishment for someone of her size.
Tony Ga had 1 home run and on defense made some great plays a short stop
Eric should have had 2 home runs! The outfielders were positioned deep in
anticipation of how hard he hits, so unfortunately they were caught.
But I seriously thought those hits were going to the other field!
Spectators:
None? (Sue at first but stepped up to the plate when we needed a 2nd woman)
Dinner:
Georgee's Pizza = Amazing
Team Picture:
[Tony Ga, Ana, Richard, Sue, JEff, Ron, Mitch, Eric, Will]
Missing a few people
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Homers 3 2 5 8 2 5 0 25
L.A. Radars 2 2 4 0 6 0 0 14
Jeff - - C C C C C
Ron P P P P P P P
Tony Ga SS SS SS SS SS SS SS
Ana RC RC RF RF RF LF LF
Tony Gr LC RF - - - - -
Eric LF LC 1B CF CF CF CF
Mitch 1B 1B 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B
Abby/Sue 3B 3B - - - - -
Richard RF C CF 1B 1B RF RF
Will C LF LF LF LF 1B 1B
Emma 2B 2B - - - - -
Our next game is Monday, May 21. PLEASE be sure to tell Jeff and/or
Richard at least a day in advance if you can't make the game!
And the following game will be on Tuesday, May 29.
From: Sue Kientz
It was a bright spring day when the undefeated 2018 HOMERS tripped merrily
into the North Hahamonga field, slightly understaffed but not at all
suspecting that they would leave bowed and slightly broken (in spirit), as
the green-shirted Cinco Equis would shut down the HOMER machine in mid-innings,
drawing out the game with strange pitching techniques that would force an
end to the game after only 4 ½ innings. This was so disturbing an outcome
that a funny intro for this report was impossible to dream up. In fact, I
can only offer Honesty. My volunteering to write this report was to reach
one end only: Rounds. It's early in the season and I'm already sick of
Round Table! I feel about Round Table like Sam Kinison felt about the women
he dated. Ahh! AHHH!! AHHHHHHHHHH!!
But I digress. The first inning and fourth inning showed HOMER offense at
its best. Brian hit a 2-run HR (his first in HOMER history!) in the first
and nearly the entire lineup batted. But some base hits in the second nor
Chad's triple (and run) in the third were not enough to keep the lead, as
the XXXXX tied us by the bottom of the third. The fourth inning was
promising even as it was a bit odd, with Sue actually coming out of
retirement to bat for Becky, who had left. She failed to reach first, but
afterward the HOMER faithful seemed inspired to score some runs.
Unfortunately, a big inning by the CEs put them ahead, and the HOMERS could
not rise to the occasion as darkness fell and the game ended in the Fifth.
Defensively I can only tell you about the first inning, as that's when
someone wrote very helpful little notations on the score sheet (me actually,
as Jeff was heroically comforting Dora at the time, giving Clement a break
from his uber-heroic efforts). It was then that Annette made a great play
at second, nearly completing a double play. Ron made a good catch for an
out, and Richard and Chad combined to end the inning and keep the Equis
at only a run.
Much thanks and kudos to Carl (first time playing with us) and Taylor for
filling in on short notice, so we could field the team and stay competitive
most of the game.
Homers 6 1 1 5 0 x x 13
Cinco Equis 1 3 5 8 x x x 17
Ron P P P P - - -
Will OF OF OF OF - - -
Brian OF C C C - - -
Ana OF 2B 2B 2B - - -
Richard SS SS SS SS - - -
Chad 1B 1B 1B 1B - - -
Daniel OF OF OF OF - - -
Annette 2B OF 3B OF - - -
Carl C OF OF OF - - -
Jeff DH - DH - - - -
Tony G - - - - DH - -
Becky/ 3B 3B OF?- - - -
Sue - - - DH - - -
Taylor - - - 3B - - -
Spectators: Sue (until need for 3rd woman arose in third inning), Clement,
Dora, Danny, and Sofi.
Manager: Jeff
Dinner at Rounds: Jeff, Will, Richard, Dora, Clement, Ron, and Sue. And it
was SO GOOD!!!!
Our next game is Monday, May 14. PLEASE be sure to tell Jeff and/or
Richard at least a day in advance if you can't make the game! Thanks.
From: Richard Chen
National Radio Hall of Famer Carl Kassell passed away two weeks ago, and
to honor his career at NPR and especially his final landing spot on
"Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me", let's play "Bluff the Listener",
where you pick which one of the following stories about our new Homers
is true. Winners receive a recording of Jeff's voice on their voice
mail or answering machine.
- Eric Gustafson: despite having a PhD in Aerospace Engineering
and working in Inner Planet Navigation, Eric got lost during a motorcycle
rally in 2016 and deeply resented the time spent stopping for
directions, compelling him to design and build a hands-free, voice-free
GPS guidance device.
- Emma Herrick: our recent graduate from Embry-Riddle at Prescott
was chosen by FC Kansas City in the 5th round of the 2017 NWSL draft
but instead came to JPL to better pursue her dream of becoming
an astronaut.
- Abby Couto: our other recent graduate and soccer player from ERAU
chose JPL over SpaceX because she got waitlisted for the Tesla Roadster.
- Ana Morino: perhaps unsurprisingly given her local ties
(high school in Fillmore, then SDSU) and her commitment to community,
Ana hosted 11 groups on Lab for visits in her first 6 months, setting
a new JPL record by any employee for any 6-month span.
- Will Reid: during his postdoc in robotics here at JPL, Will is
collaborating with colleagues at the Australian Space
Agency to develop their own open-source rover, nominally scheduled
for launch in 2023.
Answer after the box score.
Pitches Be Crazy 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 8
Homers 14 4 0 4 1 0 x 23
Ron P P - P SS P -
Richard RF SS - SS C SS -
Brian LF LF - LC LC - LC
Emma 2B 2B - 2B - - -
Eric 1B - 1B LF RF - 1B
Tony Ga SS - SS 1B P - SS
Tony Gr LC LC - - - - -
Ana RC - C RC 2B 2B 2B
Chad C - LC RF - LC LF
Robb - 1B P C - C P
Will - RF LF - 1B 1B RF
Abby 3B - 3B 3B - 3B 3B
Annette - RC RC - RC RF RC
Daniel - C RF - LF RC C
Becky - 3B 2B - 3B LF -
Spectators: Scott, Sue, and Will's wife Genevieve, who came at the end
of the game.
Manager: Jeff, who masterfully set the defenses:
15 players, 2 early departures, minimal delays. I spotted only one spot
for improvement (answer after the other answer), but in real time,
that was a solid A.
Dinner at Round Table: everyone but the two Tonies
(Tonys?), Becky, Brian, and Emma.
OK, all 5 items were genuinely fake news (i.e. not news that I dislike), for
I made them all up, but they all sound plausible, right, especially the
astronaut bit, right? Actually, if you chose #5, you
really, really need to take the ITAR training. And had Becky played 2B
in the last inning with Ana sitting, everyone who didn't leave early would
have played 5 innings.
As for the game, we played well against a nice team of young people,
Pitches Be Crazy. Our kids outplayed their kids, like Abby at 3B
catching 2 line drives and throwing to Ana at 2B to double off
the runner to account for all 3 outs in the 6th. Due to the
mercy rule and the double mercy rule, we
Homers made only 11 outs in the full game. Home runs came from
Ron, Daniel, Abby, and Eric.
We have a bye this week - our next game is Monday, May 7. Reminder to all:
please please please tell Jeff and/or me at least a day in advance if you
can't make it. Rounding up same day subs is difficult.
From: Jeff Osman
The media is hounding HOMERS management. Tweets are flying left and right.
Social media memes are popping up everywhere.
Amid all of this "fake news" buzz the only statement that HOMERS manager Jeff
has released is a simple "No collusion. No collusion what so ever!"
What has caused this crisis in the world of JPL C-league softball? Wild
accusations about the HOMERS off-season recruiting efforts!
Despite the rumors, there is no proof that HOMERS management did anything
improper in finding several new impressive additions to the team whose impact
was immediately felt as the HOMERS began their 2018 campaign by beating
the Bruisers 25 to 11.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total
Bruisers 1 2 0 3 0 3 2 11
HOMERS 11 4 2 3 2 3 x 25
Ron P P P SS P P -
Robb 1B 1B 1B P SS - P
Eric OF OF OF OF OF - 1B
Ana 2B 2B 2B - OF OF OF
Tony Gr OF OF - - - - -
Richard SS SS SS - OF SS SS
Daniel OF - C 1B 1B 1B -
Emma OF OF - 2B 2B 2B 2B
Mitch C C OF OF C OF OF
Abby 3B - 3B 3B 3B 3B 3B
Will - OF OF OF - OF OF
Annette - 3B OF OF - C C
Becky - - - C OF OF OF
Spectators, field managers, baby sitters, walking wounded, and other odd
jobs: Sue, Scott, Jeff, Rich, Clement, Dorothea, Sofi, Danny, Bella, Kymie,
and Alex.
Yes, the HOMERS knew they were off to a good start when their lead-off
hitter, Ron, started the season with the first home run in the first
inning. Before the celebration for that hit was done he was joined by
home runs from Daniel, and HOMERS rookies Abby and Will in the same inning.
The home runs kept coming with Tony Gr (this HR may require an asterisk,
however, as Tony clearly took advantage of a questionable Bruiser overthrow
which may have been caused by Tony carrying his bat all around the bases!),
Richard, Eric and Ron (again) contributing throughout the rest of the game.
Several HOMERS players contributed offensively by reaching base every time
they came up to bat including: Robb, Eric, Ana, Tony Gr, Richard, Abby,
Will, and Becky
Defensively the game highlights belonged to the HOMERS women. Abby was
impressive in her HOMERS debut at 3rd base, while HOMERS rookie Emma made
several good catches at 2nd base as well. Not to let the rookies have all
the fun Annette made a good defensive stop or two as well.
The post game celebration was held at Round Table and was attended by Daniel,
Annette, Ron, Sue, Scott, Rich, Robb, Eric, Jeff, Becky, Sofi, Danny, Bella,
Richard, Clement, and Dorothea.
The HOMERS next game is on Wednesday April 25 against Pitches Be Crazy on
the same field, HS. As always please let Richard and Jeff know well in
advance if you aren't going to make it.
History
After each game, she or he who chooses the dinner location
writes a reasonably factual Homers Report:
2017 |
2016 | 2015 |
2014 | 2013 |
2012 | 2011 |
2010 | 2009 |
2008 | 2007 |
2006 | 2005 |
2004 | 2003 |
2002 | 2001 |
2000 | 1999 |
1998 | 1997 |
1996 | 1995 |
1994 | 1993 |
1992 | 1991
who played when
| who hit what
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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last update:Tuesday, 05-Mar-2019 17:38:50 CST
