EDITOR’S NOTE: Sorry for the hiatus in posts. Many of the missing games — but not all — involved losses. Perhaps one day we will return to taunt Smell the Glove, but not yet.
By Aaron Smith
So I may have played the role of captain last night, but I’m clearly no Dan Vock…no 900-word recaps complete with witty nicknames and elaborate wordplay are in the offering this morning. Instead I’m doing this like I do so many things in life—amateurish and half-assed.
Game Recap: Daddies go down 8 runs in the first inning; stage a vigorous come-back and go up by two heading into the top of the 7th; allow BSD to tie the game and then rally in the bottom of the inning to win 14-13.
Analysis: Outside of the first inning, this was probably our best performance of the year. Everyone got on base at least once, our defense was solid from top to bottom, and we kept everything loose even after going down a few different times. I’m sure that solid, consistent play had nothing to do with the fact that we only had 12 people instead of our usual 97.
Hitting MVPs: Scott, Alex and Alec each turned in a 3-4 performance at the plate with a home run. However, I’m giving the co-MVP award to Ivan and Jeffrey for shaking off the shackles of old age and putting us over the top with a triple* and RBI single, respectively, in the bottom of the seventh.
Defensive MVPs: The outfield tandem of Alec, Aaron, Alex, and Molly (with an early assist from Scott) shook off some opening-inning shakiness and proceeded to snuff out anything hit in the air for the remainder of the game.
Scoring MVPs: Blue State Digital, for crediting themselves with two fewer runs than we thought they had when we checked scorecards at the end of the 6th inning. We were going to blow things wide open in the bottom of the seventh regardless, but it certainly made our comeback that much easier.
Anyway, in the words of the great statesman and motivator Herm Edwards: “We can build on this!” Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend and celebrates the birth of our country by getting really drunk and blowing some shit up real good.
