The 2nd inning really got it going for us when we sent up 9 guys to the plate. Your humble right fielder fired an RBI triple shot down the left field line (totally NOT foul) starting the 7 run rally. Highlights of the awesomeness included Huppert crushing one over the left fielder, Matt juking their infield on back-to-back groundballs forcing errors, and Clark hitting one in the gap left handed. Perfection.
All of us also enjoyed Clark once again displaying his pimpaliciousness by not wearing the Team Izzys hat and rocking his full fledged fro. I'm not sure if this is his choice or if he physically can't fit the red Izzys cap over his dome any longer. You decide:
A lot of Izzians in the top of our order did their job firing singles all over left field. We had a healthy combo of making their pitcher sweat, but not being bitches by keeping our bats on our shoulders praying for a walk.
The 40oz MVP of the Week was the closest vote to date. Aaron came out of nowhere (in like he didn't even show up to the game last week) to get on base 4 times with perfectly placed singles. Word on the street is that he has been hitting the batting cages after dropping his kids off at school. Tracy hit in the meat of the order and went 3/4 for at least 4 RBI's. While Aaron did a fantastic job catching Matt's errant pitches and getting them back to him in a timely manner, the nod went to Tracy with his solid errorless play at the Short Stop position. Congratulations to Drunko!
The view from hybrid right field was beautiful. I enjoyed playing the Right Rover while daring the dorks on the other team to hit shots into right field. It was fun running down a pop up in right in the first inning while also catching a liner for the last out of the game. But my favorite moment had to be my rally inspiring RBI triple. You know, everyone tends to get motivated when the right fielder gets his first hit of the season! Then when Clark batted me in I had no idea where to step on home plate (the orange part or the plate?) since I never before had the chance to run past first on a routine groundout (so, you step on the orange part of first, but the white part of home? That is so not intuitive).
Although we probably could have been a little smarter by letting the clock run out in the 5th inning, we did a lot of things well this game. First of all, we kept our spirits high by constantly making fun of the Umpire, the other team and Clarks fro. When we get too serious we tend to get tight and not play well. So, "Who's Now?" you ask? Team Izzys SUKKA!! (at least for this week)
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I'd like to thank the Tommys at 1st and 2nd, and Bilbo at 3rd for successfully catching every ball I threw at them. Last week, we learned that throwing the ball in the dirt, or over the 1st baseman's head doesn't create outs. We also learnded that although very humorous, hitting the base runner with the ball before he reaches 1st base doesn't create outs either. So after much deliberation and strategerizing in Izzy's underground bunker, we outlined a new top-secret plan. Its called "Throw-the-ball-directly-at-the-fist-baseman's-glove." Luckily, the Chupacabra ladies had no idea that we implemented our plan, and so they continued to let us demonstrate one batter after another. We first demonstrated that our infield is like a Oprah's chastity belt (as opposed to the Chupacabras swiss cheese infield). Not only is it impenetrable, but you'll be ashamed of yourself that you even tried to get through. Secondly, we demonstrated that the fastest way from point A to point B is a straight line. Although as Bilbo successfully demonstrated, a rainbow to 1st base also works, but only with a very slow and crippled base runner. So clearly, a straight line to Toms glove at first base will be imperative to earning some dubyas.
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