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UPDATED: Orange Crush

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Members of Orange Crush, I in no way meant to come down on you guys or anything. I think you guys are a great team, and are always very nice on the field. If you interpreted anything below as inflammatory, then I'm sorry as it was not my intent.

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Oh how the mighty have fallen.

This was the first meeting of Orange Crush and Scared Hitless, and we have have taken down the first place team. We have spoiled their perfect season, that's right we have beaten the only undefeated team in the league. We split the series with them, but we beat them. They are indeed fallible.

The first game is the one they won. Their first two batters we got out right away, I thought it was going to be a quick inning. But they rallied and scored 10 runs I think with two outs in that first inning. I dunno what happened, we kinda just fell apart for a couple of minutes there. We were also down a few of our normal players and had to use some subs. We did play well the first game though, with couple of great catches from our third base woman and some good catches in the outfield even though we were short handed. They beat us this game like 16-6 or something like that. I don't have the score book handy.

The second game starts and we are up to bat first, and we score like 10 or so runs in the first half of the inning. Orange Crush brings in their relief pitcher and he ends up closing out the inning. At this point we are in their heads. They are starting to have some internal squabbles, yelling at each other and things like that. They have a four running inning and we are back up to bat and we score a few more. It keeps going back and forth like this for a few innings, both of us scoring a few each inning but us staying firmly ahead. And their composure is going down the tubes. And we won that game 16-11 I think, again don't have the score book in front of me.

We played a couple of great games, I am only sad about a few things, one of them being my blocking a runner rounding first. The batter hit a dribbler to the shortstop and I had my foot on the inside bag (we have two, runners have to tag the outside bag) . Our shortstop stops the ball, but bobbles it a little and she is already on first so I call off the throw, and take a step backwards thinking that she is going to stay where she is. She keeps running and I back into her on accident since she cuts the corner so sharp. So the ump calls interference and gives her a base. It was valid yes...I was in the way, but she wouldn't have made it to second anyway. Oh well.

We have to play Orange Crush two more times. And we are in their heads. They are runnin' scared now. No games next week cause of the 4th. So look for our game in two weeks.

Labels: Softball

posted by Tom Becker at 6/30/2008