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Sluggers Game Summary
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June 29
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Sluggers overcome early-inning yips to complete season sweep of Conglomerates with 13-11 win
--BOSTON, June 29, 2004
Sluggers ace Brian "Wightman Can't Jump" earned his third consecutive complete game victory (fourth overall) as he wiggled out of some early jams better than a greased worm in a Vaseline factory.
"We looked stiff out there for the first few innings," said Sluggers coach, Teddy "Ballgame" Johnson during his post game origami lesson. "But we saw passed all that. We calmed down and had fun out there, and good things happened." Johnson is taking liberty with the collective "we" in this case, since he was only able to watch this contest while he nursed a sprained wrist. He more than made up for his absence on the field by pacing the dugout, yelling commands like
Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore throughout the six-and-a-half inning see-saw match.
"During the first few innings, our defense resembled 10 squirrels trying to dig up the nuts they buried last fall," said Sluggers second baseman, Tony "Skip" Vinciguerra.
Offensive Play of the Game
Tonight's Offensive Play of the Game occurred in the bottom of the sixth inning
with one out. The Sluggers, trailing by two runs, had two base runners
on when George "The Hit Man" Hart roped a single that easily drove in the game-tying runs.
Other Offensive Highlights
Will "The Natural" Jamieson followed Hart's single with his third home run of the day, driving in the two winning runs.
Ben "Kenobi" Hardigg hit his third consecutive leadoff home run in as many games. He is now only 78 shy of Ricky Henderson's record for leadoff home runs. Jacque Jones is easily within his reach.
Defensive Play of the Game
This week's Defensive Play of the Game was a "circus catch" (as an AOL pine rider described it) by Sluggers short fielder Adam "Plant The" Seidman. With the Sluggers trailing 9-4 in the top of the fourth inning, "Visor Girl" (as the official scorer called her) lead off the inning with a bloop would-be single to shallow right field. Seidman ran in, tripped, dove, jumped down, spun around, picked a bail of cotton, caught the ball, dropped it into his throwing hand, dropped it back into his glove, snow-coned it, fell down once more for good measure, checked the time on his pocket watch, and reached up to show the ump he caught it.
Stats from the Maniacal One
Here are this week’s off-beat
stats from the Maniacal One:
- You Can Never Go Home: AOL left nine runners
on base; the Sluggers only stranded four, their lowest of the season.
- Easy as A-B-C: The Conglomerates were
set down 1-2-3 in the fourth inning.
- Top Heavy: The top half of the Sluggers lineup scored 12 of their 13 runs.
Perfect Bliss
The following Sluggers batted 1.000 on the day:
- Will "The Natural" Jamieson went 4-4 with three home runs, a triple, six runs batted in, and four runs scored.
- Craig "Trump Card" Trumm makes this list for the third week in a row. He went 1-1 with a frozen rope single over the third baseman's head in the second inning.
Player of the Week
Will "The Natural" Jamieson was on a power schneid. He hadn't hit a home run since the first game of the season, which was the last time the Sons of Ted Johnson faced AOL on May 11. Tonight Jamieson went 4-4 with three home runs, a triple, six runs batted in, and four runs scored. He is off said schneid.
See Jamieson's Player of the Week stats here.
In the Running
Ben "Kenobi" Hardigg came in second in PotW voting. He went 3 for 4 with a long ball, two doubles, an RBI, and three runs scored.
Injury Report
Ted
"Ballgame" Johnson (wrist) injured his wrist two weeks ago while "opening a bottle of nonalcoholic beer" according to his agent.
Matt "The Rock" Ronzio (back) threw out his back sneezing during spring training. He has not appeared in a game this season.
The
Rumor Mill
The expected pursuit of an unnamed left-handed starter has officially intensified with the Sluggers contemplating a two-part deal in which they would send Ben "Kenobi" Hardigg to the Shriners to secure prospects and then use those young players as part of a package to acquire said left hander from CRP. Apparently, this lefty has a no-trade clause but would wave it to go to a contender. If the undefeated Sluggers land this lefty, the race is over. If State Street can sign the south paw, the race for first place takes on a whole new look. Stay tuned.
Quotes of the Week
- "There are no stare-downs with ex girlfriends. #%*! them. They just have to go."--Lach "Ness Monster" McLean, Sluggers right fielder showing empathy for AOL's Visor Girl
- "I don't play for you! I play for my stats! Don't you forget that!"--Will "Is That a Ketchup Bottle In Your Compression Shorts, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?" Jamieson, Sluggers shortstop, discussing the weather with Sluggers coach Teddy "Ballgame" Johnson after the game
- "If there was one celebrity that I think I would be friends with in real life, it would probably be Mike Cameron. He seems like my kind of guy. I bet he'd like hanging out with me."--Teddy "Ballgame" Johnson, Sluggers coach on his choice of bling bling
- "Nah, I bet Rickey Henderson would like you"--George "The Hit Man" Hart, Sluggers first baseman on his coach's ability to refer to himself in the third person
- "Yeah, you are just smart enough for Rickey to now know that you were laughing at him."--Ben "Kenobi" Hardigg, Sluggers short fielder on his coach's witty intellect
Next Game
Having remained perfect during their two-game home stand, the Sluggers take their show on the road next week. They take on the 2-4 MDC Mad Cows on Field 1. Any fan wearing a "Milk the Mad Cows" tank top gets a free beer at the Red Hat after the game.
Batting Summary
| Linescore | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | | R | H | E | | AOL |
0 |
3 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
2 | 0 | |
11 |
18 |
2 | | Sluggers |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
4 | x | |
13 |
17 |
1 |
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