Game 5 Update

Well, for Game 5, we played the Black Indians, which I think means the league offended two sets of racial/ethnic groups. Although I did not remember, Jana says we played this team in Game 1. For those just joining our regularly scheduled blog in progress, here at the highlights from Game 1:

OK, now I remember why I do not remember Game 1.

I did not remember this in the first game, but the Black Indians have a man-child (or would that be child-man?) playing for them. I think this is the first time seen a T-ball player hit a ball that flies all the way into the outfield. I also think this is the first time I have seen a T-ball player put out his cigarette, take one more swig from his beer can and scratch the stubble on his chin before he walked to the plate. (OK, I am just joking about that last one. He did, however, hit the outfield on the fly.) After the inning, their coach stops our base coach and says: "Be sure your pitcher is watching when #6 bats. He hit our pitcher in practice this week and almost knocked him out." Great! The one redeeming factor is that this team plays one and stop instead of clearing the bases.

Having said all of that, we had a very good game. It was a tie -- each team got a couple of outs each half-inning, but both teams got their 7 runs each inning. Man-child hit it to second his next time up, nothing major. Our pitcher kept throwing to first, just like we worked on in practice, although never got anyone out. We switched his assignment and had him start throwing home, which he did, but again, we were never quite quick enough to get anyone out on the throws. Had some smart playing and reacting to get some outs, however. Luke made a great play to cover second and wait for a throw. It was the perfect play, although they ended up not throwing it to him.

Here is a picture of the coach giving the pep talk and the "1-2-3 Twins!"


Tomorrow we play the Red Red Sox (Yes, the girl team.) I'll let you know.