Week 2 Recap: Score!

Well, we probably should have known it was going to be a tough night when we got to the field and a dog was staring down Ron while taking a dump. Then add to it a roving gang of child hecklers on bicycles and the psychological warfare was too much.

Well, I had it out for those hecklers and I almost nailed one in the head with a kick. Despite the miss, I had the last laugh when I sent these birds after their bikes.

Now, back to the game. First, a look at the positives: We scored, the first step toward victory.

Of course there were the negatives too, like the fact we needed to score seven more times to actually achieve victory.

I don't think we should sweat it too much as we are all getting used to playing together, and after a rocky start we held them to three runs in their last five innings batting. We just need to catch a few more and work on kicking the ball lower and we will get things going.

On to personal highlights:

Jason Crook led off and went a perfect 3 for 3 at bat! He also gets the toughness award for getting pegged with the ball twice in still staying in the game. Thumbs up!

Andrew went 0-3 at the plate, he did some sick relief pitching by holding Do Work! to just three runs in five innings. You should have seen the death stare he was giving their kickers.

Angie was 2 for 3 at the plate, and got to at least second base every time on. She kicked to the EXTREME!

Ron made a nice catch in left center and then topped that with the team's first RBI. The bench erupted!

Matt made a good catch in his first game and I think also got a hit but I can't tell exactly where he kicked it 'cause it was part of that crazy inning which I'm about to try to explain but I'm not sure I have the whole narrative right.

Allie was 1 for 2 at the plate, and little did she know that her hit would turn into one of the craziest kickball plays of all-time. Allie was on third base and their was a flyball and she heard some conflicting information about whether to go or stay so she decided to just go all-in and take off. In the meantime, Nate saw her head home and then tagged up and took off to score too but Allie headed back to third cause she hadn't tagged up and Nate was like "no, score" cause he knew that she would never get back on time so he had to hope that the umpire missed it but everyone else was yelling at Allie, "no, go back," and Allie never listens to me anyway and we crossed paths and so I was out for passing.

And if you followed that, that's what happened. I think.

Nate continued the fiasco on the base paths with a fiasco in left field, but then at least he threw out a runner trying to score so we will pretend that was the plan.

Chad went one for two and also had a good catch and collision avoidance with Andrew. He also won his first week in fantasy football so that lifted team spirits.

Jessica played her first game too, and after navigating traffic down 95 and then parking and finding the field put some nice kicks on the ball, it was just that they were right at the fielders so it was some bad luck.

Hilary also suffered a case of the right-at-em's in her first game but we give her many props for attracting a fan to our game. She will be in charge of the new We Just Blue Ourselves Dugout Club fan club, so send any recruits willing to pay the $9.95 to her and she will take care of the rest.

Katie had a nice line drive to short, but alas those bastards were definitely using stickum and caught it. I think they were cheating most of the night.

Jenn also helped boost fan attendance -- this time in the youth demographic. She wasn't able to reach base safely but she did hold down the hot corner.

Becca put on another sliding clinic with her textbook pop-up slider. (Order her videos here). Not only did Ms. Emanski's slide instantly inspire the rest of the team to get better, it also allowed her to be safe and score. Good job!