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JIM REALINI |
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA MARCH 11th, 2007 |
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Wow two new league records!!! First we played two weeks in a row to open the season WITHOUT RAIN!!! Second we had at least 25 fans in the stands watching game #2, mostly 5th graders from a local basketball tournament. It sure was great hearing "let's go Giants." The weather was absolutely gorgeous and the sun was definitely out baking the loyal fans who were basking in the stands wondering when the hell these games were gonna get done!!! Seriously, if we were golfers on a Sunday, the Marshall would have been yelling louder than the umps to get a move on. Yes we had some injuries and yes we had a few line-up miscues trying to get everybody in the game and yes we had a lot of 3-2 counts with foul balls but the problem seems to be that we are taking a lot of time between pitches. On the bright side, watch Lynn Lefevre next time he pitches!! He would give Kirk Reuter a run for his money for fast pitching!! |
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Saint Louis Giants (Weishaar-Hughey) 16 vs Philadelphia A's (Mello-Luis) 3 The defending "mythical" 2006 champions of the WCFBL openned the season with a good old fashion thumpin' of the Philadelphia A's. The A's are a quality group of ball players but the hard throwin' two-some of Mark Bruzzone (in spite of those ridikulus orange socks!!) and first year Lynn Lefevre, who figures to be one of the WCFBL's power pitchers, shut down the A's on just two measly hits. The A's left the field whapped upside the head wondering what happened on this fine day, but they'll be back and the next team they face better not take them lightly! It is a tough day at the yard when you have to overcome issuing 9 BB's, 2 catcher interferences (my best "hit" on the day thank you!), and two hit-by-the-pitchers (a hit I'd rather not take!) on top of 12 hits by the Saint Louis Giants. Craig Alexander and Gordie Yost each hit singles against the Giants from St. Louis today. St. Louis survived a horrible first inning calamity when Dr. Guy Peabody took a sharp two-hopper off his right eye (through his sunglasses) and left the field looking more like Rocky Balboa than his usual debonnaire self. Angie Simon filled in for Doc and it seemed that wherever she was in the field, that's where the A's were hittin' and she was catchin'! Lyn Lefevre led St Louie with 3 hard hit singles while Craig Nelson pounded a double and single on the day. Keith DaCosta, Mark Bruzzone, Michael Simon, Moochy Hughey (or is it Emir Mooch?), Angie "Golden Glove" Simon, and the redoubtable John Metras each smacked singles to ruin the A's day. |
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Oakland A's (Boomer-Vigil) 8 vs YOMURI GIANTS (SCHMUCK-MILLER) 5 In a lively, fun-filled game the Oakland A's parlayed a first inning by the Bad News Bears fielding of the Yomuri Giants with a 12-hit attack behind some steady pitching by the trio of Hernandez, Krevocheza, and Vigil to stifle the scrappy Yomuri boys and girl. Carl Vargas scrambled through about 18 outs worth of three innings before giving way to the artful dodgy throws of Sally-Jo John Haines. Bill "Boomer" Aboumrad and Sil Krevocheza with solid doubles and singles along with Dave "Not a pitching Coach" Vigil and "Commissioner" Ed Glover's two singles each led the Oakland A's despite the overwhelming Junior Giant's cheering section in right field. Dave Calhoun, Eddie Contreras, Kevin Zimmerman, and Ken Calloway each pleased the vocal A's fan base with some scotch-solid singles. Eddie Contreras snuffed out the Giant's with a web-gem over-the-shoulder catch off Mike Miller's Texas Leaguer into center for the play of the day. Matt Shasky led a trio of Yomuri two-hitters on the day with a double and single followed by Mike Miller and Carl Vargas' two sharp singles each. Dave Chilcote blasted a solid double late in the game while Henry Perezalonso, John Haines and Mike Desjardines stroked singles to fill out the Giant attack on the day. John "Sally-Jo" Haines put on a masterful demonstration of slow-ball pitching interlaced with some acrobatic fielding gems of his own to keep Yomuri close until the A's closed the door in the 9th. |
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#1. You saw Dr. Guy's eye. After he gets slobberknocked in the face, blood's spurtin' everywhere, people come runnin' and Lynn Levefre at shortstop is yellin' his head off "cover third, cover third", uh no, Doc's gonna look for his eye first. #2. Mark Bruzzone is hereby cited for demonstrating he's a graduate of the Honey Bennett Sliding School by beginning his slide into third base a whole two feet before the bag!! You can break ankle that way not to mention driving our liability insurance way up. #3. [submitted by the perpetrator-Tenner] A ground ball was hit to Matt Schmuck at short. That ball must have come off the bat just as fast as "Sally-Jo" Haines (see next weeks' risque picture) pitched it. It was a S-L-O-W roller to Matt, he charged, knees bent, glove in front, SCOOPS it up and smoothly moving towards first, he FIRES the ball to the Count at first. By the time the ball left his hand he was directly behind the mound about 20 feet from the Count's outstretched glove..... The ball travelled TEN FEET before bouncing gracefully right into the Count's glove!! Thank God for the Bounce! A grown man who threw the ball TEN FEET. Tenner tipped the grounds crew after the game. #4. Mike Miller is hereby cited for demonstrating that he is a graduate of the Honey Bennett Outfielding School for falling down after catching a routine "can of corn" in left field. #5. You all know that there are some things you have to bring to the courts attention. Wearing a bright red KRAGEN Auto parts hat in a Giant uni is one of them. Dave "The Count" Montellatto came to the game without a Giants Baseball Players Cap, which is enough to warrant a court appearance, BUT instead, he stops at a local Auto Parts Store to purchase and don a bright RED cap. That's not all, did you see the Count's sunglasses, OUCH. Count, you forgot your hat, you wore a RED hat, and you get double kudos for each of the awful lenses of those thick black rimmed sun glasses. #6. Dave Vigil is herewith cited for an uninspired delay of the game. With no credentials as a pitching coach, he stops the game to trot in from third to give this stunning advice to his pitcher facing the bases loaded: "Hey, just throw strikes!!" Well...duh! |
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