ThisisBD Softball: August 2007

Think Tank had 18 players , and their own catering.. mmm ...They also took the game seriously , and had loads of fun...

Bd batted first , and ravi, having forgotten his belt played like a four year old, clutching his jeans running the bases, when he wasn't sliding completely unnecessarilyinto bases. no runs but plenty of great hitting... and lots of style..

Think Tank batted , and were very good at hitting and fielding (and catering)

however it was during the second inning when our first disaster struck, antonio playing well down and 3rd base, went to field a sharply hit grounder, which fizzed up of the uneven ground and hit him flush on the knee...meaning we were a man down However he did have his own personal catering service.
We also discovered that despite Gary "Rafa" Bonsels absence we have a new intimidator at 1st base...Jacki "Takes no Prisoners" Magafa. While playing first Jacki's competitive Aussie genes kicked in and this manifested itself on a routine force at first. first she caught the ball, then because the girl had overrun, jacki then tagged her, it then rather bizarrely turned into a small shoving match ,(which Jacki won), obviously she apologised..

Rather than doing a inning by inning as normal I am going to do a Sandwich by Sandwich rundown: note the comments are no criticism but notes on my palate..grin

We had a fourth inning stretch..(our version of the 7th inning stretch), however ours had more food

Coronation Chicken: a tiny bit to creamy and mild, I like a bit more spice

We eventually scored our first run, when Dee, with some excellent batting, plated calvin who had managed to get through to third. on a dubious bit of baserunning...

Good work Dee (who stepped into Ant's shoes (metaphorically)).

Pork pies (tasty good but a bit dry, needed a dip)

The following inning , was punctuated by some comedy fielding by the BD infield which caused us to shuffle the pack (Think Tank then started really hitting the ball, like in Home runs)..

However we weren't helping ourselves one long ball was corralled by callum who threw a stunner from deep right to the cutoff, who relayed it to home plate, where another dodgy bounce meant it pinged up and caught Captain Caroline on her head (I feel so guilty for that throw), fortunately because she's a trooper, and made of stern stuff she carried on!!!

Crisps and caroot sticks (Nice variety, but definitely need a houmus or salsa)

Rob Swainson then took matters into his own hands , and hit a great low drive which bissected the fielders , and allowed him to charge for a four bagger or Home Run

About this time the light started to fade badly, Jacki was hit on her wrist trying to field a hard hit comebacker (possibly because Jason on the other Team had just robbed Callum and Calvin with 2 great catches).

We did however finish with a showboat, with no small amount of skill I caught an easy but high fly ball to end the inning, and then proceeded to stun the 2 people watching by doing some keepie uppies a la Woodley....

the game was called they won, but as games to lose go this was one of the better ones..

Party eggs (Quality all round, can't go wrong with a party egg, it could only be beaten by a real Scotch Egg!!!)

Player of the Game: Jacki
getting hit, playing hard and playing well

Super Honorable mention to Callum throws from the deep

Injury of the Game: Antonio for manfully putting his body on the line
super honorable mentions to Jacki (getting an X-rays not a CT Scan) and Caroline

Rookie of the Game : lea w for turning up and supporting us (and drinking beer)
Special mention: dee for do the scoring when I was batting..

Team:
Adam
Antonio
Callum
Calvin
Dee
Jacki
Rob Sw
Stef
Ravi
Louisa (The loud drunk one the other team liked)
Caroline

Watch out on Monday for the awards special.. and roll on next year and next season.. go Bulldogs (Woof!)

well it's bright yellow and round, this ball will do!!!

the bulldogs (arf!) rocked up unusually on time, but met a team , that knew the rules , knew the game , played in lots of other leagues..

after 2 innings the game was up, and the lack of beer was telling (We only had wine.. well we were in posh primrose hill)...

Raiders 22 - 0 BD

The raiders were taking the game too seriously.. way to seriously.. I mean shin pads for a game of Softball???

Lest said the better.. however as a footnote to this game: We know about "the Game ball"
The pressure is on the pitcher

and have I mentioned "fucking shinpads"!!!

Player of the game : Rob Sellers for talking the entire game, and keeping the banter good clean , and completely dirty..
Play of the Game: everyone Every single player got a hit
Rookie of the week: Amanda - it's a pity you played agianst the only not for fun team in the league...

Moral victory: BD we outscored them for the final 4 inning. it was just a pity about the first 2

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