Game 8 Win 10-8 or "a casual win"

The old men of Medford took the field on a hot and humid day to play the Diapers...oops I mean the Diamonds. Murph and the boys came in with a 6-3 record and inherited some players from the now extinct "European Auto Solutions" including everyones favorite pampers wearer, Murph.

The ol ball coach took the mound for the first time in a few weeks and proved a worthy opponent to the once mighty Diamonds. With the usual muttering and an abnormally low pitch he mixed in, Bags threw strikes and pitched one hell of a game.

The Ringers started out going 1-2-3 in the top half of the first, followed up by a tough bottom in the field. Cutrell had a tough time in right field as the Diamonds were slicing the ball down there all day. Kid jogged in and told me he couldn't see a damn thing...I replied with "what about your contacts?"...he follows with "I don't have them in, only for tennis" Great...

We got out of the top inning only giving up 3 runs and got to work chipping away. Big early hits buy Josh, TC, Sweet, and Sully got us evened up and we went back and forth for a few innings. My wrist hurts for some reason so I made the executive decision to take myself out, put Cutrell at C, inserting the veteran Boonton into RF, Noyes (who rolled in around the 2nd inning) moved into the EH spot. Noyes looked like he was ready to play showing up in board shorts, an inside out blue shirt, and a pair of casual black skechers. Here are the specs about the shoe, it retails for 66 bucks on Skechers.com and is the go to shoe for Men's slow pitch softball.

Men's Diameter - Vassell Lace-Up SneakersSporty good looks and comfort go into the SKECHERS Diameter - Vassell shoe. Smooth leather upper in a lace up casual sneaker with stitching, overlay and perforation accents. Contrast colored side stripes.
Construction:
Smooth leather upper
Lightly rub distressed leather side panels
Stitching accents
Dual stitched toe overlay panels
Front perforation accent for ventilation
Side features layered leather overlay detail
Contrast colored side stripes
Side stripe with perforation accents
Embossed side S logo
Lace up front
Padded collar and tongue
Soft fabric shoe lining
Cushioned insole
Shock absorbing midsole
Flexible rubber traction outsole with wraparound heel

Noyes's triumphant return started out with a swing that started so early I felt like he could go around 3 times and hit it pretty solid. Kid battles though, he got on late in the game to help the Ringers take it

McGrath really turned the game in our favor by making a great off balanced catch in center and firing an absolute laser to an newly inserted MBags at 3B. One of the best plays I have seen and paired with Sully's amazing stabs at SS, we really won with defense. Sweet played a hell of a 2bag all night and TC held the 3bag down while MBags was getting his mani-pedi. Josh solid as heck this year at first.

Big blast by Sully to put us neck and neck. First one of the season and the kid got his monies worth with that blast. Cutrell made up for his early mistakes with a key hit to plate 2 to put the Ringers up by 1.

Bags had the game in hand and bared down in the 7th for the win. Well deserved and as ol Sully said "We have to win games like this", well we did. Ringers are 8-1. What the F's up?

Thanks as always to superfan Liz Seppa, one of the good girls in this wacky world.

Schedule

The Eagle has landed....

J.T. Smith

The Sheriff is back in town boys...

Game 7 Win 8-7 or "Mike Bagshaw is a bad bad man"

The Ringers took the field against the Master Batters this past Friday. Coming off the first loss of the season, the Boys of Summer looked to get back in the W column. I will try to sum up everything as it has been a few days....

The Master Batters threw a tough pitcher out there. Everything was falling short of the plate but it looked like a bach ball coming in, had us off balance all night. Big hits by Josh, McGrath, and MBags got us up early. MBags was the MVP of the game with some stellar D and some big hits all night. Our defense kept us in the from the start. Sweet played a great second base and Boonton, Crupi, DSull, and McGrath played an excellent OF. Ball was tough to see for most of the night and it led to some funny catches but we played solid.

We hit the ball hard all night (except for the multiple groundouts to the pitcher) but they always seemed to be exactly where we hit them.

I cruised a long for most of the night but got into a little jam in the 5th, walked 2 guys to load the bases but got out of the jam with some great plays by MBags and Sweet. We held our 1 run lead as I ended the game with the strangest catch of my career...

Ringers are 6-1 heading into the dog days of summer.

Game 6 Loss 19-15 or "The stunt doubles game"

First loss of the season at the hands of the Wet Bandits

The Gospel according to TC

TC 25:17

The path of the monty’s ringers is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men.
Blessed is he who in the name of Miken Freak and a sweet as swing shepherds the ball through the sky of darkness and over the outfielders head, for he is truly a devastating hitter and the reason for lost softballs. And he will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to beat his ringers. And you will know his name is Jay when he lays his freak upon thee.

Daily Boggs scoresheet

Game 5 Win 13-2 aka "The kids are on top"

The Medford 10 had a date with the undefeated Daily Boggs' on a beautiful night in South Medford. The Local 10 were without some key players, D Sull, All Star Catcher Shaun Connors, and some guy they call the vacuum who is surrounded by tables and transdudes in the City of Sin.


A bit of a jumbled lineup as MBags slides over from 3B to SS, TC takes the hot corner, OF of DC, McGrath, Bagger, and the return of Boonton to the lineup. Crupi took the spot behind the dish. Like a waiter serving the finest rib-eye, Crupi hinges at the hip and gets ready for the kid to deal. He will always be the ultimate distraction for batter, hitter, and umpire. I will send over a chiropractor name for you today Crup, if you catch anymore games you will need him...


Two things that needed to happen for us to win the game, solid defense from the people in new positions and I couldn't pitch anything flat to them, everything had to be raining...and the kid made it rain...


We opened up quiet for the first time all year but the bats heated up in the second inning. Huge games from MBags, TC, and McGrath (who may just be hitting 1.000 from the 10 hole) really fueled the early lead, going from 6-0 to 10-0 in just 3 innings. Defense and pitching was the recipe to put the Boggs out of the game early. Huge plays by TC in the first inning and MBags and Sweet playing great D all night long really won the game for us. MBags had a 1-2-3 inning just by himself with 2 popups and a liner. (I can picture the vacuum biting his nails and putting a hex on MBags for the next game). Steady OF play by Boonton and McGrath was huge. I think we really only had one miscue, Ol Wickets himself out there let a ball go through his legs, great backup by McGrath to keep the runner honest.




The kid extended his scoreless inning streak to 10 innings before the Boggs plated 2 in the 5th. They were never really able to piece together a big inning and they stayed silent (literally) for most of the game.

The Ringers keep piling on the runs and don't have any signs of letting up. Ball Fielder is on the hill Thursday vs the Master Batters. Looks to be around 100 degrees which will feel refreshing. DO NOT LET UP! THIS TEAM IS BUILT TO WIN! WHERE'S NOYES?

June schedule

Game 4 Win 19-8 or "The flood gates open up"

The Sons of Mayor Menino took the field on a cold, brisk, June day. The Ringers were riding high winning 3 games in a row to start the season. The cold air was no problem for the Boys in Blue...well, no problem for most of them....

The Two Hole was a bit bothered by the cold and instead of hanging with the home crew and talk some smack, he decided to head into TC's ride and peer out the window creepily, like a dog on a rainy day looking desperately looking for his owner.

The cold wouldnt stop the bats though and the Old (not Ole) Fireballer was on the mound looking to lower his ERA and pick up his second victory. Some shaky defense plagued the Ringers early but Ol Capshaw battled and battled. Tough finiding the strike zone on the umpire but with the usual muttering, Bags kept on firing. Stevie Paz had a key hit for the Grillers to put them up 8-2 early.

The Ringers bats came alive in the 4th for an inning that was the biggest I had ever seen. I honestly can't really remember what happened but everyone was hitting and running and more hitting. Typically I look back at the book at the end of the game to remember some key stats for the blog. I like to give credit where credit is due and to make sure everyone feels the love from the blog...

What I wasn't prepared for was the Pete Brown Book (PBB). The PBB is usually spot on and the kid has really come into his own and has delivered a solid book game after game. Unfortunately this was NOT one of those games. Like a computer that is running too many programs and just decides to freeze up, the PBB went through an epic FAIL. The system shut down, the stats froze up, and Pete was like a deer in headlights on the bench. I could see a little bit of smoke coming out from his ears and the undercarriage. The PBB needed to shut down and retool, with a little help from Raso's and god almighty, the PBB rebooted and came up with this...

It is a bit hard to see but if you look down you can see the aftermath of a 15 run inninga nd what it does to the PBB, I knew we should have switched over to Timmy's Excel Spreadheet (TES) but it was too late, the PBB just shut down....so many columns left to use Pete!

What an inning it was, 15 runs, McGrath sprains his foot, and the Ringers take the lead and never looked back. Raso's seemed to be defeated at that point and went pretty quiety the next 2 innings as we skunked them to finish it in the 6th. Game set match Ringers, 4-0...that's ah niiiiiiiiice!

Game 3 Win 8-2 or "Nothing goes through my hole!"

Sully's 10 took the field on a hot and humid day in June to face the bad boys of the league, Balls Deep. Balls Deep came in leading the league in sleeveless shirts and expletives but haven't really made their mark on the field yet. They finished last year a little below average put proved they definitely can hit. The Ringers have enjoyed a hot start to the year riding hot bats through the first 2 games.

The kid took the mound coming off a win vs the Brew Crew. With a neverending girls softball game running late we started abruptly with a half a warm up pitch. Struggling through the first batter trying to find the right distance (and a little help from Billy's strike zone) the Brew Crew put up 2 runs early, but were silenced the rest of the way. They were taking the first pitch so you throw a meatball to get the call, then work them up the ladder the rest of the count.

The Ringers didn't start as hot this time around, Dirty Knee (3 for 4) lead off but we couldn't get much going in the First. The second, however, proved to be the breakout inning. Singles by MBags (who was hot all night), PR, and Connors (2 for 3)opened the door for McGrath (3 for 3) and the top of the order to do some damage. Nice to have the Baltic Bandit back after his excursion through the Eastern Bloc.

Great defense fueled the team Tuesday night, great OF play by TC, Crupi, McGrath, and Wille Mays Hayes out in right field...



The infield was solid all night and Josh played a hell of a 1 Bag digging and stretching and stabbing an early line drive from that short skinny kid that you can tell you wouldn't like if you talked to him for more than 10 minutes.


One man imparticular stole the show and will get the first Golden Glove of the year. The man we know as Joey Dub, Wertman, and of course, Sully. Joey Glove came out basically telling the Brew Crew that they weren't getting anything passed his hole. Nothing was going in his hole that wasn't getting sent back to first or second. Whether it was catches out in shallow left, or snapping his glove around his hole, the kid came in with a chip on his shoulder and a will to prove who the best SS was. Quite simply, he was the vacuum, and you just don't hit it to the vacuum when he is on...

The Kid pitched 6 scoreless to close out the game with an 8-2 win. It wasn't without being called out on an "early leave" tagging from second to third, I should probably get a pinch runner for the near future until the heat from the league gets off me.

Game tonight vs Raso's Grille. Over/Under on how many times they say "Heyyyyyyy Paz-ayyyyyyy" 7

Ringers move to 3-0 with a looming date with the Boggs next Tuesday.

In the Crowd: once again, Mrs Mike Bagshaw