Schedule while I am gone...

Game 16 Loss 17-7 aka "stunt doubles game"

Mahk whiffs twice

Game 15 Rained out after 2 innings or "Later Noyes"

Game 14 Loss 6-4 aka "Noyes' slo mo throw"

This is just your average first pitch thrown out by a T-Rex at the White Sox game. If you notice, the T-Rex has finished his windup, yet the ball is still next to his head. This was EXACTLY how Noyes threw the ball over to Crowley at first. His follow through was over, he could have even tied his shoe...yet the ball was still somehow beside his head on the way over to Crowley. Amazing

Bats were cold after the break and we couldnt really put a bunch of hits together. Damn you Demons.

Game 13 Loss 20-3 aka "Window Pain"

After a brief hiatus that saw Crupi lose 10 pounds due to a "stomach bug", the Sons of Sully took the field against the 8 time champion, Insogna Club (soft G). Showing up with barely enough people to play and no lineup set, things were looking up for the Burns bunch.

The hometown team took the hill first and the flood gates opened. Bomb to center, Bomb to left, rope down the line, liner to third, bomb to left, bomb to center...strikeout...bomb to center, you get the picture. It amazes me they were able to do all of this without and speed or any walks.

We decided after the first inning to have Josh play out in the bushes in Melrose, while we manned the diamond in Medford. You may have heard him bellowing out "WHAT IS THE COUNT?" or "HOW MANY OUTS". We were looking at putting in a can-phone so he could here the play by play but Phil would have gotten mad. Looking like Andy Farmer hiding in Funny Farm, the guy made some great catches on there towering bombs they were hitting. Apparently 6 current softball tourney players don't disappoint.

Josh's buddies took their at bats in the next few innings and didnt do very well (understatement). Coming up to the plate, you almost thought it was a bunch of B-list stunt doubles. Couldn't knock off the rust the entire game. Sully had two hits, McGrath gave it a ride to right a few times, but we couldnt muster up much of anything that led to short at bats and looooong fielding time.

We tried the shift, having no SS. This actually helped but in retrospect maybe keep the SS there and have 3 OF's with an OF Rover that plays like Sully did last night. Take that first inning away and we held our own, just didn't hit. I tried to throw it low, high, actually throwing one up about 20 feet that Crowley found very amusing. At times I felt my life was in danger and decided to pitch 10 feet behind the rubber. Boonton played a nice CF. One defensive highlight was Crowley running to cover second from his 1B position as MBags fired it over to first, almost reaching Stevie Paz's pad...instant classic.

A real nightcap came around 9:30 when the Wet Bandits right fielder sailed one over 3B and smashed Crowley windshield (parked there by none other than TC). Quoting Eminem..."I guess that's why they call it wondow pain"

Nice of T. Smith to stop by the game, too bad he picked that one. Rebound against the Demons on Thurs, not sure who Josh and Crupi are playing for yet.

Game 12 Win 11-10 aka "a cycle for the ages"

Sometimes a change of scenery does a man some good. In this case, it did a man a real big solid. Crowley comes off the DL, moves Josh to the OF, and Josh goes on a tear of epic proportions. Get the f out of this man's way. Jump on his back and enjoy the ride boys, he may just take us to the promised land.

Highlights from guest blogger "The Table Setter"

-Declude raking the ball everywhere and hitting for the cycle (also rumored to be going after the s#x cycle in the bushes immediately following the game)
-Sweet’s leadoff triple in extra innings to set the stage for a game winning hit by TC
-Josh’s all-or-nothing sliding grab on a sinking liner to right center.
-Heroic effort on the bump by The Ballfielder
-DiStefano-Sully-Crupi relay to nail the guy at home and preserve the tie.
-Steady play in the left side of the diamond by Sully, and MBags, who settled in nicely after an early throwing miscue.
-Some nice scoops at 1B by LaBody
-The Ballfielder dropping in a single from the left side of the plate.
-Sweet continuing to swing the DeMarini with authority.
-Clutch hitting by Crowlz, MBags in the late innings.
-Bags disobeying doctor’s orders and hitting from the right side. As the theme song from the Natural ran through everyone’s head, expecting a memorable moment, instead the most anticlimactic worst-case scenario happens, as he grounds into an inning-ending DP.
-2-Hole having zero luck at the plate, getting robbed of 2 base hits (one liner, one foul ball that the fielder made a shoestring catch)

Game 11 Loss 23-18 aka "we found the old D-Bag Diamonds"