Week 3 Recap

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So call it fate, or what you will, but just as the last time I wrote the recap I find a big DD boob in my face. I don’t think this guy ever has an off night, as far as being boobalishus that is, and this time he definitely didn’t disappoint. He starts out by fielding a ball in the hole as our player is a half step from first. Of course he thinks his rocket arm can still make the play and he throws the ball away. His solution to this reminder that he’s not a softball god? Yelling at his teammates and the umpires…what a guy! Of course, it escalates from there. He gets a little over zealous on a high hopper, it hits off his glove and deflects right into his face. Sweet! Next play Randy is coming into second as the boob tries to field a throw and start a double play. Randy comes in strong and the boob hits the dirt. The second basemen is down there too. There’s a scramble to grab the ball and touch second base. Some possible frottage between the two Rebels. No luck. All the Jetsons are safe and now the boob is really steaming. A few plays later Randy has scored and the boob tries to enlist his third baseman for talking smack. And here’s what the genius comes up with talking to Randy, “What are you 5 foot 4?” Of course the answer to that is yes. Thank you for stating a fact. Here’s some more facts for you Rebels. That 5’4” kid is a better softball player than either of you, could kick both of your asses, and your smack talk only fires him up. Nuff said about that the DDB, let’s get on to some more interesting side stories such as the epic battle for the honor of keeping the Jetsons scorebook.



Really, is there anyone whose efforts we appreciate more out at the Gilruth? Finding scorekeepers who can keep a spotless book, but still conveniently forget that reaching base by an error counts against your average is a wonderful thing. Without the scorekeepers; there would be no statistical basis for choosing MVJ, there would be no database, my gosh, there might be no reason to play the games at all! Sure, lots of teams keep their own book, but it always gets screwed up and it’s so much nicer not having to worry about this. And the Jetsons now have two super fans trained to keep a great book. Score Master Biatch has been with us from the start, but when he left to get smart La Chica Del Jefe stepped in. Would this be another situation like when Don “The Magic Man” Majkowski whet down to injury and some kid named Brett Favre stepped in to start the next 227 consecutive games? No! Nobody can live up to the Brett Favre standard. (That was for you Stacy!) Luckily we play two games every week so we get to utilize both score keepers and both of them showed their stuff last week. In game two the umpire ended an inning, but didn’t know how many runs we had scored. He walked over to the fence to consult our scorekeeper. The SMB calmly informed Blue that we had 12 runs so far, but he had only recorded two outs. At this point the ump realized he didn’t know how to work his clicker. Way to go Chris! And in game one Betsy showed off by not only recording all of the plays and tallying up the totals without complaint (unlike SMB!), but she even recorded extra notes so the recap writer would know what to write about the games.



Oh ya, the games! We won, blah blah, what else is new. If you haven’t been to a GJ’s game recently there’s been an interesting development. We win a lot of games! More on that later, let’s talk specifically about these games first. Game one was marked by good defense. Three up, three down, to start off the game. Soso turning a solo DP. We even found a sub who can stretch into the splits at first! Thanks for playing Brad, but we will make you actually do pushups if you keep trying to take third like that! Still, to me the most important defensive player of the game was Saint George De Nomar. No, not George Nelson, the kid who can’t even throw the ball over the backstop after fielding a foul ball. Saint George De Nomar whose mere presence in the rover position forced the Slammers to do something different. I don’t think they scored any runs after we made the switch. MVJ for Game 1 is tough. Hays and Sostaric had four of our five extra base hits, but MVJ goes to Dries for getting four hits while still in a driving coma. Is it possible that this kid’s beer peak is zero? Say it ain’t so!



We scored 12 runs in the first inning of game two, clearly establishing our dominance of the league, and after that, the actual game took a back seat to other events. You’ve already heard about the antics of DDB. Our second super-sub, Heston, made good on his promise to get at least three hits. Not only that, but he had 8 total bases, three runs, and four RBI in only three at bats. The split on his in the park home run was one of the fastest I’ve seen at Gilruth and helped rub it in the faces of the Rebels. Too bad subs aren’t eligible for MVJ honors in my book as this was one of the best personal performances in GJ history. What else happened? Normy reminded me he was honest about something. Must have told us he was old, fat, slow, or something like that. It’s so tough to pick an MVJ when I can’t give it to Watley. This would have been the perfect opportunity for me to give the MVJ to Chris, but the technical difficulties with the database don’t allow it. I think I’ll go with Lillard, who had two hits, 2 runs, and 2 RBI in only 2 at bats as our anchor and brought some intensity to the game for the first time since his return. I know he’ll take this charity MVJ as an insult and maybe that will motivate him to keep the intensity and return to his autoMVJ form of old.



Ok, I can’t believe this thing is getting so long when I don’t even remember the games, but there’s one more thing that needs to be discussed. As I alluded to earlier the Jetsons have turned the corner. I’ll let the numbers speak for themselves with the attached graph created by Randy “PhD students graph everything” Lillard. As you can see, the Jetsons' are closing in on becoming a winning ball club for the first time in the 4+ year history of our club. This is HUGE!!! It’s always nice to be able to say you win more games than you loose. It allows us to be associated with the “haves” rather than the “have-nots.” And most importantly, it’s a great excuse to party! Here’s the plan. We currently stand at .500 even in regular season play and two games under overall. The first week we end the game-night over .500 we’ll execute a STR82 with the first round for all players and fans on the tab of the beer coordinator. This will be just a warm up, but could happen this week. All the games count, and the real celebration will be the weekend after we end a game-night above .500 overall. We’ll be throwing a huge bash for this momentous event. I’ll serve on the planning committee, but I’m envisioning something bigger than my apartment can contain so hopefully someone can offer up their house. If we play hard this could happen two weeks from now so come on out to watch the Jetsons play and see history in the making.

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Sorry it was so late guys. I forgot all about this until seeing the anouncment for this weeks games. Let's earn the ST82 tonight!