INTRO
Well, due to technical issues, it looks like the Weakly Supplement is dead for a while. I would still like to take the opportunity to highlight scores, good play and unique events, so I'll do it in the form of a weekly write up starting right here. If anything of interest happens in your game, please shoot me an email and let me know. There is only so much I can get from game sheets.
VS.
Perfect Nights
Steve Grenkie 4/4; 2 runs
Hugh Armstrong, 4/4; 3 runs
Don Booth, 4/4 3 runs
Al (Bones) Nicholl, 4/4; 2 runs
GAME 2
VS.
There are a lot of similarities between the Red Dogs and the Banshees. They both play hard, they're both around the middle of the standings, and they're both unpredictable. Oh...and they can both hit a bit. The Red Dogs started this game by having their first 5 players reach base and score. That was followed by the Banshees scoring 5 in the bottom of the inning. The Red Dogs would score 3 in the second as Doris scored for the second consecutive inning. The 15 runs that the Red Dogs scored was enough to win a lot of games, but not when the Banshees countered with 22 of their own. The Banshees kept pace scoring 5 in the third, pulled away with 5 more in the fourth and rubbed salt in the wounds with 7 in the fifth. Mike and Lance both had the hat-trick, scoring in three consecutive innings! The Red Dogs fall to 7 - 10 and the Banshees climb to 6 - 8 - 3.
Perfect Nights
Steve Brooks, 3/3; 1 run
Bob Candy, 3/3; 1 run
Scott Peters, 4/4; 3 runs
Randy Rose, 4/4; 2 runs
Lance Horgan, 4/4; 3 runs
Frank Laird, 4/4; 2 runs
GAME 3
VS.
Let's face it, the Hurtin' Units have been reeling. And this isn't me being mean (which I'm fully capable of), you can ask them...they'll agree. Wild on the other hand have been piecing together lineups with subs, chicken wire and spit and finding ways to win. This had all the signs of a beat down. The Units started with 3 in the first and Wild responded as they usually do by answering with 5. But then the Units started going CRAZY!!! James Taylor led of the second with a hit and the nine guys following him did exactly the same as they scored 7. The would get 4 more in the third to stretch the lead to 14 - 7. then all hell broke lose in the fifth as the Hurtin' Units had ANOTHER stretch of ten consecutive batters reaching safely and scoring another 7 runs. The Wild also rallied for a 7 spot in the 5th but it wasn't near enough as they fell 22 - 14 to the Units. The Wild fell to 10 - 6 while the Hurtin' Units are back in the mix at 7 - 10 - 1.
Perfect Nights
Dave McGovern, 4/4; 3 runs
Chuck Cragg, 4/4; 2 runs
Kevin Moon, 5/5; 5 runs ***
James Taylor, 4/4; 2 runs
GAME 4
VS.The only reason I'm repeating this which was thoroughly covered in a previous blog is give credit to the Stiffs. The Grisslies were on top in this one early, but it didn't last and the Lucky Stiffs ended up with a 7 - 4 lead through 3. The top of the Stiffs lineup laid waste to the Grisslies with Dan Chiasson, Jens Leppa, Jerry Wallace, Kahuna, Stike, Koolhaus and Smith all on fire. The bottom half of their lineup wasn't hurting too bad either. This wasn't a very typical game for the Grisslies who had been playing fundamental defense since game two of the season. fundamental mistakes are not the norm. Fielding practise on Sunday.
Perfect Nights
Jens Leppa, 4/4; 3 runs
Roger Burton, 4/4; 2 runs
Brad Smith, 4/4
Doug Dwyer, 4/4; 2 runs
Dave Doucette, 4/4; 1 run
Bill Sallustio, 4/4; 2 runs
GAME 5
VS 
A rare match up of two teams going in the "right" direction! The Woody's are solidly over .500 after a 0 - 4 start to the season and the Dog Catchers have been getting stronger as the season has moved along. This game didn't turn out to be the predicted see-saw affair as the Dog Catchers took control of this one early, leading 9-3 after two innings and 16-3 after 3. The Hot Tub Woody's felt their first double digit defeat since they lost to the Cleats in week 5. The Dog Catchers prevailed in this one 22 - 10.
Perfect Nights
Phil Glecoff, 3/3; 3 runs
Paul Doyle, 4/4; 2 runs
GAME 6
Now THIS was a see-saw affair! Dodge City had been alternating between 14th and 15th place since early in the season. The Joints were in that pool near the bottom but had found some wins lately to go along with a series of heart breaking loses. The stats, which apparently suck, would have favoured the joints in this game as their average run differential per game was a full 2 runs better than the Rounders. But that's why they play the games. The Rounders and Joints traded single runs in the first and joints countered with 7 in the second and Dodge answered with 6 of their own. The Dislocated Joints went ahead 13 - 7 after three and scored 3 more in the fourth and 4 four more in the fifth, bringing their total to 20 runs on the night! The Dodge City Rounders kept plodding along. After getting shut out in the third, they matched the joints 3 and 4 spots in the fourth and fifth to make it 20-14 in favour of the Joints after five complete. Then the Rounders started hitting and playing defence. They would get 4 in the 6th to get within 20-18 and then shut out the Joints in the bottom of the inning. They they had 11 men come bat in the seventh scoring another six runs. In the bottom of the seventh the Joints got a couple of base runners but nary a run as Dodge came back and held on for a 24 - 20 win!
Perfect Nights
Al Fry, 5/5; 3 runs
Don Swabuk, 5/5; 4 runs
DTBB Bill Brown, 5/5
GAME 7
Every time I see a Dusty Cleats game sheet, I'm have "Rolling on a River" playing in my head. "Big wheel keep on turning....". And turn it did. Again. For the 17th time. In a row. A full recap probably isn't very necessary in a 25-8 game. The Cleats rolled for 6 in the first and second innings. The Beer Bros got two in the first and one in the second. It wasn't pretty. The good news for the Beer Bros is the return of Dennis Short who went 3/4. Dane almost had a "Kevin Moon" night as he was 6/5 with 5 runs scored.
Perfect Nights
Mark Doyle, 4/4; 4 runs
Scott Barton, 6/6, 3 runs
Gord Robinson, 6/6; 3 runs
Robin Dickson, 5/5; 3 runs
GAME 8
The Brew Jays have a crazy deceptive record. With their two ties it makes them a little tough to read...are they 'really' 10 - 5 and in there with the likes of The Stiffs, Wild and Woody's? Or are they 'really' 8 - 7 and more comparable to the teams in the 7th to 11th slot? Surely though they were better than the Rebels who came into the week at 3 - 13! Right? Right? Well Steve Grenkie would lead off off with a single for the Rebels and come around to score. That would be the only Rusty Rebel run through the first four innings. The Brew Jays had a monster rally in the fourth inning to tie the game at one when Rod Duggan scored. The Brew Jays then took the lead when Cal scored in the 5th inning. However, the Rusty Rebels scored a week's worth of runs in their half of the 5th when they counted 4 runs. A five 5 - 2 lead for the Rebels against the Brew Jays with two innings to play. Having seen the Brew Jays engineer two massive comebacks in the seventh inning this year, I would still take them in a bet at this point of the game. I would have, of course, lost. Rod would lead off the next inning with a hit that was followed by 3 consecutive force outs. The same happened in the seventh after a Cal lead off hit. The final in what was a defensive gem was 5 - 2 for the Rusty Rebels!
Perfect Nights
Jim MacDonald, 4/4
Dave Bateman, 4/4
Ken Doan, 3/3
Cal Russel, 3/3; 1 run
Steve Grenkie, 3/3; 2 runs
The Brew Jays have a crazy deceptive record. With their two ties it makes them a little tough to read...are they 'really' 10 - 5 and in there with the likes of The Stiffs, Wild and Woody's? Or are they 'really' 8 - 7 and more comparable to the teams in the 7th to 11th slot? Surely though they were better than the Rebels who came into the week at 3 - 13! Right? Right? Well Steve Grenkie would lead off off with a single for the Rebels and come around to score. That would be the only Rusty Rebel run through the first four innings. The Brew Jays had a monster rally in the fourth inning to tie the game at one when Rod Duggan scored. The Brew Jays then took the lead when Cal scored in the 5th inning. However, the Rusty Rebels scored a week's worth of runs in their half of the 5th when they counted 4 runs. A five 5 - 2 lead for the Rebels against the Brew Jays with two innings to play. Having seen the Brew Jays engineer two massive comebacks in the seventh inning this year, I would still take them in a bet at this point of the game. I would have, of course, lost. Rod would lead off the next inning with a hit that was followed by 3 consecutive force outs. The same happened in the seventh after a Cal lead off hit. The final in what was a defensive gem was 5 - 2 for the Rusty Rebels!
Perfect Nights
Jim MacDonald, 4/4
Dave Bateman, 4/4
Ken Doan, 3/3
Cal Russel, 3/3; 1 run
Steve Grenkie, 3/3; 2 runs
GAME 9
So this game saw a first for me. A hand written score sheet that was put together on lined three holed punch paper. Swear to god. And you know what, it was the neatest, easiest to read scorecard I've had all year. This was the second game this week for both the Torn Ligaments and the Dislocated Joints. Both had fallen to teams below them in the standings and both were clearly pissed! The Joints came out blazing with Lou, Dennis, Neil Gary and Terry scoring in the first inning. Dennis and Neil had the rare father / son double by also scoring in the second ... and the fourth .... and the 6th.... Holy cow it was the Pendlebury show as they combined to go 9/10 with 8 runs scored!!! The Joints led 7 - 0 after two and the Torn Ligaments didn't get on the board until Andy Gee drove in their first run in the 4th. A four run rally in the seventh by the Ligaments did little to take the sting out the 20 - 8 schooling at the hands of the Joints.
Perfect Nights
Andy Gee, 4/4; 1 run
Neil Pendlebury, 5/5; 4 runs
Gary Basso, 5/5; 4 runs
Perfect Nights
Andy Gee, 4/4; 1 run
Neil Pendlebury, 5/5; 4 runs
Gary Basso, 5/5; 4 runs
GAME 10
The Lucky Stiffs had their second game this week against a team around the middle of the pack. After dispatching the Grisslies with relative ease, the set their sights on the Banshees. This game started as a defensive affair with the Banshees sporting a 3 - 1 lead after 3 innings. The Stiffs continued to plod along getting one in the fourth and and two in the fifth. There was no indication that the Lucky Stiffs brought their bats having only scored 4 total runs through five innings. Meanwhile the Banshees were in the same boat scoring 4 through five with Anicete scoring half the runs. Then the sixth happened. The first two Stiffs reached base and then the next two made outs before 7 run two out rally went in the books. A close game was blown wide open. The Stiffs would pile on with 5 more in the seventh to remove all doubt. The Banshees didn't lie down thought as the scored two in their half of the sixth and scratched out another in the seventh.
Perfect Nights
Mike Roche, 4/4; 1 run
Simon Smith, 3/3; 1 run
Lance Horgan, 3/3; 1 run
Roger Burton, 5/5; 3 runs
Perfect Nights
Mike Roche, 4/4; 1 run
Simon Smith, 3/3; 1 run
Lance Horgan, 3/3; 1 run
Roger Burton, 5/5; 3 runs
GAME 11
Earlier this week the Hot Tub Woody's finally tasted defeat, and it was the Dog Catchers that beat them 22 - 10. This game was a make up of a previous game and the Dog Catchers seemed to the one team that could trip up the Woody's. The Woody's did not look at all like themselves getting shut out through 2 while giving up 6 in that span. The Woody's finally woke up in the third and scored 4 followed by 5 in the sixth. It wasn't enough for the lead though as the Dog catchers were riding Anicete's hot 'sub' bat rolling another 5 in their half of the fourth. An 11 - 9 Catchers lead after 5 in a tight game. The fifth closed with Dancey getting the hat-trick by scoring a run for the third consecutive inning. Its funny how the last game of the week is so often the best one too. The Dog Catchers led 12 - 12 after six and then added 2 more runs in the top of the seventh to lead 14 - 12. The Woody's had one on and 2 out when Ed Hopkins, Mike Douglas and Jeff Dancey all reached and "The" Art "of hitting" Sagert drove in winning run. Make the final Hot Tub Woody's 15 Dog Catchers 14
Perfect Nights
Randy Hipkin, 4/4; 3 runs
Anicete Goncalves, 4/4; 3 runs
Phil Glecoff, 4/4; 1 run
Al Hayward, 4/4; 1 run
Mike Douglas, 4/4; 3 runs
Jeff Dancey, 4/4 3 runs
OTHER BASEBALL NOTES
* I've always been a huge Albert Pujols fan, both the ball player and his character, but that's a story for another day. Anyway, Pujols got his 2000th career hit this week. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he got his 2000th hit in his 6093rd at bat while having 431 career home runs. The only other person to reach 2000 in fewer at bats with as many home runs was George Herman Ruth in 1929. (better known as babe).
* Recent Blue Jays moves: I really like them all. The concentration now has to be on the rotation and the back end of the bull pen. They are locked down in the outfield for years to come and the infield will be solid once Lawrie moves up and Hill moves on. Both will happen before spring training 2012.
Next BLOG on Tuesday August 2nd.
No comments:
Post a Comment