The Suck Dragons played the Luck Dragons last night and got shelled 16-6. I am going to go ahead and chalk that one up to "it's a new team and this is the first time we all played together."
The game seemed closer then what the final score reflects, but maybe it's because 6 of their runs came during their last at bat and we went 1-2-3 our last at bat.
Some positives from the game:
- Our new players seem to have met our expectations (by ours I mean the coaches). We found some new women who can play infield and that is always a good thing.
- The outfield played amazing last night and I am not just saying that because I was a part of it. The outfield didn't drop anything and I am 99.9% sure that nothing made it past us. Megan made an amazing play and threw someone out at first from shallow right/deep second. Nice job sis!
- Our offense had a decent showing. 6 runs isn't bad, it just wasn't enough to win. Somehow it felt like we had more than 6 so I think we need to check the scorekeep next game and place a beer can on the bat rack for every run we score.
As a bench coach and the writer of this blog, I refuse to be negative and instead will point out some things that I think we need to work on. I apologize if I yell things on the field. I am still adjusting to this whole having fun versus must win mentality (which was not the case in my old league).
Something that killed us this week was our inabilty to advance the runner. We would get someone on first and then the next person up would hit a grounder which would lead to an out at second and thus, we'd again have someone on stuck on first. I think this probably happened 10 times last night. I think we'll get better at this as the season goes on.
We have a tough match up this coming week against spring league champions the Damn Dirty Hippies (formerly Old Skool). We beat them last time we met, but I think the fact that we got them drunk before the game played a big role in our victory.
Also, I think beers need to be mandatory before each game. I am a shining example of the effects of alcohol on one's ability to hit a softball. For the greater part of last season, I couldn't hit my way out of a wet paper bag. The last two games, I have had a few beers prior to and during the game and I am batting .1000 with a coule of homers (not that anyone's keeping track). The power of the booze.
Megan and Chris have volunteered to have the pregame next week. Their house backs up to the field on 9th and David (depending on which way you're coming from). The house is on the bend of the street and has ivy covering the front of the house.
4 comments:
MATT, IT'S OKAY IF YOU YELL! EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW TO THE LEAGUE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU ARE "MATT THE YELLER!" DON'T GO CHANGIN' TO TRY TO PLEASE ME!
With all due respect (my favorite disarming way to begin a sentence), I must humbly object to your comment on our blog that we only "took walks once the game got close." Our squad takes the greatest pride in winning without the base on balls. Before your time in D League, there was a team called Majority Rules that we ran out of the league because they refused to swing - in fact, females weren't allowed to swing at all. This game was an exception, because your normally reliable pitcher had an off-night. I'm sure she'd agree. And it's hard to swing at balls that bounce before the plate -- though a few of our players still swung at those. We don't play D-League co-ed softball to draw walks.
XOXO, The LDs
I'm confused. If the pitcher throws strikes, what's the problem. If this Majority Rules team took pitches on us, that would be fantastic. The would strike out because our pitcher rocks! I never have understood the thought that you should swing at crappy pitches because it's D league softball. I don't care if it's T ball, if the pitch suck- don't swing (haha).
By the way, Matt the Yeller, if your team doesn't like your yelling, you can come to the Hippies. After all, you being a 62nd street, south of 14 ave. kind of guy, should be playing on your real neighborhood team. Not this North of 14th group you're with now.
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