Spring Midcore Kickball Downtown Mon/Wed

It was wet, it was rainy, so many difficult kicks to first base...still Steven took the good with the bad, and came out smiling in the end. Never getting down on himself, the team, or the ump, and finished the day with a great game overall.

Jenny played an all around great game. She was perfect at the plate and flawless in the field.

It's those little things that often decide the outcome of a game. For "Where my pitches at?" it was Katherine Swanson's defense in right field. No, she didn't make any Griffey-like catches. What she did masterfully, though, was back up first base and save several overthrows from going out of bounds.

Over half of her team's runs were scored as a result of throws going out of bounds, so Katherine's "D" prevented her team from giving up free scores.

Although the Green Machine rally fell 1 run short, they really put a lot of heart into it. Trailing by 6 runs in the bottom of the 7th, the Machines got a 1-out solo homerun. Before you knew it they had the bases loaded with 2 outs for Dan "Automatic" Moran. What did Mr. Automatic do? He cleared the bases with his might triple. He followed that by scoring his team's final run of the evening before Entercommies recorded the final out to preserve their victory.

In a fine defensive game that went back and forth and featured 4 shutout innings, Roger's Mom took a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the 7th. The game was on the line. Entercommies had the bases loaded with 2 outs. Joe "Cool" Hammill had a 0-1 count against him, then calming booted the ball to right field for a 2-run double. Had the second run not been the game-ender, Joe's kick would have undoubtably been a grandslam.

Gerlitz came to play Monday, and helped Roger's Mom to a win in her first game of the season. She kicked two singles at key moments to keep rallies going, and picked up an RBI in the 8-5 victory. She also brought a great attitude and reminded us why kickball is so much fun.

This weeks player of the week goes to Caitlin Smethurst! She was a speedy dynamo on both defense and offense. She was way to quick to get out on the bases, and utilized her speed to get people out on defense as well. She played tough as was a big reason for "Roger's Mom" success. Great Job Caitlin!!