Spring Softcore Kickball at Ballard Playfield Sundays

There are a few rare occurrences in kickball, a perfect game, kicking for the cycle or a grand slam to name a few. On Sunday night we were witness to another one of those special feats, a triple play. The play was so great that it made Daniel, who made a pin point throw to nail the third out, a no-brainer Player of the Week. The bar has been set high early for Play of the Year as well. Great job Daniel!!

Stephanie had a great game on both sides of the ball. She was nearly perfect at the plate, going 4/5 and knocking in 2 runs. On defense, she was a wall at third base making perfect throws and catching some hot kicks, including a huge double play to end the game and hold onto a 1-run victory.

Brian played his [bleeding] heart out on Sunday trying to help the BleedingHearts get their first victory. In a close game, Bryan played stellar on defense at shortstop where he had several key outs, including a DP to end what could have been a big inning for Bottom of the Fifth.

On offense, he reached base on all his kicks, scored 2 runs and had a key RBI in his team's big 6th [and final] inning 4 run comeback. While not earning a victory, the BleedingHearts got on the positive side by holding on in the bottom of the 6th for a draw. The entire team deserves credit for always having a great attitude and for having an equally great performance Sunday, against an undefeated team.

In the championship game, Derek got his team going with a big 2 run triple in the first inning. He also played hard on D at first base where he dislocated a finger and had his buddy Nick straighten it out to keep on playing. I guess it was worth it as he came up big late the game with 2 more RBI's and a run scored in his teams big 7 run 6th inning which ended up being enough to win it all.