Game 9: Varsity Club

Loss

Score: Byrne's Pub 3, Varsity Club 17

For the remaining two weeks of the season the Byrne's Pub Goat Rodeo Cowboys are honored to have Jack Footey step in and write their softball blog. Enjoy!

Deep Thoughts by Jack Footey
It takes a big man to walk in softball, but it takes a bigger man to heckle that man.

Maybe in order to understand softball, we have to look at the word itself: "Softball". Basically, it's made up of two separate words - "Sof" and "tball". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is softball.

To me, softball is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography, and the whole thing hinges on if the dancers can hit each other.

If bases could scream, would we be so cavalier about stepping on them? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.

The memories of Byrne's Pub Softball games are still a source of strength to me. I remember we'd all pile into the car - I forget what kind it was and drive to the field. I'm not sure where it was, but I think there were some trees there. The smell of something was strong in the air as we played whatever sport we played. I remember a bigger, older guy we called "Santa." We'd hit some stuff, or not, and then I think we went somewhere with beer. I guess some things never leave you.

If you saw two guys named Hambone and Baller, which one would you think liked softball the most? I'd say Baller, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong, though. It's Hambone.

Children need encouragement. If a kid gets on base in softball, tell him it was a lucky hit. That way he develops a good, lucky feeling.

The face of Tarsh can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

I think the mistake a lot of us make is thinking the league-appointed umpire is our friend.

If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking beer, I bet you could shoot beer out of you nose.

I hope if softball players ever take over the world, and they chose a king, they don't just go by who can hit the farthest, because I bet there are some really bad hitters with some good ideas.


Inning by Inning:
Inning 1 => Hammer: 1B, Chaser: OUT 1 (FC), Hussle: 1B, PYT: BB, Harmie: 1B & 2RBI, Tree: OUT 2 (FC), Dan the Man: 1B & 1RBI, Cubby Bear: OUT 3 (F6) -- VC: 3 Runs -- SCORE: BP 3, VC 3 Inning 2 => Tummy: OUT 1, Tarsh: OUT 2, Hammer: OUT 3 -- VC: 0 Runs -- SCORE: BP 3, VC 3 Inning 3=> Chaser: OUT 1, Hussle: OUT 2, PYT: OUT 3 -- VC: 7 Runs -- SCORE: BP 3, VC 10 Inning 4 => Harmie: OUT 1, Tree: OUT 2, Dan the Man: OUT 3 -- VC: 7 Runs -- SCORE: BP 3, VC 17 Inning 5 => Cubby Bear: 1B, Tummy: OUT 1, Tarsh: OUT 2 (FC), Hammer: OUT 3 -- RUN RULE -- FINAL SCORE: BP 3, VC 17

MVPs for Game 9: (We forgot to give them out)
Top Performers
		Batting Average					Slugging %					On Base %
Male		0.500		Harmie, Hussle & Dan the Man			0.500		Harmie, Hussle & Dan the Man			0.500	Harmie, Hussle & Dan the Man
Female		0.500		Cubby Bear			0.500		Cubby Bear			0.500	Cubby Bear & PYT
		Pizza Count:			2.5			Beer Count:			10 pitchers
No.	Player	At Bats	Runs	Hits	RBIs	2Bs	3Bs	HRs	BBs	Ks	On Base %	Slugging %	Batting Average
4	Tummy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
7	Hussle	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.500	0.500	0.500
14	Cubby Bear	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.500	0.500	0.500
15	Chaser	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
16	Tarsh	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
17	Harmie	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.500	0.500	0.500
25	Hammer	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.333
26	PYT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.500	0.000	0.000
34	Tree	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
47	Dan the Man	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.500	0.500	0.500