"Polar Opposite"
What a difference a week makes. From a bunch of bumbling buffoons in the field and not being able to hit a softball with an ironing board to perfectly executed defense and an offesive explosion that rivals my ass after half a bottle of BBQ sauce. Mind blowing.
After coming off a horrific loss we stepped in, put our heads together, and absolutely crushed The Upperdeckers. At the plate and in the field, it was 5 innings of Bears mastery. That's right, I said 5. Not because we fell apart after the fifth, but because even though they call it a "mercy", there was none.
Bears 16
Upperdeckers 0
Season: 3-3
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The Positives: (this may take some time)
Hitting: I mean, seriously. Every single one of us sans that clown in the cargo's got at least one hit. The whole team. We peppered them for 8 runs in the first inning alone and they didn't record an out until a fielders choice on the 10th hitter. Fine, so maybe the opponent wasn't the greatest pitcher in the league, but still, we hit like we were supposed to hit in that situation. The mentions are lengthy but most notably is Jeff "Silent Until 3 Natty's" Fennelli with a 5 RBI, 1 triple, 1 HR night and Jose "Listen to ME!" Lora with a wall clearing HR of his own. Hell, even I, your cellar dwelling 11th hitter notched a 2-3 with 2 RBI's. Rare.
Pitching: What can you say? See the score? That's right, #44 continues to pitch wondefully and tossed a shutout! As usual, he did his job and we finally added some run support to go with it. A lot. If we can keep that up, this ship will sail nicely. Superb job Mr. Studebaker - it was a pleasure to catch.
Defense: Absolute perfection. A bobble here and there? Sure? Did those turn into dumb mistakes or stupid throws? Not once. Smartest defense I have seen this team play all year. Great relays, cutoffs, people backing each other up and getting the lead runner out! I mean, our heads were actually on our shoulders and well out of our ass. Awesome.
The Negatives: (this will be much quicker)
Timing: What do I mean by this? There's a right time to argue calls, and there's a wrong time. Last night is a prime example of a wrong time. Face it, those umps were atrocious but we had the benefit of a large lead the whole time and trying to make points over and extra run or a silly overlooked out does nothing but make us look like world class jack-offs. We're better than that and we've been on the end of some slaughters and we know how we feel about "those" teams. Hell, I will go to the wall with you in a tight game. Hardcore. But sometimes, its just better to let it go.
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Ok, its time for "The Gieco Bears Player of the Game" award!
Each week the 'Cap selects a player for the G-Pog, This Award is for an individual(s) who displays outstanding play in the field, at the plate, or in the bar. It can be game saving, heroic, or maybe just shatting ones pants sliding into third.
And now, presenting this weeks winner...(drum roll..)
Jeffrey "Silent But Deadly" Fennelli!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Mild mannered and soft spoken since day one, Jeff Fennelli decided it was time to make some noise. While quietly toiling around the .333 mark, Jeff said, "Listen to this bitch!" and proceeded to unload at the plate with a HR, a tripple, and a sac fly ammasing a total of 5 RBI's. A quiet man with a loud bat, you sir are a silent killer.
Congratulations Jeff! You are this weeks "The Gieco Bears Player of the Game"!
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Each week the Bears head to Brother Jimmy's on 80th & Amsterdam for some Ice cold $2 beers, shots of Patron, delicious wings and rib tips, an amazingly hot bartender, and God willing, unsuspecting young ladies willing to stroke the ego's of men who cling to the belief that they still "got it". During these endeavors, some interesting things can be "Overheard at the Bar".
ALERT: The writing staff at "OatB" is on hiatus simply because the head writer is just too stupid and gets too bombed to remember what the hell exactly went on. What he does know is that the pooch got majorly screwed this week and we, the Bears, who frequent the same place every damn Wednesday, didn't recieve one buy back until Adam had to ask. Now we'll have loogies in our rib tips every week. Please Ashley, come back. Soon.
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Other Business: 'Taint none. Not that I can think of. I think all the deadbeats have paid up.
Next Game: Wednesday, June 4th, 6:10 PM, Field 2, vs. Red Wagon
Now, for you noob's who don't know, Red Wagon might be the squad we despise the most. One of their members (no pun intended) blatanly proclaimed to the team we just beat in the first round of the playoffs last year, "You lost to those guys??" And we were well within ear shot. He also asked one of our old players who happened to be of Indian (dot, not squaw) decent, "shouldn't you be playing crickett?" So please, lets bring whatever it is we brought last week to this one. This would be a satisfying win of epic proportions.
Well, that's all I got for this week. Fantastic job all around. Great mindset, great play, great times after. This is what its all about from here on in. Win or lose.
Carmel covered nipples for all...
- James Buddy "Hard Hittin' At #11" Villani
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