"Sweep, Sweep, Revenge!"
- Ahh. So much better. This weeks double header is exactly what the doctor ordered and a big improvement over last week. Two solid outings top to bottom. Everything clicking on all cylinders. Pitching, hitting, and defense all lined up nicely and we walked away winning the pair and in the process we broke our "losing in the regular season" to Vanguard curse. Let's hope our playoff streak against them stays intact.
- Game 5:
- Bears 14
- Whyos 9
- Game 6:
- Bears 10
- Vanguard 5
Season: 3-3
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The Positives & Negatives (We're gonna pair 'em up):
- Defense: Great job all around. Very few errors and no typical "let's kill ourselves with stupidity" plays. Heads up smart play all around.
- Pitching: More than ever we witnessed why it is so important to have two solid pitchers. And boys, we do. Welcome aboard and welcome back to Kevin "Start or Relief, I Don't Care" Goldberg who not only picked his spots at the plate by dumping the ball in key areas, but came in to start game 2 and put 'em away...quickly. Both he and Bennett are going to be very key in the push to finish what we've never done...take the title.
- Hitting: Great job at the dish by A LOT of people. This section would take up the entire length of your screen if I tried to tip the cap to everyone who had big nights. Some big notables: Jose "RBI MACHINE" Lora - despite the last AB K he notched a 6 RBI, 5 hit night with one ball just inches from an out of the park HR. Jarrett "The Stretch" Lew - a 5 hit night of his own and just seemed to slap the ball in the right spots at key times every single time up. Pure hitting. And of course, I can't not mention the massive dinger by Tommy "Rumblin', Bumblin, Stumblin'" O'Melia. Not only was it a great shot but watching a big man break for four is just pure entertainment. There are many others that contributed tonight - fantastic effort by all.
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And now it's time for the Bears "Geico Player of the Game Award"! This award is given to the player or players that show outstanding play in the field, at the plate, or in the bar. Whether it be heroic, game saving, or shatting one's pants sliding into third, this award is akin to saving a buddies life in combat.
And now it's time for the Bears "Geico Player of the Game Award"! This award is given to the player or players that show outstanding play in the field, at the plate, or in the bar. Whether it be heroic, game saving, or shatting one's pants sliding into third, this award is akin to saving a buddies life in combat.
And now, presenting this weeks winners... Jarrett "The Stretch" Lew and Jose "RBI MACHINE" Lora!
"Two men, two lefties, and two different style of hitters. One man slaps the ball to spots for efficient movement of runners on the PATH the other slaps the ball off the cross bar of the right field fence. On this night, both styles combined to propel the Bears to a DH sweep of two good teams, evening the year at .500. The totals for both - 10 hits, 7 RBI's, and serious wood from the skipper."
Congratulations to the southpaw dynamic duo, you are this weeks Bears "Geico Players of the Game"!!!
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It's time for another episode of "Overheard/Thoughts at the Bar".
Buddy: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." (As told to the GM at Brother Jimmy's who cut our check. He is RARELY there and we (all 6 of us...BOOO!!!) finally got to meet and thank him.
- Thoughts:
1: Awesome to have a Malosh sighting!!!!
2: The man who cut the check meets the Bears! He says money well spent.
3: We finally got those purple bahstids!!!!!!!!!
4. 6 is kind of a weak showing.
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Other Business: Everyone is pretty much paid up. One peep is light but I will get with him.
NEXT GAME: Wednesday, July 8th, 6:10 PM, vs. Charter - Field 1.
Do I even NEED to tell you how bad I want to beat THESE guys?? I really don't. Bring your A games. I am not even close to kidding. Let's take one back from these ringer laden SOB's!!!!!
Quick Cap Note: I know I sound like a broken record, but peeps should try and make a little effort to come out after. No one is saying you have to get hammered or spend a ton, but numbers would just be good since they did cover a large portion of our fee. Again, I know people have things going on and I certainly can't force folks, but I thought I would just mention it. For those that always make the effort, thank you.
See you Wednesday...
- James Buddy "Lays Out At The Plate" Villani
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