Game 1 Recap

Well, it wasn't pretty, but in the end, the Refugees prevailed over the Constitution Pickles 14-2 and for gambling fans everywhere, The Pickles beat the spread on a 7th inning single by Nick's new nemesis that he won't play again this year.   Thanks schedule.  The game was up and down, played a nearly flawless defensive game, but hitting was a little different.  Give the C Pickles credit, they made plays at 3rd and right center to limit the damage in the innings.  Lack of aggressiveness on bases also hurt us a little and we were 2-1 going into the 5th.  After that, we settled down and scored 4 in the 5th and 8 in the 6th to put it away.  The C Pickles never really had anything going offensively and had only 1 runner in scoring position the whole game, and that was the spread-beater in the 7th.

Alright, how are we going to do the new blog this year?  No fucking idea.  Used them all up for the blog last year.  I'm sure we'll pick up things as we go.
I lasted 1 inning at short and 1 inning on the mound before blowing out several vertebrae.  However, I had 3 "spineless" hits after my first "spineful" flyout to finish the day.  Nick had a bomb.  Adam and Matty were on base a fair amount.  Derm had a wind-assisted bomb.  And the two new girls, Danielle and Skinner, played exceptionally well for their first time playing softball while drinking pounders.  Newcomer Burke also had questions about the league wondering why there were only "2 chicks" and if any of the chicks in this league liked 40 year old lawyers who like to swing.  Good luck Refugee Ford.

So it's 1-0 in the books with Farties up next Tuesday at Dairy or some plowed-under field.  Around the league, there were blowouts galore.  Franklin is trailing the Bad Touch after 6, 17-8, and Buddy is super sandy.  I wiffed on that line.  Alvin & The Tap Room blew out the Pen'is'Pencils 27-8, wrong again.  Collar mugged the Fleisher I'm told, and rounding out the ineptitude, The Fart Museum beat up on the Zoo with some score that nobody cares about because they're the Fart Museum. 

Update on the picture from 2 previous posts:  it is Nick.  He admitted out loud with witnesses.  Yay modeling pics!

Quotes from the league and preseason;

"She needs to smash!"
"Poop or get stuffed?"

"I suggest you open your little calendar and pencil in some serious bedroom carnage."

"I wasn't the last one the leave the collar!  Yay!"
Phyllis' parole officer

"Oh Pickle."
"What do you mean?  Oh, right."

"Yo, let's get some rum!"
Ha-hamyman

"I'll trade you Derm, Vellia and Tim has to do your stats for 6 games.....I'm serious"

"I'd like to go home, can someone breathe into my car?"
Rice

"Gabor just self-Nicked herself"
Me

"Dick Clark just died."
"That's so 1987."

"He's a socially oblivious bull in a china shop."

"I think Bensinammon Toast Crunch is the best."

"Lynch is the new Chuggz!"
Darkness

"I hope you didn't invite Ben Gabored to this shit."

"You made the poos!"
Wife to me

"I can't believe I went to a preseason practice."
Dr. Verne

"Did we bring the box of extra spines?"
me

"I would have made that trade, Mickey!"
Buddy

"That guy is so my nemesis."
Nick

"I still hate Tim."
Matty,
Also, me, Nick, Derm, Tim's Mom, Hitler, and Tina

"Welcome to the team Burke.  Now run a lap with this egg between your butcheeks."
Renardo