Battle of the Blue & Gray

T'was a pitchers' duel with Blue on top 8-4.
Great defense today boys! Tinker's tired so
it's time to vacate....wish you all well.
Cozy up to Evers as he has been tossed the quill.

Rain and Pain

Rain, rain, go away
Come again another day,
just not on Mondays nor Wednesdays.
Third straight rainout date is frustrating, but forever remain hopeful as
Wednesday is Team photo day....Wear WHITE!
AND, Larry is thread-bare....does anyone know the whereabouts of
Peggy Myers' spool of thread?

Game Day

The slumbering batsmen awoke today with the majority of Blue having multiple hits. After "maxing" runs in both the first and second innings Blue set it on cruise control to win 19-13. The 8th game of the season finally saw Jim standing at ready for nine consecutive innings of infield toss around (THAT takes precedence over his colossal home run). Quasi-rookie Al had a solid day being involved in a DP as well as taking a relay to nail a runner at third. Larry pitched and fielded superbly, especially setting 'em down in the ninth with a game ending strikeout! Thanks to all my teammates who took great joy in pointing out Tinker's first (and hopefully last) Senior Moment at short. A personal thank you to Pete for the loan of his legs today and to Ray for adding penultimate to my vocabulary.

Dinner Program

Monday's spouse/significant other dinner was yet another gay old time. Larry went above and beyond in securing the reknown Herb Sell and his keyboard for our listening pleasure. Mr. Jim Bosley was presented with our 2009 Championship plague to be displayed at F & M Bank's home office located at 15226 Hanover Pike in Upperco, Maryland. Good food, entertainment and comraderie abounded.
In the Sixties New York had their M&M boys and now, as all can see, CCSS has their own M&M boys.

5/10/10

It was a better day to apply 5-10-10 fertilizer than what we spread on the diamond. To our loyal parka-clad fans, adorned with stadium blankets on the hill, my apologies. We played tight! Just because our opponent shows up with team jackets and individually personalized equipment bags does not justify our playing tight. Our silent bats are difficult to explain other than had the crowd shared their flasks perhaps we would have loosened up. The good news; we held Harford to 15 runs each game which was 4 runs off their average. The bad news; we scored a grand total of 13 runs which is 12 runs less than our average per game. Nice sprinting, juggling, and trapping catches from Neal (hope they didn't leave bruises).

Beep, Beep, Beep, This Is Not A Test

Harford is coming to us Monday for a doubleheader which really is a test but more so REAL critical. We Must Protect Our House! Harford was the only team to exceed our win total of 34 last year by one win. Furthermore, Monday is our annual dinner with spouses/significant others and since our most gracious sponsor, Mr. Bosley, will be in attendance we should be in the best spirits. To accomplish all this, bed check Sunday will occur at 10 p.m. and as a reminder-----NO intimate relations on the eve of the game, gameday and most importantly during the game. A special exception exists for one friend if divine intervention occurs and his prayer is answered. ALSO----"It Is White Shirt Day"!!!

Blue Sweats It Out

It was a perfectly hot day to enjoy sweating but we took that enjoyment too far in experiencing the other type of sweat in the ninth inning. Blue saw its 18 run lead shrink to eight before closing out Carroll Gray 28-20. Too many contributions from all Blue players to enumerate but I will mention John's torrid bat again, saving and excepting one "mis-cue"! Our defensive cut-offs, relays and backups showed we know what we're doing. Third game in a row that a wrong color shirt appeared but luckily he's the guy that lives closest to the park. Accolades are due our Manager/Pitcher for calling into play an antiquated and obscure rule to end Gray's 4th inning rally by leaving men on base as we walked off the field with only two outs. Hats off to our opponents for their valiant comeback effort. John Myers wants to know the source of our steroids while Murph misses us so much that he was always on base with us in the field. Gambling that Tom Henry was a "Gentleman", I now know and thank him for not taking my teeth out at second base. And to our Consigliere; Tinker's dekes are intended to fool the opponents not our left fielder!