Resilience

The tenacity of Blue's flexile roster garnered a victory today using the 14th infield combination of the season. If injuries continue to mount, I'll have to brush up on math permutations to determine our finite number. Because of two vacationers, one carney, A FIBber, and Oscar sporting the mirror-image injury as Tinker, we started thin. When longball Al pulled a hamstring he vacated 2B prompting Larry to risk his personal health and well-being by inserting ole Tinker at 3B and the musical chair infield rotated again. (AND, YES Hank, you now know that I can field and throw runners out with my eyes closed!) A big thank you to "Flo", my corset fitter, for my ribs remained intact. It is difficult to find the words to describe my joy in being reunited on the field with you guys. After a five week absence, I find I'll have to start pumping iron to keep up with my Herculean teammates. Too many homers and triples to mention for fear of over-looking anyone but allow it to be stated we all contributed. Defensively, Jr. played admirably on his ankle, Dave made a nice diving catch and Neal nailed a runner at 2B and probably feels bad (even being an attorney) about shagging their first baseman's foul fly. Gold Glove Larry dazzled them again and SS, Jimbo, did get to the second pop-fly. Ray continues to tolerate the changing faces to his left and right from short-field. Mike displayed his versatility in taking over yet another position, 2B. Frank was at home again in the friendly confines of his outfield position. And Harry just continues to get hits. In closing, I applaud our "Easy Rider" for fighting off his recidivist tendency by not taking the MD State Trooper through all the backyards today enroute to lunch!