Gray Day

Well Boys of Blue, we should have moved the venue 15 miles to the north to secure a historical Blue victory today.  Hosting Gray south of the Mason-Dixon resulted in a double loss 18-5 and 26-14. Let's not dwell on game one but recite our strategy for game two.  After Gray dominated game one we had positioned ourselves to take advantage of their over confidence for the second game as demonstrated by spotting them a 26-7 lead headed into the bottom of the last inning.  At that juncture our strategy appeared to be working as Gray's manager (then catching) had to request timeout to wipe the sweat from his brow and glasses while Blue was producing hit after hit.  Blue had 'em on their heels until a HIGHLY questionable call by the umpire ended the game (oh but for 13 more runs)! Kudos to Blue's Pete M for falling just one hit short of a perfect day (happened to be his hardest hit but unfortunately Gray's positioning negated his screaming line drive.
A tip of my cap to Gray who hit the gaps, sped around the bases and pulled off defensive marvels all day long.  I had children and grand children in attendance who traversed 500 miles miles to witness their first Senior Softball game.  "Impressive, speed and agility, and teams' camaraderie" were some descriptors I received" but I'm not sure if they were directed to one or both teams!  Now it's on to Catonsville for two desperately needed wins on Wednesday.