The Sun Also Rises

Previously on Rising Suns Softball: We struggled against the top two teams in the league and had our game against Pen and Pencil rained out.



Tango!



Tonight's Episode: The Rising Suns split down the middle for an epic battle of Rising vs. Suns. This scrimmage allowed us to try out some new positions in the field and fool around with the batting order a bit. The game remained very close, as expected, until the 5th/6th innings (depends on which captain you ask). Both sides hit well and the fielding was promising.

BK opened up the scoring with a home run, and just about everyone got on base at some point. Amy Hussey was a bad ass in right center and shortstop, making clutch plays when Josh wasn't trying to kill her. Mike "Boomer Sooner" McCracken made up for a few fumbles by getting me out late in the game. Barry's pitching absolutely befuddled Team Suns, as it has several of our opponents this year. Harry Potter had a good turn on the mound as well, particularly with his heckling.

Several people did well in new positions. Jill and Tiff used their fancy science for some plays at short and second, respectively. Allie pitched an inning, B3 held it down at first, Erin was impressive at second. Unfortunately, I never did get around to playing catcher, but it's cool. The world isn't ready for that amount of heckling.

Victory tastes sweet

The Score: Suns 22 - Rising 10

Mr. Bump Injury Report: B3 was walking gingerly with hamstring issues. Barry, Spellman, and Mike M were all a bit banged up. Liana was icing her ankle at some point. But Tango is ok.

Aesop's Moral Victory of the Game: Everyone got to play, we had fun.

When Your Bank Says No, Champion Says Yes Champion of the Game: Team Rising, for playing without BVDubs and John Pugh, and First Lobster for paying BVDubs and John Pugh not to come.

Quotes:

"Way to spread those legs!" - HP on BK's batting stance

"She just wants to get to first base." - Me, about Charlotte
"Yeah, stop cock blocking me!" - Charlotte, to Mike


The aftermath of Josh tackling Amy



"Is that the position you're playing?" - A bad ass to an outfielder who moved from right center to shallow left

"That's at least 40 points in skeeball." - Some asshole about a low pitch

"Stop arguing!" - Switzerland

"It's like Thanksgiving!" - The Pope

"I'm just explaining!" - BK

"Got it!" - What A. Hussey actually said
"Please run over here and knock me over." - What Josh heard

"Made you look!" - Scrappy to Boomer, after she did, in fact, make him look

"We're a Friends sitcom on Thanksgiving. We play against each other, fight, and half of us have made out or slept with each other." - Source Unknown