7.2.6: power of the rainbow

pbdotc: first of all i want to talk about kathy

koisdan: me too

pbdotc: i think i might be in love

koisdan: she was an all star, pure and simple

pbdotc: werd

koisdan: i count four sparkling defensive plays at first

pbdotc: james and i were completely abusing our right to play infield and she kept coming up with amazing scoops, not to mention clutch base hits .... it's not a stretch to say we could never have had a chance to win without her at first

koisdan: two bad-throw pickups for outs, including that nasty short hop from james

koisdan: and then two plays where she was pulled off the base by bad throws, but dove back to the base to get the out

koisdan: including the final out of the game

pbdotc: totalemente and i don't even want to mention the, um, injury

koisdan: PLUS she sustained the injury of the night going after your overthrow

koisdan: oops

koisdan: i mentioned it

pbdotc: i hope she doesn't have a desk job

koisdan: it is possible that injury made her even more alluring

pbdotc: james sez she's the michelle wie of bungleball

koisdan: because we are writing this recap for posterity, i will explain:

koisdan: pete charged a ball at third

koisdan: tough throw, maybe shouldve eaten it

koisdan: but i appreciate the effort

pbdotc: def should have eaten, but ...

koisdan: and the throw went wide

koisdan: she made a quick turn to try and get it, lost her footing, and totally wiped out at first

koisdan: big-time wipeout -- if we had instant replay they would have shown it from five different angles

pbdotc: with appropriate surf music playing over it on the 11 oclock news

koisdan: YES

koisdan: she ended up with one of those round, bleeding scrapes you get when you try and slide in shorts

koisdan: high on the back of her left leg

pbdotc: it was a legitimate injury ... ximara said she would have retired had she suffered such a thing

koisdan: totally legitimate -- she is probably still picking gravel out of it today

koisdan: she had to hike up her shorts so they wouldn't get bloody, so when she batted for the rest of the game she flashed the pitcher a lot of leg and a huge bleeding battle scar.

koisdan: very intimidating, i would think

koisdan: PLUS several clutch hits, one of our only two RBIs in Game 1, scored once or twice.

koisdan: overall: wow

pbdotc: werd

pbdotc: here's why i didn't eat it tho: hans bungle was having ambrose -- who was "playing" catcher - peek at our defense and say whether i was protecting the line and i moved off the line and there it went, right down the line, so i was like ok i'm throwing this ball no matter what

koisdan: i sympathize

koisdan: the other team -- thunder? -- had some wack shit going on at catcher all game

koisdan: often they played three catchers

koisdan: when i pointed this out, hans responded, "we're only playing one, dan, you must be drunk"

pbdotc: i don't remember the first game v well ... i know we lost but we also squandered like six outs in a row because there was a rush on

koisdan: my memory of the first game consists of me being a chickenshit asshole

koisdan: first i argued for a full half inning that we had three runs

koisdan: despite everyone on the other team and on my own team disagreeing with me

koisdan: i got really vehement

koisdan: but i was wrong

pbdotc: it happens ...

koisdan: (except even now i suspect i was right)

koisdan: (no, no, i was wrong, i accept it)

koisdan: (i was right)

koisdan: and then the rain came and I had grabbed my glove and was almost out the hole in the fence before it was made clear to me that we were still playing

koisdan: i was positive we were going to get killed by lightning and hail

pbdotc: hans had a CSHR in the rain and claims to have exclaimed "SOUL PATROL" upon rounding the bases

pbdotc: hans is a beefy guy

koisdan: hans's homer was impressive

pbdotc: when the rain is flying and the ball is assy, he's the only one who can muscle it out

koisdan: maybe james

koisdan: but yes, no one else had a shot at a HR, called or uncalled, during game 1

pbdotc: james def has the muscle but, in one of the funny lines of the night, he came up to me in the dugout and said, quite earnestly, "i'm in a slump"

koisdan: god, grant me james' slump as my everyday hitting stroke

pbdotc: still makes me LOL when i remember it

koisdan: speaking of earnest -- hans's 6-out scheme was presented as the natural solution to a rainy night

koisdan: with great, straight-faced enthusiasm

pbdotc: he's all standing there, the apocalypse is upon us, and he's all, "let's save time!"

koisdan: monkeys are falling from the sky

koisdan: buildings collapsing

pbdotc: i think i saw a harpy getting a dozen sprinkle donuts

koisdan: yup

pbdotc: dinny and ambrose were smoking stogies and pretending they were branch rickey

pbdotc: they were all, "you look good see? i'll sign the lot of ya!"

koisdan: i suggested to dinny that he pick the player on his team who wasn't giving full effort and put the cigar out on his arm

koisdan: "this is how we do it in the big leagues, kid!"

koisdan: several excellent plays were made with cigars/cigarettes ablaze

koisdan: james had a nice one at short too

pbdotc: yeah ... i made a low throw and he still almost got a DP out of it

koisdan: game 1 ended 6-2 in favor of thunder

koisdan: game 2 was exciting

koisdan: first of all, there was a rainbow

koisdan: a big, beautiful rainbow

pbdotc: danny lee said it was the first rainbow he ever saw

koisdan: that's impossible.

koisdan: what??!

pbdotc: i wanted to hug the big galoot

pbdotc: when i saw the rainbow i knew we had to win it for danny

koisdan: wow -- that is a lovely sentiment

koisdan: but who hasn't ever seen a rainbow???

koisdan: has danny ever lived anywhere besides new york?

koisdan: has he ever left his building?

koisdan: does he spend all his hours playing poker at night and sleeping during the day?

pbdotc: (i think he drinks)

koisdan: ah

pbdotc: he did mention something about "the pollution" but i can't remember what that was

koisdan: i assume that's a reference to drinking

koisdan: heavily

koisdan: thunder bolted out to another lead in game 2

pbdotc: i was getting scared that we simply didn't have a good enough team.

pbdotc: that lightning just didn't have the sticks

koisdan: it seemed like we should have, but we sure could not get a rally going for inning upon inning

koisdan: it seemed like we would get two guys on base, then squander it, over and over

pbdotc: with james in a "slump" it wasn't easy

koisdan: we had two or three singles-into-fielders-choices

koisdan: those are always rally killers

pbdotc: hans bungle was a predator out in CF

koisdan: true

pbdotc: but we started going to RF and had success

koisdan: including an unprecedented two stand-up triples

koisdan: and i scored from first on a hit -- that may have never happened before

pbdotc: and pulled "all your groins"

koisdan: it really hurt

koisdan: Lee had that triple -- who had the other one?

pbdotc: i had one

koisdan: right

pbdotc: i hit me a triple!!

koisdan: in our big rally

pbdotc: the rally was sweet

koisdan: we were down 4-2 and scored four in the eighth

pbdotc: the soccer players were getting real itchy

pbdotc: kathy sparked it w/ leadoff hit

koisdan: then one error

koisdan: then more hits, including your triple

koisdan: was it you that referred to the storm as "god's version of the soccer players?"

pbdotc: no but that's funny

pbdotc: i have never seen so much gear for such a crappy soccer league

koisdan: there were many "wonderboy" references during the most lightning-y parts of the storm

koisdan: james and i joked that lightning would hit one of the light poles, splitting it in half and revealing a superpowerful aluminum bat

pbdotc: who gets the game ball for thunder?

koisdan: for thunder -- hans

koisdan: great plays in CF, big game one homer in the rain

pbdotc: probably. i was impressed with connie at 2b too

koisdan: she was strong but hans takes it i think

koisdan: game ball for lightning is clearly kathy

pbdotc: no doubtsky

koisdan: good games all around, very fun -- plus a rainbow, as dinny never stopped telling us

pbdotc: it was a nite like no other.

pbdotc: want me to send this to hansel?

koisdan: i'll post it later today

koisdan: good work

koisdan: laters

pbdotc: thanks man. have a good day. rub some ben-gay on them groins.

koisdan: am doing so right now, thanks