The Season has Officially Turned Around

Listen fellas, after that first inning today I have to admit I was a little worried.  Down 9-0 after 1 is an incredible hole to be in in this league against a good team, just happy we weren't playing a good team.  A brilliant defensive alignment shift by Nicky and the explosion of the Doolies bats saw a 35-6 run to finish the game and the Doolies are officially over .500.  Things really started off terrible for us as Andy showed up after 6pm with the beer and the gear.  The Highlanders had thrown the ball down to second twice before he got the beer up the hill.  Pathetic showing by Pass block here.  For future, if you are on beer you better be the first guy at the field.

Couple highlights from the game.  Ill go ahead and say the new bat is officially broken in after the 3 dingers I hit. Two of them I didn't even think I got into that well but they just took off.

The young bucks Tyler and Andy have officially figured out how to play in this league.  Andy laughed at the shift and sent one to left field and mixed in a couple other hits.  Tyler was flying around in the outfield and finished 6-6.

Von Dipes was out there stroking and will be missed next week as he makes his valiant return to the Parker House.  Chachi was smacking it around and I think scored 22 runs pinch running for anyone who would have him.

Espo I am not sure hit a ball out of the infield and missed a golden opportunity to chirp an opposing team all game so that was a little disappointing.  Mailly, Im not too worried about him right now, he's cooled off a little, but I know he doesn't waste his hits on bad pitching.  He will carry us in the playoffs.

Couple nice defensive plays by Nicky and Big B in the middle innings helped keep these guys from any type of momentum shift.  Johnny, do us all a favor and stay home next week.  You need to rest up for the wedding and the playoffs.  We do not need you next week hobbling all over the place, although you did swing it great today.

Let's talk about the Highlanders for a little here.  What the hell happened to those guys?  Where was Mr. Barsalona and the rest of the old guys that used to play for them?  This crew that showed up today may be the last group of guys I'd ever want to hang out with.  Multiple guys wearing snapchat glasses. Joe DiMaggio in right field just crushing lines of coke.  The Juice running around the outfield clueless.  The most ridiculous outfield shift I have ever seen in my life.  These are just the things I can remember off the top of my head.  What a disgrace.

Next week we finish up with our long time rivals the Uncle Stiffies.  Id like to think if we win we should get a nice playoff setup with a 6-4 record.  Not sure where that puts us, but I'd assume that we are playing two opening weekend of the playoffs and prob see the Highlanders or the Potbellies again. Its been a great run fellas lets get another one next week and keep cruising to the playoffs.

I see you Doolies

I was lucky enough to see one of the all-time greats from the Ramsey High Arc League today as I was coming home from work.  He was stepping outside for a smoke and the stars happened to align and I caught the infamous Franco.  I overheard him on his cell phone say, "Wait, you mean Mark Mailly, the kid who cant catch a cold behind the dish is the hottest hitter in the league right now?  I hate that guy!!!!"  Great seeing Franco today.

Schedule

Fellas, I know a couple of you asked for the updated schedule to be posted with times and fields so take a look.  Couple long walks to Smith and we finish up with one of our favorite teams the Uncle Stiffies at MacFarran.

What a time to be alive!!!!!

Gentlemen, that is exactly what we did out there today.  Kicked some ass and drank some beer.  Felt great to get the band back together and put a beating on another team.  I'm sure it helps our schedule is as soft as Espo's hammer after two beers but we are going to be rolling come playoff time.

Great to see Jones today.  Not only did he do a hell of a job on the beer but he swung the bat like he had been here all season.  Great to have that guy back in the lineup.  Not really much else I can mention about the game as everyone did their part.  Espo hit another bomb today which was pretty impressive.  Mailly stayed hot as a pistol, Chachi got back on track with a bunch of hits, Ty was 5-5,  Nicky got his first hit in nearly a month.  Id say the one thing that really sticks out is we have alot of guys looking for pinch runners.  We gotta get healthy for this playoff run. Lets ice those hamstrings.  Alot of snipers out there as the B Team had guys dropping left and right.  Heads on a swivel, heads on a swivel.

Great seeing Nickys dad today.   Havent seen that guy in years and he was furious with his team.

We have the Potbellies next week which will be another two hour tickle dick fest but hey I said it last week, Im not here to apologize for winning games in this league.  Lets go out there and put  a 40 spot on those guys and have them hate us while we are doing it.  Sam load up the cooler with an extra case of Rocks, we are gonna need em.

I think We are Back

After nearly a month off to lick our wounds and feel bad for ourselves the Doolies came back in a big way yesterday. Yes, the Opals were exactly what we needed to get back on track but I'm not going to apologize for  any wins at this point.  Couple big highlights from the game yesterday. For starters we showed up with only one bat and teed off. Led by homers from a number of guys but none as big as Espos. Furthest ball I've seen hit this year. Mix in his solid play in the field and his constant chirping of the other team he takes MVP honors.

Runner up for MVP I'd love to give to Mailly but I'm going to give to Eric Gos new gf. I haven't been chirped by a fan like that since high school. It's 11am on Monday, pretty sure she just hit the snooze button at her place in Bogerts and won't surface until Wednesday.

I hope Johnny is OK.  I know we throw around the word Sniper quite a bit at these games but what happened to him yesterday was one of the finest snipings I've ever seen. For those who weren't there he was playing left field and was going for a ball in the gap. As he was running he got sniped and it looked like when you run into the ocean and the ocean floors drops out from under you. Never seen anything like it. Said he heard a pop. I'm sure Johnny will be back next week but wow that was bad.

I'd also like to formally cut Jones from the team. Guy hasn't been to one game and was on beer yesterday. If I don't bring that keg we are looking at a dry game for the Doolies.

Next week we have the B Team in the nightcap at Finch. A win puts us at 3-4 and with a very soft schedule to end the season we could be in good position to be 6-4 by the playoffs. Heard yesterday you aren't allowed to make up games anymore. Need Nicky to look into that for us.

Until next week gentlemen.