The Case of the Missing Wombats
Week 6 Recap
Fri, Aug 13, 2010
For the first time this season, Moody Softball played two consecutive weeks of full slates of games. And high temperatures produced some heated games this Saturday and some heated words anticipating next week’s games.
The day started off with El Fuego playing the Smithereens and winning 8-5 on the main diamond, while Tsunami took another forfeit win against the Wombats.
The Smithereens (2-2) battled tough against El Fuego (4-0) despite missing a few of their big hitters.
The Wombats continued their forfeit theme for the 9 a.m. hour - this time against the Lion’s Den. The two Wombats forfeits dropped the team to an 0-4 record (three being forfeits), while Lion's Den improved to 1-2. The present Wombat players and Lion's Den played a scrimmage, and though just a scrimmage, Lion’s Den manager Dan Coughlin was proud to see his team still had the passion to play with an outstanding catch in left field from Vince Ramirez.
“I have been meaning to ask [Wombats manager] Andrew [Peterson] what a Wombat is,” said Lion's Den skipper Dan Coughlin. “But I guess I’ll have to wait for him to show up to a game.”
At the same time “Forfeitgate” was going on, the Smithereens played Global Warming on field 1.
Global Warming started the game off well with a home run, the first of the season for Jon Thornton but the game unraveled for them soon after that. Amanda Delgado settled in and pitched a great game for the Smithereens, who ended up winning 10-6 in five innings.
“I think we definitely play better in hotter weather,” said Global Warming manager Ovi Tisler. “The 90 degree heat index for game one was a little too chilly for us. I predict we will fare significantly better in the 11 a.m. game where temps should reach closer to 100 degrees.”
The temperature did begin to climb as the next teams stepped up to play the 10a.m. games.
The Carter Administration squared off against Tsunami on field 1 and prevailed 9-2. Carter Administration chief Chris Carter acknowledged solid defensive plays by David Cho and “Inside-the-park-home-run king”, Josh Hall.
“It was a close game through 4 innings until Carter blew the game wide open,” said Tsunami manager Sam Baturoni, whose team fell to 3-2.
“Team Tsunami proved to be more like a ripple in a kiddie pool in our quest for a perfect season,” added Carter Administration assistant to the manager Bill Van Tuinen, whose team now stands at 4-0.
The 10a.m. games also featured El Fuego against Lion’s Den, a makeup game of their Week 2 matchup that was called for rain in the 4th inning while Lion’s Den was up 4 runs. This game, however, ended in a 7-7 tie, paying homage to the recently completed World Cup tournament.
“People were about as happy as the fans were with Bud Selig when he called the All-Star game a tie a few years
ago,” said Coughlin. “But Moody allows for ties when time is up. I smell a rule change debate brewing after the
season.”
“I've been meaning to ask Andrew but I guess I'll have to wait for him to show up to a game.”- Dan Coughlin on what a Wombat is
The last game of the day was between Global Warming and the Punishers. Ovi Tisler’s prediction about his team heating up with the temps seems to have been accurate. Global Warming scored the most runs of their season (14) and pitcher Simone Halpin gave up the fewest runs against (5). The defensive play by Global Warming was stellar, highlighted by 2 double plays including an unassisted double play by Andrew Tan at second base.
“I didn’t want anything to slip by, the ball, the runner, even my team’s regard for my usually unexceptional defense,” said Tan about his play.
Next week may prove a challenge as some teams anticipate having to forfeit due to a shortage of players.
“We are going to be half-strength on the 24th against Global Warming,” said Carter. “So it should make for a
pretty equal contest as long as a Romanian wedding doesn’t wipe out half the team.”
Van Tuinen added: “We’ll cool off the already lukewarm bats of Global Warming, who’ve been playing more like it’s an Ice Age. [And] while other teams are struggling to field full teams, our Administrative advantage has provided more than a full roster each week. We’ll continue to leverage our proprietary notification system for the rest of the season.”
Coughlin also looks forward to next week’s game to earn their first win of the season against “the mighty Smithereens”.
Meanwhile, Wombats manager Andrew Peterson was asked to respond to the cheap shots clearly aimed at his team, but could only reply with an incoherent half of a sentence. Thus his right to equal time has been forfeited.
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