Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Comeback Quells Rebellion

Under a clear, dark sky, the Rebels sent their troops to battle. They sent out the heavy artillery and put some major damage in the Storm trenches in the second and third innings. Many well-placed hits combined with a few Storm miscues allowed the Rebels to get up 14-1 after the top of the third. Early in the game, Storm tried hard at the plate, but their bats forked no lightning, and they struggled to put up any kind of resistance to the Rebels attack. In the 4th, the Storm bats finally found life and they scored six runs, but the Rebels onslaught continued and they put up 5 more in the top of the 5th. Then, the Storm winds started to blow, and blow, and blow. In the bottom of the 5th inning, Storm batted through the lineup and then some, putting up 12 runs to take their first lead of the game. The Rebel forces tried to muster up a final attack, but solid Storm defense closed the gates and held off the attack. Storm stops their two game losing streak with a 23-19 come from behind win.

Boxscore

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
Rebels
0
5
9
5
0
0
x
19
Storm
0
1
4
6
12
x
x
23

Monday, May 30, 2016

Hanet over Storm

Hanet, couldn't field a team so Storm patiently wait for players to show up. Then of course they win, as that always seems to happen.


Boxscore

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
Hanet
2
0
1
0
4
3
4
14
Storm
4
1
2
3
1
1
1
13

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Falcons Fly Over Storm

Storm suffered their first defeat of the season on Friday night. The Falcons showed a lot of power early and got out to a lead that they never let go of. The Storm bats that had been pretty hot in the first few games were cooled down by Ash, and the Falcons’ defense.

Game Highlight: Al hit a three run homer.

Not So Highlights: Brad being thrown out at second on a ball hit to the fence. Chris and Kenny striking out.



Boxscore

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
Falcons
3
3
4
0
3
0
3
16
Storm
4
0
0
0
4
0
2
10

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Storm Surges Past Surge

Storm got off to a slow start last night. It all started with Bob’s longest single ever. He started his home run trot just to have the ball go off the top of the fence. Surge Surged ahead 7-4 after the first three innings. Storm was a little generous with some dropped balls, but Surge also hit well, and they took the early lead. The 4th inning was the turning point as Storm surged ahead with an 8 run inning. After this Storm never looked back and went on to a 27-16 victory.

Game Highlights: Al hit a grand slam, James got his first home run of the season in his first game of the season, and Boom Boom "Jeff"rion struck again, and this time it counted.  In the last inning, Bob finally got to do his home run trot, all the way to K2 to collect his ball. Joey also hit a home run once Storm was up by double-digits.

Boxscore

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
Surge
4
1
2
1
4
0
4
16
Storm
3
0
1
8
4
6
5
27

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Storm wins Xtremely close game!

Storm got off to an Xtremely good start yesterday with a 17 run first inning. The inning started with a selfish solo homerun by Bob that would have repercussions for a player with fewer home-runs and more base runners, but we’ll get back to that later. Storm then ran through the batting order with every player but Brian recording a hit in the first inning. As a matter of fact, if Brian had not been in the lineup, who knows if that inning would ever have ended since he accounted for two of the three outs. By the end of the inning all but three batters had batted twice!

Unfortunately, Storm bats cooled off significantly after that. After a 17 run first, Storm struggled to get hits through the next four innings while Xtreme chipped away at the lead until in the top of the sixth they went ahead 21-20. After starting the game with a 14 run lead, it would have been Xtremely disappointing if Storm had allowed Xtreme to come back to win. Fortunately, Storm was able to score three in the bottom of the sixth to take a 23-21 lead. The top of the seventh had the bottom three batters for Xtreme come to the plate. After recording the first two outs, Xtreme’s last batter singled to bring the top of the order up. A pop fly into shallow centre was tracked down by Joey, and Storm held on to an Xtremely close game.

Game Highlights: Mike, Dave, and Kevin all hit their first home run of the season!

Not So Highlights: Jeff hit his first home run of the season. Oh wait, no, it didn’t count. Then Jeff hit his second, no wait first, no wait, that one didn’t count either. The second home run/out was really more Dave’s fault for so selfishly slugging a solo home run earlier that inning. As a matter of fact, there were two solo home runs in the game that erased Jeff’s two run and three run homers. As well as the lost home runs and 5 RBI, Jeff also lost 125 points on the batting average since the home runs are recorded as outs. But don’t worry, he’s not bitter or anything! in a league with a home run rule, baseball is like comedy: timing is everything.

Added Note: After the second futile home run, Bob nicknamed Jeff  "Boom Boom Jeff".

Boxscore

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
Xtreme
3
0
0
3
2
13
0
21
Storm
17
0
0
0
3
3
x
23

Monday, May 16, 2016

Storm elevates over Direct

As the evening descended into the night, the temperature descended below zero. Storm jumped out to a 6 run lead in the top of the first, but gave back five of those runs in the bottom of the first. Direct took the lead in the 2nd, and then in third Storm jumped back to a one run lead. In the fourth and fifth, Direct mysteriously thought every batter was Joey (it actually was Joey at least once), and started dropping every ball that was hit. That allowed Storm to jump way up and never look back.
Boxscore

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
Direct
5
3
3
0
6
x
x
17
Storm
6
0
6
7
8
x
x
27

Storm winds blow Falcons to the ground

The sky was dark and the wind was cold and crisp as flurries fluttered to the ground. The players were huddled in hoodies and jackets and it was a fight just to keep the blood flowing to the fingers. The only thing that wasn’t cold on this night, was the Storm bats. After a slow start (3 runs in the first two innings combined) the bats started to heat up. Storm scored seven in the third, 10 in the fourth and then in the fifth, the Storm scored 17 runs on 18 hits on way to a 37-10 victory. Some game highlights included Kenny hitting the ball and Joey hitting an absolutely meaningless monster home run JUST BECAUSE HE COULD!

Boxscore

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
Falcons
0
0
0
3
7
x
x
10
Storm
3
0
7
10
17
x
x
37

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Storm, Bradley Slugfest

Last year was a great year for Storm, but there was one team that seemed to have our number. Last season we lost more games to Bradley than to the rest of the league combined; therefore, it was nice to start the season series against them with a win. It was definitely a slugfest, with the balls flying off the bats, but Storm came out on top 23-13. Joey’s two home runs were a definitely great moments, but the absolute highlight of the night had to be Kenny’s 2nd at bat. Kenny was swinging for the fences; unfortunately, he didn’t make contact with the ball. Nor did the ball make contact with the mat. Kenny struck out on three consecutive swings, on pitches that would have been balls. Oh my God they struck out Kenny! On another note, Greg has been christened with a new nickname: Handsome!

Boxscore

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total
Bradley
4
4
0
2
1
2
0
13
Storm
5
2
0
6
5
5
0
23