If there is one area of improvement for Storm, however, it
seems the team is struggling with the home run rule this year. The addition of
two power hitters to a lineup that already featured a number of hitters who
could hit it out of the park means that there just aren’t enough home runs to
go around. Add to that the fact that some people are just selfish, and
continually hit solo shots, you end up with a situation like last night. Storm
hit five home runs that only accounted for three runs. Yes, you read that
right. Storm had as many home run outs as they produced runs with home runs.
The first home run came from Jeff. It counted and wasn’t a
complete waste as there was a runner on base. Still, a two-run shot isn’t as
much bang for your buck as you could get. Things got worse, though, as Joey,
leading off an inning, absolutely clobbered the ball over the right field fence
hitting the track and bouncing sky high into the soccer field. He claims he
didn’t hit it that hard, but witnesses heard the grunt and saw the effort it
took. All for a solo home run.
That’s bad enough, but what happened next was even worse.
Rene, Mr. I like solo shots and home run outs, came up and got a two for. He
hit a SOLO HOME RUN OUT. Two things you’re not supposed to do all in one swing.
Not to be outdone, however, Lance came up and said,
“anything you can do I can do better,” to Rene, and Lance launched a towering
shot over the centre field fence. For those of you keeping tack at home, that’s
three consecutive home runs, producing one run and two outs.
Al showed everyone how it’s done and hit a nice line drive
single double after that, but as Craig stepped up to the plate everyone pretty
much figured Storm was about to make every out in the inning with home run
outs. Craig tried not to do it, and gave a half-hearted swing, but since he’s
made of 99.7% muscle he still hit it to the fence. But not over. It was a long
fly ball out that avoided the triple home run out inning, but still didn’t feel
very good.
In the 4th, Storm was able to avoid any home run
outs, but in the 5th Duran launched a home run over the centre-field
fence. By this point, Craig was so flabbergasted, that in his next at bat he
barely even check swung and hit a soft-liner to the pitcher.
Many of Storm’s team switched to Kevin’s bat, affectionately
named tingy/tinky/tinky winky? It’s the #2 ranked aluminum bat and it gave some
of Storm hitters exactly what they needed: warning track power. This seemed to
help tone down the home run outs, and there were some nice line drive singles
along the way. Of course, Kevin came up with a nice little business scheme, and
after his bat started working for some people, he announced he was charging $1
for every hit with his bat. He might be trying to save up to buy a new bat.
Although, if Storm keeps playing +2 in the home run category, Kevin might be
able to earn enough money to put his kid through college.
The real irony is Brew Crew eventually hit a home run, and
when Storm was finally able to hit another home run… they didn’t.
HR's: Jeff, Joey
HR Outs: Rene, Duran, Lance
Boxscore
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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Total
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Storm
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3
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5
|
1
|
0
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6
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5
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4
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24
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Brew Crew
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1
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0
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0
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4
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0
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1
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0
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6
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