It was a fun, busy weekend that left Storm with many aches and pains. As the team dwindled, Storm was reliant upon some call overs from other teams.
Huge shoutout to the original players sent over by the Bonecrushers. Mike, Chad, and Garry all played well. Chad had the 3rd highest average for the team in the tournament (.682), and Garry had the second most RBIs (12). They also played solid defence.
Resty joined from The Crew after Storm eliminated The Crew and played solid 3rd base while adding consistent offence. And finally, Ben joined Storm to help out after the Great Catcher Controversy of 2023 when Triple Play refused Storm a catcher in the championship game.
As for Storm regulars? Well, Joey and Bob had the best stats on offence. Upon review of scoresheets, it appears that Joey may have hit for the cycle in the Expos game, and was a triple shy of the cycle again in the Triple Play final. Bob hit solidly all weekend.
As for the rest of the team… it wasn’t ideal. Lance popped out to the catcher…twice. And struck out looking. Al tried to make Lance feel less bad and also popped out to the catcher. Jeff started the tournament on fire going 7 for 10 in the first three games before going 1 for 8 in the semi final and final. Mills was struggling with timing all weekend, often swinging at the last second and with mostly his arms. Storm didn’t hit the way normally do and it caught up to them in the championship game.
It maybe is a good sign that so many players can underperform and Storm can still get to a championship game. Storm is going to have to see if they can overcome injuries to the majority of their young core. Is this the year that having the highest average age in the league will finally catch up to Storm? Only time will tell.
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