Genesis 22:1-19 ( No not a score)

Good day fans of middle-aged men in tight pants! Scoops Jockovitch, intrepid sports reporter here with the latest of your Storm brethren. 

It was a Prince written, Bangles performed kind of Manic Monday as your Storm took on those Digits of Vermillion on the dusty diamond of destiny (yes, I know I’ve used that before, but hey shoot me, I like it)

The formerly Orangey boys led off the 1st  with a threesome of runs only to be matched by a menage a trois of their own by the Pouce Vert.   The second saw the teams play a little Match game of runs as well. Billy Bob was so drunk he BLANKED on his own face. Game tied @ 6-6   

One low light of the second saw the Baby Kangaroo get picked off at 2nd, which is a very 

un-presidential thing to do.   

The Orangemen served up a goose egg in the 3rd and just to prove to themselves that whatever you can do we can do better, the Thumbs matched that egg.   

In the next inning, having been proven allergic to eggs, the Storm went thru the order and plated a handful. Which should have been a max 6 but the Spicy Gregroll showed that he doesn’t really like foreplay and decided to skip 2nd base to end the play and was thereby called  out, nullifying the 6th run   

The aforementioned Baby Kangaroo however seemed to enjoy making plays that benefitted the Thumbs as he was their catcher in the 4th and went Biblical! And by that, I mean he followed good old Abrahams’s rule of thumb and sacrificed his only son. 

Suess was making his way to 3rd base, but his father would have none of that and threw a dart that not only hit him but made an out. That’s at least 2 extra therapy sessions down the line!   

Storm kept delivering Beatles lyrics to the Thumbs for they were the Eggman once again. 11-6   

The open inning was just that with everyone minus Monsieur Olympiad hitting and scoring highlighted by back-to-back a Big D boomers. 22-6   

The 6 & 7 saw the Greenies score only 2 while the Orange et Blue scored 4 more for a final of 26-8   

Some lowlites: Dr. Suess had a hit for a home run But we were already 2 up, so that was no fun. The new catcher rule seems to disagree with the BK as he recorded two outs for the opposition.   

That’s it that’s all for me. Tune in next time for my in-depth coverage of Olympic Break dancing! This has been Scoops Jockovitch, intrepid sports reporter. 

Storm    26  -   Greenthumb 8

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Greenthumb	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	8
Storm	3	3	0	5	11	4	0	26

Storm down Triple Play

Again, with both staff writers off enjoying life in Florida and their cottage, I will be addressing the highlights and lowlights of the nightcap against Triple Play.

Both teams started strong, with the Storm scoring max 6 thanks to a Rene 3 run moon shot, which might be the hardest/longest Hr of the year as it was just under the lights in right field and still going up. I think it took Rene 5 minutes to find the ball as I believe he had to go for a swim in one of the backyards to retrieve it. Triple Play scored 5 runs of their own in the bottom of the inning to keep it close.

Second inning was very quick, as four batters managed one hit, but the highlight was a lowlight and a very rare occurrence, the Mighty Joey had struck out. Triple play scored 3 and took a 2 run lead into the 3rd. Fortunately Storm bats came back to life with 8 hits, and they plated the max 6 runs, while holding Triple Play to 1 run and taking the lead again by three runs after 3 innings. The 4th an 5th innings were uneventful, as Storm was able to increase the lead by a couple more runs. The 6th inning Storm plated 9 batters and scored 5 runs thanks to in part to Bob's squeaker of a sole homerun, that just cleared the Right Centre field fence. Triple Play got 4 runs back to make it 23-17 going into the 7th inning.

In the 7th, Storm bats again came to life as all 10 guys made it to plate, unfortunately they used all the time up and nothing counted as the score revered back.

Storm    23  -   Triple Play 17

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Triple Play	5	3	1	0	4	4	x	17
Storm	6	0	6	2	4	5	x	23

Crew Return the favor

The Crew reversed the result from a few games ago and scored 7 runs in the bottom of the 6th to beat a shorthanded Storm squad. With both Storm team writers off enjoying life elsewhere, It’s left to me explain what happened.

Basically, Storm hit like crap and Joey and Lance hit solo HR's that cost us later in the game, as Sam hit an HR out that was a rally killer in the 7th inning.

Lance played Left Centre as Duran decided drinking beer was more important than defending his position in LCF. It wasn't pretty, but Lance made a few catches. and narrowly missed a big catch in centre field that would have ended a big inning, unfortunately it went under the glove, and all the way to the fence for a 3 run inside the park HR. capping of a 7 run inning.

I can't remember any other important notes..

The Crew 11 - Storm  8  

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
The Crew	2	1	1	0	0	7	x	11
Storm	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	8

The Blistered Juggler

Greetings sports fans, it’s your favourite intrepid sports reporter Scoops Jockovitch here, reporting on the latest athletic endeavours of your favourite Whitby Men’s slo-pitch team named after a climatological event.

It was a muggy, buggy night as the battle of the 2 “S” teams faced off on the dusty diamond of destiny!

In the 1st Surge came out slugging like my drunken father to score 3.

The newly attired Storm replied like my favourite bartender with a double shot of 3’s to lead 6-3.

The 2nd inning saw many mosquito bites and a goose egg for the fashionable French men (Serge)

The less orange Stormies matched their 1st inning output with another 6 to start ( like my 3rd wife) pulling away, with a 12-3 lead.

 

Just to appease everyone’s short attention span the Cloudy ones went on to a comfortable win, 26-9.

 

But we know we’re all here to review and comment on some of the games highlites and more importantly (like my second wife) to make fun of the foibles, faults and f*ck-ups.

 

Rene (The Lips), after returning from a very successful fishing trip in the magical land of scorching sun called Saskamatoon had an eventful game.

Not only were his scorched, blistered lips offensive but so was he with 5 RBI’s, including 2 HR’s. On the downside, there was one play that the Storms first baseman must have thought that Rene’s blistered visage was so horrific that he turned his back to the scab faced third baseman instead of facing him to receive a throw, allowing the Electric companies batter to end up on 2nd.

 In defence of the Highlander on first, he did think The Lips had caught the line drive and had zoned out before realizing that the ball had popped out of his glove like an oozing pustule.

 

General (the Juggler) Mills also stood out in this game for both his rapid feet and hands.

Feet – A short pop-up behind second base was called for and easily caught by the General even before the Sloth at second had barely moved a step.

However, on a deep ball to right centre the Juggler appeared as the ball dropped into and out of and into and out of and finally into the frantic hands of the General for a very exciting, testicle-tightening out.

 

That’s it, that’s all for me.

 

Tune in next time loyal reader for more adventures of the less orange, climatologically challenged slo-pitch team we love!

 

This has been Scoops Jockovitch, intrepid sport reporter!

Storm    26  -   Surge 9

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
Surge	3	0	2	0	2	1	1	9
Storm	6	6	6	0	5	3	x	26

Storm over A's

Storm started slowly, scoring only two in the top of the first inning, but they picked up the pace in the next few innings. Many teams think Storm are evil, and Storm did appear a little satanic as the scoresheet for the next three innings read 6,6,6. Storm then slowed it down over the final few frames with Al ending the game with a bunt attempt that resulted in an automatic out. 

Some highlights from the game:

Bob’s return. He actually saw two pitches in his first at bat, but that was because he swung and missed the first pitch he saw. After that, he was back to being himself, smacking the first pitch every time he came up.

Duran missed a ball and complained it was because he was tired from chasing Mills’s balls. We’ll let you read that statement however you wish.

Speaking of Mills’s balls, there was a ball that got by Mills, who then looked at it, took a few steps, and then seemed to decide not to go after it. This led to an inside the park home run. It might also be one of the balls that Duran was referring to in his statement.

Sam hit a grand slam, which is pretty awesome.

I am Sam, Sam I am

I hit the ball like no one can

Home runs are so very fun 

And if you hit them you don’t run!

Near the end, Storm started mixing it up defensively, with Al taking a turn at third and Mills taking a turn at second. Then Duran made a reappearance at second after quite some time. Brad Infield MacFly grabbed the ball and wanted to pitch, but Storm wasn’t willing to go that far.

Storm    27  -   A's 8

Boxscore
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total
A's	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	8
Storm	2	6	6	6	3	0	4	27