After much initial confusion on who would actually be at the game and even more potential lineup configurations than usual, TRx fielded a full team of 13 and welcomed the season debuts of Ed and Young Johnson. Dempsey also put some members of the team like GLG on notice that he was not happy with their hitting performance, dropping them in the lineup. That’s one way from letting Greg’s bulbous head get any bigger than it already is. Once again, KB got their early to scout, only to find a father-daughter combo practicing on the field. Surprisingly, it was not GLG putting his daughter into early softball training. Though despite only being able to crawl, sadly, she still could have helped Weiser.
As the home team, TRx was up first. After hits consecutive hits to start the game, Aaron smacked a line drive to the towards the hole. Immediately Old Demps knew he’d have to show off his track-star speed to beat a play at second, and took off, arriving at the base in the amount of time it takes Greg from finance to cook the books every quarter. However, all of the earlier lineup confusion was still messing with his mind, as he ran back to first base instead of attempting to advance. Luckily, this mistake didn't cost TRx too badly, as they still managed two runs out of the inning to take an early lead.
With Christin missing in action to start the game, much to her chagrin, Gabriela was forced into catching duty. While she wasn’t happy about it, we all can agree that it was much better than catching doodie (at least I hope we can). This forced Bob to play second where he immediately got some action. The first batter his a line drive past a diving KB, who was attempting to imitate the down and dirty ways of the near-invisible man from last week. Next came a pop up to the right side, causing a near collision between Bob and Terry. On the following play, Bob had to do his Stretch Armstrong impression to just get the ball in time for a force at second. Soon after, Christin showed up, as Gabriella rejoiced and all was right in the TRx softball world again.
TRx started off the second inning with a flourish. A former high school football fan in Florida, Ed was seen with large wads of cash before the game, consorting with the illicit type that like to watch strangers play softball. No one knew which team he had bet on, and all eyes were on him as he strode to the plate. The answer was readily apparent as he hit an “Oppo Boppo” opposite field home run, starting off his TRx softball career in style. TRx added four more runs to take a 7-0 lead.
In the next inning, Weiser finally got on the board. With Craig at EH (along with Aaron and Old Demps), Brian knew he had all the attention on him at third, and he made the most of it. On a routine pop-up to the left side, in his excitement, Brian chest-bumped the ball into his glove. Luckily, he had not gone to the gym in a few days, or else his bulging pecs would have caused the ball to richochet into the woods. Later, on a line drive he showed off his 3-inch vertical, and succeeding in performing the touch-pass to himself, as the ball bounced off his glove and into his bare hand (but not into Bear’s hand).
In the third and fourth inning, the TRx offense exploded. Hearing chants of “hit the ball to where you summer” Remington showed that 3 years without softball has allowed all of his previous injuries to heal, and hit the ball hard. Despite an injured leg, Brian continued to motor around the bases, limping home at one point. Josh hit a home run where he almost got to show off the reason for his nickname, with a near Ice Road Trucking of the opposing pitcher and catcher as he crossed the plate. In fact, he nearly got two fistfuls of man-boob, which either would have made him really happy, or really upset. GLG also had a homerun, almost running down Christin ahead of him. Perhaps he was attempting to avenge her taking away his grand slam opportunity by hitting a solid RBI line drive to left field right before Greg was up.
As the rest of the TRx bats started to pour it on, KB took a different approach, and decided to play small ball. He showed off his magical abilities during one at bat, taking a massive swing that resulted in a slow dribbler down the first base line. Despite him attempting to will the ball foul, once he realized the first baseman was going to catch it, he saw the perfect opportunity to practice his ballet moves, attempting to pirouette around the tag. Alas, it did not work, but he did advance the runner. Later, he again hit it to the right side to move runners up, marking the first time ever he has managed go the other way (not that there’s anything wrong with that).
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Despite nursing a 15 run lead, the fourth inning was not without drama, as Gabriela almost had to roll some heads. While running to second on a ground ball, she seemingly avoided the tag of the opposing team, whose second baseman was clearly standing in the base path, with the umpire calling her safe. Immediately, the other team started to cry. Presumable due to the perceived missed call, but it’s equally likely it was due to the pounding they were taking. With the other team mouthing off, Gabriela was ready to take the out, go back to the TRx bench, grab a baseball bat, and pretend the opposing pitcher was a catcher and throw the bat at him, but managed to restrain herself from going Hobo With A Shotgun style.
Weiser went down in order to end the game, as TRx finished off the four inning 19-2 drubbing, with everyone reaching base, and Ed winning all of his bets. TRx succeeded with both beauty and age, as the bottom of the lineup (Ed, Craig, GLG) and Old Demps had a combined age higher than the total IQ of the rest of the beautiful people. Demps gave one of his usual rousing speeches after the game, proclaiming “If it was easy it would be called soccer, and we just played a soccer game.”
Next game is Friday versus office nemesis Verilogue, with a rumored happy hour following the game.
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