The HHS Pandemics with the ever popular Sasse CheerleadersIt was a stormy night on the field last night as the Pandemics showed up in mass quantity to face last years champs, the USAID Masters of Disaster.
The USAID team that showed up last night had little resemblance to the team we had played the week before unless they went on a steroids and spinach diet this week to get revenge for the thumping we gave them last week. The Pandemics jumped out of the gun early with hot bats and scored 4 runs in the first 2 innings. Our defense was respectable but started to slip in the later innings as the hot dogs and burgers our team consumed that had been prepared by USAID entered their systems. It seemed as if the burgers and dogs had some form of contamination that prevented our players from making defensive plays. One of the Pandemics saw a member of USAID pull some of the beef out of packages that read USDA WARNING: This Beef is from the California-based Food Group LLC. Please see this link. USAID got hot in the later innings and defeated us by a final score 14 – 8. There is an ongoing investigation as to the content of the burgers.
Despite the burgers, great defensive plays were made by the golden glove, Kent Forde, who caught a screaming line drive while playing short stop, and then ran down the runner for a double play. Kent’s bat was also hot as he bombed a home run ball to deep right center. Kaleena White played a mean 2nd base and made some plays that…well lets just say she played like she didn’t eat any of the meat. Drew Smith logged 8 miles of running on his nifty pedometer shagging fly balls out in center field, and also bombed a home run over the center fielder.
Bill “Flash” Fleischer took a screaming low-line-drive to the calf while at the pitchers mound that made me want to cry it looked like it hurt so badly. Flash quickly got back to his feet and uttered the words “If you hit up the middle, I hit up the middle.” The next at bat Flash hit the ball so deep, it flew over the center fielder, and the trees that the spectators typically sit under, and continued flying until it landed right at the water’s edge. He hit is so deep he could have crawled around the bases. It was easily the deepest hit ball Haines Point has ever seen. That is the real way you hit up the middle. Flash’s leg may require amputation, but at least he got the Home Run! Jack Kalavritinos also sustained an injury in the first inning after getting on base and advancing home. His condition remains day to day.
Despite the loss, the Pandemics had a great turn out and hopefully had an enjoyable time. As coach, I apologize to anyone who didn’t get to play last night. When you have a roster of 30 it is quite a task to manage. I have to be forward in letting team members know that playing priority is given to those who regularly come to the games, so if you’d like more time keep coming. It makes for a great evening when we have a good crew come out, so I hope everyone keeps coming and supporting our team.
I will also take this opportunity to announce the launch of the HHS Pandemic team blog. Get on and check it out, there are pictures and all of the game summaries. I will also be posting the schedule on there shortly.
Thanks again for coming out last night!
GO PANDEMICS
Coach Nelson
The USAID team that showed up last night had little resemblance to the team we had played the week before unless they went on a steroids and spinach diet this week to get revenge for the thumping we gave them last week. The Pandemics jumped out of the gun early with hot bats and scored 4 runs in the first 2 innings. Our defense was respectable but started to slip in the later innings as the hot dogs and burgers our team consumed that had been prepared by USAID entered their systems. It seemed as if the burgers and dogs had some form of contamination that prevented our players from making defensive plays. One of the Pandemics saw a member of USAID pull some of the beef out of packages that read USDA WARNING: This Beef is from the California-based Food Group LLC. Please see this link. USAID got hot in the later innings and defeated us by a final score 14 – 8. There is an ongoing investigation as to the content of the burgers.
Despite the burgers, great defensive plays were made by the golden glove, Kent Forde, who caught a screaming line drive while playing short stop, and then ran down the runner for a double play. Kent’s bat was also hot as he bombed a home run ball to deep right center. Kaleena White played a mean 2nd base and made some plays that…well lets just say she played like she didn’t eat any of the meat. Drew Smith logged 8 miles of running on his nifty pedometer shagging fly balls out in center field, and also bombed a home run over the center fielder.
Bill “Flash” Fleischer took a screaming low-line-drive to the calf while at the pitchers mound that made me want to cry it looked like it hurt so badly. Flash quickly got back to his feet and uttered the words “If you hit up the middle, I hit up the middle.” The next at bat Flash hit the ball so deep, it flew over the center fielder, and the trees that the spectators typically sit under, and continued flying until it landed right at the water’s edge. He hit is so deep he could have crawled around the bases. It was easily the deepest hit ball Haines Point has ever seen. That is the real way you hit up the middle. Flash’s leg may require amputation, but at least he got the Home Run! Jack Kalavritinos also sustained an injury in the first inning after getting on base and advancing home. His condition remains day to day.
Despite the loss, the Pandemics had a great turn out and hopefully had an enjoyable time. As coach, I apologize to anyone who didn’t get to play last night. When you have a roster of 30 it is quite a task to manage. I have to be forward in letting team members know that playing priority is given to those who regularly come to the games, so if you’d like more time keep coming. It makes for a great evening when we have a good crew come out, so I hope everyone keeps coming and supporting our team.
I will also take this opportunity to announce the launch of the HHS Pandemic team blog. Get on and check it out, there are pictures and all of the game summaries. I will also be posting the schedule on there shortly.
Thanks again for coming out last night!
GO PANDEMICS
Coach Nelson
1 comment:
Yo, Nelson! There was nothing in the burgers but love. Don't be jealous of our mad skills on the field.
NOTE: If the full USAID team had shown up for the scrimmage the week before, you would have seen us in action one week prior to the real game. Mama didn't raise no fool.
Peace out. (Nice blog, by the way.)
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