Tonight's 8-2 victory against third-place 4 Corners (10-4) was the game we've been waiting for all season. Sharp fielding, including four double plays. Good, timely hitting — and even the outs were loud. In fact, I was just going to sit out the second inning to take a few pictures but couldn't get myself back into the field because we were playing so crisply.
We finished the season strongly, including the narrow loss against second-place Francesca's (11-3) last Thursday, and have every reason to believe that we can go all the way in the playoffs. Greenwich, 12-2, finished first. We're fourth at 6-8. LaManda's, CASA and Moretrench all finished 5-9, I believe, and we'll be playing one one of them this Thursday, 8/14, at 9:30. Mac II, unless they upset Moretrench in the second game tonight, finished last at 2-12.
So far I know that Robert, Arch, Lary and Pete (unless we're short) are out Thursday. Fred, Ed, Mike, Jimmy, Jason, Steve, Mark and Thom are in. Bob is getting back to me. Rick? Kevin?
Please try to wear your Reachers shirt on Thursday. There's an obscure rule about 75% of the team being in uniform by a certain part of the season — I kid you not — and we were close to the limit tonight. There are a few sticklers in the league (Jimmy knows them all) who might call us on it.
