It was a sad state of affairs walking up to little old diamond 2 in the middle of Riverdale West. Mr. Prime, Adam and Nener were using the Danger-Bats to dig trenches trying to drain the giant mud puddle that dominated the entire infield (with no success). Even with a shovel (biked in by Dave and gifted to the park community after the game) we were no match for the muck. As the Eggplant Pirates started arriving we tried with no luck to convince Howard to reschedule. With few options left the Dangercats got creative and decided to shift the entire field to avoid the mud. With first base now serving as home and the infield playing in short right field we got the game going without too much delay.
You could tell early on that the competition was not going to be too intense. The few base runners they did manage to get on in the early innings were completely lost, with one actually cutting across the diamond from first to third on a single. After we escorted him back to second we promptly got him out with a force at third on the next pitch. From there it was a walk in the park as the 'Cats rolled to a dominating victory 22-4. It's all a blur now as the celebrations got started before the game even ended but a special shout out to Debbie and Greg who filled in for our much depleted roster and both hammered the ball all day.
Another great game 'Cats. Next week, Thursday at Mcleary for another round of red dust up to your ankles, pitch to your own team, beer league softball!
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| The infield was in the outfield! |
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| Nener up to bat! |
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