Last nights game, under the bright lights of Live Oak Field, saw genius in the form of a kic
kball team. It had the same excitement that Einstein must have had when he came up with his theory of relativity, when Gary Dahl invented the pet rock, or Burt Reynolds moustache in Smokey and The Bandit.
It all started off with Evolution of Style getting a couple of good hits. Then later in the top of the first they scored a run. This was a not a great start for SLF, TLC. With two outs in the first, one of the speedier girls on EoS rounded third, running to home like a cheetah chasing a young gazelle. Polly threw a laser to Allison, who threw it to Scot, who in the heat of the moment went for what has eluded SLF, TLC all season…..the elusive INDIAN RUBBER…..nope, didn’t get it. EoS goes ahead by two. SLF, TLC was able to escape the first inning with no more damage done. It looked like a bad start to the night.
The bottom of the first saw SLC, TLF’s determination and grit. Jason reached base to start the inning off with a bang. Allison “MVP” came up, and kicked a high fly to second base. The second basewoman for EoS looked to be clearly outmatched by the fly ball, so Jason ran on to sec
ond base, but in a moment of pure luck she was able to wrangle the ball to her chest (Arabian Chest Goggle) and come up with the double play. Nick came up next, and got on base. Erin came up with a hit that advanced Nick towards third, and saw the rarely seen slide maneuver implemented. The umpire pulled out his rule book and made sure that he implemented Rule 8 -- *Sliding Rule: No sliding and/or contact with fielder. Penalty – Runner is declared out. For the purpose of safety, base runners are allowed to over run all bases without a penalty (example: running through 1st base). However, if the base runner makes a turn advancing toward the next base, he or she may be tagged out. This ended the first inning, leaving SLF, TLC behind by two with a long way to catch up.
THEN IT HAPPENED. Boom……..Allison “Indian Rubber” Bendush comes up with the first ever SLF, TLC Indian Rubber out. It could arguably be considered the turning point of the game. This ever elusive feat has eluded the team for the entire season. It was a ground ball about 20 feet away from first base, right past the pitcher. Allison leaps over fields the ball….Bernie has shifted over to first to get the force out (THROOOOW MEEEEE THEEEE BALLLL….in slow motion nonetheless), but anybody watching this game could tell it was not going to happen. The determination in Allison’s eyes was unmistakable…..I am going to hit this bitch……BOOOOM…YOU ARE OUT.
The rest of the game went like this…..EoS didn’t do crap. SLF, TLC lit up the ever revolving group of pitchers EoS had lined up. SLF, TLC scored 1 in the 2nd inning, 1 in th
e 3rd inning, and 2 in the 6th.
PURE GENIUS I tell you. PURE GENIUS
kball team. It had the same excitement that Einstein must have had when he came up with his theory of relativity, when Gary Dahl invented the pet rock, or Burt Reynolds moustache in Smokey and The Bandit.It all started off with Evolution of Style getting a couple of good hits. Then later in the top of the first they scored a run. This was a not a great start for SLF, TLC. With two outs in the first, one of the speedier girls on EoS rounded third, running to home like a cheetah chasing a young gazelle. Polly threw a laser to Allison, who threw it to Scot, who in the heat of the moment went for what has eluded SLF, TLC all season…..the elusive INDIAN RUBBER…..nope, didn’t get it. EoS goes ahead by two. SLF, TLC was able to escape the first inning with no more damage done. It looked like a bad start to the night.
The bottom of the first saw SLC, TLF’s determination and grit. Jason reached base to start the inning off with a bang. Allison “MVP” came up, and kicked a high fly to second base. The second basewoman for EoS looked to be clearly outmatched by the fly ball, so Jason ran on to sec
ond base, but in a moment of pure luck she was able to wrangle the ball to her chest (Arabian Chest Goggle) and come up with the double play. Nick came up next, and got on base. Erin came up with a hit that advanced Nick towards third, and saw the rarely seen slide maneuver implemented. The umpire pulled out his rule book and made sure that he implemented Rule 8 -- *Sliding Rule: No sliding and/or contact with fielder. Penalty – Runner is declared out. For the purpose of safety, base runners are allowed to over run all bases without a penalty (example: running through 1st base). However, if the base runner makes a turn advancing toward the next base, he or she may be tagged out. This ended the first inning, leaving SLF, TLC behind by two with a long way to catch up.THEN IT HAPPENED. Boom……..Allison “Indian Rubber” Bendush comes up with the first ever SLF, TLC Indian Rubber out. It could arguably be considered the turning point of the game. This ever elusive feat has eluded the team for the entire season. It was a ground ball about 20 feet away from first base, right past the pitcher. Allison leaps over fields the ball….Bernie has shifted over to first to get the force out (THROOOOW MEEEEE THEEEE BALLLL….in slow motion nonetheless), but anybody watching this game could tell it was not going to happen. The determination in Allison’s eyes was unmistakable…..I am going to hit this bitch……BOOOOM…YOU ARE OUT.
The rest of the game went like this…..EoS didn’t do crap. SLF, TLC lit up the ever revolving group of pitchers EoS had lined up. SLF, TLC scored 1 in the 2nd inning, 1 in th
e 3rd inning, and 2 in the 6th.PURE GENIUS I tell you. PURE GENIUS
2 comments:
Another excellent game recap! I think we all can agree that the real MVP of the night was Wee-Man.
allison, you indian rubber champion of the universe kickball player. if kickball was an olympic sport you would dominate michael phelps style. team, i am so proud of everyone. that game was flawless... we worked like a well oiled machine. Ballers.
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