-Helluva way to close out a season... after dropping a game against one of the league's bottom-dwellers, the Lollygaggers came back strong to take two from one of the top teams in the league, 12-4 and 24-8. With the wins, we finished alone atop the league standings with a 16-2 record. Since there are no playoffs in the fall, we are officially C-league champions for the first time in Lollygagger history. Excellent work, gentlemen;
-Without Bill in the lineup, I came in a little concerned with our ability to hit the ball for power... so naturally we ended up having probably our greatest power hitting night in team history. In game #2, three of our first six hitters went yard (I almost killed a tennis player), which was pretty awesome, but also put us in the unfortunate predicament of being subjected to Arlington's stingy "+3" HR rule. It came back to haunt us, as for whatever reason, we couldn't stop hitting HRs... in fact, three of our first five outs came on would-be HRs that were ruled as outs. Fortunately we adjusted shortly thereafter, and continued our hitting barrage with singles and doubles within the confines of the Quincy fence;
-Erick is the king of the solo HR... way to be selfish;
-Queeney and Mark have slightly different approaches at the plate, but they were absolutely raking last night;
-With our two regular pitchers missing, Jim stepped in and did a great job - that team had some good hitters, but he had them off-balance all night;
-It was uncomfortable, and yet oddly amusing to watch another team completely implode and resort to yelling at one another and throwing equipment (after all, this is rec league softball...). Watching a more dysfunctional team just makes me feel that much better about our squad;
-Thank you Marisa for being the only fan in attendance, for chasing down all of the fouls and HRs, and for putting up with the 7th grade maturity level jokes about holding our balls;
-Thanks for a great season. Information on a postseason celebration will be distributed shortly. It's worth noting that Chuck E. Cheese is out as a possible location... something about Quast and restraining orders. Speaking of which, why did Quast park his brown van so close to the field?
If you have any suggestions for off-season blog content, please post them. Perhaps reports on our extensive conditioning programs?
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My van is orange. Wait... I mean...uh...
Apparently that van parks there all the time. And yes, there is someone who sleeps in there, he heard everything you all said, and he'll probably find you. Congrats to all and good luck surviving the off-season.
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