44 runs, a gallon of blood and two wins later.....

I am writting to announce the first victory in the playoffs for Sheltowne! We are now a stellar 2-10. We played excellent defense (for us anyways) and had the bats going all night. The manager Brad Hanson put together an excellent batting order and had people in the right positions to make plays. There were two downsides to the evening, the injury to shortstop Bryce Jacot and an eruption of blood from the face of the first baseman (ME!!!)


Bryce was hurt sliding into third, he was caught in a pickle and slide into the base catching a toe and injuring his knee. He played through his last at bat for the game and went home. Unfortunately for the rest of his team that was the first game and that took us down to 10 players for 10 positions. It also dropped one of the best hitters on the team from the line up.



The second injury (photos to be added later) occured in the third inning of our second game when a left handed batter stepped to the plate. He rifled a ball down the line and I slide over to pick it up, as I slide down to get over the ball I noticed the ball take a really really bad bounce. Up it came right into my face. When all was said and done the ball cracked me right in the mouth and caused my face to swell up huge. It sucks and is gonna take forever to heal, guess no asking any girls out anytime soon...

But the best part about this whole day is our two wins put us into the semi-final game for the league. We have not won a game all year but yet with two strategic wins in the post-season we are only a game away from winning it all? I bet someone out there is pissed, oh well I am loving it....


Update:
Being the drugged and in pain somewhere in the process of writing this blog I feel asleep and never actually posted it. So here it goes up, only 5 days after the initial writing.