Before we get to today’s game recaps, one scoring note: The official scorer has reviewed both Sam’s single-and-error from yesterday’s game vs. Lieber and Dylan’s from our game a few weeks back against Nachsin, and ruled them to be home … Continue reading
I hope no one minds if I skip the usual blow-by-blow recap of today’s game vs. 78 Lieber (nickname: Chico’s Bail Bonds, “because we have yellow uniforms like the Bad News Bears and play like them too”), as we have … Continue reading
The games are coming fast and furious now. Our opponents, Holy Name Carmody, turned out to have a large contingent of players from Holy Name Meehan, the longtime dynasty that we knocked out in the semifinals two years ago behind … Continue reading
It was the season’s nicest day yet for our morning doubleheader rematch vs. 78 Miller: warm and sunny and springlike, and some fresh dirt had even been added to Prospect Park Field 2 to fill in some of the worst … Continue reading
After a weekend of scrambling to find enough players who could make it to Monday night’s game, the rain that started during our Sunday doubleheader took care of that problem, helping wash out four different sports (baseball, softball, soccer, and … Continue reading
Well, that was … you know, rather than try to summarize it, let me just tell it as it happened. Today was our first (and only of the regular season) doubleheader matchup against 78 Shiffman’s Raiders, who were undefeated so far … Continue reading
The Legal Weed — yes, we have a team name, and yes, that’s it, far be it from me to argue with either democracy or genius — gathered bright and early for our 8:45 am doubleheader vs. 78 Nachsin, with … Continue reading
Our second of umpteen doubleheaders dawned bright and early, with our first game in two years against a team from the St. Francis league, which had opted out in the fall so it could play flag football instead. Our opponents: … Continue reading
Readers of CNN’s website (4/15/21) saw an alarming headline: “So Far, 5,800 Fully Vaccinated People Have Caught Covid Anyway in US, CDC Says.” Nearly 6,000 so-called “breakthrough” infections—cases of Covid-19 contracted by people after they had been vaccinated against the coronavirus … Continue reading
After last week’s rainout, it was nice and dry (if not quite as warm as the forecast) for today’s doubleheader of our as-yet-unnamed green team against Miller’s black-clad squad. Starting pitcher Dylan arrived just minutes before the scheduled game time, … Continue reading