Just waiting for Shawn Baier’s Panthers to fall
My APBA league teams need to learn to follow through on their successes. Once we have a good thing going, don’t let go.
Two nights ago I played a home series against Robert Mosher’s Fairgrove Tigers in the Boys of Summer League. The Urbana Locomotives were finally hitting the ball and we won the first four. Andrew Susac, by the way, hit a homer in his first career at-bat and threw out two batters in the game. We were gunned for a sweep against the Tigers but BBW had other plans. Fairgrove won games 5 and 6 and we settled for a 4-2 series win.
I’m not complaining. My Urbana Locomotives have been all over the BoS National League East as low as last place and as high as second. We’ve won 8 of our last 12 so we are heading in the right direction.
Brando makes a call to the pen. He’d had enough of Kimbrel’s crap
Today was a big day as I got to play my buddy Brando and his Missoula Rattlesnakes for the Illowa APBA League. Seeing as he lives in Montana and a 24 hour drive was out of the question, we decided to play over Skype.
Boy, I had Brando on the ropes. My Thunderchicken #1 and #2 hitters Jose Reyes were getting on base anyway they could and J.D Martinez was driving them home. After three games, we had won every game. We even managed to score the winning run off of Craig Kimbrel in game 1 without hitting the ball (BB, K, BB, K, BB, BB, BB).
Then it hit us… The ‘Snakes made a statement in Game 4 by scoring 3 runs in their half of the first. This time, it was off of Hyun-jin Ryu who has just come off a fantastic August including a no-hitter. To make matters worse, the three-run rally was fueled by one of my draftees, Yasmani Grandal. Bitter about being traded, I’m sure. Ryu only lasted six innings and those three innings would be all that Brando needed to win that game. In fact, Missoula pitching kept the Thunderchickens to two runs in each of the last three games and the Rattlesnakes tied the series up 3-3.
J.D Martinez was the big star of the series going 11 for 25 with three homeruns and seven rbis. J.D. has been a welcome addition to the team since we acquired him this year. He’s batting .298 with 19 homers and 43 rbis at the 102 game mark.
The Thunderchicken fans are hoping to see J.D. participate in the 2015 IAL All-Star Game which will take place on October 10th.
