Got quite a few solid hits, but that pre-game Big Mac meal gave me the McStomache Ache everytime I sprinted....

Anyways, we should do it again sometime.

I kata'd a few plays, and had one 20-pitch AB where I just could not make contact, but it was still loads of fun. Defitely something that should happen again.

The bar was fun, too. It's always good to meet more people from here.

Also, per MitD's suggestion to play to the strengths of my weak, flat swing and put it on the ground, I channeled Ichiro and slapped a couple of infield bleeders... but ran into a problem as I kept hitting the ball to the exact same spot, to where, on my last AB, the pitcher lunged to his right after his delivery, and snagged my line drive without taking another step for the out.  My joke is that my spray chart is probably one giant red blob to the pitcher's right.

• Katal was the guy with the 30 pitch at bat.  We didn't count walks or strikeouts, so you got as many swings and pitches as you needed to put the ball in play.  Katal, who was making alright contact before, got a little off on his swing timing, and he swung and missed at about 30 straight high pitches, changing bats and even turning around to bat lefty midway through to try and make contact.  He finally did, and he beat out a dribbler to get on base and pay off his lengthy AB.
• I played 2B in the 1st game, and could've done worse.  I volunteered to play RF for the 2nd game, but man, I had a hard time with any balls hit my way.  I had Raul-like range and watched a lot of searing drives soar past me, and it took forever on that big soggy field to run them down and get them back in.
• One notable drive I "fielded": one guy hits a liner right at me, which is great... except the ball then hangs a sudden right turn about a second before it gets to me, and flies past me for extra bases.  MitD told me THROW TO 3RD and I threw towards third something, though I don't think it was 3rd base.  LOL.
• Another:  a looping liner comes down in front of me and I charge to get it in, except about 4 steps from it I plant my foot and my foot, instead of planting, slips out from under me and I land hard on my left hip, which felt like... landing hard on your left hip.  Though I had fallen, I did get up and throw the ball back in, though I have an understandable bruise that fortunately doesn't feel too bad.
• I did get beat up a bit out there.  Fortunately, like a closer, I have a short memory about painful moments, so if anyone can remember the other instances where I hurt myself, let us know, because I sure can't remember.  I fortunately was able to play both games without taking a softball off the forehead.  PROGRESS!
• Game 2 was a blowout.  I stopped counting after the other team batted around a 2nd time in that 2nd inning.  I just knew we were getting our asses kicked.
• MitD's shift, where 2B came out and played as a 4th OF to try and cut off some of the long drives the other team was hitting, was a good idea, but those other guys were just tagging the ball, and on that slick turf, we couldn't catch up to those drives.
• So, the play at 3rd.  Graham's playing 3B and his friend David was running hard into 3rd on a base hit.  The play at 3rd is close as both guys charge the bag and David slides hard into 3rd, but David's cleat hits Graham's face and, in the process, hurts his ankle.  Graham was okay.  David... not so much.  I'm just glad he didn't drive Graham out to the wilderness and kill him.

Game 2:  (We lost count)-6, johnbai's team