NEPEAN– On August 9th, Craig Cornell grounded out to first on a ball he was convinced was foul, Craig Cornell was thrown out at home by the left fielder, Craig Cornell was thrown out at home by the right fielder, and Craig Cornell was ejected from the game for arguing one or all of these calls, in a 7-3 Reapers win over the SweatSox.
Dave Rotari got the nod for the SweatSox and only gave up 3 hits, but the Reapers were able to capitalize on 3 walks, 3 hit by pitches, and 5 SweatSox errors, to score the runs they needed to secure the win. The Reapers were led by starting pitcher Dominic Murray, who gave up 0 ER in his 6IP, and an outfield that threw 2 SweatSox a total of 3 times out at the plate.
This game was also our first ever opportunity to face former Tier 1 stud Josh “Swinging Stick” Todd, who was serving a suspension during our first meeting earlier in the year. We learned pretty quick that he’s called “Swinging Stick” not because of the golf simulator lounge he owns & operates somewhere on Merivale, but because he’ll swing his stick at just about any pitch, no matter if it’s right down the middle or it’s way up and way away, if he thinks he can hit it. Todd could also be called “Broken Stick”, for all the times he smashes his bat against the ground after a strikeout, causing it to break, which is at least once. We’ll see you at the lounge this offseason Swinging Stick.
Next, I, Shaun Keay, would like to congratulate myself (Shaun Keay) on recording my 300th career hit, which came on a second inning RBI bloop single to right. It would’ve been nice to know this at the time, but Craig was convinced I was at 298 heading into this game (E5); it wasn’t until Cory did the stats a few days later that we realized this epic milestone was missed.
Missing this game for the SweatSox was Mr. Shmedium himself, Ross Hughes, who was stuck at home trying to fix his air conditioner. We did try giving him pointers on how to quickly fix it so he could play:
- Changing the filter
- Checking for loose wires
- Turning on the furnace switch
- Turning the whole unit off and back on again
- Unplugging it
- Taking a shot of whiskey
He had already tried all those things, so he tried Cory’s ingenious 5-step method to fix AC’s:
- We can have lots of fun
- There’s so much we can do
- It’s just you and me
- I can give you more
- Don’t you know that the time has arrived
That also didn’t work. It turns out Cory was confusing his “air condition repair steps” with his “getting to the girl steps”. Ross did not make it out.
Final SweatSox vs Reapers Notes/Thoughts:
- Kent definitely pulled a pig, pork, ham, and bacon last game.
- Cory only buys Baconators for self isolators.
- It was silly hot on Saturday.
- Lett may have signed us a backup catcher for the playoff run.
- Craig is always ready to play.
- Josh is the Eternal Cloud.
- Kent’s go-to alias is Kenneth Von Ostrich.
- Ross’ steroids aren’t working, but they are shrinking the testes.
- Nobody looks at the schedules Cory sends, even though it’s got the beer days on them.
- Jas forgot to switch to his burner when responding to his own post.
- Now that we’ve clinched, I’m allowed to go back and post the old game recaps.
- You can’t have a 1.0 without first having a 0.0.
- Cory should be hitting. Why is he benched? That fresh swing needs to be kept.
- We don’t need to worry about bug spray any more, now that Cop used the Cop spray on himself.
- Was this the first time we got to a Version 3.0 lineup this year?
- Kent is a fan of the 13-man batting order.
- Being EH’d for isn’t a thing this year.
- We’re getting a new catchers bag! It’s fresh.
- Would Kent rather an extra $0.07, or $1.93 less?
- If you keep the bat on your shoulder, you too can have a .500 OBP.
- There’s a 60% chance the field could be okay, per the highest ranking NCBL official.
- There’s more bird shit than water on the field, so we should be good, per the highest ranking Reaper; unless it’s classified a biohazard, per our highest ranking Director.
- If the question is eating more vs stopping, eating more is always the answer.
- The Reapers had so many guys, they had to take a couple of the hockey benches from one of the hockey arenas.
- If you want to know if someone is balking, just ask us.
- Only do what you feel is right, if what you feel is right is bunting.
- Josh loves Craig as a human being, and only a human being.
- Rotari was on deck.
- Eric’s shit bucket doubles as a beer bucket.
- When I saw someone walking a few bandana’d dogs by my house the other day, all I could think about was salad’s got nuttin’ on this mutton.
