Friday night in sub zero temperatures the MBC 13’s lost a squeaker 3-2 to the Washington Wave. Magnolia scored first as Tino led the game off with a single, stole second and advanced to third on Campbell’s ground out, and scored on Ben’s ground out. The Wave tied the game with an unearned run in the first, and added another unearned run in the third. Once the Wave had the lead, they brought in THE BEAST, their monster centerfielder to pitch. This is the same player who drove in both of their runs. He was 6 foot seven and weighed 250 pounds. The scouts at the field had him at over 100 mph on their radar guns, and rumor has it that he signed a pro contract after the game. The Wave team reminded me of Eddie Feighner ala The King and His Court*.
A tandem of Chris Luttenin and Tino Peleti kept Magnolia close all night. Splitting the pitching duties the two combined for seven strike outs and allowed but three hits. Costly errors and the inability to throw a strike to first base (two runners who eventually scored were PICKED OFF!, but our throws to first were un-catch able)
MBC scratched back and made it a game in the seventh. Down 3-1 Spencer Hogger lead off the seventh win a tremendous at bat. Battling the Beast (who struck out 8 in his four innings of work) Spencer fouled off pitch after pitch before slapping a single up the middle on a full count. With Tino facing a full count, Spencer went in motion and scored on Tino’s triple to left. Ben Thomson reached on a cather’s interference call and with two outs Magnolia had the go ahead run at second. But the Beast sent us all home to Mudville as he struck out our last hope at the plate.
*Eddie Feigner (March 25, 1925 – February 9, 2007) was an American softball player. Feigner (pronounced FAY-ner) was born in Walla Walla, Washington as Myrle Vernon King. He first assembled his four-man team, known as "The King and His Court," in 1946 and took on all comers, first in the Pacific Northwest and then around the country; Feigner retired from pitching after suffering a stroke in 2000 but continued to tour with his team, acting as emcee and telling stories while the team played. The King and His Court touring team played over ten thousand softball games in a hundred countries since the late 1940s and achieved widespread fame similar to that of the Harlem Globetrotters. Feigner's meticulous records claim 9,743 victories, 141,517 strikeouts, 930 no-hitters and 238 perfect games. The Washington Post described him as "the greatest softball pitcher who ever lived."
A tandem of Chris Luttenin and Tino Peleti kept Magnolia close all night. Splitting the pitching duties the two combined for seven strike outs and allowed but three hits. Costly errors and the inability to throw a strike to first base (two runners who eventually scored were PICKED OFF!, but our throws to first were un-catch able)
MBC scratched back and made it a game in the seventh. Down 3-1 Spencer Hogger lead off the seventh win a tremendous at bat. Battling the Beast (who struck out 8 in his four innings of work) Spencer fouled off pitch after pitch before slapping a single up the middle on a full count. With Tino facing a full count, Spencer went in motion and scored on Tino’s triple to left. Ben Thomson reached on a cather’s interference call and with two outs Magnolia had the go ahead run at second. But the Beast sent us all home to Mudville as he struck out our last hope at the plate.
*Eddie Feigner (March 25, 1925 – February 9, 2007) was an American softball player. Feigner (pronounced FAY-ner) was born in Walla Walla, Washington as Myrle Vernon King. He first assembled his four-man team, known as "The King and His Court," in 1946 and took on all comers, first in the Pacific Northwest and then around the country; Feigner retired from pitching after suffering a stroke in 2000 but continued to tour with his team, acting as emcee and telling stories while the team played. The King and His Court touring team played over ten thousand softball games in a hundred countries since the late 1940s and achieved widespread fame similar to that of the Harlem Globetrotters. Feigner's meticulous records claim 9,743 victories, 141,517 strikeouts, 930 no-hitters and 238 perfect games. The Washington Post described him as "the greatest softball pitcher who ever lived."
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