Good riddance to the most annoying team I have ever faced, the Kent Bulldogs – Blue. What a horrible team. They hit okay, and played decent defense but their constant obnoxious chatter that started every time our pitcher came set seemed to be specifically designed to prove what poor sports they were.
Magnolia again fell behind early and fell short on their comeback. Stuart Fairchild just couldn’t seem to catch a break early as he fell victim to seeing eye hits and some self inflicted damage due to walks. The damage could have been worse without Spencer Hogger doing his best impression of Brooks Robinson at third base all night. Tino came in and held them to one run as the team tried to come back.
Ben Thomson was 3-4 with a double and Tino Peleti was 3-4 with two triples. Cambell Queen was 2-3 and Nick Reeves and Jimmy Sheldrup added hits.
The game almost turned with a moment that seemed right out of the movie “The Natural”. As you may recall in the movie, Roy Hobbs falls under the spell of an evil woman who saps his glorious rise in fame. At his bleakest moment in the movie, a woman in white stands during his at bat and the sun beams down on her. Roy Hobbs, upon seeing this pure vision from his past, gathers himself and restores himself to his powerful ways, and proceeds to lead his team to glory.
Well, we are a thirteen year old team, and none of our boys are under a spell from an evil woman (at least I hope not!) but Campbell Queen seemed to have this moment as he tired of the annoying Bulldogs stealing bases at will. Not sure if anyone else noticed, but around the third inning, Campbell’s Grandmother (visiting from Colorado) stood in the stands, a ray of sunlight beaming down on her as she implored Campy to find the strength to rise above it and start throwing those darn Bulldogs out. It worked and soon runner after runner was taking that sad walk to the dugout as Campbell threw them out.
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