Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Dead Money Loses 0-7....But Then Wins, and Wins, and Wins Again!



Yup, that's right, Dead Money wins the Championship the hard way.  We couldn't put any hits together following numerous walks, to score any runs in the first game.  Any decent hits seemed to be hit directly at a Doublewide player.  Huge disappointment.

The second game was against The Wild Turkeys who beat Ballz Deep to squeeze themselves into a guaranteed 3rd place finish for the summer season.  This was a very relaxed game for us, didn't need to pull out anything fantastic, just played our game for the win.

The second game against Doublewide started out much the same as the first...except with runners scoring.  Also for the first time this season we were able to track down the intricacies of the Doublewide offense.  Our defense seemed too much for them to handle and we came away with out first victory of the year against the #1 seed.  At one point we were within 1 run of a 10 run rule limit but they were able to battle back with some solid base hits and a few Texas leaguers. 

The Championship game left Doublewide defending themselves with only 9 players.  With their defense completely exposed we picked them apart inning after inning finally finishing the game off in the 6th inning after using the 10 run rule.  Doublewide is definitely a good team, but after last nights games, I think that they will be the ones struggling in the future.  I think that their anonymity worked in their favor this year.  We've got them all but completely locked down.  The most impressive thing all night was to watch their center fielder run all over the place making catches and strong throws.  Taking away their fifth infielder in the last game showed how bad they need that player in the infield.  Not much range there. 

Congrats Dead Money and the rest of the teams in the league for a fine season played.  I will leave Team Alliance out of that congrats, because they are....... Never mind, too mean.

14 comments:

Barry said...
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Barry said...

Nice win last night but will take overall league champs.

Paper said...

Correction. Wins!

Especially the 10 after 5!

We will be picking up those shirts tonight.

I have to say the trick to beating Doublewide is to MOVE THE OF IN! Way in.

Paper said...

Correction. Wins!

Especially the 10 after 5!

We will be picking up those shirts tonight.

I have to say the trick to beating Doublewide is to MOVE THE OF IN! Way in.

Unknown said...

Who's your League Champions?? DOUBLEWIDE!! Congrats on 2nd place though...that'll make for a good picture.

In the meantime, we'll be enjoying our T-shirts!!

BTW, were you guys really that excited about beating a team who was playing with 8.5 guys (we had 9 but our 9th threw out his back so was ineffective)?

Season tally: Doublewide 3, Dead Money 2.

Barry said...

Should we car pool since we will be going there to get our shirts tonight too.

We will take our team picture with our championship shirts on and post it on here.

Brooks said...

Not sure if you are aware of this, but we have been playing through injuries all season...so stop whining. I have 2 cracked ribs, I'm not crying about it. We beat you 2 times in a row. We have also played games this year with only 8 players.

Brooks said...

Also, I understand your frustration. You were under the impression that you had a clandestine season going. That may be the only reason for your success. But, last night...you were exposed. We now know who you are. MOVE'EM IN! Way in.

Unknown said...

That must explain the case of the drops you suffered from last night!

Congrats on beating us 2 times in a row...when the games didn't matter as we'd already submitted our T-shirt sizes since we already had the Championship wrapped up.

LOWtower said...

You guys were also exposed last night! Hit a pop up to the right fielder.


P.S. Your team has some guys that are good enough to talk shit but don't. I commend them for that and thanks for the pitcher of beer last night from those guys!

Paper said...

Run Differential

Advantage Dead Money

End of the Year Tourney

Advantage Dead Money

Season Winning %
Advantage Double Wide By 3% Congrats!!!

Why dont you ask The Grizz about how important it is to win the Championship at the end of the year vs having the best overall record?

How did you pitcher throw out his back throwing it underhand all day? Was it on that infield fly? HAHA

LOWtower said...

Paper: If you are talking about the infield fly that should have been called that never was I was already not pitching then so no it wasn't that. (P.S. - the ump came up to us after the game and said that he was wrong on that call.)

I'm guessing you have never dealt with a sports injury or a back problem before in your life. If you have, you should know they never go away and any wrong step or twist can put you right back on the DL.

Paper said...

Sorry buddy. No back problems for me yet. Just joking with you guys. Its fun to go back and forth.
Good season. Hope that back gets better soon. Congrats on winning the League. Look forward to playing you again.

Paper

Brooks said...

Wow...Doublewide is intense!!! Jeez!!! I will give you that play was a joke, as was that umpire. He has been making ridiculous calls for years. Maybe your right, the reason you lost is because you have better players.