diagnosis: losing is fun

So Steve described it pretty accurately last night: "you know, even when we lose, it's still really fun."

indeed.

what started off as a rather classy affair with brandon's sushi bar on the bench turned into a bit of a BL slaughter.

the competition was tough, what with their endless supply of balls and home run hitters to launch them into Ward 7.

The competition was also quite fierce for "mascot of the game" between lila the blue-eyed dog and tug the pug. you be the judge.

But in the game we only did what we could, have a little double plays here and there, some fumbles, some great catches, the profession of joel's secret love for Carli and peppered comments about their steroid use and low sperm count. it wasn't until after the game that i realized the old guy hanging around their dugout was their coach's dad. thankfully, i also found out he's a bit hard of hearing. whew!

also a big kudos for the only BL home run of the evening by our own by upcoming rookie of the year Adam, pictured here, drinking the pain away (he was heard mumbling "Jessica" and "Bhutan" between sips).

He was also very considerate in not putting it over the second fence, so the ball was recovered. But the no talent Az clowns really showed their true colors by overestimating our run count, and then meeting us at the bar afterwards. there was a tower of pbrs waiting for us upon arrival, nice people indeed. even though k-lo admitted there were none worthy of her phone number. ouch!

it's a winning streak people

if you happened to be hanging around the alley at 5th and O streets NW last night, you might have noticed something unusual. verrrry unusual. and no, i'm not talking about the police officer with the adorable little pug in his cop car. there was this softball team, called Bases Loaded and they were catching softballs, and hitting them, and scoring runs. of course there were 20 of them to the other team's 9. but still. a double play? am i making this up?! it was out of this league, out of this world! we all got on base! well, except for k-lo who had two pop flys to third...but then again she might have scored a home run with glover park guy after the game...hehehe? did i just write that? oh snap!

BL shocks nation with its first win of the season

You heard it right here, folks, Bases Loaded did some winnin' last nite!

The Natural Disaster's did a lot of complaining, that we didn't share dugouts, that we didn't have our all-women infield, that we didn't have a grill, that we gave them faulty gloves...but the sham worked! we played with their minds (we actually knew the rules about forcing to second), Joel had a succsessful NOONAN! that made their ladies man drop a fly, and then we had a typical 2 out rally that sent them packin'. it was definitely unusual BL, we had an all-star infield with John at short who stopped pretty much everything (throws left a little to be desired), Steve shut out third, Annie who caught one with her boob, and Fletch and Adam on first who, when put together are almost one Uncle Phatt :) and some rotating pitchers...newcomer Tim is looking goood..Matched by the A-team outfield with Micah and Barnabe, who both ended one inning all by themselves. Then came the hitting...some nice whacks by all, Barnabe had an in the park home run when we needed it, and Jessica slammed one over second and raced to first before they knew what happened. final score: 13 to 12. take that!

and then we smeared our victory all the way to Solly's, drank a pile of pbrs and earned ourselves some new Ts. if you didn't get your size and style choice to me, better do it fast (you have a choice of ringer T, 3/4 baseball sleeve, long sleeve or cap T for the ladies).
so let's keep up the good work and repeat the same next week. same time, same place, it's OUR field now, btw. motormouth is spreading the word. we're going to have a field crew and an electric scoreboard, you'll see...so far we've lined up a boombox that comes with a guy in a wheelchair.

so go ahead, tell your co-workers you're a winner. you earned it.