As dominating a season as Hobbs had this summer, my research shows a few in the past have dominated even more. Something he can shoot for next season. There are 16 categories of Season Leader Awards. Two of those [most strikeouts and most caught stealing] are negative. I tossed them out for this exercise and checked the 14 positive slots.
The Fall 1997 Burbank season finished what was not a...
A funny thing happened on the way to our 26th championship. We got lost and lost our way and somehow we lost. No Acme championship on Tuesday night. Fine Design wanted it more than we did and did what had to be done to get it. For about 100 minutes the Designers played us like Yo Yo Ma plays the cello. If our outfield was deep, they dropped in routine...
The final game of round one was an autopilot early bird special against BPOA. A game in which we were guilty of negligence, but cruised to an easy and mostly meaningless win. Tonight was the final game of round two and again our opponent in the early game was BPOA. And even though a win in this game would guarantee a berth in the championship game next week, the Acme batters were...
Plenty of distractions floating around this Tuesday night. 99.9% of softball players are baseball fans and the All Star Game breakthrough by the National League was of interest. The death of George Steinbrenner stirred up Yankee fans and those who hate the Yankees. That also covers about 98% of the pie chart. The remaining 2% are still trying to convince us that World cup soccer is entertainment. Stick that up...
Laurel and Hardy Defense Nearly Burns Acme Playoff Picture
Acme 16, Fine Design 12
Posted by Robin Blomquist on July 6th, 2010
When the season is only 10 games, every game is important. When the 10 games are divided into two halves and you lost the first half, every game is vital. When the third game is between the two remaining teams with 2-0 records and the other team won the first half, the game should be pay-per-view. Or should at least bring out the best in your team. And eventually it did;...
This is how hypnotism works. You relax your body. You empty your mind. You are in a trance. Time passes and you do not notice it. Eventually you come back to your senses and you realize you have done something embarrassing and your wallet is lighter. No, wait. That is how marriage works. And apparently how this game worked as well. I even forgot to write a...
A no-brainer of a game from the start. Not a runaway train or even a sloppy stat padder, but one that was over early and never in doubt. It was our first game against the BPOA team. Turns out that stands for the Burbank Police Officers Assoc. Turns out that we are probably not getting free tickets to the Policeman's Ball. As this was an early game and they were...
Having missed the game last week I was underprepared for the game this week. Left my audio recorder at home, so nothing to jot down a recap from except my failing memory. And failing is about all I remember about this one. We should have been looking to get back on the right track after last week. Our opponents had a few guys in their lineup that looked old enough to...
DK was not there. I was not there. Of the thirteen that were there it looks like only three or four showed up to play. Steel Balls for Hobbs, LTrain and JB. Nice try. Anvil for Davey and 0for2s from the Hurd, Ga and Sweats. Ugh. Our 15 game winning streak came to an end and we have lost the first round....
