Good pitching stops good hitting and vice verse, as Yogi Berra once said. He neglected to say good pitching makes bad defense VERY apparent. Without their now famous ability to score nine runs, the sun shined big on MBC's weaknesses.
Talk radio was all over this team on the drive home. The Mariners were forgotten and the whole city was ripping coach Cougan and his MBC team. Four calls stand out in my battered mind.
Randy from Tukwila wanted to know if Coach Cougan even owned a fungo and had ever hit his team ground balls. Do they ever play catch. What explains their lack of ability to throw runners out?
Chester from Fall City hinted that Tino Peleti was asleep at his cousin's first communion ceremony and stated that two players told him this in confidence. It was noted by the talk show host that the rumors could not be verified, but hot headed enforcer Keenan Heller had challenged the two to come forward and fight him behind the dugout!
John from Magnolia (who sounded kind of familiar) said when are these guys ever going to make plays behind their pitchers who are busting their butts every game?
Lastly some old lady from Port Orchard called in and reminisced about when we only complained about MBC loosing the SECOND game of a double header.
Saturday was not without any good tidings. In game 1 both Tino Peleti and Jake Hawken were 2-2 with three doubles between them. Keenan Heller also doubled and Ben Thomson and Stuart Fairchild both had hits.
In the horrible night cap, Stuart's line drive to center kept us from being no-hit, and Jake "Clemente Arm" Hawken was one runner short of the cycle, as he threw out a runner going to third and a runner trying for second both in the same inning.
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