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We had our second double header of the season last night. I felt sluggish all day, and several teammates expressed the same feeling as well before the game (long work days, illness, lack of sleep, etc.). Well we certainly didn’t play like a tired team last night.

It was crazy, just how many runs we scored. 27 in the first game and I lost count in the second game. Both teams we faced brought in some altered lineups. I really think our consistant roster is really starting to pay off. We all know each other very well, and that results in a better fielding team.

I still have to work on catching the ball. Playing shallow shortstop I had way too many drops, yet I consistently can throw runners out at second. So yeah, I can make the tougher play but cannot make what should be the automatic catch. I’m weird, I know.

Geoff and Sean both had home runs, which was really great to see. Geoff even kicked for the cycle in the first game! We also got numerous big kicks with two outs to score many runs.

The last two or three innings of the later game against Jake’s was getting pretty dark. I felt bad for our outfielders trying to navigate out there in all the darkness. They never complained and got our outs when necessary.

Everybody got a chance to contribute on offense in a major way at some point last night, it was great for all.

I’m so proud of my team and how we’ve played all season. It felt great that we could win both our games last night.

Last night’s game was just what we needed after last week’s tough loss. Not only because we were on the winning end, but Jake’s Water Ice is just a really fun team to play. We all seem to enjoy joking with them and it’s just really fun.

Our fielding was pretty solid overall (I did drop more than I should’ve), and very few if any forced errors occurred. Smart, heads-up play prevailed.

Kicking wise we did great. As a team we really had some intelligent kicking, aiming for our spots and in many cases hitting them. There were a lot of hits between us all, and Lauren had a career day. 5 for 5 with 4 runs kicked in and 4 runs scored. It really didn’t dawn upon me just how impressive those stats were for one game until I looked over them today.

It was great to have some new heroes last night as well as continued solid play by the usuals too.

Afterwards we walked over to Jake’s Water Ice to celebrate our fine victory. It’s a great little place to go after a game. Geoff got to see the amazing bubbles come from the pirate SpongeBob (or SpongeRob as we speculated).

All in all a great team, and look forward to a couple more weeks.

This week we were scheduled to play Jakes, but due to a last minute schedule switch by the other 2 teams in the league, it turned out our opponent for the night would be 24/7 Bait & Tackle. It sounds stupid, but I really think that this switch really through off the team a bit.

There was also dog poop on the field. But heroic Katie scooped it up with a bag and we could play this game without the fear of stepping in dog poop.

This was our first bad game. A different red ball was used this game, and it traveled far, very far. Playing right field very deep by the old ball standards, a kick travelled well beyond me. As a team we all quickly adjusted to this difference after watching me chase after a ball in what was previously unplayed territory.

They scored many runs, and in bunches. While we didn’t really commit more fielding errors than usual, the errors just happened to be when Bait & Tackle was in scoring opportunities.

Offensively we really didn’t do that bad as a team. The majority of us had multiple hits, we just weren’t able to knock enough of our runners home.

Most of us went to Jake’s Water Ice after the game. It was very cool there, and was nice to chat with the team afterwards. We’ve got a really good bunch.