Our final game of the season is at 8 p.m. Tuesday vs. the Mighty Milfoil (2-4). Let's get together for our last hurrah of 2004. It should be about 50 degrees; wear a layer or two under your Muskie shirt.
We also get to umpire the division championship game between Grass Kickers and Ctrl/Alt/Del at 9 p.m. It should be a good game; the Vegas money's on Grass Kickers, but who knows? I need a volunteer or two, please.
|
Tuesday
Night
Pac-Man Division |
W
|
L
|
T
|
PTS
|
HR
|
RUNS
FOR |
RUNS
AGNST |
GB
|
|
Grass
Kickers
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
2
|
48
|
17
|
0
|
|
Ctrl/Alt/Del
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
9
|
0
|
40
|
25
|
.5
|
| Flying Muskellunge |
3
|
2
|
1
|
7
|
1
|
34
|
35
|
1.5
|
| Blue Balls |
2
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
18
|
35
|
3
|
|
Mighty
Milfoil
|
2
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
2
|
39
|
53
|
3
|
|
Fire
Escape
|
1
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
23
|
37
|
4
|
I think these are the main reasons for our little two-game losing streak: 1) We became complacent; 2) We have become afraid of messing up; 3) We may have forgotten to emphasize the fun part.
To the extent that I may have created this atmosphere, I want to say that all three factors should easily become non-factors. Nobody should feel bad about blowing a play; we all do it and it's part of the game.
We shouldn't feel pressure to make up for it with superhuman acts on the next play.
The same goes for the fun factor; in case I haven't made it clear lately, we are still out here for fun, and the more fun we have, the better we play. So start having fun, dammit!
Anyway, we beat the Mighty Milfoil in Week 1 by a huge score of 14-10, partly because we were having fun and we had no expectations. This week we can come full circle when we meet them again, because we're back in a situation of having nothing to lose. We just want to end the season on a high note.
The Milfoil has the worst defense in the division: They give up an average of 10 runs a game. So even though our aggressiveness has hit a brick wall recently, this should actually be a team that we can successfully kick in the air against. Strategic bunting, however, will remain important.
Their offense is similar to ours, but on Aug. 24 they over-bunted themselves out of innings until their almost-comeback at the end. I don't expect another 14-10 game, but it should be a wild one. Don't let the evil Eurasian milfoil overtake Lake Calhoun for the winter!
And save two seats at the 5-8 Club for the championship-game umps.
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