Wow! The Borrachos came out to play last night at Yankee Stadium. While they still make the other team look like the Globetrotters of Softball, there was a clear improvement in field play. We saw some of the lowest scoring innings in Borracho history including a 3-and-out fourth inning under the cunning strategic play of Ryan “Wild Thing” Pinkham. Although the final score of 26-2 was in favor of SWAT, apparently the only other team in the league, the game felt a lot closer.
Some highlights and lowlights:
- Enrique drove all the ladies crazy at third base. While not as powerful as Biedermann’s tags, Enrique pulled no stops with solid play at third base including inspirational high fly catches and grounders scooped up and powered across the diamond in the vicinity of a barely coherent first baseman. To top it off, he worked his way into a hot pickle with Carlo and the “cute but must be hiding something in those huge sweatpants” girl from SWAT.
- Thompson, known for his brain moving faster than his body is able to keep up, left his feet behind in a couple huge plays. A diving catch at short stop followed by an NFL style toe dragging toss to Pinkam at the mound surprised even the umpire, who had to stop laughing at us to make the calls. Thompson’s role in the pickle started when he tried to run down what turned out to be low drag high speed Costco brand sweat pants. Realizing she was getting further away, and the ground was getting closer to his face, he lobbed the ball to Enrique for a textbook tag. For this awesome play, the MVP recognition must be shared by Enrique and Carlo.
- Tommy “soft balls” Henderson shocked us all with a homerun stealing catch in left field. While the consensus is that his eyes were closed and Stacy is going to have to use extra bleach on his underpants this week, we’re all very proud, 1 out of 12 isn’t too bad.
- Ed had his standard fastball into the dugout. It woke up SWAT and said the Borrachos mean business tonight. Kristen may have caught it, but she was too drunk and went after a butterfly instead.
- Murphy demonstrated that speed is not required for successful base running. In probably the slowest second base steal since the AARP all star game, Murph made it, running through about a foot of mud, wearing parachute pants and snorkeling flippers.
- Big news at home plate was that Dory finally got a glove bigger than her hand. Catching the ball is up 65%.
- Steve turned one year older and learned all about the Dyke Muffin. Hard to ask for a better Birthday.
The fan base continued to grow this week to four, appealing to fans of all ages. I think by this time next year at this rate and if the other teams get deported or arrested, the Borrachos will have a shot at the playoffs.
Fan #1
