The Toxic Shockers played our first game of the season last night, which was a disappointing loss. We were up against the Randy Johnson of kickball (if Johnson was a bespectacled black man), and half of our dudes couldn't kick against this guy. In an act of sportsmanship, the pitcher threw slow balls to us ladies, but we just couldn't get past second base. The final score was 5-0, the other guys.
The game busts my previously held theory that it doesn't matter what kind of pitching style you have on the mound, as long as that person can make defensive plays. (As proof, that was my position the last season we played.) However, this guy carried in the win by keeping us off the bases, so my theory of three-plus years is now blown. Though I don't remember ever being up against someone who threw so fast and so accurate; he only had one wild pitch all seven innings.
Next week's game is at 8:30, with what appears to be a new team to the league.
What was Randy's team? Occasionally you get a pitcher who throws a mean curve that slices right across the plate like he's bowling, and you don't have time to react to the pitch let alone aim your kick.
It couldn't have been as disappointing as the Muskies' opening-day loss, in which the game was scoreless until the final inning, in which I scored, and then the other guys scored two on a walk-off double on their final out. 2-1. Oh yeah, you were there.
Posted by: Simon | May 02, 2008 at 01:07 PM
Drinkers with Kicking Problems; I seem to recall being evenly matched with them in the past.
Posted by: Alexis | May 02, 2008 at 05:04 PM