This week the LBi Black Eagles soft ball team, entered their penultimate game. Though Crayon were at the bottom of the league, as former underdogs ourselves, our optimism was cautious. Furthermore, with a hurricane blowing around us and the pitch surrounded on all sides by inept footballers, the arena was set for an epic battle.
Crayon stepped up to bat first, but we saw them away with no danger of them scoring. Our most reliable weapon, Captain Darling himself, got us started, and the hits just kept on coming, occasionally in all violation of sense (common or otherwise). He had superlative backup throughout in the form of J Miesner 2: Electric Boogaloo, Keith from Google, and Doc Brown, whose hits were so powerful they warped the very fabric of space and time, so that to the untrained observer they kept looking like foul balls! And let’s not forget the tireless efforts of Pollyanna, because there’s no shame in walking to victory. Meanwhile our masterful fielding kept Crayon off the scoreboard, eventually granting them a solitary run for the sake of preserving some level of tension. In Crayon’s final turn at bat, their last hope was caught out by Darling in a display of ninja prowess Splinter would be proud of. We went on to get another 7 runs, rendering our victory complete.
The final score was our most resounding triumph to date, 16-1! Looking back at our Week 1 loss of 17-2, we have truly completed our evolution from plucky outsiders to an unbridled force of nature. Now the final chapter awaits: next week we challenge the unbeaten Facebook for the title of most awesome-est softball team ever (….division 5). We have the will, we have skill – we need supporters! Ask not what your softball team can do for you, but what you can do for your softball team: join us as the Black Eagles soar into the pages of history…
AS ONE!!!
(Also there will be beer.)
Catch of the Match – Darling’s ninja skills
MVP – Pollyanna, doing a sterling job in backstop (and playing her first ever softball game!)
Dick of the Day – The Chancellor, for her preeminent sledging of the opposition
Photos can be seen here
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