2010 FIELD PERMIT CONTRIBUTORS: Angelo (20), Danny (30), Pete (20), Little Joe (25), Extra (10)
2009 FIELD PERMIT CONTRIBUTORS: Mitch, Fantasy Bill, Roly, Russ, Alec, Little Joe, Rob, Medium Joe, Big Joe, Kenny, Jeff, Artie, Felix, Erwin, Joe 21, Danny, Nelson, Juan, Matt and Maurice.
Today was all about “Pumpkin” Jeff. The man was brilliant in pitching both ends of today’s double header. His bases loaded triple against Big Joe put game one out of reach, while holding the M-Picks to a single run and then barely missing a no-hitter in the second contest. If that wasn't enough, Jeff then piled everybody in his car and took us to Uncle Jack's for lunch, gave out complimentary tickets for Paul McCartney's show at CitiField; all while coordinating Michael Jackson's funeral arrangements and negotiating a new arms agreement with North Korea. Jeff is The Man!
Game one highlights included Big Joe, who must have mistaken Cathy for Sarah Palin: "keep running...don't quit now! Letterman is an asshole, keep running!" There were two titanic blasts by Nelson, fresh off his fifty game suspension for injecting "Just For Men" into his buttocks. Those awful growling dogs that sounded like Michael Vick was walking them; and Bald Mike, who despite a severe leg injury, gutted out a good game at first base for the Elks and still ran faster than Big Joe!
Well, for a while, in game two, it looked like the only way somebody would hit Jeff, would be by backing into him in the parking lot. The M-Picks didn't get a runner on base until the sixth inning, when Kenny couldn't handle a scorching ground ball, which after some discussion by the umpiring crew was ruled an error, mostly because, well... writing about a no-hitter would have been awesome! The no-no was still being played out until the next inning, when with one out, Roly (who was still emotionally distraught about Billy Mays; originally confusing him with Willie Mays and then with Willie Nelson) launched a scud missile towards Hawaii and that was the official end of Jeff's no-hit bid.
Meanwhile, The Elks were pounding Mo, putting on an display that even Macy's would have been jealous of, highlighted by Dario's crushing homer to right field that had the announced crowd of two on their feet and asking their dad when the ice cream truck was going to show up.
Today was a well attended event; nice to see the Windsor Park posse in full force! Let's give it up for: Dario, Nelson, Jeff, Pete, Kenny, Doug, Russ, Bald Mike, Erwin, Matt, Sal, Big Joe, Angelo, Artie, Roly, Little Joe, Cathy, Tommy, Maurice, and me, the writer! And Jim, who had to leave early, but left his very cool green bat for us to play with! See you guys next week!
