The Breaker League has started play and this is sure to be a competitive season. There are probably 5 or 6 legitimate contenders to walk away with the championship this season (sorry if you are that 7th and 8th team). Week one started off with some fireworks so lets find out what happened, shall we?
Our first game of the night was between
Cleats and Cleavage and
Blast Nutts to Bunts. Now Cleats and Cleavage has been around for a while so we sort of know what to expect from them.
Blast Nutts to Bunts on the other hand was a complete mystery but we can be pretty sure no one was quite ready for "taint tickling Tuesday" as the ladies in the lime green knee socks called it. Cleats and Cleavage tried to downplay their performance in this game and claimed that they got off to a slow start. By "slow start" they mean that Gordon started out the first inning by kicking a home run. They never looked back from there as Cleats and Cleavage steamrolled over Blast. Its unclear which team had the most fun. Cleats and Cleavage won 9-0.
Barbara Ballters faced off against
Asstastic Balls on Field B in our other early game. This game pretty much played out the way we would expect it. Barbara Ballter's was peacocking and their aggressive baserunning was just too much for Asstastic to handle. Charlie was pretty enamored with a girl playing second so he took her out, hoping that might impress her. JR was trying to impress everybody with his completely unnecessary slide home, only to pull up over a foot short. If you missed it, don't worry. The good gentlemen of Barbara Ballters will be trying to impress the ladies all season. Barbara Ballters were victorious 11-0.
Our first late game took place between 2 strong teams,
Sit on My Base and
99 Problems, who renewed their tradition of making rookies wear adult diapers during their first game. This game was mostly all about defense. 99 Problems was able to get a couple of early runs off of a home run by Brendan but other than that Sit on My Base mostly mowed down the whole 99 lineup with few baserunners in orange at all. 99 did the same to Sit on My Base. In the top of the 6th inning, 99 was poised for the victory with 2 outs and a simple soft liner right up the middle. Now here is the thing, since June 1st of last year, 99 Problems has only lost 3 times. In fact, in that time span they have a combined record of 18 wins, 1 tie and 3 losses. So as that ball was mid air, the 99 defense decided, "wouldn't it be interesting to see what its like to tie or lose?" And thus they did, parting like the red sea and allowed the start of a 5 run rally. Turns out losing wasn't as interesting as they thought it might be. Sit on My Base took this one 5-2.
The marquee matchup of the night was between the
Seminoles and
Guttersnipes*. The Seminoles had their infinite loop of FSU fight song remix playing and had their collection of trophies won in previous seasons out for display. If you think that is obnoxious, you might as well get used to it because that is just simply what they do. The new Guttersnipes* were ready for action after just having a practice against 99 Problems the Sunday before the season started (yes teams do occasionally practice more than just their flip cup skills). These two well matched teams had such an efficient game that they were tied after 6 but still had enough time left on the clock to get 8 whole innings in under the hour time limit. The deciding play of the game came from Guttersnipes* captain, Rachel who had an aggressive run towards the plate and dove head first to beat the throw. Not only could Rachel teach JR a thing or 2 about sliding home, she also clinched the victory for her Guttersnipes*. The Seminoles may be regretting their decision to cut out on practice on Sunday. They were so upset by their loss that only one was seen at MacDinton's after the game. Guttersnipes* emerge the victors, 3-2.
All of the teams who faced off against each other in week 1 will face off again in week 8 so it should be interesting to see which teams do better and which do worse in their rematches. One thing is for sure, with the 2 finalists from last season's championship game facing defeat in week one, don't expect the standings to reflect the same order for very long.
*Yes we know the Guttersnipes are now known as the Dirty Sons of Pitches but we prefer to call them the Guttersnipes so you are just going to have to get used to that.
What was the most stunning result of Breaker's Week 1?
Barbara Ballters faced off against Asstastic Balls on Field B in our other early game. This game pretty much played out the way we would expect it. Barbara Ballter's was peacocking and their aggressive baserunning was just too much for Asstastic to handle. Charlie was pretty enamored with a girl playing second so he took her out, hoping that might impress her. JR was trying to impress everybody with his completely unnecessary slide home, only to pull up over a foot short. If you missed it, don't worry. The good gentlemen of Barbara Ballters will be trying to impress the ladies all season. Barbara Ballters were victorious 11-0.
Our first late game took place between 2 strong teams, Sit on My Base and 99 Problems, who renewed their tradition of making rookies wear adult diapers during their first game. This game was mostly all about defense. 99 Problems was able to get a couple of early runs off of a home run by Brendan but other than that Sit on My Base mostly mowed down the whole 99 lineup with few baserunners in orange at all. 99 did the same to Sit on My Base. In the top of the 6th inning, 99 was poised for the victory with 2 outs and a simple soft liner right up the middle. Now here is the thing, since June 1st of last year, 99 Problems has only lost 3 times. In fact, in that time span they have a combined record of 18 wins, 1 tie and 3 losses. So as that ball was mid air, the 99 defense decided, "wouldn't it be interesting to see what its like to tie or lose?" And thus they did, parting like the red sea and allowed the start of a 5 run rally. Turns out losing wasn't as interesting as they thought it might be. Sit on My Base took this one 5-2.
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