Things to note while SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY
-A week after dethroning El Generalissimo Gato the Terrible, Captain Cruzer returned to defeat The Yellow Knight, who was bullied into captaining this week. Don't worry TYK, it gets better.
-It was overcast as a mofo during this game but, we were able to avoid any precipitation (except for the flash monsoon that occurred during Chris' at-bat in the 6th inning).
-The Yellow Knights committed 11 fielding errors (12 if you count the error while fielding for the opposing team).
-Alvin made a superb running catch of Mark's fly to right, robbing him of possible extra-bases. Oh yeah, Alvin and Mark were on the same team.
-While we usually have "make-up calls", Alvin gave us the first ever "make-up fall" when, on Bill's 8th inning drive to RF, he back-peddled, turned the wrong direction and then fell in what can only be described Looney-Tunian fashion. Luckily for Cruzer's Two Step, no runs scored on the play.
-The game did not feel as close as the score may indicate as Cruzer knifed through the Knights' lineup over 8 innings of work, before ceding the ball to Brian--who hilariously allowed the first 3 batters he faced to score. That said, Brian did promptly retire the side after that.
-This game marked the debut of Terry (Tommy the Cyborg's cyborg brother), Bill, and Paul C.
-This game ALSO marked the debut of Mark the Crazy Belligerent. With two outs in the top of the 7th and Mark on 2B, Mike hit a grounder to third and was out/safe at first. John B, the first baseman, rolled the ball to the mound as some of Cruzer's Two Step...pers jogged off the field. Pre-Belligerent Mark, taking advantage of the dispute rounded the bases and stepped on home as the fielders looked on in what can best be described as aggressive indifference.
-Brian claimed that he was able to see, clearly, from left field, that Mike was out. Mike pointed this out and everyone laughed it off as Mike being Mike. Joe Materrorist, playing 2B, claimed Mike was out by TWO STEPS, EASY (hence the team name). Mike's response: "Huh, HA! TWO STEPS?!? GET the fuck OUTTA here!"
-As the two teams argued over the call (a Who's Who of Belligerence was represented--Mike, Brian, Joe Materrorist and somehow, despite his absence, Alejandro), Mark was bitten by a radioactive belligerent spider and became Mark the Crazy Belligerent. MCB adamantly argued that his run should stand and that FUCK YOU I'M 16 FEET TALL AND WILL FUCKING SQUASH YOU AHHHHH I SCORED FUCK YOUUUUUUUUUU MARK SMASH!!
-The rest of us, surprised at this development and fearing a stomping by The Incredible [Lanky] Hulk, let the call stand. Cruzer retired the next batter and Wilson immediately placed a call to S.H.I.E.L.D. to see what could be done about our "problem."
-It's important to note that several people had said, "hey, we should move first base back, it looks and feels a little close." This was said every during every inning from the 2nd to at least the 7th.
-There were three (3) sac flies in this game (Terry, Carlos, Cruzer). I don't know if that's a record, but it's note-worthy.
-Cruzer's Two Step's 1-3 hitters combined to go 9-for-18 with 7 runs, 7 rbi and only 1 k.
-In the 6th, Bill turned an unassisted double play when he caught a pop-up by Brian and tagged Wilson who, for some asinine reason, was trying to tag on the play. He cost the next batter an rbi as Cruzer doubled moments later.
-That crazy pirate guy came back to the field to, presumably, recruit extras for Pirates of the Cunninghambean: On Stranger FUCK YOU I SCORED!
-There's a note by Christos' name on The Yellow Knights' scorecard that says +1 telekinesis. I don't know what this is in reference to. I assume that it involves Roger's butt.
-Joe Matero: "+1 telekinesis" almost certainly refers to Christos knocking down Alvin with his mind powers, resulting in Alvin's "Looney-Tunian" type fall in right field."
-Speaking of, at Wendy's, Christos asked such varied questions as "if you could only make out with one of the baseball guys, who would it be?" and "if you had to fucked by one of the baseball guys, who would it be?" and "who's your favorite baseball guy?" and "hey where are you guys going?!"