While some of us were too busy watching those adorable Boston Red Sox in Citizens Bank Park, and some of us were stewing in the press workroom at Boston Banknorth Fakeorama Garden, the rest of us were getting the job done against the mighty Dung Beetles of the Academy of Natural Sciences.This was a needed win. It broke a four-game schneid and pushed us firmly toward the second half of the season with some upward momentum.
Interim skippah (as Kerry says) Chris Brennan had just 11 brave recruits for the game, but apparently used them well. He filed this report:
"A scrappy bunch of P&P show-ups -- let's call them the distilled spirit of the team -- took on an ANS team flush with players but not so much with runs. With a solid 11 players, the P&P beat ANS 10-1. The bad news: pitcher Mike Galan had a sweet shut-out into the bottom of the 7th but his trusty infield, which had been snagging sharply hit balls all night, faltered for just a moment. Galan produced offensively too, going 3-4. After getting off to a slow start, the club started producing hits. George Miller piled up a little insurance in the seventh with a three-run homer. Defensively, Kate Fagan wowed both teams with a scoop at second that left her no time to pull the ball out of her glove and toss it to first base. So Fagan employed the jai-alai method, tossing the ball WITH her glove for the out. A fine defensive game as well from Tom "My, those are some tall black socks" Hickey and Brian "Cleats At The Altar" Donlen."
These guys think sports writing is easy until they try to do it. Well done, all. We convene with our usual quorum next week, hopefully.
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