Hump Day - We play one

Weds is a tough day around camp -- coming off back to back days of doubleheaders - the body is feeling the wear and tear -- I was definitely one of those guys today.  We were playing Last Chance today and they are also 3-1 going into today's game.  Very good hitting squad...but like many teams the pitching is thin.  We went with our guy Eddie -- he throws like a 1/4 (side arm underhand.....the only way I can describe it).  I should have taken a video of it.  Glen Perkins and Kyle Gibson were doing some rehab and some work in the bullpen on the field we were playing at -- and we noticed them even watching our game a bit.  I need to remember to check Kyle Gibson twitter account as I saw him taking a picture or two - since I played 3rd base today I might be in the background of those possible photos!!

Ok to the game - we raced out to a big lead -- in fact 6-0 after the top of the 3rd inning.  We move forward to the 5th inning with the same score - we are sort of sleep walking through the game - a few hits here and there but most of our runs were off walks.  Bottom of the 5th comes around and we decide to keep sleep walking in the field this time -- we gave up 3 runs -- now it is a ball game.  Last Chance tacks on another run to make it 6-4.  We did not get a hit or a walk the final 4 innings of the game and head to the 7th to end it -- well make a long story short - Last Chance took it seriously and walked off a win with 3 runs in the bottom of the 7th.  They were giving a couple outs by our fielding - but they hit the ball well and scored off those hits -- 7-6 is the final.

We head into tomorrow's game at 3-2 record - we win one game tomorrow we are probably nestled into the top 4 as currently we are looking good for tiebreakers -- but nothing is a given at this point - we give up a bunch a runs in the first game (and lose) -- we could be the 5 seed easy.  We play the Uglies and Warriors -- and both of them are similar situations as us.

Unofficial Standings:

Last Chance   4-1
Bru-Less        3-2
Uglies             3-2
Lucky 13's      3-2
Warriors          2-3
Game 7           2-3
3 Stooges        2-3
In the Bag       1-4

Patrick Reusse has been at the camp the last 3 days - I was going to ask him to read this blog to see if I can get a gig with the StarTrib as a columnist -- but I decided to just say, "Hey Patrick".....I couldn't go that much rube on the bit.


~~ "You can observe a lot just by watching." - Yogi Berra ~~