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Just an excuse for some pics.

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a quick vid of our at-bats versus the shillelaghs…

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Well that sucked.

Final score, 1-11 with the shame of walking off the field mid-inning due to the slaughter rule thrown in. I have video and pictures from the game, which I’ll post in the coming days.

Our big problems were shaky hands fielding balls off the bat, some tough drops/wayward throws on the infield and, obviously, walks which led to 7 of their 11 runs.

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Ok, so we played this guys last summer and lost. Here’s the thread from that game.

From what I remember, they have that short dart-throwing Irish guy from the Village Inn as their pitcher and have solid fielding, slap-hitting girls from top to bottom of their order.

Here are all the pics from that game.

I also saw that they were the 2nd seed last summer (ahead of Digitus) but we’re upset in the playoffs before we got to play them.

If we continue hitting like we did at the end of last week’s game, I don’t see why this won’t be another victory. It’s going to be in the 50s so it might be a tough fielding and throwing day. We’ll need to capitalize on our offensive chances and do the best we can when they’re at bat.

The game thread for this year’s game is here and here’s a lineup, pending sharing a spot).

Some pics from the Closers game.

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It was a good second game for the Seashells, as the offense came alive with a 19 run outpouring, compliments of a big 6th inning. That big inning, which featured home runs by Lee Greenberg and Matt Stankiewicz, put a game far out of reach which had been too close for the talent differential.
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When Wednesday night rolls around again, The Shells are taking on Closers. I couldn’t find any history of Closers on the Bulletin Board archives or in any of the galleries over the last few years but they do sound familiar. Anybody remember playing them?

The weather looks partly sunny with a temperature in the 60s so we should be good to play. Instead of my still camera, I’m bringing a video camera for the first time since the Dusty Diamonds season. Won’t it be interesting to see how we’ve each developed as hitters in the span of a few years?

Game time is 7:55 and after-party is at Paddy Mac’s who should sponsor us but the guy who makes decisions is never there. Nevertheless, the bar food is beyond good and prices are stellar.

The Game thread on the Softballing BBS is available here.

Well, that was an interesting start to the season.

The first oppenent turned out to be Ski Unit, a team Spawn of Belvedere slaughtered en route to the 2007 Fall League championship. The mood of the Shells appeared as jovial as any team coming off of a championship should be, but things would soon change in the bottom of the first.
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Alright, game two. well, game one, take two.

The weather has been bad all morning but it’s supposed to clear up by lunchtime and be beautiful for the rest of the day. I believe we have a full crew tonight, for what is now the season opener.

I’m sure we’ll be a little rusty as only Eve, Christine, Lee and Don have been playing thus far with other leagues. As long as we don’t fall behind early and field reasonably well, there’s no reason we can’t come into the season with a win.

Here’s a tentative starting lineup later. .

Game Thread available here.

the field conditions have postponed the season opener to a later date.

boo…