Damn It Feels Good

I can't even remember the last time I was a champion for a team sport. It was either in middle school while I was still swimming, or playing basketball for my SCAA team. On Thursday we won the Seattle Parks Softball championship game 6-3. This was the best ever finish for our team and I'm looking forward to repeating next year!

One More Chance

We ended up getting our asses kicked 8-13, but the game was only to determine our seeding going into the playoffs since there was a fourway tie for first place. This isn't exactly the best time—heading into the playoffs—to be slumping on defense, but hopefully it was just "one of those games" and it's out of our system.

The Second Season

Last week the Hornall Anderson Swingers finished off the regular season with an 8-3 victory, bringing our record to 5-2, which ties us with three other teams for first place. Tonight the playoffs begin and we plan on going deep (literally and figuratively)!

10-4 10-2

We racked up another victory last night improving our record to 3-1, second in our division behind the dreaded Flying Habeneros. After a few errors in the infield, we managed to pull it together and rally back with strong four and six run innings.

The Kid

Friday night Tara and I went to see Griffey's first appearance in Seattle since becoming a Cincinnati Red nine years ago. It was a bittersweet moment for all 47,000 of us to think of what could have become of the Mariners if he and that other guy would of stayed in Seattle as Mariners. I'm glad I had the opportunity with everyone else at the game to show our love and thank Griffey for what he did for baseball in Seattle.

In semi-related news, the HADW Swingers had our first loss of the season on Thursday to the other undefeated team in our league. It came down to a collision at home plate in the bottom of the seventh inning with 2 outs. The runner (who will not be identified here for further ridicule) was tagged out by a the catcher who caught a ball that literally rolled from the 3rd baseman after a relay through from the left fielder. We lost 5-6. It still hurts.

9-7

The Hornall Anderson Swingers are streakin'. We got a little bit of revenge against the team that knocked us out of the playoffs last year by beating them 9-7, bringing our record to 2-0. Pretty much everyone contributed offensively and defensively, a solid team win all around.

10-8

The Hornall Anderson Swingers started the season off with a win last night at Queen Anne playfield. Adrien even had the first double-play in Swinger history, as he caught a frozen rope at shortstop, and managed to double up a runner at first. This season I think we're definitely looking to go deep into the playoffs, especially since our female players are really stepping up and hitting the ball!