Next Game:
April 8 @ Groomingdales 6:30 Washington Pk #4
Preseason Standings:
Herd 1-0
ECW 0-1
Herd Notes:
No Herd Notes
Game Notes:
When other mere mortal athletic squads have accomplished life goals of dominating their sport, they tend to become complacent and let their guards down. Not the Mighty Purple Herd my friends. In what will be forever known as the most intensely epic and virtually flawless preseason scrimmage effort in the history of organized sports, The defending World Champion Purple Herd completely and utterly decimated the prohibitive preseason #2 team in the Thursday Co-Rec League, the East Coast Wings, by a final imagined score of 48-6. The scintillatingly and historic middle infield of We$ Miller and his spouse, Heather Miller turned a career high 11 double plays in the 1st inning of the route, setting the tone for the remainder of the evening. Not only did We$ give us flashes of pure genius at shortstop, he also hit a towering home run in the first inning that made the entire ECW team reconsider their decision to join the league. The 2009 TarHeel league pitcher of the year, Scott "Goose" Walkush was placed in a position to not only hone his skills against the opposition, he also decided to pitch to his own teammates. While this alone would be worthy of praise and accolades normally reserved for princesses of foreign 3rd world countries, Goose also pitched to himself, the children in attendance and random conspicuous figures walking dogs up the street.
Offensively, the story of the game is the fastest big man on the planet, Chad "The Gazelle" Biggie. The Gazelle was already in midseason gazelle like form, with his blinding scampers around the basepaths and mindnumbingly quick reflexes in the outfield to almost make a play on a ball. While the Gazelle was able to maintain his normal indy car like speed around the basepaths, MVP CNix decided to reign it in a bit with a shot to left center field that allowed Mr. Nix to take a break from any competitive like baserunning. Herd Rookies Shane "nobody hates complesated like" McLane and Jennifer "UpGrade" Miller brought relief to Herd Management with their stellar defense emotional offensive ability on this evening. These two rookies should make the losses of AnnAmanda, CDub, and Amanda bearable.
Erin "Fantasy" Haneline, back from her 6 month self imposed Herd Banishment, showed why she is the most feared hitter in all of Professional Co-Rec Softball. Literally. May God have mercy on the shins and knees of the catcher while the fantasy is batting.
Herd Business:
As you may already know, Herd Management will be on a recruiting trip to City Field on April 8, marking the first missed game in 11 years. Managerial duties will be awarded to the Gazelle on this evening. We will have our final preseason practice next week on Field #4 at 6:00. "If you cant be there on time, be there early"-H. Miller.
***Evening Awards (since it is preseason, limited awards will be given)***
The "Kei$ha" award for having the best pedicure on her toes, toes goes Erin Haneline for her numerous Softballs to the Feet outfield endeavors.
The "Noah's Ark" award for pitching 40 days and 40 nights with of pitches goes to Goose. (credit Haneline for this award)
Random Herd Facts (random facts are limited in the preseason):
Weeping Willows are a result of The Herd yelling at trees for not being awesome enough.
