Game Notes:
2010 Butler Bulldogs to the Duke Blue Devils. 1986 Boston Redsox to the NY Mets. 2000 Tennessee Titans to the St. Louis Rams . These are 3 of the most devastating and emotionally draining loses in the history of sports. Ever. You can now add last nights Purple Herd stunning loss to the YMC A’s to that deeply depressing list.
The evening for the Big Purps began strong, with a historic pregame festivity dinner at Herd favorite Finnegans that included sweet potato fries and super Herd fan and star of the hit cinematic thriller P.C.U, Jeremy Piven. The Herd athletes in attendance were being confused early and often for Winston Salem Dash players, at times being stalked and almost physically harassed into giving fans autographs, pictures and tasty olive dip. This would turn out to be a negative omen for the events that were to come however, for it is a rare occurrence that the Herd is mistaken for a lesser group of so called athletes.
The Mighty Purps put the embarrassment of being mistaken for a High Single A ball club behind them and stormed out of the gates to take an early 2-0 lead behind the mighty bat of pregame festivity Hero Bryan “I’ll take 2 please” Timmons and Herd rookie Jennifer “where the heck have you been my whole life?” Miller. The fun would end there as the up and coming YMC A’s would put 3 on the board in the bottom of the 1st. It would be a telling sign when 2009 MVP Chris Nixon hits a shot down the third baseline that was traveling so fast it produced a jet stream, striking the A's 3rd basewoman squarely in the face, yet she still has enough time to regroup and throw out the speedy Nixon. This single play has prompted Herd Management to request that the YMC A's be tested for performance and gender enhancing drugs at the next league meeting. Despite what many pundits consider the most amazing bounce back pitching performance in the prestigious history of the sport by the Gazzelle, the A’s were able to slowly extend their lead to 3 by the 3rd inning. The 3 run lead would have been insurmountable had it not been for the heroics at 2nd base by the reigning MVP and newly engaged Jessica “You still a freak” Hendrix and a spectacular Jeff Franceour’esq catch by Super Legend Ashley Perdue in right field.
The defensive efforts in the 5th inning lit a fire under the dormant bats of the Herd. Led by perhaps the most physically, mentally and emotionally dominating athletic presence this world or any other world has ever seen, We$ "by gosh frikin" Miller got things going in the top of the 7th to lead a voilently furious rally to take a 2 run lead. Thanks to some timly hitting by super rookies Shane "No Glove!" McLane, Jennifer "my favorite facebook friend" Miller and Tonya "You have a tatoo on your leg" Burleson that allowed the Freak Miller to hit a towering pop fly that drove in 3 to put the Herd up by 2 runs, or 3 if you are a YMC A scorekeeper.
The lead woudl be short lived however, as the A's were able to get all 3 runs back in the next two innings to stun the Amazing Purps in 9 innings.
A tremendous amount to respect in this game must be given to the Haneline/Miller sisters for not only physically but vocally leading the almost miraculous rally past the undefeated A's. Both sisters came into this game with debalitiating injuries that would have your average Dash player hospatilized for weeks. In this game however, the Haneline/Miller sisters showed what it means to be True Purple. From taking out players, fans and umps with flying rouge bats to giving words of advice to Herd Management, reminiscent of fortune cookie fortunes, these two ladies stand out in an otherwise deeply depressing, emotionally draining and highly solemn evening that has driven Herd management into fits of rage, uncontrollable tears, and deep depression over the past 12 hours.
Herd News!
Official WS Dash Coordinator, Bryan Timmons has stumbled upon an amazing opportunity for the ORIGINAL team in Purple. If we can get 20 people together to go to a WS Dash game, we can all come together on the HR Deck and have our name announced on the huge scoreboard during the game. Please let me and Mr. Timmons know when you can do this. I believe the hope was for next Tuesday to make this happen. Tickets are only $9.00 and I think this would be an important venture to get our names back out in the community in the comming days ahead.
***Evening Awards*** (limited due to the loss)
The "Shannon Craft" award for being Shannon Craft goes to Scott Walkush. Think on that one for a second.
The "Redding/Haneline" award for most gut wrenching slide goes to We$ by gosh frikin Miller for his high wire act of a defensive play about 130 yards into left center field.
Random Herd Facts:
The Herd eats steak for every single meal. Most times they forgets to kill the cow.
The Herd does not own a stove, oven or microwave because revenge is a dish best served cold (that’s for you YMC A’s!)
The Herd does not get frostbite. The Herd bites frost.
The Herd eats beef jerky and poops gunpowder. Then, thye use that gunpowder to make a bullet, which they uses to kill a cow and make more beef jerky. Some people refer to this as the "Circle of Life."
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