BIG LAR IS EVERYWHERE

Today's game was much like many we have played this season....except for one thing...BIG LAR a.k.a. The Big Mustache seemed to think he was the main event...BIG LAR was literally everywhere, in fact he was so everywhere he was nowhere. He insisted that he play all positions but the problem was he was like a hologram out there, balls through his legs at third, over his head at first, dropped fly balls in the outfield, passed balls behind the plate, and worse of all, walking 5 in a row for his first start on the bump. Oh, did I mention he was o for 5 at the plate, in the lead-off position no less. Things were so bad that I think the team gave BIG LAR the silent treatment today because nobody remembers saying a darn thing to him all game, other than a picture of BIG LAR and Dan Harder in a long uncomfortable embrace on the field, nobody even remembers seeing him.  But I think we have a picture of that embrace as proof he was there. Apparently nobody told him there is no I in team, but in spite of that “me first” attitude, the Stars prevailed with a convincing 12-3 win.

Some other game highlights: IKat hot again, a game after donning the Yellow Tube Socks, going 3/4 with another extra base hit and two sb's;

Brian “Big Lefty, I fell off my bike” Loney ‘legging’ out a double as a none runner; The defence was solid…only one error (besides BIG LARs multiple miscues);  And the double we turned was a 5 - beer gut - 3 double play (Crash coming off the bag after a nice catch on a liner at third by O’Don (Security/Mafia reference) and fielding the wide throw in the mid-section before grabbing it and stepping on first for the dp.  RVD settled down after a 2-run first, we think his coffee kicked in in the 2nd inning…it's then that he threw four solid shutout innings. The clean up crew of ARob and Physio, each throwing two solid innings, came in to finish things off. Today was a total team effort not many standouts, or stand alone moments, or Stand-ins, except for BIG LAR, a true team win.

Even more Lo-Lights:  Firestarter (aka Tup), to shouts of “drop and roll”, was on fire…literally…using an old flint stone he once used to start fires in the ole west, and with the help of modern lighter fluid, and got a nice briquette BBQ going with dogs (only the hot ones) and an impressive array of condiments in matching containers. Tup, the Big Mustache Jr., was very impressive with his mad culinary skills and his lastest dollar store purchase of cheap ($3 this time splurged) sunglasses (hey that could be a song, see below, thank you to TrainRick for the idea). Oh and Tup didn't forget his sack of beer, which begs the question how many in a sack (I’m thinking 12)?  

MIA for today’s game, besides The Mustache, were TrainRicks bat, eventually found by Hawk, TrainRick leaving his bat, clearly not himself these days with a sore arm, sore thumb from…and a sore ego from leaving his bat at the park. Hammy Simpson (see what I did there) will be Homer (Homer Simpson when Simpy AKA Bogger), hits one out and stops getting hammy pulls.  And last but not least for MIA was RP's helmet, who bounced away scared b/c of all the abuse...was later found and put back together by RP himself, along with some humble apologies.  No worries RP.

One last highlight was Putter taking Molly’s rice cake right out of her hand as revenge for what Putter must have thought was a Crash grab (see what I did there) of a hotdog from master tup’s hand.

ZZ TUP

"Cheap Sunglasses"

When you get up in the morning and the light is hurt your head

The first thing you do when you get up out of bed

Is hit that street a-runnin' and try to meet the masses

And go get yourself some cheap sunglasses

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah