Double Tall Iced Mocha, Lite on the Chocolate

Well we are a little over one week into the Softball Season. So far so good. Our team made a fine first showing, we beat The Garage Team both games of the double header. The Garage took the championship away from us in the final round of the playoffs last year, so this is a big win for us.

This Sunday at Dahl Field we will be playing a double header against The Comet, starting at noon.
On another note, we have the launched the Industrial League website.

We are currently on a 10 game winning streak that started towards the end of the regular season and has catapulted us through the playoffs. We sent every team we played in the playoffs down to the losers bracket and this weekend we have “best 2 out of 3″ series with the winner of the loser’s bracket which happens to be The Garage.

In the regular season we lost every game we played against The Garage. Needless to say we wanted them in the playoffs. In extra innings, with a rocket from outfield to home plate which resulted in tagging out the game winning run as he slid into home plate, we took the game. The Garage went down to the losers bracket and fought their way back up to meet us again this weekend to determine who takes the “World Series”.

There has been much bantering on the team email list about pitching strategy, who to play where and how to handle them tomorrow.
I personally am contemplating washing my softball socks which have not been washed since the playoffs started. Good luck I tell ya.

I left the team with this final message today to get everyone in the spirit:

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.

- Sun Tzu, the Art of War

Other quotes emailed by teammates:

• “Try not. Do or Do Not.”
• “Don’t fuck with a winning streak”
• “If it aint broke dont fix it”
• “Dance with who brought ya”

Game Time: Saturday July 23rd 1:30 PM MapleWood Field

The industrial league softball season is wrapping up. We have our last regular season game the weekend of July 9th
and the playoffs begin the 10th. All things considered we have had a good season, and after this weekend we are now tied for 3rd place with The Twilight Exit. It looks like our run differential will give us the tie breaker. Here are the current league standings: