God's Own Electric Circus

I woke up rested yet still a bit hampered from my previous night's partying, Jane and I finished the rest of our Chinese leftovers, then it was straight to the computer and phone to round up my scraggly bunch of underlings... This, however, proved much harder than I had thought it'd be...

Better scheduling, greater information and more hype is a must for future games... this was made abundently apparent.

The game started a little under an hour past schedule, we were short these 5 players: ANDREW THOMPSON, JAMIE JOHNSON, THOMAS GODFREY, ROBERT MACMILLAN and last but not least DANIAL POLLARD.

The evening was hot, very hot... Winsloe had arrived early and snagged the good dugout.. the one with shade.

Our game day roster consisted of: Catcher - Brad Fraser, Pitcher - Charles Beaton, First Base - Geoff MacMillan, Second Base - Zain Essreigher, Short Stop - Nic White, Third Base - Matt Ling, Right Field - Janelle Cahill, Center Field - Dwaine Bulger, Left Field - Jane/ Melissa/NO ONE...

The Batting order (to the best of my recollection) was, Nic, Zain, Brad, Chuck, Dwaine, Geoff, Matt and last but not least Janelle.

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The Game proceeded quite well, with the Winsloe roster being much better bolstered than in previous years. After the first inning the score was still 0-0.

The Second inning was even better played by both sides and runners were stranded from both teams as the game remained scoreless.

It wasn't until the top of the 3rd when with two runners on base I managed to hit a line drive between first and second and past the left fielder, that Stratford pulled ahead 3-0.

The bottom of the 3rd Winsloe took a fast ball deep to right field scoring a runner from second before we managed to end the inning. The fourth inning was well fought with both teams once more stranding runners.

By the end of the fourth the game was called on account of the core of the Winslonian players having prior engagements of "greater" importance :P...

So the unofficial score after 4 complete innings was Stratford 3 - Winsloe 1.

After that game the remaining players played some 7 on 7 down at City Diamond. We played until close to a quarter after 9... so more than 3 hours of baseball was played. Good times were had by all I am sure. :D

Thanks to Brad Fraser and the City of Stratford for the loan of the bases and catchers gear, all adding to the authentic appeal of the game.

Thanks to both teams for putting in the great effort, the pitching and overall play improved greatly from last year!

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Next Sunday is Part II in the Great Baseball Fiasco, scheduled for the same place and time. That is Memorial Field in Victoria Park @ 5:30 PM (perhaps earlier/later) please contact either myself/Dwaine Bulger or your appropriate Winslonian representative for further details. All attendees of the first game are expected, as well anyone can bring a friend the more baseball the better I always say.

I'm sure that all Stratford players will be in attendance... (or else...)

As well please contact Dwaine in regards to our team jerseys... we need all of the money before we can get them... so put a rush on it!!!

Disclaimer: Without proper stats keeping or a Winsloe roster I have done my best to recreate the game from memory. I apologize for any inaccuracies and or discrepancies regarding stats, names of players, positions ect. Please feel free to comment or write me. All legal action can be forwarded to Stratford's seven (7) team lawyers which we keep on retainer. 0 comments