PSC Softball Top turnout leads to terrific triple header

Over 40 softball has-beens or never wastes, made the trek to Jomtien. The league organizers decided to  reward  their  loyalty  by  adding  a game  and  playing  a  triple  header.  Each of the three games went down to the wire and was fiercely competitive affairs.    It was truly a magical day of softball out on Jimmy’s field of dreams. 

Game 1 saw JJ’s Juvenile Pears(a tribute  to  their  captain’s  youthful physique  that  he  has  maintained since  puberty)  perform  strongly  for two  innings.   Led by key crunching singles from Scott, Spot, and damaging  doubles  by  the  feet  footed  Ernie  and  the  ever  sun  tanning Mark, the Pears managed  to  score  4  runs.  Not  to  be  outdone,  the  Prehistoric Hotheads (named in honor of Peters temper,  and Perry’s  less  then  sporting  pitching  tactics)  fought  back with  base  hits  from  Rocky, Mikey, John E, Norm and Rick to erase the deficit.  It was a tight, defensive battle (thanks in large part to the strong breeze blowing into the infield) until the  end   With  the  game  tied  in  the bottom  of  the  fifth,  John  Mchugh legged out  a double, Scotty  singled him to third, and Phil’s bloop single knocked  him  in. Final score Pears 6- Hot heads 5.

Game two was an action packed affair. The source of much of the action  was  the  sexagenarian  speed demon  Peter,  who  definitely  forgot to  take his happy pills  in  the morning.  He suffered the worst in a bone crunching  play  where  he  ran  into Scotty  on  a  rundown  at  third  and got a bear hug  tackle  from his close friend and opponent.  Just one inning later, a close play at third base went against  his  team,  and  he was  ready to fight  JJ  over  the  apparent  biased call.   Luckily  both  JJ  and Peter  realized  that  they are both so far over the  hill  that  they  can  no  longer  see its  peek,  and  they  calmed  down, shook  hands  and  sipped  some  suds together and  discussed  an  evening rendezvous  at  Boy town.    In  real softball  action,  the  rookie  John  G from  jolly  old  England,  used  his wheels  to  score  two  runs  and  help the  Prehistoric Hotheads  keep  their cool.  John Stockton was strong with his glove, while Mikey and Josh had hot bats.  In another tight contest, the Hotheads eventually prevailed, by a score of 6 to 5. 

 Game three was the eagerly anticipated rubber match.  Both teams were anxious to prove they were kings of the mound in game 3.   The cunning octogenarian Perry, used his pitching trickery  to  perfection,  intentionally walking  the  Pears  best  hitters  John Mchugh and Mark, to essentially kill, what was to that point, an enjoyable afternoon  at  the  ballpark.    In turn, Mark instructed Phil never to throw another pitch to Perry as long as he lives, and softball had soured into snooze ball.  It was the first time the idea of intentional walking has been able to ooze its ugly puss filled head into Pattaya softball.   In case you are new to the game, an intentional walk in beer league softball is akin to giving  a  lobotomy  to  a  patient who  is suffering  a  slight  headache.    Since these buzz killing antics didn’t arrive until the sixth inning, as the scribe I have decided to only count the first five innings of the ball game.  The final game was another tight struggle, but in the end, the difference was defense.   The Pears  team,  led by Spot at short stop, Ernie and John in leftfield and strong armed Scotty at third shut the Prehistoric Hotheads out on 3 of the 5 innings. Final score, JJ’s Pears 6, Hotheads 3.