Monday, July 30, 2007

Slugs Coach Mours Loss, and Celebrates...

...end of requirement that she shower at the truck stop. There is a long-standing Slugs tradition requiring the coach to shower at the oddly-named Silver Nugget truck stop if the team goes undefeated. It was beginning to look like Slugs skipper Tamara Keith might have to start getting the flip flops ready as the Slugs started off the summer season with a stellar 2-0 record. But Backseat Drivers had a message for the Slugs last Thursday night "put away those flip flops."

Other than Ellen's stellar hitting, the rest of the Slugs had cold bats Thursday night. We just couldn't catch a break. How many of us hit a grounder to the first baseman? Coach Keith says: "I lost count, but I know he grabbed every single one of them." Our defense was totally solid, but without our usual good string of swings, we just couldn't defeat the Backseat Drivers. But, former coach Kepley says "It was close...and if we had kept playing a few more innings, we would have beat them."

Center fielder Ahmed Ortiz said many things after the game about learning moments, overcoming adversity, playing well as a team, etc...but this reporter was too upset about the loss to write down the quotes.

Frustrated by her own batting, Coach Keith went on an E-Bay rampage Friday night. She purchased a $90 bat (which totally kicks butt, just wait) and a special cover so she can use it at the batting cages without destroying it.

Any Slugs interested in hitting the cages some night this week?

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