Slugs Break Curse

Maybe all the Slugs needed was triple digit temperatures, maybe it was the pre-game popsicles, maybe it was the fact that their opponents had a shell crew, maybe it was the re-shuffled themes songs, but last night one thing was undeniable: the Slugs bats were hot.

The game started like many Slugs games this season - just one run in the first inning. Another one came in the second inning, but the Bad News and Review Bears had already amassed 10 runs. It was starting to look hopeless again. But then something magical happened, the Slugs offense came alive. They got something like 11 runs in a single inning. With at least a couple of people on base, Ed Fletcher hit a bomb into right field. It was gone gone gone.

Then, the Slugs hit the field and immediately shut out the Bears (in part thanks to a Kepley unassisted double play - also know as sacrificing his body to get an interference call). The Bears at bat had barely started and it was already over. The Slugs added 3 more runs in the next inning, and held strong on defense - securing their first victory of the season.

"I almost cried," said Coach Tam. "Thank God I don't have to shower at the truck stop."

The win was followed by victory popsicles, a couple of victory cigarettes, and victory shots of Jager.

For those of you tracking our playlist at home, here are the new theme songs:
Mark Martin - Crazy Train
Tamara Keith - All Things Considered Theme
Juliet Williams - Lose Yourself
Katherine Skorupski - Here it Goes Again
Ryan Lillis - Let's Get it On

Slugs Rock Their Way Into an 0-6 Record

Perhaps we shouldn't have rolled out all of our curse breaking tools on the night we were to play Loose Change. This is the team that's gone undefeated this season, the team with 41 runs heading into tonight's game, the team sponsored by a bank whose roster seems to have benefited from the sub-prime mortgage meltdown (like maybe they recruited some jobless buff mortgage brokers or something). The Slugs lost. I'm not sure of the score, something like 5-12. But that's not the point.

Tonight, the Slugs got their groove back. Many of the ladies wore skirts. And we looked hot, if I may say so myself. Better yet, each Slug had a theme song (see below for complete play list). Our defense was nearly flawless, and we put together several excellent runs where multiple Slugs got on base and some even made it home. Against any other team this would have meant victory. So, next week we must do it all again. We will defeat Beer 30 and they won't even know what hit them.

And for those of you who would like to download the Slugs nearly winning playlist to your ipod, here goes...

Rockin' and Bumpin' With the Slugs: (win a prize if you can match all the Slugs with their songs)

Oriole's Magic
The Distance
Still Fly
Cheeseburger in Paradise
Brick House
This Fire
Baby Elephant Walk
Star Spangled Banner (Live at Woodstock)
Molly's Chambers
Get Low
U Can't Touch This
Take No Prisoners (Megadeth)
Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Walk This Way (Run-DMC with Aerosmith)
Runnin' Down a Dream
Rump Shaker
Eye of the Tiger
The Final Countdown