The fueling station at the Sacramento 49rs Travel Plaza is called Liquid Gold, and perhaps that should be slugger Ed Fletcher's new nickname. Fletcher started last Thursday's Slugs v Master Batters game off right with back to back home runs to right. Poor Kim, on base both times Fletcher sent it deep was forced to scurry around the bases with a sweaty man right on her heels.
It all started earlier in the day when Coach Tam visited the aforementioned Travel Plaza to interview truckers about diesel prices. Tam was offered a ride in one trucker's rig and was told by another one that she shouldn't have any trouble getting people to talk to her. She ended those interviews quickly. But the time the coach spent at the fabled I-80 landmark appears to have paid off. Getting hit on by sweaty truckers with 100 oz beverage containers seems to have been just what Coach Tam needed to do to make the Slugs bats golden again.
If the Slugs go 0-8 or 8-0 in a single season the coach has to shower at the Sacramento 49rs Travel Plaza. Coach Kepley did this once 3 years ago after a flawless season, and if not for a late season win in the spring Coach Tam would have had to do the same but with a greater sense of shame.
Victory against the Master Batters was sweet for the Slugs who beat the lame-named team 18-7. And the best part was the amazing batting of every single Slugs player. Ed Fletcher was a standout, but all Slugs made the team proud. For the first time in recent memory they made it through their entire lineup in a single inning. It was glorius.
This week the Slugs meet St. Damien's Beard at O'Neil's field. That is, if the thick layer of smoke blanketing the Sacramento region blows on out before 9:30 Thursday night. At the moment it is unsafe for anyone to breathe outdoors.
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