Lacking Slugs News...

Former Coach Tam has hacked into the Slugs blog to post something, anything.

"The blog shouldn't go dormant just because I skipped town," raged the former coach. "Who won the Socals game last week? How will I get all my Slugs gossip without regular updates on the blog?"

There have been no posts to the blog since August 31st, the start of the fall season.

Hoping to inspire active members of the team to get back to blogging, Keith posted this bit of inspiration.
Ready to join the team, even if he doesn't have enough teeth to take on the Luigi's crust, Charley Margolis poses in his Slugs uniform onesie. Says proud father and former Slugs infielder, Jason Margolis "we're already working on hitting the cut-off man."

All Slugs should be working to hit the cut-off man.

Our Schedule

Here are our fall opportunities for victory. Some of you will call it our schedule.

All opportunities/games are at Tahoe Park.

Sept. 4 - 7:30 at Loose Change

Sept. 11 - 8:30 vs. Hydrohaulics

Sept. 18 - 8:30 at SoCal's Force

Sept. 25 - 7:30 vs. Sub Shack Attack

Oct. 2 - 7:30 vs. Chocas

Oct. 9 - 8:30 vs. Loose Change

Oct. 16 - 9:30 at Hydrohholics

Slugs Kick Ass for Coach Tam's Last Game

Matt slid, or rather dove into home and made us all realize we could be more committed.

Team photo. Ahh sweet victory.

After a few victory shots and cupcakes. Patron and frosting. Yummm.

Slugs beaten by Chinchillas

Apparently chinchillas aren't just good for making fur coats. Erotic Chinchillas at least are pretty decent at softball. On Thursday the Chinchillas defeated the Slugs.

The final score was 9-5.

Kevin was the player of the game for making some excellent catches. Nick made some great plays at 3rd too. Erin was amazing as usual and hit the ball right where they weren't every time she came up to bat.

But, it wasn't enough.

Coach Tam no longer has to shower at the truck stop.

Slugs on a Roll

Heading into Thursday night's game, the Slugs were a little worried about their chances again the Schrute Beet Farm. But, the Slugs were just plain wrong. Perhaps it is a sign of greatness to worry even when it is unnecessary. Let's go with that. The Slugs defeated the Beet 11-4...or maybe it was some other margin that involved a 4, like maybe 14-5. Two days later it's all a bit of a blur.

There was solid pitching from Dan, excellent fielding by Kevin, Molly and others...and everyone's bats were hot (well except Coach Tam who kept hitting it straight to the woman at first). It was an all-around strong performance from the Slugs.

Let the truck stop watch begin. The Slugs are now 3-0. But they can't rest. Next week they take on Benny's Boozers. This team has played in the league before, under a different name. They now have sponsorship and fancy uniforms. Oh, and as of last week at least they were undefeated. Be strong little Slugs, be strong.

Game Off!

The image here may be a little hard to read...but the AQI in downtown Sacramento is now 177. It is officially "unhealthy." The official league message machine says the 8:30 and 9:30 games are canceled.

The games probably would have been canceled sooner, but the sensor at T street appears to have stopped working at 1:00, when the AQI was only 115 (technically "unhealthy for sensitive groups"). So, the league proclaimed the air quality was "good." That of course was before the inversion layer settled in on the valley and forced the smoky air close to ground level. At 7:00 the sensor finally updated and it was at 177, well above the threshold for unhealthy.

It Sure Looks Unhealthy...

...but it's currently only "unhealthy for sensitive groups."

That haze we all see in the air is smoke from wildfires burning all over the state. The great Central Valley is like a giant bowl...and are we ever in the soup. The smoke is trapped, and we're stuck with it. In the air quality world, the issue is something called PM2.5, aka particulate matter, aka tiny particles of dust and soot that can lodge deep in a person's lungs. As of 2:33 this afternoon, the air quality meter closest to O'Neil field reads 115. According to the Air Quality Index that puts the air at "unhealthy for sensitive groups."


In short, it may look worse than it is. Now, Slugs are sensitive creatures. But the league is convinced we're tough, healthy adults. That means the game is on. "If the AQI goes above 150, I will be calling the league again to beg for our game to be canceled," said Coach Tam.