Chapter 16 - "Hello again, everybody. It's a bee-yooo-tiful day for baseball." (Harry Caray)

Feb 5, 2009 Afternoon. After the disappointing loss and my less than stellar play we went back inside to warm up, literally. I would not even coach in those situations when the whether was just darn right nasty. While sunny, the temperature was brutal. Lunch was some type of chicken. They had a rice melody which I thought was hot and turned out to be cold. Needless to say lunch was quick and about as painful as my quads, shoulders, back, and other body parts. We did not have to change uniforms for the next game given we were the visitors again.

During the break Kevin Yuk was signing autographs. Also, Mike Greenwell was our special appearance Pro. He came out to the field during our afternoon pregame stretch and entertained us with some great stories.

By the start of the game the sun was warmer and the wind seemed to die down. It was truly a beautiful day for two at the old ball park. Lucky for us we were on Field 5 which was situated in that the wind was blowing out and the sun was not a factor. We played Treuls Trolls coached by Ralph Truel, minor league pitching coordinator and assisted by "Oil Can" Dennis Ray Boyd (what a character). My first at bat was fielders choice RBI. Second at bat was a shot to right center for an RBI single. My last at bat was a pop up to second base.

Defensively did much better with a couple of ground out plays and two assists at second. Made up for the morning. Seems to be a pattern. The only drawback was a play up the middle which was way out of my reach. I heard from the sidelines (Coach Merloni) yelling for me to get dirty, that my wife said I should have gotten dirty on that attempt. I looked over and Patti signaled it was not her. I mumbled under my breath that I made it this far and with two games to go was not going to get dirty and hurt myself. It was a non event in that we won the game 7-2 to bring our record to 4-2 tied for second. Big game tomorrow as we play the first place team in our division - Gedmans Bombers. So until then....