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BAB's New Holiday Tradition
MMTE drops 18 in 1st inning, coasts
to win a la Mother's Day
SANTA CLARA: A true at-bat fest
took place on Mon May 28--this
7-inning exhibition game marked
the 3rd game played over
Memorial Day Weekend, quite a
leap from the single match
played in 2006. Though only 8
regular BAD ASSes were able to
attend, a 5-on-5 game was
possible thanks to recruitment
by Ed DaRosa and Bryan Bush.
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GAME 24 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
F |
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MMTE |
18 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
4 |
- |
- |
31 |
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MDM |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
- |
- |
15 |
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MOST MEMORABLE
TEAM EVER |
MEMORIAL DAY
MASSACRE |
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Skillz Davis
Brian Simas
Torance Matsui
Soonam Chowdhury
Alvin Trinh |
Ken Navarez
Bryan Bush
Ed DaRosa
Greg Minor
Josh Berry |
Exhibition
At
10:30 only 5 BAD ASSes were present
and hope for 5 more to appear were
bleak at best, especially with
regulars Rob Flores (out of town)
Leland Yow, Kevin Kuzmiak and Joel
Stauffer (work) unavailable.
But
then, Simas and Trinh were reached
and both pledged to arrive around
11am. Next, Davis retrieved
Chowdhury from a deep sleep during
which Navarez and Berry were
recruited---meaning GAME ON!! Matsui
and Bush were chosen as captains.
On
Mother's Day, Bush's Honey B Bombers
scored 18 in the 1st inning which
would be enough for victory. Today
Bush was on the receiving end
of the 1st inning, game-clinching
18-spot! Among many other
whacks, Simas tattooed a 3-run HR to
center during the onslaught.
MDM
answered with 5 in their half,
including a LONG homer to left by
Navarez.
Matsui
(twice) and Trinh went deep over the
next 3 innings while holding MDM
scoreless. By the bottom of the 6th
MMTE led 27-7.
Successive ground rule doubles by
Minor and Berry helped MDM to a
6-run 6th that could have been more,
but after Bush doubled, Simas, Trinh
and Davis erased an overanxious
DaRosa in a pickle between 2nd and
3rd to retire the side.
Trinh,
who missed the 5/27 doubleheader,
made up for lost time by drilling 2
insurance HR for MMTE in the 7th
inning. MDM scored 2 in their half
but succumbed to defeat 31-15.
STATISTICAL NOTES
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Davis stroked an unusual 3
ground rule doubles.
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MDM
managed only 9 XBH, only one
(Navarez) went over the fence.
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Simas and Matsui each hit for
the cycle with 8 RBI apiece,
while Trinh finished with 3 HR
and scored a whopping 8 runs.
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Berry played his first BAB game
and went 3-for-7. Navarez,
playing for the first time since
his 2003 cameo, went 5-for-8
with the homer.
AWARDS
A proud
Matsui rewarded his team's victory
by appointing them all Gold Glove
winners and---along with Yow, who
stopped by in his work truck to
deliver some chips and dip during
the 5th inning---BAD
ASSes of the Day. No Small Penis was
named.
MORE NOTES
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This contest is the first one
Flores has missed all season,
ending his IronMan bid. Matsui
is now the only BAD ASS to play
in every 2007 game.
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Rather than pitcher's hand
rules, the game was played with
no buck short. This only proved
a major detriment during the
18-run MMTE 1st.
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In
the bottom of the 5th, CF Matsui
was rewarded for a mistake when,
after Minor singled, he
overthrew Simas covering 2B. The
ball rolled all the way to 1B
Chowdhury who applied the tag to
a decelerated Minor!
JD
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