We won!!!! (5/22)

I only wish I could say the same for Blake Lewis, but I think Jordin Sparks might have him beat. It is a testament to how much we all love the True Foes that so many people came out even though the American Idol finale was on last night.

The theme of this season seems to be “overcoming adversity” because we had a lot of things working against us again last night and still came out on top! Shortstop Brian—who I don't think has missed a game EVER—injured his foot in another sporting event but still showed up to cheer. Various other Foes were out due to illness/injury/other obligations, but Softball Dave was back in action and we were glad to see him.

I'll be honest with you, Jason and Alex and I spent the better part of the subway ride down there complaining about the scant attendance we were anticipating. As six o'clock drew near it looked like we might not have enough people again, and we prayed for the ump to be flexible with the start time. Then Willy showed up, even though he hadn't been sure he could play, and three of the ThinkFilm folk turned up shortly after and we had a full lineup.

The True Foes were up first, and it was a pretty rough start. Our first three batters were all out right away, and Instant Karma scored in the bottom of the first inning. It was a low-scoring game, and every run was hard won. Except for the bogus homerun that Instant Karma got. The ump just gave that to them, and it was, I think, the batter plus two RBI. That hit was wa-a-a-ay over in right field. So far right, in fact, that it was actually completely FOUL but Blue called it fair. We protested, and his argument was: “From where I'm standing I could see right down the line, and it was fair.” Well guess what—I was standing at home plate too and it looked pretty foul to me. But whatever.

The fact that they got a three-run homer only made it more dramatic when we came back and beat them! We were ahead by two runs going into the last inning and scored one more. Then we held them while they were up at bat for a final score of 7 44. Kim and Abbey arrived early in the game and we were very glad to have them join us. Mabilon turned up at the end, just in time to shuttle weary Foes to the bar—much appreciated!

The ladies were very well represented last night; we had Finklea, Cleo, Abbey, and Wendy—all in very fine form if I do say so myself. Cleo made some great plays as second basewoman and wasn't afraid to get down in the dirt when necessary, and Wendy did a great job at third. Willy covered first base admirably (and drove the equipment home—thanks!), and our outfielders: Finklea, Mike, Chris, and Abbey all fielded like pros.

Alex Laviola made the catch of the season out in left field! The hit looked like it was a goner, but he sprinted, and twisted, and dove, and rolled, somehow managed to catch the ball and keep it, and raised his glove in victory when it was over. Apparently at some point he also hit his head, but I'm sure it was totally worth it.

Jason pitched an amazing game last night. Even after just recovering from injury and playing the whole game, he was still far and away better than Instant Karma's two pitchers. Even though the ump had an annoying habit of calling balls when they were obviously strikes he still struck out plenty of batters.

I wonder if Instant Karma finds their team name ironic. I mean, we would have beat them anyway because we're awesome, but a couple of their players were being really obnoxious and heckling Jason incessantly and even making farting noises and juvenile crap like that—and then, bam! We delivered the karma. I suppose that comes as no surprise to those of you who know how the True Foes operate: They bring the sass, and we bring the class.

So after four games our record is 2-1-1. Very respectable! A huge thank-you to everyone who came out to play and cheer! Our next game is Monday, June 4 at 6 p.m. Again we'll be at Barry in the Navy Yard, vs. Standard and Poor's. You don't want to miss it!

GTF