Human After All

A wise woman once said, "You can't win 'em all."

Oh wait, I said that. Last night. After we suffered a definitive loss (12-3) at the hands of El Destructo.

We may have been lacking in runs, but happily we had an abundance of players, guts, and enthusiasm! First props go to Willy, who not only shuttled the equipment and a couple of lucky riders in his "ultra-filthy Truefoemobile" (his words, not mine!) but also stepped up and pitched the whole game, which was not made easy by the fact that the El D players were plenty happy to stand without swinging and take pitches until the cows came home.

This may have been the most challenging game yet for Jason, who had the difficult task of cheering and coaching first base, under doctor's orders to keep his injured wrist off of the pitcher's mound. It's no easy task to keep your chin up while your team is taking a beating, but morale was still fairly high in the True Foes dugout and we believed until the bitter end in a rally that just wasn't realized.

Though we were short a couple of regulars, we were happy to be joined for the first time this season by Sarah Finklea, and we also welcomed Issa back to first base. Thank you to ThinkFilm for lending us three of their finest--Mike, Wendy, and Alex--whose dependably good fielding and hitting are always appreciated. The other Alex (Laviola) hit a handsome home run, and it's just too bad the bases were empty when he did or we would have racked up a couple more runs then. Not that we necessarily need power hits to move around the bases, as Shortstop Brian proved with his crafty base-running, steadily advancing on even the most modest of hits.

The front office was representing last night--Tyson, Danny, and myself were all in attendance and took some good hacks at the ball. Ryan proved that he is a versatile fielder, doing an awesome job of covering second, and he was also joined by fellow audio dude Michael Wiese, who flew in from New Mexico to play with the Foes and whose smiling face will be missed when he has to go back!

On the bright side, our score was the only thing that compares unfavorably to last week's game: we were again blessed with perfect softball weather, and this time we had an ump who, while his calls were not delivered as dramatically, was quite accurate. El Destructo was a good team to play against, and though I do fiercely believe in my heart of hearts that we could have beat them if we'd brought our "A-game," they won fair and square and we wish them well.

I had this theory that we would drink less beer, being unencumbered by the heady jubilance that accompanies a victory. Turns out my theory was completely bogus, and the beer goes down just as smoothly when you're dirty and defeated. You can't keep a True Foe down for long though, and the conversation quickly shifted from the theme of "If only I hadn't gotten out at third..." to more important topics such as what's the best one-liner from "Point Break," and when are they going to bring our French fries?

We still have a winning record, and we're ready to go from 3 and 1 to 4 and 1 when we play The Watchdogs next Wednesday. Come join us for the last (for now) of our Navy Yard games on the 14th, and witness our first official comeback!

GTF