Billy, having a career year, stroked the first 2 Tee offering to Supe at short, and the Hitmen first inning was a go.
DATELINE: Whately, MA, August 3, 2006: Hello again Baseball fans. The newspaper Strike is Over and the World is right again!! Since we last visited, Series 3 and 4 of the TNB 2006 Season has been played. The St Louis Browns and the Milwaukee Braves played to a standoff tie... and the Hammer and Nails Series was played, with the Victorious Nails, carrying off the Stanley Cup sized Hammer and Nails Trophy.
Oh, and the previous week, Hammer-Nails game 2, we played a 9 inning Game, are you kidding me?! ...So, on to August Baseball, pennant races, playoffs, and the Biggest Event of the Summer!....The Nor'easter (we blow!!) Challenge Series. Coming soon..Don't miss it.
The Bridegrooms countered with none other than Ricky 2 Tee. Ricky, fresh off his 3rd stint on the DL, was ready to go. With his concoction of Advil, Hot salve and his VooDoo rabbit foot he stood on the Hill facing the Red Hot Hitman, Bad Billy deSanty.
Billy, having a career year, stroked the first 2 Tee offering to Supe at short, and the Hitmen first inning was a go.
The suspended Dentist greeted Ricky with a single for the first hit of the game. After the mighty Ice K'd, Nighter walked and Mas singled, loading 'em up. The game's first threat.
Ricky buckled down and induced an infield Pop up from Danny, and the threat ended there.
After 1, 0-0
The 'Grooms took a 2-Zip lead in the top of the third with a Mark Chapdelaine Sac fly off 'Hitman Danny Williams in the top of the 3rd. The 'Grooms had loaded them up with 2 walks and a Hammer single.
Mark Chap took the ball for the Bridegrooms in the 3rd., and the Hitmen would stage the game's first uprising.
Billy D, the Dentist, Icehouse, Steve Chapman, Danny and Kap would hit safely in the Hitmen 3rd to take a 4-2 lead after 3. I think somebody was thrown out at the plate in the inning, possibly Billy De, but my memory of this play has been infiltrated by partial memories of the other 17 games we have played since then, but something strange happened in this inning, of that i'm sure.
Kenny took the ball for the Hitmen to pitch the Bridegroom half of the 4th. Kenny would feel severe Bridegroom wrath! Supe led off the Brooklyns with a sharp single to left, and this would be the first of 7 straight batters to reach safely, 5 hits 2 walks, highlighted by Mad Dog's triple.
When the dust had settled, the Bridegrooms had a 9-4 lead, with Hammer on the mound to pitch the bottom of the 4th.
Jeff and Kenny got the Harlemites off to a good start greeting Hammer with a single and double. But Hammer, who has been a consistant and effective mound presence this year (a Nor'easter can do anything), would retire Billy and Dentist, tough outs, to be on the verge of escaping the jam. But 5 singles and a Johnny dennet bases clearing double later, Harlem would have a 12-9 lead, heading into the 5th, and approaching darkness.
In the Brooklyn 5th, the Groomsmen would break out the Shilalie one more time and pound the hitmen for 8 more runs. Marty Newman started the festivities, and 8 hits and 13 batters later, the Brooklyn Bridegroomms were the proud owners of a 17-12 lead, with enough light for one more ups. The Big Blow in the Brooklyn 5th was Pat Johnson's right center double.
Fluff took the mound for his second pitching stint since the Febuary assasination attempt, and was able to shot-put enough striked to escape damane from the Hitmen batters and preserve a Game Victort for the Brooklyn bridegrooms.
Final score, Brooklyn 17, Harlem 9
