City League Champs

With a final record of 13-0 the 'Phillip's Hardware Bulldogs' are the 2006 City League Fastball champs. We defeated 'Blazon Tube' by a score of 9-5 last night to win our second title in 3 years of Fastball in West Point. This league is so much fun and I recommend trying to get your parks & rec people to install this league in your town.

I was really upset at what I saw last night, however. The team we played against were the biggest babies and complainers I have just about ever seen. And yes, they were adults (by age only). The game was really close for the most part and during one inning our first baseman made a diving catch down the line and raced to first base to try and beat the runner. As he dove and tagged the base with his glove the runner kicked the ball out of his glove and the umpire (making the right call) called the runner out. That was when the crap hit the fan. Blazon went ballistic and started spewing profanities out loud and yelling at the umpire and even threatening to beat up the recreation director who was telling them to calm down or forfeit. REDICULOUS! We said nothing during this time, but instead played with class as we did all season. I am so glad to be able to play on good teams, who can be good without having to be jerks and using foul language. We had some good guys on our team, and people who came out to the park and watched this season noticed that and commented about that. I must admit, it gave me great joy to shut them up by beating them. I hate when people act like that but it makes it so much more enjoyable to beat them. Mouths don't win the game, maybe they'll remember that next year.

And I am so lucky to have parents who still love to come and watch me and my brother play baseball, and a wife who does as well, and even cares enough to bring a Gatorade.

Finally, Bulldogs that are actually good at a sport. BOOYAH!!! State Fans!!!