Last week I was worried what I would do with too many players (13 in all). This week was the opposite. Despite some last-minute emails and phone calls, I went to the diamond expecting only about 6 players. Chip did show up, so we had seven. Luckily, Ted from WMB2 got to the diamond a day early, and we had an extra yellow shirt. Eight is enough.
Our bats were cool like the breeze blowing in from left field, and we didn’t score a run in the first four innings. However, Cal was on his game and our defense was solid. We held Waterloo North to a run in the first and two in the third, blanking them in the second and fourth. Greg led off the top of the fifth with a hit, and we batted around to score 3 runs to tie. Again, infielders made their plays, outfielders caught the flies, and balls stayed in front of us. At the end of nine innings we were tied at 5, and it was about 8:10 pm. After a scoreless tenth, we hit around again for another three-spot, and held WN to one run in the bottom.
I emailed the league convenor after the game, since ties are unusual, and I thought that using a player from another team might be against the rules. He said that ties should be played out if there is time, as we did. Second, he said that there isn’t a specific rule about players belonging to a team, it is mostly a “spirit of the game” guidance. Since we weren’t going after a ringer but avoiding default with someone who was there, everything was legitimate. (It also means that Ted can play the rest of the season with his regular team without worry. He hadn’t played yet this season, so I wondered if he became “property” of First. No such luck.)
So, with last week’s win by default, we are now a .500 team (2-2-1).
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