July 23rd Game Summary

It was a perfect evening for kickball - sunny skies, pleasant temps and the whole team was pumped about our new Big Johnson's shirts. Even Vicky who didn't have a new shirt was excited - she was wearing a Minnesota Gophers t-shirt that was the same color as the new Big Johnson's shirts, but it, of course, had the Gopher mascot on it. There was some joking around about combining the two and calling ourselves the Big Gopher Johnson's...or something like that. Anyway, it was fun!

The Playground Pirates didn't put up much of a fight. It was their first time playing kickball, so they weren't much of a challenge for our seasoned, well-tuned group. We 10-runned them after 2 or 3 innings...which was about all we got to play because the Pirates were so disorganized that the game started 15 minutes late because they couldn't figure out who was playing what. And don't even get me started on their kicking. What's so hard? Just send someone up to kick! Geez....

Anyway, I don't even know what the score was. We had a lot, they didn't. End of story. Kudos to Craig for at least one grand slam, there may have been a second one...not sure. Sarah and Molly laid down some pretty great bunts and everyone else played well, too. A big welcome back goes to Lori and Vicki...we missed you last year - glad your back. And a warm welcome to Big Johnson's Rookies Dylan and Jessica (it was Jessica, right? Terrible with names...and I wasn't even drinking!).

Thanks to our awesome umps from the old Media One team...I think they're calling themselves "Better When Wet" this year. Those guys are always a lot of fun.

That's the news....I'm outa here. See you all next week - 7:15 on Field #1. We're playing Sanford Wellness...they'll probably be in a little better shape than the Playground Pirates....but seriously...."Sanford Wellness"? What kind of team name is that? They must not have any alcoholics or perverts on their team. We should probably practice a little if we expect to beat them :-)

Laters.