FUNBUNCH DIG A DEEPER HOLE
Team loses two in a row despite late-inning rally
OTTAWA-It never rains it pours it seems and boy did it pour saturday afternoon at Hampton Park diamond as the fun bunch lost their second in a row to the new-look Dog's Bollocks - yet another team to have a vastly improved lineup of new faces for the tournament. Clearly, Colin Bromfield convener of the league and captain of both the Dogs Bollocks and the Athletics, had winning on his mind as he engineered a "tournament ready" lineup of elite players for both teams. So new, in fact, were some of the players, that they seemed confused by the basic rules of the league as they continued to hit two extra home runs--both for outs--after they had reached their limit of three. The fun bunch woes, however, were due once again to a lack of hits. Five innings into the game, they had scored only a single and had managed to muster up a measly seven hits. With his team down seven nothing, steve "downtown" saunders strode to the plate in the fourth inning for only his second at bat, With two outs already recorded, he decided the time was right to eschew his strict "no solo home run" rule right then and there. Bearing the weight of his team , once again, on his broad shoulders, "downtown" instructed neophyte pitcher murray "old school" campbell to "toss it in like a beachball" before pummelling the stuffing out of the flight restricted ball as it ascended into the stratosphere. The brazenness of his act seemed to stun the dogs bollocks into silence as they watch with awe as the ball continued to rise for the next two innings before finally disappearing out of sight. Shocked into action, the fun bunch rallied around their leader and managed to score eight runs in the last two innings to make the final score 15-9, and hopefully carry their momentum into their next "must win" game at 3:15.
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