OTTAWA-Steve “field marshal” Saunders wasn’t pleased with his teams results yesterday. A 1-2 record had them on the outside looking in due to their sub-par play in the tournament. He knew it wasn’t for lack of effort, but for some reason the team just wasn’t playing up to their high standards. After consulting with some of the team elders he made several defensive changes for todays “must win” game against “Got the Runs”

“Got the Runs”, if you remember, had destroyed the funbunch in the last game of the regular season 25-17 and “field marshal” was eager for payback. The new look defense had paris “songbird” Patricelli at home, Leah “the road runner” Morrell at first, glen “the wrangler” rankin at second with Kathy “daredevil” adare and Alison “bulldozer” hale moving to rover.

The new alignment payed dividends immediately as “the wrangler”, “field marshal” and “road runner” turned a couple of double plays as well as numerous critical outs at first . “Daredevil” chipped in with a fly ball out and “songbird” made a spectacular catch to rob “goth the runs” of a run and to make the third out on a great bang-bang relay from “the jackal” and “field marshal”. This caused their “feisty” shortstop to implode as he plodded home behind the play and began immediately yelling at his teammates.

The fun bunch had two five run innings and a four run inning, but they saved their best for last. In the top of the “endless” seventh inning they almost batted twice through the line up and scored a team record 11 runs increasing their lead to 15 runs with a score of 27-12. Demoralized, humiliated and broken, Got the Runs went three-up three-down on some terrific infield outs including a remarkable stretch by “the wrangler” at second to snag a wayward throw and the final out by “man o’ war” on a deep fly.

The fun bunch had restored their dignity and finally played a game that reflected their true abilities.

With a small statistical chance to advance depending on the outcome of two remaining matches, the team is waiting nervously for a chance to advance to the finals with momentum on their side