FUN BUNCH WIN TWO IN A ROW
New players contribute to easy win over Crawlers
OTTAWA-On a beautiful night at Bell diamond, the Fun Bunch sleep-walked to a tidy 16-6 victory over the Main Street Crawlers who never seriously threatened and for the most part look disorganized and a little disoriented. Two new players made their debuts for the Fun Bunch: Tim "sawbones" Capello and Paris "pop star" Patricelli. "Sawbones" did an admirable job in left field, catching every ball that came his way. Paris--who was playing in her first softball game ever-- was a yeoman on third base, stopping a hard grounder, almost catching a pop fly, getting on base in every at bat and scoring two runs--all that despite wearing what appeared to be ballet slippers. With her protective uncle, steve "downtown" saunders at her side, she was quickly coached on the nuances of the game. The game got off to a rocky start, when the Fun Bunch were forced to take to the field with no second baseman as a couple of players had not shown up well past 6:30. Earning kudos from her teammates, Nancy "knock-em-out-of-the-park" Harris, headed straight to the ball diamond directly from the emergency ward at the Queensway Carleton Hospital after insisting she be discharged so she could make the game--despite the serious contusion of her deltoid, brachioradalis, and posterior cutaneous nerve. Highlights included Scott "boom boom" Saunders crushing a three run home run on a spectacular pitch--thrown in on a silver platter that seemed to hover forever on its way across the heart of the plate. "I have to give my big brother credit. I mean that pitch was absolutely perfect. ", said "boom boom" excitedly extolling his brother's virtues as his eyes teared up, as well as Alison "bulldozer" Hale's new "ultra-gloss" lipstick that apparently had the other team in fits and starts as they battled the reflective glare of the sun off her "perma-shine" lips all game long. "Boom Boom" also had a stellar game in the outfield, vacuuming up every fly ball that came within a country mile of him and led the guys with five hits and five runs scored. Otherwise, it was a relatively uneventful game as the fun bunch failed to score runs in two innings and only scored a single run in three innings All the fun bunch players got at least one hit and all but two scored a run making it a good solid team effort to chalk up another win. Oh yes, and Patti "gazoo" Anderson made several brave attempts to catch a pop fly but sadly to no avail. The Patti watch continues.
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