Stars of Thu, 6/28/01
@Laureldale, 6:30 p.m. vs. Buster's Pub (Div.II)
(Loss 21-14)
Record after game: 12-4

Mike Capilo

4-for-5,
TWO Home Runs
(including a Slam!),
SIX ribbies, 3 RS
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a larger picture)

Chris Mal

1-for-1,
THREE walks,
1 RBI, 1 run
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a larger picture)

Dave Engle

2-for-4,
Walk, SOE,
1 RBI, 2 runs
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a larger picture)

Game Summary/Notes:
This game wasn't as out of hand as the score might lead you to believe.  Giovanna's was winning 2-0 after 1, 4-2 after 2, 5-4 after 3.  We were down only 9-7 after 4, and 14-11 after 6.  Then Buster's put up seven runs in the 7th - on two very lame home runs, one of them a grand slam that would have been a routine fly-ball out on any other field - to put the game away ... On the other hand, wow, did we hit poorly.  As a team we were only 16-for-37 (.432).  That sort of futility doesn't normally score you 14 runs, but we were aided by three "safe-on-errors" and FIVE walks (Our pitcher walked NONE by the way because he's really good.) ... Only four people had two or more hits (Capilo, Engle, Gabrielli and Delp.) ... Steve Julian got his forearm stepped on when he fell running the bases.  His arm was cut and very swollen later that night ... Mike Capilo's two home runs extended his team lead to EIGHT which now doubles Tom Bazrd's 2nd best of four home runs ... Speaking of Tom, after the game most of the team went over to Jeff Schaefer's house where Tom and I kicked everyone ass in pool in something like 8 consecutive games.  We also got to see Shaeff's award-winning bike which is totally insane, didn't get to eat any red-beat eggs, gave each other the finger, drank a few shots, looked at Shaeff's basement full of basketball memorabilia, didn't get to see Teri Weigel naked on DVD, and looked up the value of Steve Julian's baseball cards that are covered in ketsup.  Dickie spent most of the night petting the cats and waiting for the Domino's guy to show up.  I, of course, paid for Dickie's pizza because I'm a very generous person - and, well, because I owed him.

Stars of Tue, 6/26/01
@Angelica Hardball, 9:15 p.m. vs. Steelers (Car-Tech) (Div.III)
(Win 16-15)
One-out bases-loaded two-run single by Jeff Tantum in bottom of 7th
Record after game: 12-3

Jeff Tantum

3-for-3,
Walk, 3 RBI,
Game winning hit
with bases loaded,
1-out in bottom
of the 7th inning
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Jeff Schaeffer

1-for-2, SOE,
2 RBI, 1 run,
Walk, Sac-Fly,
Threw out two
runners at 3rd
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a larger picture)

Mac Ziegler

2-for-3,
Walk, Triple,
2 RBI, 4 runs
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a larger picture)

Honorable Mention:
Pete Gabrielli (3-for-4, 2 RBI, 3 runs)
Tom Barzd (2-for-3, Walk, RBI, 2 runs)
Mike Capilo (2-run home run, his team leading 6th of the year)

Game Summary/Notes:
Car-Tech put up a 7-spot in the top of the 2nd inning to go up 9-4, but Pizza-aya came right back with one in the bottom of the second and FIVE in the bottom of the third on RBI singles by Gabrielli, Barzd, Zeigler, Schaeffer and Tantum - to make it 10-9 Pizza after 3.  Going into the bottom of the 7th, The Pizza was down 15-14.  Bazrd singled, Zeigler walked, F-8, Schaeffer walked to load the bases with one out, setting the stage for a dramatic game-ending 1-out 2-run single by Jeff Tantum ... Giovanna's threw out three runners at third base - two by Jeff Schaeffer and one by Scott Metcalfe ... The lake at Angelica was completely drained a few days earlier when the damn broke during a weekend storm ... Keith DeLong was in the stands for most of the game, but I believe he missed the fun ending ... The strike zone was the worse I've experienced in a long time.  I got pulled from this game after four innings, but it was hardly my fault that I had given up runs.  My two walks were NOT walks, but at least it wasn't as bad as the Steelers pitcher who walked five including two in the 7th ... I'd also like to add that if Jeff hadn't won the game for us, I was coming up next and I would have, thank you.  Jeff is just very stingy.  Always has to take all the glory for himself.

Stars of Thu, 6/21/01
@Baer Park, 7:15 p.m. vs. Hahn Exteriors (Div.III)
(Win 14-11)
Record after game: 11-3

Dave Engle

4-for-4,
double, walk,
3 RBI, 2 runs
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a larger picture)

Steve Julian

4-for-5,
1 RBI, 2 runs
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a larger picture)

Pete Gabrielli

3-for-4,
walk,
1 RBI, 1 run
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a larger picture)

Honorable Mention:
Tom Barzd (3-for-4, 2 RBI, RS)
Mac Ziegler (2-for-3, RBI, 2 RS, Sac-Fly)

Game Summary/Notes:

A close game?  This 3-run victory was the closest of the year.  The closest game previously was a 12-7 win over, guess who, Hahn Exterior ... Dave Engle was 9-for-9 this week and now leads the team with a .725 average.  Not only did Dave have an impressive game at the plate, he also saved the game by making two consecutive stellar plays on the mound on the last two batters to end the game ... Mike changed his name to GNip-GNop ... Missy Julian gave birth to Kyle Julian early in the morning of this day, their second born but first boy!  Congratulations Steve and Missy!  It should be noted that Steve says child birth is really gross, and seemed particularly grossed out by the placenta.  Nicola pointed out there is a lot of nutrients in the placenta and that some species actually eat it after the birth ... Mickey Mouse made an appearance on Dickie's shirt.

Stars of Tue, 6/19/01
@Laureldale, 6:30 p.m. vs. Moyer's (Div.III)
(Win 24-4)
Record after game: 10-3

Dave Engle

5-for-5
double, homer,
SIX ribbies, 4 runs
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a larger picture)

Tom Bazrd

4-for-4,
3 RBI, 2 runs
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a larger picture)

Mac Zeigler

4-for-5,
2 RBI, 2 runs,
+great throw to nail runner @home
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a larger picture)

Honorable Mention:
Dickie Delp (3-for-4, solo homer, 4 RBI, 2 runs)
Chris Hunter (3-for-4, double, RBI, 2 runs)
Jeff Schaeffer (3-for-4, double, RBI, 2 runs)
Chris Malinowski (3-for-4, RBI, 3 runs)

Game Summary/Notes:
As ugly as the previous game was, this one was completely the opposite.  Consider this:  EIGHT starters out of 11 had AT LEAST three hits in the game and we only played 5 innings!  Giovanna's sent 15 to the plate in the third inning - Dickie Delp hit a homer AND a single in that inning ... During the game, Rachel gave me a kiss on the arm ... After the game Scott's wife revealed that he is a very bad driver.

Stars of Thu, 6/14/01
@Baer Park, 9:15 p.m. vs. West Lawn Owls (Div.II)
(Loss 21-0)
Record after game: 9-3

J.Schlesinger
"Rachiro"

2-for-2
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a larger picture)

Jeff Tantum

2-for-2
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a larger picture)

Scott Metcalfe

1-for-1
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a larger picture)

Game Summary/Notes:
This was about as ugly as you could possibly get.  As a team we were only on base seven times (7-for-21), we scored no runs, we had no extra-base hits, hit into a double-play to end the game, and we committed an astounding EIGHT errors in just five innings.  Six people out of 11 were 0-for-2, Scott Metcalfe only got to bat one time, and the top six in the line-up were a combined 2-for-12.  Meanwhile the West Lawn Owls scored 21 runs and it would have been more had they not been nice about it, taking one base at a time and swinging at just about anything in the last two innings.

Stars of Thu, 6/07/01
@Baer Park, 7:15 p.m. vs. Gilbert Furniture (Div.III)
(Win 9-1)
Record after game: 9-2

Mac Ziegler

3-for-4,
2 runs, didn't drop any fly balls, but what else is new?
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a larger picture)

Ed Key

1-for-1,
Sac-Fly, RS
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a larger picture)

Chris Mal

2-for-3,
2 runs scored,
Pitched 7-hitter
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a larger picture)

Honorable Mention:
Tom Barzd (3-run homer...his 4th HR of the season)

Game Summary/Notes:
Another game without Pete Gabrielli (back) and Dave Engle (vaccination), while Steve Julian was late thanks to a train.  Mike Capilo returned from the 5-day Disabled List, and Jeff Tantum returned from yelling at Winnie the Poo and friends ... The offense was extremely sluggish, and if you consider that we were only 13-for-31 (.419) as a team, it's amazing that we actually won, let alone 9-to-1.  Gilbert's seriously helped our cause by committing EIGHT errors.  Giovanna's only scored runs in the 3rd and 4th innings, but scored big, putting up a 6-spot and a 3-spot ... The Pizza is now 2-0 against Gilbert's and have outscored them 24-2 ... Chris Mal, everybody's pal, held Gilbert's to only seven hits, their lone run scoring on a fielder's choice after two weak singles in the 6th inning.  This was the first full game he pitched that he didn't strike anyone out.  (It's fun talking about myself in 3rd person!)  Chris is the man! ... Eddie Key may not own Giovanna's but he owns the bar! ... Jamie Schlessinger traded for Jermaine Dye prior to the game, and then did a good impression of Ichiro Suzuki from home to third during the game ... Chris Hunter and Jamie both scrapped their legs up pretty good, but - not to worry - it was captured on film.  Look for their gruesome injuries coming soon to a website near you!

Stars of Tue, 6/05/01
@Baer Park, 8:15 p.m. vs. Flanagan's Pub (Div.III)
(Loss 20-11)
Record after game: 8-2

Steve Julian

3-for-4,
double,
RBI, run
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a larger picture)

Tom Barzd

3-for-4,
RBI, run
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a larger picture)

Chris Mal

3-for-4,
double,
3-RBI, run
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a larger picture)

Honorable Mention:
Chris Hunter (3-for-4, RBI, run)
Jamie Schlessinger (2-for-3, walk, 2-RBI, run)
Mac Ziegler (2-for-3, walk, run)

Game Summary/Notes:
Giovanna's was missing three of their top four hitters in Dave Engle (vaccination), Pete Gabrielli (back muscle that makes it hard to sneeze) and Mike Capilo (nasty boo-boo).  Although the hitting wasn't terrible in their absence, it certainly could have been better ... In addition to missing Engle, Gabrielli and Capilo, the team was also without starting firstbaseman and .542 hitter Jeff Tantum, while left-centerfielder Jeff Schaeffer is now playing with a broken foot ... Flanagan's seems to have Giovanna's number this year.  Pizza-eya are 0-2 against Flanagan's and 8-0 against the rest of the league; and have been outscored 17-42 against them, while Giovanna's have outscored the rest of the league 130-37.  Think about that for a second - the rest of the league has scored less runs against Giovanna's than Flanagan's has in TWO games ... This game had disaster written all over it from the start.  Flanagan's lead off with a home run.  Their inning wasn't over until they had scored a total of seven runs, thanks largely in part to THREE errors plus a botched double-play that counted as a fielder's choice.  Although the game never got completely out of hand, it was essentially over after the first inning ... Bev Mal showed up for the first time this year - she's a babe.  How did Chris get a wife so cute? ... Dickie Delp was quoted as saying "It's clean!" to describe a fielded base hit.  After the game, he was overheard saying that he had a "floater" the other day for the first time in years, and recommends cutting cheese out of your diet to cut back on toilet paper ... Tom Barzd offered to set Dickie up on a date with his big friend ... Steve farted a lot after the game.

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