Hitmen Charm Cobras
The Hitmen’s march through the CSL regular season continued on Thursday night with another solid performance against the Cobras. While there were a number of standouts, the Hitmen women, in particular, deserve recognition, starting with Shooter who staked out a spot on the Mall at 12:30pm and baked beneath the July sun for six hours in the name of Hitmen softball. Hours later when everyone else arrived for the game, she unleashed a storm of offensive fury with the bat, smacking hits all over the ground she had guarded so vigilantly all afternoon. Her commitment to our cause makes her immune for verbal barbs about her love of kickball and Glamour magazine–at least until next week.
Filling in on the mound for our various absent pitchers, Hatch kept the Cobra bats coiled for four innings before handing the ball to John Stamos, who had fortunately survived a dog attack while rounding third base earlier in the game (see video). The two of them demonstrated a crafty command of the strike zone, frustrating the snakes all game long. While we don’t keep track of pitching ERA (because this is slow pitch softball played on the Mall amidst tourists and the homeless, and because we already go way over the top by maintaining a team Web site) the Hatch-Uncle Jesse tandem may well have set a modern day Hitmen record for hurling. Of course the only way to verify this point would be to run cross check against the stats that WhoShotJR stores in his head. But, for fear of what else we might find in there, I suggest we refrain.
Other highlights included recent bar survivor X’s debut for the season and the triumphant return of Hitmen veteran Knitts who reclaimed his spot in the infield. A special shout out also goes to Murry, whose commanding presence and skilled use of legal jargon frightened the US Park Police into retracting the ticket that they were poised to place on the windshield of her Jetta.
All in all, it was a good day for the Hitmen…
July 27, 2007, 1:15 am
Our good captain saved my Camry* from a parking ticket after the game. He’s full service. Along the way, he learned that cops don’t respond well to his coach-to-coach negotiation skills, a-la forced outs at first base.
*It’s a great car, but has yet to earn the Battle Corsica’s mantle. I’m sorry to hear of your loss, D.
July 27, 2007, 9:48 am
For once, I don’t look like a doofus in the team photo…good thing doc was there to pick up the slack!
July 27, 2007, 11:16 am
Also, does anyone object to my using this photo in a column I’m writing for The New Physician magazine? It’ll go out to medical students all over the country. The article is about a small town girl coming to the big city.
July 31, 2007, 10:43 am
Perhaps a collection of photos of team rashes/boils would be more appropriate? I have some at home.
PLUS: I’ve added more videos to the playlist.