Hairys Back in the Swing of Things With Sweep of Knights
Posted by Jerry Ockey on Nov 18, 2010 in Game Reports | 5 comments
First of all, did you see what I did there? In the title? You see, I took the word “swing”, which has an obvious baseball connotation, but then I used it in another common phrase where it has a totally different meaning!! Full on double meaning!! WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN??!?!?
It means the Hairys are back and ready to stop losing tons of games. Thankfully their starting pitchers were up to the task against the Knights who had started the Gary season off on a sour note with an opening series sweep like 11 months ago. Not really that long. Felt like it, though. Anyway, Y. Gallardo and The Chronic combined to throw 13.1 innings of shut-out baseball allowing 7 hits while striking out 13. That will get the job done. The offense came courtesy of Aaron Hill and Kung Fu Panda in Game 1 where they combined to go 6 of 7 with a bomb and 3 RBI’s and then pretty much everyone got in on the act in Game 2 that ended up a 12-0 beat-down for the Hairys. Braun and Miggy C each had 3 hits with Cabrera collecting 5 RBI’s on the night. Darren Oliver got his head kicked in early and Kuo allowed 5 hits and 4 runs in 2/3 of an inning. Not what Brian was hoping for. The pbp bot said one of my guys “hit the CRUD out of the ball.” That pretty much made my night. It was great to play again. Brian Utley is my hero.
OH MY GLORY. This is the greatest post since our last game, 11 months ago. I’m at Dennis and Sue’s and I’m cracking up.
Horrible games, terrific post.
“Baseball’s Mr. One Hitter”. I love it. lol.
I got a kick out of “More bong for your buck” as well.
I loved that issue. That mag has always been a Karren family favorite. My mom and dad have been subscribing since the sixties. So Jerry, I think we got next. Can’t wait, except that we’ll have to. I’m leaving for AZ Tuesday morning, and not sure I can do it Monday. You might have to watch your blue ball Ockey/Karren ptp factor increase over the week and plan for a Sunday the 28th matchup. So sorry. PS, i’m glad you’re still alive. I thought you’d taken off and headed to a remote patch of the Brasilian jungle up-Amazon or something. And by the way, I hear Logan just got a new local churrascaria. Sounds like winter meat to me, and I’m not talking about my undercarriage. I’ll be thinking of you on my drive to Arizona, especially when I get sleepy and drive by the exit and gas station where we had the worst 2-hour night’s sleep ever. Thanks for that one, by the way, Brian.
EPIC fail. I’ll make it up to both of you one of these days, you can count on that.