Bad Gnus Winning Streak!

The Bad Gnus have been to the mountain, and it was good. It took 14 games in 2007, but the Bad Gnus finally put together a complete package. Dominating from start to finish, the Bad Gnus used solid defense, flawless pitching, timely hitting and solid beer drinking to dominate the Silver Bullets from the first pitch to the last beer. (That phrase would have been so much better is we were drinking from pitchers!)

Of course, a complete package from the Gnus couldn't be complete without a surprise contribution from Rex Davis. Rex has been on the Bad Gnus since the first game. His spirit has arrived in many different vessels. He has emcompassed a virtual meleting pot of people. He's been fat, skinny, black, white, gainfully employed, likely homeless and vacationing from various parts of the world. But for some reason, no matter the apparent talent level of Rex, he always comes through for the Bad Gnus. This night, Rex was Erik's brother-in-law visiting from Texas. Yee Haw! Rex went 3 X 3 on the night, none bigger than the bases loaded, two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the 6th to give the Gnus the 4 run cushion they would eventually need in the top of the 7th.

Consideration was given for the Newcastle Player of the Game to Rex, but it is oh so hard for committee to give the award to a fill-in. Nice game, but no NPOG for you. Another receiving consideration was Mike who brought beer on back to back weeks and played pretty good d at third. But he was the winner of the Sutter Home White Zinfadel P of the Game for getting a pinch runner all three times he was on base. With a painful calf brought on by a combination of not warming up properly before basketball, getting closer and closer to the big 4-0 and generally having too much junk in his trunk, his calf muscle tightened up. He didn't feel the need to run his own bases... Prima donna. Make sure you take a breath in when taking a sip, big guy. You can't win the Sutter Home and the Newcastle awards concurrently, so he's out.

The Newcastle Player of the Game goes to Clayton! Clayton hit the ball hard, but what really stood out was his excellent defense. He made a great running play in right center with the bases loaded early in the game, made a saving catch on a throw from Mike against his momentum and still turned the double play and was the key part of the Pyramid Defensive Play of the Game. On that play a runner tried to go from 1st to 3rd on a single to Rex in right. Rex got the ball to Clayton who turned and fired a strike to Mike right on the bag to nail the runner and end the inning. Great game, Clayton!

After the Bad Gnus beat down was complete, it was almost sad to watch the stunned Silver Bullets (a team that beat us 21-3 in the "pwned" game earlier) sit under their tree and have to drink Coors Light while we had the tasty brews. Sucks to be them. Rocks to be us!

The Bad Gnus are now 2-0 and face an improbably battle for sole possession for first place against the Hanks on Monday. That will be followed by another challenger for our crown on Tuesday against Ahern Construction. See you all then!