The Bad Gnus took care of business and dominated Don't Panic, the Southwest Idaho State of the tourneyment, to set up a huge grduge match on Monday! Ahern has had their way with the Bad Gnus over the years, but this year they needed a late rally to get by the rejuvinated Gnus. Can't wait for the rematch. Since I was off watching my kin in some playoff baseball of their own, I missed the beat down, but guest blogger, Seanny Mac is in the house to tell you fools how it all went down. Here's his report...
There was a certain electricity in the Gnus dugout knowing it was a "win or go home" situation. Players could be heard humming "This Is It" by Kenny Loggins and commitments were quietly made among the bench that somebody would bring beer next week if we won this week.
As far as the game goes, it was a textbook game against the Don't Panic squad. A string of hits by us along with a bunch of bungled plays by them led to four to six runs per inning. Howard and Clayton seemed to be out running the bases quite a bit from what I remember, so I'd say they were the offensive stars.
Defensive was the strong suit for the Gnus once again. Couple of shoestring catches in the outfield along with some sweet middle infield double plays kept the Panic in their dugout loading their post game bongs. Indication of how badly we were placing whoop ass on them came when Seanny Mac actually played 3rd base for 2 innings. Out of risk of sounding like a blow hard I won't tell you about the backhanded stab at the line and whirling blind throw I made to punch out the runner at 2nd to snuff out what was the Panic's strongest attempt at a rally to get 2 runners on base in the same inning. But I digress.
In the end, the Gnus survived the play-in game coming out on top by about 20 or so runs. At the post game press conference (errr- beer under the tree) Gnus could be heard quoting Jim Mora, exclaiming "Playoffs?...Playoffs!...PLayoffs?" And there was much rejoicing.
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