The Big Sexy got a call up to the big show on Tuesday night as he tagged along in a game with Spring League champion Ahern. Another example of it's not what you know but who you know, as B Diddy hooked me up with a game day call in. They even let me play third base all game. Sadly I weighed them down all game.
The opponent was the Beach Hut Bears. They are a nice group of young fellas along with their "bear" pitcher. They couldn't field a lick. I haven't seen that many errors since the previous night's Gnus game. I hit into three groundouts to the third baseman but reached base each time. Other Ahern's enjoyed the same fielding failures. Sadly, with all of the gift baserunners and extra outs, Ahern could not get on the board much. We should've scored much more. A common refrain as the Ahern boys recall their college years. I can remember one great hit Will had deep into right, but nothing else seemed too exciting. I hazard to guess that the Gnus win this game.
Not to make excuses... no, definitiely to make excuses, I didn't realize that I was wearing my spectacles until I took the field. I was not used to the applified vision. Thankfully, only one ball I thought was going into my glove was a foot wide of it. I'm sorry to report that BS did not represent the Gnus well.The score was knotted at 4 heading into the 7th inning. That is when the Ahern Coors Light Player of the game, Mike Fitzgibbon stepped up to the plate. Mike has only played sparingly over the past few years. He's been showing up on the injury report as: Questionable (Old). You would not have known he missed a week as his singled sharply to center bringing the Big Sexy home with the go ahead run. Ahern added 3 more in the inning, providing plenty of cushion to procure the victory.
I would like to compliment Ahern on thier very refreshing, nicely stocked and organized ice chest! Also, there was no little kid trying to hit me up for a quarter every time I cracked a cold one. Convienently, all of the cans had a little blue mountain letting me know the beverage was cold. I'm not sure how I would've known otherwise. A big thank you to all the fellas for letting me crash their party. I always enjoy playing with this good group of guys. I'm looking forward to my league champions t-shirt!
