Jagernaut Week 3 "The Play" Recap

Week 3 was definitely interesting as “The Alliance” was split along party lines as the Jagernauts faced off against a well matched Rumspringa squad. It was kind of like back in the day when the professional wrestlers of the WCW formed the original nWo alliance, and then split off into the nWo alliance in white and that other nWo alliance in red (and then split into that other nWo alliance, and then that other nWo alliance)… Or maybe this was nothing like that.

In any case, the week was particularly interesting because the members of Jagernaut/Rumspringa “Alliance” play on a mutual squad “W****** K***” on the day that follows WAKA Wednesday (which shall not be named in order to keep the sanctity of WAKA Wednesday) in a (inferior) league (which also shall not be named to keep the sanctity of WAKA) on (not nearly as good of) fields with a (stupid) yellow ball. Would the smurf blue Alliance members beat out the bright yellow Alliance members and win the Alliance Title (which I just made up), or would something else happen? Without further ado (and with 20% less parentheses) let’s get to the action.

Members of the Alliance square off. Pictured: Kevin Gitkos, Jagernauts and Matt Wellbrock, Rumspringa

Spoiler alert! Dan Moore and Joe Mazzitti got on base and scored in the first inning. I’m beginning to sound like a broken record here, so let’s cut to the interesting part and document some history.

The time was about the third inning. There was a gentle summer breeze hovering over the humidity on the fields with streaks of brilliant lightening in the background, like an…oh who the hell cares about the weather… The player was Jagernaut first basemen Mike Ramey. The play is what historians will surely be talking and dissecting and blogging and telling their grand kids …the illusive unassisted triple play. In the history of kickball, this play has never been achieved. It’s true folks, I checked stats inc., sports-reference and rotoworld, and all three of those baseball stat sites give no listing for an unassisted triple play in kickball. The breakdown, nano-second by nano-second is described below:

Rumspringa kicker David Merritts stepped up to the plate. After a called strike and a ball (or maybe it was two balls, or maybe it was none), David kicked a short pop up right to first base. Ramey, playing close to the bag, stepped two steps to the right and caught the ball before it touched the ground (out #1). In one swift motion, Mike then proceeded to gracefully tag the base before runner Dan Wright could tag up (out #2). Finally like a streak of bright yellow lightening, Ramey ran all the way across the field and gunned down Nicole Histler dashing from second trying to take third approximately 5 feet before she could reach the base (out #3). Or….I’ll let Mike describe it in his words “It was definitely Usain Bolt on 2nd, and it could've been the Flash at 1st but I'm not certain. Oh, and David Beckham was kicking.”

Mike Ramey receiving congrats after accomplishing history on the field in Week 3

Mike get’s the MVP of the week, a high five from me, 300 words in this writeup, “Real Men of Genius” co-executive producer title nomination, and a vacation out west. Sorry ladies, Mike will be able to sign autographs as he is on his vacation reflecting on his historic feat until week 5, though I will be around to sign GMOT write-ups as a consolation.

The Jagernauts built up a lead and were cruising to an 8-1 victory when a couple of defensive lapses brought Rumspringa back into the game in the fifth. The final 8-7. “It was a well fought game” said (the league that shall not be named joint Jager/Springa team captain/gossip girl) Trici Fredrick. “Credit is definitely deserved from the Matt Wellbrock and the rest of the Springas. They kept fighting while we got a bit sloppy. ” Mike Seals, added “They’re a good fun team. We hope to see them again come tournament time, but hopefully we’ll get our sea legs a bit more and tighten up on defense a bit.” After fighting it out on the field, the members of the Alliance called a truce and drank together until nobody could remember the game anyway.

Matt Wellbrock and Joe Mazzitti put aside their color differences and again become teammates in flip cup

Tune in next week folks as the Jagernauts square off against the 5:00ers at 6:30. I will split the difference and be there around 5:45 ready to autograph GMOT write-ups. Until next week!