Recap by Keith Morehart, Chubby Gangsters
Photos by Jiselle Anderson, Britney Travis, & Nick Sutton
There are 3 main contentions that need to be pointed out in this week’s Chubby Gangster Recap.
The first being the new challenge the CG’s are issuing to determine home field advantage. Rochambeau just doesn’t have the flair, the intensity, the ambition that we like to think we bring to the field every week. More or less, Rochambeau just isn’t sexy enough for us. So, as stated in our Season Preview, we are issuing a challenge to all teams willing to accept, the opportunity to quickly ingest alcohol in an extremely short amount of time. The default is shot-gunning a 12 oz. can of beer. Other options that have been thrown out; shot-gunning liquor (we’re working on how to make that happen actually), beer bongs, team waterfall challenge, tem flip cup challenge, you name it and it has probably come up in discussion. Irregardlessly (sorry Microsoft Word, I don’t care how many times you put that red squiggly line underneath that word, I’m still using it), the challenge is out there and Week 1 it was accepted.
The Chubby Gangster’s played Just Kickin’ It and their captain, Brandon Accordino, stepped up to accept the shot-gunning challenge. Alas, he was bested by the Chubby’s captain, Keith Morehart, and conceded home field advantage for the first contest of the season. On a side note, I believe Brandon was caught completely off guard with the challenge, so he may not have been as mentally prepared for the opportunity that was put before him.
The second contention is all about offense. In the recent past (say Fall 2011 and Winter 2012 for example), offense is the one thing your beloved Chubby’s have struggled with. This game however, there was blood in the water and they came out chomping.
The offense was started by Matt “Doogie” MacDougall and Thane “The Pain Train” Osterdahl. Doogie got on with a bunt. Thane ran out a single and Doogie’s speed took him all the way from 1st to home. Seriously, have you seen that guy run? Ridiculous. With heads up base running Thane even ended up on 2nd. Keith Morehart gets up 3rd, and realizing runs are the hardest thing to come by as the game goes on, decides to use his foot and plant one deep in center field. A nice catch was made, but it was too deep and Thane was able to score from 2nd. Geoff Morehart was able to reach base, and with some solid bunting by David Tortolini advanced all the way to 3rd, but was eventually left stranded.
With JKI scoring a single run in the 2nd inning, the Chubby’s knew they had to open up the gap. Andy Kyser had a nice single and some heads up base running in the second but couldn’t get it done alone. The 3rd inning saw the top of the lineup swagger up to home again. Doogie and Thane did exactly what they did in the 1st and were able to get on safely (however Doogie had to rest at 3rd for another batter). Keith was patient this time and decided to play small ball and bunted his way on and scored 1. Geoff Morehart kicked a line drive and knocked in Thane and Keith and the score was 5-1. The scoring ended there but the Chubby’s were hype. They would not be denied this win.
With JKI scoring a single run in the 2nd inning, the Chubby’s knew they had to open up the gap. Andy Kyser had a nice single and some heads up base running in the second but couldn’t get it done alone. The 3rd inning saw the top of the lineup swagger up to home again. Doogie and Thane did exactly what they did in the 1st and were able to get on safely (however Doogie had to rest at 3rd for another batter). Keith was patient this time and decided to play small ball and bunted his way on and scored 1. Geoff Morehart kicked a line drive and knocked in Thane and Keith and the score was 5-1. The scoring ended there but the Chubby’s were hype. They would not be denied this win.
They weren’t done impressing with just their feet however. Geoff made an incredible throw from the mound to get a pressing runner out at first, Thane made some great catches at first to rope in some strays, David made a key catch in the outfield, and Erika Chacra (it seems like she is always in a write-up for her defense!!) made one hell of a stop and thrown on a line-drive to 3rd to end a threatening inning where JKI had 2 runners on.
Lastly, the 3rd thing that needs to be pointed out is all the predictions that were fulfilled during week 1. Let’s take a trip down memory lane:
Prediction #1: Chubby Gangsters will win more games than they lose this season (we will go at least 6-5… AT LEAST!) – The Gangster Blue team is 1-0 with no signs of slowing down!Also, during the Kickballpalooza Doogie bunted down to 3rd and was thrown out during a little practice session. He must of taken it personal because he said, “Well, that’s the last time that’s going to happen. I won’t be getting out anymore this season.” So far, he’s right! 2 AB’s, 2 H’s, 2 R’s. Like I said earlier, this kid has the speed to seriously contend for Bryan “No Shoes” Moore’s “www.onbasemachine.com” moniker.
Lastly, and this wasn’t trash-talk that had been uttered out loud yet, simply due to lack of publicity. But it has already been made clear, it will not be easy to win home field advantage against the CG’s if you’re willing to accept the challenge that has been proposed. So here is an amendment to the Season Previews predictions:
Prediction #3: Chubby’s Gangster will win home field advantage every game someone accepts Keith Morehart’s shot-gunning challenge!
Is it Wednesday yet?
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