South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (4-4) at Sto-Rox Hurricanes (6-1) 3pm. Burkett Field.
BP at Burkett at 1pm.
According to Google this device has something to do w Hurricanes
I have no idea where this field is, apparently it’s nice. We were embarrassed the last time we played the ‘Canes on opening day. We’ll see how far we’ve come in 8 games.
We will wear yellow.
1/3 of the way through the season and we’re still getting our wings. We came out flat yesterday morning. If we can’t get up for a game against the defending champs, it’s gonna be a long season. The Hurricanes never should have left Hartford. I believe in Ron Francis.
The Bulldogs (7-1) defeated the South Oakland Ducks (4-4) by an estimated score of 5-1. Not the offensive explosion the Ducks were hoping for. South Oakland plays THE HURRICANES! tomorrow, 3pm at Burkett Field.
Full recap by someone on the Bulldogs is forthcoming.
On consecutive plays I hit BJ Rankin in the back with a throw on a sac bunt, then tug him in the face and split his lip. My bad, BJ.
Keeping with the theme of the week, I’m mailing this post in. The bulldogs get admin privileges on the blog if they win. A fifth straight win would equal the longest streak in Ducks history.
This game will feature several off-season acquisitions by the Ducks.
South Oakland of the North Side quacked it’s way above .500 for the first time this season with an extra-inning victory over the slumping Matadors.
Thanks to Getty Images for photo of Matadors' ex-head coach R. Tiedeman.
Perhaps the Mighty Zeus is punishing the Matadors for being named after a human entity which kills the god’s favorite animal in a manner that is not in accordance with traditional Greek cow sacrifices. Zeus is always turning himself into a bull and banging some half god-half mortal lady in the myths.
There’s no other explanation.
At least they weren’t struck by lightening, that would’ve been too much.
Once again, Mark Guthrie played a key role in the Ducks win; going the full eight on the hill in a Zeus-like performance. All the marvel comics are basically adaptations of Greek Mythology, including this guy (disguised as a WWII propaganda device – note: shield similar to that of Ares) …
The Ducks hit at least five line drives right at their center fielder who was playing on top of second base.
Guthrie K’d 4 of the first six outs recorded in the first two innings for South Oakland.
All 4 down on strikes, two looking
The Ducks struck first in the bottom of the second, Jesse Smith singled, Kirk walked, Gwin hit into a fielder’s choice and stole second.
Runners on second and third for Rob Baumgartel
Smith scored, and Old Man Gwin was meat at the plate. Although it appeared he jumped over the catcher and avoided the tag.
The plate ump saw otherwise.
Gwin broke his hip in the process and would sub himself out later in the game.
I was over the tag, I'm telling you.
The ‘doors scored in the top of the third on a fielder’s choice.
and again in the top of the 4th
In the top of the 5th, Kenny Cool (who subbed in for Gwin who left to watch Matlock and yell at teenagers) made a Brooks Robinsonian attempt at a ball down the line at 3rd and nearly got the guy at first.
IN the bottom half of the inning Cinefra drove in two runs with an RBI single to right center.
Cinefra is a beast.
3-2 Ducks.
He made a nice catch in the 6th to preserve the lead.
The Matadors scored another unearned run in the top of the 7th.
3-3
The Ducks left a runner on second in the bottom of the 7th.
I told Jones he was going in to pitch the 8th.
Guthrie wasn’t havin’ it. He went out to the mound before i could say anything. If one guy got on base he was comin’ out.
Captain retired the Matadors in order.
The Ducks loaded the bases and Ken Cool stepped to the plate and the Matadors walked him.
Game. Ducks.
We’re effectively a whole game behind the 4-2 Black Sox, and we have a tough three-game stretch this weekend.
We’ll have just about our full roster. We’ll get an accurate gauge of where we are when the dust settles on Teusday.
One game at a time, but we can’t afford to drop two games to the Black Sox.
The Bulldogs and Hurricanes games will be used to see who is going to fit where.
Not the best two teams to still be tinkering with shit against, but the Black Sox game is the big one.
If we don’t win the division, we can’t play for the AA title and we don’t get a bye in the playoffs.
This year its the team with the best division record who wins the Wales Conference.
Mark Guthrie earned the complete game victory. Captain America allowed one earned run and K’d 10. Ken Cool drove in Tim Lipp with a bases loaded walk to end the game. Anticlimactic, but we’ll take it.
Baumgartel, and Cinefra (2) had the other RBI for the Ducks. Gwin recorded his first HBP of the season.
South Oakland of the North Side (4-3) takes their win streak into John Herb Field Saturday morning for an 8:30am date with the first place Bulldogs (6-1).
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South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (3-3) vs. Etna Matadors (1-3) 9pm Springview Field.
Batting Practice 6:30 Pitt IM Field
Candlesticks are nice.
A couple years back, the Matadors really pushed the conspiracy theory to the limit. The team’s head bullfighter allegedly offered a bribe to a current Duck who once ran another team in the Pgh NABA. The Bullfighter asked the former coach to throw a game to spite the commish and his team and take a playoff spot form the Bulldogs.
Last season, the Matadors were taken over by a new guy who did not have the good sense to change the team name to the Bulls, or anything that doesn’t have to do with slaughtering perfectly good bovines.
However the Matador unis are solid and they look expensive, and while the lack of a team named the Bulls is bothersome, buying new threads for the sake of having a more humane and baseball relevant name is not the most fiscally responsible decision. So the Matadors they remain. They lost to the Confederacy in the ’07 finals.
Back in the 1860’s the Confederacy formed one of our nations most bothersome militias
The Matadors will be tough; they have lost big to the Black Sox and HURRICANES! So have the Ducks. A win tonight will put South Oakland at 4-3 before the calvary arrives and the Ducks roster takes shape.
According to Google this device has something to do w Hurricanes 
We will wear yellow.
Bad news for the Hurricanes.
