Edging closer...

Sept. 2nd, Wednesday night, 2 games to play tonight, 1 more tomorrow, and that, as they say, is that. After the exciting win last night, there's a bit of a buzz going. I've been there before. It's a playoff buzz. Do the boys have enough momentum? Not sure. They've been playing like champs for weeks now, so these last few games will show us what they're made of. I think they've got a legitimate shot. The pitching has been outstanding and the hitting timely. But with a the player movement in the last few weeks, we'll see if all the parts are in place. Even if they come up short, it bodes well for next year. That would be great. A kickass team in a kickass new ballpark tearing it up. Sol, we'll see I guess. Since tonight its a double-header the first game started at 6 o'clock and since I work until 5:30, the first game had already started byt the time I hit the Island. The crew for tonight was Frank, Alan, Izzy, Knute, and myself. There was talk of some rain, but it was a nice night for baseball. The first game moved along fairly quickly, with the Sens jumping out to a quick 2-0 lead. Things were looking good. Tonight also had several little twists, such as a bonus drag after the 3rd inning guest starring the boys from Section 13. It all went down pretty smoothly, with no incidents. After that, at the end of the 4th, it was time, once again, for "Are you smarter than the Senators Grounds Crew" The question tonight: What is the only mammal that can't jump?" Alan was the keeper of the correct answer, an elephant. The other answers: the duck-billed platypus, and the manatee. The lady was too smart for us and picked the right answer. I guess we'll have to be even more diabolically clever in the 2nd game. As for the the game, the Seawolves tied it up in the 4th inning and pushed another run across in the 6th and the boys could get no closer. Damn, back under .500. Well, we had 1 more game to climb back in. We had been keeping a close eye on the out-of-town scoreboard. Both Bowie and Reading were losing, so it would be great time to pick up some ground on them. So after a quick redo between games, we got under way for # 2. Game 2 did not start as well, with Erie jumping out to a quick lead. The Sens battled back, but just could not seems to put any runs on the board. The only brief highlight was an encore of "Are you smarter than the Senators Grounds Crew" This time we sharpened up our answers and came away victorious. I can't remember what the question was for the life of me, but I know we won. Unfortunately more than i can say for the Sens, as they did some serious damage to their playoff hopes by dropping game 2 as well. So, 2 games under .500 and 3 and half games out of a playoff spot. It was getting late, so we tried to slug through the post game work as quickly as possible. With a larger crew it didn't take long at all. So its down to 1 game. See ya tomorrow night. Later.