Swing Batter Batter Batter...

It was another busy weekend but this time full of good ol' baseball!!

Friday night we went to the Jays game...add another tick to the loss column and another boring game for us this year. We're headed there again tonight to see my main man Justin Morneau - hopefully they will continue their streak...I mean, the Jays haven't won more than 4 games in a row all season.

This weekend we also had our league baseball tournament and that was a lot of fun. We went 1-2 on Saturday but only lost our last game 9-7. We managed to make it to Sunday and play against the team that beat us 18-9 Saturday afternoon - we reciprocated the pounding and actually mercied them 17-5. Right after we played another one of the top teams in the league that beat us earlier in the season by about 16-6 and we only lost 8-7. A heartbreaker to lose but I feel pretty damn good about it. Yesterday we had another season game against the tournament winners and we kept it close - another 8-7 loss.

We went into this season knowing that we were in a much more competitive league and might get our asses kicked more than a few times. We have managed to play all of the top A teams and although we have lost most games and our record is 6-7 we have lost 4 games by less than 2 runs... Our defense is awesome, it's just our bats that haven't got going this year. We're on the home stretch of the season now - 5 games left all against teams we have lost to earlier so we're due to come out on top. It's been a great ride, the games have been close and it's been a lot of fun. We can't ask for much more...well, maybe a few more wins but we'll work on that for next year.

There's a few teams from the old "B" division that have their complaints and are looking to voice them but we are looking forward to the challenge and are ready to show those "A" teams we can hold our own. We've earned their respect now we just need to serve it up...Backdoor Slider style.

Saturday was also J-Rod's birthday!! After the tourny we headed to the Tobs for a BBQ and pool party to help him celebrate - it was nice to relax and have a few drinks after 3 afternoon games and a few bumps and bruises.