Fantasy Baseball Camp

Friday, January 15, 2010

The weather finally warmed up. Yesterday was so beautiful, and it's even going to get warmer today, 78 degrees and sunny, the way it's supposed to be in Florida.

Thursday, game 1: For the Nimrods, this had to be their fantasy come true. To set the stage, they were behind 6 - 3 in the bottom of the 7th inning (a game is 7 innings, not 9). Two outs.

One player, a retired military doctor, who has a bad knee and, for insurance reasons is waiting to turn 65 before having it replaced, who has never played an organized game of baseball in his life, who has a designated runner just in case he makes contact, got an infield HIT for his first hit of the game (in his life) and scored a run! Subsequently 3 more runs scored and the Nimrods won 7 - 6!

Thursday, game 2: If the morning game didn't have enough drama, this game went to 8 innings, and the Nimrods lost 12 - 11. Again, as in every previous defeat, they lost by 1 run. Actually, it didn't matter in the standings, as the winning team is undefeated (7 and 0) and is seeded first. The Nimrods are seeded fourth. We will probably play them this morning. If the Nimrods lose, they are done playing for the week.

Paul pitched the last 4 innings and did well. Again, the winning run was unearned.