Roy Hobbs Baseball November 13, 2010

The Pheasants Roy Hobbs World Series championship quest ended at about 5 PM on the 13th, with a heartbreaking 13-12 loss to the Georgia Classics.

Lee Goldammer's outstanding performance on the mound was wasted when the Classics put up an 8-run inning after the Pheasants had taken an 8 - 0 lead; and were preening in the dugout after scoring 4 runs with two outs to reach that total of 8 runs. Overcoming some great plays in both the infield and outfield, legitimate and seeing-eye hits coupled with errors (mostly due to the walking-wounded lineup I mentioned in yesterday's blog) allowed Georgia to tie the game. In the next inning we went ahead 10 - 8; they came back to 10 - 9, and then scored 4 runs in a big 8th inning to go up 13 - 10. We did not score in the 8th, but got two in the bottom of the 9th and had the bases loaded with 2 outs when our last hitter popped up to the 3rd baseman.

Will there be a next year?

We now head back home with stops in Ellenton and Palm Harbor, FL and Morton, IL to visit family and friends.