[Celtic Forever]

Thursday, June 25

Hollers 4-1 All Stars – Three complete game wins in a row for Piggville SP Babe Appleby now – and 10 CGs overall – as the 28 year-old hurler mowed down Citypark to ensure the Hollers will take the series. Appleby (.161,1,6) plated two runs himself – one being off a rare homer – and RF Spunk Williams (.347,3,49) battled through his back spasms to go 2-for-3 with an RBI to send opposing SP Suzy Q. Perkins down to a rare defeat. All Star 3B Susan Court (.243,3,20) singled in the only run for Citypark in the 7th, which at the time made it a 1-1 tie. W: Babe Appleby (12-6, 2.82); L: Suzy Q. Perkins (11-4, 4.74); PoG: Babe Appleby (9ip, 9h, 1r, 0bb, 4k)

Burners 2-4 Nightmares – An RBI double from LF Imogene Floyd (.285,5,49) got things started for Riverbottom in the 2nd, followed by a homer from RF Pepper Dotson (.353,14,65) in the 3rd and a sac fly from 3B Onion Munyon to propel the Nightmares to victory. SP Bling Bling Bermudez got his first win in a Riverbottom uniform since being jettisoned from Grimside on June 16th, going the distance for the 6th time this year. Salemwich only managed 5 hits off Bermudez, but one of them was a home run from 3B Innocence O’Malley (.266,11,40) – her 11th of the campaign. W: Bling Bling Bermudez (7-9, 4.42); L: Trix Galore (7-10, 3.85); PoG: Bling Bling Bermudez (9ip, 5h, 2r, 2bb, 6k)

Crabs 7-2 Bullies – A 8th inning single from Grimside’s LF Dummy Hawhaw (.323,5,44) brought in C Large Marge Franklin to tie up a tense game at 2-2. Bully SP Dooley McCooley reported he was too worn out to continue, so manager Slowey Zoe Zamm brought in RP Tippie Stubbs for his FBL debut. Wham! Stubbs managed 2 strikeouts before the floodgates opened, C Boobsy Daniels (.341,9,51) doubling in a run, then 1B Rip Ripperson (.280,9,62) and LF Buster Lowe (.303,12,49) hitting back-to-back dingers to build up a 7-2 lead, and tear down Stubbs confidence, certainly. But hey, as we all learned from Curtis Blow, these are the breaks. W: Pebbles Peete (8-6, 3.70); L: Tippie Stubbs (0-1, 27.01); PoG: Rip Ripperson (3/5, 1r, 2rbi, 2b, hr)

Kin 8-4 Blues – Bumpkindale LF Russ Parsons (.260,6,43) hit a 3-run double in the 2nd to help stake the Kin to an early 4-0 lead against West Village. The Blues hit back quickly, SS Shaggy Muldoon (.277,0,40) cracking a 2-RBI single in the bottom of the 3rd. Dem Bums put 2 more across in the 5th off RBI hits from RF Thumby Holt (.324,3,38) and C Priscilla Paine (.298,8,40) to effectively put this one to bed. For Mgr/SP Cueball Smith, victory marked a 3rd consecutive winning decision and an even won-loss record, which will help take some of the pressure off from the fanbase. W: Cueball Smith (8-8, 4.05); L: Hairbow Haley (7-10, 3.82); PoG: Russ Parsons (3/5, 1r, 4rbi, 2b, 3b)

Thirsty Thursday Update

Well, over ¾ of the way done now, folks! Grab your favorite beverage and let’s see how things are shaping up for the home stretch:

Standings: Piggville 52-26 -, Harbour Bay 7gb, Bumpkindale 8gb, Riverbottom 14gb, Citypark 15gb, Grimside 17gb, Salemwich 20gb, West Village 23gb.

Bases On Balls: PIG Tuck Thompson 78; BUM Killer Carp 62; RIV Onion Munyon 56; HB Rip Ripperson 56; CIT Snuggles Henderson 51; HB Buckethead Bramble 50.

Saves: BUM Wags Coughlin 16; WV Heck Martin 15; CIT Loopy Alice Otter 12; SAL Pippi Long 11; RIV Angel O’Hare 11; GRI Angry Karl Karlsson 10.

1.000 Fielding Pct: RIV LF Imogene Floyd, PIG CF Daisy Mae Hart, CIT RF Billy Metro, RIV CF Snooty Rotheschilde, GRI CF Nick the Dick, WV LF Justin Thyme.

Friday, June 26

Kin 14-9 Blues – Five errors, plus having SP Freckles Fairaway on the mound (this boy just ain’t cuttin’ it) doomed West Village today. The good news: only 3,256 were on hand at The Village Green to see it. Bumpkindale scored in each of the first 7 innings and amassed 17 hits to lay waste to the Village pitching staff. C Priscilla Paine (.301,9,44) collected 4 RBI and had a homer, and 1B Giggles Mountjoy (.325,13,53) put her 13th ball over the wall to pace the attack. The only Kin regular not to have a hit (and multiple ones, at that) was 3B Killer Carp (.248,2,25). Though blown the f*** out, Village was not without its own heroes on offense. LF Justin Thyme (.281,8,45) – making a late push to fulfill his potential – smacked a 3-run dinger in the 7th, and C Huey McBlooey (.335,4,22) blasted a grand slam. W: Katie Currant (7-4, 4.66); L: Freckles Fairaway (5-6, 6.44); PoG: Priscilla Paine (2/4, 2r, 4rbi, hr)

Burners 3-4 Nightmares [10 inn] – Riverbottom CF Snooty Rotheschilde (.288,8,30) was the star today, collecting 4 hits, 2 RBI and a stolen base while serving as leadoff gal. Her efforts were greatly needed in a tight game that entered the 8th all even at 2-2. Salemwich grabbed the upper hand on 2B Pansy Yeller’s (.333,0,5) RBI single – scoring RF Marky Downes – but River struck right back when Snooty lined a ball off the leftfield wall, plating RP Zippo Cook. The game stood still until the bottom of the 10th, when RF Pepper Dotson (.353,14,66) struck a single for River and Rotheschilde was able to hustle her way home from 2nd, beating Marky Downes’ throw by inches. W: Zippo Cook (4-0, 4.38); L: Bombshell Harrison (4-6, 4.56); PoG: Snooty Rotheschilde (4/6, 1r, 2rbi)

Crabs 4-3 Bullies [11 inn] - Harbour Bay CL Al Good celebrated his return back from suspension by racking up his 9th save. Not that he didn’t make a meal of it, however. After hapless Grimside RP Sugarlick Simpson walked in SS Snooker Davies (.281,1,39) for the go-ahead run in the top of the 11th, Al was called upon to defend the lead in the bottom half, replacing RP Mary Contrary. After 2 outs and 2 singles, he gave a free pass to LF Dummy Hawhaw (.323,5,45) to load the bases. With everyone a-hootin’ and a-hollerin’, Al managed to strike out CF Nick the Dick (.315,4,40) to end the game. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. W: Mary Contrary (3-1, 3.55); L: Sugarlick Simpson (4-4, 6.75); S: Al Good (9, 4.66); PoG: GRI SP Margarita Lime (9ip, 7h, 3r, 7bb, 3k)

Hollers 2-3 All Stars – Citypark spotted Piggville a 1-0 lead on SP Prissy Puddin’s (.088,0,9) 4th inning RBI single, then scored all the runs they’d need off CF DJ Jazzy Twan’s (.216,13,43) 3-run triple in the bottom half of the frame. PIG C Red Harris (.234,8,50) did smack a run-scoring single in the 7th to make Park manager Snuggles Henderson sweat a little, but ultimately it wasn’t enough. For Puddin, tonight marked her 2nd-straight loss following a 5-start win streak. W: Cowlick Blum (7-5, 4.26); L: Prissy Puddin (13-5, 1.80); PoG: Cowlick Blum (9ip, 9h, 2r, 4bb, 3k)