Sharks

Earl Higa manages, and Richard Chen assists. Regulars: Steve Broberg, Richard Chen, Brad Clement, Angel Garnica, Joe Guinn, Earl Higa, Mitch Ingham, Cleveland Mak, Debra Martin, Tom McCarthy, Frank Picha, Anne Zavala. $26 per player.
Subs: Becky Castano, Tony Ganino

Greg had to spend more time with his newborn, while Rich inexplicably thought the Dodgers would go deep into the playoffs.

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Schedule

1. Stepkids 8, Sharks 11
2. Sharks 14, Swatmtalknbout 15
3. Dawgs 11, Sharks 21
4. Sharks 17, CamelToads 6
5. Imperial Palace 26, Sharks 21
6. Sharks 11, Diamond Cutters 10
7. Maulers 6, Sharks 11
8. Section8 12, Sharks 21
9. Sharks 25, Marinators 15
10. CamelToads 8, Sharks 15

Statistics

           AB   R   H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR BA    OBP   SLUG
Steve      38  24  29  23  1  1 11  1  5 0.763 0.795 1.500
Angel      42  23  30  33  0  1  6  3  5 0.714 0.738 1.357
Richard    37  22  24  14  4  1  3  2  3 0.649 0.707 1.081
Mitch      25  12  14   6  1  2  1  1  2 0.560 0.654 0.920
Tom        34  15  18  15  2  3  0  0  4 0.529 0.639 0.882
Frank      28  12  16  10  2  0  3  1  0 0.571 0.600 0.750
Brad       32  13  18  15  0  1  2  5  1 0.562 0.594 1.031
TEAM      413 165 217 162 19 17 31 16 22 0.525 0.586 0.838
Anne       35   6  17  13  4  0  0  0  0 0.486 0.538 0.486
Cleveland  39  10  17  16  1  3  3  2  2 0.436 0.525 0.769
Earl       26   8  11   2  1  2  0  0  0 0.423 0.519 0.423
Joe        34   9  13   8  0  2  1  1  0 0.382 0.441 0.471
Deb        26   4   4   1  3  0  1  0  0 0.154 0.241 0.192
Becky       8   4   3   2  0  1  0  0  0 0.375 0.500 0.375
Tony        5   2   2   3  0  0  0  0  0 0.400 0.400 0.400
Rich        4   1   1   0  0  0  0  0  0 0.250 0.250 0.250

10 November 2004: CamelToads 8, Sharks 15

  CamelToads  0  1  0  0  0  0  7    8
  Sharks      3  0  2  3  5  2  x   15

INNING     1     2     3     4     5     6     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Rich       Kc          F6    1-3         1b,rs  4  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0

Mitch      3b,rs       hr,rs       F6    1b     4  2  3  2  0  0  0  1  1
                        rbi               rbi
Angel      2b,rs       2b,rs       1b,rs 1b     4  3  4  2  0  0  2  0  0
            rbi                           rbi
Brad       6-3         F8          2b,rs 6-3    4  1  1  1  0  0  1  0  0
                                    rbi
Cleveland  2b,rs       2b          2b,rs        3  2  3  3  0  0  3  0  0
            rbi         rbi         rbi
Anne       1b          1-3         F3           3  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
            rbi
Frank      1b                1b,rs 1b,rs        3  2  3  1  0  0  0  0  0
                                    rbi
Tom        F8                F5    hr,rs        3  1  1  2  0  0  0  0  1
                                   2rbi
Joe              F8         1b,9-6 F7           3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0

Deb              F1          fc,rs       K      3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Steve            1b          1b,rs       1b,rs  3  2  3  1  0  0  0  0  0
                              rbi
Richard          F8          1b          F8     3  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
                              rbi

Great hitting by Angel, Cleveland, Frank, and Steve, who went 13 for 13, with only 1 or 2 cheap hits.
Power came from Tom, who homered to center to close out the Sharks' scoring, and especially Mitch, who tripled onto the blacktop and homered to deep right center.
Actually, the hardest hit ball of the day was Brad's line drive double to center that hit the fence on the fly.
A very rusty Rich made a month's worth of outs for him, the most embarrassing of which was his called K on a 3-2 pitch. Both he and Deb paid up at Round Table.
Defensively, the third inning started with a nice catch of a line drive by Joe in RC. Some batter reached, then Deb-Frank-Rich turned a professional-looking 4-6-3 double play to end the inning.
In the second, Mitch in RF caught a dying line drive then threw to Joe at 1B for a double play to end the inning.
The last inning began poorly, with the Toads scoring 6 before Steve speared a line drive and threw to Rich for a double play. The last out came on a good 10-6 assist from Annie to Frank to get the batter trying to stretch a single.
Round Table: Rich, Angel, Annie, Mario, Michael, Stephen, Frank, Tanne, Tanne's mom van den bruckenheimersteitz, Madeline, Tom, Joe, Deb, Steve, Richard. Both Rich and Deb paid up.

3 November 2004: Sharks 25, Marinators 15

  Sharks       1  9  0  5  8  0  2    25
  Marinators   4  0  2  2  5  0  2    15

INNING     1     2     2' 3  4     5     6     7     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Tom        e5,rs 1b,rs      1b,6-4 1b,rs       1b,rs  5  4  4  4  0  1  0  0  0
                  rbi         rbi  2rbi
Anne      1b,1-3 bb,rs       fc,rs 5-3         1b     4  2  2  2  1  0  0  0  0
            rbi                                 rbi
Angel      L1    2b,rs       1b,rs 3b,rs       5-3    5  3  3  4  0  0  0  1  0
                  rbi         rbi   rbi         rbi
Joe        1b    1b,rs       1b,rs e7,rs       5-3    5  3  3  3  0  1  0  0  0
                  rbi         rbi   rbi
Cleveland  F7    e8          1b    hr,rs       F5     5  1  2  4  0  1  0  0  1
                             2rbi  2rbi
Brad             1b,rs F8    6-3   5-3                4  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0

Mitch            6-3      1b 6-3         1b           4  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0

Steve            1b,rs    L5       hr,rs F7           4  2  2  2  0  0  0  0  1
                  rbi               rbi
Earl             1b,rs    F8       1b,rs F9           4  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0

Deb              1b,rs    K        bb,rs 1b           3  2  2  1  1  0  0  0  0
                  rbi
Frank            F1          1b,rs 1b,rs L6           4  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0

Richard          2b,rs       1b,rs 1-3         1b,rs  4  3  3  3  0  0  1  0  0
                 2rbi               rbi

Richard set the batting order based on order of appearance except for himself, nursing some old man's skin. It worked out as Tom led off and did not make an out, improving his OBP 60 points.
Marinators played 6 men, 3 women, 1 kid in the dugout.
All the deep hits came in the 5th: Steve's homer into the tree in left, Angel's triple to deep RC, and Cleveland's line drive homer onto the blacktop down the line.
With Annie on first in the 1st, Angel crushed a ball up the middle, which Robert Lucas somehow speared, then threw to first for the double play.
After the Marinators scored 4 in the 1st, they led off with the top of their order in the 2nd. After a single, Dave Tseng hit a good line drive to right, but Joe caught it nicely, then doubled off Fabiano. The next batter Brent smoked one even harder down first, but Joe caught that one as well to end the inning.
The other key defensive play came in the 3rd. With none out and runners on first and second, Robert Lucas singled to left but expected the runner from first to advance to third. Angel threw to Frank, who relayed to Joe for the tag.
For the other guys, Steve's L5 was an excellent catch by Curt, and Tina Jameson laid out to dig a throw on a 5-3.
Deb paid up on her beer at Round Table.

25 October 2004: Section8 12, Sharks 21

  Section8   3  0  2  2  3  2    12
  Sharks     2  6  1  7  5  x    21

INNING     1     2     2'    3     4     4'    5     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Frank      F4    1b,rs       3b    2b,rs       2b     5  2  4  6  0  0  2  1  0
                  rbi         rbi   rbi        3rbi
Cleveland  1b,rs e6,rs       F8    1b          6-3    5  2  2  2  0  1  0  0  0
                                   2rbi
Steve      2b,rs 2b,rs             bb,rs L6           3  3  2  3  1  0  2  0  0
            rbi  2rbi
Angel      F1    hr,rs             e4,rs       1b,rs  4  3  2  3  0  1  0  0  1
                 3rbi
Brad       3b    2b                F2          6-3    4  0  2  1  0  0  1  1  0
            rbi
Anne       F4    bb                1b,6-4      bb,rs  2  1  1  2  2  0  0  0  0
                                   2rbi
Joe              L5    F5          fc,rs       1b,rs  4  2  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
                                                rbi
Richard          1b,rs       F8    1b,rs       L6     4  2  2  0  0  0  0  0  0

Becky            e6,rs       5-3   1b,rs       1b,rs  4  3  2  2  0  1  0  0  0
                                    rbi         rbi
Mitch            F4          1b,rs 1b,rs       bb,rs  3  3  2  1  1  0  0  0  0
                                    rbi

Quite a few big hits: Angel's homer flew through the tree in dead center and landed over the fence to stretch our lead from 2 to 5. Section 8 trimmed the lead before Annie's hit in the 4th pushed our lead from 2 to 4, and Becky singled with two out to push the lead to 5 and keep the inning alive. Finally, Frank's double to deep center in the 5th put the game out of reach.
Frank also tripled to the tree in left, and Brad had an important triple in the first onto the blacktop.
In the fourth, Richard in LC got burned and had to play the bounce off the tree. He short-hopped his throw to Frank, who short-hopped his throw to Steve but still got the batter going for home. With two out in the inning, Mitch dropped a high fly but threw to Brad coming out for the relay from 2B, who surprisingly threw to Frank at 2B to get the batter before the runner from first crossed home.
Play of the game was Cleveland's game ender. With 1 out in the last inning, the bater hit a rocket down the third base line. Cleveland speared it and threw to 2nd to get the runner who had assumed a hit.
The Section8 play of the game came from the slightly built catcher who ran 25 feet up the third base line to catch Brad's foul pop-up in the 4th.
Earl forgot about the game after two Purdue losses. Brad showed up just before the first pitch, and Mitch arrived late in the inning. Round Table: Angel, Stacy, Steve, Joe, Becky, Frank, and Earl, late again. Good turnout thanks to the 2nd (and last) 5:30 game of the season.

11 October 2004: Maulers 6, Sharks 11

  Maulers    2  1  1  2  0  0  0    6
  Sharks     5  0  2  0  3  1  x   11

INNING     1     2     3     4     5     6     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Richard    1b,rs       1b,rs       1b,rs F8     4  3  3  0  0  0  0  0  0

Tom        Kf          bb,rs       F8           2  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0

Angel      1b,rs       1b          1b,rs        3  2  3  2  0  0  0  0  0
                        rbi         rbi
Steve      e5,rs       1b,6-4      hr,rs        3  2  2  3  0  1  0  0  1
            rbi                    2rbi
Frank      1b,rs       6-4-3       F8           3  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
            rbi
Mitch      hr,rs       F8                e5,rs  3  2  1  3  0  1  0  0  1
           3rbi
Anne       4-3               4-3         1b     3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0

Cleveland  F9                F7          Kf     3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                  
Joe              L5          1b          1b     3  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  0
                                          rbi
Deb              F6          L6          1b     3  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0

Earl             L8                F6    K      3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Mitch had the shot of the day, a solid homer over RC to give us the lead for good. Steve's homer hit high on the left-field tree, one pitch after a close foul ball off the tree down the left-field line.
Cleveland pitched, as Steve arrived after the ump started the game two minutes early. He struck out the #6 batter (Chris?) in the first, then the new Mauler in the 6th. Of course, he gave one back in the 6th, as did Earl and Tom. Cleveland also brought back the tremendous reflexes, especially on the game-ending ground out.
Frank played very good D at SS, though two balls nearly hit him in the face on bad hops. Frank nicely caught Adrian's solid liner over his left shoulder, and twice went deep into the 5-6 hole for assists.
Round Table: Annie, Mario, Stephen, Michael, Richard, Tom, Frank, Joe, Earl.

04 October 2004: Sharks 11, Diamond Cutters 10

  Sharks           1  0  1  4  0  5  0   11
  Diamond Cutters  4  0  0  0  3  2  1   10

INNING     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Richard    1b,5U       6-3   e6          1b,rs        4  1  2  2  0  1  0  0  0
                                         2rbi
Brad       1b,rs       hr,rs 5-3         1b,rs        4  3  3  1  0  0  0  0  1
                        rbi
Angel      fc,7-2      6-3         5-3   hr,rs        4  1  1  4  0  0  0  0  1
            rbi                          3rbi
Steve      2b                hr,rs 2b    1b           4  1  4  1  0  0  2  0  1
                              rbi
Cleveland  F9               1b,4-6 L7    1b           4  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0

Anne             1-3         fc,rs 3U    3U           4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Earl             1b          e3,rs      1b,7-2  5-3   4  1  2  0  0  1  0  0  0

Tom              5-3         1b,rs       e7,rs  1b    4  2  2  2  0  1  0  0  0
                             2rbi
Deb              1-3         bb          F6     6-3   3  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0

Joe                    F7    1b,5U       2b,rs  6-3   4  1  2  1  0  0  1  0  0
                              rbi

Diamond Cutters had the top of their order up in the bottom of the 7th. With 1 run in, one out, and Marcus on first, Matt hit a dying looper down the right field line. Marcus was already at 3B when Joe ran down the ball, then threw to 1B for the game-ending DP.
With the bases loaded and one out in the 6th, Steve fielded a comebacker, threw to Earl at C for the force, who then relayed to Brad at 1B for the DP. Richard-Deb-Brad turned a 6-4-3 DP in the 3rd to end that inning. In the 4th, Brad at 1B nicely fielded a sharply hit grounder, threw to Richard at SS coming across the bag, but then Richard went too far and body slammed Mike Hernandez, who won that collision.
Brad's and Angel's homers got blacktop while Steve's got tree. Every one was needed, though Angel's provided the final runs of the day. Tom and Richard both had important two-run singles, each of which put us ahead temporarily.
On a hard double by Steve in the first, Angel was cleanly thrown out at home, Marcus to Ken Lawrence. In the 6th, Earl missed 3B while running for home, stopped and went back to find Tom there, and was tagged out.
Round Table: Annie, Mario, Stephen, Michael, Richard, Brad, Tom

04 October 2004: Imperial Palace 26, Sharks 21

  Imperial Palace  3 17  6  0  0  0   26
  Sharks           4  4  6  3  0  4   21

INNING     1     2     3     4     5     6     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Richard    2b,rs 3b,rs 1b,rs bb,rs       1b,rs  4  5  4  0  1  0  1  1  0

Brad       1b,rs 1b,rs F8    3b,rs       1b,rs  5  4  4  5  0  0  0  1  0
            rbi   rbi        2rbi         rbi
Angel      hr,rs 1b,rs 1b,rs 1b,7-1      2b,rs  5  4  5  4  0  0  1  0  1
           2rbi               rbi         rbi
Steve      2b,rs 1b,rs hr,rs 2b          L7     5  3  4  5  0  0  2  0  1
                  rbi  3rbi               rbi
Cleveland  F7    F8    3b,rs       1-3  1b,6-4  5  1  2  1  0  0  0  1  0
                                          rbi
Anne       1b    1b    1b          1b,4U fc     5  0  4  4  0  0  0  0  0
            rbi  2rbi   rbi
Joe        Kf    L5    5-3         1b           4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0

Earl       1b          e5,rs L7    L4           4  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0

Deb        6-3         1-3   2b,rs       F6     4  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  0

Tom              F9    hr,rs F7          1b,rs  4  2  2  2  0  0  0  0  1
                       2rbi

Richard misplayed a liner to right on the first IP batter of the 2nd. With about 6 runs in and a runner on 3rd, Steve fielded a grounder and looked the runner back but then threw to Earl at 3B too late. Later with runners on first and second, Steve fielded another comebacker and threw to a surprised Deb at 2B, who dropped the ball. With about 12 runs in, two out, and the bases loaded, Tom played very shallow and got burned by a line drive for a grand slam. But generally, IP hit very, very well that inning.
Cleveland pitched innings 3-6 with Richard at SS, who played very well there.
Though down 20-4 and then 26-8, we kept chipping away and chipping away but ran out of innings. One big play was a good line drive up the middle by Earl in the fifth that the 2B somehow speared and then ran to 2B for the inning-ending double play. Another was Steve's liner to the leaping LF in the 7th that otherwise would have landed on the blacktop.
Annie hit like a beast, and Richard and Angel reached base safely every time. On Steve's double high into the tree down the LF line, Angel broke late but still had a good shot at home. The throw beat him there, but the pitcher tagged him with an empty glove while bobbling the ball against his chest.
Richard's triple went to dead center and scooted between the outfielders. Brad's triple reached blacktop. Angel's homer gapped RF and RC. Steve's and Tom's homers got tree in LF. Cleveland's triple died along the fence in LC. Ted Betley put one over the LF fence in the 2nd, and mishit one onto the blacktop in LC in the 3rd.

29 September 2004: Sharks 17, CamelToads 6

  Sharks        2  1  4  4  0  6  0   17
  CamelToads    1  4  0  0  0  1  0    6

INNING     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Richard   1b,6-4 6-3         bb,rs       hr,rs L6     4  2  2  2  1  0  0  0  1
                                         2rbi
Mitch     fc,6-4       2b,rs 1b,rs       1b,rs        4  3  3  0  0  0  1  0  0

Angel      fc,rs       hr,rs 1b,rs       hr,rs        4  3  3  6  0  0  0  0  2
                       2rbi  2rbi        2rbi
Steve      3b,rs       2b,rs F7          2b,rs        4  3  3  1  0  0  2  1  0
            rbi
Brad       1b          3b,rs 3b          6-3          4  1  3  5  0  0  0  2  0
            rbi         rbi  2rbi         rbi
Cleveland  bb          F8    F6          3b,rs        3  1  1  1  1  0  0  1  0
                        rbi
Anne       F6          1b,6-4      1b,5U 1b           4  0  3  1  0  0  0  0  0
                                          rbi
Tom              hr,rs fc          1b    1b           4  1  3  1  0  0  0  0  1
                  rbi
Joe              1b    e6         fc,6-4 F7           4  0  1  0  0  1  0  0  0

Deb              1-3   F6          6-4-3       5-3    4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Earl             1-3         1b,rs       L7    5-3    4  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0

Frank                        F8          2b,rs bb     2  1  1  0  1  0  1  0  0

Star #1: Angel. In the 3rd, Angel homered high into the left field tree to tie the game, and in the 6th, he hit a towering shot over the center field fence on a pitch the umpire called "illegal".
Star #2: Gimpy Brad got the go-ahead rbi in the 3rd and a 2-rbi triple in the 4th, both of which rolled onto the blacktop.
Star #3 (feel-good tie): Mitch, Steve, Annie, and Tom all had 3 hits. Tom ran a deep line drive to left center that died in the grass into a home run. Steve tripled to right-center, while Cleveland tripled to left-center. Richard homered deep to right-center.
Toads had only 6 men, 3 women: Sonny, Seal, Barr, Maddock, Holly, Jim, Charlie, Kelly, Suzy. Steve held them without an extra-base hit.
The Toad first could have been much worse, but with none out, 1 in, and runners on first and third, Brad at 3B fielded Maddock's grounder and threw to Joe at 1B for the out, then Joe threw home to Annie to get Seal, who broke home on Brad's throw.
Deb and Steve made a good 4-1 putout in the third on a grounder between Joe and Deb. Steve-Frank-Joe also turned a nice 1-6-3 double play in the 5th. Cleveland threw one ball low to Joe but more than made up for it by snaring Sonny's rocket in the 6th and assisting on a sharply hit grounder to his left. Joe also caught a bullet after Sonny's liner.
Go Angels! Rount Table: Rich, Tom, Frank, Joe, Emily, Steve, Richard, Earl.

24 September 2004: Dawgs 11, Sharks 21

  Dawgs     2  0  0  2  5  1  1    11
  Sharks    0 13  3  2  1  2  x    21

INNING     1     2     2'    3     4     5     6     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Tom        F5    bb,rs       hr,rs 1b          F9     4  2  2  3  1  0  0  0  1
                             2rbi               rbi
Tony       F9    1b,rs       1b,rs F9          F9     5  2  2  3  0  0  0  0  0
                 3rbi
Angel      1b    2b,rs       6-3         2b,rs F8     5  2  3  1  0  0  2  0  0
                  rbi
Cleveland  F8    1b,rs       F9          F7           4  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
                  rbi
Frank            L5    1b,rs 1b          L5           4  1  2  2  0  0  0  0  0
                        rbi   rbi
Anne             1b,rs bb,rs 1-3         1b           3  2  2  1  1  0  0  0  0
                                          rbi
Joe              1b,rs 3b,rs       F7    1b           4  2  2  2  0  0  0  1  0
                       2rbi
Steve            1b,rs 1b,rs       2b,rs F7           4  3  3  2  0  0  1  0  0
                  rbi   rbi
Richard          1b,rs 3b          hr,rs       1b,rs  4  3  4  4  0  0  0  1  1
                  rbi   rbi        2rbi
Becky            F2    F9          F7          1b,rs  4  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  0

Earl             1b,rs       1b,rs bb          1b     3  2  3  2  1  0  0  0  0
                  rbi                           rbi

After committing about 3 errors at 2B in the 5th, Joe turned a sweet double play in the 6th. With runners on first and second and none out, Frank cleanly fielded a ball toward the middle and underhanded a ball to Joe, who barehanded it and threw a one-hopper to Steve at 1B for the double play.
Cleveland pitched, as Steve arrived late. Richard played 3B/C, while Steve played 2B/1B, switching with Joe. Subbing on <1 day's notice, Tony played RF, and Becky played C/RC.
Joe's triple went down the 3B line past LF. Richard's triple went to LC, while his homer landed well on the blacktop. Tom's homer got the tree in LC, as did Tom Cresto's in the first.

15 September 2004: Sharks 14, Swatmtalknbout 15

  Sharks          2  2  3  2  0  4  1   14
  Swatmtalknbout  4  0  5  2  3  0  1   15

INNING     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Richard    bb,5U bb          hr,rs       1b,rs F5     3  2  2  2  2  0  0  0  1
                              rbi         rbi
Brad       e6,rs 1-3         3b,rs       F7           4  2  1  1  0  1  0  1  0
                                          rbi
Steve      fc,rs       1b,rs 1b          2b,rs        4  2  3  2  0  0  1  0  0
                              rbi         rbi
Angel      1b,4-3      3b,rs 1b          2b           4  1  4  4  0  0  1  1  0
           2rbi         rbi               rbi
Mitch      L4          1b,rs 1-3         1b           4  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0

Anne             L4    1b,6-5      L6    F4           4  0  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
                        rbi
Frank            1b,rs 1b,6-5-4    L7    F9           4  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0

Tom              e9,rs fc          1b         1b,6-4  4  1  2  0  0  1  0  0  0

Deb              bb    6-3         1-3         6-4-3  3  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0

Cleveland        1b          1-3         1b,rs hr,rs  4  2  3  3  0  0  0  0  1
                 2rbi                           rbi
Earl             F7          6-3         1b,rs 1b     4  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0

Key play of the game came in the 3rd. With runners on first and second, Tom smoked a ball at Ed Lovato's feet. The ump called it no catch but not loudly enough, so Frank ran to second, then ran back to first where Tom had already reached.
Another tough double play came in the last inning, where Deb hit a good grounder deep into the 5-6 hole. Lovato threw to John Boyte, who barely got Tom at 2B, then relayed to Stephanie Sharp to get Deb. Fortunately, Cleveland followed that with a clutch home run to tie the game, but Richard hesitated and popped up on the infield to strand Earl.
Darrell Duley grazed Steve's ear on a rocket up the middle in the 3rd. Cleveland pitched the sixth and seventh for a change of pace. He got through the top of the order cleanly, but Steve Guzman singled to lead off the 7th, and Laverne brought him home with a deep double over Angel in LF.
Richard's home run went over Tom Elliott in RC. Cleveland's homer went to dead center and rolled along the fence. Brad's triple was a laser to left center, and Angel's triple went to center.
Brad had a nice dig at 1B on a throw from Cleveland at 3B in the 4th. Frank and Deb played good, solid D up the middle, as did Cleveland at 3B before he pitched.

08 September 2004: Stepkids 8, Sharks 11

  Stepkids    1  0  3  0  0  1  3    8
  Sharks      1  1  0  1  4  4  x   11

INNING     1     2     3     4     5     6     AB  R  H RBI BB RE 2B 3B HR
Tom        F5          1b          F8    1b,rs  4  1  2  1  0  0  0  0  0
                                          rbi
Frank      6-3         6-3         1b,rs bb,rs  3  2  1  0  1  0  0  0  0

Steve      2b,rs       5-3         1b,rs hr,rs  4  3  3  3  0  0  1  0  1
                                         3rbi
Angel      1b          6-3         3b,rs F8     4  1  2  3  0  0  0  1  0
            rbi                    2rbi
Brad       1b                1b,5U 1b,rs        3  1  3  1  0  0  0  0  0
                                    rbi
Anne       F10              1b,6-5 1b           3  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  0
                                    rbi
Mitch            1b,5-4      fc,rs e1           3  1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0

Joe              fc,rs       fc    F7           3  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Cleveland        e8          1b          F9     3  0  1  1  0  1  0  0  0
                              rbi
Deb              K           5-3         F7     3  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

Richard          F8                F9    2b,rs  3  1  1  0  0  0  1  0  0

Very nice two-out rallies in the 5th and 6th.
Welcome back to Cleveland.
Angel's triple, a deep ball to center that hit the tree, finally put us ahead. Steve's homer was the shortest legit homer possible, a ball that rattled around the left-field tree, then landed behind the charging left fielder.
Richard in LC threw to Cleveland at 3B for the first out of the 2nd inning. Brad gave that miscue back by drawing the 3B's attention on Mitch's infield grounder in the 4th but straying too far off third.
Frank and Joe played very solid D at SS and 1B. Joe also had a heads-up play on offense as he scored on Cleveland's hit when the infield paid him no attention.
Round Table: Tom, Frank, Annie, Joe, Mario, Stephen, Michael, Richard

Attendance

                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10  $
Steve Broberg        Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Richard Chen         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Brad Clement         Y  Y     Y  Y  Y     Y  Y  Y  Y
Angel Garnica        Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Joe Guinn            Y     Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Earl Higa               Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y     Y     Y
Mitch Ingham         Y  Y     Y        Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Cleveland Mak        Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Debra Martin         Y  Y     Y  Y  Y  Y     Y  Y  Y
Tom McCarthy         Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y     Y  Y  Y
Frank Picha          Y  Y  Y  Y        Y  Y  Y  Y  Y
Anne Zavala          Y  Y  Y  Y  Y  Y     Y  Y  Y  Y
Rich Benesh                                     Y
Becky Castano              Y              Y
Tony Ganino                Y

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