Postgame recap....Christ I can't find it...the hell with it!

The T-Bombs couldn't recover from a slow start Wednesday night in an 8-7 loss to DNRma. With the loss the TBs are now 3-1 on the season and play next week against Dept. of Insurance at 8 p.m. IDOI was a 21-4 winner over IEDC last night.

The T-Bombs fell behind 6-1 but a 5-run 5th inning tied the score. However, DNR got 2 in the bottom of the inning and the T-Bombs squandered some opportunities including Webmaster's bonehead baserunning error. The TBs could only manage 1 run and then the clock ran to zero in the bottom of the 6th.

Not much more to say about this one, but Coach tried.

Postgame wrap with Coach
A tough night for the T-Bombs. You feel like your team let one get away?
We absolutely beat ourselves. No doubt about it. We win as a team and we lose as a team. There’s no one thing in particular that you can point to. We all just stunk the joint up.


Talk about the slow start getting down 6-1 after 4 innings?
I don’t know if it was a lack of focus, or a lack of effort, or what. But we just didn’t have it tonight, bottom line.

What can the team do better next week?
We just need to put this one behind us and move on to next week. There’s nothing we can do about this game, its gone. The important is not to let DNR beat us two weeks in a row. We just need to come out with same fire, energy, and confidence that we’re capable of and everything will be fine.

Any positives in a loss?
I mean, I probably couldn’t script up a worse game for us. We played poorly in every facet of the game. And with all that said, we still only lost by one run. We’re still a good team, and one loss is not going to define our season.

Game Notes
Cookie earned a nomination for a game ball with her play as she reached base 3 times...The TBs turned another double play as Coach threw out a runner at first and then Webmaster tossed home to Joy Toy who chased down a runner for the twin killing...I think the chick is still running scared down the 3rd base line. We have no comment on the officiating as we fear fines from the league...Tina was very frustrated after the game (She pounded 4 beers in the parking lot) as replays showed her line drive in the 5th was fair, mysteriously the tape of the game can not be found. Two Scoops and Lawyer Brown managed to clinch a gold glove for the DNR's third baseman with identical line drive outs in the early innings...An unidentified player in the IDOI-IEDC game broke an arm (bone was sticking out according to reports) and was taken to the hospital. OUCH!

SPD Gameday: Game 4 vs. DNRma

Let's try this again. The forecast looks good for tonight. SPD looks to stay unbeaten against the squad from DNR. Gametime is at 8 p.m. on Field 2.

Coach Thoughts

Big test for us tonight. First time we’re playing a team with a winning record. We’re gonna find out what we’re made of tonight. I need everyone to be ready to give me 7 innings of all they got! We didn’t play last week and you might get a little tired if we play a full game, so remember this: Don’t let fatigue make a coward of ya. Don’t fold up the tent just cuz things get tough. Bring your hard hat and your lunch pail and let’s get ready to go to work!
- Coach

Game 4 vs. Governor's Office

Update: T-Bombs game is rained out

The history of the Tabor Bomber

I found this online:

With its 40m wingspan and an all-up-weight of 20280kg, design of the six 450hp Napier Lion-powered Tarrant Tabor began in the latter stages of World War I. It was intended to carry a 700kg bombload to Berlin from an English airfield. Estimated to have had a top level speed of 170km/h, F 1765, the sole example of the Tabor built, was readied for its maiden flight from the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough on 26 May, 1919. The pilot and co-pilot selected to make the flight were Captains F.G. Dunn and P.T. Rawlings. For whatever reason, it was decided that the first take-off run would be attempted with only the lower four engines at full throttle. However, as the colossal machine rolled across the airfield, the pilots brought both of the upper engines to full power, causing the aircraft to nose over into the ground and to inflict fatal injuries on both men.

Also read more from the Wiki entry. 90 years later these Tabor Bombers are for real. Tonight, the Tabor Bombs battle Governor Daniels squad looking to stay in first place. Game time is a 10 p.m. or probably later...Bring the Red Bull on Thursday morning!

Game Notes: T-Bombs leading hitter Handsome John will miss tonight's game due to illness. Tonight's pinch-player will be announced at gametime.

Coach Thoughts:
Everyone in the league is looking around wondering, “how’d this crappy SPD team get so good?” In the words of Yogi Berra; the future ain’t what it used to be. SPD is here to play and here to stay. We gotta stay hunger and keep playin’ hard though, because you’re only as good as your last game. It’s like an old coach used to tell me, “there’s only 2 pieces of *expletive* you’re gonna remember and that’s the first and the last. Let’s send Mitch and that dadgum motorcycle packin’.

Let's avoid what happened to the Tarrant Tabor Bomber in 1919:

T-Bombs win another laugher

This time the fight was stopped in the 5th inning. Two Scoops singled home Coach and the T-Bombs stayed undefeated, winning 14-4 over the Indiana House Democrats Wednesday night. The T-Bombs are now 3-0 and stand alone at the top of the Rec League standings after 3 weeks.

SPD trailed 4-0 after a half-inning, but responded with 4 in the bottom half of the first. Coach Kyle's 2-run double made it 7-4 in the 2nd inning. Coach returned to the lineup after missing the game with the Arkansas Wedding Flu. Coach went 4 for 4 and scored 4 times. Handsome John went 3 for 4 and led the team with 4 RBI.

M. Brown, Attorney at Law, went 3 for 3 to add to the 21-hit barrage by the T-Bombs. Joy Toy and Cookie each had singles as the T-Bombs added 5 runs in the 4th to make it 13-4.

Game Notes

Webmaster had 2 hits, but his hardest hit of the night was his fielder's choice rocket off the knee-braced and limping 3rd sacker for the House Dems. The HD 3rd baselady made the force at 3rd and limped to the dugout in pain. Sorry about that!... The T-Bombs turned a double play (Scoops-Tina-Webmaster) and had one turned on them... Megan missed the game but still played -- solve that riddle? Megan should return next week one way or the other... The Tabor Bombs announced that Sept. 9 the team will wear throwback jerseys. The blue Spuds jerseys will be donned by the team for the game against DOC-2...No word on the player from the team that took the softball off the back of the head. I guess she's okay.

Coach's Comments
3-0 start Coach? Are you the team to beat?
Well that’s what all you expert statisticians out there are probably saying, just by looking at the standings. I think we’re playing some good ball, but we got a couple games in the coming weeks that I think will tell us a lot about who we really are.

Your team is playing good defense and getting good pitching?
Yeah boy, ya know that’s what I’ve really been most proud of this season so far. ‘We’re not going out there and beating ourselves, and that’s the most important thing. We started off a little rough by making two errors and I walked a guy with the bases loaded, which gave them two runs, but then we came back and played lights out the rest of the game. We kept fightin’ and I’ll never be disappointed with effort like that.
Your middle of the order is producing big time?
I’ll tell ya, I’ve been extremely pleased with the way everyone, top to bottom, has been swingin’ the stick so far. People are getting on base and givin’ us a chance. But you put people in the middle of the order because you expect them to produce, and the fact that they’ve been doing that is a big reason why we’re beating teams by 10 or more each week.
Looking ahead, what does your team need to do to stay at the top?
Don’t never get complacent, and take it one week at a time. There’s always something you can take from this game and improve on it for the next game. Ya gotta go in each week thinkin’ that this is the most important game of the year because it’s the next one.

Up next for the Tabor Bombs...the Gov's team at 10 p.m. next Wednesday.

SPD Gameday: Game 3 vs. House Democrats

T-Bombs (2-0) vs. House Dems (0-2)
Field 2 at Chuck Klein
9 p.m.

Coach Thoughts
Let me tell ya what! Only thing better than 2-0 is 3-0! We did good playing with the target on our back last week, but we can’t let up. Have you ever caught crickets in a jar before? Well, if you haven’t, let me tell ya what happens. Once you catch the crickets in the jar, they start jumping to try and get out, and all they keep hittin’ is the lid. After a while you can take the lid off and they’ll only jump as high as where that lid was. They get complacent and only do the bare minimum. They think they don’t need to try and jump higher anymore! Don’t be like that dadgum crickets. Once we get complacent, we’re gonna start losin’ ballgames. Hey….if you ain’t first, you’re last!!!

T-Bombs plate 7 in 6th for 13-3 win

For the second straight game, the Tabor Bombs were closers. A 7-run sixth inning closed out a 13-3 victory for the T-Bombs (2-0) and the referees stopped the fight due to the league 10-run rule.

Two Scoops led the way with a 4-for-4 performance. He scored 4 runs, tripled twice and made an outstanding backhand stop and throw in the middle innings. Handsome John had 3 more hits and is now 7 for 8 on the season.

Leading 6-3 in the bottom of the 6th, Webmaster led off the inning with his first career triple. He later scored a run and then he closed the game with a 2-out, bases-loaded double that forced the umpire to stop the fight.

"I hit a few on the screws tonight," Webmaster said. "Coach didn't leave us his bats, but Cookie's bat was just fine. I popped a few up, but came through in the end."

New Joe had 2 hits, including a double, while Lawyer Brown had 2 RBI. The T-Bombs play the House Democrats (0-2) next Wednesday at 9 p.m.

Game Notes: Cookie extended her hitting streak to 2 games with her single in the 6th as the T-Bombs batted around. Two Scoops and his sidekick Megan made what seemed like 10 forceouts at second. Webmaster's ringer fill-in pitcher Ky was brilliant walking no Senate batters. Coach Kyle and Tina T.O.F. missed the game because of "simultaneous weddings in different states." Their both due for MRIs on Monday and are listed as day-to-day.

SPD Gameday: Game 2 vs. Senate-2

SPD (1-0) vs. Senate-2 (1-0)
Field 2
9 p.m.
Chuck Klein Softball Park

With Kyle and Tina on vacation and Lisa out indefinitely, the Tabor Bombs will put their undefeated mark on the line tonight at 9 p.m. More details tomorrow.