Denver Post South Suburban Edition 5/26/10

Denver Post South Suburban Edition 5/26/10






Fat Kid Run Out of Gas

5/26/10



The second round of the playoffs was met with great anticipation as the Fat Kids had never participated in a late playoff run. The first game of the night was a defensive battle against a team which had previously pummeled the hapless Fat kids. The game was highlighted by tremendous fielding lights out pitching, and a game of “Where’s Jimbo?”

A 1 run lead was held by the fat kids going into the 6th before Sky Ridge medical got on a the board scoring 2 runs in the bottom half of the inning. The wind was wreaking havoc on anything hit in the air. The scoring was nearly broken wide open in the top the 4th with bases loaded and two outs when what seemed to be a crushed flyball to left field for a sure grand slam by Super Freas when the ball fell helplessly on the warning track for the third out. “The wind was really blowing out there today, we had to stake Hollywood down out there otherwise he might have landed in Kansas” noted the new Tom Selleck Magnum PI aka Hot Toddy aka Hot Kezzy aka Caliente Carlos. This game would be capped off by several outstanding defensive plays from the middle infield tandem of Alejandro Holder and UGA. This game would end as the Fat Kids the winner 5-3 over Sky Ridge advancing them to their first ever championship game.

We still haven’t found Jimbo, it was rumored that there was a leak at the water factory and he was called upon to stick his finger in it preventing him from attending the biggest game of the year…slacker. The championship game featured two opponents with a close history between team Socko and the Fat Kids. If you remember the Fat Kids won in the bottom of the 7th on a Kris “the Chode” Cannode’s line drive game winning hit. Unlike the first game of the evening there was some scoring involved. The first 5 RBI’s were brought in by Super Freas on a in the park homer and a triple the next inning. The hitting continued as the Fat Kids held a 9-7 lead late in the game when the umpire could not decide if he wanted it to be the 6th or 7th inning. With everyone believing it to be the top of 7 and the Fat Kids only needing 3 outs to secure their first ever championship, the third out was caught and the celebration started only to be halted abruptly by the umpire who decided it was actually only the 6th…oopsie. The Fat Kids failed to run out the clock with El sukador getting hosed on a called third strike when the ball clearly missed the mat by more than 6 inches, the ump didn’t believe the crater in the ground that El Sukador pointed at was valid for where the ball landed. Two more week fly balls ended the inning giving Team Socko they needed to score 6 runs and go up 13-9 in the New top of the 7th. The fireworks were set to go off on yet another wild comeback by the Fat Kids with 3 consecutive singles and a sacrifice fly the Fat kids were within 3 with Super Freas coming to the plate. On a 2-2 count the pitcher tossed a moon ball that landed squarely in the middle of the plate for an apparent strike 3, after an expletive filled tirade by super freas unleashed upon the umpire the game was quickly ended with the Fat kids flying out to end the game and their hopes of their first championship.

Congratulations to the Fat Kids on a great spring season. This journalist is looking forward to the summer season where hopefully the Fat Kids will play their way to another championship run…with out that umpire (it was confirmed this morning that he won’t be calling any of our games again).