The Fat Kids Are Back In Town

Denver Post South Suburban Edition


3/31/11





The Fat Kids Are Back In Town



Welcome back to Fat Kids softball my Faithful Fatty Followers. It was great to get back out there and play a little Fat Kids style ball last night. It was also great to see that our following has basically doubled since last season. Going forward the wives, children, and dogs will occupy one dugout and the players from both teams will share the other dugout. It was a tight fit in the dugout but it was also a pretty snug fit on the field as the Fat Kids squeezed out a win 14-13 over Off the Corner. It was evident early on there was plenty of rust to shake off from the looks of the defense. The bats overcame a midgame lull to storm back in walk off fashion.

The Fat Kids jumped out to a 7-1 lead after the first inning thanks to some fantastic play from infield and new second baseman Hollywood Bristow twice going deep up the middle to make a play. UGA and Hippie also joined in flashing some leather and displaying their throwing arms making great plays to gun down runners. “Not sure what these guys were working on during the winter but they actually hit me in the glove, I barely had to move which is really weird”, stated first baseman The Swinging Siv. Other great defensive plays were made once again by Pete the Pitcher in lifesaving mode dodging hot shots back up the middle. El Sukador used all of his 5’10” frame and all 3 inches of vertical leap to make an outstanding catch in the outfield to end a bases loaded inning. During the later innings after the starting shortstop UGA went MIA and Hollywood Bristow decided to join the outfield crew leaving Cookie and Team Super Freas to operate the middle infield. Things did not go well as was seen by Off the Corner making a comeback. Fortunately the winter was not too harsh to the Fat Kids swings.

The Kids can still hit which is good news. At least some of them can. One Fat Kid in particular likes the idea of wearing a Pink Helmet and bringing tasty strikeout beer for the whole team. Newly named “Stand there and watch strike three Sivahop” was first out of the gate to earn the pink helmet honor. Besides that oops the fat kids were hitting alright. Despite trying to hit a pine tree in deep foul territory Calm Kyle managed a few sharp hits as well a couple of lollipops. Hippie and Glass Jaw also saw a few singles find the outfield grass. The triple crew of Pete the Pitcher, Team Super Freas, and Coach Jimbo all rounded the bases to come to a stop at third. Coach Jimbo’s triple plated the tying run of The Chode Cannode after he beat out a single a batter earlier. Poor kid couldn’t unhitch the trailer and was gassed by the time he crossed home to tie the game up. With Jimbo on third and one out Team Super Freas stepped to the plate, he was promptly intentionally walked…apparently you can do that in softball. I hesitate to even tell this part of the story because of how embarrassing it really is. Anyway back to the drama. With Jimbo still at third and Team Super Freas now moping at first Pete the Pitcher struts to the plate launching the in game ending sacrifice fly scoring Coach Jimbo.



Next weeks game is at 8:05

Game will be televised on ESPN 8 “The Ocho”