Fat Kids are Drenched with Success

Break out the slip n’ slides and don the rain gear The Fat Kids slide their way into a 3-0 record to start the spring season. On a wet and miserable night the formidable Fatties had great offensive production from the whole lineup and found themselves having to play sound defense to hold the lead. With the threat of rain looming on the horizon the offense was anxious to get things started before scoring runs would become difficult. They jumped out to 4-1 lead and never looked back. Plenty of offense and solid defense helped the Fat Kids to win 12-9 over the Reef Sharks.

Hollywood Bristow started the game off with a typical Hollywood double, a ball hit right at a guy and Bradley simply outran the throw to second. Team Super Freas launched a triple to the wall scoring Hollywood. Production from the two, three, and four hitters was on display as they were rounding the bags all night. In the top of the third inning Team Super Freas lead off with an in the park home run finishing the night hitting for the cycle. He was followed by a triple from Pete the Pitcher who was driven in with the first home run of the season from Calm Kyle who launched the ball well over the left field fence. Pete the Pitcher exclaimed “Now that’s what you like to see, wooo!” he sounded a little like Ric Flair from the WWF but it works for him. The Chode Cannode broke out an oldie but goodie with his patented swinging bunt. “I was using the swinging bunt a lot in recent seasons and the defense was starting to catch on that that’s all I did. I have really worked on getting the ball all the way out to the grass like the big boys do but I thought I could sneak this one in and it worked.” The Chode said. We have a Pink Helmet Winner this week; the honor goes to El Sukador. This poor sap had one heck of a game. In his first at bat he was called out when he stepped in the batters box with his wedding ring, his next at bat was a strike out with a flailing attempt at strike three. He was of course greeted by the cheers of his own team, thanks for the tasty adult beverages next week Suk! The Swinging Siv was also called out at the plate although his was a little different and won’t be charged with a Pink Helmet infraction because he hit too many home runs. We only get one and he decided to hit two more…stop doing that.

The defense was up to the task on a night where field conditions were terrible. With the exception of a few errors in the outfield from El Sukador and Glass Jaw the defense stood tall. I told you El Sukador had a bad night and it only got worse when he confused softball with a game of life sized Croquet and decided to play the part of a wicket letting the ball sail right between his legs. Another attempt at a linedrive left the poor Sukador on his back side, “you get a mass like this moving one direction and then try to stop it in a hurry, you’re gonna fall over”, and he did. Redemption was made when he threw out a runner at home. Glass Jaw was also picked on several times only to make a great catch to end a bases loaded inning. Other defensive gems included Calm Kyle getting kicked in the face on a play at the plate after a great throw from the Chode Cannode. “You know when you hit a 2 run home run, it doesn’t bother me. I could get kicked in the face all night and it wouldn’t bother me”, Calm Kyle said with a tear in his eye. Pete the Pitcher also had a diving catch to spear a line drive off the side of the pitchers mound. Hippie once again flew under the radar but put up a strong performace in the field and also with several base hit singles at the plate. The bottom of the 6th ended in typical fashion with strong infield play from UGA on a sharp ground ball and a quick throw to first to record the first out and Hollywood Bristow snagged a liner to end the game a few plays later.
Other Notes: Coach Jimbo did not attend last night’s game, nobody noticed.

Look for a special update coming mid week about big news for the Fat Kids and their Faithful Fatty Followers.

Next weeks game is at 9:00, pack your PJ’s and a pillow cause we are all playing past our bedtimes.