We have completed our fall workouts and look to end the fall season with the Demon World Series. This is a chance to put on game uniforms, turn on the lights and see how the players react to the spotlight.
I'm coaching one team, Kelly's Heroes (after the old war film by the same name, starring Clint Eastwood and Telly Savalas) and back in the managerial seat. We had an official draft the day before and Bobby Barbier is heading up the other team, aptly named after a hard-nosed player on the Cleveland Indians, The Garko's.
We also get to practice game day preparations with pre-game BP and infield/outfield warm-ups. Helps to normalize game days, although you can't reproduce the feeling of playing at LSU, Ole Miss, and Tulane during the season. What fun those games will be!
I drafted our best pitcher with the #1 pick, opting to go for pitching over defense with that pick. Coach Barbier then got to draft the next two picks (since I had the #1) and picked our best catcher and arguably our 1A pitcher. I was able to stock the outfield with some good picks, but failed to draft a "true" shortstop. Nonetheless, I had my team and look to get it on.
The first inning was a disaster as we went down in order in the top and my #1 pick gives up 4 runs in the bottom! We scored in the second off a solo home run by our senior 1st baseman, but trailed 5-2 in the fifth. However, we surmounted an awesome comeback in the next inning to take a 6-5 lead and went on to win 8-6. Justin Morgan, senior pitcher, threw 3 strong innings only giving up 1 run.
The Heroes showed some guts after a horrible start and we look to win the series tonight in Game 2. By the way, the winner of the series gets to eat steak, while the loser has to serve the winning team and eat hamburgers.
I feel like some steak!
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