Stripes give 'em the Mr. Miyagi Treatment

The Stripes came with sweep on the mind against the middling Kai last night at beautiful Shirley Park.

With rain pelting us, the Stripes were able to send all 10 men to the plate in what has become our trademark 1st inning rally, plating 6 runs, which would prove to be enough. Tommy"White Shoes" Meldrum anchored the defense with some fine plays on come-backers and kept the Kai on their heals at the plate all night. Andrew "mini-meldrum" Kessler's hot bat stayed that way driving in several runs with some nice ropes. Final score: 13-5.

In game 2, with the rain going away, the Kai's bats woke up and once again, the Stripes bats hit a mid-game slump, scoring only 1 run in the final 4 innings. Luckily that was the run that counted as the Stripes grinded out a tough win, 9-8.

Special mention to Joe, who once again bailed out the Stripes with his play in left field, keeping the Kai in check, and Tom's great pitching, no thanks to several un-earned runs the Stripes gave up. A tough 2 wins should keep us near the top of the standings.

Stats

Cobra Kai Up Next

The 4-4 Cobra Kai are up next for the 2nd place Stripes.

Coming off a split with the Deuces Wild in which the Kai scored 28 runs, we know the Kai can swing the bats.

Our bats will need to resemble the first game from last week in order to keep up. Despite our disappointing split, the Stripes are still in 2nd place and ready ot move up.

First Pitch is at 6:30 at ghetto Shirley Park.

Updated League Standings

Team Standings For 2005 Fall Men's

Standing	Team	Record
1	03 - Owls	6-2-0
2	06 - Stars & Stripes	5-3-0
3	04 - C.C. Clouts	5-3-0
4	11 - CCSP-Zarneke	4-2-2
5	08 - Crystal City Sember	4-4-0
6	02 - Lost Boys	3-3-2
7	10 - Cobra Kai	4-4-0
8	09 - Ninos	4-4-0
9	05 - Medium Pace	4-4-0
10	12 - Sliders	3-5-0
11	07 - Lollygaggers	2-6-0
12	01 - Deuces Wild	2-6-0

Stripes split with Sliders

Once again, the Stripes bats were hot out of the gate in game 1 against the Sliders. Duplicating our effort last week, we scored 16 runs and beat the Sliders 16 - 9. Dave Buttner, solid as always in the lead-off spot went 4-4 and almost incited a bench-clearer after a Bush League play by the Sliders shortstop. And then there was Al "Pop" Schneider, who was 3-3 with 3 runs 4 rbis and legged out a nice triple.

Game 2 was a different story as the Stripes bats, with the exception of the second inning when we scored 5 of our 7 runs, went cold. In 3 straight innings we went 3 -and-out and actually had a string of 8 straight fly ball outs. A late rally flamed out as we fell short by the score of 9 - 7.

Special mention to Brad Battista for a fine pitching performance.

Next Games are at 6:30 at the same Shirley "Don't call me Gunston although I have no idea why I'm called Shirley" Park, against a tough Cobra Kai team.

Stats

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Sliders Up Next

Next game is this Monday at 8:30 at Shirley Park.

The Sliders are 2-4 on the season thus far, in 10th place in the league. They have shown the ability to score runs on occasion, but if we play the way we played on Monday, the Stripes should find success.

After the game, please remember to tune into Ch. 7 and watch America's Team spank the Foreskins. Go Cowboys!

Updated Standings - Stripes in 2nd Place!

Team Standings For 2005 Fall Men's

Standing	Team	Record
1	11 - CCSP-Zarneke	4-0-2
2	06 - Stars & Stripes	4-2-0
3	03 - Owls	4-2-0
4	04 - C.C. Clouts	4-2-0
5	10 - Cobra Kai	3-3-0
6	08 - Crystal City Sember	3-3-0
7	02 - Lost Boys	2-2-2
8	05 - Medium Pace	3-3-0
9	09 - Ninos	2-4-0
10	12 - Sliders	2-4-0
11	07 - Lollygaggers	2-4-0
12	01 - Deuces Wild	1-5-0

Lollygaggers Lollygag Too Much

Well, after a 2 week layoff the Stripes were evidently rarin' to go.

The Lollygaggers apparently had time management issues, which lead to the Stripes winning the first game by forfeit, 7-0. Jeff Morris claims to have driven in 4 of those runs. Strangely they didn't make it into the stats.

And the Stripes felt like we needed to cram all of those runs into the first inning of "game 2", sending 17 batters to the plate and scoring 12 runs. Is that a record Tom?

The Lollygaggers bats woke up, but could never catch up. Final score: 16-9.

Next up are the always tough Sliders at Shirley Park.

Stats Through Week 3

Free Trader as National Hero

The Guardians

Isaac Ho'op'i was called a national hero for his actions at the Pentagon on 9/11. But as the horror of that day continued to torment him, he found himself turning to the one who had been there with him: his K-9 partner

By Glen Finland

Sunday, September 11, 2005; Page W16

Rest of Article here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/07/AR2005090701593.html?sub=AR

Lollygaggers Up Next

The 2-2 Stripes will next face the 2-2 Lollygaggers.

The Lollygaggers are coming off an impressive sweep of Medium Pace, scoring 29 runs in the 2 games, after scoring just 5 in their opening series.

Our bats will need to be ready to go to keep up with such a high-powerd offense.

Game 1 begins at 8 pm at Virginia Highlands.