Dirty Pirate Hookers: Game 2 Summary

Dirty Pirate Hookers: 10
Shamrock Roofing/Siding: 11
5/9, Fri @ Ridge Field #2

The Dirty Pirate Hookers were flat for their second game and lost a tough one Friday night 11-10. John C started for the DPH and quickly worked around an early error while dominating the Roofers through the first 2 innings. 3 errors in the 3rd and another in the 4th doomed the Hookers allowing the Roofers to score 8 runs, 4 of which were earned. The errors were compounded by a lack of offense on the part of the Pirates through the first 4 innings when they scored only 3 runs. The Pirates managed to tighten their defense for the remainder of the game and allowed only 3 more runs the rest of the way. Despite an 8-3 deficit, the Hookers refused to succumb and made a late innings 7 run charge. The Roofers, however, scored just enough to maintain a tie until they could pull the game out in the bottom of the 7th.

During his post game interview, John C had this to say about the game: "We didn't deserve to win...you play defense like that and you should lose. Honestly, even with the errors we had a chance to win it and a big part of the blame is on me...against that team we should score more than 10 runs. My 0-3 with an embarrassing K really hurt us. Despite the loss I was proud of the team for the late run. We never gave up. As the manager that's all you can ask. As the pitcher...well, I suppose you could ask for better defense... Right now, we just need to go out, have fun, and kick someone's ass..."

The Hookers play another tough team this Tuesday, 5/13, 6:00P, Firemen's Field: DPH @ Poppy's Place

Boxscore	1	2	3	4	5	6	7		R	H	E
DPH	2	0	1	0	4	3	0		10	16	6
Shamrock's	0	0	6	2	2	0	1		11	18	0

Player	Pos	PA	AB	H	W	K	SF	S	1B	2B	3B	HR	TB	XB	R	RBI	Avg	OBP	Slg	Iso
Matt T	CF	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	3	2	3	0.750	0.750	1.500	0.750
Christina	1B	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Ben Ho	SS/P	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	2	1	0.667	0.667	2.000	1.333
Jo Ho	C	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Steve F	SF	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.333	0.333
Lauren C, S	EH/SF	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	1	0.333	0.333	1.000	0.667
Pat S	LF	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0.500	0.333	0.500	0.000
Lisawitz	2B/EH	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.333	0.000
Joey F	RF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.000
Mike F	EH	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.500	0.500	0.500	0.000
Erika S	3B/SS	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	2	0.333	0.333	0.667	0.333
Deryl B	EH/3B	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.667	0.667	0.667	0.000
John C	P/RF	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
Totals:		37	36	16	0	1	1	0	10	2	3	1	27	11	10	9	0.444	0.432	0.750	0.306

Shamrock's
Pitchers	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	ERA
Carrie, W	7	10	10	16	1	0	0	10.00
DPH
Pitchers	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	ERA
John C	4	8	4	10	0	0	0	7.00
Ben Ho, L	2 1/3	3	3	7	0	1	0	7.88
Gm Totals	6 1/3	11	7	17	0	1	0	7.74

Bases loaded when winning run scored.

Sunday League Announcement

NOTE: The league has reconsidered and plans on expanding the Sunday League schedule from the current 7 regular season games. Details will be provided as soon as information becomes available.

Information regarding the Sunday League has been released. As of now, only Week 1 games have been scheduled. I could paraphrase, but here it is from the commish:

"Each team will play 7 regular season games and all teams will make the playoffs. No team will play less than 8 games and no more than 11 games. Each day will have it's own separate championship. Player's may play in the Saturday and Sunday league but not two teams in any one day. FREE beer & softballs will be included in your...Team registration fee....The complete schedule will be released later in the week. Softballs, scorebooks and line-up cards can be picked up at the FOD concession stand on game day. Our rain-out hotline will be at 8:00am (427-8414) Saturday and Sunday. "

So there it is, it's a 7 game season and an all inclusive single game elimination playoff--the same as last year. Week one games are scheduled at Field of Dreams, I'm not sure if that will be the case for the remainder of the games.

For the Sunday League, the Dirty Pirate Hookers will be known as the Dirty Buc Ho's. Our first game is May 11, 3:30P against the Midnight Cowboys.

Week 1 Schedule: Sunday May 11th @ Field of Dreams

9:30am
The Red Team vs RWO

11:00am
The Cream Ales vs Near Perfects

12:30pm
Cider Town vs Recovery Room

2:00pm
Time Warner Warriors vs ARC Barsinasters

3:30pm
Midnight Cowboys vs Dirty Buc Ho's

5:00pm
Blitzkrieg vs Sandell

Toyota Men's Softball: Game 1

Toyota: 18
The Strokers: 4
Date: 05/09/08, Start Time: 6:00P, Park: Mullen's Field

Toyota Men's Softball, wielding their revamped, powerful lineup, fired on all cylinders and lapped The Strokers in a 18-4 drubbing at Mullen's Field last night. Matt T set the pace for the offense with a 3-4 night and a lead off HR. MORE...

Dirty Pirate Hookers: Game 1 Summary

Albany Med: 8
Dirty Pirate Hookers: 9
Date: 05/01/08, Start Time: 6P, Park: Legion Field

In an exciting opening day match-up, the Dirty Pirate Hookers clashed with their longtime foe, Albany Med. Unlike the 19-7 mercy rout of their last squabble, the Pirates nearly found themselves shipping home stripped of their loot. Albany Med and the Dirty Pirate Hookers have played 5 times, and the Pirates have plundered a victory in each strife. "They're a good team...we know each other well..." said John C, "Some teams opt out of playing us; Albany Med goes right after it..."

The Docs, casting aside any Hippocratic pretense, struck first by bombing the marauders with 7 runs through the first 4 innings. Pace, pitching for Albany Med, forced the Pirates' big guns to misfire and surrendered only 3 runs through the same stretch. "They were laying off the low drop...I was forced to bring it up and they were hitting it..." said Deryl B, the Pirates starting pitcher who usually dominates Albany Med. Pace had no such problems and pitched to the outer limits of the strike zone while inducing fly balls and pop-ups that were easily swallowed by the big field and Albany's eager defense.

The first inning started with a nice play by the Hooker's 1st baseman, Christina C, when she used her body to block a hard grounder by Albany Med's powerful lefty, Grolle. After another quick out, the Docs smashed two identical line drives to the left of a diving Tony D at SS that put runners on 1st and 2nd. Conrad followed by pushing a shot past Ben Ho at 2B to drive in a run. The Hookers had no response in the bottom of the inning and went down meekly except for a Christina single through the middle. Deryl struggled to find the zone in the 2nd, but Albany Med had no regrets and forced the Hookers to pay for his pains with a 4 run barrage capped by a 3 run triple courtesy of Pace.

The Hookers, annoyed by the assault, launched a counter salvo, but fell short mustering only 3 runs. Pat S led off the Pirate's half of the 2nd with a booming double and scored when Mike F squirted a grounder through the middle for an RBI single. Lisawitz followed with a single that put 2 runners on for Deryl B who helped his cause by crushing a RBI double over the Docs' drawn in OF. In an effort to press Albany Med's defense, Lisawitz darted home, but was tagged out after a series of surgical throws. Jo Ho mashed a RBI single driving in Deryl, while Tony D and Steve F shortened the plank by loading the bases on consecutive singles. The Pirates charge ended when Matt T laced a line drive into Sal's glove at short.

The 3rd was quiet for both sides, but Albany Med broke the truce in the 4th on a walk by Josh and a 2 run blast to RF by Grolle. The Docs now led 7-3 and sensed an end to the one sided nature of this rivalry after holding the Pirates to a Mike F single in the home half of the inning. John C countered with his ace closer, Ben Ho, in the 5th who tore though the Docs with no quarter. The Pirates, rejuvenated, responded as Tony D led the charge on a daring double up the middle and a head first slide into 2nd. Despite an RBI double by Matt T and three consecutive singles by Christina, Ben Ho, and Erika, the Hookers could only muster 2 runs after Pat S flew out deep to left.

The 6th was a repeat of the 5th as Ben Ho cut through the Docs' offense and the Hookers threatening another big inning. After four consecutive singles by Lauren C, John C, Lisawitz, and Deryl who drove in 2 runs, the Hookers tied the game at 7 with nobody out, 2 runners on, and Jo Ho at the plate lusting to score more. She blasted a shot at Pace who snared it and doubled up a surprised Deryl at 1st. A Tony D fly ball to left truncated another Pirate charge.

With the game in extra innings, Ben Ho strode back to the mound ready to drop more Docs. After two quick outs and a 1-2 count on Grolle, Ben Ho fired inside to the lefty and induced a soft ground out to 1st. With the Hookers racing off the field, Ben Ho was called for an illegal pitch. Grolle made good use of his second chance and crushed a line drive down the 1st base line, past Lauren in right for a HR. After a quick out by Kim, the Pirates found themselves in a 8-7 hole needing to score. The Hookers took advantage of a tense Albany Med defense and tied the game by exploiting 3 Albany Med errors.

Both sides went scoreless in the 8th and as Albany Med went to bat in the 9th, the new enemy was dwindling daylight. Ben Ho fearlessly sliced through the heart of the Docs' lineup in the top of the 9th and gave the Pirates another chance to win it with one run. Deryl led off the Hookers 9th with a single, but after a deep fly ball out to center by Jo Ho, he was FC'd at 2nd on a Tony D bouncer to 1st. A double by Steve F moved the winning run to 3rd with Matt T coming to the plate seeking vengeance for a frustrating game. Retribution came from a well placed bouncer past 2nd that drove in the winning run and sent the Pirates into a swashbucklin' cheer.

When asked about the game, John C gushed over his defense: "It was a hell of a game...they nearly had us, but we hung tough. Our defense and Ben Ho's pitching were the key...I can think of three plays...in the 8th, Tony cut off a sure double and nearly got Pace at 1st...that was big. Then...in the 9th, Lauren cut down a tricky line drive and held Amir to a single--I've seen that same hit played into a homerun before. That was great. And Deryl snared a hot line drive by Sal at 3rd. Awesome. All game we hit into tough luck...left the bases loaded a couple times with good batters up. But Ben Ho was stupendous...he and our defense shut them down and gave our offense the chance to win it. It's too bad that somebody had to lose it [the game], but I'm happy as heck with the result..."

Albany Med's disenchantment with the Hookers was best summed up by one of their own: "Individually, you guys [the Pirates] are great, but when we see your jerseys...as a team...we really hate you..."

In this lopsided rivalry, higher praise is harder to find.

The Hookers' next game is scheduled for Friday, May 9, 6:00 PM @ Ridge #2 versus the Shamrocks.

Boxscore	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Albany Med	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		8	13	4
DPH	0	3	0	0	2	2	1	0	1		9	21	0

Player	Pos	PA	AB	H	W	K	SF	S	1B	2B	3B	HR	TB	XB	R	RBI	Avg	OBP	Slg	Iso
Matt T	SF	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	0.400	0.400	0.600	0.200
Christina	1B	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0.500	0.500	0.500	0.000
Ben Ho	2B/P	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.000
Erika S	3B/2B	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.000
Pat S	LF	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0.250	0.250	0.500	0.250
Lauren C	RF	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.000
Mikey F	EH	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	0.000
John C	EH	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.500	0.500	0.500	0.000
Lisawitz	C/EH	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.500	0.500	0.500	0.000
Deryl B	P/3B	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	1	1	3	0.750	0.750	1.000	0.250
Jo Ho	EH/C	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0.250	0.250	0.250	0.000
Tony D	SS	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0.500	0.500	0.750	0.250
Steve F	CF	4	4	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.500	0.500	0.750	0.250
Totals:		49	49	21	0	0	0	0	16	5	0	0	26	5	9	8	0.429	0.429	0.531	0.102

Albany Med
Pitchers	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	ERA
Pace, L	8 2/3	9	8	17	0	0	0	6.46
DPH
Pitchers	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	HBP	ERA
Deryl B	4	7	7	9	0	1	0	12.25
Ben Ho, W	5	1	1	4	1	0	0	1.40
Totals	9	8	8	13	1	1	0	6.22

DP by Albany Med in 6th. HR by Grolle. Game ended with 2 runners on after 8 2/3 innings.

Pre-Season Tourney Summary

DPH record for the Tourney: 2-2

Game 1: Kegerators 1, DPH 30
Game 2: Albany Med 7, DPH 19
Game 3: DPH 6, Pro Fire 13
Game 4: DPH 5, Marsh Farms 6

DPH Runs Scored; for and against: 60 RS vs. 27 RA

The Dirty Pirate Hookers started the tourney in typical Hooker fashion--lots of scoring and stifling pitching/defense. The Kegerators were clearly overwhelmed by the Pirate ambush and absorbed a 30-1 blasting. Deryl B was dominant on the mound pitching a complete game and allowing only 6 hits. The Kegerators had no answer for Deryl's drop pitch and his control was impeccable. The defense helped him out of trouble in the top of the 3rd turning a nifty 6-3--Mark M to Christina C--double play. The Pirate offense was relentless as nearly every Hooker hit their way on base and scored. "I put the brakes on...I told the team to lay off taking the extra base..." said John C. The Pirates bombed the Kegerators with 26 hits, 2 HRs, and 7 BBs. Thankfully, the game was mercy ruled after the top of the 5th.

For Game 2, the Hookers faced a familiar foe in Albany Med. Unlike their meeting last fall where the Pirates were short a player, the Hookers attacked Albany Med with a full squad. Instead of a tense 5-3 win, the Pirates blew out Albany Med in a 19-7 rout. John C started the game and struggled a bit as he tried to decipher the strike zone. "He wasn't calling any high strikes, the zone was low...regardless, it's on me to make the adjustment..." John C worked through his struggles and some sloppy defense pitching 4 innings while surrendering 7 runs and only 1 extra base hit.

John C gave way to Deryl in the top of the 5th who reprised his dominance over Albany Med and continued to shut them down. The Hookers relentlessly piled on runs in every inning with contributions throughout the lineup. The plundering ended with a 19-7 mercy shortened victory for the Pirates.

After two dominant back to back wins at Mullen's Field, the Hookers packed up, stopped for lunch, and traveled to FoD during their 1½ hour break to face their next opponent, Pro Fire, who was given a de facto home field advantage by sympathetic schedule makers. Having played their previous game at FoD, Pro Fire arrogantly usurped the Home dugout leaving the Hookers on the dust riddled visitors side. "I don't know them, but they seemed a bit haughty..." sneered John C "...but it was up to us to make them pay..." Unfortunately, the Pirates failed to deliver.

From the start the Pirates were flat working only a single in the top half of the 1st. When Ben Ho crossed the beach sand like FoD infield and took the mound, he was unprepared for the odd strike zone waiting for him. "It took me awhile to figure it out...I was forced to lay some pitches in there..." Pro Fire, whose pitcher was familiar with the umpire, took advantage and scored the bulk of their runs in the first three innings until Ben Ho mastered the queer strike zone. The Hookers defense provided no relief giving up 4 errors over the same stretch. "Pro Fire is good, they'll take advantage of mistakes..." said John C. To compound matters, the Pirates offense never gained traction producing only 6 runs; half of which came from a Brett B 3 run HR in the 2nd. A GIDP choked a promising start for the Hookers in the top of the 7th. "We got behind and saw them hit a couple bombs...the reaction was to try to make up ground in the same fashion...we're not that kind of team..." mused John C. With that the Pirates lost 13-6 and were dumped into the losers’ bracket with their next game scheduled for Sunday morning.

Many Pirates consoled themselves by attending an after game party generously hosted by Erika S and her husband Chris. After much grog and off key songs, the Pirates were rejuvenated and ready to play. Thanks Erika and Chris, I had a great time!

The Dirty Pirate Hookers were unceremoniously bounced from the Coed Tourney on Sunday morning by Marsh Farms in a tense, but quick paced 6-5 contest. The Hooker offense had an auspicious beginning with Matt T, Erika S, and Ben Ho reaching base in quick fashion. Ben Ho drove in Matt T with an RBI single and Mark M knocked in Erika and Ben Ho with a 2 RBI single. With that the Hookers provided Mark E a 3-0 lead with which to work. Mark E silenced the heavy hitting Farmers for most of the game running into a tough stretch only in the 2nd when he gave up 4 runs, 3 earned. Other than that Mark was dominant inducing quick outs from the Farmers who managed to scratch out only 2 more runs the rest of the game. After a strong first offensive inning, the Hookers offense remained silent except for a solo HR by Mark M in the 4th and an RBI double by Ben Ho in the 6th. The Pirates squelched other chances to score more runs by running into 2 double plays. "That's the thing with one run games, if you look back you can always point to key moments that gave away the game or could've won the game..." pondered John C.

The fact is both Pirate defeats were to B1 level teams who dared to sully their images playing in a slow pitch contest. Despite the level mismatch and the losses, the Hookers acquitted themselves well and proved to be no typical "C" pushovers. When asked if the losses meant anything, John C replied: "We did well...and I know we could've done better. This was a nice tuner for the regular season and I hope everybody took away something positive. The games helped me evaluate some of my new players and I look forward to the regular season..."

The Dirty Pirate Hookers are scheduled to play their first regular season game on Thursday, 05/01, 6P @ Legion Field against Albany Med.

Game Day/Rainout Information

GAME DAY INFORMATION

• Game Day Information Hotline: 427-8414
  
  
• In the event of a rainout, I will text everybody as soon as possible before the game.
  
  
• Call the Game Day Information Hotline after 4:30 PM on weekdays to find out if your game has been cancelled, postponed, or moved to a different field. On weekends, messages are recorded 90 minutes prior to the first game.

04/26-04/27 Coed Tourney Bracket Schedule

CO-ED TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

MULLENS FIELD

• 9:00AM - KEGERATORS vs DIRTY PIRATE HOOKERS
• 10:30AM - ALBANY MED vs WINNER OF 9:00AM
• 3:00PM - COOL RUNNINGS vs SALAMANDERS
• 4:30PM - BLITZKRIEG vs WINNER OF 3:00PM

FIELD OF DREAMS

• 9:00AM - MISFITS vs PRO FIRE
• 10:30AM - MATCHBOX vs WINNER OF 9:00AM
• 3:00PM - DIRTY BIRDS vs MARSH FARMS
• 4:30PM - CLINTON DITCH vs WINNER OF 3:00PM

NOTE FROM ROCKRES (Tourney Organizer): SCHEDULE IS AS IS. NO CHANGES. THESE ARE EVERYONES 1ST GAMES, THE REST WILL BE POSTED AT THE FIELDS.

NOTE from John C: Rockres has kindly posted that games are scheduled for the following time slots--12:00P, 1:30P, 6:00P, and 7:30P.