6/13: T'ings wen get spooky

...perhaps we should have seen it coming, after all, it was Friday the 13th.

Na Pahu gathered pre-game as the sun dipped into the Pacific Ocean - the lineup was thin, but solid...maybe it was rogue barbeque, maybe it was the moiliili men's room, or maybe all the crusty sky-blue shirts that didn't get washed from last week - but there was something in the air
our opponents? none other than dem buggahs from the local phone company - Hawaiian Telcom.
Na Pahu busted out of the gate with 4 quick runs in the top of the first - oh so easy...like liftin' copper wire - only to have 2 taken away because we screwed up the rules (...yet again). either way...after half an inning:

Na Pahu 2
HI Telcom 0

Reality set in soon as Hawaiian Telchump waddled up to the plate in the bottom of the first with their bats on their collective shoulder (and the associated wahine walks - Chuck you got some stupid rules) - u like walk or play softball? walk? ... okay losers ... i'll be sure note that junk on my check when i send in my next bill....memo: swing the bat chumps!

after 2 innings we found ourselves in familiar territory...
HI telchump 12
Na Pahu 2

the depressant effects of alcohol began to overpower Na Pahu - heads hung low - ass coach was feeling especially distraught
...but coach had a 4 of clubs up his sleeve.

it seemed an opportune time to inject some tapatio! bust out the secret weapon - jefe ramirez
...who - spiting doctor's orders in an inspirational moment that left not a single dry eye in the city (...or at least the Na Pahu bench. well, i think i saw Kim cry, maybe just had some dirt in her eye though?) - took the field for the first time.
the gimmick seemed to work as Na Pahu buckled down on the defensive front - giving up a mere run in the 3rd and a measly run in the 4th inning.

fast-forward to the top of the fifth....
HI Telchump 14
Na Pahu 4

den t'ings wen get spooky.....as the hits rained down as if the four horsemen of the apocalypse were riding into town - consecutive hits from zach, kim, toby, kalani, jefe, kory, rico....and...eh? wha' dis!?!
NA PAHU PIHA!!! mo'funka's!! ... mark toed the plate - called his shot to left field ala Babe Ruth - and promptly lined it to homegirl in right field that had no chance in hell of catching anything ... she couldn't catch hepatitis from the ala wai.

Na Pahu history - a grand plate lunch for mark - that's right, 4 scoops of rice with that one!

...this is what is looked like from the third base coaches' box.

Na Pahu struts into the mid-season break - heads held high - ready for the second half (...and ready for uniforms - more to come)

final score:
HI telchump 14
Na Pahu 11

love
coach j
ass coach nic
jefe ramirez

6/4 : Na Pahu shakes things up - lays an egg

Feeling stagnant after a fourth consecutive loss Na Pahu altered her strategy against a formidable Niele squad - a team that embarrassed the team that embarrassed the team that embarrassed us

ONE - a number of us switched to hard liquor with the belief that the extra carbs were bogging Na Pahu down.The first fielding attempt at third saw coach throw a skyball that nearly made it to Willows! ...perhaps a little bogginess isn't bad - we'll have to find a happy medium for next game - maybe boilermakers?

TWO - Na Pahu showed a (nearly) united sky-blue front against Niele with the first team-wide t-shirt color mandate.....perhaps we need a more aggressive color?
...or perhaps we need our pitcher to get with the program and wear the right color shirt?

T'REE - Na Pahu brought the numbers with a record attendance of 17 people. It seems the word has gotten out....and we proved that bigger is better - our errors per person (EPP) ratio was way down - nice job Na Pahu! - we even rounded up a zombie with a handlebar-soulpatch combo so that if Niele wasn't nice to us he would eat their brains.
...in the end we came up a bit short as Niele batted about .950 for the game and no pity runs would be had

Final Score:
Niele 19
Na Pahu 0

eh...at least we got some used softballs out of it

love
coach j