12/8: Bubble Boy

It's official - Hemant needs a bubble.  In his defense, he is a trooper and played through the pain, going home with the equivalent of a golf ball on his forehead and his leg - with the latter oozing some sort of puss. However, his injury rate is rapidly approaching his batting average. Maybe next season in addition to the league fees we all chip in to buy him his own bubble, i'd bet a softball would fit in them holes.

Na Pahu fought through a tough double-header schedule on a wednesday night - facing the division 1 runner-up and the division 2 champion - with the "weeknight" hangup. Although I would say it was some of the best softball that the city-wide softball league has seen in awhile.

In the first game against the Outcasts (Matsuno) Na Pahu had 2 home runs and was knotted at 5-5 after 5 innings...unfortunately, the bad guys were able to plate one during their last at-bat....me thinks it may have been the first time we haven't gotten mercy ruled against these guys (see 5/21/2008, 10/29/2008 blog posts for representative examples)

Final Score
Outcasts (Matsuno) 6
Na Pahu Piha 5

Game two was a rematch of the Season 7 division two championship game - you know that one where On The House denied us a three-peat. dem buggahs! not much to really comment on this game - pretty consistent division two softball play on both sides. On The House charged out to a 6-3 lead and Na Pahu crept our way back into it. down one in our last at-bat, Steve was heads up on the base paths and more or less stole home as they were putzin' around after the second out of the inning. saved the day for Na Pahu as it looked like we were done for and we came out with a tie. mo bettah than a loss - and given the reaction from a few of the competitive folks on OTH...it felt like a win.

Final Score
On The House 6
Na Pahu Piha 6