Too Big to Win

Happy Wednesday A's,

Boy it feels good to get back up to .500, doesn't it?  That's right – your A's slew some giants last night at their home field, taking down the FDIC's Too Big to Fail to softball team, which it apparently was not.

With the softball gods having bestowed some glorious weather upon us, The A's stormed the field just south of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., determined to exact revenge for last week's blowout loss on whatever naïve squad would unwittingly cross our path.  With the top of the lineup restored from the DL, TheHoffandEDub started things off in grand A's small-ball fashion, both singling and scoring to start a pair of 1.000 batting days.  But they weren't the only two with something to prove.  Former MVPs Alex Stamm and Wild Wild Wes also both batted 1.000 on the day with multiple multi-base hits.  In fact, more than half the team hit better than .500 on the day, as we for the first time this season decided that consistently producing runs might benefit us.  Of the six innings we had on offense, we only failed to score in one of them; we had two innings of 5 runs, two of four runs, and one of 3 runs.  We had solid production and clutch hits from all over the lineup.

Throughout the first four innings, the almighty defensive prowess of the A's dominated the flow of the game.  Alex "Ain't No Stoppin' Me Now!" Stamm martyred his arm for the team in center, only to be replaced by Red Five, who made two double-saving catches out of the tree in center field. Killer Kelly Trout covered the right half of the infield like a vacuum, and K-Dawg nearly ran out of her cleats chasing down a pop fly.  Newly-acquired catcher Ian Eppler also came up with a timely force out at first on a slow trickler down the line.  For a moment though, after the Failures plated 6 in the 5^th inning, things started to look a little grim, but with a second wind generated by cheap alcohol consumption, the A's clamped down through the final two frames and held the FDIC to a total of only 14 runs on the game.

When all was said and done, we took out the team that decimated the Notorious LBC, who had crushed us the week before with a resounding 21-14 victory.  So I think that means we're the best team in the CSL.  Or at least close to it.  We moved back up to .500 on this still-young season with the victory, and, lucky you –we're right back at it tomorrow.  We'll bring the Government Printing Office into the digital age (shamelessly stealing your joke, Matt) tomorrow, around 6:30pm on the mall.  Please let me know if you want to play.  This would also be a great opportunity for those A's who haven't come out yet to join your effing brethren as we steamroll through the league.

Also, I'm still trying to put together a jersey order, which I want to place by this Friday (and I promise I'll put the new logo on these.  My b.).  If you want a jersey, please email me and indicate the name and number you'd like on it, and the size.  There are only very few people who want one as of right now, so they may not be worth ordering unless more of you decide to get these sweet duds.

See you tomorrow A's.

Effing A, Mike