Academy 2 Recap

Well, we finished our series sweep of the Academy of Natural Sciences in grand fashion winning a by a respectable 16-5 margin. Although, to be fair, The Management was starting to get a little nervous about his 'revamped lineup' when it was 5-4 ANS after 3 frames. In the end, we prevailed, and nothing was hurt except livers and Bill's AARP Pizza Party fund.

The Good:
Well, for once, The Management has the scorebook in front of us. Despite what looks like an orangutan's writing underwater, The Management was able to decipher some hitting stats. Here goes. 3 hits for Memorial Nick and the shortstop, 2 hits for Chris Marino (including a 4-base error), Adam, Pickle, Buddy, Tucker, Tim Marino (2-1 base errors I assume), and newcomer Jason. 1 hit for Pat because The Management couldn't get him another at bat. Overall, that's 21 hits in 39 at bats. And the Math is............. .538. Pretty good. Defense was superb, secondbasewoman Liz Palmer Johnson Guitierrez Hiawatha McPhersonpenis or whatever her name is this week, made spectacular plays at second. Tucker Tuckerson caught a running ball in foul territory. Pickle pitched well despite not knowing what the word "higher" means. Chandra played a good first making The Management remember 2003 fondly. And everyone got to rip on new Academy 3rd baseman Russ Krause which is always fun.

The Bad:
No F'ing pizza!!!! What in the sweet crap is that? Academy gots pizzers, why didn't we? Bill? If you're gonna show up in Dockers there better be some food with you. And the beer was late! What in the 7th level of Hell is going on with this team. It's falling apart under the new management. Mike Sikorski was there at 5:45 with two pizzas and a cooler of beer. Memorial Nick showed up at 9:30 with no beer, no pizza, and no Vellia. Or something like that. Heads are gonna roll! Also Russ had 3 hits. Lame.

The Franklin Mystique (Formerly The Ugly):
The 3-4 Maulers, Pickle and Buddy terrified the Academy by doing the Bash Brothers salute before each at bat. It was said that shortstop Juliana fainted the first time they did it and Russ pee'd his pants. Somewhere, in the Mist, Fordo Baggins wept.


The "Lumber Liquidators" Studs of the Week:
Memorial Nick, 6 RBI's
Liz PJGHM, flawless second, made the shortstop feel awful for not pitching a ground out to her
Mike Sikorski, pizza

Paul Watch
Well, after a grueling road trip, Franklin Forcers thought they saw a scantily clad Paul running in between trucks on the tar mac at Philadelphia International Airport. It may have just been the fatigue or jet fuel in our eyes though.

Quotes of the Week:
"Hey, isn't that the guy with highly infectious explosive incurable penis cancer?"
Adam about Russ

"Not with this new cream I found on the internet."
Russ, not about the penis cancer

"4th? Are you kidding? 4th? No. Why? What the hell?"
Buddy about the lineup

"I have to run, I have a kickball game."
Some 4th grade girl who batted leadoff

"I didn't have any good quotes this week? Bullshit!"
Memorial Nick