Welcome to the shocking SDABL team website called "Foul and Disrespectful" by Larry from the Tigers who vows to KICK OUR ASS in the playoffs....

Tigers Undefeated No "Mo"!

I wrote the headline in advance with the premonition that clean-up hitter Mo Wrighten was ready to have a "breakout" day. Turns out it didn't matter, because even in the absence of our power-hitting third baseman, and all-position standout Mike Gross, the Black Sox are a force to be reckoned with as we dealt the previously unbeaten (now 3-1) Tigers a 20-7 (mercy rule) shellacking. Nice work, men.

Highlights

• Pitching - As outstanding as our hitting was, and believe me, I'll get to that shortly, our pitching was superior to the opponent's, and that's an understatement. Lance pitched five (5) excellent innings against a team that was (previously) averaging a whopping 17-runs a game, to get the win. Lance gave up 6 runs, but a lot of that falls on the defense who could have easily held that total to maybe 2 or 3 runs. Jonathan and Phil pitched strongly in relief, with Phil striking out the "noisiest" Tiger to end the game in mopup time.
• Hitting - Our hitting was outstanding for the second straight game. We strung together 18 hits in just 6 at-bats, thanks to a second straight mercy rule win. Guys, do you realize we have now scored 42 runs in our last 12-innings??? I just wish I could bottle up the way we are hitting right now and dole it out when we need it. Where were we the first two games??? It don't matter, the real Black Sox are back.
• Individual Hitting Highlights:
  • Jim McGaha - 4/4 with a double including two CLUTCH 2-out RBI hits when the game was still close. I'm pretty sure Jim could have gone 10/10 if he had had the at-bats... he was that dialed in.
  • Nestor Rosas - 3/5 with his first (of many, I'm sure) Home Runs for the Black Sox and flawless defense (as usual) at second base.
  • Dan Darrin - 3/5 and still the only Black Sox with no strikeouts for the season. And I do intend to maintain this streak.
  • Steve Pietrusza - 2/5 with an "in-the-park HR", the first I can remember for the team and not bad for a "flat-footed" right fielder. Copernicas, Lech, and the entire motherland is proud of you, Steve.
  • Jim Wetzel - 3/3, on-base 5/5 with an excellent game behind the plate. Jimmy, is it too late to pull back your transfer??? The real "Black Sox" are all dead... this is the next best thing. Trust me.
  • Bob Ambrose - on-base 3/5, and robbed of extra bases on a bomb by the left fielder on a great play into the bullpen in deep left field. Bob was also SOLID in his first full game at shortstop.
  • My apologies if I left anyone out. It was a TOTAL team effort and you guys were AWESOME for a second straight week.

Lowlights

You are kidding right? If we keep hitting like this, no-one in this league is going to be able to run with us. No-one.

Looking Forward

Next week we will have another tough test vs. the Rebels 1 pm at Mar Vista HS. The Rebels are 2-0 this season and, for those of you who weren't with us last season, the team that beat us in the league semifinals last season. They are a good, well-managed club. We will see better pitching than we've seen the last two weeks.

Come ready to play again. We'll be OK.