vs. The Economist [19-13]

Like the passing of the seasons another year had come and the old enemy had arrived at our pitch with their intent clear, shiny uniforms dulled by the grey evening and falling rain, our nemesis, the Economist, looked like just another team destined to fall beneath the momentum that is PAA and Fuel, now in year 4. However the memory of defeat in last years final was still fresh as we had yet again been denied the clean sweep of the league and playoffs.

This however is a new year, a new team with fresh talent bolstered by our very own All Star selected Bridgerama (congratulations again on making the LASL team), and the ever present support of Calamity Chloe, still out of action since that fateful rodeo but addicted to the thrill of the fight and of course the team cider.

The rain couldn’t dampen our mood and we were again lifted by further support from a herd of Buck enthusiastically asking how old they had to be before they too could play.

The coin was tossed and the game was on. It didn’t take long for the tension to build and as yet another failed banker attempted to force their way into second base the team rallied behind our All Star calling for calm and respect from the enemy runners. Even with our aggressive fielding and strong banter flying in on the wind from Alex deep in the out field, our old enemy was building upon their lead each innings. It took crafty base running from the team to scrape together a few runs.

In the fifth innings we were trailing by 12 to 4. There was only one thing for it and that was for our resident Buck to rally the team with his now famous war cry, ‘Lets fuck 'em up’. And so we did. Running 9 home and taking the lead for the first time, we followed it by a strong innings fielding and The Economist failed to regain their lead. We had won. Or as Pau would say, ‘what, we won!?’ and with a final innings with the bat to work on that run difference.

Thanks to everyone as always, the next game is again this Friday for our re-scheduled, rained off match against Draft FCB.