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The streets of Abingdon and Glebe Road are ecstatic as the Beers (4-0) are off to a franchise record start. 4 people were in attendace at Barcroft stadium to witness the Beers’ second straight sweep of the season. This sweep was courtesy of Crystal City Sember. Not a bad way to start off the season.
Chants of “Why are these guys in C-league?” and “Hey blue, move these guys up to A” echoed through the stadium as Chris Stemp hit his 5th homerun in 4 games. Stemp also had many gems in the field as well. He had a couple nice grabs at short as well as doubling a man at first off of a rocket line drive. There were moments of concern however when Stemp fired a laser at a Sember player on his way to first.
“I could see 3 people. I aimed for the one in the middle,” said Stemp of the errant throw. Coach Crosby declined to comment after the game.
Dan Budnyk made his debut after contract negotiations finally came to a close. Budnyk struggled a little at the plate going 1 for 7, but provided the Beers with 2 RBIs. Matt Rowley has yet to come to agreement with the Beers.
New acquisition Chris “Chief Wiggum” Wiggins went 2 for 6 on the night. Wiggins solid play in the field was overshadowed by being picked off at first…. in softball….a game with no stealing… When asked for comment, coach Crosby replied, “He’s gonna be a solid player for us. The transition from baseball to softball is not an easy one. These guys bleed for the game.”
Crosby was a homerun away from the “tricycle” (that’s right folks, three cycles in three games). Crosby blames it on the team, who he said “Played too hard and didn’t allow for him to get a 4th at bat.” However, Crosby did provide a self made double play and a heads up tag at third where he injured his hand. X-rays were done after the game and came back negative.
Catcher Jon Rojas is now 10 for 15 with 10 singles on the season. At this pace, he is looking to break Lichiro’s (Ichiro’s softball playing sister) season record for singles. Ryan Reese also kept up his solid hitting as he went 5 for 8 on the night with an inside the park homerun.
The Beers have off next Monday for labor day and will resume play on Monday, September 10th. The game is scheduled to be under the lights at 8:30pm at beautiful Barcroft Park.
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Come out Monday night at 8:30pm to see the Bad News Beers (2-0) take on the Crystal City Sember (2-0). The Beers are looking to move to 4-0 on the season and will have to sweep the Sember to do so. This will be a challenge for the Beers as they have lost veteran outfielder Chris Macomber to Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia. He will be in Georgia for the remainder of the season to seek treatment.
3rd baseman Phil Crosby will look to hit for the ‘bicycle’ — the cycle in 2 consecutive double headers. This feat has not happend since Gus Jenkins did it back in 1908 on the Chicago Flappers. Keeping with records, Chris Stemp is on pace to hit 27 homeruns on the season; the most ever if only it wasn’t tarnished by steroids. Sean Cusick and Matt Daw will also be looking to raise their batting averages as they are both in contract years and this does not bode well for negotiations scheduled to take place after the season.
Beers fans can rejoice as Matt Rowley and Dan Budnyk have finally come to contract agreements with the Beers’ management. Their holdout caused them to miss the first two games. Robbie Dowling was available for comment.
“Ya know, we coulda used them the other night. Actually, what am I saying? We crushed the team last week. I hope both of them come down with Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia as well. Punks. You know I could take em both right? At the same time. That’s right, I said it.”
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Not even the worst of conditions could hold back the Beers on Monday night’s Fall 2007 season opener. The Beers started off hot in the first game, capitalizing on every Cobra Kai misstep.
Chris Stemp wanted to erase last season’s memory of 197 pop-ups* and did so by blasting 3 home runs on the night. Not to be shown up by such a feat, Phil Crosby hit for the cycle in only 4 at bats. It turned out to be a long night for the Cobra Kai clan as the Beers racked up 36 runs off 43 hits. Matt Rowley and Dan Budnyk were unable to attend the game due to work circumstances. This would also explain the Beers’ K ratio of 0.000.
Due to allegations that have been filed, steroid testing for Robbie Dowling and Chris Stemp will be held on Thursday, August 23rd. Details of the testing will follow at a later date. Neither were available for comment after the games.
* The all time Arlington record for pop-ups in a season.
