Week #8 – Bye

No match this week, but some good news anyway!  Looking at the standings from last week and comparing them to this week’s, I notice that T E R D beat Casey’s RBs by an 8-5 score.  That puts us two games back of first place, and we get our crack at Casey’s at our place on Tuesday.  They beat us in the first match, but only 7-6 and they had the home field advantage.  This is our chance to make a move.

Week #7 – T E R D

Sorry I’m behind on these updates—this will catch us up, because we had a bye this past Tuesday.

It was a different line-up this time around against T E R D, and by a coincidence I knew one of the players from years ago (Maggie’s brother Matt, for anyone who cares to know), so it was a very friendly match.  Contributing to that atmosphere was the fact that there were a couple of Red Sox fans on the other team, so I had someone to talk baseball to while watching the Yankees play the Angels in the ALCS.  (My guys are Yankee-lovers.)

Just like last match against them, it was a close one.  We won this one though, most likely simply due to the home-field advantage.

Final result: a 7-6 win.

Stats updated above, click to view.

Week #6 – Team Versus

Even though the results showed only a one-game improvement over our last match, Team Versus was miles better.  For one thing, they had four players—all of whom finished the match.  But seriously, every game was much tighter than the first time we played them.  They were hitting their numbers much more consistently.  I think somebody’s been practicing…

Even better, their strategy had improved a bit.  They still don’t immediately recognize when they have an out in 501, and they tend to follow a little too much in cricket, but those kinds of things will come to them more and more naturally as they gain experience.

And best of all is their attitude.  They’re there to have fun, and don’t sulk about losing a lot of games.  Everyone loses a lot of games their first couple of times playing in the league, and they get that.  Hope they stick around a while.

Final score: an 11-2 win.

Stats updated above, click to view them.

Week #5 – Good Strokes

Our first home match of the season!  I wish we had made more of it, but we did finally win the last game of the match, so there’s that.

For a team that had three—count ‘em!—members sporting Yankee caps, they weren’t obnoxious at all.  They had one guy who was incredible at cricket, but fortunately we were able to snag the two games he didn’t play.  We were evenly matched on 501 as well, as the final score showed.

Not much else to report, except that Red’s new girlfriend came to the match about halfway through and he started playing much better after that.  She’s not allowed to be late in the future.

Final score: a 7-6 win.

Stats updated above, click to see them.  Also, an important update to the schedule.  Next week’s open tournament is being held on the upper level at Bradford’s, not at Tiernan’s.

No match next week, so an update will come in a fortnight.