GAME RECAPS

On the penultimate week of the regular season, the Field of Dreamers took to SkyDome once again, this time on an unseasonably cool midsummer’s night. Directly proportionate to the drop in temperature was the number of Frisbee devotees, perhaps deserting Trinity Bellwoods in order to pack their bags full of camping gear and their pockets full of narcotics in preparation for the annual migration across the border to Burning Man.

The first game of the evening was a matchup between the league’s second and fourth place teams, the Rouge River Ballsheviks and the Credit River Rainbow Trout. There was nothing fishy about the quick start for the Trout, who scored three runs in the first inning, angling to sink their socialist counterparts in a feeding frenzy and tip the scales in their favour. But the Ballsheviks, perhaps luring their opponents into a false sense of security, responded proportionately and equitably by scoring three of their own. Fantastic infield defense for the Trout along with strong hits by LJ Robinson and Johann Juarez would not let their opponents off the hook easily. But as the game went on, the Ballsheviks stayed true to their founding principles, handing out ‘the soft’ – a number of smooth singles by Shelagh, Lainie and Nav – along with ‘the hard’ – some deep blasts to the dog dish below the hill by Jarl, Umar and Andrew. Merle’s 3 RBIs and Rachele’s amazing catch and subsequent stop, drop and roll helped extinguish the Trout on the evening by a score of 19-11 (Andy Smith – Rouge River).

In the late game, a substitute-heavy Humber River Hustle got down against the Don River Mastodons in front of a capacity crowd of seven. Batting first, the proboscideans nosed ahead to an early lead with a mammoth number of singles trumpeting their arrival to the field. Annelies stomped ahead to her first career double, while Darren’s three triples made the Hustle sweat like a fur-clad teen coming out of Comfort Zone on a Sunday afternoon. But the Hustle were able to tap into a groove and got into the swing of things, jazzing up the scoresheet with a Humber Riverdance of offensive power led by Richard’s two huge homers and Mike Yam’s perfect night at the plate. Excellent defense by Gita Madan and Janine Caster  meant the Hustle were the hot stuff of the night, winning by a score of 13-9. This game also featured more bruises than the mosh pit during and encore performance of “Colony of Birchmen” with batted balls to legs, faces and hands causing some (hopefully!) minor injuries. Heal well, Dreamers! (Andy Smith – Rouge River).

As a reminder, there are no scheduled games for Labour Day weekend. Instead, a celebration of sport and friendship is being planned at Dovercourt Park for the early evening of Sunday, September 3. If you’d like to help coordinate, please contact Merle by email.

See the game box scores here

See player stats here

See league standings here

MILESTONES

FIRSTS & Seconds

Double
Annelies Cooper (1) – Don River

ODDITIES

ALL TIME PLAYERS LIST (REACH 50 CAREER AT-BATS!!!)

Karen Campbell (Don) (52), Alex Brant (Credit) (51), Niloofar Golkar (51), and Kate Uffelman (50) all moved above the 50 at-bat mark becoming the 44th, 45th, 46th, and 47th players in league history to reach that mark!!

Strange But True

Meghan Wright (Credit) posted the exact same statistical line as Tings Chak in their first 8 at bats – including 4 hits, 4 singles, and 3 runs scored.

Mike Yam (Humber) posted the exact same statistical line as Ryan Tinney in their first 4 at bats – including 4 hits, 1 double, 2 triples, 2 runs scored, and 5 runs batted in!