?️? THE JUNE 24tH INAUGURAL PRIDE GAME
On a night where the Field of Dreamers out sparkled the glamour of the 24/7 frisbee rave, a rainy and gloomy day soon turned into a hearts-a-fire flame fest! Dressed to impress, the Dreamers strutted their stuff along the baselines in sequins, glam, short-short-short shorts, glitter, and all other sorts of fine haberdashery. And, as though the Fab Five themselves decided to elevate the field of play, the Dreamers matched their new looks with fierce defence, fabulous hits, and futuristic finesse. As the Queer Eye TV screen was tuned to the game, all were anticipating whether Karamo would unearth the loving child that lives inside the unflappable Comrades? Or would Jonathan give the Valley Cats the grooming they always knew they deserved? Would Bobby remake the Humber defence into something elegant but hip? Or would Antoni & Tan help the Blush bring out their delectable charm?
You’ll have to keep reading to find out whether this Queer Eye’d makeover took form…
DON RIVER VALLEY CATS vs. CREDIT RIVER COMRADES
A stoic orchestral march heralded the arrival of the most glorious Credit River Comrades to the ballfield on Sunday, and the Don River Valley Cats came ready to bat their opponents like a ball of yarn. The Cats took an early lead, lapping the bases like they were a saucer of milk, but the Comrades trusted in their collective strength and came roaring back. Both teams did their best to keep the score low, playing impressive defense. The Cats’ Kate Uffelman made graceful plays at third base and Niloofar Golkar snagged a nail-biting pop fly in the outfield, but it was matched, and then some, by the Comrades. Jill Aoki-Barrett was as stout as the walls of the Kremlin, halting hits at shortstop, while LJ Robinson racked up kompromat on the competition, stopping runners at second base and short. Credit River then called in their debts and nationalized the field when Gita Madan smashed a powerful line drive that netted her two RBIs and Yogi Acharya brought everyone home to the motherland with a Grand Slam!! Both teams’ hearts were filled with Pride as the sun set with a 15-8 win for the Comrades (Andrew Stokes, Don River Valley Cats).
ROUGE RIVER BLUSH vs. HUMBER RIVER HUMDINGERS
Oh. My. God.You. Look. Amazing. Were the six words that defined this ornate affair between the bedazzled Humdingers and the haute-couture Blush. It was all love is love as the teams took the field for their first date of the season. And these teams hit-it-off with some hot and steamy play under the romantic backdrop of the ball field light towers with the smell of love ganja in the air. A lurid affair, the Blush came out forever gorgeous with a five run first inning. But the Humdingers wouldn’t be thrown off tune and they too pumped out the volume as their hair blew in the wind rounding bases and scoring runs. In the gleam of the light towers, Annelies Cooper’s sequins reflected off the uniforms of Blush babes Terrance, Sarah, and Lainie, resulting in a magical display of shimmering that made all comers ask, maybe she was born with it? As the disco fever was at it’s highest pitch among the Humber squad, the Blush was concealing all their holes on defence with stellar play. Jessica Duarte and Jo Jefferson nonetheless scampered home to bring the game within an eyeliner’s reach of victory….but alas, by the final inning Jenny Chan flexed some muscle crushing a single into the outfield where the Blush used the remaining dust to give a perfect smoky eye….Blush 16 – Humdingers 11 (Craig Fortier, Rouge River Blush)
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MILESTONES
Credit River
Gita Madan – currently tied for 22nd on the all time list with 38 career runs batted in!
Peter Demakos – becomes 25th player in league history to reach 65 career hits (66)!
Tanis Franco – becomes the 80th player in league history to score at least 5 runs!
Ness Dixon – currently ranks tied-42nd in league history with 18 career runs batted in (up 6 spots!)
Johann Juarez – becomes 4th player in league history to reach 15 career triples!
Darren Puscas – see oddities below
Karl Gardner – becomes 4th player in league history to score 90 career runs!
Jill Aoki-Barrett – becomes 78th player in league history to reach the 10 career hit plateau!
Nav Sidhu – becomes 15th player in league history to reach 85 career hits!
Yogi Acharya – with a GRAND SLAM!!! becomes the 19th player in league history to reach 3 career home runs
LJ Robinson – becomes 5th player in league history to reach 130 career hits!
Don River
Katie German – is currently tied for 21st all time with 46 career singles (up 8 spots!)
Andrew Stokes – becomes 15th player in league history to reach 50 career runs scored!
Stuart Schussler – becomes 28th player in league history to reach 50 career hits
Shelagh Pizey-Allen – becomes 50th player in league history to reach 30 career singles (31)!
Kate Uffelman – becomes 37th player in league history to reach 45 career hits!
Niloofar Golkar – currently is tied for 40th on the all-time list with 21 career runs scored (up 4 spots!)
Laura Pin – becomes 51st player in league history to reach 35 career this!
Andrew Norton – becomes 9th player in league history to reach 25 career doubles (26)!
Humber River
Jessica Duarte – currently ranks 50th on the all-time list with 36 career singles!
Alex Brant – becomes the 31st player in league history to reach 80 career at-bats (81)!
Ryan Hayes – becomes 2nd player in league history to reach 235 career hits!
Jo Jefferson – becomes 10th player in league history to reach 75 career singles!
Annelies Cooper – becomes 7th player in league history to reach 85 career singles!
Devin Clancy – becomes 10th player in league history to reach 100 career hits (101!) BRAVO DEVIN!
Karen Campbell – becomes 32nd player in league history to reach 80 career at-bats!
Colin Hastings – is currently tied for 5th all time with 17 career home runs!
Rouge River
Sarah Weinberger – currently leads the Blush with 18 at-bats on the season!
Noah Adams – currently tied for 21st all time with 111 career at-bats!
Merle Davis becomes – becomes 12th player all time to reach 70 career singles!
TH Vega – see oddities below
Terrance Luscombe – currently ranks tied-7th all time with 26 career doubles!
Craig Fortier – becomes 2nd player in league history to reach 125 career singles!
Lainie Basman – currently ranks 14th all time with 132 career at-bats!
Jenny Chan – becomes 8th player in league history to reach 120 career hits (121)!
Andy Smith – becomes 40th player in league history to reach 70 career at-bats (71)!
SUBS
Joseph Bautista – becomes 78th player in league history to record 10 career hits (11)!
Kelsey Patton – becomes the 125th player to ever record an at-bat in the league!
ODDITIES
CAREER YEAR
TH Vega (Rouge River) in 17 less at-bats has already equalled their 8 hits from the 2017 season with Credit River. It’s apparently making them Blush.
DREAMIEST DREAMER
Darren Puscas becomes the first player in league history to reach at least 100 at-bats (103) playing ONLY in the Field of Dreamers league.