The past weekend proved the axiom that the playoffs are truly a new
season. The teams were paired off according to the place they
finished the regular season. 1st vs 8th, 2nd vs 7th and so on, with a
single elimination tournament to determine the playoff champs.
In the first round, the Jacket winners, Reinhold Flooring held off a
spunky and determined Wintergreen team, led by Pitcher Terry
Meyer,and some fine relief work by Chuck the Butcher Koenig, 2-0.
The Ziegenhein crew avenged themselves from their last loss of the
season by defeating Greedy and his L&H team.
The Oldtimers dispatched of the Markwort Yellow team.
In probably the tightest match of the first round, Ol' Eller and
Team Meyer took care of Denny and Pop, with Robert C pitching 6 no
hit innings.
In the second round, the team formally known as Kriegshauser, but
now known as team Meyer, used some clutch hitting from Jeff Meyer,
veteran Len Meyer and catcher Pat Meyer to stake Pitcher Robert C
Meyer to a 2-0 lead over the jacket winning Reinhold team, forcing
Harry the Fossil to bring TK to put out the fire, but TK turned out
to be the arsonist as he gave up a back breaking RBI to Jeff
Meyer."We knew that by switching everyone on the teams name to Meyer
would give us an edge over these guys today. " said Jeff.
Rumor has it that next year, instead of an oldtimer team, the club
will have a team made up of all Meyers. Team Meyer advanced to the
finals, winning 3-0.
The other semi was won by the old guys, backed by a stellar and
gutsy pitching performance by Mike Jock, I believe 8-5 on total bases.
Note, props go out to Jeff V, whom also pitched his @*! off in a
losing cause. JV pitched almost every inning for the whole season,
not an easy thing to do.
Good Luck to both Reinhold Electric and Kriegshauser for reaching
the finals, and capping off another great season.
Make Don proud Boys.