Welcome to the post-season baseballites! Thank you to everyone who had a part in making our Summer/Fall 2020 Season what it was. Through four schedule revisions, field conflicts, teams combining and fracturing we persevered and had our most successful (and longest) season to date. Lets not forget we had beautiful days of baseball with great fans, glizzies, a broken elbow diving play, giant strike zones, games played just for fun, a new field, home runs, suicide bunts, and newcomers and veterans alike all coming together because we love baseball.
For now, we say goodbye to S9, CSR, and 5WW. And our single-elimination playoff schedule is set:
Sunday, October 18
12:00 (3@2)
Rougarou @ Pels
3:00 (4@1)
Blues @ Parleaux
I heard talk that the playoffs and championship game may be played over at the beautiful City Park Quadruplex, but if not, we’re over at Gormley. One way or another it’s City Park.
Here’s a recap of what happened in week 15 and 15.5:
Oct. 11
12:00 – Gormley Field
Most of S9 skip out on the last game of the season, allowing a bunch of randos to megatron together to lose to the Blues one last time. Blues (8) – S9 (2)-Forfeit
3:00 – Gormley Field
Marc Oddo returns from a 650 mile kayak race to pitch 9 innings and lead the Rougarou to the rare win over Parleaux in this close and exciting game. Rou (5) – Par (4)
6:00 – Harrison Field
Two old pals get together for a good old-fashioned, high-scoring PBL game with some exciting twists and turns. Lead-changes, about 10 different pitchers, and a loose horse galloping majestically in the outfield (I’m not making this up). CSR (11) – 5WW (13)
Oct. 13
6:00 – Harrison Field?
Rou and CSR play a high-scoring makeup game that results in a last-minute standings change, pushing Rougarou to the 3-seed. CSR (11) – Rou (17)
7:30 PM – St. Roch Park
The Weebies sing their swan song “Let Me Find Out” and play a competitive and fun game against the offensively-geared Pelicans. Pels (7) – 5WW (4)