People’s Baseball League 2020 is in the books. Congratulations to the Parleaux Beer Labs for securing their 4th consecutive championship title. They proved they can win without Chris Shinaberry, as Kelton Castillo carried the game through 6 innings, and Brad Rosenblat makes his longest appearance to date to close it out.
Rougarou (looking mighty fine in their brand new jerseys) put up a hard-fought battle behind the pitching of Ben Hickey, Marc Oddo and Zach Stockton, and certainly kept this championship game interesting by fighting back to get within 1-run with key batting from the middle and bottom of the lineup. But once Parleaux takes an early lead, they do everything they can to hold on to it. Rougarou’s rally fell short, and the final shook out to 4-3.
So we leave our 2020 season with one question on our minds? Will anyone ever beat Parleaux again? But we also walk off the diamond grateful that we even had the chance to play baseball at all. For many, this was the one aspect of our lives that remained constant, and served as a respite from the turmoil of the real world. Thank you to all the players, the managers, PBL front office, commish, the fans, the fans’ dogs, the significant others. We appreciate the time put in to make all of this happen, collecting dues, reserving fields, diving to make the catch (even if you shatter your elbow in the process), practicing that new pitch for your arsenal, watching the kids so your SO has a chance to hit a double, grilling hot dogs for friends and complete strangers alike. As far as we know, we had no reported cases of Covid-19 among our league-members, so thank you everyone for taking the necessary precautions to prevent that happening. We want to thank all y’all for making our community baseball league what it is: the people’s league.
Stay tuned for a recap of our first ever Gala-ween game (which was a ton of fun), and maybe further updates for continuing baseball through the winter.