The long awaited and serially delayed Fall Season of the PBL New Orleans has come. Opening Day saw the return of good friends, dramatic strikeouts, an “interesting” self-trade, plenty of HBP, and the continuation of a podiatric tradition that most of us are still trying to fully understand. Kicking things off at Perry Roehm, the Crete Street Riot and Weebies gathered at home plate for the reading of the Manifesto before engaging in what they call Feet Week. A beautiful 8-inning morning game led into the Mustard Cup. The Beef Sliders and Secret 9 faced off in an exciting back-and-forth eventually decided that Yellow Mustard would rule the day. Hot dogs were being served and beer was flowing as the Pelicans and the Rougarou engaged in a run-heavy match and came to the conclusion that werewolves don’t need moonlight to play baseball. Finally, the rematch between the defending champions and the Blues saw manager and ex-player face each other in a showdown after one of the most questionable offseason self-trades this reporter has ever seen — the result of which is captured here as the defying champion manager Ryan Carr strikes out former teammate Ryan Charles.
A great day for baseball. Results of Opening Day games below:
CSR (2) @ 5WW (6)
Beef (3) @ S9 (8)
ROU (12) @ Pels (7)
Blues (7) @ GG (2)