ESPN.com WebSlingers Suffer Second Loss of the Season
Another day - same old story. The ESPN.com WebSlingers suffered their second straight defeat today, falling this morning to the Stats & Analysis team. The Slingers battled hard (all twenty or so of them), but again fell victim to the mercy rule, falling behind by 10 runs in the 8th inning.
As if taking it on the chin from the damn Data Group wasn’t enough, this mornings ass-whooping ended with the sudden departure of our umpire. Following a rough day of interesting strike calls, the unnecessary holding of the runner at third base in order to prolong the inevitable mercying seemed to put him over the edge - he called game over and scurried away before anyone could argue.
As for me - today I became the first to fall guilty to the 2nd foul ball with 2 strikes rule… Following an unfortunate line drive out of play, I was done - I think it’s scored as a strike out… Oh, and I’m pretty sure my ERA is nearing 50.
Go Team.
At least give your opponent the honor of naming the correctly, they’ve been the Stats and Analysis group for over a year!
Actually, their team name was the Decoy Coyotes. We’re winning next week. Well, maybe not, but you’ll be the pitcher on the mound at the end of the game either way…
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