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LOSS TO LONG BEACH LOOMS LARGE
Dropping Two vs. Mounties Dampens Optimism
August 24, 2062 | Vancouver: A great philosopher once said that the opera ain't over 'till the fat lady sings. In the case of the Bikini Krill, we're thinking the aria has at least entered its coda. Like any season in which a team finds itself gasping on fumes, one can point to a number of moments throughout the summer that could have made a difference about now. The horrific April is a common refrain, but there was a sweep at the hands of Yellow Springs that must still be stomached, and a long string of discouraging 1-run losses that served as greasy build up for the first half of the year.
The final straw, though, was likely the 5-4 defeat this week at the hands of the lowly Surfers of Long Beacha game that ended in poetic fashion with Manuel Martinez getting thrown out while trying to take third base on a single with no one out in the bottom of the ninth. The blunder wiped out an opportunity for a 1st and 2nd situation with no outs, down a run in a game that most local pundits felt was a "must have" for the team. Should we note that Manuel Martinez's running speed is somewhere between "tortoise" and "man with piano strapped to back."
Of course, the season is not over. Not officially, anyway. Despite this loss, and a pair more to Vancouver, the Krill still sit only three games off the pace of both Vancouver and San Fernando for a wildcard spot. Nothing is impossible. I mean, sure, Napoleon Mellott is still hurt, and a the fourth spot in the rotation is a continual hot potato. And, yeah, both the Mounties and the Bears have gone out and spent at the trade deadline while Krill GM Ron Collins has been left twiddling his thumbs, thanks to (if you believe him) an empty purse. But the fact is that with another game in Vancouver, and a set of big series coming up with both division leading Hawaii and San Fernando, if the club were to catch a hot streak, things could look considerably better in a week or so.
Of course, the more likely scenario is the opposite.
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
That said if Bikini can somehow luck their way into a solid week, they would end the season with 16 games against the upper division (all at home), and 12 games against the lower division (all on the road). People inclined to daydreams can concoct a situation where things work out, where Mellott returns with the team on ta run, and provides that last boost to the old morale to really make something happen.
I am not such a daydreamer.
But for at least the next week, I'll try not to rain on their parades.
Dropping Two vs. Mounties Dampens Optimism
August 24, 2062 | Vancouver: A great philosopher once said that the opera ain't over 'till the fat lady sings. In the case of the Bikini Krill, we're thinking the aria has at least entered its coda. Like any season in which a team finds itself gasping on fumes, one can point to a number of moments throughout the summer that could have made a difference about now. The horrific April is a common refrain, but there was a sweep at the hands of Yellow Springs that must still be stomached, and a long string of discouraging 1-run losses that served as greasy build up for the first half of the year.
The final straw, though, was likely the 5-4 defeat this week at the hands of the lowly Surfers of Long Beacha game that ended in poetic fashion with Manuel Martinez getting thrown out while trying to take third base on a single with no one out in the bottom of the ninth. The blunder wiped out an opportunity for a 1st and 2nd situation with no outs, down a run in a game that most local pundits felt was a "must have" for the team. Should we note that Manuel Martinez's running speed is somewhere between "tortoise" and "man with piano strapped to back."
Of course, the season is not over. Not officially, anyway. Despite this loss, and a pair more to Vancouver, the Krill still sit only three games off the pace of both Vancouver and San Fernando for a wildcard spot. Nothing is impossible. I mean, sure, Napoleon Mellott is still hurt, and a the fourth spot in the rotation is a continual hot potato. And, yeah, both the Mounties and the Bears have gone out and spent at the trade deadline while Krill GM Ron Collins has been left twiddling his thumbs, thanks to (if you believe him) an empty purse. But the fact is that with another game in Vancouver, and a set of big series coming up with both division leading Hawaii and San Fernando, if the club were to catch a hot streak, things could look considerably better in a week or so.
Of course, the more likely scenario is the opposite.
Ugly is in the eye of the beholder, I guess.
That said if Bikini can somehow luck their way into a solid week, they would end the season with 16 games against the upper division (all at home), and 12 games against the lower division (all on the road). People inclined to daydreams can concoct a situation where things work out, where Mellott returns with the team on ta run, and provides that last boost to the old morale to really make something happen.
I am not such a daydreamer.
But for at least the next week, I'll try not to rain on their parades.