Week 1: Revenge of the Lords (and Ladies...)!

After the heartbreak of losing in the championship game to their arch-nemesis "The Turtles", many players not able to cope left the team for greener pastures.  A tribute to our dearly departed former teammates:

1. Jeremy
2. Crystal
3. Meaghan 
4. Chris
5. Rakhi
6. Erick

Seeing such a loss of talent, this was expected to be a rebuilding year for the L&L team, but some new recruits have shown their potential as the future of the club.  These new recruits are: 

1. Paul
2. Brendon
3. Agnes
4. Steve

Returning from a gruesome injury and after undergoing an aggressive  rehabilitation program, we are sometime this season going to see the return of:

1. Brian  (aka SpongeBob)

without the walking cast.  Albeit Brian always seems to have scheduling problems, so his actual return date is still a bit of a mystery.

And finally, the L&L team were able to bring back one of their original members.

1.  Jeff

Who must have been doing some serious power-lifting during his year retirement.

Well, back to the game synopsis.  The game started out poorly for the L&L as we found ourselves quickly in the hole 5-0.  But L&L did not stop, with some speed and quickness they clawed back to even the game, and then pull slightly ahead.  New recruits Paul, Brendon, and Agnes showed all the reasons why the L&L went on their free-agent charm offensive this off-season with outstanding defensive plays and power at the plate.

Not to mention, we had a walk on that Agnes was able to persuade to play, despite having to hold his pants up while playing.  Chad's 4 RBIs, 3 Runs, surely helped the L&L pull out the win.

But the big news, and I believe for the first time ever, the L&L received clutch hitting in the bottom of the last inning.  Down by 4 runs to start, Mike started the rally with a lead-off double, Kate reached base on a clutch single, followed by a double by Chad.  1 Run scored.

Next up was new Recruit Paul, on a 1-1 offering (don't really remember the count, but it just sounds better!) he crushes the ball deep to left field, and gone, out of the park 3-run home run.  Game Tied 18-18.

Next up, L&L original member, Jeff.  Not to be outdone, he crushes the first pitch, once again to deep left field, does it have enough to get over...We all don't want a repeat of Jeff trying to leg out an in-the-park home run...he has the speed for it for sure...but can his tear away pants handle the extreme g-forces caused by his quick acceleration??? (ask me about this if you would like more detail).  Fortunately, for Jeff and his pants, he smoked it.  It's out of the park!  What a clutch hit!  Back to Back out of the park home runs to win the game!

L&L avenged their championship loss with the help of the newbies and the not-so-newbies, and of course their recently returned original member, persuaded out of retirement...

Up next, Class IV Power, a team we love to beat...

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