Notes: Hitting the ball: a novel concept

Extra batting practice leads to extra runs
By Beth Sass / hereforthesass.blogspot.com

HOUSTON -- The Here for the Sass team took extra batting practice before the game on Tuesday, resulting in some spectacular hitting in the game.

“I thought it would be good for them to adjust to the nuances of the park. For the lefties, hitting the ball the opposite way is much more productive than it is in other parks,” hitting coach Michael Restovich said.

The Sass managed to get three home runs out the park on Tuesday evening, scoring a total of 12 runs.

Kat pitched well in her BFL debut, but the bullpen had troubles, giving up 4 runs in under 3 innings, but two of them managed to keep things together for holds.

All-Star Voting: Beth and Dawn both shrugged when asked if any of their players were going to the All Star game. “I suppose there’s a chance,” Beth said, “But with our team having the slow start, I’m not sure if anyone is noticing how well they’re doing.”

Unlike MLB, the BFL rules do not insist that every team have a representative, meaning that it’s possible that no Sassian will be represented in the game.

“I’m okay with that,” said outfielder Jermaine Dye, the most likely player to make it. “I know as a team, the Sassians will have fun, even if we’re not at the game. We might all fly out to Nice to hang out with whoever is on the DL then.”

Upon hearing that, Kat immediately put in another order for bubblewrap. “We’re not going to put anyone else on the DL before then if I can do anything about it,” she said, checking the supply of duct tape.

Quotable: "If a guy hits your guys and it looks like it's on purpose, you hit the guy and retaliate," reliever Justin Duchschererererer said. "It's an understood rule of protecting your players, or you won't have the respect of your teammates and somebody else is going to get hurt."*

New Promotion Friday Night: The Sass will return home Friday night after their long road trip, to play Gassner’s All-Stars at home. The Friday night “Welcome Home” promotion will be Welcome mats for all fans over 18 attending the game. Fans are reminded that only limited tickets are available, so they should call the Sass Ticket Office if they still have not purchased their tickets.

Tonight: Dawn and Beth have decided to go with the dual-starters game again, to avoid too much stress on the bullpen and to make up for the lost game Tuesday. Aaron Cook and Carlos Silva will both take the mound for tonight’s game.

*Again, a real quote.