Gamers Try To Lose; Fail

Jones Beach, NY - The Gamers were so confidant that they could beat the winless Hurricanes that they told star shortstop Rob "I can't wait to have kids so that I trade them in on the black market for speakers" Roll to stay home. The move almost back fired in game two, but the resilent Gamers scratched out a come from behind 10-9 victory to give them a two game sweep. The Gamers won the first game 18-10 and are now 11-1 as the second half of the season gets under way.

In the first game, the Gamers kept having to regain the lead after starting pitcher, Craig "walkathon" Shames kept giving it back. But they eventually exploded for 7 runs in the fourth inning and 6 more runs in the 6th inning to build a big enough lead that not even Shames could squander.

The two offensive explosions were feuled by Greg "Pimp Daddy" Roll who went 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored, "Hill" Billy Bezouska who went 3 for 4 with 3 runs scored and 2 rbis, Rob "she must have fallen down the stairs" Rathbun who went 4 for 4 with 4 runs scored and 3bi's, and Scotty "Growing up Goldy" Goldsmith who went 3 for 3 with 3 rbi's. Dave "I really wanna pants those old guys in the men's room" Kheel chipped in 5 rbis with 2 sacrifice flys and a 2 run homerun. All in all, the Gamers banged out 24 hits with the first six batters in the lineup, the aforementioned 5, plus Brian "I thought she was 18" Malfettone combining to go 16 for 20 with 13 runs scored.

In the second game, Gamers manager "Hill" Billy Bezouska benched starting pitcher Craig "walkathon" Shames in favor of the three headed monster of Peter Hon "Solo", Johnny "legs are for walking" Vasquez, and Dave "I really wanna pants those old guys in the men's room" Kheel. The three combined on a 27 hitter mixing in 18 walks en route to giving up 9 runs in the Gamers 10-9 win.

As a result of all the pitching changes, the Gamers had a very unusual defensive alignment with Shames, Kheel, and 1b Zac Nicholson all playing in the outfield at the same time for the first three innings. As such, regular outfielders Scott Goldsmith and Greg Roll were at 2b and 3b respectively with Johnny Vasquez, Billy Bezouska, and Craig Shames later all appearing at first base for a few innings. The position switches allowed the Gamers to prove their versatility and best of all several people now qualify at mutliple positions in the ABA Fantasy Softball League.

Offensively, Brian "I thought she was 18" Malfettone led the team with 3 rbi's including a 2 run home run, his first big fly of the year. Dave Roll who twisted his ankle near the end of the first game insisted on hitting as the dh in game two and amazingly went 2 for 3 with 2 rbi's.

But the big winners on the day were the kids. That's because prior to the game, all of the Gamers made pledges that they would give back to the community for each hit they got on the day. As a result, Craig Shames now has to bring 3 orphans with him to see Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants, Brian Malfettone has to spend 3 hours with at risk teenage girls, and Johnny Vasquez has to spend one hour with war veterans who have loss the use of their legs.