HItmen Softball Are Champions Once More

October 26th, 2010, 6:30PM PST & 9:00 PM PST @ Joe Rodgers Field in Long Beach

I believe my last sport's league post had this softball team talking mad shit in our first game of the regular season.

Well, after 10 regular season games where we finish 7-3, a first-round playoff bye, and two comeback wins - one in the semi-finals and one in the championship game, we are re-crowned the champs of the Long Beach Adult Softball League on Tuesday nights.

A couple noteworthy pointers in our playoff games:

Semi-Final vs We Got The Runs
October 26th, 2010, 6:30PM PST @ Joe Rodgers Field in Long Beach
We scored 3 in the bottom of the 7th in the semi-final, capped off by a game-winning sac-fly by my little brother Nam, which scored Dave (the second slowest runner on the team - the other team was smart when they made it clear before gametime that you only get one pinch-runner per inning because we got a couple of old slow guys on the team). We had scored 3 in the bottom of the 6th on a 2-out, 3-run homer by Keith that kept us in the game.

Championship vs Twining Dirt Bags
October 26th, 2010, 9:00 PM PST @ Joe Rodgers Field in Long Beach
Down 10-5, in the bottom of the 6th inning, we loaded the bases after I lead off the inning with a single up the middle, followed by a walk by Tuan and Keith picking up an infield single (while pulling his hammy hustling down the line and is probably out for next season - sucks) with Edgar and Kendrick coming up. My brother Nam pinch-runs for Keith, putting three brothers on the base pads. Edgar and Kendrick are our 3 and 4 hitters and Kendrick is literally Josh Hamilton playing softball. Edgar is a solid hitter also. Edgar pops out to short and then Kendrick lines a sharp one to second but was out on a crazy snatch. So my oldest brother Minh comes up with the bases still loaded and now 2 outs. Minh comes through, lining a double right pass me at 3rd base - fair ball. All 3 runners scored and we cut the lead to 10-8. Brady then singles in Minh making the score 10-9. After a single by Dave and a walk by Arnie, the bases are reloaded for my little brother Nam. He comes through with a grand slam and we're celebrating a 13-10 lead. We win the game 13-10 with some solid defensive plays in the top half of the 7th.

This is our second championship in three seasons. There were actually two seasons in between the two championships. One season - the one right after we won it all - we went 0-10 lol. And the one after that I didn't register us in because I had my pops to look after.

Here are some some stats and pictures:





Season Stats:



Semi-Final Game Boxscore:



Championship Game Boxscore: