Friday the 13th

Ella Fitzgerald sang the song Blue Skies:

Blue skiesSmiling at meNothing but blue skiesDo I seeBluebirdsSinging a songNothing but bluebirdsAll day long

Billie Holiday sang Stormy Weather:

Don't know why there's no sun up in the skyStormy weather

We had both blue skies and rain today and I am not just talking about the weather. The two teams that squared off in Friday’s action played that way.

The Blue Sky Boys: Constantine, Dampier, Witmer, Wells, Simon, Giordano, D. Hill, Butler, Marino, Thompson and L. Baker, shined today.

The Stormy Weather Boys:  Coffman, Gonzalez, Laffoon, T. Smith, Heb O, S. Hill, Reagen, Matta, Lopez, Moots and G. Baker, were all wet.

The game stayed close enough through six innings, the score stood 8-3, in favor of the Blue Sky team. The sun shined particularly bright on Freddie Dampier, who was 3/ 5, with two homeruns. Chris Constantine heard the bluebirds singing a song, when he hit a homerun in the 2^nd inning.

 The Stormy weather team heard boo-birds when they batted. When it rained, it poured, for the Stormy Weather team, we were stuck in the mud. You don’t win many games scoring only 4 runs in a nine inning game. Credit the winning pitcher, Josh Wells and his defense for the storms low offensive production.  The Blue Sky team turned two double plays, to kill rallies in the 4^th and 9^th innings.  Although both teams had five shutout innings each, when the sunshine boys scored, they brought the heat. They had a pair of 3 run innings, a 2 run inning, and a big 5 run inning in the 6^th that gave them a solid lead.

In the end we were all winners, although the skies threatened to rain out the game, God answered our prayers and we got to play ball.  You never lose when you have fun, exercise and fellowship at the ol' ballpark.

Blue Sky Boys:                 3-3-0-0-2-5-0-0-0

Stormy Weather Boys:  0-1-1-0-0-0-1-0-1

 Final Score: Blue Sky Boys 13 – Stormy Weather Boys 4.

Leading Hitters:

Dampier: 3 / 5 with 2 HRs.

Witmer: 4 / 5 with a double.

Simon: 3 /5.

Giordano: 3 /5.

Thompson: 3 / 4.

Laffoon: 3 / 4.

T. Smith 3/ 4.

S. Hill 3/ 4 with a HR.

Submitted By Nick Matta