Cinco De Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is Spanish for the 5^th of May, a holiday that is primarily celebrated in Mexico and the USA. The true origins of the holiday date back to May 5, 1862, when the Mexican forces, numbering 4,000 men, won a huge battle over the French army, numbering 8,000 soldiers. In honor of the Mexican-American holiday the game write up will center on the holiday. I’ll start by naming the teams after Mexican beers.

Team Corona, Hitting Team: Dampier, Torres, Hamilton, Zelazny, JD, Chrest, Crowell, Shaffer, Mohan, Barnes, Ducham, Gibson and Cappozzi.

Team Sol; Sitting Team: F. Gonzalez, Grabb, Butler, M. Gonzalez, Matta, Deano, Thompson, Lopez, Leggett, Moots, Bowley and L. Baker.

Team Dos Equis; Home Team: Scarborugh, Reagen, Wolfe, Coffman, Marino, Simon, Pepin, D. Hill, Wells, Merritt, Strait and G. Baker.

Team Corona knew it was Cinco de Mayo, they started their celebration by putting up five runs, in the first inning. Dampier, Torres, Hamilton all singled. Zelazny went long distance and hit a triple, Chrest and Shaffer added singles to round out the hits for the inning. Team Corona cruised to an easy win in this game adding 17 more runs throughout the rest of the game.

The Sitting Team, Sol, had the holiday confused. We thought it was Stinko de Mayo, we did not score five runs over the course of the entire game. In all practicality the game was over for us after the first inning. However, we played it out, because you never know with a few key hits maybe we would have been the ones to celebrate. Instead we were like the French army, we were defeated by a force that out played us.

The Home Team stayed in the game through four innings, scoring seven runs. However, after the 4^th inning they took a siesta and did not score again in the game. Team Dos Equis celebrated Sinking de Mayo, instead of Cino de Mayo.

Final Score: Hitting Team: 22- Sitting Team: 4- Home Team: 7

As the Dos Equis, “most interesting man in the world” spokesman would say, “stay thirsty my friends, for more softball”.

Cinco Estrellas Jugadores, (5 Star Players).

WP: Davis

Defensive plays of the game; Denny Shaffer for an over the shoulder grab in right center field. Ron Butler for stretching out and snagging a fly hit in shallow center, Ron made the play all the way from his shortstop position.

Hitting Team:

Dampier: 3/ 4 with a triple and a double.

Torres: 3 / 4 with a double.

Hamilton: 3 / 4 with a double.

Zelazny: 4 / 4 with a triple and a double.

Chrest: 3/ 4 with two doubles.

Mohan: 4/4 with a double.

Barnes: 3/ 4.

Cappozzi: 2/ 3.

Sitting Team:

Butler: 2/ 3.

M. Gonzalez: 2/ 3.

Matta: 2/ 3.

Deano: 2/ 3.

Leggett: 1/ 1 and a walk.

Bowley: 1/2.

Home Team:

Wolfe: 2/ 3.

Coffman: 2/3.

Marino: 2/3.

Pepin: 3/3.

D. Hill: 3/3 with a double.

Wells: 1/ 2 with a walk and a double.

G. Baker: 2/3.