WILD THING
The Wild Things, Visitors: Ford, Stier, Wiltshire, Doerbaum, Alumbaugh, Seguin, Matta, DeRidder, Burns, Thirey and Pinnick. The song, "Wild Thing" was made popular by a group called the Troggs, it reached #1, on the Billboard record chart , in 1966.
The Soul Men, Home Team: Witmer, F. Gonzalez, Toro, Jacobson, Quinones, Brock, Pepin, Zelazny, Benson, Deemie, Ogden, Constantine and Vanderhyde. "Soul Man" was written by Isaac Hayes and was performed by Sam and Dave, the song hit #1, in 1967.
This article will describe the game action of the WHSS, American League game, between the two teams listed above, by looking at the music of the 60’s. See if you can recognize these great songs from yesteryear, or as the Beatles would say, from ”Yesterday”. In the first three innings, the Soul Men had “Good Vibrations”, hitting some sweet notes, they soared and scored 9 runs. The top of their lineup, (Witmer, Gonzalez, Toro, Jacobson and Quinones) scored all the runs in those 3 innings. Meanwhile, The Wild Things, were in a “Purple Haze”, managing to score only 4 runs in the first third of the contest. The Wild Things had a “Bad Moon Rising”. Not only were they behind in the score, they lost a key player when Scott Seguin went down with a muscle pull. After 3 innings the score was The Wild Things: 4- Soul Men: 9. For The Wild Things, we felt like we had a red door, “Painted Black”. It was a “Hard Day’s Night”.
In the 4th inning, The Wild Things got a brand new bag of runs, as in “Pappa’s Got A Brand New Bag”. After seeing 5 runs cross the plate, James Brown expressed our emotions, “I Feel Good”. We had “A Ticket To Ride” again, in the 5th inning, as we scored another 5 runs. Although everyone in The Wild Thing lineup was hitting well, the end of the lineup, especially Nick Burns and Tim Thirey got around the bases exceptionally well, as in, “I Get Around”. Nick was 6/6 in the game, with a triple. Not to be out performed, Tim was 6/6 with a HR. After 6 innings the score was The Wild Things: 14- Soul Men: 11.
The game stayed close until the 9th inning. That is when The Wild Things went wild. We had a “Revolution”, it made us “Glad All Over”. Base hits seemed to be falling all over the place, even “Under The Boardwalk”, or so it seemed. In truth some of the hits were line shots, others were just “Blowin In The Wind”. We scored 10 runs in the 9th inning. After seeing that performance, I know, “I’m A Believer”, in this team. Maybe it was “The Time Of The Season” for us to bring out the bats. Ray Charles had “Georgia on My Mind”, we had scoring on our mind.
The Soul Men did not just stand around and cry “96 Tears” they came out in the bottom of the inning and tried to give us the “Runaround Sue”. They scored 6 runs. They seemed to hit the ball everywhere, they would even hit it “All Along The Watchtower”, if that were possible. At that point, Righteous Brother, pitcher, Steve Pinnick, who had pitched a strong game, needed some relief. He had “Lost That Lovin’ Feelin”, as in the Righteous Brothers hit, “You’ve Lost That Lovin Feelin”. The other Righteous Brother, Big Dave Doerbaum, came in to pitch and he managed to close things down. Like the Roy Orbison’s hit, the Soul Men were left “Crying”, while The Wild Things were “Dancing In The Streets”. After the game manager, Freddy Gonzalez, wanted his team to “Stand By Me”, he knows they have a strong team and will be in the running for a championship. Both team enjoyed competing, we had “Hot Fun in The Summertime”, even though it is not summer and it was not hot. Final Score: The Wild Things: 27- Soul Men: 22. Solid Gold defensive plays were turned in by Alumbaugh, Matta and Brock.
WP: Steve Pinnick
Leading Hitters For The Wild Things:
Ford: 4/6.
Stier: 5/6 with a triple and a double.
Wiltshire: 4/6 with a double.
Doerbaum: 3/6 with a HR.
Matta: 5/6 with a double.
Burns: 6/6 with a triple and a double.
Thirey: 6/6 with a HR.
Leading Hitters For The Soul Men.
Witmer: 3/5 with a double.
Gonzalez: 4/5 with two doubles and a triple.
Toro: 3/5.
Jacobson: 4/5 with two triples.
Quinones: 3/4 and a SF.
Brock: 4/5.
Zelazny: 4/4 and a SF.
Write Up By Nick Matta
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