We are men, old men, playing a kid’s game. There is nothing wrong with that, we are blessed to be able to come out and play ball. It's one of the ways we keep young. Keeping up with the youth theme, I decided to frame todays AL game, (4/12), in the cartoon genre of my childhood.
Visitors, Team Bugs Bunny: Rivera, Witmer, Doerbaum, Matta, Hamilton, Gazarek, Hicks, Crowell, Reagen and Wells.
Home, Team Daffy Duck: Rad, Gonzalez Shirer, Held, Jacobson, Pep, Parker, Zelazny, Letourneau and JD.
Team Bugs came out in the first inning and took the lead, Dave Doerbaum came out and knocked in the first two runs with a HR, to left field. "What’s up Doc?"
Team Daffy had a “suffering succotash” inning, scoring only one run, Sylvester the putty cat style. Freddy G reached base and after a throwing error, he scored. In the second inning, Team Daffy tied the game when Jacobson, Pep and Letourneau delivered hits. Team Daffy delivered a catch phrase upon tying the game at 2 runs apiece, “Of course, you realize this means war", (Daffy Duck).
After the 2nd inning, Team Daffy disappeared down the rabbit hole. Team Bugs out hit and out fielded him at every turn. Team Bugs scored runs like they were grabbing carrots out of Elmer Fudd’s garden. “Carrots are" (so fine)... "You get a dozen for a dime, It's maaaa-gic," (Bugs Bunny)!
By the 9th inning Team Bugs Bunny held a commanding 16-8 lead. Due in large part to the Pink Panther, Dave Doerbaum. In the cartoon world, The Pink Panther was a smooth operator, just like Dave’s softball swing, very smooth. Dave had 3 homeruns in the game and knocked in 8 runs.
In the bottom of the 8th inning, Team Daffy turned into the Roadrunner, while Team Bugs played the part of the Wile Coyote. The Visitors dropped balls, while the Roadrunner sped over the bases. It was like being hit with an Acme anvil. Team Daffy batted through their lineup and scored 7 runs. I’ll describe the ending of the game with a line from “Baseball Bugs”, (1946), a cartoon where Bugs takes on the “Gas-House Gorillas”. With the tying run on base and two outs, Team Bugs closed out theWHSS game by pasting “this pathetic palooka with a powerful paralyzing perfect pachydermus percussion pitch", (Bugs Bunny). In other words, Josh Wells got the last batter he faced to fly out to left field. Team Bugs won the game, 16-15. "That’s All Folks!"
THE LOONEY TUNE’S STARS OF THE GAME
Team Daffy:
Rad: 4/6 with a triple.
Held: 3/5.
Jacobson: 3/5.
Letourneau: 4/5.
Team Bugs:
Rivera: 4/5.
Witmer: 3/5.
Doerbaum: 5/5 with 3 HRs and a double.
Hamilton: 3/5.
Gazarek: 3/5.
Crowell: 4/5.
Wells: 3/5.
WP: Wells.
Golden Glove Plays: Matta and Witmer.
Special thanks to Joe D'Herin for umpiring the game.
Written by Nick Matta
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