Fw: Todays Write Up

06.30.26  The “Colonel” Ignites a Fifth-Inning Firestorm

If you enjoy softball with plot twists, heroic moments, and a heat index that makes your sunscreen file a complaint, Tuesday’s triple‑team showdown delivered exactly that.

 

Team DeLoach (Visitors) 21 • Team Rounds (Middle/Sitting) 13 • Team Hill (Home) 17

 

For four innings, all three teams were locked in a tight, respectable battle — the kind that makes you think, “Hey, this actually looks like real softball.” But then the 5th inning arrived, and Team DeLoach decided to flip the script.

 

The turning point came when Bob Zelazny — “Colonel” stepped up and delivered the kind of hit that makes outfielders reconsider their retirement plans. BoB cleared the bases with a monster home run in the top of the 5th, igniting a scoring frenzy.

 

Not to be outdone, Skipper went full track‑and‑field mode, ripping three triples like he was trying to qualify for the Senior Olympics. Every time he hit the ball, he seemed to find a new gear.  Between BoB’s blast and Skipper’s sprinting clinic, Team DeLoach piled on 13 runs in two innings, leaving the other teams blinking in disbelief.

 

Team Hill wasn’t ready to pack up. They rallied for five runs in the final inning, led by Rabideau, who went a perfect 3‑for‑3 at the plate. He was basically renting space on first base all afternoon.  It was gritty, determined, and impressive — but the gap was just too big to close.

 

Team Rounds may have been “middle/sitting,” but they were anything but quiet at the plate. Reagean, Lynch, and Pcholinski reached base in all their appearances, with Lynch and Pcholinski each ripping two doubles to the gaps. Together, they turned the top of the lineup into a steady stream of traffic and extra‑base fireworks.

 

The peanut gallery didn't disappoint, chiming in with their trademark senior-softball wisdom:

• “This looks like Bad News Bears.”
• “Typical senior softball.”
• And the instant classic from the field: “I’m not sending you home with her arm.” (We’re still investigating who “her” is and why her arm is apparently stirring up envy or perhaps a little fear out there.)

 

In summary, it was a scorcher. It was a battle. It was senior softball at its finest.  Team DeLoach brought the fireworks. Team Hill brought the heart. Team Rounds brought the contact hitting clinic. And Florida brought the heat — aggressively.