Manager: Andy Malthouse
Scorer: Kim Malthouse
Score: NC Rebels 22 – Geelong 5
There are a lot of emotions at the end of any baseball game, more so when it is the last one for the season. So including feeling hungry, thirsty, wanting to sit down, getting out of those damn cleats, you also have emotions such as relief, fulfilment, satisfaction but most of all pride. Pride in the people that you have had the honour of playing with over the past 17 rounds.
This season had its ups and downs, as you would expect, but it was by far a rewarding experience. Playing with such diverse people who love the game so much, who just love getting out there and having a go was an absolute privilege and thank you from me to everyone for the experience and the memories. The first ever Summer Rebels team. How did Charlie Sheen say it, “Winning!!”
This week we travelled to the sunny little sea side hamlet of Geelong. Geelong had not won a game all year but that was no reason to still not come out hard and finish off the season in grand style. And that is how we played.
With a ring in on the mound throwing for them, we still managed to continue the great hitting that we have done over the past 5 weeks. Everyone got a hit except for Will who hit well but the luck was just not with him.
3+6+5+2+6 = 22
Donk lived up to his name, Bruce, gibbo’ed them, Nathan did a Dalty on them while Mozz legged out another in the park. Glenn got a well deserved hit, Matt was on fire and Cath the Maverick Shelley bamboozled them with two awesome hits. The Gangster Danny smashed it with his 32″ piece of wood. The best hit of the day was Gavin, suffering from the flu, catching the whole day, shrugged off all frustration, got mad for once and smashed a big hit over Left. Awesome to watch. Been expecting it all season, but now that it’s happened, I expect more in winter big man.
So at the end of it all, we won 22 to 5.
Bruce 2 from 5
Nathan 2 from 3
Maurice 2 from 2, 1 triple
Neil 2 from 3, 2 doubles
Glenn 1 from 4
Will 0 from 4
Gavin 2 from 3, 1 home run
Andy 1 from 2
Matt 3 from 3, 1 double
Cath 2 from 4
Danny 2 from 4
At the end of the season, we had 8 wins and 8 losses. We scored 170 runs and also gave up 170 runs. How freaky is that. We ended up 6th out of 12.
Thanks to everyone involved this season, from the players to Stu, Kim, Paula, Jane, Alan, Danielle, Clarky’s parents and anyone else who came down to watch and have a laugh. Presentation night this Saturday, 7 pm at the club rooms. Everyone is welcome to come down for a drink.