Disclaimer: Don't own a darn thing. Shucks.
A/N: It's softball season, I just couldn't help myself.
~
Being the home team, Nightshift takes the field first. At bat is McClain. Line drive right to Warrick at 3rd base, and he makes the throw to first for the out. Not a bad start.
The next two come up, and are struck out. "Alright, guys, good job. Three up, three down. Here we go, 'nights' on three. Ready-one, two three," says Nick.
"NIGHTS!" they yell.
Up first for nightshift is Warrick; pitching is none other than Ecklie.
Ball one, the ump calls.
Ball two.
Here comes the pitch. It's actually a half-way decent pitch, but slower than Warrick is used to. He doubts it is more than 30 or 40. Haha, middle school girls can pitch faster than this doofus. But what the hell, he swings anyway.
Ouch, the ball goes straight to Ecklie's right leg and ricochets to right field before he can get his glove down in time to make the snag. They're right-fielder, still as a statue, lets the ball roll past, thinking the center fielder will go for it. Whoops. Warrick makes it easily to first, then rounds and heads safely towards second base.
Next up is Greg. Pop fly right to the left fielder. Oops! It bounces out of his glove. Gotta get that glove up. Greg is at second and Warrick safely home on a missed throw to the pitcher.
The inning continues with only one strike out before the 6 run rule is enforced. Catherine smacks a whopper to center, resulting in 2 RBIs and Grissom hits his out of the park, earning himself a home run and a fun little RBI to go with it.
They make it through the 2nd inning much the same, except Hayden on days manages to get one past Sara in left field, which results in a home run.
In the bottom of the 3rd, Hodges smacks a hard one to shortstop for a base hit. Sara goes up to bat, and does manage to hit the ball to the 2nd baseman. "Keep note of this moment, guys," Greg laughs. "This is probably the only time either of them will ever get a hit."
The rest of the game is, for the most part, total domination by nightshift, only allowing three more runs from days. Only 2 endings ended with three outs instead of the 6 run rule.
Top of the 4th is probably the most exciting part of the game. Ecklie, having been walked (dead ball, hit him in the crotch, something Nick, Warrick and Catherine have been planning to do) is one 2nd base. Greg, the catcher, decided to let the man who may one day be his boss steal second, although Greg could have easily thrown him out, even with the ball getting pass the 2nd baseman and shortstop. Ecklie is pretty slow, even for an old fart.
The ball is a pop fly to Catherine at short as Grissom goes to cover second. Ecklie, forgetting to tag up runs and shoves pass Catherine, causing a slight shift in her position under the ball. Nonetheless, she catches it and tosses it to Grissom on the bag for the double. Ecklie is called out, but for another reason.
"Interfering with the shortstop's fielding of the pop fly," calls the base judge.
"What?" yells a very pissed off Ecklie. "What the hell do you mean? I never touched her!"
"Doesn't matter-you were in her way when she tried top catch the ball, and that's an automatic out. Besides, dumbass, you forgot to tag up so you would've been out anyway," says Grissom.
"Don't you know how to play softball? You only run on anything if there are two outs, and there was only one," calls Nick from the pitcher's mound.
"Maybe you should try reading the rules a little more carefully next year!" Greg murmurs, lucky no one was there to hear him.
After 5 minutes of arguing with the official, Ecklie is benched. Nick found it very hard to imagine that someone could suck worse than Ecklie, but this new pitcher just took the cake.
Soon the game was over, final score after 4 innings 18-4, nightshift over dayshift.
But the loss is just the beginning of the humiliation for the poor guys on days...
tbc
A/N: It's softball season, I just couldn't help myself.
~
Being the home team, Nightshift takes the field first. At bat is McClain. Line drive right to Warrick at 3rd base, and he makes the throw to first for the out. Not a bad start.
The next two come up, and are struck out. "Alright, guys, good job. Three up, three down. Here we go, 'nights' on three. Ready-one, two three," says Nick.
"NIGHTS!" they yell.
Up first for nightshift is Warrick; pitching is none other than Ecklie.
Ball one, the ump calls.
Ball two.
Here comes the pitch. It's actually a half-way decent pitch, but slower than Warrick is used to. He doubts it is more than 30 or 40. Haha, middle school girls can pitch faster than this doofus. But what the hell, he swings anyway.
Ouch, the ball goes straight to Ecklie's right leg and ricochets to right field before he can get his glove down in time to make the snag. They're right-fielder, still as a statue, lets the ball roll past, thinking the center fielder will go for it. Whoops. Warrick makes it easily to first, then rounds and heads safely towards second base.
Next up is Greg. Pop fly right to the left fielder. Oops! It bounces out of his glove. Gotta get that glove up. Greg is at second and Warrick safely home on a missed throw to the pitcher.
The inning continues with only one strike out before the 6 run rule is enforced. Catherine smacks a whopper to center, resulting in 2 RBIs and Grissom hits his out of the park, earning himself a home run and a fun little RBI to go with it.
They make it through the 2nd inning much the same, except Hayden on days manages to get one past Sara in left field, which results in a home run.
In the bottom of the 3rd, Hodges smacks a hard one to shortstop for a base hit. Sara goes up to bat, and does manage to hit the ball to the 2nd baseman. "Keep note of this moment, guys," Greg laughs. "This is probably the only time either of them will ever get a hit."
The rest of the game is, for the most part, total domination by nightshift, only allowing three more runs from days. Only 2 endings ended with three outs instead of the 6 run rule.
Top of the 4th is probably the most exciting part of the game. Ecklie, having been walked (dead ball, hit him in the crotch, something Nick, Warrick and Catherine have been planning to do) is one 2nd base. Greg, the catcher, decided to let the man who may one day be his boss steal second, although Greg could have easily thrown him out, even with the ball getting pass the 2nd baseman and shortstop. Ecklie is pretty slow, even for an old fart.
The ball is a pop fly to Catherine at short as Grissom goes to cover second. Ecklie, forgetting to tag up runs and shoves pass Catherine, causing a slight shift in her position under the ball. Nonetheless, she catches it and tosses it to Grissom on the bag for the double. Ecklie is called out, but for another reason.
"Interfering with the shortstop's fielding of the pop fly," calls the base judge.
"What?" yells a very pissed off Ecklie. "What the hell do you mean? I never touched her!"
"Doesn't matter-you were in her way when she tried top catch the ball, and that's an automatic out. Besides, dumbass, you forgot to tag up so you would've been out anyway," says Grissom.
"Don't you know how to play softball? You only run on anything if there are two outs, and there was only one," calls Nick from the pitcher's mound.
"Maybe you should try reading the rules a little more carefully next year!" Greg murmurs, lucky no one was there to hear him.
After 5 minutes of arguing with the official, Ecklie is benched. Nick found it very hard to imagine that someone could suck worse than Ecklie, but this new pitcher just took the cake.
Soon the game was over, final score after 4 innings 18-4, nightshift over dayshift.
But the loss is just the beginning of the humiliation for the poor guys on days...
tbc