Morgue bound

Tsunami’s 9-0 slaughter of ER Bound on 29 August provided opportunities for all to shine. In baseball, a designated hitter bats in place of the pitcher in the rotation. Thus, the DH bats only as many times as the team goes through the rotation, thereby distributing the DH’s “at bats” evenly through the game. In Tsunami soccer, we have the DS, or designated scorer, aka Suzanne. Suzanne can show up for a mere half, score a couple goals, then go home to ensure her kids make their school-night bed time. At home she’s probably the DE, or designated enforcer.

On 29 August, we had eleven to start—Diane, Leslie, Rachel, Sammi, Belinda, Shari, Pam, Suzanne, Staci, Patti and Brittney. We got off to a fast start with Suzanne socking one in from the key. This was followed by a goal with some nice passing—finally put in by Brittney (I think). Suzanne scored another, and a fourth goal made it 4-0 at the half. ER Bound’s offense never gave up, so both sides of the field saw action, albeit less on defense than offense, and Sammi had very little to do during the half. Suzanne and Belinda left, leaving us with nine for the second half. Leslie took over the net, allowing Sammi to warm up in the prematurely wintery night air.

Tsunami had gravity on its side in the second half, and it was a wild ride for ER bound’s defenders. Five more goals were scored by several members of the team, the last couple with little resistance from the goalie, who finally switched positions and let someone else deal with the relentless Rachel and Diane and Brittney, being fed by Staci, Pam, Shari, Patti and Sammi. ER bound? Morgue bound seems more apt.

Tonight we meet Gang Green. They hold second place with a record of 5-1-2. We are in third with a record of 5-2-1. Let’s knock them out of second place! Be there for the 6:30 game. I hope our DS will stay for both halves.

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