Opening Night Softball Rout

Last night was the season opening double header for The Little Lebowski Urban Achievers (our softball team). Below is the team, poised for action just minutes before the start of the first game.

Perhaps it was too much pre-game Busch Light, too little practice, or the unseasonably cold weather conditions which lead to two giant "L"s in the loss column for The Urban Achievers. No one can say for sure, but the score of the first game was 20-0 by the 4th inning, causing the game to be called on the mercy rule.

In second game Amanda Pankau was called out of the bullpen and put on the mound. Due to her excellent pitching and an increase in base hits (from the lone base hit in the first game), The Urban Achievers were able to send this one to the 6th inning before losing by the 10-run rule, by a score of 14-4.

The Urban Achievers were highly favored losers at the start of this exhibition, playing the 3rd-year-running league champs. One player was quoted as saying,"I'm happy going home tonight knowing we at least put 4 runs on the board. There's always next week." With a winning attitude like that, these underdogs will be a force to be reckoned with by the time the league tournament starts in late July.

Pictured at right: Amanda Pankau taking the mound in game two with her work cut out for her.