we are the champions, my friends

yes, the sunday team did something pretty amazing today... the first game was tough, the other team took the lead and we had to mount a come back and won, clinching first place in our division with a 10-2 record... the second place team was also 10-2, but we beat them 8-7 in the first game of the season... it was time the playoffs and we played the second place team in the other division (their first place team played our second place team)... and again, it was a tough game and we came from behind and won... so it was on to the championship game and our second place team beat their first place team so we were in the championship with the team we beat 8-7 in the first week...

i was pitching good all well, but hitting crap... luckily, the team was hitting well enough to win without me... the game was tough and the lead went back and forth and we went into the sixth inning (or was it the seventh) down by a run 7-6... we started hitting and took the lead 9-7 and i come up with the bases loaded and hit a ground ball that slipped through between the shortstop and third baseman so two runs scored and i ended up on second on the throw home... the next batter hit a ground ball and they threw home and the call was safe... i moved over the third on the throw home... the catcher got pissed off and slammed the ball into the ground and i took off for home and scored before the pitcher could recover the ball... the old guy steals home, go figure, aye?... they came back in the seventh to make it 13-11 on a couple of errors, but i got the last two batters to pop out and and we are the champions, my friends...

we were bouncing around on the pitcher's mound after the game like we won the world series, this team is a heck of a lot of fun... and the fun (and surprises) were not over yet)... we went to the banquet after the game and they gave out the awards and the surprise of the night was the team got the spirit award (which is a sign of acceptance from the league, which was surprising because there the league did not welcome us with open arms at first due to politics and cliques)... and then the coaches gave me a surprise by voting me mvp... what an ego trip that was...

so we finished 12-2 with a ten game winning streak (including the playoffs) to finish the season and this is the second championship out of the five leagues i play in and more ego stroking is these are the two leagues where i am the only pitcher (i share pitching in the other three leagues) and this is the league with the youngest, most inexperienced players... the difference is believing in each other and caring about each other and as corny as it sounds, the different is simple, it is spelled t-e-a-m...

yay team :)