Thundercats Vs. Hungry Hippos 8/25/09

Tonight's game was unlike any we have ever played. The Hippos were well matched opponents and we kept it close for 8 innings. The first 3 innings flew by quickly as each team virtually had 3 up and 3 down. Eventually the Hippos scored 2 runs, but we came right back and scored 2 also. They got ahead by 1 and then in the 7th inning we came back to tie at 3-3. We went into overtime and the Hippos were up first. They managed to score 1 run. In the bottom of the 8th we fought hard and almost came back with runners in scoring position on 2nd and 3rd, but our victory was stifled by the Hippos' lightening fast LC fielder who caught everything within 100 feet of him. Final score 3-4 Hippos.

Now, I don't think anyone should feel bad about our loss tonight because we played a great game. Sure we had a few errors, but they were overshadowed by some amazing plays. Justin didn't let anything remotely close to him hit the ground tonight. Brandon, who subbed for Jonny at SS made a ton of amazing plays. Chris was a freakin' champion as pitcher. He pitched all 8 innings and I don't think he let a single person walk. That is just amazing. Ryan hit an amazing triple just barely shy of the fence. Carey made at least 2 great catches at 3rd, and Jess, who is back by the way and we are so happy about it, had some good plays at 2nd. Andy is an awesome coach who is always encouraging and supportive whether on the field or off. We are all backing each other up really well and play well together. I am sad that we only have 3 games left. Hopefully we will end the season with 3 more W's!

Thundercats Vs. Stone Mountain Chrysler/Jeep 8/18/09

We all look so cheerful and hopeful before our game last night, oblivious to the solemn fate that lays ahead.


Well folks, we all knew it couldn't last. Now I will regretfully and mournfully report the events leading up to our utter destruction on the ball field last night. We started out hitting last night. We got one run in the first inning. All of us kind of expected the pitcher of the other team to walk us all like he did last time, but no such luck. A few of us even struck out while waiting for the ever-present balls of games past.

When we were out in the field things didn't go much better for us. I made continuous mistakes at 3rd and I am ready to forfeit my position to someone more worthy. Jonny, on the other hand made some great plays at 3rd, Left Center, Left, 2nd, and Short Stop which was his assigned position. Nothin' but love for ya Jonny. We appreciate your dedication to getting the out. Jonny also took out the catcher of the other team with his cleats. Way to go Jon!

Chris and Carey had a run-in between the pitcher's mound and 2nd when they both went for the same ball. Luckily no one was hurt and Chris made the catch. Justin made a good catch in left field and had a good play at first. Scott and Ryan also got some catches in the outfield. Stephanie made some good stops at 2nd and Chris was pitching as well as ever. He even struck several people out. Unfortunetley, for every good play there were at least two bad plays to counteract any progress we might have made in this game (at least 4 were my fault).

The final score ended up being 2 - 10. Better luck next time Cats. Here are some pictures for your viewing enjoyment. Thanks Jess for taking these pics, and thanks Patrick and Stephanie for subbing for us last night.













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ThunderCats vs. Green Machines 8/11/09

THREE IN A ROW BABY!!

THUNDERCATS ARE ON A ROLL! Tonight after an hour delay we finally got to play our game. We had some lightning delays in the game before us, so we didn't get to start till 9:30. We played team Green Machine. We won 19-8! I believe we were up 14-3 in the 3rd inning. We had some really great hits tonight. Congrats goes to Justin for 2 great hits, and Esther is still consistent in getting on base. Nicole made a great play from home and we had minimal errors. Everyone did a good job playing together as a team. Chris was awesome at pitcher once again. Thanks to Stephanie Beaty for filling in for Jessica this week. We missed Ryan and Brindi who were only able to play one inning before having to go home to Aden, since we were so late starting. We missed you guys. Here are a few pictures we took before the game. I tried to take some during the game but was told I couldn't use my flash so we ended up with only a few pics. Next week will be better for picture taking.



CAN I GET A THUNDERCATS HO!!!!!

ThunderCats vs. OPC 8/4/09

WE WON AGAIN!!!

We played against OPC again tonight (we will play all of the teams in our league twice this season). We lost to them in our first game of this season, but tonight we still had the Thunder rolling from last week's win. We started in the field and got 3 outs almost immediately. When we were up to bat we scored 4 runs before the inning ended and the runs just kept coming from there. Chris is smokin' hot at pitcher lately. He has been making great plays at almost every game this season and tonight was no exception. All of our guys hit really well tonight which kept us circling the bases. Jessica is a freakin' star at 2nd base, unfortunately tonight was her last game for awhile. We will miss you Jess. You really are amazing and we hope you come back to us soon. Scott hit an in-field homerun which ended our game, because get this, the other team had the mercy rule called on them! That's right, we beat OPC 14 -4 in the 6th! Can you believe it?! We were so excited that we went to Chick-fil-a again this week! We think we will make this a winning tradition. We took a team picture again tonight too. It was taken with a cell phone, so the quality is not so good.




I think the positive differences in our team this season lie in the direction of our awesome Coach. Thanks Andy! Keep shouting at us because it makes all the difference in the world!

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ThunderCats vs. Stone Mtn. Chrysler/Jeep 7/28/09

WE WON!!!

Somehow we ended up on a business league or something so the teams this season have some boring business names. So, we had seen this team play before and they looked like they were really good. They had beaten the teams that we saw them playing against and they have a girl that plays short stop which means they are really good or really stupid and from what we could tell it was the former. We went into this game with high spirits, but I think we all fully expected to lose as usual. Then a miracle took place. We played that game like a new team. We were unified and communicating and we rocked in the field and at bat. It didn't hurt that their pitcher walked almost all of us at least once and they were making stupid errors constantly. Something good happened to us and something terrible happened to them. Though I can't remember the end score exactly, I think it was like 14 - 8. We were so excited that we went and celebrated at Chick-fil-a afterwords where we took this picture.

ThunderCats vs. Auto-n-Audio 7/21/09

We lost this game too. Can't remember the details other than it sucked.

ThucerCats vs. OPC 7/14/09

This was our first game of the Summer season and...we lost. I wasn't there but apparently it was a close game. We were missing several of our players, so perhaps our loss was partially due the cats not being out in full force. Anyone who can remember this game is welcome to contribute to this lacking post.