..............for Le Grande Gobbler to pull it out....
Down by 9 runs after 4 innings of play, Casual looked at Summer and said "Get yer cleats on, we're in trouble". Summer hesitated for a bit, but when he saw how serious Casual was, he knew there was a job to be done. Les was down for the count with a back injury from playing with his hose to long. Summer, (pictured left) was clearly not in his usual game shape but always willing to help out a team in need.
"Play where ever you need to" barked Casual. Summer replied, " Put me where you need me most". To third base Summer went and the rest is history.
Without a warm up pitch Summer proceeded to light the ball right into Tiny's glove for an out. " A little higher or lower?" Summer asked. "Nope, just right" cooed Tiny. "I can throw it harder if you like" yelled Summer. Tiny just said "Our normal 3rd baseman throws it my way hard so I am used to it!" ................'nuff said.
Then, a line drive that Summer handed so Casually it made Casual "Elkhorn Green" with envy.
A fielders choice off Summers bat and a few Ribees and the Herd was off and running.
In the end, the Herd came back from a 9 run deficit to squeak out a much needed victory.
"I really wanted to just sit back and enjoy the ball game, but Casual was really insistent..in the end he made the right move." noted Summer in a post game interview.
"Sports just comes easy for that guy" noted Gobbler"..."he does this stuff all the time."
Le Grande Gobbler at 3rd certainly took it all in stride...."I just love to hang with the in crowd...." noted Summer
Thank goodness Casual made the right move this time around...not like the manager in the Cartoon!
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