Hitting.
Throwing.
Pitching.
Fielding.
Running.
Clash of Clans.
Singing and dancing in the party van.
OK, now here is a list of things the 919 Nationals are not good at:
Tying their baseball shoes.
Therefore you have the following scene from during Sunday night's 12-2 championship game win over the HYAA Elite Hawks, as Coach Sean ordered everyone to tie their shoes. "Everybody tie your shoes," he said from the third-base coaching box after yet another player had to do some shoelace work in the batter's box. "If they're already tied, untie them and tie them again."
That was pretty much the only hiccup in Sunday's second win. HYAA Elite struck first, taking a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the second, but then 919 blew the game open with a ten-run bottom of the second. That inning was highlighted by perhaps the loudest dugout of the entire season, with a mixture of cheering, singing, dancing, shoe-tying and pretty much everything else you can think of. The inning featured the One-Armed Bandit coming through yet again:
The game was shortened to four innings due to both the run rule and to the fact that Eskimos were actually building igloos in the outfield. The Nats celebrated the win with the traditional championship selfie:
But they also received an even more valuable prize. In addition to the title selfie, they also got some vintage hats that were apparently pulled out of the Top Gun 1989 time capsule. Let's put it this way: the hats would go nicely with a pair of parachute pants and/or tight-rolled acid-washed blue jeans.
Championship Nationals scoring plays
Tying their baseball shoes.
Therefore you have the following scene from during Sunday night's 12-2 championship game win over the HYAA Elite Hawks, as Coach Sean ordered everyone to tie their shoes. "Everybody tie your shoes," he said from the third-base coaching box after yet another player had to do some shoelace work in the batter's box. "If they're already tied, untie them and tie them again."
That was pretty much the only hiccup in Sunday's second win. HYAA Elite struck first, taking a 1-0 lead into the bottom of the second, but then 919 blew the game open with a ten-run bottom of the second. That inning was highlighted by perhaps the loudest dugout of the entire season, with a mixture of cheering, singing, dancing, shoe-tying and pretty much everything else you can think of. The inning featured the One-Armed Bandit coming through yet again:
The game was shortened to four innings due to both the run rule and to the fact that Eskimos were actually building igloos in the outfield. The Nats celebrated the win with the traditional championship selfie:
But they also received an even more valuable prize. In addition to the title selfie, they also got some vintage hats that were apparently pulled out of the Top Gun 1989 time capsule. Let's put it this way: the hats would go nicely with a pair of parachute pants and/or tight-rolled acid-washed blue jeans.
Championship Nationals scoring plays
Second inning
Bahhhnks/Bonks led off with a walk and stole second. Brady walked. A wild pitch moved both runners up a base. Joey walked. Andrew singled home Banks. Elias and Asher collected back to back RBI walks. Chace dropped in a two-run double. Bryce lined an RBI single, then stole second. JT walked. A wild pitch scored Chace and put Bryce on third and JT on second. Gavin blasted a two-run triple. Ben scored Gavin with an RBI fielder's choice.
Score after two innings: 919 Nationals 10, Hawks 1
Third inning
Andrew demolished a leadoff double, stole third, and scored on an RBI groundout from Elias.
Score after three innings: 919 Nationals 11, Hawks 2
Fourth inning
With one out, Gavin doubled. Ben went walk-off for the second straight game with an RBI double.
Score after three innings: 919 Nationals 12, Hawks 2
Pitching Performances
Banks went two strong innings to start the game.
Brady threw a solid third.
Joey finished it with a 1-2-3 fourth.
Brady threw a solid third.
Joey finished it with a 1-2-3 fourth.
Championship Web Gems
- Two great pickoffs from Bahhhhnks/Bonks, with one coming in the first and one in the second.
- Give Coach Sean credit for a web gem after he made an appropriate appeal to get a runner leaving second early in the first.
- Andrew got a good break and came charging in to grab a sinking liner in center in the third.
- Gavin made a terrific catch in deep left-center to take away a would-be double in the fourth, went sprawling to make the play, then celebrated by showing everyone the ball.
Championship line score
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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R
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H
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HYAA Hawks
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1
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0
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1
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0
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X
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X
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2
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3
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919 Nationals
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0
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10
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1
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1
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X
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X
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12
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9
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