I guess we've reached the half way point as we are now playing Dortmund the second time. They are an ok team that puts the ball in play, and has decent pitching. However we are a better team with better pitching.
As far as I know, Dortmund is the last place where I could legitimately hit a homerun at so you better believe I wasn't going to bunt the ball today. They have a fairly short porch in right, but they have a high fence which is a problem for me because I don't hit high fly balls often. We ended up winning this game 12-3 or something like that. It was a really long game...it seemed to go by so fast, then we just scored a bunch of runs late in the game and that really drug that game out. I finished off 1-4 scoring a run and having an RBI. I had perfect pitch to hit one out but of course I pulled off of it ever so slightly and hit a fly ball behind home plate which the catcher caught...it had the height though!
The second game as a little bit closer. I had to swallow my pride on this one meaning that instead of going for the home run every single swing, I just limited it to my first two swings until I got to two strike, then if I got that far, I would do what I normally do which is put the ball in play and use my speed. I ended the game 2-4 and almost a third hit if not for the second baseman diving for a ball and robbing me. The crappy part is that the basses were loaded and I hit a ball up the middle, he dove and caught the ball on one bounce and tried to get the runner out at second. Our runner was safe, as was I and so instead of a hit, I got on via fielders choice. Damn! This game ended up being 9-2..i believe.
Another side note...I really do not like a lot of the Americans playing here. I've met a couple cool guys...one who lived in hawaii for some time (military) another who was really young and a nice guy, but most of them believe that they are the sh** and really act like it. It makes me mad because I really think they make the U.S. look bad. The starting pitcher for the second game and the catcher were those typical americans where everything they do is right, and they are never wrong. The catcher kept complaining that every pitch should have been a strike, the pitcher was yelling at his players and the crowd during the game. The catcher ended up being thrown from the game and put on a pretty good show. As a result of his antics, he got a 4 game suspension as opposed to a 1 game suspension. The pitcher was just yelling at his teammates after the game. I don't understand why because it's not like he was perfect...we did score 9 runs off of him! I really hope my kids don't grow up that way because I really don't want to beat my kids.....publicly! haha.
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