Game Preview 6/17/09

Tonight, weather permitting, the Beavers will look to snap their 2-game losing streak as they face the last-place team, CJC Transportation. "This may be just the opponent we need to revenge our anemic run production from last week", says Serge Traylor, manager and firstbaseman.



CJC enters the night with a record of 1 win and 7 losses. Their one win came against Cousin Hugo's back in week two. Of their losses, they have been shutout twice. "Even I think I can get a couple of hits against these guys", Jim Haynes was overheard saying. This is really telling as Jimmy-D's average is presumed to be in the .100 area. To our knowledge, there is not a catchy name for an average in this range. Mario Mendoza owns the .200 average, I think that "minor leagues" might be the best way to call a .100 hitter.



The two losses last week to team Desloge were managed by Kid. "I think I have beer duty this week, I think I will bring O'douls based on the way we hit.", says Kid. Not sure if this has anything to do with his rumored sponsorship with the A-B/Inbev non-alcoholic brew. Will have to wait for "beer-thirty" to arrive to find out whether or not the Beavers will have any substantial alcohol content in their beer tonight. Kid was also in charge of the last Beaver Times entry. Special Kudos go out to his Alanis Morrissete metaphor. Even if he had to google "metaphors + going down", it was still classic. Pitcher Keith Miller was heard saying "I will start calling my 1-2-3 innings 'Alanis'".



Tonight's action marks what would have been the end of the regular season. However, due to 2 rain outs we will continue to play. Games tonight begin at 6pm on the field by Brentwood Blvd. Next week is a bye week. Tonight's performance should tell a lot about this team and the collective makeup. Can we regain some swagger and find out bats against the cellar-dwellers? Will the hitting funk that finally did the team in last week hang over us like the humidity in the air today? One thing is for certain, the Beavers will be without their new power hitter, Sonoma. Sonoma is nursing an ailing hamstring. This opens the door for the homerun race for the season. It is a gutsy move to sit out against the last place team when stats could be padded. We'll see how this works out for his power status as well as his hammy.