Dragons 2009

LSSE/Amherst Adult Softball League Coed non-umpired A-Division

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revised 25 July 2009

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 July 23: Playoff game, Dragons vs Chegs.  We started OK, we were up 
2-1 after the first inning, but then the Chegs got 5, and we were down 6-2 
after the second. In the top of the third the Dragons got 3, but the Chegs 
came back with 7 in the seemingly endless, painful, bottom of that inning. 
At that point we were behind 13-5. For the rest of the game our defense was 
effective, the Chegs did not get any more runs.  In each of the 4th, 5th, 
and 6th innings the Chegs had only four batters, left one runner on base. 
In fairness, I must say they had a large number of reserve players, and 
those last innings were played against an almost completely different team 
than we had faced in the first three.  But nevertheless, our defense was 
good. Unfortunately, their second team's defense was also good. They got 
the Dragons out 1, 2, 3 in the 4th and 5th.  In the sixth we had 6 batters 
and scored one run, leaving two runners on base. In the seventh we also had 
six batters. With two out we had the bases loaded and Kelley hit a really 
long fly toward center field that ought to have been a grand slam. 
Unfortunately, their center fielder was was able to catch it, and thus the 
game (and the season) ended with a final score of Chegs 13, Dragons 6.

July 19: A victory! Dragons 15, Charlie's 14. What a game! Our last of the 
regular season, a rain makeup from July 2nd.  Charlie's probably expected to 
make quick work of the Dragons, they came into this with an 11-7 record and we 
were 2-16. And in their first at-bat, Charlie's scored a quick 4 runs. We got 
back 2 in the bottom of the first, and after that it looked like we might run 
away with the game. We got 4 in the 2nd and 5 in the third, they were 0 and 1 
in those innings and it was Dragons 11-5 after 3. The Dragons defense continued
to be strong, and although we didn't have more big innings we were ahead 13-6
at the end of the 5th and 14-8 at the end of the 6th. But then in the top of
the 7th Charlie's got two runs before their first out, and then four more to
tie the game at 14-14 before we finally got the last two outs. But we pulled
it out in the bottom of the last inning -- Carla led off with a single, and
then Mark tripled her home -- end of game, end of regular season, end of
story...

July 16: We were short-handed, only 6 players on hand, so we forfeited to the
Unnatural Selection and then played a scrimmage with three teams of five, an
interesting way to get some practice playing with new people and expreimenting
with positions. The exercise terminated when someone noticed that hair was 
standing on end as thnderstorms approached.  

Older news items are now archived here.

Dragons 2009 Schedule (home team listed 2nd)

Tues May   5 V Radicals vs. Dragons    6:15 Fort 3  won  18-10
Thur May   7 P Ooze     vs. Dragons    6:15 Fort 1  pp to 5/31
Tues May  12 Coyotes    vs. Dragons    6:15 Fort 1  lost (forfeit)
Thur May  14 Dragons    vs. Cowbells   6:15 Kiwanis pp to 6/7
Tues May  19 Dragons    vs. Spare P    6:15 Groff   lost  2-3
Thur May  21 Dragons    vs. Diamond S  6:15 Fort 2  lost (forfeit)
Tues May  26 Dragons    vs. Charlie’s  6:15 Fort 3  lost 15-4
Thur May  28 Dragons    vs. Unnat Sel  6:15 Fort 1  pp to 6/14
*Sun May  31 P Ooze     vs. Dragons    6:15 Fort 1  lost 23-10 (makeup from 5/7)
Tues June  2 Dragons    vs. BG Balmers 6:15 Fort 2  won  22-15
Thur June  4 Chegs      vs. Dragons    6:15 Kiwanis lost 18-16
*Sun June  7 Dragons    vs. Cowbells   6:15 Kiwanis lost  9-7  (makeup from 5/14)
Tues June  9 T Turkeys  vs. Dragons    6:15 Fort 3  pp to 6/28 
Thur June 11 Dragons    vs. V Radicals 6:15 Fort 2  lost 17-8
*Sun June 14 Dragons    vs. Unnat Sel  6:15 Fort 1  from 5/28, pp again to 7/14
Tues June 16 Dragons    vs. P Ooze     6:15 Fort 2  lost  6-4
Thur June 18 Dragons    vs. Coyotes    6:15 Groff   pp to 7/12
Tues June 23 Cowbells   vs. Dragons    6:15 Fort 3  lost 10-1                             
Thur June 25 Spare P    vs. Dragons    6:15 Kiwanis lost 12-8(forfeit) 
*Sun June 28 T Turkeys  vs. Dragons    6:15 Fort 3  lost 19-2 (makeup from 6/9) 
Tues June 30 Dragons    vs. Diamond S  6:15 Fort 3  lost  8-3
Thur July  2 Charlie’s  vs. Dragons    7:45 Fort 1  pp to 7/19
Tues July  7 BG Balmers	vs. Dragons    6:15 Groff   to be completed
Thur July  9 Unnat Sel  vs. Dragons    7:45 Fort 1  to be completed
Extended season rain dates:
*Sun July 12 Dragons    vs. Coyotes    6:15 Groff   lost 19-6 (makeup from 6/18)
*Tue July 14 Dragons    vs. Unnat Sel  6:15 Fort 1  lost  14?-6 (makeup from 5/28, 6/14)
*Thu July 16 Unnat Sel  vs. Dragons    6:15 Groff 1 lost by forfeit
*Sun July 19 Charlie’s  vs. Dragons    7:45 Fort 1  won  15-14 (makeup from 7/2)

Dragons playoff games (complete playoff schedule for all teams is further down):
Thur July 23 Dragons    vs. Chegs      6:15 Groff 1  lost  13-6
That's all folks...

* indicates a makeup game. Makeup games will be played at the same time and on the same field as the originally scheduled game.

Complete playoff schedule (updated 7/25)

Thursday, July 23 (First Round games)
GAME 1 -  #9 Spare Parts   vs.  #8 Valley Radicals     6:15 Fort #1
GAME 2 - #11 Balmers       vs.  #6 Charlie's           6:15 Fort #2
GAME 3 - #10 Dragons  (6)  vs.  #7 Chegs  (*13*)       6:15 Groff #1

Tuesday, July 28 (Second Round games)
GAME 4 - ???   (won Game 1) vs.  #1 Diamond Studs       6:15 Fort #1
GAME 5 - #5 Coyotes         vs.  #4 Primordial Ooze     6:15 Fort #2
GAME 6 - ???   (won Game 2) vs.  #3 Unnatural Selection 6:15 Groff #1
GAME 7 - Chegs (won Game 3) vs.  #2 Turkeys             6:15 Kiwanis

Thursday, July 30 (Third Round games)
GAME 8 - WINNER Game 5     vs.  WINNER Game 4          6:15 Fort #1
GAME 9 - WINNER Game 6     vs.  WINNER Game 7          6:15 Fort #2
GAME 10 - WINNER Game 9    vs.  WINNER Game 8          7:45 Fort #1

Note: no playoff games on Sundays  

Final League Standings (7/20/2009)

 #1 Diamond Studs       20 -  0  1.000
 #2 Truculent Turkeys   17 -  3  0.850
 #3 Unnatural Selection 15 -  5  0.750
 #4 Primordial Ooze     15 -  5  0.750
 #5 Coyotes             11 -  9  0.550
 #6 Charlie's           11 -  9  0.550
 #7 Chegs                8 - 12  0.400
 #8 Valley Radicals      6 - 14  0.300
 #9 Spare Parts          4 - 16  0.200
#10 Dragons              3 - 17  0.150
#11 Ben Gay Balmers      2 - 18  0.100
#12 Cowbells             [Did not finish]
Notes: 1. Unnaturals beat the Ooze head to head twice to earn the #3 seed
       2. Coyotes - Charlie's seeding determined by coin toss

The complete league schedule (all teams) can be downloaded here (MS Word document) or an updated version with scores of completed games can be viewed online at http://www.amherstma.gov/index.aspx?NID=1111

Full names of teams abbreviated above:
Spare P = Spare Parts
Diamond S = Diamond Studs
BG Balmers = Ben Gay Balmers
Unnat Sel = Unnatural Selection
P Ooze = Primordial Ooze
T Turkeys = Truculent Turkeys
V Radicals = Valley Radicals

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Managers phone numbers:
Al - cell 413-348-1932, home 413-549-2983
Daniel - cell 781-962-4777