Joe Buck Yourself!!!

Joe Buck Yourself is the name of the Wiffleball team I am on in my first season in the DC based Potomac Wiffleball League, simply known as the PWL from here on out. You may laugh, but these people take wiffleball as serious as I do, which is not an easy thing to accomplish. They have a top notch website with game recaps, standings, stats and even league leaders. These are my people!!!

I went 6-16 with 3 doubles, 1 home run, 3 runs scored and 2 RBI in my PWL debut on Sunday, August 9, 2009. It is all there in black and white and even color on the PWL website. Yes, in color because they video tape the games and post the videos online! Now you too can see me rope a double to lead off our game against the Rough Riders and even score the winning run in the 10th inning!

This particular game is in the record books as the longest game in PWL history. (Wiffleball games are 6 innings long, not nine like baseball.) We had a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom of the 6th inning and seemed to have the game in hand as the Rough Riders were down to their last out. Then a bloop and a blast tied the game and we headed to extra innings. I actually scored or drove in all 4 runs for the team, so I think it was a pretty good PWL debut.

If you have a little free time check out the video:

http://www.potomacwiffleball.org/Videos/775/complete-game-videos-su09-week-1

The game is the 2nd from the bottom - Joe Buck Yourself vs Rough Riders. It is over 70 minutes long so here are the "Regis" highlights:

1:00 Lead off double to open the game
3:00 Score on single by Mike Lemaire
24:30 Nearly 5 minute at bat where I smack a solo home run
29:00 The actual home run is hit
64:00 Another long at bat in which I hit a solid single
66:30 The actual single is hit
67:30 Involved in a base running controversy, so much drama!
69:00 Score the game winning run on a triple by Mike Lemaire
70:00 My last at bat begins
71:00 Rip an RBI double for an extra run of insurance

I am happy to report that Joe Buck Yourself won both games on Sunday and sits in a 3-way tie for 1st place in our division.

I am unhappy to report that I did not come up with the name Joe Buck Yourself because it is clearly the BEST NAME FOR ANYTHING, EVER.

Mood: Sore

Song Of The Day:

"Come on now, no batter, no batter. Big wiffah, big wiffah!"

-Right Field

Adam Sandler