Announcement
Locals Fall to Wisconsin State League Power
Posted by Steve Elliott on
Jul 12 2004
at
05:00PM PDT
in 2019 Season
By Steve Elliott
The baseball gods have again sent a message to the Nationals. Interpreting the message is the challenge.
On Monday night, West Allis' finest (along with a washed up GM) headed south to historic Simmons Field in Kenosha. On the slate: A 7:30pm tilt with the State League's Kenosha Kings. Most Nats are at the ballpark by 6:30pm for BP. Yes, most Nats were at the ballpark an hour before game time!
Not so fast says Kings' management. Game time is 7PM, they claim. Please prepare and assemble your merry band of vagabonds immediately so play may begin promptly. Confused and a bit perplexed, the washed up GM challenges the decision. Phone calls go out to local officials, umpires and priests. Dramatic pause. Kings' manager returns and relents. An early victory in gamesmanship for the Nats. The game will begin at 7:30pm as originally planned.
Fast forward: second inning. No, it is not locusts. Earthquake....uh uh. Rather, the plague is fog. This is no ordinary fog, mind you. Players disappear in the outfield. Every batted ball is an adventure. What to do, you say? Delay!
Nationals players consider a revolt. Insurrection is certainly better than playing and departing Kenosha after midnight for the long haul home. The washed up GM, in an attempt to avert a mutiny, explains to the squad that the fog is a mere illusion. (Kenosha, battling an operating deficit, employed one of its finer special effects in hopes of slowing play and generating more beer sales. Ground fog it was. Successful it was. Play was suspended and the supporters in attendance headed to the concession stand.
When the fog lifted, play resumed. Unfortunately for the Nats, the fog had already infiltrated their heads. Foggy and sluggish, the team fell by a score of 9-3.
What are the baseball gods trying to tell us? The world may never know.
The baseball gods have again sent a message to the Nationals. Interpreting the message is the challenge.
On Monday night, West Allis' finest (along with a washed up GM) headed south to historic Simmons Field in Kenosha. On the slate: A 7:30pm tilt with the State League's Kenosha Kings. Most Nats are at the ballpark by 6:30pm for BP. Yes, most Nats were at the ballpark an hour before game time!
Not so fast says Kings' management. Game time is 7PM, they claim. Please prepare and assemble your merry band of vagabonds immediately so play may begin promptly. Confused and a bit perplexed, the washed up GM challenges the decision. Phone calls go out to local officials, umpires and priests. Dramatic pause. Kings' manager returns and relents. An early victory in gamesmanship for the Nats. The game will begin at 7:30pm as originally planned.
Fast forward: second inning. No, it is not locusts. Earthquake....uh uh. Rather, the plague is fog. This is no ordinary fog, mind you. Players disappear in the outfield. Every batted ball is an adventure. What to do, you say? Delay!
Nationals players consider a revolt. Insurrection is certainly better than playing and departing Kenosha after midnight for the long haul home. The washed up GM, in an attempt to avert a mutiny, explains to the squad that the fog is a mere illusion. (Kenosha, battling an operating deficit, employed one of its finer special effects in hopes of slowing play and generating more beer sales. Ground fog it was. Successful it was. Play was suspended and the supporters in attendance headed to the concession stand.
When the fog lifted, play resumed. Unfortunately for the Nats, the fog had already infiltrated their heads. Foggy and sluggish, the team fell by a score of 9-3.
What are the baseball gods trying to tell us? The world may never know.
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