Softbrawl Game

This was the scene tonight as the lower half of the Men's League Softball Post Season tournament got under way. We are the top seed, playing the hated rivals (I don't even know their team name....and I don't think they are really hated or rivals, but anyhow...). The tension was thick, so thick, it could have been cut with a knife. We got first blood in the top of the first inning, scoring 8 runs. They were down, and we knew it. We had them down, and needed to deliver the knock out blow. We battle, we hit, we ran the bases, we got a 12-2 lead going into the bottom of the 7th inning. Before the dust settled in the top half of the 7th, I was lifted for a sub after injuring my ankle on the bases (to shake off the pain, I ran a mile and a half after the game). So, to the bottom of the 7th we go, that's when it went down. 2 outs, last hope for the other team (I still don't have any idea what their team name was....) and there was a sharp grounder to the right side, it was knocked down, and a quick toss to second for the force, and it was in time to get the runner who came barreling into second base arms locked outward drilling the second baseman, sending him to the outfield grass, barely conscious. Ok, so he was completely conscious the entire time, but he did get knocked to the outfield grass, it was quite a thumping he took from the runner. The game was over, and the top seeded good guys got the big win to stay on top of the Bottom Half of the Mens League Tournament. Ohh, yeah, there wasn't really any pushing or shoving or punching or hitting each other with bats, balls or gloves, just some words exchanged from a distance. I watched it all happened from my spot in the dugout. It was the first time this season where I was not on the field while our team was playing in a game. The usually reliable TW was out of the game, but only because I agreed to be taken out, since we had alot of extra people there that night. We all went home, still wound up, but overall everyone was fine.