Singapore River Rats

As a final tune up before the annual Bangkok tournament, the Brewerkz River Rats faced off versus our arch-rivals, the Guzzlers.

At the start of the day, the Guzzlers sat atop the Singapore league table with an unblemished record.  On paper the Guzzlers look good.  In real life, they are even bigger.  No slouches themselves, the plucky River Rats were perched in the cat-bird seat, posting but a single loss in league games to date.
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In a reprise of my semi-official role as Monday pre-tourney advance scout, this morning I boarded an Air Asia flight to Bangkok.  Sitting in the departure lounge I idly wondered what craziness the universe would throw our way at this year’s edition of the best darn beer league softball tournament in Southeast Asia in November.

Then, as I waited in line to board, I saw a sign from whatever guiding force directs our puny lives.

I swear upon all that I hold holy (e.g. beer) that I am not making this up, the woman in line 5 or 6 people ahead of me was wearing a jean jacket embroidered with two words on the back:

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It’s the Friday before the Friday before the Thursday the Rats descend on BKK for the 2008 Bangkok Tournament.  It must be time for a Rats Roundup….

It was a hot sunny Sunday and a perfect time to welcome back one of The Original Rats, Doug “PGA” Williams to help root The Rats on against the mighty Headhunters.  Team manager David “New Hip” Barker had his team pumped up and ready to take on The Rats.  Another guest was also present, John ” Spike” Mauro who came out to watch Chief and Willy ” Trot” Wahba.  So in a drunken stuper on Friday night Coach Mumbles agreed to let Trot and Chief hit 1 & 2.  Well Chief won that battle of lefties, going 4-6 over 2 games while Trot only mustered a 3-7.  Guess Willy is buying!!

In game 1 The Rats loaded up in the first inning by sending 12 men to the plate and scoring 7 runs, the highlight being a monster HR from John ” TKO” Cappetta.  The Headhunters were shut out and didn’t even get a hit until the 5th inning.  The Rats won easily 11-0, but not before Jay Denenberg and John TKO went back to back for two more mosnter HR’s!

Game two took on a different feel as Frank “Aussie,Aussie Aussie” took the mound.  The Rats scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st .  With the wind blowing at gusts of 2MPH and the threat of rain it was tough for Frank to throw strikes.  He got out of the 1st inning with a beautiful DP started by SS John Cappetta.  But in the second inning the Headhunters scored 4 runs on numerous wind assisted walks.  The Rats came back and scored 4 more in the 3rd and another in the 4th to take a 9-4 lead.  The Headhunters made a game of it by scoring 2 more to make the score 9-6, but  The Rats contiuned to score while holding down The Headhunters and won 12-6.

Pink Hat award goes to Chad “I must be Blind” Garcia for looking at a called strike 3!