I have spent the morning avoiding other responsibilities and considering SFLOI...
I remember thinking early in the season, maybe after the game in Riverdale when I gave up 17 runs in one inning, that many offensive records would fall in 2010. Six months at Hecksher Field has made things look quite different. The two records still in jeopardy are hits and runs. Ian Parfrey has 100 hits, 39 short of Joe Gerber's record. With approximately 70% of the season gone, Parfrey is on target to come in at 139. Given that it should be easier for Ian to collect hits at East River Park, it would seem that the edge goes to Ian eclipsing the record. However, an early snowstorm or a baby arriving on a Sunday morning could easily put a crimp in all this. A little more difficult, but still possible enough to get excited about, is the possibility that either Parfrey or Zach Nilva will get to the 103 runs record. Both are at 71 today and are projected to end the season at 102 runs. Again, they will have East River Park to help them, but weather, pregnancy (for Parfrey) and allegiance to The Dolphins (Nilva) mitigating against them.
An idea of a theme game I have been mulling for decades is the Anarchists versus the Fascists. In the past, few players have been able to chooses one. Part of the problem is that the concepts have such negative implications. Another problem is that some of us feel one way in our hearts and another in our interactions in the world. For instance I feel very much an anarchist (I'm all in favor of free speech and nudity) but behave like a Fascist ("I'll tell you which team you play for and what position you play"). So, rather than having guys choose themselves, I decided to make a list of Fascists and Anarchists, open it up for discussion, revise the list and go with it. I made the following list of the top 30 in plate appearances and made team captains. These are the guys who I think best represent the spirit of their teams. The rest of the list goes in descending order of fascism/ anarchism
Fascists
Gil Schmerler - Captain
Don Weiss
Glen Lawrence
Phil Ciccone
Havelock Hewes
Sal Cipriano
Ian Parfrey
Bill McLaughlin
Bob Holzwasser
Zach Nilva
Ian Lebowitz
Jamie Orochena
Charlie Block
Solomon Sarway
Nel Yomtov
eric Sculman
Brrian Hernandez
Anarchists
Alex Rivera - Team captain
Fred Lang
Derek Martinez
Jeff Appell
David Sommers
Tony Connor
Freddy Melendez
David Rosengard
Paul Geoghan
Marvin Cohen
Jim O'Connor
Laura Stoeth
Mike Palma
Please comment on these choices...
Also, I thought we might play one week in which the positions in the batting order are drawn from a hat, Thoughts?
Friday, September 17, 2010
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3 comments:
wow. I have a bad back and miss the last five weeks and I'm already considered out of contention for either fascist or anarchist...
It's sad how time passes and older folks are so quickly forgotten.
bill is definitely an anarchist.
i'm pretty amused by this, and ready to help the fascist team to a doubleheader sweep.
judging from the number of fascists playing on the anarchist team, we don't really have alot of anarchists.
two other records worth mentioning-- one, single season wins by player. freddy melendez only needs 8 more. two, single season wins by a female pitcher. laura stoeth has already broken that, which was previously held by sue kostner.
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