
Bibliotechs 2009 Schedule
Serious Slow Pitch League, Offshore Division (6)
(All games on Thursdays at 5:30)
- May 14 Red SAAC's at Bibliotechs (L, 16-23)
- May 21 Zoned Out at Bibliotechs (W, 19-8)
- May 28 Bibliotechs at Dawgs (W, 28-5)
- June 4 Bibliotechs at Compact Objects (W, 19-11)
- June 18 Bibliotechs at Dana Farber Gangster Institute
(RAINED OUT)
- June 25 Bibliotechs at Red SAAC's (RAINED OUT)
- July 9 Bibliotechs at Zoned Out (W, 37-3)
- July 16 Dawgs at Bibliotechs (L, 11-15)
- July 23 Compact Objects at Bibliotechs (W, 18-16)
- July 30 Dana Farber Gangster Institute at Bibliotechs
(W, 31-3)
- July 30 Game 2: Bibliotechs at Dana Farber Gangster
Institute - make-up game (W, 16-1)
- Aug. 6 Bibliotechs at Red SAAC's (W, 19-5)
*** PLAYOFFS ***
- Aug. 12 Semifinal:
Biohazards at Bibliotechs (W, 10-9)
- Aug. 13 Championship Final:
Bibliotechs at ATG Dynamo (L, 14-24)
Here is the field map.
Contact co-captains Pat Page (258-7457, pagep@mit.edu) or
Jeremiah Graves (253-2208, jgraves@mit.edu) for incentivization!
- May 14 - Despite dampness and lowering skies, there
was a thrilling, even throbbing! turnout of Library staff and
friends for the Bibliotechs' home opener against last year's
quarter-final playoff opponents, the Red SAAC's. The SAAC's, likely
hoping to avenge their playoff loss last year, raised a blister
immediately, scoring 4 runs in the first inning, but the Bibs came
back with 6 of their own in the bottom of the 1st, with big hits from
Szydlowski and Page. It looked to be a seesaw battle, with titanic
home runs off the SAAC's superbats being countered by the Bibs power
(more from Szydlowski, Page, Willmott and Graves,) fleet-footedness,
and defense. Unfortunately, they just couldn't make up the gap, and
got dropped. Still, there were many encouraging aspects, and the rest
of the season will no doubt reveal the full flowering of Bibliotech
might. Lo!
- May 21 - The second game of the season saw
temperatures hovering around 90, blinding sunlight hampering the sight
of those on the right side of the field, multiple limbs skinned on the
turf, and the libraries' side adding a well-earned "one" to the wins
column. The mighty Bibs started up the offensive blitz quickly with
big hits by Greg Padilla, Rick Smokovich, and Dan "The Welsh Spelling
Is Prybil" Pribble, as well as two surprising infield hits by clean-up
hitter Pat Page. The defense played valiantly despite the blazing sun,
with Alex Caracuzzo providing a Gold-Glove-like performance at first
and Steve Gass pitching a complete game that included a few key
strikeouts. Holding Zoned Out to 8 runs and slamming out 19 of their
own, the Bibs earned the victory and look to be in superb shape for
the rest of the season. - D. Goblaskas
- May 28 - The Bibs
continued their offensive onslaught this week despite chilly weather,
depleted ranks, and some questionable field rulings regarding the
fence and hedges in left field. The Bibs struck, and the Dawgs from
Delta Tau Delta argued, early, with a first inning homer from Nick
"The Stick" Szydlowski and a longball from Dan "The Beard" Pribble
that cleared the fence but was ruled a double since it hit the heinous
hedges. The hits just kept on coming as the game went on, with more
homers from Ronnie Broadfoot and Rob Mitchell, an inspiring 3 for 4
run by lead-off hitter "Big J" Graves, and RBI's from, well, pretty
much everybody. The Bibs defense was also on lock-down mode, with John
Delancey making some sweet backhand grabs at second, Joe Martinez
diving to snag a fly ball in right, and Drew Hamlin making an
impressive tumbling play in the hot corner to rob a Dawg of a hit. Due
to a chill in the air, this writer's reporting got a little hazy after
the fourth inning, but while her pen was silent, the Bibs' bats were
not, scoring 13 more runs to bring their grand total to 28. The Dawgs
attempted a rally in the bottom of the seventh, but were only able to
muster two runs, bringing their final tally to 5. Hip hip huzzah! -
D. Goblaskas
- June 4 - The Bibliotechs celebrated their first
game of this season on real grass with not only a head-first slide by
- who else? - The J Man, but also with a satisfying win over the
Dept. of Physics' Compact Objects. The Objects kept it close enough,
but the Bibs had the answer every time, offensively and
defensively. With their 3-1 record putting them solidly in 2nd place
in the division, things are looking quite brilliant going into the bye
week. Rest up, and prosper!
- July 9 - After a layoff of nearly
a month, due to weather and holidays and other factors beyond human
ken, the pent-up Bibliotechs unleased all that stoppered softball
energy upon the wrong-place, wrong-time Zoned Out team, resulting in
the highest-scoring, and greatest margin-of-victory, game in
Bibliotech history. Notable even amidst the general barrage was the
performance of co-captain "Big J" Graves, who hit _5 home runs in 5
at-bats!_ with a solo shot, a 2- and 3-run homer, and 2 grand slams
accounting for over a third of the Bibs runs. The world has never
witnessed such a display before!
- July 16 - Nor since. The
battlin' Bibliotechs, having perhaps gotten it all out of their system
in the previous week's game, came out flat against ancient nemeses The
Dawgs of Delta Tau Delta. Although they scratched and clawed back
from, at one point, a 13-4 deficit, they just ran out of ball game and
fell short of a win. One bright spot: the sartorial elegance of
co-captain Graves! See full story at
http://jeremiahgraves.wordpress.com/2009/06/18/dealwiththedevil/
- July 23 - The gathering evening squall threatened ominously for this game,
and even more ominous was the lead the Compact Objects took over the
baffled Bibliotechs in the very first inning. The teams battled back
and forth (home runs from Graves and Caracuzzo among the big blows for
the Bibs) and finally caught up to the Objects in the final
inning. With the game tied at 15 apiece, the C.O.'s scored a run in the
top half of the 8th; the Bibs needed to get that back or go home
empty. Then, in the bottom of the inning with 2 runners aboard, Bibliotech rookie Wes Austin
went yard with a blast and the team walked off with an 18-16 win. The
playoffs beckon, but the Bibs have still to play a double-header with the unknown
quantity Dana Farber Gangster Institute, and then the last game of the
season with the all-too-well-known antagonist Red SAAC's. The die is cast!
- July 30 - After a scare the prior week, the battling Bibs were in
a take-no-prisoners mood for the double-header against the Dana Farber
Gangster Institute. Biff! Bam! Pow! The hits were making like babies
and heading out, way out! for the library legion. But the thing that
is the Bibliotech hallmark, good defense, as exemplified by
outstanding catches by Pribble and Broadfoot, is what really has secured them
a playoff position, and it may take them all the way this year. There are still
the Red SAAC's, and the last game
of the regular season, to contend with.
- Aug. 6 - In a final game face-off between the Offshore Division's
two powerhouses, the local hero Bibliotechs and Molecular Insight
Pharmaceuticals' Red SAAC's, with first place in the division and a
quarter-final bye at stake, the Bibs were walking on sunshine! and, in the
words of the League's Commissioner Shawn Hillier, "threw the book at"
the SAAC's. It seemed like everything came together for the Bibs, in a
symphony of offense and defense. There were many notable
performances, but the much-coveted and seldom-bestowed Golden Haddock
must go to Christine Moulen, with 2 hits and an outstanding pick of a
deflected groundball with a throw to first that just nipped the
runner. Congratulations to Captains Page and Graves for leading the
team to an outstanding
season! It's playoff time!
- Aug. 12 - This day's semi-final playoff game brought the
born-that-way Bibliotechs face-to-face with the team that eliminated
them from the playoffs last summer, the Whitehead Institute's
Biohazards. The disciplined virus-mongers got off to an early lead
against the Bibs, who immediately answered with power (and a nice
throw-out at the plate) to stay close. Finally the library legends
tied the game at 8 going into the final inning. The Biohazards scored
a run in the top half of the 7th, so it was do or die for the Bibs,
and they dood it! They loaded the bases, Joe Martinez singled to the
opposite field to tie the game, and Ronnie Broadfoot likewise lashed an
opposite-field single to bring in the walkoff winning run. O frabjous
day! Of special note: Capt. Pat "The Lion In Summer" Page just about
willed the team to this win, with
the relay to get that out at the plate, with initiating an expertly executed
run-down (with Alex Caracuzzo) between second and third, and with
generally spectacular play at short. With this win, the Bibs go to the
championship final game against the undefeated software behemoth ATG
Dynamo team; this could be the culmination of 30 years of effort!
Win or lose, it has been a great season. Go Bibs!
- Aug. 13 - Despite a rainbow in the sky, an amazing and inspiring
fanbase, and all the will to win in the world, Friday the 13th fell on
a Thursday for the Bibs this season, and they flamed out aspiring to
win, finally, a championship in Serious Slow Pitch softball. Although
to be sure some team stalwarts were out of town or out of action for
the playoffs, the
team that was out on the field was utterly capable of beating the
strong ATG Dynamo contingent; it just was not in the cards. This season
was like a great TV show - you didn't want it to end! Tune in next
year, and, just like in the movie Spartacus we all can stand,
one by one, and say, "I am a Bibliotech!"
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