Integration Era Baseball Tournament: GARAINALS ARE CHAMPS!

[The Argonaut]

At least now, no one on my bus ride to work will think that I'm insane as I silently swear at my phone and occasionally pump my fist.

[Lament]

Sorry, I just got in. About to run the games.

[Kaius]

First, tell us about your night.

[Lament]

You'd be disappointed. It wasn't anything crazy. A bunch of us just spent all night at Cocoa Beach till the sun came up. Junk food, guitars, fire spinning, ocean gazing, and (for everyone else) drugs and alcohol.

[Lament]

Day three results...

Garainals @ Integrated Argos

Game 1: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Integrated Argos 6, Garainals 3
W - McLain, L - Gibson
HR - Schoendienst, Sievers, Mantle, Santo

Integrated Argos 3, Garainals 2
W - Regan, L - Abernathy
HR - Jensen

Rudd Sox @ Phil City Pritchards

Game 1: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Rudd Sox 3, Phil City Pritchards 1
W - Wynn, L - Pascual

Rudd Sox 5, Phil City Pritchards 1
W - Trucks, L - Ford
HR - Boyer

The Chudville Nine @ The Meg Myers Brigade


Game 1: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

The Chudville Nine 2, The Meg Myers Brigade 1
W - Bahnsen, L - Koufax
HR - Rosen

The Chudville Nine 4, The Meg Myers Brigade 3 (11 innings)
W - Wyatt, L - Face, S - Page
HR - Robinson, Hodges, Maxwell

The Jerk Stores @ Paxil Joints

Game 1: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Paxil Joints 10, The Jerk Stores 3
W - Drysdale, L - Roberts
HR - McAuliffe, Kluszewski 3, Gordon

Paxil Joints 4, The Jerk Stores 3
W - Bunning, L - Hyde
HR - Maris 2

SkitchP @ Big Willie Style

Game 1: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0
Game 2: http://www.whatifsports.com/slb/Boxscor ... pbp=0&tf=0

Spoiler: show

Big Willie Style 9, SkitchP 7
W - Cuellar, L - Fisher
HR - Kiner, Musial, Avila 2, Clemente, Mays, McCovey

SkitchP 10, Big Willie Style 6
W - Score, L - Newhouser, S - Fisher
HR - Kiner, Romano 2, Clemente, Campanella

Standings

Spoiler: show

The Chudville Nine 5-1
Paxil Joints 4-2
SkitchP 4-2
Integrated Argos 3-3
Rudd Sox 3-3
The Jerk Stores 3-3
Big Willie Style 3-3
Garainals 2-4
The Meg Myers Brigade 2-4
Phil City Pritchards 1-5

[Kaius]

You'd be disappointed. It wasn't anything crazy. A bunch of us just spent all night at Cocoa Beach till the sun came up. Junk food, guitars, fire spinning, ocean gazing, and (for everyone else) drugs and alcohol.

That sounds fantastic actually.

[Lament]

It was. Perfect kick-off to my week of partying.

[@SkitchP]

fuckin eddie fisher

[Lament]

He got the save in game two!

[Lament]

He led my White Sox team with 9 saves in the Franchise Tournament. But he was also 0-2 with a 7.64 ERA.

[Kaius]

It was. Perfect kick-off to my week of partying.

Did I ask you how your MSP tour went?

[Lament]

It was. Perfect kick-off to my week of partying.

Did I ask you how your MSP tour went?

It went better than I could have realistically hoped for. When I followed them in 2009, it was probably the best 8 day stretch of my life. I tried to keep my expectations tempered this time because I didn't want to be disappointed when it didn't live up to 2009. It was very different, but in a lot of ways it ended up being even better than 2009 (not counting the fact that I have to be in New York next week for a court date for something that happened while I was there for that show).

[Norah]

Hey lament, my friend Jay was talking about your hair the other day.

[Lament]

Uh oh. What did he say?

[Norah]

The word majestic was used.

[Norah]

Email me your spreadsheet too.

[Lament]

It makes me happy inside when people who see it in real life think it lives up to the hype surrounding it.

[Kaius]

It went better than I could have realistically hoped for. When I followed them in 2009, it was probably the best 8 day stretch of my life. I tried to keep my expectations tempered this time because I didn't want to be disappointed when it didn't live up to 2009. It was very different, but in a lot of ways it ended up being even better than 2009 (not counting the fact that I have to be in New York next week for a court date for something that happened while I was there for that show).

Good stuff! (The late night park incident? Bummer.)

And did you say "kick off your week of partying"? Where can I sign up for the Matt Lament life?

[Lament]

Yep. The Orlando birthday blowout is tonight (I've got to DJ, so it worked out nicely). Then I fly to NYC tomorrow afternoon. My court date for the park incident is next Tuesday, so I figured I'd just take a week off and hang out up there with my friends and some of the new people I met on the Manics tour.

[Lament]

Alright, I'm off to bed. I should be good to run tomorrow's games either when I get back from the club tonight or in the morning/afternoon before I head to the airport. I will let you guys know if I need any help over the next week or so while I'm away from America's Wang. I'm thinking Saturday-Monday are the days I'm most likely to need someone to step in and run them for me, but I'll let you know for sure when I have a better idea.