Homers vs. Maulers, April 13, 1993 THE GOOD GUYS Richard, Raul, Doug, Monica, their daughter Holly, Tim, Amy, Don C., Beth, her friend Susie Horn, her husband Mark, their son Chris, Brian, John Chang, Ron Baalke, Kelly, and Laurie. THE GAME The Maulers lucked out in this one. After we had set them up for a fall by spotting them a 10-run lead, the game was called and declared null and void in the bottom of the sixth when Tim "pulled a ligament in the top of his foot" (sez Amy) while running to third base after hitting what should have been the first Homer home run of the year. Here's a nightmare for Bill and Hillary to consider in their health care reforms: Tim, Amy, Laurie, and I had to wait around 90 minutes at Huntington before they told us that Cigna wouldn't authorize treatment there, after which Amy had to take him to an open Cigna somewhere in L.A. while Laurie and I snuck out the back. OK, maybe that's not a nightmare because you think, heck, 90 wasted minutes in a hospital is nothing special, but, boy, doesn't that (i.e. our own expectations of hospital service) say something about health care in the U.S. Ok, ok, I'll shut up. HIGHLIGHTS Tim's hit was our best of the day - a clean, hard shot over the left fielder. Raul also hit a nice triple to right-center, and Chris (leave it to a 12-year-old) got the first Homer hit of the season. Defensively, we were neither good nor bad. The Maulers just loved my pitching and showed their appreciation by batting around in the first inning. Our only glaring error that inning was a ground ball hit back to me that we might have turned into a double play except that I threw the ball into left field. Later, John and Amy miscommunicated and let a high fly ball fall in between them, but that kind of error ought to go away in time. The defense was otherwise solid, and Kelly did make a nice put-out on a hard ground ball to third late in the game. MONEY Two more people have paid, raising the number of non-deadbeats to 10. This station thanks you for your support, but we'll be on the air until... SCHEDULE I ran into Sam Dolinar yesterday before the game. He's a C league mucky-muck who is actually a very nice guy. He said that C league would not start next week because, for one, he had not yet made the schedule, which therefore had not yet been distributed. He did assure me that we would start on the week of April 26. Some of us mentioned having a practice next week; Thursday (April 22) seemed to be the preferred day. Send me e-mail, call me at (30)6-6192, or notify me in some other way if you do want a practice next Thursday. I think if I get 6 or more firm commitments by this Friday, we'll do it. Otherwise, we'll just have to kick butt cold when the season starts.