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WB2K1/KGJWFBL Cliff's Notes IV
Thank you for reading another addition of Cliff's Notes. I'm not exactly
sure what is going to happen with Cliff's Notes. I could go back to
Shot From the Teeth, or just stick with Cliff's Notes and not talk
about the KGJWFBL anymore. Express your opinion! Write me an e-mail,
or say something in the message board. And if you want to be totally
cool, write to Commish Creighton about how great Cliff is!
Anyway, back to the article. This is a special post-game
addition, featuring all the inside news on the 3rd Annual All-Star
Weekend. Let's get right to it...
Homerun Derby: Well, to start off, Cliff
goes 0-1. I predicted James to win it all easily, but he struggled
in the first round and got knocked out. I think it had to do with
the extra pressure of fans watching, but when I brought that up
to James he said, "It was because your fucking ugly face was right
behind me yelling 'Go James!' Now get the fuck away from me."
That obviously wasn't it, he was just teasing me.
Terry Creighton set a new record with 11 homers
in one round. This is obviously due to the fact that the pressure
of James playing wasn't there. Also, the pitches were thrown very
easily to him, unlike the other players who had 80-mph fastballs
coming at them.
In the end though, Joey Creighton won for the 3rd
straight year by beating his younger brother 4-3. The commish wins
again! My god, this is the most rigged event out here. Guess who
threw him his pitches? Teammate Seth Yoder! Hello! Am I the only
one noticing these things?!
All in all, I was disappointed with the Homerun
Derby. It obviously was another case of Joey Creighton keeping his
ego high right before James Vassar tears him a new one in the All-Star
Game.
WB2K1 vs. KGJWFBL: Wow, what a match up!
This had all the right elements to be a pitching duel! I changed
my pick half way through the game to 2-1, in favor of WB2k1. It
just seemed like both teams were not going to ease up on the pitching.
But I was wrong...again. WB2k1 did win the game, so I guess I got
that right, but it wasn't really an even pitching match-up. I must
say that some of the KGJWFBL guys did have some talent as far as
rookie level go.
Cliff Ponders: If the four WB2k1 rookies this year
took on the six WB2k1 players that played against the KGJWFBL, what
would the score be? Cliff Predictions: 14-2, in favor of the six
players.
The KGJWFBL guys were heard later saying that they
didn't come up to Chico with their best players. Then again, the
WB2k1 guys didn't go down to SF with their best players and they
didn't lose 44-0. I guess questions will have to remain questions
until next year.
Rookie Game: Alright, for Cliff's predictions,
I have been 1-1, but with this game, I jumped to 2-1! Why? Because
I said this game would rock and it did! A walk-off homerun by Ian
Byrd capped off an exciting (and fairly fast paced) rookie game.
The only thing that would have made this game better would be if they
went into extra innings! That would be cool if Ian hit the game
winning homerun in the bottom of the 7th! It would have been just
as great as the KGJ game!
Aaron Kemper hit a homerun and Darnell Uhland (teammate)
put down the autograph pen and almost cried. That was a notable
happening.
All-Star Game: Alright, Cliff predicted the
team of Scott Carmichael, Mike Walsh and James Vassar to win 3-0,
but I lost, but they won 3-1. So Cliff was 2-2 for the day, not
bad. The mystery guest was former Oakland A's baseball player (just
retired), John Jaha. This guy must have brought out four people!
It was amazing! Everyone was cheering, yelling, etc. It was madness.
Onto the game...
James gave up the one run but it was because the
stupid neighbors and their stupid friends were outside talking to
each other. Who can pitch a solid inning when you got four people
talking about fishing? James also made the play of the day. It was
in the 3rd inning. It was great. Check out the video!
Most people are saying that Scott Carmichael should
get the MVP because he hit the go-ahead homerun in the bottom of
the third that turned out to the be the game winner, but Cliff can't
overlook the performance from James Vassar. A great play that saved
the team from winning 3-2 instead of 3-1, and he got out of a bases
loaded jam in the first inning. Commish Creighton doesn't value
my opinion though, so nevermind.
So that is basically it. After everything, everyone
knew it was a special weekend. It wasn't your regular showdown and
that was a nice change.
With that, go the message board and write what you
think my regular column should be called! But don't go all at once
or the server will crash and no one will vote. So just wait around
an hour before writing in. I'll see you all next time...
Till then,
This is,
Cliff Rancho
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