Macy's Says 'Mercy'

After cooling their heels for 90 minutes, before shaking off the doldrums during a sluggish first inning (all thanks to the Commish's first customary scheduling snafu of the season), the Bad News channeled their restlessness into softball, pummeling Macy's in a 12-to-1 win.

The News got hot in the second inning, scoring four runs, and played solid for the remainder of the game, stringing together a run or three in every inning. Fine games were had by all at both the plate and in the field, with notable highlights including Alicia Korney's stellar 5-for-5 performance at the plate (an unconfirmed first in Bad News team history), and Jay Bergen's vacuum-esque performance at short. David DaCosta also earned yet another win with a slightly-more-than 27-pitch outing, a feat marred only by his failure to lug his lusciousness across home plate before being tagged out in the third.

Despite strong efforts from Korney and DaCosta, the M15 Committee named Bergen Player of the Game, due to a fantastic job coaching first base. Bergen's gentle tutelage and unparalleled baseball intuition left Bad News base runners with no choice but to follow his advice without a second thought.

The evening ended fittingly, with Macy's attempting to befriend the Bad News at Jeremy's, only to be rebuffed as the Bad Newsers celebrated the victory by drinking Macy's $12-dollar champagne and consuming their leftover corn chip (singular).



Next game: Friday, June 27 at 7:15 p.m. The Bad News takes on the New York Daily News at the Coleman Oval in Ball Field Battle of the Media Titans: The Sequel.

And, as if that wasn't enough excitement, buy a goodbye beer for second basewoman Chrissy Korney, and wish both Jay Bergen and Damian Nash a happy birthday.

Macy's 1 - Bad News 12 (6 innings)

Game 5 Box Score
6/17/2008

TEAM    1  2  3  4  5  6  7   FINAL
M       1  0  0  0  0  0  X   1
SM      0  4  1  3  3  1  X   12

PLAYER           AB  R  H  RBI  BB   AVG
J Marino OF       4  1  3   2   0   .500
  D Nash OF       3  2  3   1   0   .846
A Korney 3B       5  1  5   3   0   .750
D D'Amico 1B      3  1  2   1   0   .778
C Korney 2B       4  1  1   1   0   .467
D DaCosta P       4  0  2   0   0   .556
J Murphy OF       3  1  2   1   1   .500 
J Bergen SS       4  0  3   2   0   .625
N Chantharaj OF   3  0  0   0   1   .273
F Crisafulli OF   4  2  3   1   0   .800
J Bernstein OF    4  3  2   0   0   .417

2B - D DaCosta (1); J Marino (2)
Over-the-Fence Out - J Bergen (2); D DaCosta (1)

2008 Individual Batting Statistics

Kinda-sorta at the halfway point of the season, or, at least, halfway to the playoffs, here's the individual batting stats:

PLAYER       G  AB   R   H  2B  3B  HR  OTF* RBI  BB   AVG

D D'Amico    2   6   2   5   0   0   0   0    3    0  .833

F Crisafulli 4  11   4   9   0   0   1   1    8    0  .818

D Nash       3  10   7   8   0   1   2   0    8    0  .800

F Stingone   3   7   3   5   1   0   0   0    4    0  .714

A Korney     4  15   5  10   0   0   0   0    2    0  .667

D DaCosta    2   5   2   3   0   2   0   0    5    0  .600

A Vaupel     2   5   2   3   0   0   0   0    0    0  .600

J Bergen     4  12   4   7   0   1   1   1    5    0  .583

C Korney     4  13   4   6   0   0   0   0    2    2  .545

P O'Leary    3   9   3   4   1   0   0   1    0    0  .444

J Murphy     3  11   4   4   0   0   0   0    1    1  .400

J Bernstein  3   8   2   3   0   0   0   0    0    0  .375

J Marino     2   6   1   2   1   0   0   1    4    0  .333

N Chantharaj 4  10   4   3   2   0   0   0    1    0  .300

* Over-the-Fence Out

Transurban Comes Out for Bad News BP

Freed from the confines of the Coleman Oval for the first time this season, the Bad News delivered a shellacking to Transurban, triumphing in 2 and 2/3 innings after Transurban threw a hissy fit and quit. By then, the score was already 25-2, and the time for saving face was long past.

In a game full of offensive feats, the Bad News batted around not once, but twice, in the first inning -- and the first time through the order, every single one of the Bad Newsers would reach base and come around to score. Both Jay Bergen and Dave DaCosta contributed a pair of hits (Bergen with a homer, DaCosta with two triples) and a handful of RBIs, while Franc Crisafulli's already bloated average soared to a hefty .818 after another perfect evening (and a home run) at the plate. But the gaudiest stat line of the night belonged to Manager Damian "No Mercy" Nash (4-for-4, 2 HRs, 4 runs scored and 8 RBIs).

All that aside, Player of the Game honors was definitively awarded to Alicia Korney for maintaining some semblance of an accurate stat sheet. So there. Now I'm taking my (borrowed) bases and going home. I'm serious. I'm making a "Wrap it up" motion with my arm as I type this. This ump is totally unfair. I'm leaving. For real. Just try and stop me.



Next game (Updated!): The Bad News won't play again until Tuesday, June 17, when they take on Macy's at 6 p.m. at the Coleman Oval.

Bad News 25 - Transurban 2 (3ish innings)

Game 4 Box Score
6/2/2008

TEAM    1  2  3  4  5  6  7   FINAL
SM     14  8  3  X  X  X  X   25
T       0  2  -  X  X  X  X   2

PLAYER             AB  R  H  RBI  BB   AVG
F Stingone OF       2  2  2   0   0   .714
  J Bernstein OF    2  1  1   0   0   .375
A Korney 3B         4  4  4   0   0   .667
F Crisafulli OF     2  1  2   3   0   .818
  A Vaupel OF       2  2  2   0   0   .600
J Murphy C          3  3  2   1   1   .400  
D Nash OF           4  4  4   8   0   .800
N Chantharaj OF     2  1  1   0   0   .300
J Bergen SS         4  1  2   5   0   .583
C Korney 2B         3  2  1   1   1   .545
D D'Amico 1B        3  2  3   2   0   .833
D DaCosta P         3  2  2   5   0   .600

2B - N Chantharaj (1)
3B - D DaCosta (1,2)
HR - J Bergen (1); F Crisafulli (1);
     D Nash (1,2)