FINAL FOUR Recap

[Hoochie]

Welcome to the FINAL FOURty recap. There was an aura of confidence surronding the Jetsons last night at the Final Four. There were inspirational messages abound on The Forum. How could the Jetsons not win the title in lucky Season 13? Unfortunately, I get to tell you.

Your Jetsons were home team for their Final Four game against Whatever Whenever. How we were home team is beyond me since we both finished 6-5 in the regular season, and they beat the crap out of us 2-out-of-3. Anyway, WW put 3 on the board in the top of first from some good hitting, based on my recollection. Fence got us started with a nice base hit but was forced out by Soso. Normally, Uncle Pappy would be batting third, but he was unable to attend. Husky Ichiro told every body that he would have to do his Uncle Pappy impersonation. Well, he delivered. He hit a shot over Right Centerfielders head and legged out triple driving Soso in for the first run of the game. The Dirty Moose came up and drove Hoochie in while finishing his double by eating the base, Pac-Man style. At-A-Baby!! Hart drives Moose in, and Gilmore drives Hart in. First inning, Jetsons 4, WW 3. Game on!!

Unfortunately, that's the last lead the Jetsons would have. WW puts 2 more on the board in the second, and the bottom of the lineup blows. No runs for the Jetsons in the second. WW 5, Jetsons 4.

According to La Chica, Moose made a crouching catch that was worth noting in the third, but WW score 3 more runs. WW's right centerfielder decides to antagonise Husky Ichiro by calling him Little Ichiro. I mean, come on. Hoochie is not little. Doing his best Uncle Pappy impersonation, the Husky One puts another bomb over the right centerfielder's head that hits the fence and legs out ANOTHER triple. After he performs an excellent hook slide (maybe not excellent, but I'm writing this thing), Ichiro stands up and waves at the right centerfielder. Classic. Once again, The Dirty One drives in The Husky One. However, that's all the Jetsons can muster. WW 8, Jetsons 5.

I'm sure Nelson doesn't want me to mention the fly bal lhe dropped and the grounder that went through his legs so I won't since I don't know which innings those occurred. In the top of the fourth, El Jefe springs out from behind the plate and makes a great catch. Looks like La Chica makes a note about Husky making "an awesome diving catch." Awesome might be an overstatement, but he'll say thanks. WW put up 4 in that inning. The only notable thing in the bottom of the fourth was Q's double. Normally, a double wouldn't gat special recognition, but Q ended up sitting on second base. That's not a baseball saying. His slide wasn't really a slide, but he sat down on the base. I think he said something about protecting his shoulder. WW 12, Jetsons 5.

I know what you're thinking, "The Jetsons can come back." We thought the same thing. Thanks to Fence, he made great plays in left field to hold WW to one run in the top of the fifth. Unfortunately, the top of the lineup didn't produce in the bottom half of the inning. Blue called a BS strike on Hoochie that was high and deep. No fireworks after that. WW 13, Jetsons 5.

Hey, look at that. The Jetsons shut WW out with Mosse making all three outs. Come Back. Come Back. Sorry. After Hart got out, Kroeger, Gilmore and Nelson got hits with Nelson driving Kroeger in. That was all. WW 13, Jetsons 6.

Hold'em, Jetsons! Have you ever seen the Jetsons play? Some innings, the wheels fall off. 8 runs later, the wheels had fallen off. Actually, have you ever seen a hub cap come off a car and roll around on the interstate? It was kind of like that only worse. How bad? This is how bad. Routine ground ball to Moose. Moose bobbles ground ball. Yell from outfield, "EAT IT!!" Moose thinks, "I didn't break it. Why would I eat it?" Moose throws ball over Gilmore's head, over the dugout, onto Field 2. Impressive. Jetsons last chance to make a run. Three up, Three down. WW 21, Jetsons 6.

As you can tell, there was not a whole lot of offense from the Jetsons. There are a couple of MVJ candidates. Husky went 2-for-3 with 2 triples, 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. Moose went 2-for-3 with a double, 2 RBIs and a run. Nelson went 2-for-3 with 2 RBIs. In an unwritten rule, the recap writer doesn't name himself MVJ so I won't. However, an unofficial vote was taken after the game, and the vote had Husky Ichiro as the MVJ. Therefore, I will accept the honor and say thank you to the Jetsons for another successful season.

On another note, this is probably the longest one game recap. That's what you get when you ask me to do it after drinking, and that second triple took everything out of me, including some skin off my ass.