Week 7

On yet another cold rainy Wednesday the Roll'em team had a couple of big games against the teams who were just below us in the standings.  Mother Nature hasn't been real kind to Wednesday night teams, it seems like we've only had 1 or 2 nice nights and the rest has been cold and rainy and we don't need anymore rain for awhile.
In the first game we took on the girls from Boccilism.  They jumped out to an early 2-0 lead and then it was back and forth.  The 'lims seemed to make a lot of clutch throws and it didn't help when I knocked us out of a point.  We finally pulled ahead 7-5 before me and the Herbster gave up a two point frame the them and a 7-7 tie.  With all our balls a little long and Boccilism having a point and two throws left the Herbster made the call of the game.  He said they were going to push the pallino into two points for us and sure enough on the next throw they pushed the pallino into two points for us.  Luckily for us their next throw was off line and we walked away with a very improbable win.
The second game against the Biotches was an example of how not to start a game.  After they started out to a 2-0 lead we (meaning me) managed to knock them out of a point with my first ball and then knock us out of the point with my second.  In the next frame with us having having a point we managed to push the pallino away and give them two points.  What should have been a 4-3 deficit or maybe even 4-4 turned into a 7-0 game.  We then scored on the next throw which saved us the embarrassment of being shut out since they proceeded to get two points and a 9-1 score.
On a night when The Glue, Clutch, Herbster and Dusty all struggled we were very lucky to salvage a split of the two games.  We need to play much better next week to ensure that we will make the league tournament.
Good news is that the expected crest of the Big Muddy has been lowered a foot to 38.8' instead of 40'.  The crest is expected to be tonight and hopefully the waters will begin to recede.