Championship Sunday Recap (Pre-party, for now)

Folks,

Before we get into what we think we know about the DEYP,
since this is a softball blog and not just a party blog, let's at least give a cursory glance at what happened on Championship Sunday, shall we?

In the AL, it was a day of comebacks. We saw the Perfect Strangers overcome a 14-5 deficit to Bloop entering the 6th to win it in 8 innings. The Swingers, too, were down in both games, 9-3 at one point to the Pourhowzers, and by another 6 early in the semis against the Strangers. They dug deep and found ways to win each game by a single run.

Meanwhile in the NL, the Bayside Tigers were demolishing a flat PRD team on their way to a mercy rule victory. They then ran into a red-hot AAR, coming off a big win vs the Masterbatters, but ultimately Bayside prevailed in a 7-5 defensive struggle.

Then came the Championship Game. It looked a bit like the long day and 2 prior games had taken its toll on the Tigers, whereas the Swingers were suddenly energized by the prospect of winning it all. The Swingers, realistically, couldn't have expected to appear in the championship game (hoped? yes. believed it possible? certainly...but expected? certainly not a few weeks ago after tying the Ligers and losing to the Masterbatters and Pourhowzers within the span of a month), so finding themselves just 21 outs away from the league title seemed to have given them the shot in the arm that they needed to outplay DcCityball's most prolific winners. And that's just what they did. The Swingers played the game of their lives offensively and defensively on their way to an easy win and their 2nd DcCityball Title, their first in the Spring/Summer League.

So congratulations to the Swingers! They more than earned that trophy, beating 3 of the toughest teams the league had to offer, and winning 3 straight on a hot, humid day at West Potomac Park.

I, myself, was tired after just officiating 4 games in that heat, so both the Swingers and the Bayside Tigers deserve serious admiration for playing at such a high level all day long.

This was a pretty boring post...my apologies, but not to worry Crazylegs!-- The first of at least THREE party recap posts is in the works, titled "DEYP Trouble." Keep your eyes peeled tomorrow for the first installment, and keep those photos coming to fitz.dccityblog@gmail.com. I will be doing the first annual ITV DEYP Awards Show post sometime after Friday at 5pm.

Take care and enjoy your long weekend...
-Play ball!