Brethren,
Just
a
short
ditty
from
your
staff
at
From
the
Bullpen
to
tide
you
over
until
Itchie’s
much-anticipated
chronicling
of
The
Trip
to
End
All
Trips
next
week.
STANDINGS
THROUGH
WEEK
10
|
Week 10
thru 6/14/09 |
|
Upper Division |
|
1. |
Wahoos |
4959.70 |
|
|
2. |
Chiefs |
4738.70 |
|
|
3. |
Skipjacks |
4697.70 |
|
|
4. |
Monarchs |
4646.00 |
|
|
5. |
Bombers |
4612.70 |
|
|
6. |
Tribe |
4504.10 |
|
|
Lower Division |
|
7. |
Cubs |
4494.10 |
|
|
8. |
Redbirds |
4371.30 |
|
|
9. |
Blues |
4299.90 |
|
|
10. |
Highlanders |
4127.00 |
|
|
11. |
Bears |
4125.90 |
|
|
12. |
Senators |
3887.10 |
|
|
13. |
Tigers |
3877.20 |
|
| |
|
|
|
POINT
TOTALS
FOR
WEEK
10
|
Week 10
Thru 6/14/09 |
|
1. |
Wahoos |
552.7 |
|
2. |
Monarchs |
548.4 |
|
3. |
Bears |
509.3 |
|
4. |
Highlanders |
468.3 |
|
5. |
Chiefs |
462.3 |
|
6. |
Cubs |
426.1 |
|
7. |
Tribe |
422.5 |
|
8. |
Blues |
416.8 |
|
9. |
Redbirds |
416.7 |
|
10. |
Senators |
413.6 |
|
11. |
Bombers |
401.5 |
|
12. |
Skipjacks |
359.9 |
|
13. |
Tigers |
241.2 |
JOE
JACKSON
ERNST:
PITCHER,
BALLPLAYER
Since
I
know
that
none
of
you
have
had
your
fill
of
my
fatherly
boasting
and
bragging,
I
thought
I
would
share
with
you
a
couple
of
magical
moments
from
Joe
Ernst’s
Junior
Legion
baseball
season.
On
Tuesday
of
last
week,
moundsman
Joe
Jackson
Ernst
took
the
hill
and
hurled
a
complete
game
gem
against
the
visiting
Yutan
9, a
tough
squad
who
handed
their
lunch
to
the
Mount
during
their
first
game
of
the
season.
Though
Joe
only
gave
up 3
hits
in 7
frames,
the
aggressive
Yutan
team
managed
to
plate
3
runs
on
those
3
hits,
using
stolen
bases
and
sacrifices
to
efficiently
produce
3
tallies.
Then,
in
the
bottom
of
the
7th,
with
the
Mount
Michael
9
behind
by
the
score
of
3-2,
Joe
Jackson
came
to
the
plate
with
the
bases
loaded
and
one
out.
Hero
or
goat
time.
With
ten
times
more
confidence
at
the
plate
than
his
light-hitting
Old
Man
ever
had,
Joe
Jackson
stroked
a
laser
beam
into
the
gap
between
left
and
center,
knocking
in
two
runs
and
earning
the
win
for
the
Mount
Michael
team
and
himself.
The
ear-to-ear
grin
which
split
across
the
face
of
Joe
Jackson
was
worth
more
to
me
than
all
of
the
oil
in
the
Middle
East,
as
Joe
got
to
experience
that
thrilling
moment
of
being
the
team
hero.
Wow.
What
a
moment
for
Joe
(and
his
folks).
As
if
that
wasn’t
enough
for
one
season
(or
one
baseball
lifetime),
last
night
Joe
took
the
bump
again
for
the
Mount
Michael
Knights,
tossing
a
complete
game
one-hitter
against
the
visiting
boys
from
Plattsmouth.
Although
not
quite
as
dramatic
as
his
bottom
of
the
7th
game-winning
hit
last
Tuesday,
Joe
murdered
a
Plattsmouth
pitcher
offering
in
the
bottom
of
the
second
inning
to
the
fence
in
left
center,
culminating
in a
head-first
slide
into
third
for
a
triple.
I’m
not
absolutely
sure
about
this,
but
this
may
have
been
the
first
time
in
history
that
the
words
“Ernst”
and
“triple”
have
ever
been
used
in
the
same
sentence.
So
exhilarating
have
the
experiences
of
the
Ernst
baseball
boys
been
this
season,
B.T.
and
I
are
both
convinced
that
Aunt
Kathi
must
have
a
hand
in
all
of
this
in
some
way,
pulling
a
few
strings
and
levers
to
help
the
Ernst
men
deal
with
a
difficult
time
on
the
home
front.
While
I
believe
this
to
be a
plausible
explanation
for
some
of
the
diamond
heroics
we
have
seen
this
summer,
I
have
to
wonder
why
I’m
not
getting
this
same
sort
of
help
with
my
Hot
Stove
League
team
this
year.
“Hey,
Kathi,
how
about
a
little
love
down
over
here!”
Okay,
I
get
it,
I’m
52
years
old
and
capable
of
taking
care
of
myself,
and
besides
that,
I’ve
already
got
four
Hot
Stove
League
titles
under
my
belt.
Fair
enough.
Anyway,
thanks
for
bearing
with
me
and
sharing
in
some
of
the
greatest
joys
of
my
life.
Can’t
wait
to
see
all
of
you
in
the
Big
Apple
tomorrow
for
the
trip
of a
lifetime.
Safe
travels,
B.T.,
Shamu
and
Stretch,
and
I’ll
see
the
rest
of
you
at
Eppley
tomorrow
morning.
Skipper
