Game 6

Meco Piledrivers 8 - The Head Hunters

In the final game of the season, the Piledrivers were faced with an uphill battle. The schedule makers left the Meco with an 11:00 start time in a cross over game against a team from the top division. The start time was not a challeng to most, although three of Meco's finest could not make the match do to a variety of reasons. Road Rage missed the game with a sore uterus. The swelling in his uterus was such that it rendered him immobile. We were also missing Hetero. Hetero had to make a shopping trip for new frames as well as a new pair of pumps. Finally, Backhaus could not attend as his fiance had important decorating plans and did not want her beau to leave the house at such a late hour. Backhaus knew that he would need his beauty rest in order to function in his other duties as a sub-par history teacher. (The math teacher on the team noticed that backhaus made only two-thirds of this seasons games! Now that's dedication!)

As the game began, there were only five Piledrivers present. In spite of this, the Piledrivers prevailed. Partway through game two, reinforcements arrived in the form of NY and Free Agent. The game ended with Head Hunters getting the win. THen the fun began. With full numbers and and even playing field, the match took off. The Piledrivers established the tone early and maintained pressure through out. THe turning point was game three (the first at even strength). With the game heading to overtime, Sanford and TJ made catches to secure the win. This seemed to take the wind out of the sails of the Head Hunters.

There were several recurring themes during the game. First was the game of the season from TJ. His hands were sticky and kept calling for "hands team". His strategy was to catch everything. This caught the attention of the opposition who sarcastically yelled to one of their own, "nice strategy, throw to the guy that catches every ball".

Free Agent out ran anyone that Head Hunters had to offer and won every ball. Bornt made several catches. NY did less this week than last. Big Bri fired mercilessly and hit several Hunters.

The Headhunters deserve some press coverage as there were several noteworthy opponents. First; the pitcher: this guy threw the ball as hard as anyone we have seen, infact, hard enough that it stung to get hit. There were several phenomonal arguers. Their main argument was "if I am out, then so is he". Often, there was no more logic behind it, but that is what made their arguments beautiful. Finally, the Matrix or Spiderman (we called him both) was one of the most insane people i have ever seen. Flips off the wall, somersaults, dives, and several other acrobatic moves... all while wearing a skin tight synthetic shirt.

Inspite of all of these performances, my man of the Match was Kelley. In a nonchalant fashion, Geoff patiently hit one Head Hunter after another. He calmly drilled Spiderman as he came out of a roll. He drilled another player as he leapt through the air. He was not only an offensive force. He also made several fantastic catches. Geoff played a fantastic game.

This game clinched a third place finish for the Piledrivers. One point behind F'nA. The two point performance against DJ Building proved to be our undoing.

The next session starts soon.

Final Standings
4 Wins - 2 Losses, 41 points, third place