🥎06.18.26 Hot Bats and Hotter Banter

 If Monday was a chess match, Thursday was a street fight — with bats as hot as the trash talk flying across the infield. The Visiting Team came out swinging and never cooled off, taking the win 19–15 in a game that felt like a verbal sparring match wrapped in a hitting clinic.

 The Home Team kept it close, and while the chirping flew in every direction, the hitting did too — 11 out of 12 players on the visiting squad crossed the plate at least once.

 On the home side, Bob Vanderberg put on a clinic: strikes crossing the plate all game from the mound, and at the plate he went 3-for-3 with 3 runs scored. The man treated home plate like he owned it.

 And yes, Matt and I had a side bet on whose triple was hit harder. I’ll concede his had more sizzle, but mine came with smart base running — stretched it to third and brought in two runs. I’ll take brains over brute force any day. Just kidding, Matt — your triple was legit. Mine just had a little help.

 Final score: Visitors 19 — Home 15 Plenty of hits, plenty of heat, and enough chirping to keep the dugout lively until the next game.

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