Eye of the tiger

Face to face, out in the heat
Hanging tough, staying hungry
They stack the odds 'til we take to the street
For the kill with the skill to survive

It's the eye of the tiger
It's the thrill of the fight
Rising up to the challenge of our rival
And the last known survivor
Stalks his prey in the night
And he's watching us all with the eye of the tiger


If anyone has seen any of the Rocky movies Rocky fights until the end. He endures a gruelling round for round fight always going the distance. He even manages to get to his feet after bringing knocked down with an  uppercut which always appears to be the end of the match. But he gets back up staggering to get back into the fight. Both fighters look beaten, bloodied, and bruised by the end of the bout. This is how I saw our softball game last night!  It was a knock-down-drag-out fight till the end just like a Rocky fight. It looked liked we had them on the ropes. It looked like they had us, then we caught up and then and then we were holding them steady. For the last 3 innings it was a tie score of 7 to 7. We were up at bat but we just could not make it all around the bases; we surely got on base time and time again but no score. We got them out 1-2-3; OK we can do this we just need to get a run. Here are the highlights - Joy hits a line drive straight to the short stop and it practically stung his hand but he caught it. Ian McEwan can always be counted on to get us to that next level. Rachel makes it to 2nd base. We had a great pitching by Mark Boken.  Hannah practically did a split catching the ball thrown to her by her husband Joel playing shortstop. Team Reveille UMC were hitting those balls hard and fast; one was hit so high it was hard to see. But Millard Koh acted like it was child's play and easily plucked it from the sky. Kristen had a great play at 2nd base. But last night we did not survive as they scored the last run of the inning and won the game. The 2nd game was a forfeit so it was won by default.

Come help us battle it out at Dorey Park next Tuesday July 30th against Slugworth at 8:10pm and again at 9:00pm against Richmond Ford.