Well going into our match on 11/3 we stood a pretty good chance to move up to the 4th seed going into the playoffs. We were only two wins behind the Ball Snatchers and we had a favorable matchup. Then we find out they went 10-1 earlier in the night. Wow, are you kidding me? So our only shot was to go 12-0 - pretty tall order indeed. As it turns out, 11-1 would've eked us past the Hooligans who moved down after Ball Snatchers took 3rd. But none of that matters now...
We were doing pretty well - I think we were 5-0 at the time when everything changed with the play of Tyler Young of the Lightning Balls. He was the last man standing and he was able to get us down from 5 on 1 (I think) to just me and another of our guys after some strong play. Then I hear "15 seconds!"... we're up 2-1 - do nothing and we get the win, right? But an ill advised attempt to catch Tyler's throw knocks out our other guy and brings us down to mano y mano. "5...4...3..." yells Rich. Knowing we needed the perfect night, a tie meant nothing. So I crank up one of my best throws all season. "2..." Maybe it was a few inches higher than hoped, but otherwise it was exactly the throw I wanted. Strength, location, velocity - it was all there. It was a damn good throw! "1..." And then he caught it. The best I had. Hell of a play without a doubt. Their bench went nuts and I was the first to walk over and shake his hand. He kicked some major ass.
It's games like that one that show what this league is all about. I love seeing the great plays (preferably more on our side than theirs of course), and this one ranks right up there. See you in the playoffs!!!
