cooking up the offense like he's cooking ravioli

We had our first basketball game tonight and we started off strong. We won by about 20 points and after a strong first few minutes of the second quarter never really looked back.

We were missing a few key players to injury and a business trip, but we were six strong and ready to play. Nothing too eventful that I remember from the game. The Buffalo Soldiers were quite upset with the referees because they felt they were getting unfair calls. While I don’t really think the refs did a great job, I think it was pretty even from that standpoint. I got called for traveling at least twice and had four fouls (I am pretty certain three of them weren’t fouls).

Besides the fouling and traveling, I had a decent game. I got four or five blocked shots and quite a few rebounds (lots off my own misses). I wasn’t keeping track, but figure I was in the mid 20’s with points. I got fouled a lot and hit most of my shots from the line. I think I had about 10 points in free throws, alone.

It was fun to get back on the court and play some ball. I have gotten myself out of shape, but I think it will come back to me quickly.

On a related note, The Wrecking Crew, the softball team Rachel and I play on, won their third consecutive game. I am so proud of Rachel for getting her first hit of the season (it was about her fourth at bat of the year). She hit the ball well in between first and second. I followed her in the lineup and singled, but the next batter hit into a fielder’s choice to third, which was unfortunately where Rachel was headed, she didn’t score. Now that she cleared the “get a hit” hurdle, she is ready to score a run.

I scored two runs in the game and got two hits. Before the season began I was excited that we would be playing on a field without fences (basically because on a field with fences there is a home run limit for the guys), but it has proven to be a real disadvantage. Since there aren’t fences, the defense just backs beyond what I can hit the ball. So, I am afraid that it is just going to be lots of singles and doubles for me this year. I am hoping that after a couple singles I can catch the outfield playing in and hit one over their head. We’ll see.