and my season is over (and more)

game seven has come and gone. i had a 3-2 lead in the series, but the jailbirds won game six, forcing a game seven. i always have a bad feeling about going seven. i'd rather just put them away. since that's never happened, and i've always lost the game sevens in my FEBC history, i had a bad feeling.

it started out good. i jumped on carlos zambrano and scored three runs in the top of the first. i was beginning to think my luck had changed. that THIS would be the year of the Eagle. but then his team had a chance to bat and he pasted four runs in his half of the first.

it kind of went south from there. i was able to have a come back in the game, but in the end it wasn't enough. i lost the game 7-6. congratulations to the dreaded and feared jailbirds. someday i'll defeat you, though it won't be next year.

why won't it be? because i sold all out. i went all in. i bet the house for THIS year. the house won and now my team looks like a piece of dog manure stuck in the wheels of the lawn mower. *sigh*

recently i've had several people asking about the league and if there are openings. it always amazes me how we'll go in waves. several will show interest and then it wanes. then it comes back. with the season almost over i'll be looking for commitment for next year. that will be the guidepost on whether there is new blood for 2010 or whether the same classy group will be taking the charge for the FEBC crown in our twelth year. time will tell.

-chief