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Veterans win in dramatic fashion HMWL.net News | By Justin Hastings It was messy, dirty, snowy, wet, and ugly. But hey, it was wiffleball. Wiffleball returned to Hastings Park for the first time since the Wiff 2.0 Championship. On Saturday, the veteran tandem of Chris Palmquist and Justin Hastings hosted the young'n twosome of Fred Rogers and Craig Hastings. And it was played in the snow. The humor began before the game when Commish Scott Hastings literally snowblowed the basepaths. Props to Pops for doing so. Then, the real humor ensued. The first batter of the game showed the HMWL just why wiffleball in the snow doesn't work. Craig Hastings ripped a groundball towards right field, only to have it abruptly stop near the pitcher's mound to get thrown out by older brother Justin. Fred Rogers then went down on strikes to end the first half of the inning. The hometown crew did much of the same, with Palmquist striking out, and J.Hastings grounding out to the game's pitcher, C.Hastings. Craig then got the game's first hit in the second, a nubber that stopped in the snow for a base hit. Another groundout and strikeout later, and the game was still knotted at zero. The veterans threatened in the bottom half of the second, with the bases juiced and one out...but a seemingly easy base hit for Palmquist turned into a fielder's choice when Palmquist's hit got caught up in some snow near second base, where runner Justin Hastings was forced out. The youngn's again only managed one hit in the third, where Craig hastings got his second single of the game. Back-to-back strikeouts from Justin Hastings gave the veterans the opportunity to win the game in their half of the third. And that's exactly what happened. J.Hastings drew a walk to lead off. Palmquist unfortunately followed with a strikeout. But then Justin ended the game in dramatic fashion with a game-winning, walk-off homer that barely cleared the right field home run line, cracking the ball in the process. After all was said and done, the veterans had beaten the youngn's in a 3-inning messy, dirty, and crazy fall ball showdown. |
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 Fall Ball 2002 was nothing but comical. Any game where snowblowing is involved is sure to provide some laughs. |
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