The Planetary Extreme Baseball Alliance

A great song selection by Mike. Can't pinpoint it but it seems to capture the scene really well--I can hear it with a live band as I walk into "Jurassic Park." And I second Bob's opinion of the explosion-decibel garbage at ballparks. I like the PEBAverse's version much better.

The fans rise, and remove their caps for the National Anthem performed by Tigirlily...

The fans rise again as Fargo fan favorite and former-Dinosaur 1B Mike Arnopp comes out of the home dugout to throw out the first pitch...

Borealis wrote:The fans rise, and remove their caps for the National Anthem performed by Tigirlily...

Except for the few of us who never stand for the silliness of a so-called national song, especially one composed for British music!

Bulldozers wrote:

Borealis wrote:The fans rise, and remove their caps for the National Anthem performed by Tigirlily...

Except for the few of us who never stand for the silliness of a so-called national song, especially one composed for British music!

Outmoded nationalism and baseball, name a more iconic duo!

And with that ladies and gentlemen, the Sovereign League takes the field, lead by Fargo SP Ernesto Molina...

Claymore Naomi Homna digs into the batters box... the first pitch of the game is struck hard, but right at Guillermo Justavo, the throw to first and this game is under way...

Confusion reigns amongst the crowd as London SS Tony Cuevas strides to the plate in an obvious last second switch... and on a 2-2 pitch, he strikes out swinging...

That brings up Florida Monster Man, 'Hitman' Danny Burton, who does just that, lining a single up the middle...

DH Vincent Powell steps to the plate and after fouling off a 1-0 pitch, he hits one HIGH... hits it DEEP... It's OUTTA HERE!!! 2-0 IL here in the top of the first...

Alleghanie 2B Carlos Garza comes to the plate and he lifts a lazy flyable to Castieneda in medium deep center to end the inning...

Do they serve anything besides beer and hot dogs at this ballpark? Some rum and coke maybe? Or a hot pastrami sandwich?

'Old Nick' runs to the mound to start the bottom of the first, the Havana Star looking sharp with his warm-up pitches...

Crystal Lakes LF Clarence Carpenter leads off for the SL and on a 1-2 pitch he lifts a ball to CF Roberto Garcia and he grabs it for the first out...

Fargo's Lorenzo Castanieda gets a rousing ovation as he comes to the plate, and he takes a 3-2 pitch and lines one to center, but Garcia is their for the out...

Guillermo Justavo, the Neo-Tokyo 3B comes to bat and he doesn't take the bat off his shoulder as Vasquez can't find the strike zone and walks him on 4-pitches...

The Fargo Love continues, as 'Bullets' Lopez comes to the plate... 'Old Nick' brings a 96 MPH Fastball, an dLopez turns on it... he hits it Far... he hits it deep... GONE over the left field wall! A 2-run homer and this game is tied!!

Rob Raines comes to the plate and the crowd rises yet again...

Vasquez gets Rains to a 1-2 count... Foul... Foul. and finally a pop-up to German Lima for the third out...

After an inning it's 2-2...

So THIS is what top-caliber baseball is like? We never see anything like this in Yuma.

Coming in from the 'pen for the SL, Shin Seiki Ace Yakamochi Suitani, one of the most dominant pitchers in the PEBA...

Suitani faces Trendsetter 1B Felix Zavala, who lifts a 1-1 pitch to Carpenter for the first out...

That brings up Trendie German Lima, who lifts a flyball down the LF line, falling just fair for a stand-up double...

Amsterdam catcher Jack Hudson comes to the plate, and he's a little late on a 1-1 fastball from 'Zoom Zoom', and lifts it to RF, where Jerry Rutledge hauls it in... Lima tags, but bluffs...

That brings us back to the top of the order and Homna, who works a 2-2 count, but strikes out swinging...

Heading to B2... 2-2...

Come on, Bob. I’m sure you see pop ups to third all the time!

Claymores wrote:Come on, Bob. I’m sure you see pop ups to third all the time!

Claymores wrote:Come on, Bob. I’m sure you see pop ups to third all the time!

We do, indeed! We have written songs to popups to third. But we don't see matching 2-run homeruns in the first to tie a game. We don't see many homeruns in Yuma (except by visiting teams, of course) and I can't remember a single game where we tied the score with a 2 run HR.

You’re probably too stunned to write a song about that ... perhaps a limerick?

Claymores wrote:You’re probably too stunned to write a song about that ... perhaps a limerick?

Sung to the tune of Home on the Range:

Oh give me a popup
Say a popup to third
And let the runners all stay
On first or on second

Seldom have we heard
Of two runs on the board
From a big fly in the second inning.

Home home runs
We don’t have …