The second annual Marvel vs. DC softball game came to a hard-fought conclusion Thursday as, for the second year in a row, Marvel triumphed over DC in the San Diego softball contest. The prize was the treasured Stan Lee Cup (not to be confused with that two-bit imitator, the Stanley Cup.)
Your humble host pitched the first three innings, allowing one run. I ran into trouble in the fourth, as I got rattled between a couple of walks and some poor fielding by my teammates that caused our 8-1 lead to be trimmed to 8-5. Paul Jenkins came in to pitch and, after allowing DC to take the lead 9-8, got us out of the inning. An Humberto Ramos grand slam followed by a solo shot by Johnny Romita, Jr., put Marvel back on top and we never looked back. Paul volunteered to come back out so I could return to the mound, but he was pitching well and I didn’t want to mess with a good thing, so instead I subbed in as catcher when the player who had been catching asked to be taken out on account of being drunk. All proceeds when to the Hero Initiative.
Several of our players were celebrating with the Stan Lee Cup at the Hyatt bar after midnight. Losing DC player Dan Didio saw the guys and endeavored to snare the cup away from them, perhaps in hope that–since they were drinking–they wouldn’t notice. Unfortunately what Dan was unaware of was that they were, in fact, drinking beer out of the Stan Lee Cup. Consequently, Dan’s abortive attempt to yank the Cup away from its bearer’s grasp resulted in beer spilling out of the cup and down Dan’s crotch. To his credit, Dan was a good sport about it and then drank the remainder of the beer from the cup. And yes, that little incident was captured on video, although not by me, since I was securely asleep in my room by that point.
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