Monday, September 05, 2011

Inmates vs Tweeners

“OPPONENT HAS LEFT THE BALLPARK. UMPIRE CALLS GAME”
Inmates 3, Tweeners 2


The Tweeners and Inmates hooked up for a typically bizarre series at the HooverDome via netplay/CM:
 
TWEENERS 7 – INMATES 6 (10): Tweeners send Santanaclaus to an early shower after belting 9 hits in 3 1/3. Then with the score 6-5 in the 6th, HAL sends “OPPONENT HAS LEFT THE BALLPARK. UMPIRE CALLS GAME” message, leaving both faithful fans wondering what the fuck was going on. Autosave came in handy, as Johnson hits sacfly in 9th to send the game into extra innings. Of course, the LDMF lost.
 
INMATES 4 – TWEENERS 3: Floyd pitches (but doesn’t field) a great game, leaving in the 9th with a 4-2 lead after allowing only 3 hits. Despite orders to the contrary, Inmate defensive change leaves Pennington at 2B (WTF??) where the 5e71 allows both a hit and error. Inmates manager immediately fixes HAL’s fuck-up, while Perez and Motte can’t get the side out. Then, with two outs and the bases loaded in a 4-3 game, HAL sends out the “OPPONENT HAS LEFT BALLPARK. UMPIRE CALLS GAME” message once again. Inmate and Tweener fans wonder what stupid motherfucker of a programmer at SOM could possibly come up with such an imbecilic move. Nevertheless, the autosave works again, and Chamberlain strands all runners for the Inmate victory.
 
TWEENERS 4 – INMATES 3: This via CM, as 2-3 dozen attempts to get the game connection working between Inmate XP and Tweener Vista prove fruitless and a colossal waste of time. Good game, Casilla gets long save.
 
Fuck HAL.
 
The HEAD INMATE


Tweeners (mercifully) leave Waco in our rear-view mirror, failing to win there in 2011.  With expanded rosters (which made no difference) Tweeners drop the final pair 6-5 and 3-2.  Inmates plate 5 vs. Fellix in the 1st inning and we can't quite recover.  49,906 showed up for the finale, and all demanded refunds, alleging that they had witnessed replacement players masquerading as Tweeners/Inmates.  If only.

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