Close Encounter With a Win

| at Bloordale Bombers  | 7.06.25 | Loss 1-4 |Regular Season

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The Grovers travelled to the  dales of Bloor.

History Corner:

Did you know Bloordale was named after Joseph Bloor — a brewer, innkeeper, and the 1789 winner of Sexiest Man Alive? 

Apparently looking like a fully fed zombie with rabies was popular. 

It also explains why everyone was heavily involved with alcohol in the old days.  

Back to throwing things with bats… 

After a few games that felt like apocalyptic tragedies, the Soxuns tightened the screws. 

No errors. That’s not a typo. It actually happened. 

Player of the Game: Fionn, translated from Indigenous Native American.. “throws with rocks” 

• 5 innings 

• 97 pitches 

• 7 strikeouts 

• Only 2 earned runs 

The game was tight — like “jeans-after-Thanksgiving”. 

In the 7th, the Soxuns loaded the bases and briefly made the Bloordale girls clutch their pearls. 

But alas, like a teenager trying to parallel park, came up just short. 

Bonus Mentions: Lorenzo: crushed a double, then tried to rewrite physics going for 3rd. 

We might start calling him Icarus. 

Next Up: Sigh… It’s the Riverdogs. Again!

They smell a little.