The Bobs 11 — 8 Boat Boys
♡ Captain's Council convened. A Boat will become competent. Cute.
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AURELIA “Evening. Bobs, Boats, Dad's Dock. I've seen the numbers. The numbers have seen me. Neither of us is happy about it.”
HEX “Don't finish that sentence. It comes true if you finish it.”
HEX “Captain's Council incoming. I saw this in a bowl of soup on Tuesday. Nobody listened. Nobody ever listens on Tuesdays.”
HEX “The cards and I called this matchup weeks ago.”
AURELIA “The books called it months ago. With math.”
HEX “The math you learned from a book. I rest my case.”
AURELIA “That's not— fine. FINE.”
HEX “Roy (Captain Emeritus) is glowing tonight. Not a metaphor. Someone should check on that. “The Missing Inning”, everyone.”
HEX ““SAME THING HAPPENED LAST YEAR” rises from the Boats section. I heard it before they said it. I always do. It's exhausting.”
AURELIA “Filed under 'the Boats crowd, again': Section regulars know each other by jersey number, not name.”
AURELIA “Bobs 9, Boats 6 after 4. Comfortable margin. 'Comfortable.' I've seen comfortable margins die screaming.”
AURELIA “11–6. At this margin the live line just reads 'yes'. Crowd's throwing things. The Boats fans are researching next season.”
HEX “A drone briefly hovered over the home team. It looked sad.”
HEX “The cards and I called this matchup weeks ago.”
AURELIA “The books called it months ago. With math.”
HEX “The math you learned from a book. I rest my case.”
AURELIA “That's not— fine. FINE.”
AURELIA “Overheard in the stands just now, and I quote: “A fan group catalogs uhohs by frequency. The pattern is denied to exist.””
HEX “It ends 11–8, exactly as the dream showed me. Soul of the game: Hereditary Bobina, 4-for-5. The dream also showed next week. No further comment.”
AURELIA “I'm going to go stare at a spreadsheet until I feel something. Goodnight.”
HEX “Until the next vision. Goodnight.”
- ⚓ CAPTAIN'S COUNCIL: Stan (Also Captain) finally figured out the glove. +1 GLOVE (now 7.2).
Bobs 1 2 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 R 11
Boats 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 R 8
| Player | AB | H | HR | RBI | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hereditary Bobina | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | .800 |
| Small Bob-3000 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .375 |
| Exhausted Bob With A Knife | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .428 |
| Bob's Cousin Bob | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .200 |
| Reformed Bobstradamus | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Hungover Bob-3000 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Bob's Cousin Bob With A Knife | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .333 |
| Greater Bob Bob | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Tall Bob Bob | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Player | AB | H | HR | RBI | BA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck (Co-Captain) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Roy (Captain Emeritus) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Hank (The Real Captain) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Stan (Also Captain) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Wayne (Disputed Captain) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .1000 |
| Earl (Captain Emeritus) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Steve (Also Captain) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
--- Bobs @ Boats (Dad's Dock) --- ─── top of the 1st ────────────────────────── Small Bob-3000 pokes a hit. The clipboard-Bobs make a note. Bobs (away): 1 run, 1 hit ─── bot of the 1st ────────────────────────── Scoreless inning. A flare is almost wasted. ─── top of the 2nd ────────────────────────── Small Bob-3000 launches one. A Bob in the upper deck stands up and concedes the entire war, briefly. Hungover Bob-3000 fouls one off and points at another Bob. Reasons unclear. Reformed Bobstradamus grounds a single past the shortstop, still glaring at his cousin Bob. ─── bot of the 2nd ────────────────────────── Empty Manila Folder Boris hits a slow grounder. The Captains nod approvingly at the technique. ─── top of the 3rd ────────────────────────── The umpire shudders. Hereditary Bobina BLASTS one out of the Bob Pit. The Bobs riot, then unify, then riot again. Exhausted Bob With A Knife singles. Somewhere a Bob is sharpening something. Small Bob-3000 singles, sneers at a different Bob. ─── bot of the 3rd ────────────────────────── The umpire shudders. Empty Manila Folder Boris (hum-along) singles. The other Captains weigh in. Chuck (Co-Captain) hits a slow grounder. The Captains nod approvingly at the technique. ─── top of the 4th ────────────────────────── Exhausted Bob With A Knife slaps a hit while another Bob loudly disagrees with the call. ─── bot of the 4th ────────────────────────── Scoreless inning. A flare is almost wasted. ─── top of the 5th ────────────────────────── Exhausted Bob With A Knife (uneasy ceasefire) lashes one down the line. Other Bobs claim partial credit. Bobs (away): 1 run, 1 hit ─── bot of the 5th ────────────────────────── Roy (Captain Emeritus) drives one. A different Captain says something about marine batteries. ─── top of the 6th ────────────────────────── Bob's Cousin Bob hits a sharp grounder. The ceasefire holds, barely. ─── bot of the 6th ────────────────────────── Chuck (Co-Captain) hammers one past the diving second baseman. The dads applaud their own dock. Empty Manila Folder Boris singles. Two other Captains compare grills. ─── top of the 7th ────────────────────────── Scoreless inning. A flare is almost wasted. ─── bot of the 7th ────────────────────────── Stan (Also Captain) singles. The other Captains weigh in. Hank (The Real Captain) (Captain) takes a thoughtful swing. ─── top of the 8th ────────────────────────── Scoreless inning. A flare is almost wasted. ─── bot of the 8th ────────────────────────── Scoreless inning. A flare is almost wasted. ─── top of the 9th ────────────────────────── Scoreless inning. A flare is almost wasted. ─── bot of the 9th ────────────────────────── Wayne (Disputed Captain) (loud about lawns) drives one. A different Captain says something about marine batteries. FINAL: Bobs 11 — Boats 8 WEATHER: Captain's Council ⚓ CAPTAIN'S COUNCIL: Stan (Also Captain) finally figured out the glove. +1 GLOVE (now 7.2).