My team lost our first game 12 to 11. We only had 4 starters and only 3 of us had experience in this league before. The other 5 were new and back-ups. I am really surprised that we lost by one run. Here was our position run down:

C: Starter. Pinched nerve in the 7th inning and kept going.

1B: Starter. We used our 3rd baseman and he did a great job at first.

2B: Backup. We used an extra guy from the other team who played surprisingly well.

3B: Backup. About 3 or 4 errors later....well you get the picture.

SS: Starter. He is new to the league but did a solid job. He strained his hamstring and also played through it.

LF: Backup. Had no experience at all with organized baseball, more of a football guy. Did ok, 1 error 2 strikeouts.

CF: Backup. He did solid for a fifty year old. Not much speed but read the ball well playing defense.

RF: Backup/Dad. The backup we used popped his knee in his first at bat. This lead to me having ask my dad to play RF and he did so at 63 years old. Only one ball hit to him and he threw it in good. GOOD JOB DAD!!! We were such a MASH unit.

P: Starter. I was the one and only pitcher on the team. It was nine innings or nothing. So about 200+ pitches, 2 calf & 1 quad cramp (since the 6th inning), and a shaky 3rd and 4th pitching inning, we survived. We even were winning 11 to 10 in the top of the ninth and a couple hits and an error later we were down 12 to 11. We did get the bases loaded, 2outs in the bottom of the 9th and the 3rd baseman hit a popfly to left field where the guy just stuck his glove up and caught it. The End.

Hopefully next game we will have most of our regulars but it was an experience this day that's for sure. Next game 4/19/08.