This Week in the NSL

May 29, 2008

"This Week in the NSL (Nahant Softball League)"

This week in Nahant Softball went as predicted, Monday, Memorial Day; everyone associated with the NSL was inebriated.

On Tuesday, the Green Sox Galaxy game got rained out by a super-cell cumulo-nimbus system that dropped an inch of rain in less than an hour. Green Sox players tailgated, as the women's league players, shoveled valuable clay from their already depleted, pond of an infield, hopeful to play their Opening-Day Game.

Galaxy remains 0-1, the Green Sox remain 1-0.

In the Wednesday night tilt, The Barbarians out-willed, out-hustled, and gave the business, to George's Expert Auto (GEA). A young Barbarian apprentice was given the duty of flag upkeep, after the win propelled the team formerly known as the "Italian Club" to a 2-0 record and sole position of first place. The young side-arm hurler from GEA had trouble with control early and never recovered. GEA falls to 1-1.

On Thursday Brickyard players filtered in from the parking lot at Game-Time, ready for a game against the resurgent Knights of Columbus squad, The Sports Center Screaming Seagulls. Both teams were coming off a tough loss, The Yard to NFL, and the Gulls to the Barbarians. Sunny skies, a light westerly wind, and a cooler-full of Coronas and (cut-up) limes. NSL fans came out in throngs to see the game. Corona's were being served at 13.95 for a twelve-ah, and guzzled at a feverous pace. Nahant's Finest positioned a cruiser on the crest of Short Beach to prevent fans from parking on Nahant Road.

Initially it was thought that the reason Dan O'Connor and Bart Bennet's former landlord (Gino Svelta) was surveying the field, was that the open-container law that many villages in the country follow, was going to be practiced on the island. This was not the case. (Tony "Scoopy" Lorenza, flaunting a new artificial-hip, slithered through the stands, talking about a possible come-back with the Seaside Team)

Brickyard, with a rejuvenated Sipeleti on the hill, cruised to a 19-3 win. game. A scoreless game through three, the Brickyard's offense exploded in the latter-innings, to even their record at 1-1. The Gulls fall to 1-2.Maybe now Sipeleti will get a Brickyard Jersey.

The 0-1 Captains squad faces off against the 1-1 NFL in "Friday Night Lights", at 6pm at Lowlands Field in Nahant.