Tuesday, May 1, 2012

TPG Beats Ennead 11-0


Team TPG took the field yesterday against Ennead.  When Polshelk Parnership changed their name to Ennead, the meaning had something to do with the "power of 9".  Unfortunately for Ennead, last night they only showed up with a "power of 8" - as in 8 players to take the field.  TPG led off the game, and our first nine batters scored before we even had an out.  Two innings later, a 2-run HR by SS Tommy "Guns" Anderson, and that was all the  scoring we needed, as TPG won via the mercy rule 11-0 after 4 innings of play.

We were lucky enough to have TPG's official team photographer Vu Tran tag along, so we took the educational opportunity to illustrate what to do, and what not to do on the softball field.  For example, here's a breakdown of the correct batting stance vs. the incorrect batting stance:


Tommy "Guns" Anderson demonstrating the correct way to swing a bat


Simon "Muscle Ninja" Yeung showing us the, uh, not so correct way to swing a bat


We also learned that jumping in the air while swinging was not very effective:
Josh "Shufflefoot" Ginsburg teaching us the "jump-swing" technique



And anger can be a powerful tool, the more you grimace, the harder you hit:
Derrick "The Mouth" Blocker

Princess "Peanut" Salvacion


Sara "All Star" Laurence


Tony "Married to the Firm" Franzese

You can see all of the pictures from the game here:  https://plus.google.com/photos/109111179680946945239/albums/5737579785253901553?authkey=CIOVkdzk94qCPQ

Our next game is against 2-time defending champion, HMB/RAMSA.  We look forward to the challenge.

Game balls go to Derrick Blocker for pitching a shut out, Tommy Anderson for another monster HR, and Vu Tran for all the awesome photos.

3 comments:

  1. Those are some GREAT photos....Is Vu available for hire for our games? (semi-serious)? In exchange, we'll send our batting coach to your next game for consultation to discuss "balanced, level swings"!

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  2. David,

    Thanks for the comments. I just wanted to show my support for the TPG softball and their great team effort. It is extremely difficult to balance the workload and playing any kinds of sports. Having said that, I do not know for sure my workload next week but I would happy to help out if I manage to have some times. You can contact me at my email vtran@tpgarchitecture.com. (I tried to hit on "reply" below your comment but it did not open any dialog box so I use the "Add comments" tool.

    Regards,

    Vu

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  3. No way jose, David. Vu has been contracted exclusively as our one-man paparazzi. But for a "modest fee", we may be willing to negotiate something...I mean, you are taking him from his billable time and all... :)

    Princess

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