Post by Jim H. on Oct 15, 2015 21:40:05 GMT -5
Benches were light for Week 5, even as Red was poised to go up 4-1 in the standings, apparently a story line that does not generate much excitement in Old Bucks, nor disturb the afternoon slumbers of those who play only when the mood is upon them. There were a couple excused absences, like Scott McCann who was out at South Bend watching his alma mater (or “notre mater” if you're Catholic) trounce Navy in football; then there was Steve Souza, listed on the short-term IR with a bruised ego after John Lupisella called him a “meany” in Week 4. The conjunction of three separate holidays didn’t help draw in players either: Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, and the Canadian Thanksgiving, which as Paul Egan will tell you, is voluntary in Nova Scotia, meaning you don’t have to bake a turkey but you still have to drink lots of Molson while singing Anne Murray songs around the peat fires. But alas for the deep-laid schemes of Kenny. Perhaps betraying the early stages of “Kenmentia” he botched the configuration of teams, taking Dan Dougherty from Blue but giving it Chris Chairmonte and Jonathan Millen in return, a “buy one get one” deal as far as Blue was concerned. And Jim Heffern went back to Blue too, for the first time this season, his sentence to Red having been reduced to time served. Hopefully Jim's fidelity hasn’t been too corrupted by the joy of winning two out of every three games. Red, in turn, got Mark Herr, who as a former third line checking center with Colgate (fourth line if he was deep in the doghouse with the coach) made a nice complement to Tim White, Red’s scorer-at-large, or scorer-at-XXX if you take into account all 250 lbs. of his colossal frame, both of whom when teamed with Bobby Magnifico (that’s Italian for Freiling) enabled Red to lead the game 5-4 at the 40-minute mark. But then Blue outscored Red 3-1 and never looked back as Kenny, on defense, did his imitation of a fox silhouette in a corn field, and Bobby Magnifico, who has neither the spirit to command nor the docility to obey, tried, in vain, to maintain a posture of subordinating himself to no one, except his much faster, and more agile, son. Red was cooked. Even the new guy, Mikey V. scored, to put Blue up 9-5. It was a rough outing for Red’s goalie, Kenny G., who got up so slowly after one tendon-stretching save we were afraid he tore his ALCS. Hopefully he’ll be back strong for Week 6 and blessed with a Blue team all Bassert-ed up for another win.