SUBS AND HOAGIES

Who are these people?

Yvonne.

Kind of an interesting last two weeks of the regular season, although the Pen & Pencil Club skidded toward the playoffs with losses to Bishop's Collar, Catahoula and the Nomads. They are the top three seeds in the league, and we did play two of them closely, but the story was mostly that we had some
key absensces that required a little of this and that.
Above is our Hoagiefest Night team, minus one or two, but

Katherine.

including the Anthonys Sr. and Jr. and Katherine Bonnin, local model and FOG (Friend of George). Katherine is on Instagram and I'll leave it at that. Also joining us in the hectic fortnight were Andy Schwartz, the pride of Colgate, and, back by special engagement,Yvonne Dennis, a legacy from the glory days of the Daily News team. Also, we had Keegan Craig, 14-year-old son of Keith, playing third base for us against Catahoula, and wouldn't it be nice to be 14 again?
That's a lot of moving parts for a finely-tuned machine such as ours, so maybe when we settle into the postseason, there will be a little more consistency. That postseason arrives on Wednesday against the Artists formerly known as the Art Museum, now the Fairmount Griffins. We have a long history with them and the bottom line is we always have a close game and this one isn't going to be any different.

Obligatory shot of Yaz at Hoagiefest.

The game is on the unfortunate plain of Edgeley 3, but we are the lowest-seeded quarterfinal, so it was sloppy seconds on field choice.
I'd love to have more details about the games in last couple of weeks, but I don't. I did see the book from Nomads and know that Anthony Sr. and Andy were 3 for 3, with a triple for Ant, so they helped. I can tell you that Yvonne hit and fielded well, as always, that we generally didn't do poop against Catahoula, and that Keegan is going to be fine member of our team in about 40 years.
Anyway, I'll substitute facts with pictures. Get your running in. Answer the head count email. Do everything you can to get to the playoff game. They don't allow subs in that one. Maybe hoagies.

Eventually all great careers face their sunsets and turn into mulch.