You know, we had those rascals for about four innings. I’m talking about us - The Media All Stars - and how we had that team from the Lighthouse for the Blind on the ropes in 20th annual Beepball Classic at the New York Yankees Community Field this afternoon.
I think they were a tad overconfident. Maybe it was winning the first 19 years in a row. Beepball is a variation of baseball - a pretty strange variation at that . The idea is to hit a beeping ball while you are blindfolded and then to try and find the beeping base before the outfield finds the beeping ball. There’s more but you get the picture.
I knew it was going to be a close game when their big hitter Lee Kimbrell slashed a hit up the middle That
s traditionally been the beginning of the end, but this time our own Alicia Roberts, WFLA’s morning traffic person deluxe, sacrificed her body, diving to the ground to scoop it up.
After New York Yankee’s Phil McNiff scored our first run, Tampa City Councilman Charlie Miranda whacked one down the first base line and for the first time in a dozen or so years we were leading.
I think we might have pushed our luck later on when our Pinetop Peterson set his mystical Mojo Hand, which comes in a giant jar, behind home plate.
The mojo worked against us and the Lighthouse team, led by Kimbrell, scored five runs, finally winning for the 20th consecutive time 7-3.
Hey it was a beautiful day, the hot dogs were great, the Coleman Middle School Orchstra was super and there is always next year.