So in a week where rain looked like a certainty for much of it… the softball gods once again came through for us by stopping the deluge in enough time and launching the sun so we could get off our game day. On top of that, the South Loop was tremendously less populated than the same time last week and I’m sure everyone enjoyed that as well.

On the diamonds we lead with upstart Old Stylin’ who pulled out the 8-4 upset of last years champion Ruder Group to give themselves a bit of a boost up while dropping Ruder to the middle of the pack… JC Anderson pulls out what can be considered an upset as well, 8-1 over Power Construction… and we also had three real battles as Clune Construction grabs the 11-10 win over Gettys Group and VOA eeks out the 4-3 win over Cannon Design while theBuzz maintains their top 4 position with a 9-7 win over Kelso-Burnett. REX Electric remains undefeated with a 17-6 victory over Perkins&Will but find themselves matched against Clune next week in the last game before the break where that undefeated record hangs in the balance.

A note about scorekeeping > I’ve been tracking which teams report a final score on the day after and I can say that on that front we’re good… everyone is reporting… the problem is that I’m getting a few too many inconsistent reports which causes me to then have to reach out to the Captains in question to get at the real score… This slows things down and it’s a pain in the butt… Please confirm runs scored inning by inning on the field and then come to agreement on the final score at the games conclusion. Take it seriously… it’s the basis for the Tournament seeding and it’s important… and for those of you who are spot on week after week… I know who you are… thanks.

Pictures next week will be theBuzz before their 6 o’clock game… I’m also offering retakes to Power Construction and Old Stylin’ if either of those teams are interested.