After sitting through seven innings of a comic-filled attempt by the NSU Demon basketball players at playing softball, it's a good thing they haven't taken up that sport.
Well, for most of them anyway.
I will say it was a good, competitive game, with the winning team of Demetrius Bell, Keithan Hancock, Colby Bargeman, Damon Jones, Dominic Knight, Logan McConathy, Jerry Moody, Deividas Petravicius and trainer Jeremy Musser, squeaking out a 9-8 come-from-behind win in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Some power was shown during the game with Bell smashing three home runs while Kalem Porterie, a member of the losing team, bombing one.
Hancock picked up the win on the mound. I think it was his approach to each batter, circling the mound 3-4 times before lofting his pitch. He kinda resembled a dog right before laying down for its daytime nap.
Knight, of the winners, and Dwayne Watkins of the losing team, came up with some nice left field grabs.
Perhaps the one thing that got the biggest outburst of chuckles was the play of Petravicius. The native Lithuanian has probably never played the game of softball before, or even watched the game at that.
But his first time up to the plate, he connected with an infield grounder... only one thing, he didn't know he had to run to first base. "David" did get a nice hit later in the game and played a big part in his team coming back for the win.
Oh yeah, the public address announcing, or should I say play-by-play calling, of assistant coach Mark Slessinger will be one thing that's sure to keep him on the coaching sidelines.
The fifth annual event was well worth time. It was a lot of fun with a lot of laughs, and a pretty good game too. It also gave the chance for the fans in attendance to get to meet and talk to the Demon coaches and players.
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