Month: July 2022

Kittens Smother Hot Pitches

Catching up with the Sea Kittens Playing host to Hot Pitches (0-6) in back-to-back weeks to finish the 2022 Madison Sport & Social Club Summer League regular season, Sea Kittens pulled away late in both contests to finish its regular season with a 4-1-1 mark, good for second place and the second seed in the upcoming league playoffs. In the first matchup, Alex Latzka used his trademark Puma-speed to race for two quadruples en route

Cats Avenge Avengers

Three weeks after Sea Kittens and The Avengers battled to a 9-9 season-opening draw, the two teams met once more on yet another idyllic summer softball evening.  In a reversal from the first meeting, this time the Cats played the game at nearly full strength while The Avengers (2-2-1) played admirably with a very short-handed eight-person side.  Sea Kittens (2-1-1) swung the bat well and capitalized on some early-game miscues and raced to a 26-6

Tropical Heat Withers Cats

Days have passed since the contest concluded, but time won’t change the outcome.  Sea Kittens (1-1-1, Madison Sport & Social Club Thursday- Upper) fell 12-7 to league front-runners Fingers Don’t Lose (4-0) on a steamy summer evening at Bowman Park July 7.  The Cats started slowly and once again tried to rally at the end, but it was too little, too late, as the Hawaiian-shirt clad cruised to victory. Sea Kittens -playing without outfielder Alex

Cats Pull Away from Mirrors

Blessed with another sublime Summer night for softball, Sea Kittens (1-0-1) met Beer View Mirrors (0-3) at Bowman Park and slowly but steadily rolled away with a 10-1 victory in Madison Sport and Social Club Thursday night upper division play. While the Cats were paced by four hits apiece from Dan DynamOele and Slash Grutzik, the team once again struggled a bit with its efficiency, leaving 10 runners on base after stranding 14 in last