FH CLINCHES THE ICE CREAM CUP!!!!

I Scream, You Scream, We all Scream for VICTORY!

(Bethesda, MD) - The grass was green, the skies were blue, the beer was cold, and FH was on Fire!! Fans swarmed from near and far, including an injured Nancy Nickerson, the Weintraub family, and the Dillness posse all to cheer on the ever-dominating FH troupe.

Coleman Hutchins has the teams highest batting average...as least as far as we can tell. He delighted the crowd with bomb after bomb into the outfield. Dan Horowitz played like a mad-man on third. He plays the hot corner like Ryan Hanley patrols the bone yard, good.

Kate Morris and Pat Guild played catcher while a Jessica Lass, stood on the sidelines kept the roar of the FH fan base alive and kicking. Randy "Bring it On" Renjillian SMACKED a ball into the air, but was robbed by the GMMB defense. Randy tipped his hat and politely took his place in right field. While in the field Randy stared down a runner, putting the fear of time entry into the poor fellow and forcing him back the bag.

Co-Owner of the FH team, Rob Mooney was in attendance, alleviating tensions between both teams when a runner could not find second base, or claimed as such in a classic late-inning "where's the bag" ploy. The benches cleared, "is she safe or out?!?!?!?!"

The timid staffers turned westward, and there, upon a black stallion, wearing khaki dungarees, sat Rob Mooney ready to make the call. The instant Rob spoke the words "do-over" all fears were quelled. The do-over resulted in another close play and yet another confused counter plot "there are only three outs in an inning? Since when?!!!" FH didn't take the bait and rolled to the dugout to inflict more damage at the plate.

Paul Johnson played excellent defense and gave fans a few rumba lessons as he rocked out to GMMB's theme music. Tara Walker had a double, single, and a triple. Will Sullivan played in another person's shorts forgetting his as the DHS Harpie pecked at his eyes while he ran out his office door (cube opening) and raced to the game in time to whip everyone into an appropriately competitive fervor.

New Intern Josh Hartiq made friends with Super Intern George, both playing extremely well with the time they had.

The team player award will be split between John Anthony and Mike McSherry for playing only two innings but remaining to coach bases and allow others to get some field time.

Matt Scherbel, Bill Garber, and David Wickenden played as beautifully and consistent as ever. The Wizard, The Colonel, and The Meat all were solid, on defense and offense.

FH won the prestigious Rob Mooney Ice Cream Cup, and will enjoy some soft-serve being dished out, at our offices, by the players of GMMB.

Thank you to all who came, BREANNE!! , James Yates and all those who supported from a far.

Next week is a BYE so we're heading to the batting cages. GO FH!

VICTORY!!!!

The weather stations predicted scattered thunder storms yesterday.

The weather channel warned that heavy rain was heading our way, watch for lightning!

The meteorologist said, "Bring those umbrellas, it's going to be a wet one, back to you Bob."

THE WEATHER PEOPLE WERE WRONG!

APCO was hesitant to play in the rain, they questioned the clouds and looked skyward to see if the lightning had truly arrived. FHSoftball, led by the ever intrepid leaders, Tara Walker and Will Sullivan, marched bravely onto the field and laughed at the sky, daring it to let even one drop fall on the field. Mother Nature and her ominous clouds separated, leaving the field bone-dry, not wanting to incur the wrath of a livid Coach Walker.

Both attitudes were reflected in the teams play. APCO, a mighty team who had scored 30 runs in their first game, were held to only 8 while FH came back from being down 2 to win with 12 runs.

Stellar defense and intelligent hitting were the keys to FHSoftball's success. Jessica Stone was crazy delicious last night. She taunted people as catcher, hit the winning RBI at bat, and took a hit from 5'1", 98 lbs of raging APCO mighty mouse, securing the final out of the game!

Karin Dillner, John Anthony, Ryan Hanley, and Matt Scherbel were flawless in the field turning quick outs in every inning. The Wizard was nothing short of his usual splendiferousness, and Bill Garber pitched magnificently. Will Sullivan was magic in the outfield and once was again able to keep Tara to only 2 outbursts.

Pat Guild, Lindsey Kirn, and Jessica Lass brought pom-poms and cheered like mad for FH's star guest player, Mike Levin. The Lev Train sauntered up to the field, made some amazing catches, hit a few bombs, and disappeared back into the night with nary a whisper. Thanks for braving the weather Michael.

Offense was led by Tara Walker, Randy "I crush you!" Renjilian, Ryan Hanley, The Wizard, and Jeff "You See These Hands!?" Weintraub. All had a number a very nice hits.

Congrats to the entire FHSOFTBALL team, it was great win!

VICTORY!!!!

Chevy Chase, Md. -- May 3, 2006 – The Fleishman-Hillard (FH) softball team rolled to a crushing 18-7 victory over rival Porter-Novelli last night in the first game of the season.

Some members of FH’s squad rolled more than others.

Locked in a 1-1 nail-biter in the bottom of the fourth, first baseman Jeff Weintraub made a lunging grab for a hot line drive and, in diving to tag first base, rolled over it, beating the Porter runner by a step. Commentators awarded Weintraub the play of the game for the dramatic stab, which changed the momentum of the contest.

Spurred by Weintraub’s heroics, Fleishman scored four, five and eight runs respectively in the top halves of the 5th, 6th and 7th innings. FH benefited mightily from the breakout performances of Coleman Hutchins (3-3, 3 doubles) Nancy Nickerson (2 hits, 2 runs) and Max Reinke (intern), (Homerun, Double 4 RBIs).

Paul Johnson pitched 1 run ball through the fourth inning, backed by a nearly flawless FH defense, and aided by the slick play of Weintraub, Catcher Jessica Lass, Third Baseman Ralph Posner and Nickerson at Second Base.

The outfield of Brian Brown, Karin Dilner, Matt Davison and Will Sullivan was quiet last night, as FH pitchers, aided by a solid relief performance from Bill Garber, served up 14 ground-ball outs.

The embarrassment-of-the-night award goes to Will Sullivan, who - despite rigorous pre-season training involving several practice sessions and a company-sponsored round at the batting cage - managed to strike out twice in the same at-bat while batting left-handed.

However, Sullivan then doubled to drive in two runs and save what was left of any face he may have had prior to the first pitch.

The Fleishman fan-base was out in full force to cheer the team to victory, aided by James Yates, Donna Owens, Mary LoJacono and Frank Kaufmann.

All-star shortstop David Wickenden left in the third inning with a sports-related injury. After the game trainers said Wickenden was day-to-day but should recover in time for next week’s game.

Pre-Season MVP!!!

The award for pre-season MVP goes to Matt Scherbel, who took the award with 34 voties, or 51% of the vote!!

Runner up goes to Tara Walker who recieved 17 votes, or 25% of the vote.

David Wickenden and Jessica Lass finished third and fourth respectively in the pre-season poll conducted by the Sportswriters of America.

Congratulations, Matt. You are well on your way to winning the season award, and the prize shown above.

Throughout the season, please take the time to vote, weekly, for the Season-MVP. The poll is located in the right-hand side-bar.

First Game!!

On Wednesday FHSoftball will confront Porter Novelli, one of our most hated rivals.

And when I say hated I mean HATE!

And when I say HATE! I mean we have a friendly rivalry based on mutual respect and a common appreciation for the game.

Porter's team and fans can be identified by their excessive use of denim in outfits as well as colorful bandanas. Don't let their intelligence fool you, they can play ball. Always packed with a solid stock of ringers, Porter players speak loudly and carry big sticks.

Thankfully FH is well equipped for the challenge. Due to multiple injuries suffered during a DELTA Force mission to Cairo, Matt Davison was out last season, HE'S BACK. During this same mission Ryan Hanley went MIA, reappearing one month ago in New Hampshire.

Paul Johnson, David Wickenden, Ralph Posner, Bill Garber, Tara Walker, Matt Scherbel, Jessica Lass, and our bio-engineered super-player, Pat-Guild-Scott-Carman, make up the bulk of the returners.

New players include, but are not limited to: Patrice Mattingly, Mike McSherry, Karin Dillner and Will Sullivan.

Will Sullivan is also assistant coach to Master Coach Tara. While Will's knowledge of baseball exceeds Master Coach Tara's, Will is still too timid to take over as manager. Coach Tara will not hesitate to glare at and bench a SVP after one error and replacing them with an intern. In the same situation Will will simply "clap it up" and wish the individual "better luck next time," whil consoling said player that Tara really has no idea what she's talking about. He'll learn not to speak without being spoken to. Will will be coaching the first game as Coach Tara will be indisposed at a United Nations meeting. He will do his best to scream at people and be nice to them simultaneously.

We need FANS, FANS, and more FANS, and drivers at our games, free refreshments and dinner (chips) will be provided to all who come.

Meet in the FH lobby at 5:45 SHARP, ready to leave no later than 6 pm.