4th Annual Halloween Baseball Game
By Mark O’Connor
The whole cast
The typical sporting event consists of athletes wearing identical uniforms and referees that are true and honest to both teams. That was not the case on Friday at Taft College’s baseball field.
The 4th Annual Taft College Halloween game featured characters like Captain Underpants, Princess Peach, and even both major 2016 presidential candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.
Princess Peach (Tyson Canfield)
Captain Underpants (Seth Sorensen)
“It’s a fun event that is good for the chemistry of the team,” said Nick Kawano, third year sophomore.
The two teams, the Ghouls and the Goblins, fought it out in a short exhibition game mostly for bragging rights. In this game the pitchers were not TC’s everyday pitchers, instead they were the position players. The regular pitchers were given their one chance to swing the bats and flash the leather on the field.
As expected, the game was not played as intensely as a normal game would. The umpire, “Crooked Hillary,” made a handful of poor calls and was showered by boos from both dugouts. However, there was still a fair share of nice fielding plays and a 3-run home run off the bat of Richard Ortiz, who dress up as a monk.
Crooked Hillary (Coach DeFreece)
The game was meant for nothing more than a few laughs and a good time. Those who sat in the stands on that cloudy afternoon got just that.
Donald Trumps (Kyler Shifflet, Coach Maiocco)