When the Agawam Bullies took the field this past Saturday against their 19th Century brethren little did they know they would witness a feat in baseball that no man alive has either seen or performed. The act of stealing 1st base has not been done since the rule was put into law in 1920 and most likley before that. With Gator Dumont on 1st base and Gunner Genovese on 3rd. The less then fleet-footed Gator stole second base but did not attract a throw by the Bullies catcher leaving Gunner at 3rd base. Being the savey ballist that he his Gator headed back to 1st base on the next pitch...he just stole 1st much to the surprise of all in attendance. Citing a bout with maleria the feat spawned no arguement. "I knew what he was up to," noted Gunner at the post game press conference. On the next pitch Gator took-off again and this time the Bullies catcher was eager to put a stop to Gators base stealing rampage and fired a bullet down to second. While this was taking place Gunner scampered home for the score. Huzzahs and loud cheers could be heard over the F-16s warming their engines just a few yards away.
And with that a great day was had by all and don't be surprised if next year a new vintage team comes out of Agawam...Huzzah!
