The Atlantics met the New York Mutuals at their home field at Old Bethpage Village Restoration on a rainy day in early October. Anthony "Willy Mo" Stelmach went between the lines for the Atlantics and backed by the usual solid defense allowed only three aces in the first game.
The Atlantic offense was led by Anthony "Dirty Pirate" Cannino, Greg "Hawk" Dengel, and George "Wildhorse" Ferchland who each contributed two timely hits apiece. Dean "Dreambucket" Emma reached base in four out of five at-bats, and Nick "Butcher" Baruso came up with a clutch hit in the seven run fifth inning to put the game out of reach.
Vincent "Tuna" Aurora rounded the bases with two steals and two aces tallied while the muffin "Scout" made some fine catches in the garden while hitting the ball hard for a double in only his second vintage at-bat ever. Alas, the rookie did what most rookies do in their first at-bat ... the dreaded FB2.
At the end of nine frames the tallykeeper marked down a final ace count of eleven aces for the Atlantics versus three for the Mutuals.
A second game was quickly started in an effort to avoid the oncoming poor weather with Wildhorse pitching a shutout through two innings. The Atlantics were ahead six tallies to zero when the arbitor deemed the playing conditions unsafe and the game was called off.
The Atlantics next play the Brooklyn Eckfords at the Atlantics home field at the Smithtown Historical Society Grounds on Saturday October 20th to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the passing of Jim Creighton, one of base ball's first super-stars.
A doubleheader according to the rules of base ball at the time of Creighton's death in 1862 rules will be played beginning at 11AM.
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