No, we're not talking about Live's 1994 album Throwing Copper, we're talking about skies like the Wizard of Oz opening up and crashing the party, the playoff party. The Team Scotch playoff hopes came to a crashing halt in a frantic final two innings simultaneous to the skies of New York City unleashing monsoon like rain. The storm sent Team Scotch players scattering through East Harlem for shelter, shelter from the rain and from the disappointment of missing the playoffs.
The game, played at Thomas Jefferson Park, adjacent to Hoops on the River, and its free dj concert, a la the former And 1 Mix Tape Tour (see attached video), was played in desperation of beating the rain, though, it was also desperation for Team Scotch. Needing to win its last two games, and then requiring some help, Scotch never quite got going. Trailing 6-0, Scotch rallied for a pair of runs in the fifth, but that would be all. The 6th and 7th innings were played at a rapid pace, the seventh inning actually had to be negotiated in order to give Scotch one more chance to have a magical run. The run was cut short, the lights were turned out on Team Scotch's playoff hopes just as the light disappeared from the sky. There's always next year, and Monday for the season finale.
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