LIGHTING STRIKES SPORTS PARK TWICE DURING IGUANA SEASON OPENER.   First game March 11, 1998 (give this page a minute to load...lots of pictures) "It was the damnedest thing I've ever seen," reflected Lizard Leader Rick "Migraine" Holcomb. "After all the planning, all the preparation, the hard work, the discipline, the threatening phone calls, the late night smoky room meetings, the cheating, the lies, the underhanded tricks, and still those Buzzads at Gunn didn't think far enough ahead to renew their liquor license with the Governor and there was NO BEER! Oh yeah, and we won 24-1." The coach was not the only one flabbergasted by the absence of cerveza at an American institution such as softball. Many athletic supporters, who only come to Iguana games to evade their families and drink cold brew were very upset. "What kinda Nancy, handbag dive is this," an unidentified fan was heard to say. "Don't they know how hard it is for me to get way from the house. Its some kinda cruel and unusual punishment to make us watch this stuff sober." Despite the unavailability of pregame prayer water, the Reptiles managed to slither by the Interstate Circuits 24-1; scoring more runs than the Lizards mustered all last season. Second Baseman "Yogi" Thomas led the Lizard lineup with the first hit (a line drive to left) and soon after the first run of the season. "It felt great to wallop that ball, but I think I may have broken a nail," Yogi said later. Here is how it looked when Stacy slid into home. Catches, collisions, and chaos were all captured by Iguana Sports Network cameras, but missed by the rest of the world since the ESPN crew assigned to cover the event was sidetracked to the Wetmore Saloon and the Iguana blimp was grounded by some silly airport airspace violation. However, here are the highlights: Always playing heads up, Sandy E.(C) and Gilberto S.(P) collided directly in front of home plate watching a pop up, but not each other. In a pretty amazing demo of showmanship, Gilberto S.(P), Lori S.(1B) and Stacy T.(2B) displayed their juggling and dribbling skills, passing the ball back and forth like a hot but slippery potato during a botched, but quite amusing play of a grounder to the pitcher. After the Lizards were blasted by Blue for not swinging at bad pitches, batter Rick K.(SS) took a first hop pitch to right field only to be called back to home on a dead ball. "But it was alive when I hit it," responded Rick Mike A.(3B) was fined $1,000 by Park authorities, when his errant throw to first permanently dented the retaining wall in the shape of a softball.   Rookie Reptiles Cindy M.(LC), Adolph G.(3B), Sandy L.(LC), Ray D.(RC) and Eric M.(RC) got their first hits as Lizards. Eric's came on a sissy little dribbler to 2B which he beat out in a show of blinding speed. His was also our first hit by a foreign Lizard. Adolph even "cracked" aluminum bat!   ATHLETIC SUPPORTERS   Special guest showed up to cheer on the Iguanas , even Raymond and Gail Hoffmeyer and Rick Morrison showed up! (sorry they were ducking the camera). Come on out and show your Iguana spirit, who knows, you might end up on this web page as well!       Next Reptile Rassle - Wednesday, March 18th vs Tractor Trash 9:15pm   Players out of town: Lori S. - Hillary H. - Sandy E. and Dan C.   Players please try and let us know as far in advance if you cannot make the games. Call Rick at Command P 821-6006 It's spelled "b-r-i-b-e"         Iguana Home Game Schedule Next Game