Stop Me If You've Heard This One: A Bush and A Monkey Walk Into a Bar.....

While it is too early to say with any certainty, it appears that the Bush has put last season's second half meltdown in the rear view mirror.  After getting cock-blocked out of the playoffs, the Bush has responded with a 4-1 start to this summer season, including hard-earned (often come-from-behind) victories over both old (Blash) and new (Los Locos) rivals.

The Bush now stands on the doorstep of 5-1 with only the 0-5 Angry Monkeys in our way.  While this looks to be a gimme, this is the exact type of game that would have sent last season's edition of the Bush into a tailspin.  It is a 6:00 game against an opponent that many of us probably already feel like we've beaten.  Consider yourselves warned Bushmen, if we mail this in, we will lose to the Angry Monkeys.  And then, those humps won't be angry. They'll be happy, just like this monkey:

With that said, the Locks will now place its Swami hat upon its head and offer some high-priced prognostication.  For the first time in many moons, 70s Style will have all three of its Big Boppers in the lineup.  And I don't mean myself, Grech and Dirito.  No, I'm referring to Hillbilly Jim, Kid Huzzle and B.A. Carini.  As long as the other Bushmen keep it simple with the stick and poke singles through the holes, runs will not be hard to come by this evening.  The Locks especially sees big things tonight for our stable of lefties with Scerri, Fordo and KP consistently circling the bases (some faster than others).  We also see a major slump-busting breakout for Seanie Greche and several knocks for Pink Caddy.

In the field, we expect the Bush to continue to turn heads with its bread and butter (i.e. pitching and defense).  That all starts with pitcher Kevin "Wild Thing" Pollock.  Not only does he throw strikes (occasionally) but he holds down the area around the mound likes its Area 54 (nothing that goes in gets out).  The rest of the team with simply catch the Monkey's meek attempts to hit the ball and the Bush will get out of town with victory #5.  This should be a real laugher.   Locks calls it as they see it: a 15-3 beat down.  LOCK IT UP!