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The glutton crew paid a high price its desire to combine Mexican and Cuban food

By Cap'n Cova, 04/11/21, 10:00PM CDT

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The Royal Fortune,

April 11th, 2021

After generous Cap’n gave his crew a one-week paid vacation to visit their respective families (is rumored that each filibuster received 2 golden coins and a brand new eye-patch) the crew reported to work with an empty stomach, so Cap’n proposed to dine a delicious meal combination of Tacos and Pork that proven to be a lethal mix, sinking further the Royal Fortune to a 6-week losing streak

First and considering filibusters were near the Cancun shores where Royal Fortune was being repaired (again!), Cap’n decided to steal the famous Mexican dish at the most renowned restaurant of the city, “Cuddlecitos Bar” which earned its worldwide recognition thanks to food industry guru Craig “El Jefe” Dyer, but Cap’n and his crew never imagined the spiciness of the food they were about to eat.

It all started quiet, as Tacos were taken by surprise from the filibuster attack in 1st, led by a 1-rbi double from “First Mate” Baho giving the crew an early 1-0 lead.

A lead that stayed until the 3rd, where the “quieted” Tacos were no longer in “silencio” as they stroke back the crew 4 spicy jalapenos (jargon for runs in the Cancunian slang) that were answered back by the filibusters with 2 more bullets thanks to a joint effort between Filibuster of the Week “The Doctor” London, “Sub Gunner” Mabry and “Sub Sail Master” Mendoza. An attack that continued with another bullet launched in the 4th thanks to “First Mate” Baho which tied the affairs after 4 innings.

But then, the “Cuddlecitos Bar” issued a warning to his staff to destroy any filibusters that surrounded the restaurant shores, and the employees responded to the order with 3 more spicy jalapenos launched to the crew in the 5th to take a 3-run lead. A lead that was shortened in the same inning by the courageous crew thanks to “Sub Gunner Mabry” rbi single putting the game with striking distance, by just 2 runs

Another silent inning by the spicy Tacos set the stage for a dramatic ending with the Marauders crew top of the order heading to attack the bar and only down by 2 runs. The lead got immediately cut in half by a solo shot from “Quartermaster Lawrence” but then the crew felt just short by loading the bases and with 2-outs a pop-up to the SS ended the game with a 6-7 loss, and the crew couldn’t grasp their well-deserved first victory of the season

After such outstanding effort and with a hungry crew, Cap’n decided to navigate a little farther to the east towards Havana’s shores, which are famous for their delicious Cuban Sandwich (made from pork). And if you are in seek of good food, there is no better way to do it than going after the most famous sports bar owner of the city, Mr. Alford.

But when you are trying to steal bacon from Mr. Alford you better be prepared, and the crew simply wasn’t ready after such spicy feast from earlier, and the Pigs capitalize this with a 9-bacon attack in the first and 3 more bacon in the 2nd that let the crew demoralized knowing they were heading for its 12 loss of the season.

So Cap’n had no option but to start wearing his hat in the field to show some respect to the powerful Piggies. And boy oh boy the crew showed some character, scoring a total of 14 runs in the next 2 innings, thanks to a join crew effort from “Sub Gunner” Mabry, POW “The Doctor” London, “Sub Sail Master” Mendoza, and “Quartermaster” Lawrence rbi-extra-bases (these last 2 dropped massive bullet bombs). After this, the crew took their first (and only) lead of the game,14-12, which left astonished spectators and Pigs alike.

But as I said before, stealing bacon from Mr. Alford is not an easy task, and after this attack, he ambushed the crew with a massive 16-bacon run storm to take a lead again, a lead that they will never lose again in the affair. The courageous crew partially answered back with 3 more bullets in the 5th (and last inning) thanks to 3-run inside the park bomb from “Boatswain” Trotter, which happens to be his first career HR in TSSL (Congrats Zack!), but the crew came short losing 28-17

 Next week, and after such a bad food experience, the Cap’n has commanded his crew to be vegetarian for one week and try to eat some delicious grasshoppers from Garber’s farm to then sneak into Silverman’s luxurious ranch to refill its artillery by stealing some bullets. Cap’n is convinced that this time his prediction will become a reality!

Notable Filibusters:

POW Alan “The Doctor” London – 3/4, 2R’s, 2B, RBI

ROW Zack “Boatswain” Trotter – 3/5, 3R’s, HR, 3RBI’s

Jose “First Mate” Baho – 4/5, 3R’s, 2 2B, BB, RBI

Scott “Quartermaster” Lawrence – 3/6, 2HR’s, 2RBI’s, 3R’s, BB

Lastly, and this is a belated one, here is the proof again that Cap’n word is worth it, sharing part of his 'booty' (a bit scarce this year so we are using our treasure savings account lol!) with the best performers

         

Andy Mabry - Filibuster of the Week (3/14)                   

Johnny Manjarrez - Filibuster of the Week (3/28)

 

Arr!

Cap'n Cova