Many a taunt has been heard on the softball fields of the world, but I’m willing to bet that Johann Pachelbel’s masterpiece has not been used to signal displeasure with an umpire before Tuesday. However, when the umpire is Fred Child and the taunters are classical music staff, it seems that the worst thing you can suggest is that the popular, but arguably hackneyed, Canon in D will get programmed in retaliation. Calm eventually prevailed, and presumably Performance Today escaped a descent into triteness. Meanwhile, the team pulled out a victory, overcoming an inning-from-hell scare in the seventh with Jenner tagging out an over-eager runner trying to score on a hit to Gus in centerfield.

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