Waluigi never made it out of the second inning, and by the time he handed the ball off, the game had already been decided. Boo's Dinger Brigade opened Season 2 with a statement, running Chatter's Luigi's Had Enough off Yoshi Park by a 15-4 count in Week 1. The trouble arrived immediately and without mercy: six runs in the first, three more in the second, three more in the third. Waluigi, pressed into starting duty, lasted just 1.1 innings and surrendered nine earned runs on nine hits — a line that reads less like a box score and more like a police report. His ERA now sits at a cartoonish 27.00, which is roughly what happens when the other side puts 18 hits on the board. The wrecking crew was fronted by Hammer Bro, who earned Game MVP honors on a modest 2-for-3 afternoon that happened to include a home run and five runs batted in. Love, running Boo's Dinger Brigade, got contributions up and down the order — Peach went a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI at the plate before turning in a tidy four innings on the mound (three strikeouts, four earned), and King Boo added a 3-for-4 day. When your starting pitcher outhits half the opposing lineup, it tends to be your afternoon. To their credit, Chatter's men did not roll over quietly. Luigi's Had Enough answered the first-inning barrage with a four-run second — Noki went 2-for-2 with a pair of RBI, and Waluigi at least got even with the world by driving one in himself. But ten hits produced only four runs, and against a lineup swinging like this one, four was never going to be enough. The name on the jersey has rarely felt so earned. The result drops Luigi's Had Enough to 0-2 and a grim minus-22 run differential, second-worst in the league ahead of only the still-scoreless Weed Sox. Boo's Dinger Brigade climbs to 1-1 and, at 23 runs for, owns the most productive offense in the standings so far. Early days yet — but Love's club looks like it plans to make the scoreboard operator work overtime. — Inky the Blooper