Last weeks recap
Balls of Fury- 3 Balls to the Wall- 2
Interesting game; had the unfortunates of playing next to the game of the week though.
1st United- 3 Free Ballers- 1
The game lived up to the hype and could have gone either way. FreeBallers will be waiting for round II
Balls Deep- 4 Blue Mooners- 3
A game that was just about dominated throughout by the mooners; but in the end couldn’t hold on as Balls Deep surged back
Schweddy Balls- 3 Kickleback- 10
The shocker of the day; #3 schweddy not only loses but gets blown out…..
Wrecking Balls- 9 Inglorious Ballstards- 2
Tight game early, but got out of hand in the 4th one run at a time
Uniballs- 4 The Closers- 3
With their captain missing her 2nd week, the Uni’s pulled out a “W” in her absence.
Captains Corner
Free Ballers
The tension was high between The Free Ballers and 1UCK. It was a tough game all around with it being a 2-1 battle for most of the game. The entire Free Ballers team was defensively sound but we just could not pull it out. Final score was 3-1. Great game all around. We will definitely see 1UCK in the playoffs and the ending will be a different story. As for the flip cup game, I don’t think we were officially keeping score, at least I wasn’t.
Kickelback
"The year is 2079 and all that stands between total robot dominance of the planet and human freedom is a small resistance movement known as Codename: Kickelback. The robot army appeared on the battlefield disguised in human form wearing bright blue shirts. Kickelback was not tricked however, because everyone knows that true human people wear dark blue. After a horrible loss only one week before to The Wrecking Balls, where all but three team members were left with their faces un-exploded, Kickelback fought out to a quick lead (4 robots destroyed to only 1 human face exploded). While the team of enemy robots (Codenamed: Schweddy Balls) fought valiantly, it was the greasy-blonde Kroeger-coiffed humans who were victorious. MVP of the game was shortstop RX-1400, who is definitely NOT a robot disguised as a human, and you're a prick for thinking he is."
The Closers
In week two, this golden team hoped to meet the rest of our team and win. Sadly we only accomplished 1 of 2. The team of only one ball (or is it one balls?) beat us by one run. We were down by 2 in the top of the fifth and managed to tie it up before giving up another run we were unable to recoup. MVP of the game goes to Nicki Milne, who caught the ball as it bounced out of Renee's hands. Not only was it great back up, but she turned it into a double play to end the inning. We're looking forward to closing on our first win next week against Ball to the Wall.
Special shout out to team mascot JD, who was a good sport being bounced around like a hot potato while his parents (including MVP Nicki) took the field. They say thanks to everyone who watched him!
Balls of Fury- 3 Balls to the Wall- 2
Interesting game; had the unfortunates of playing next to the game of the week though.
1st United- 3 Free Ballers- 1
The game lived up to the hype and could have gone either way. FreeBallers will be waiting for round II
Balls Deep- 4 Blue Mooners- 3
A game that was just about dominated throughout by the mooners; but in the end couldn’t hold on as Balls Deep surged back
Schweddy Balls- 3 Kickleback- 10
The shocker of the day; #3 schweddy not only loses but gets blown out…..
Wrecking Balls- 9 Inglorious Ballstards- 2
Tight game early, but got out of hand in the 4th one run at a time
Uniballs- 4 The Closers- 3
With their captain missing her 2nd week, the Uni’s pulled out a “W” in her absence.
Captains Corner
Free Ballers
The tension was high between The Free Ballers and 1UCK. It was a tough game all around with it being a 2-1 battle for most of the game. The entire Free Ballers team was defensively sound but we just could not pull it out. Final score was 3-1. Great game all around. We will definitely see 1UCK in the playoffs and the ending will be a different story. As for the flip cup game, I don’t think we were officially keeping score, at least I wasn’t.
Kickelback
"The year is 2079 and all that stands between total robot dominance of the planet and human freedom is a small resistance movement known as Codename: Kickelback. The robot army appeared on the battlefield disguised in human form wearing bright blue shirts. Kickelback was not tricked however, because everyone knows that true human people wear dark blue. After a horrible loss only one week before to The Wrecking Balls, where all but three team members were left with their faces un-exploded, Kickelback fought out to a quick lead (4 robots destroyed to only 1 human face exploded). While the team of enemy robots (Codenamed: Schweddy Balls) fought valiantly, it was the greasy-blonde Kroeger-coiffed humans who were victorious. MVP of the game was shortstop RX-1400, who is definitely NOT a robot disguised as a human, and you're a prick for thinking he is."
The Closers
In week two, this golden team hoped to meet the rest of our team and win. Sadly we only accomplished 1 of 2. The team of only one ball (or is it one balls?) beat us by one run. We were down by 2 in the top of the fifth and managed to tie it up before giving up another run we were unable to recoup. MVP of the game goes to Nicki Milne, who caught the ball as it bounced out of Renee's hands. Not only was it great back up, but she turned it into a double play to end the inning. We're looking forward to closing on our first win next week against Ball to the Wall.
Special shout out to team mascot JD, who was a good sport being bounced around like a hot potato while his parents (including MVP Nicki) took the field. They say thanks to everyone who watched him!
Blue Mooners
came in strong, and was prepared to leave with a win; despite the “blog people” predictions. It was the bottom of the 6th inning, Blue Mooners were winning 3-1, and Balls Deep was PISSED! Kharim almost sh*t himself he was so scared. Then the worst happened…the ref made a (questionable) bad call, the game went over time, and that jerk black (shirt) team somehow scored 3 runs. (I say) a bunch of BS if you ask me. Needless to say, Balls Deep (allegedly) cheated, and came out with a win. However, Dan (bd captain) agreed with me that I should protest this game as it clearly was not a fair win. Dan even agreed to a rematch but, let’s see if he follows through with that promise.
Overall, my team played an awesome game as I sat and watched high on (prescribed) painkillers. There were some great catches, great bunts, almost good kicks, some weird touching from Balls Deep’s catcher, and lots of adrenaline. We look forward to kicking ass this week. Bring it on Inglorious Ballsters…bring, it, on!
Balls of Fury
Balls of Fury met fellow newcomer, Balls to the Wall, in an intense match where both teams were trying to avoid starting the season 0-2. Balls to the Wall proved to be great competition, but Balls of Fury was able to put together some late inning runs on way to their first victory. The victory can be largely attributed to a team member who did not take the field on defense; (Rocco) exhibited tons of energy on the sidelines as she rooted on her team for the entire game. Her enthusiasm and intense support gave a huge boost to the Fury. This spirit is what the Balls of Fury is all about! Game 2 MVP goes to Rocco!!! 17 of the 19 team members were present for Game 2, and everyone made amazing contributions on offense and/or defense for a tremendous team effort. The chemistry is great-and is just a matter of getting some more experience under the Fury's belt, for the Fury to reach their full potential. Balls of Fury looks forward to a big challenge during this week's cross-conference battle against the defending champion Uniballs. Balls of Fury followed up the victory on the field by getting a butt-whoopin at the hands of Balls to the Wall in flip cup. Balls to the Wall are definitely a team to be reckoned with in the flip-cup tourney.
Schweddy Balls (bonus)
The day was grey, breezy, cool, & a subtle touch of autumn on a spring day.With our shirts blue and our balls Schweddy we converged on the field ofsport ready to hand out another solid beating to the opposing team. Buttoday it was not to be so. Kickelback, it seems, had a similar plan. Alas,it was our turn to taste the bitterness of the feet, I mean defeat. With our concentrated group effort, we fumbled through five innings and emerged on the underside of a 10-3 scorecard. However, amid the torrent of cowbells and personalized theme music Matt managed to pull off a stunning 2-run homer that skyrocketed him into the hallowed halls of MVPism. Kudos to you, Matt, it is well deserved. After the battle was over and the carrions picked clean of any valuable possessions, we did adjourn ourselves (some of us anyway) to Anna Liffey's where all notions of loss and sadness were quickly erased by the blessed nectar that is alcohol. And next Sunday, we shall, with pride, return tothis very field and engage once more in the thrill of this amazing sport we callKICKBALL! and then we'll go back to the bar and drink some more, etc., etc. etc.
Wrecking Balls (N/A)
Wrecking balls decided that they were too cool to write a team bio for their week in the newsletter/blog. Fine…. I’ll just write it for them.
“We wrecking balls do not like to write and tell people how awesome we’re not. We do not like to share, and we do not like to ref. We barely like kickball but it gives us a reason to come out of the house. We don’t even like change, hence our green shirts that have been the same since 1995. Actually, we just don’t even know how to change our shirt color. As of now we do not want to be called wrecking balls, we would like to be called Green Ball Wreckers because our shirts are green and we have destroyed, literally, 2 Waka kickball’s this season in two weeks. Last week we were picked to lose by everyone and we won blah blah blah, yadah yadah yadah. We however, would like to admit we paid the ref’s off in an amount of $500 and will continue to do so in order to remain undefeated. We do have a great catcher but our pitcher from the last game acts as if he’s never won anything before which he probably hasn’t. Our “writer” for the team was supposed to send something in but I guess he has writers block thinking. Team mvp goes to our catcher who I think is on steroids, HGH, and other PED. We wrecking balls wanted to know what the blog would say this week; and now we know…….
came in strong, and was prepared to leave with a win; despite the “blog people” predictions. It was the bottom of the 6th inning, Blue Mooners were winning 3-1, and Balls Deep was PISSED! Kharim almost sh*t himself he was so scared. Then the worst happened…the ref made a (questionable) bad call, the game went over time, and that jerk black (shirt) team somehow scored 3 runs. (I say) a bunch of BS if you ask me. Needless to say, Balls Deep (allegedly) cheated, and came out with a win. However, Dan (bd captain) agreed with me that I should protest this game as it clearly was not a fair win. Dan even agreed to a rematch but, let’s see if he follows through with that promise.
Overall, my team played an awesome game as I sat and watched high on (prescribed) painkillers. There were some great catches, great bunts, almost good kicks, some weird touching from Balls Deep’s catcher, and lots of adrenaline. We look forward to kicking ass this week. Bring it on Inglorious Ballsters…bring, it, on!
Balls of Fury
Balls of Fury met fellow newcomer, Balls to the Wall, in an intense match where both teams were trying to avoid starting the season 0-2. Balls to the Wall proved to be great competition, but Balls of Fury was able to put together some late inning runs on way to their first victory. The victory can be largely attributed to a team member who did not take the field on defense; (Rocco) exhibited tons of energy on the sidelines as she rooted on her team for the entire game. Her enthusiasm and intense support gave a huge boost to the Fury. This spirit is what the Balls of Fury is all about! Game 2 MVP goes to Rocco!!! 17 of the 19 team members were present for Game 2, and everyone made amazing contributions on offense and/or defense for a tremendous team effort. The chemistry is great-and is just a matter of getting some more experience under the Fury's belt, for the Fury to reach their full potential. Balls of Fury looks forward to a big challenge during this week's cross-conference battle against the defending champion Uniballs. Balls of Fury followed up the victory on the field by getting a butt-whoopin at the hands of Balls to the Wall in flip cup. Balls to the Wall are definitely a team to be reckoned with in the flip-cup tourney.
Schweddy Balls (bonus)
The day was grey, breezy, cool, & a subtle touch of autumn on a spring day.With our shirts blue and our balls Schweddy we converged on the field ofsport ready to hand out another solid beating to the opposing team. Buttoday it was not to be so. Kickelback, it seems, had a similar plan. Alas,it was our turn to taste the bitterness of the feet, I mean defeat. With our concentrated group effort, we fumbled through five innings and emerged on the underside of a 10-3 scorecard. However, amid the torrent of cowbells and personalized theme music Matt managed to pull off a stunning 2-run homer that skyrocketed him into the hallowed halls of MVPism. Kudos to you, Matt, it is well deserved. After the battle was over and the carrions picked clean of any valuable possessions, we did adjourn ourselves (some of us anyway) to Anna Liffey's where all notions of loss and sadness were quickly erased by the blessed nectar that is alcohol. And next Sunday, we shall, with pride, return tothis very field and engage once more in the thrill of this amazing sport we callKICKBALL! and then we'll go back to the bar and drink some more, etc., etc. etc.
Wrecking Balls (N/A)
Wrecking balls decided that they were too cool to write a team bio for their week in the newsletter/blog. Fine…. I’ll just write it for them.
“We wrecking balls do not like to write and tell people how awesome we’re not. We do not like to share, and we do not like to ref. We barely like kickball but it gives us a reason to come out of the house. We don’t even like change, hence our green shirts that have been the same since 1995. Actually, we just don’t even know how to change our shirt color. As of now we do not want to be called wrecking balls, we would like to be called Green Ball Wreckers because our shirts are green and we have destroyed, literally, 2 Waka kickball’s this season in two weeks. Last week we were picked to lose by everyone and we won blah blah blah, yadah yadah yadah. We however, would like to admit we paid the ref’s off in an amount of $500 and will continue to do so in order to remain undefeated. We do have a great catcher but our pitcher from the last game acts as if he’s never won anything before which he probably hasn’t. Our “writer” for the team was supposed to send something in but I guess he has writers block thinking. Team mvp goes to our catcher who I think is on steroids, HGH, and other PED. We wrecking balls wanted to know what the blog would say this week; and now we know…….
