Last Week Recap
Balls of Fury - 1 Blue Ballers - 8
Game had potential to be a great one but BoF has yet to find their stride, while the Blue one’s are starting to feel the burn
Wrecking Balls - 3 Hamden Mafia - 2
“GoW”, lived up to the hype. Close & entertaining but the veterans showed these rookies how its done
Sweep the Leg - 17 Saved by the Balls - 0
It didn’t take long, but the smurfs were finally able to bring out the body bags on Saved by the balls. Too bad, Kelly, Jessie and Lisa didn’t show up, they could have distracted Kharim and co.
Balls Deep - 0 Ball Busters - 4
Not very entertaining. This match-up used to be epic, but Ball Busters just got back on track with their 1st win while Balls Deep has yet to notch a “W” before Labor Day.
Inglorious Ballstards - 4 Kickelback - 0
Tough grind em’ out game, but the Maroon Army moved to 2-0 against the new & improved Kickelback, also recording their 2nd straight shut out.
I got a Fever - 5 Teabaggers - 1
Those Feverites looked real good after their upset tie last week. Don’t look now but, Fever can be a dark horse in the West. I also heard someone got “teabagged at 1st base”
UniBalls - 0 Balls to the Wall - 2
In what some would say an upset, Balls to the Wall not only won, but Shut out the #1 ranked team in the poll. Looks like new leadership is paying dividends.
*Game of the Week Report*
brought to you by “Handsome Tom” from the CtIvy Blog Team
Wrecking Balls vs Hamden Mafia
The game had all the makings of a possible upset. Rookie team Hamden Mafia impressed everyone in the league by managing a tie with the pre-season favorites Blue Ballers. Meanwhile the Wrecking Balls had to grind out a hard fought win over the ever dangerous Balls of Fury. Lucky for everyone watching, this game did not dissapoint.
The Wrecking Balls got off the board first, scoring a run off a timely two out kick by one Jason "Cow" Blackson. The Hamden Mafia were being stymied by the dual pitching of Timmy "El Captain" Moran and Ray "Mean Streetz" Choma.
The innings blazed by the as heat poured down on all the players, the Wrecking Balls grinding out two more runs. Before you knew it was the bottom of the fifth inning. Then the Mafia decided to show the same fighting spirit that helped them almost take down the Blue Ballers. Through some timely bunts and smart running, the Mafia were able to score two runs at the expense of two outs. Man on first, two outs, game on the line. Then just like that the game was over.
The MVP for the game is going to the Wrecking Balls Rookie left fielder Mark, one for making a web gem esque sliding catch in left, but for causing chaos on the base paths as well. The LVP was the weather again, if only for the fact that mother nature can't seem to make up her freaking mind. Till then, have fun on your weekend off kids!
Captains Corner
~True stories told by the captains themselves or team reps~
UniBalls
Perhaps we were too confident. We had a lot of players, a good line up, but Balls to the Walls out did us; Lesson learned. At least we've got our good looks to fall back on.
Balls to the Wall
The hype leading up to this game virtually guaranteed it would be an instant CT IVY Division classic, and boy was it ever. Collisions, controversial calls, stellar defense and a little bit of luck all combined to create the nail biter that it was. Fresh off an opening day "upset" of Balls Deep and the crushing spring playoff loss handed to them by the very same team they were about to match up against still on their minds, Balls to the Wall fully embraced their role as "underdog" against the #1 seeded Uniballs. Following a pre-game bonding session consisting of the greatest jello concoctions the league has to offer and even a little banquet beer (just to show how classy we are), BTTW took the field and was all business. They were able to strike first with one run in top of the first and another in the 2nd. The game looked like smooth sailing from there until a controversial play at first base resulted in one of the Uniballs female players getting "accidently" lit up like a Sheldon Brown hit on Reggie Bush (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jt6kuUaYxk). The play seemed to energize the Uniballs as they continually pressured the BTTW defense for the rest of the game. However, BTTW's lock down defense would have none of that as AC Cogburn and Zac Bastin held down the outfield with some potential CT IVY Division web gem plays. BTTW capped off the game by getting out of a bases loaded, no out jam in the bottom of the 5th via a timely double play and a nice catch to seal the victory. MVPs of the game go to Katie Brown for sealing the win with a clutch catch at 2B and AC Cogburn for playing heads up defense. With the word "losing" eliminated from their vocabulary this season, BTTW looked to continue their winning ways on the flip cup tables. I wish I could say it was close, but at no time is a 5-0 victory ever considered "close". Pretty sure that's 10 straight now, look for the championship belt to come out at the next flip cup matchup with BTTW. Not only is BTTW still the team to beat on the flip cup tables, but you should probably watch out for us on the kickball fields now too. Just a friendly warning: Bring on those wannabes that call themselves the Ball Busters!
Ball Busters
After a lengthy hold-out over contract terms, all-star third baseman Gabe Johnson and catcher Mike Lyons finally returned to the field and shored up a defense that proved to have some holes in week one's close loss to bitter rivals Uniballs (who were barely recognizable without their burnt orange jerseys: we'll see you in the playoffs, wear orange). With the championship caliber defense back on the field, pitcher Mike Allard rolled a shutout with a strike out against the old/new yellow Balls Deep, with the play of the game coming from Gabe at third doubling up a player at first with a throw that I didn't think was possible with a kickball. We then got our first taste of the new flip cup situation at anna liffey's, which is a huge step up from playing on the sidewalk next to Christopher Martins (oh and Balls Deep, I didn't realize we were actually keeping scores/standings of flip cup, so we'll have to finish the best of 9 next time....) After 2 weeks I think we've shaken off the rust from taking a season off and with all our players back and some, the Ball Busters are ready to defend our fall titles. Good to be back!
Balls of Fury
On Sunday, the Balls of Fury took to the field in the early game against the Blue Ballers. The BoF team had been feeling pretty good, what with a close game the previous week, new leadership, and our own Balls of Fury facebook page. However, by all accounts it was a pretty bleak match for the BOF (we couldn't even win rock, paper, scissors). There were plenty of struggles both infield and outfield and the BOF found out that those mistakes can't happen against the talented Blue Ballers team. The shining moment of the day would be ummm, sportsmanship, since that was about all we had to offer on Sunday. The real story took place on the BOF bench. Though we are a little family, there was some definite finger pointing, grumbling, and all kinds of drama. Even JLo (you know her as Miss Kickball) was blasted for missing a fly ball. Former captain Podzi was calling for team practice sessions before the next game. And Larry (the nice captain, haha) was dropped from coaching duties after starting the season with an 0-2 record. Co Captain Amy assumes control of the lineup in the next game and she's known for a Bob Knight type coaching style and Andrew Dice Clay mouth so BOFr's better start practicing and getting their game ready as it won't be pretty if this happens again. Look for the BOF to return to our tailgate ways and Anna Liffey's partying after the Labor Day Break. That may be just what's needed to get the BOF rolling again.
Hamden Mafia
Well we have officially made the chatter of the league. The “Black Team” better known as the Hamden Mafia is here to stay. So say what you want but this Mafia isn’t scared to fight with the big guns. Week 1 was our first fight as a team and even in the bad weather we pulled together and were able to get the tie. Good defense and 1 good inning for each team ended the battle in a deadlock tie. Yes the “ONE FEMALE” player that was spoken about was the one and only Huber who gets the MVP vote for our team for week 1. It was her game tying triple that knotted things up at 1, matching the run that the Blue Ballers scored on a sac fly. But we don’t just have “ONE” female on our team, there 9 that give it 100% effort every game! We look forward to hopefully getting a rematch towards the end of the season. What will the stakes be this time? Due to the in climate weather not only was our 30 minute game stopped short from going into extra innings (Mafia really wanted to play a 6th inning but it wasn’t allowed), but there was no flip cup after the game. But we look forward to challenging the Blue Ballers to a flip cup match in the future.
Week 2 put the ”Black Team” up against the #2 seeded wrecking balls. As the game of the week it was but nothing less. Good game on both sides of the field. The curveball pitching was met by good feet of the Wrecking Balls and they put up a total of 3 runs, 2 came with 2 outs, and they added one more in the top of the 5th. The Mafia came back strong in the bottom of the 5th inning scoring 2 and leaving runners on 1st and 2nd to end the game. Defense was good on both sides of the ball and the bunting was superb by both teams (although a lot of foul balls, was that 3 or 4?). Great day and as predicted, it was a close game with not many runs scored. But then there was the Flip cup match. If the “Black Team” looked as good as they did on the flip cup table it would have been a blowout. Let’s just say that there was a lot of 5’s and one zero. It was 5 vs. 5 and ended in a 5-0 shutout by the Mafia. What can we say like most everyone in our league we may be better drinkers than kick ballers. Cheers to that!
Balls Deep
First of all I want to thank God, for giving Sweep the Leg so much, and us so little. We hate the Uniballs, We hate I've Got a Fever, We don't even know Balls of Fury and We hate their guts. The CT Ivy Division gives us an oppurtunity to hate on a diversity of markass marks, trickass marks, punk bitches, and skip skaps, skanks, and scallywags...hoes, heffers, he ha's, and hulyhoops, also known as Balls to the Wall. What can I say about the Ball Busters that hasn't already been said about Afghanistan (too much?), they look bombed out and depleted. Balls deep fell 4-0 to defending champs Ballbusters this weekend, but so what. Although we have started a franchise-worst 0-2, we’re am optimistic about our team's outlook for the rest of the season. We're some of the baddest (expletive) of all time, some of the best kickers and some of the best looking (expletive) you've ever seen! Now, if you'll excuse us, We’re gonna go and put some water in the Saved by the Balls' mommas' dishes. Hold our drinks, bitches!!! Big thanks to Jason for making over 200 Jello shots. We may be 0-2, but we definitely know how to party.
TeaBaggers(N/A)
Once again, a team thinks they are exempt from the wrath of the blog team. TeaBaggers decided that they were too cool to write a team bio for their week in the newsletter/blog. Fine, an example has to be made and we’ll just write it for them.
“We teabaggers do not like to write and tell people how awesome we’re not. We’re quite corny and we do not like to win. We also do not like to score runs and actually scoring in anything is new to us. We barely like kickball but it gives us a reason to come out of the house, otherwise we would just be zombies and couch potatoes at home. We call ourselves the ‘elm city’ teabaggers, but no one on our team has lived in the elm city for more than 2 years, hence a pending lawsuit from the city of New Haven. So we our just teabaggers; why? Because we liked to get teabagged. Last week we gave up a million runs and tried to pay off the refs in week 2 but that nor our steroid enhanced outfielder who escaped from the army could help. We will continue to try and cheat with spider man gloves to play until we are caught. If you don’t catch us, no foul. We are going for an unprecedented record of giving up 75 runs all season while scoring under 5 all season. Help us in this quest and beat the brakes off of us every single week. We TeaBaggers wanted to know what the blog would say this week; and now we know…….”
