Last Week Recap:
Ballstards - 1 Wrecking Balls - 1
A game of many names turned into the game of the great hangover…. Defensive though!
Sweep the Leg - 6 Uniballs - 0
STL finally were able to bring out the body bags and headstones for their opponent.
Ball Busters - 5 Blue Ballers - 1
A game that looked interesting back when the schedule came out, the result was pretty much expected. Ball Busters are at championship form
Balls of Fury - 8 Teabaggers - 3
The battle of the winless teams… and at the end, one left still winless :-( maybe bof can show up at the bar now. (did anyone see them at the mid-season party?)
Fever - 3 Balls Deep - 1
A game in which balls deep should have won every which way, somehow, they screwed it up and Fever came out victorious
Mafia - 7 Kickelback - 1
The game of many homeruns. Not sure how many but 2 or 3 would be about correct. Tough break for kickel
Balls to the Wall - 6 Saved by the Balls - 0
A grudge match between old teammates, it turned out not to be that high scoring, even though shut out, sbtb held their own
*Game of the Week Report*
Brought to you by “Handsome Tom” from the CT Ivy Blog Team
Wrecking Balls vs Inglorious Ballstards:
And here we were, the two top teams in the Eastern Conference. Two teams with a heated past, given how last seasons game had ended. This game always had the potential to be close, and these did not disappoint.
The first couple of innings both teams flexed their defensive muscles, showing that each team feature very athletic catchers in Tommy Fischetti and Kelly Miller respectively. The Wrecking Balls were able to score first in the top of the 2nd, but their lead would not last long. Through a view miscues and a bone crunching collision, the Ballstards were able to get a run to tie the game up.
From there each team was able to put the clams down, going through each others lineups with unnerving ease. With a blink of an eye, it was the bottom of the 5th and Ballstards were up to try to take the W in this slugfest. After yet another Wrecking Ball collision (this team between two teammates) the Ballstards had runners on first and second with no outs with all star Dom Alston up to bat. With swing of the leg, Dom ripped a line drive up the middle, only the Wrecking Balls captain Timmy Moran to make a great catch and double up the runner at first. After that, the Ballstards weren't able to get the runner past second and the game ended in a tie.
Some would call the game a let down, especially if you talk to the two people who were interviewed after the game. Either way, this game was never going to be high scoring, and each team took advantage of the few scoring chances they had. Looks like these two will have to wait for the playoffs to settle the score.
Captains Corner
~True stories told by the captains themselves or team reps~
Ballstards - 1 Wrecking Balls - 1
A game of many names turned into the game of the great hangover…. Defensive though!
Sweep the Leg - 6 Uniballs - 0
STL finally were able to bring out the body bags and headstones for their opponent.
Ball Busters - 5 Blue Ballers - 1
A game that looked interesting back when the schedule came out, the result was pretty much expected. Ball Busters are at championship form
Balls of Fury - 8 Teabaggers - 3
The battle of the winless teams… and at the end, one left still winless :-( maybe bof can show up at the bar now. (did anyone see them at the mid-season party?)
Fever - 3 Balls Deep - 1
A game in which balls deep should have won every which way, somehow, they screwed it up and Fever came out victorious
Mafia - 7 Kickelback - 1
The game of many homeruns. Not sure how many but 2 or 3 would be about correct. Tough break for kickel
Balls to the Wall - 6 Saved by the Balls - 0
A grudge match between old teammates, it turned out not to be that high scoring, even though shut out, sbtb held their own
*Game of the Week Report*
Brought to you by “Handsome Tom” from the CT Ivy Blog Team
Wrecking Balls vs Inglorious Ballstards:
And here we were, the two top teams in the Eastern Conference. Two teams with a heated past, given how last seasons game had ended. This game always had the potential to be close, and these did not disappoint.
The first couple of innings both teams flexed their defensive muscles, showing that each team feature very athletic catchers in Tommy Fischetti and Kelly Miller respectively. The Wrecking Balls were able to score first in the top of the 2nd, but their lead would not last long. Through a view miscues and a bone crunching collision, the Ballstards were able to get a run to tie the game up.
From there each team was able to put the clams down, going through each others lineups with unnerving ease. With a blink of an eye, it was the bottom of the 5th and Ballstards were up to try to take the W in this slugfest. After yet another Wrecking Ball collision (this team between two teammates) the Ballstards had runners on first and second with no outs with all star Dom Alston up to bat. With swing of the leg, Dom ripped a line drive up the middle, only the Wrecking Balls captain Timmy Moran to make a great catch and double up the runner at first. After that, the Ballstards weren't able to get the runner past second and the game ended in a tie.
Some would call the game a let down, especially if you talk to the two people who were interviewed after the game. Either way, this game was never going to be high scoring, and each team took advantage of the few scoring chances they had. Looks like these two will have to wait for the playoffs to settle the score.
Captains Corner
~True stories told by the captains themselves or team reps~
Kickelback
Here are some things we are proud of: being fun, funny, nice, and attractive, beating the Hamden Mafia in flip cup, eating 30 buffalo wings, owning the most bicycles out of all the teams, and our captain being auctioned off for $95 at the date auction on Saturday night. Here are some things we are not proud of: allowing the Mafia two home runs, only scoring one run, and not drinking enough fluids before our game.
Inglorious Ballstards
A game that happened with our bodies present, not our minds… a 1-1 tie I guess is justice. Great Defense on both sides, not so much offensively. And as for us, we were so hung-over, the captain didn’t know everyone’s name. MVP goes to Rob or 3rd Basemen for his Rocket Arm and for scoring our only run. But one question, why is a tie for the other team a win for most you ask and a tie for us is a loss for most of you? Are we hated that much? Yes the perfect season is over, but that was never the goal.
This week, we face the Fever in a 1v1 conference match-up. Not only will we be holding the Maroon Pride, but we’ll be representing the East. Fever our a personal rival of the Ballstards Captain that goes back to spring 09’ when they were called “Los cojones”. Finally, we will be able to settle the score. And make sure you come and boo as loud as you can, that only feeds us
GO BALLSTARDS
Wrecking Balls
So here we were, facing the toughest game of our season, after the mid season party. I like many of my teammates weren't exactly in the best of the shape for the game, but we were sorta kinda ready to maybe run in a straight line. As the game progressed, our hangovers either evaporated or we just decided to start drinking again, we were able to get the first run on the board. Then after the Ballstards trying to take out our second basemen with some strange base running they were able to tie the game up. This is right around the point in the game when a certain member of the Ballstards, let's just call him Lyle Ettle, might have taken the ability to peg people out a bit too far. I would only point this out as a note for the rest of the league, if given the opportunity, to fully utilize the chance in pegging this person (although you will have to guess as their identity is cleverly hidden by yours truly). Oh yea, where was I? After the Ballstards tied it up, the game actually ended up kinda boring, except when certain right fielders ability to run over innocent center fielders for next to no reason (allegedly), the game ended up a tie. The MVP of the game is totally Timmy, bringing no less then 36 Gatorades for the struggling Wreckers who may or may not have had a few too many beverages the night before. The LVP is without a doubt the person who decided to have to the two teams who consistently close the bar...as the early. The very definition of uncool.
Sweep the Leg
The call to arms went out Saturday night. "Wherever you may be tonight, pour out a little liquor for the old STL, and take a shot to a fresh start."
Seems like we responded. Maybe it was the 22 shots that night, maybe it was the team breakfast at Ihop that gave us all the runs, because everyone had a little pep in their step this week. Brendan ran to the middle of the field with the ball looking and looked very confused again, but then I realized he was making a really solid play, and that's not his confused face, he's just ugly. Chad showed ridiculous table to toilet speed, but showed he could run base to base just as quickly. Davon FINALLY showed his speed doing his best pacman impression in the outfield yelling "gimme gimme gimme" as he covered half the field in 0.23 seconds to swallow up the ball. "Dom who? It's not Halloween yet son, put the mask away. I'll see you in the fastest man contest" - Davon. We had a nice small lineup this week that really allowed some players to step up. I would like to thank all the silky johnsons and bucknasties for their hate on the blog last week also. Is it possible STL's captain just showed respect to his brothers Dan, and Kyle in a prearranged agreement? You win now, we win in playoffs? BALLS DEEP beat us! This win was probably just a fluke and everyone should just circle us as an easy win from here on out. And make sure to put it in the blog, and on your facebook walls, and mock us at the bar too. Child Please! MVP this week goes to hot head Steve. He's made his way from a walk-on in a timeshare in the outfield, to a quick thinking rocket armed kickball monster seeking a long term contract. Keep it up team. The wins or losses don't matter right now. It's about us. We have 3 more scrimmages before the big dance. Cinderella just might have to extend her curfew... maybe.
Saved by the Balls
Sunday brought a match of grudge
Of which neither team cared to budge
Saved by the Balls, the rookie team
Her foundation, her captain's dream
But of last season, we dare not tell,
That Balls to the Wall 'twas where we dwelled.
Needless to say, a victory we sought,
To her knees our former team would be brought.
But victory did not occur on this day,
Yet the details of the game, the score doesn't say
Only two innings did the red team score,
But both times the third out should of come before.
Three easy outs were walked with one out left,
Most balls were strikes, we were quite bereft.
At last we asked if the ref knew the zone,
To the crowd for the answer, he had to phone.
When outs become walks from a reffing error,
Is the only time Balls to the Wall could strike a terror.
So at the final score do we scoff,
And we hope to see the red team in the playoffs.
For six to zero really works to be a tie,
Oh, and did I mention we played minus one guy?
Fever
Captain' Log; stardate: 2010.09.26.3:30 edt.
It was with great hope and...anticipation that I did lead my crew onto the field of kickball
to do battle with those who like it...Balls Deep. Some of these creatures were...hung-over.
Or, maybe still inebriated, it was very hard to tell. Our plan was to attack early and throw
them off of their game...make them think, adjust, question. Mistakes...there were few, but
they existed just the same, and we...overcame. Melanie lead the offensive charge. Her two out single was...well placed. She knocked in our second run of the first inning. It was...stellar. And so she receives the coveted MVP of the Week award, to which, she is no stranger. The enemy did manage to penetrate our defenses once. We, however, did not allow them to do so again. With our determination intact, we held our position and we defeated them soundly. Thus subjecting them, like others before, to the ever growing menace that is.......the Fever. Now, we begin the process of preparing to once again do battle, on Sunday, with a disease that is far more noxious, and, toxic; A disease that, if left unchecked, could possibly rid the entire universe of any sense of humanity, decency. A disease that goes by the name of...the Inglorious Ballstards. This week, my crew must be ready to sacrifice themselves, to put themselves in harms way, to give every ounce of their being, in order to prevent this scourge from infecting anymore beings. We must protect the earth and preserve humanity. This week, The Fever is the cure!!!!!!
