OK everyone,
I know I make a lot of jokes about how we should be in the 30 and over league and usually I said that because the other teams were all younger and faster. But now I think I mean because every week I learn what the kids are saying by what they name their kickball teams.
This week's opponent: Toot and Booters.
OK, now onto kickball. I'd like to say the offense did a great job improving last week. We went from scoring 1 run to scoring 11 runs, and if we keep that trend this week we will score 111 runs! Of course that is probably not too likely because it would be hard to score 111 runs in our allotted 50 minute time. There may be some other obstacles too, but I'm choosing not to explore those.
By now you're probably saying, "OK, enough with the numerology and onto my personal stats!" To which I say, I would totally plug-in everyone's awesome stats but they are in the trunk of my car and it is really raining and I've worked like 48 hours the past five days so I'm tired and I will put them up tomorrow night unless we get new kittens and they keep jumping on the keyboard and then the stats would be all inaccurate.
So that's enough about us, let's move to our apparently slutty and proud opponents: They are 0-2-1; they tied with the team that beat us in the second week and they lost to the barefoot pitcher team and they lost to Schwillbags who are always good. So I'd say it's a winnable game as long as we keep the ball in front of us and keep doing a good job of not popping out our kicks!
Monday, September 27, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Week 3 Preview: I'm Not Giving You My Name, or My Social Security Number
They say that the third time is a charm, it is my sincere hope that the phrase was originated in reference to 0-2 kickball team's seeking their third win. More specifically, I hope it was in reference to our 0-2 kickball team getting a win.
That's because we will be in a battle of winless squads at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Riverside Park Field 2 (the one across from where we played this past week).
We are facing Kicking Balls, Taking Names, who are also 0-2. According to urban dictionary, they plan to kill us after the game, but I'm pretty sure that is not sanctioned by league rules.
See everyone there.
That's because we will be in a battle of winless squads at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday at Riverside Park Field 2 (the one across from where we played this past week).
We are facing Kicking Balls, Taking Names, who are also 0-2. According to urban dictionary, they plan to kill us after the game, but I'm pretty sure that is not sanctioned by league rules.
See everyone there.
Week 2 Recap: Score!
Well, we probably should have known it was going to be a tough night when we got to the field and a dog was staring down Ron while taking a dump. Then add to it a roving gang of child hecklers on bicycles and the psychological warfare was too much.
Well, I had it out for those hecklers and I almost nailed one in the head with a kick. Despite the miss, I had the last laugh when I sent these birds after their bikes.
Now, back to the game. First, a look at the positives: We scored, the first step toward victory.
Of course there were the negatives too, like the fact we needed to score seven more times to actually achieve victory.
I don't think we should sweat it too much as we are all getting used to playing together, and after a rocky start we held them to three runs in their last five innings batting. We just need to catch a few more and work on kicking the ball lower and we will get things going.
On to personal highlights:
Jason Crook led off and went a perfect 3 for 3 at bat! He also gets the toughness award for getting pegged with the ball twice in still staying in the game. Thumbs up!
Andrew went 0-3 at the plate, he did some sick relief pitching by holding Do Work! to just three runs in five innings. You should have seen the death stare he was giving their kickers.
Angie was 2 for 3 at the plate, and got to at least second base every time on. She kicked to the EXTREME!
Ron made a nice catch in left center and then topped that with the team's first RBI. The bench erupted!
Matt made a good catch in his first game and I think also got a hit but I can't tell exactly where he kicked it 'cause it was part of that crazy inning which I'm about to try to explain but I'm not sure I have the whole narrative right.
Allie was 1 for 2 at the plate, and little did she know that her hit would turn into one of the craziest kickball plays of all-time. Allie was on third base and their was a flyball and she heard some conflicting information about whether to go or stay so she decided to just go all-in and take off. In the meantime, Nate saw her head home and then tagged up and took off to score too but Allie headed back to third cause she hadn't tagged up and Nate was like "no, score" cause he knew that she would never get back on time so he had to hope that the umpire missed it but everyone else was yelling at Allie, "no, go back," and Allie never listens to me anyway and we crossed paths and so I was out for passing.
And if you followed that, that's what happened. I think.
Nate continued the fiasco on the base paths with a fiasco in left field, but then at least he threw out a runner trying to score so we will pretend that was the plan.
Chad went one for two and also had a good catch and collision avoidance with Andrew. He also won his first week in fantasy football so that lifted team spirits.
Jessica played her first game too, and after navigating traffic down 95 and then parking and finding the field put some nice kicks on the ball, it was just that they were right at the fielders so it was some bad luck.
Hilary also suffered a case of the right-at-em's in her first game but we give her many props for attracting a fan to our game. She will be in charge of the new We Just Blue Ourselves Dugout Club fan club, so send any recruits willing to pay the $9.95 to her and she will take care of the rest.
Katie had a nice line drive to short, but alas those bastards were definitely using stickum and caught it. I think they were cheating most of the night.
Jenn also helped boost fan attendance -- this time in the youth demographic. She wasn't able to reach base safely but she did hold down the hot corner.
Becca put on another sliding clinic with her textbook pop-up slider. (Order her videos here). Not only did Ms. Emanski's slide instantly inspire the rest of the team to get better, it also allowed her to be safe and score. Good job!
Well, I had it out for those hecklers and I almost nailed one in the head with a kick. Despite the miss, I had the last laugh when I sent these birds after their bikes.
Now, back to the game. First, a look at the positives: We scored, the first step toward victory.
Of course there were the negatives too, like the fact we needed to score seven more times to actually achieve victory.
I don't think we should sweat it too much as we are all getting used to playing together, and after a rocky start we held them to three runs in their last five innings batting. We just need to catch a few more and work on kicking the ball lower and we will get things going.
On to personal highlights:
Jason Crook led off and went a perfect 3 for 3 at bat! He also gets the toughness award for getting pegged with the ball twice in still staying in the game. Thumbs up!
Andrew went 0-3 at the plate, he did some sick relief pitching by holding Do Work! to just three runs in five innings. You should have seen the death stare he was giving their kickers.
Angie was 2 for 3 at the plate, and got to at least second base every time on. She kicked to the EXTREME!
Ron made a nice catch in left center and then topped that with the team's first RBI. The bench erupted!
Matt made a good catch in his first game and I think also got a hit but I can't tell exactly where he kicked it 'cause it was part of that crazy inning which I'm about to try to explain but I'm not sure I have the whole narrative right.
Allie was 1 for 2 at the plate, and little did she know that her hit would turn into one of the craziest kickball plays of all-time. Allie was on third base and their was a flyball and she heard some conflicting information about whether to go or stay so she decided to just go all-in and take off. In the meantime, Nate saw her head home and then tagged up and took off to score too but Allie headed back to third cause she hadn't tagged up and Nate was like "no, score" cause he knew that she would never get back on time so he had to hope that the umpire missed it but everyone else was yelling at Allie, "no, go back," and Allie never listens to me anyway and we crossed paths and so I was out for passing.
And if you followed that, that's what happened. I think.
Nate continued the fiasco on the base paths with a fiasco in left field, but then at least he threw out a runner trying to score so we will pretend that was the plan.
Chad went one for two and also had a good catch and collision avoidance with Andrew. He also won his first week in fantasy football so that lifted team spirits.
Jessica played her first game too, and after navigating traffic down 95 and then parking and finding the field put some nice kicks on the ball, it was just that they were right at the fielders so it was some bad luck.
Hilary also suffered a case of the right-at-em's in her first game but we give her many props for attracting a fan to our game. She will be in charge of the new We Just Blue Ourselves Dugout Club fan club, so send any recruits willing to pay the $9.95 to her and she will take care of the rest.
Katie had a nice line drive to short, but alas those bastards were definitely using stickum and caught it. I think they were cheating most of the night.
Jenn also helped boost fan attendance -- this time in the youth demographic. She wasn't able to reach base safely but she did hold down the hot corner.
Becca put on another sliding clinic with her textbook pop-up slider. (Order her videos here). Not only did Ms. Emanski's slide instantly inspire the rest of the team to get better, it also allowed her to be safe and score. Good job!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Game 2 Preview: Don't tell us what to do! And stop using so many exclamation points!
Hi everyone, we are set for our second game this week as we take on Do Work!, who are are also 0-1, according to the most recent version of standings I've seen.
Their name was apparently derived from an MTV show, I'm thinking one of the girls will be able to explain it to this old coach. They were beaten by our old nemeses the Booz Crew and their barefoot pitcher.
Gametime is 6:30 p.m., we are on Riverside 1 (the one closest to Wells Street) and should be back with our all-time favorite umpire. Since it is an early start time I will say we should just meet at the field rather than the bar, but don't let me tell you what to do. Other than Work!
See you Wednesday.
Their name was apparently derived from an MTV show, I'm thinking one of the girls will be able to explain it to this old coach. They were beaten by our old nemeses the Booz Crew and their barefoot pitcher.
Gametime is 6:30 p.m., we are on Riverside 1 (the one closest to Wells Street) and should be back with our all-time favorite umpire. Since it is an early start time I will say we should just meet at the field rather than the bar, but don't let me tell you what to do. Other than Work!
See you Wednesday.
Week 1 Recap: The Worst Game Ever - Literally!
Well, the night started off well enough. We all were enjoying fine beer specials at Rub, Chad was prepped for his fantasy football draft and even though we only had nine players we went into a new season up beat.
Then the game started and I think there was strong evidence to contradict any theories about us playing better when we drink more. We got just one hit the first time through the order, made about 10 errors and were behind 15-0 after the third inning. The final was 18-0, the largest margin of defeat in franchise history. Other than that, it was a pretty good effort.
Still, there were some highlights:
* Crook led off with a single in the thrid inning and came closer to meeting curfew than usual. Lori was never the wiser that it was more like "four and to the door" than "one and done."
* Chad returned to the league after a few year hiatus and made a couple good catches in the field. He was also very happy with the fantasy football team he drafted between innings.
* Angie led the team in hits -- with two. She also kept the team up-to-date with the fashion world by bringing OK! magazine with her so we can be properly dressed for our next awards show.
* Ron broke up the no-hitter in the second, and gave a classic pep talk to keep up team spirits.
* Andrew did not have his best ever night, seeing his home run streak come to an end. On the brightside, he did make a good catch in left and charged one fewer pitcher than Nyjer Morgan did that same evening.
* Katie had the only perfect night at the plate, getting one hit and one walk in her two at-bats. She was also the only one on the team to get to third base (insert own joke here).
* Nate swang and missed in kickball.
* Jenn had a good kick for a hit and did a good job calling pitches behind the plate.
* Allie did not score any runs or crotch-catch and plays, but she did actually catch like three pop-ups, which led the team by a lot I think. We need to give her a new nickname based on these developments.
Then the game started and I think there was strong evidence to contradict any theories about us playing better when we drink more. We got just one hit the first time through the order, made about 10 errors and were behind 15-0 after the third inning. The final was 18-0, the largest margin of defeat in franchise history. Other than that, it was a pretty good effort.
Still, there were some highlights:
* Crook led off with a single in the thrid inning and came closer to meeting curfew than usual. Lori was never the wiser that it was more like "four and to the door" than "one and done."
* Chad returned to the league after a few year hiatus and made a couple good catches in the field. He was also very happy with the fantasy football team he drafted between innings.
* Angie led the team in hits -- with two. She also kept the team up-to-date with the fashion world by bringing OK! magazine with her so we can be properly dressed for our next awards show.
* Ron broke up the no-hitter in the second, and gave a classic pep talk to keep up team spirits.
* Andrew did not have his best ever night, seeing his home run streak come to an end. On the brightside, he did make a good catch in left and charged one fewer pitcher than Nyjer Morgan did that same evening.
* Katie had the only perfect night at the plate, getting one hit and one walk in her two at-bats. She was also the only one on the team to get to third base (insert own joke here).
* Nate swang and missed in kickball.
* Jenn had a good kick for a hit and did a good job calling pitches behind the plate.
* Allie did not score any runs or crotch-catch and plays, but she did actually catch like three pop-ups, which led the team by a lot I think. We need to give her a new nickname based on these developments.
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