Game 2 Recap: Kissing Your Sister with Benekicks

Despite a furious seven-run inning, we were only able to salvage a tie out of the last game. Unfortunately yours truly made a bit of a throwing boner, in gunning down a runner while letting the tying run score.

Nonetheless, a good effort after a three week layoff. And even a memorable hug/catch from Ram and Lindsay (that's how he proposed too!)

Other highlights:

We also got a nice reminder about touching the outside bag when Erwin got ripped off from a hit but hitting the white. Otherwise a perfect day at the plate in his season debut, including taking over the team lead in walks.

Lisa put on a bunting clinic, going 2 for 3.

Becca got a sac RBI in the fourth.

Matt was 2 for 3, including a two-run double down the line.

Allie took over several coaching duties and continued her streak of scoring a run in every game.

Andrew knocked in a run.

Hilary was one for two and certainly would have had another if we played extra innings.

Ram was also one for two and knocked in a run.

Linday followed suit going one for two, and was the only one to get a hit in the third inning.

Jim hit the 50 percent clip at the plate and also made some slick throws in the field.

Kim was one for two, and the one out was a pretty darned good kick.

Nate was also one for two, and scored the first run of the game.

Laura had a sweet bunt that set Nate from first to third, and she scored a run.

Josie kicked in a run in her first ever at bat.

Caitlin got a hit and showed her speed rounding the base paths for a run.

Bonus recap: Lights out!

Way back on March 14 there was a moment that will live forever in WJBO lore, 12 consecutive hitters reached base safely, as we racked up nine runs in the first inning while they were only able to record one force out. The only thing stopping us from scoring was a lack of light, tricky beast that she is.

There was solace to be found despite the cancellation, in addition to going 2 for 2, Ram showed us all about this app that shows the constellations and then Lindsay used the knowledge to get the answer right on final Jeopardy and won a record $56, 234 and got a photo with Alex Tribec. Drinks on Lindsay! Also the real reason Angie has been away is that she bought that lottery ticket at the 7-11. Houses on Angie!

Game 2, Second Try, Preview: Race against the Rain

Looks like we have two opponents this week, the weather and the first-place Friends with Benekicks.

First, it looks like storms will be moving in, but since we are the early game hopefully we can beat the rain -- we all the know that we suck in the competition with the ligths.

For the other opponent, we are taking on the 2-0 Friends with Benekicks. Of course most of us are getting too old to have friends with bene-anything, but we will have to use our experience to best these young hooligans. After all, we've outscored our opponents 23-4 without even using up all of our outs in the 1 1/3 games we've played.

OK, that's all I got tonight, hope to see you Wednesday.

Undefeated ... clap, clap, clap-clap-clap

Hey everyone, way to get a win in the season opener -- just the second time in franchise history!

The team in black definitely gave us some trouble, but we were able to run our way into a big seven-run inning that helped us secure a 10-3 win.

Most memorable moments included the first time I'd ever seen an umpire recognize our greatness and let the other team bat two innings in a row. Way to get six big outs defense!

Also, we forged the signatures of everyone who wasn't there to sign the roster. Don't worry there is plenty of time to thank us for signing away your right to sue the league and city over an injury!

Lots of personal highlights to include:

* Ram. Ridiculous. Led off the season with a hit, reached base three times and brought the shirts despite verbal abuse from kickball staff over a dispute test result.
* Chad. Confounding. Played stellar shortstop and scored the first of the runs in our big innning.
* Hilary. Histrionic. 2-3 with a run scored.
* Matt. Majestic. Got the win on the mound, kicked in a run even though it was kicked in the air, scored, coached a mean third base.
* Andrew. Awesome. Doubled and scored a run.
* Allie. Amazing. Scored first run of the season (ya Ms. Runs!) and knocked in another run.
* Jim. Jolting. Told everyone what to do, dumped out the cooler (twice), got two hits, scored a run, two innings of solid relief and stopped swearing in time to stay in the game.
* Nate. Nasty. Scored two runs, kicked ball into opposing dugout twice to really rattle our opponents.
* Caitlin. Cataclysmic. Refrained from punching Jim, kicked in first run of the season and scored.
* Becca. Bodacious. Tripled in a run then scored the trying run, made a great sac fly attempt and nice catch in the field.
* Laura. Legendary. Made debut on team and kicked for a hit.
* Lisa. Lavish. A pair of perfect bunts including a run knocked in.
* Angie. Awe-inspiring. Coached up runners on the base, kept the sideline organized, gave Nate much needed lesson on how to lead a cheer.

Also, our teammates trivia squad secured a playoff win, so if you need to cheat on a test anytime soon they may be good people to sit next to.

See you Wednesday.

Nate

Game 4 Review: Sweet win!

It was great night to be in blue two Wednesdays ago, as We Just Blue Ourselves evened up their record at 2-2 with an 8-1 trouncing of The Lost Tribe. I can't quite read all my notes or remember exactly what happened but here are some highlights:

Good eyes: Lisa had a couple line-huggers at third and was disciplined enough not to pick the ball up, instead letting it roll foul for outs.

More good eyes: Kim took a ball and the third basemen was like "this is kickball, kick it!" Then she kicked the ball right at him so hard and he couldn't catch it.

Nice debut: Erwin went 3 for 3 in his first game with us this year, scoring two runs and knocking in another!

More perfection: Angie and Andrew both went 2 for 2, Andrew notching 2 RKI!

Great work everyone.



Highlights:

Game 4 Preview: A good sign

Game time is 8:10 tonight, same field as always. We are playing The Lost Tribe, who is also 1-2. They beat the team we lost to last week, but they also lost to the team that we beat 10-1 so who knows? We did get a good sign this week, the team's namesake show is coming back.

Game 3 Recap: Missed Opportunity

Nate starts breaking things after stranding more runners on base.
















Well, it was a 7-3 lost to The Pistachios, after failing to convert some chances (we left a dozen runners on base!) Plenty of highlights though:

* Lindsay and Ram were still in volleyball mode and combined on a sweet tip catch. Oh my goodness!
* First double play of the year -- jackpot for Allie!
* Jared had a sweet diving play kind of like this, but it was in the field. He was also perfect at the plate.
* Lisa was also 2-for-2 and scored a run.
* Angie attended one of the greatest endings to a season in the history of baseball all while getting the best US Weekly dish
* Chad made it home on his bike after the rain hit
* RBIs for Caitlyn, Allie and Megan. Nice work ladies!