Winter 2009
Issue 7
GMOT
FL Beach Division • Ghostman on Third Newsletter
Regular Season Wraps,
Meatballs Make It Two-In-A-Row
How do you stack up?
Game 7 Decides Division Title. The Meatballs defeated Balls Deeper in the last
regular season game to clinch the regular season title for a second time in a row.
In doing so, they also nabbed the #1 seed position for the Coconut Keg Tournament. The top team in the other conference , Riff Raff, gets the #2 position, with
All Night Long, Just Kickin It and Balls Deeper filling in the rest of the top 5 slots.
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Winter 2009
division newsletter
Ft. Lauderdale
BEACH
kickball division
WAKA FL Beach Division
Season 10 - Issue #7
In This Issue
GMOT legal disclaimer
2
Editor’s Message
2
From The President’s Desk
3
VP Arty’s Corner
6
Behind The Plate
8
GMOT Weekly Awards & Kudos
9
He said, She said
10
Conference Standings
17
Casey’s Playoff Predicitions
18
On & Off the Field
20
Editor’s Message:
Another regular season has wrapped and the Meatballs have come
that much closer to establishing themselves as the best team in division history. With their win last week against Balls Deeper they’ve tied
the now defunct Swamp Foot with two regular season titles. It will
take three more for the Meatballs to leapfrog past the current record
holder, Drinkers with a Kicking Problem, who claimed four division
titles in the team’s seven seasons.
The Meatballs clinched the regular season, but the Coconut Keg is
still up for grabs. While the top four teams – Meatballs, Riff Raff, All
Night Long and Just Kickin’ It – are the most likely contenders, when
it comes to the playoffs, anything can happen. It was only a few seasons ago that the #16 seed defeated the top dog in the first round of
play. So no matter where your team ended up in the overall standings, don’t count yourself out.
Karen Sonnwald
Art Dowekyo
Casey Johnson
Greg Phelan
Jon Simon
DESIGN LAYOUT: Kirk Aleong
PHOTOGRAPHY: Everyone
GMOT EDITOR:
CONTRIBUTORS:
GMOT legal disclaimer:
Nothing in the GMOT newsletter
is to be taken seriously, except for
the scores - and then, even that’s
questionable.
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Congratulations to the Meatballs and good luck to everyone as we
head into the first week of the Coconut Keg. But before you pack up
your cleats and call it a season, please be sure to thank your Beach
Division board for all their hard work, particularly the man behind
the GMOT curtain, Kirk Aleong, who works tirelessly on this fabulous
publication each week. A big thank you also goes out to our regular
contributors Greg Phelan, Art Doweyko, Casey Johnson and Jon Simon. None of these guys get paid – please show your gratitude and
buy them a beer.
I love kickball and everyone who plays it. See you on Thursday.
- Ghostman on Third
From the
President’s
Desk...
W
e have come to the end of the regular season and that means two things – Coconut Keg Tournament
and Beach Presidential Kickball Awards. Please keep in mind these awards are NOT to be taken seriously.
With the disclaimer in place, here are the winners (some multiple winners):
Motel 6 Award for logging the most hours at Diceys:
Steel Toes & Panty Hose
We’ve Got Spirit! How ‘Bout You? Award for most team pep:
Swift Kick in the Grass
Deer in the Headlights Award for most confused team:
No Bunting Allowed
Kool & the Gang Award for excellence in team play:
Meatballs
Entourage Award for best players as a team:
Just Kickin It
No “I” in Team Award for playing well with others:
Balls Deeper
Human Pyramid Award for providing support to fellow players:
Urine Trouble
Voltron Award for combining to form a powerful team:
Riff Raff
Mount Vesuvius Award for most likely to erupt at any moment:
All Night Long
Don’t Pity the Fool Award for team sportsmanship:
Swift Kick in the Grass
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Rookie of the Year for best newcomer:
Amanda Williams – All Night Long
The, Hey Kool Aid! Award for always appearing for one more drink at Diceys:
Anthony Smith – Steel Toes & Panty Hose
Glass Half-Full Award for most optimistic:
Josh Gordon – Electric Mayhem
Jeeves Award for going above and beyond the call of duty:
Jimbo Melton – Just Kickin It
American Idol Award for most likely to break out into song:
Bekah Bardwell – Electric Mayhem
El Matador Award for cutting through all the bull:
Jon Simon – Just Kickin It
Barry Bonds Award for juicing:
Manny Hanser – Balls Deeper, Scorgasms Strike Back
The Julie, Your Cruise Director Award for best planning of social events:
Jami Rubin & Lora Rubin – ShamWow, Marlene Fishbein - Balls in Your Face
Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz Award for best reliever:
Flades – Riff Raff
Design Star Award for best team style:
ShamWow
Martina Navratilova Award for best female athlete:
Genna Robbins – When Sliding Into First
Mike Tyson Award for best male athlete:
David Roth – 99 Problems
Mick Jagger Award for most charismatic coach:
Tony Espinosa – Big Red Balls
Oregon Trail Award for great WAKA pioneer:
Jeff Riley – All Night Long
Tiger Woos Award for spending more time playing golf than on the fields:
Matt Kelly – Meatballs
Baryshnikov Award for most skills dancing on the field:
Josh Rotenberg – When Sliding Into First
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Timbuktu Award for longest commute to the fields:
Kirk Aleong – Electric Mayhem
American Express Award for always taking credit for his team:
Jimmy Robertson – All Night Long
Yoda Award for most struggles in coherent sentences to speak:
Pres Greg Phelan – Electric Mayhem
Golden Fencepost Award for best gossip:
Karen Sonnwald – Electric Mayhem (GMOT editor) and all Beach teams for GMOT submissions
Golden Turkey Award for worst idea:
WAKA’s two bounce rule
El Nino Award for most long-winded:
VP Arty – All Night Long – see weekly GMOT
Funniest Moment of the Year:
MLoop paying his tab at Diceys while bleeding
Phrase of the Year:
“Slow-ass pitcher and cheap shot artist …. “ See Week 4 GMOT for complete phrase …
Energizer Bunny Award for never slowing down:
David DiCristina – Scorgasms Strike Back
Paula Abdul Award for most effusive giver of praise:
Tracy Redmond – No Bunting Allowed
Yoga Award for most flexible:
Jeffrey Rasmussen – Urine Trouble
Kickball Spectator Award for best fan:
Karen Lioulas – Electric Mayhem
Dustbuster Award for not letting anything get by:
Dave Perry – Just Kickin It
Human Garbage Can Award for eating anything found lying around after a day of drinking:
Chase Sammons – Balls Deeper
United Airlines Award for least likely to arrive on time
All teams have at least one player deserving of this award
Congratulations to all the winners. Good luck to all teams in the Coconut Keg Tournament!!!
Pres Greg
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Hello Beach Kickballers,
Well…we’ve come to that point in every season when I feel a tinge of sadness coupled with spot of excitement…the
regular season is finally over…yet the best part of the season (the playoffs) are about to begin. This is when it’s all on the
line…anything can happen! Beach has been notorious for having the #1 seed lose in the opening round – so have faith
all of you – on any given Thursday, any team can win. So get your eye black out, spray paint your hair, tighten up those
girdles, and get ready for all-out war on Thursday as the Coconut Keg Championship Tournament is about to begin!!!
Before I get into the mailbag, just needed to get some kickball stuff out of the way: last week we saw a bunch of good
games, including the Meatballs establishing themselves as the #1 seed and the team to beat in the playoffs, with their
dominating 4-2 win over Balls Deeper. ANL and Riff Raff firmed up their positions in the tourney (#3 and #2, respectively)
with walk over wins on both of their counts. JKI locked up the 4th seed with a tune-up victory over Steel Toes, and
Shame Wow took over the #6 spot with their win over When Sliding Into First. Congrats to Urine Trouble for overcoming
a rough start to finish out the season strong with a 3-3-1 record and a 10th seed in the playoffs! And, of course, lastly congrats to Balls In Your Face for finally getting one in the win column!
Now…on to actual emails, from actual WAKA Players:
Q: How is the tourney shaping up, and what do you think will be the premier games of the first and second
rounds? – Loop M.
A: Well, what better way to open up this mailbag than by talking about what’s to come on Thursday night! This year we
have a bunch of very intriguing matchups in the first couple of rounds. Here’s a look at a few of the ones that we may
see in the second round:
The “Art Isn’t Going To Ref This One” Game - Balls Deeper and JKI may pick up right where they left off in the regular
season in the second round to see who will get the pleasure of playing the Meatballs in the semifinals. Should be the
game of the night!
The “Revenge of the Bumblebees” Game - Big Red Balls may get a chance to avenge their last loss of the season against
a Riff Raff team with their sights set on Vegas.
The “Make Sure We Get The Lineups BEFORE The Game...Not Because We Don’t Trust You...Well, It IS Because We Don’t
Trust You” Game - Shame Wow can try to avenge their early season 10-3 defeat at the hands of All Night Long, where
apparently there is still a bit of animosity brewing between both clubs over a rule misinterpretation! :)
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Q: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? – Jeff R.
A: You would be surprised how much I get this question. The answer to this all depends on three factors: (1) the woodchuck’s desire to chuck wood, (2) the woodchuck’s need to chuck the aformentioned wood, and (3) the woodchuck’s
ability to chuck said wood. According to a Wall Street Journal article, New York State Wildlife expert Richard Thomas
found that a woodchuck could chuck about 35 cubic feet of dirt in the course of digging a burrow. Thomas, therefore,
reasoned that if a woodchuck could chuck wood, then it would chuck an equivalent amount of 700 pounds. Hope that
helps!
Q: Does Jack Bauer feel the same kind of pain that I feel? – Jon S.
A: No. And don’t make the mistake that he ever does. He’s Jack Bauer.
Q: Why do we have the two bounce pitch rule? – Matt K.
A: Ahhh...I was expecting this question. The two bounce rule for pitchers was established because South Florida kickball
showed the world last year in Vegas how defense oriented this game was becoming. The school of thought was that the
offense would pick up once the rule was integrated, since the pitches would have to slow down...hence the 1-1 and 0-0
ties we saw during the course of the season between the upper echelon of teams.
Q: What do you think Katelyn from the Real World? - Jimmy R.
A: Wow - what can you say about him/her? I think it would be a lot more awkward if she/he was actually attractive - the
inner turmoil would be too much for me, I think. But kudos to MTV (it’s on MTV still, right?) for thinking outside the box...
quite literally.
Q: Why does Chris Simmons hate me so much? – Greg P.
A: Greg P., please rest assured that you are not being singled out. The rest of the division feels your pain. Do not take
his mocking tone to heart - he does not mock, he simply points out truths about ourselves that we would otherwise
not acknowledge or even realize. See, when it comes to an omnipotent being such as Mr. Simmons, we should consider
ourselves fortunate enough to even breath the same air as he does.
Q: Can you help me understand what the Bachelor was thinking the other night??? - Bekah B.
A: Well, Miss Bekah...where do I begin. I will start off first by saying that I never watch this show, but my fiancé always has
it on in the background on Monday nights, so I’m familiar with the premise (some guy getting hit on by 20 hot chicks?
Sounds like a normal kickball night to me!) and what just recently happened. Let me say - good for him! Have you never
test driven a vehicle before buying it? Have you never tried clothes on at the store before purchasing them? Same idea
here...this game show (that IS what it is, by the way) was all about one guy, shopping through girl after girl, until he was
certain he found the one he wanted to be with...for the next couple of months. So he broke down between two girls...
tried one out, wasn’t for him, went to the next one because...c’mon, she was going to say yes too! That’s about it - no
reason to get upset...lest we forget, we’re talking about a guy and the way a guy’s mind works!
And with that...I bid you all adieu. It’s been a fantastic season - full of drama, intrigue, fun, and just all-around craziness.
We’ve seen bottles fly (I finally said it!! I bit my tongue all season long!!), we’ve seen major upset wins and superior defensive battles. We’ve seen a lot this season... and we’re going to see a whole lot more Thursday night! Let the playoffs
begin!!! Good luck to all of you...and remember to go to the bar afterwards to party on ALL NIGHT LONG!!!!
VP Art
7-4-10
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BEHIND THE PLATE
Playoffs
With the regular season behind us I thought it only proper, and from
past occurrences, necessary, to touch on some of the differences in our
fair game come playoff time (besides stress and higher levels of yelling). You can review all of these guidelines on the Beach web site as
some of these are specific only to the Beach division.
1) The higher seed in the regular season can choose to be home or
away. All of you that count on rocks, paper, scissors for an edge (see
Art’s magic hands) lose your advantage.
2) New this season, if your game hits the 1 hour time limit you may
complete the inning you’re in. No new inning will start at the 55 minute mark. As usual there are
no extra innings in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
3) Games that finish tied in the first two rounds will compete in the accuracy kick. A kicker from
each team will get one practice and one real kick to see who can get the ball to stop closest to 2nd
base. Trust me when I say you don’t want to lose this way. I’m still reeling from my one and only
attempt. I think the sun was in my eyes or that darn gopher from Caddyshack popped up outta
nowhere. I’m not bitter.
4) Games that finish tied in rounds 3 and 4 will compete in a Kansas City Shootout. No guns involved unless you decide to shoot yourself after the results. Both teams will only have 4 males and
4 females on the field. The last kicker in the previous inning will be placed on 2nd with no outs
and no count and the kicking order will remain unchanged and pick up where it was left off. Up
to two extra innings will be allowed until you hit the 80 minute mark. Still tied and haven’t hung
yourself or gotten completely passed out wasted? Accuracy kick to decide the winner-yay!
Now get to the bar and punish your liver. See ya behind the plate.
Jon Simon,
Head Referee
Just Kickin’ It
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And Then
ThereAwards
Was Week
Nine…
GMOT
Weekly
& Kudos
As in seasons past, each week the GMOT recognizes and/or awards certain teams and players in the
division for various feats in this fun game we call kickball. The GMOT awards & kudos may be in addition to any other recognition or acknowledgements given to teams or players by other entities.
To nominate a team or player for consideration, email the GMOT staff at [email protected].
GMOT Team of the Week:
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With a victory over Balls Deeper last week, the Meatballs clinched their second consecutive regular season title. The Meatballs became only the third team in Beach Division history to manage such a feat - they join the ranks of the legendary Drinkers with a
Kicking Problem, who have four titles to their name, and Swamp Foot, who staked their
claim to two during the league’s infancy. The experienced Meatballs squad, who came
close to capturing a national championship last summer, have an automatic bid to this
year’s Founder’s Cup tourney and will look to take home their second Coconut Keg next
week.
GMOT Player of the Week:
As told to GMOT by Chaz Warrington of the Division Champion
Meatballs:
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Chris “Tunes” Lewczyk is the keeper of the Meatbox and
a motivational leader. Thursday night showed he is much
more than that by pissing excellence all over home plate. He
stepped up his game behind the plate and made 4, 5 or was
it 6 (I lost count at that point) diving catches. His hands were
so quick it looked as though he was trying out for the Harlem Globetrotters. That’s not even factoring in that he was
2-2 at the plate which was valuable in moving base runners
into scoring position. Tunes was the first ever Meatball MVP
and last night showed exactly why.
Chris “Tunes” Lewczyk
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He Said ^ She Said
He Said, She Said is the completely unedited (typos and all) section of GMOT written by your team leaders. However, in keeping with the spirit of kickball, the Ghostman on Third editor reserves the right to
edit or remove any inappopriate or questionable content. If you have to ask yourself “Is my content inappropriate or questionable?” it most likely is. Please send all submissions to [email protected].
Swift Kick in the Grass (0) vs. Urine Trouble (8)
Swift Kick In The Grass
Urine Trouble
- Jenny
- Paul B
Not much to say in this recap except we were beat by
Urine Trouble. They have definitely improved this year
....still not as fun as us though! We played well, they just
played better. Everyone did a great job this game and
we have really come together more as a team. We are
looking forward to playoffs and getting our arses handed to us. Honestly we really don’t care because we have
been having a blast and isn’t that what kickball is all
about?...yes it is! Mr. T had his usually showing this week
and is resting up to party it up for playoffs...until next
week...KICK GRASS SUCKAS!!!!!
So we came to chew bubble gum and kick some ass...
and then I swallowed my gum and blew Bubble Yum
bubbles brewing!
I can’t remember much from last week except a nongmot Thursday compounded my furious anger...so with
a great vengeance I decided to take it out on the ball!
^
We looked like the Yankee’s playing the Bad News Bears!
That being said there were some key players that made
the difference.
I still couldn’t check out Kelly’s rack since again - every
ball was caught! So I figured that backside would look
good - but damn you can’t see it when she’s hitting
doubles and stealing third! (it’s not fair!)..
New to the PMS (pretty much solid!) crew was Christi
and Danielle - key fielding and base throwing helped
prevent an influx of runs! Even the sober Holly - “you
run to first when you kick the ball” Wood had some
great doubles and a few RBI’s.
Next time I take out somebody sliding into third....they
better be cute!
Well that’s about all I can remember - we could’ve probably scored more if Bartosz and Becky showed up...but
no...they were too busy playing “hide the toner bottle”
in a trailer.
Playoffs! PLAYOFFS! Don’t talk about Playoffs!
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Steel Toes & Pantyhose(0) vs. Just Kickin It (7)
Steel Toes & Pantyhose
- Ryan
- Jon Simon
2009 Winter Beach division Steel Toes Awards
Best Water Drinker: Amanda S…….who says you can’t
play flip cup with water
Best Girl Offense: Amanda W…..she reaches first base
faster than Jenna Jameson
Best Girl Defense: Lauren.....she’s robbed more people
of hits than milli vanilli
Best Dressed: Mel…..can someone say waka clothing
line?
Best Trash Talker: Greg…..must be the beer muscles
Best Player for the opposing team: Danny.....the just
needed the extra help
Most Spirited: Brian….more spirit than the crowd at
Johhny’s on a Friday night.
Biggest waster of $68: Kelly B…..I could use a donation
if you’re giving away money
Best Flipper: Nikki….if only you could get paid to play
flip cup
Rookie of the Year: Gavin….if law doesn’t work out Don
King promotions is hiring
Most Competitive/Angriest Captain: T ....if you hate kickball so much why do you keep playing?
Most likely to threaten a ref with bodily harm: Jimmy....
get off your knees, you’re blowing the game
Most clueless: Lexi…..where do I go? What’s the score?
Huh?
Best utility player: Justin .....is he that good or do we just
have that many positions to fill?
Shortest shorts: JD……nobody should know how often
you trim those hedges bro
Most likely to be the president of MLoop’s Fan club: Kelly L.....enough said
Most Fabulous in a kickball uniform: Jamie ps…nice
khakis
Most Veteran player: Doug……You’re just old
Most likely to have parents lay out his kickball uniform:
Jesse
Least likely to appear at the bar: Shannon.....hangover’s
on workdays are fun....trust me
Best body paint uniform: Sheena.....i’m pretty sure this
is a PG league
Best Boat spotlight dancer: Jen....yea, there’s video
proof
Just Kickin It
JKI 7 Steel Toes 0
JKI regained their offense with 3 runs in the first on
their way to a 7-0 shutout over Steel Toes. While the
offense was good, the D and pitching were better
letting no one passed 2nd and turning a 5-9-8 double play on a bunt; a first that I’ve seen in kickball.
JKI allowed a league low 3 runs against this season
and still found a way to slip down to fourth overall. I guess ties are worse then losses? After viewing
the upcoming playoff schedule the team is looking
forward to the challenge that lies before us in the
next two weeks.
^
Congrats on the season team!
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99 Problems But Dis Pitch Ain’t 1 (2) vs. Electric Mayhem (8)
99 Problems But Dis Pitch AIn’t 1
Electric Mayhem
- Dave - The 100th Problem
- Chris
After finally moving out of the cellar to 14th in the rankings, 99P laid an egg against Electric Mayhem. I concluded that the reason for our embarrassing performance
was that the game was played on Field #3. We’ve given
up 21 runs in two games on that field and 24 runs in the
other five games. I wonder what field we play on in the
first found of the tournament . . .
As with every GMOT, I want to
thank VP Arty for mentioning
me in his VP Corner. Before
this edition the count was at
10 - to play it safe my prediction is now at 12 mentions.
The guy has a crush and it’s
cute however my heart has been given to my lover,
best friend, soul mate, and starting second basewoman Bekah. Birds suddenly appear every time
Bekah is near to whom I will love forever, 7/3/10.
^
The Electric Mayhem ended their Winter 2009
season with a win and is in playoff shape. A quick
playoff fact about the Electric Mayhem 6 of the 10
Beach champion starting pitchers are on this squad
and anyone who doesn’t think experience matters
in the playoffs is just plan mad. So with that, we
wish all the other teams’ good luck in your quest
for second place.
Kermit the Frog’s two can’t miss plays of the evening both came in the 5th inning: Assistant to the
captain Gordon’s thinking about little Paris and forgetting to tag a feisty young lady from the Jay Z
wanna be squad then chasing after her as she beat
him to first base. Then in the 5th inning Eric misjudged a ball in the outfield by about 15 feet.
Dr. Teeth’s player of the game goes to Joe “wild
thang” Kelly with a monstrous homerun to put the
Electric Mayhem in the lead for good. Honorable
mention goes to Karen S. for her leadership in the
outfield and overcoming her crush on our head ref
long enough to kick.
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Meatballs (4) vs. Balls Deeper (2)
Meatballs
Balls Deeper
- Meaty the Meatball
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The Meatballs would like to
take this opportunity to thank
everyone in the kickball world
for the past week of motivation. All week everyone was
questioning The Meatballs and
if they still had what it took to
win. “They tied JKI”, “They lost
to Balls Deeper in the South Florida Tourney” (even
though they were winning when the 45 minute
time limit had expired). It was quite obvious, by 9
P.M. Thursday night, all of this talk and questioning
just fueled and motivated The Meatballs. So again,
they thank you.
No Recap Submitted
^
And if you happen to live in a pineapple under the
sea, or a rock, let me update you … The Meatballs
Pissed Excellence & Shit a 2nd straight regular season title by defeating Balls Deeper 4-2. Spectators
were overheard after the game saying how they
have never seen a more focused team. Well watch
out because it’s play off time and you haven’t seen
focused yet!!!
The Tito’s Vodka player of the game this week is …
Whoever shot the fireworks off when the Meatballs
got the last out to clinch their 2nd straight regular
season title. Those fireworks could not have been
scripted any better than if Vince McMahon himself
did it. What a Rush!!!
See you in the playoffs!! Can you say Destination:
Vegas?
www.meatballkickball.com.
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ShamWow (6) vs. When Sliding Into First (1)
ShamWow!
When You’re Sliding Into First
- Jami aka ShamU
-
When You’re Sliding Into
First should definitely
change their name, I didn’t
see anyone sliding into first,
which is a good thing in my
book. I don’t really like seeing kickballers sliding, especially into first. Last year,
I attempted to slide into first and it was my first
sliding attempt ever. Why I tried sliding into first instead over running is beyond me. So while attempting to slide, my Don Joy knee brace (which is pretty
heavy, at least for me) made me somewhat off balance. When I launched myself into the air, I ended
up turning mid slide and landing on the back of my
shoulder. Turns out I separated my shoulder, which
totally sucked but now I am doing much better! So
now when I see kickballers slide, my heart stops for
a second till I see they have safely attempted their
slide and then I am okay. No Recap Submitted
_
I know, I went a whole paragraph without using
Sham once. I’m sure our Prez is really proud of me.
Okay, let’s bring on the Sham’s......
So we ShamWON. So close to ShamShut out.
Props to When Your Sliding Into a First., there was
a homerun in the bottom of the sixth to get them
their one and only run. Lucky for us, no one else
was on base. ShamMVP is going to Jimmy aka Rusty
ShamBone. Not only did he make some ShamAzing
catches in the outfield, he went three for three and
ShamScored 3 times. ShamShout outs going out
to Binge aka Sham-A-Lam-A-Binge-Dong! for scoring twice and bringing in two other Shammers. He
also had some ShamTastic plays, he kicked the ball
twice to first base to get the runners out. Patrick aka
ShamWow! for safely making it across home plate
and Zach aka Sham and a Mockery for safely getting on base 3 out of 3 times and pitching a great
game! You’ll say WOW everytime!
ShamWow Sham Sham WOW ShamWow Sham
Sham WOW
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All Night Long (5) vs. Scorgasms Strike Back (1)
All Night Long
- Arty
Scorgasms Strike Back
-
I love Thursdays - they remind me of when I was a
little boy, growing up in the cornfields of Cheshire,
CT. We would all gather around on Thursday afternoons, shuck some corn, have apple cider, and play
kickball with pumpkins. It was a little tougher to
play with pumpkins back then, but so was carrying 50 pounds of ice 4 miles for our ice box in the
cellar every day. After the day was over, we would
gather at the moonshine distillery, and drink until
we passed out.
No Recap Submitted
^
Ahhh...those were the days. Nothing about our
game agains Scorgasms Strike Back reminded me
of that though. What a shame...
Balls In Your Face (1) vs. No Bunting Allowed (0)
No Bunting Allowed
Balls In Your Face
-
-
No Recap Submitted
No Recap Submitted
Riff Raff For Life (4) vs. Big Red Balls (0)
Big Red Balls
Riff Raff For Life
No Recap Submitted
-
No Recap Submitted
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Team Standings After Game 7
The Countdown is on for the 2009 WAKA
Founder’s Cup World Kickball Championship
LAS VEGAS
Columbus Day Weekend
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CASEY’S CRYSTAL KICKBALL: Playoff Predictions
*Record this season (33-9-6)
**Against the Spread (33-15)
Meatballs
Meatballs
Steel Toes & Pantyhose
Meatballs
Balls Deeper
Just Kickin It
Just Kickin It
Meatballs
Riff Raff
Riff Raff
Big Red Balls
All NIght Long
ShamWow
All NIght Long
All NIght Long
Round 1 - Game of the Week
ShamWow vs. Scoregasm - I know ShamWow crushed them in the regular season, but the Scoregasms make a living
off of playoff upsets.
Prediction: ShamWow 5, Scoregasms 3
Round 1 - Upset of the Week
Electric Mayhem vs. Steel Toes and Pantyhose - Don’t forget the navy blue team only lost to Balls Deeper 2-1 with a
smaller roster.
Prediction: Steel Toes 3, Electric Mayhem 2
Meatballs vs. No Bunting Allowed - This game will be over very quickly and should be a tune-up for the Meatballs
Prediction: Meatballs 12, No Bunting Allowed 0
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Balls Deeper vs. When You’re Sliding Into First - The orange team has some talent so I actually think this one could
stay close for a while
Prediction: Balls Deeper 6, When Your’re Sliding Into First 1
Just Kickin It vs. Balls in Your Face - It would be a monumental upset if the green team found a way to win this game.
Prediction: JKI 7, Balls in Your Face 0
Riff Raff vs. 99 Problems - The pink team knows about losing as a number one seed to a lime green team, but it won’t
happen this time around.
Prediction: Riff Raff 6, 99 Problems 0
Big Red Balls vs. Urine Trouble - The royal blue team beat up against the lower teams in their conference, which Big
Red Balls is not.
Prediction: Big Red Balls 4, Urine Trouble 2
All Night Long vs. Swift Kick in the Grass - This is another match-up which will be over swiftly. Yes, the pun was intended.
Prediction: All Night Long 12, Swift Kick in the Grass 0
Round 2 - Game of the Week
JKI vs. Balls Deeper - This could quite possibly be the toughest second round game in the history of the Beach Division
as one of these powerhouses that cruised into the final four last season, won’t make an appearance. These two squads
faced each other in the regular season and they tied 1-1. The yellow team played much better and seems to match up
well with the maroon team, but I think JKI will be prepared for this one.
Prediction: JKI 2, Balls Deeper 1
Round 2 - Upset of the Week
I just don’t see any of the top teams losing in Round 2. Balls Deeper has the opportunity to knock off JKI, but that really
wouldn’t be considered an upset.
Meatballs vs. Steel Toes and Pantyhose -The Meatballs are just too good to come close to losing to a team that is not
as talented as they are. These two squads met in the first game of the season and the white team had no problem taking
care of business, even though the navy blue team did put two runs on the board which ties the most runs any team has
scored on the Meatballs in one game this season.
Prediction: Meatballs 11, Steel Toes and Pantyhose 1
Riff Raff vs. Big Red Balls - This one should be easy to pick since these two teams played eachother last week. Despite
Bid Red Balls knocking off the only team to beat Riff Raff this season (ShamWow), the Stinky Pinkies took care of business
against the red team and I don’t see why we should expect anything different in this game.
Prediction: Riff Raff 4, Big Red Balls 1
ShamWow vs. All Night Long - The black team is definitely capable of defeating the baby blue team since they crushed
the only team that beat All Night Long, but the ANL squad plays at a different level in the playoffs and there is no way
ShamWow will be able to meet their speed and intensity. An upset here wouldn’t be a shocker, but it would definitely
be unexpected.
Prediction: All Night Long 8, ShamWow 1
* Record is calculated strictly by who wins and loses the game
** Against the spread will be calculated by any underdog significantly making my prediction look embarassing (3 or 4 point difference)
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On&
Off the Field
Random Pictures from around the field & at the bar
FL Beach division kickballers play hard, party harder, and are the most fun bunch of people you’ll ever meet! : )
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