Issue 1 Spring Season 2016
Welcome Back
Kickballers!
Game Location
Directions: Turn into Casperkill, which is on the right of Route 9 heading north ( or on the left
heading south). Once in Casperkill, make the first right and pass the upper fields on the right. Park
in the gravel lot or in the road, just don’t park in the parking lot across from the upper fields ( yeah
yeah I know that you all know this!)
Fire it Up!
6:30 pm
Deez Nutz
6:30 pm Upper
Field 2
Wait Till You See My Kick
Ref: You Can’t
Kick with Us
‘Murica
7:45pm Lower
Field A
Goo Goblins
Ref: Deez Nutz
We’re Still Huge in Japan
7:45m Lower
Field B
Ref: ‘Murica
New WAKA Order
Ref: It’s My
Kick in a Box
6:30pm Lower
Field D
Empire Kicks Back
7:45pm Lower
Field C
Kick Me
Ref: Pitches Be
Trippin
You Can’t Kick with Us
7:45 pm Lower
Field D
Lower Field A
MPU
Menace 2 S0briety
Autoboots
Balls of Fury
Kickin’ Cold Turkey
Angry Thursdays
It’s My Kick in a Box
Ref: NWO
6:30pm LowerField B
Ref: Empire
Kicks Back
6:30pm Lower
Field C
Ref: Japan
Pitches Be Trippin’
6:30pm Upper
Field 1
#SPMFK
Ref: Scallywags
Keep in Mind: No Outside Alcoholic Drinks are Permitted! There is a beer cart that comes around and
is $2 for most domestic beers. Bringing your own
brews risk getting your team a paper forfeit. Don’t
be that guy!
Scallywags
Ref: See My
Kick
Week One Write ups
Scallywags 2– Empire Strikes Back 1
By Jamie Lutz
Booowhoooop is back, for our 14th season. Space has come out of retirement for what should be a
promising season. And what better way to start the season with a win! Scallywags defense came out
strong to start the 1st with a 1,2,3 inning then, to follow up with and aggressive offense scoreing 2 runs
in the bottom on the 1st and leaving 2 runners on base. 2nd inning defense again keeping it to short
inning with only one person reaching 1st from empire. 3rd &4th innings Scallywags bottom half of the
line up had some 1st night back jitters and weren't able to get base, the defense was still able to hold
empire to 1,2,3 innings. 5th inning top of empires line up with some great placed kicks and heads up
base running they were able to score a run, then an epic play from Nick in left catching the pop up and
running down the base runner who tagged at 3rd base to end the inning! Bottom 5 Scallywags offense
loaded the bases, but with some great catches from empire were unable to drive the runners in. 6th inning Scallywags defense again only allowed one kicker to reach 1st base. Shout out to Chelsey,DOC &
Joe for going 2 for 2 and of defense big catches from Vin rock, Bro Dan, Andrew &
Balls of Fury 0 Angry Thursdays 12
By Mike
By Michael Franz
We can only go up from here!" as
stated by one of our Balls of Fury
players after last weeks defeat by
Angry Thursday's 12-0. However, we
did not let the shutout bring our
team spirit down. At the end of the
game our team was smiling and
laughing and having a great time.
We gathered at Mahoney's afterwards
and even learned some new
"strategy" moves from the opposing
team in the bathroom. Now that we
have the loss behind us (and some
practice in) we are ready to move
forward and next week kick that
ball with FURY!
It seems that there are mixed feeling around the league
whether or not Angry is still the same Angry. Well.....Don't make us Angry....you wouldn't like us
when we're Angry. Coming off a 3 season hiatus many
thought we would be rusty, old, and washed up. I'd say
none of that. A convincing 12-0 victory over Balls of Fury was just what this team needed to get back into the
"kick" of things. The pitching was there, the Defense
was there, and even the newer players contributed. Play
of the game, and likely season went to Rowland and
Taylor on an amazing sliding kick save my Rowland to
keep the ball in the air, and accurate enough, for Taylor
to make the catch and the out. That just proves that
there is no rust on anybody here.
Hats off to Balls of Fury. They will be a fun team when
anyone goes to play them this year
GMOT seem a little bare? Email your pictures from this
season to [email protected] to have your pictures in
the next edition
We’re Huge in Japan 3 vs. You Can’t Kick with Us 0
By Melissa Traver
By Mad Mike
What a beautiful day to kick off the season. You Can't
Kick With Us is back with over half the team new to us.
Our new teammates have seemed to pick up the rules
quickly and have made our team stronger.
We started our season off taking the plate against We're
Huge in Japan, our pickup game teammates. Dane made
his official WAKA debut with a kick getting him
on base. Unfortunately, he was the only one to get on and
the third out was made before he could cross the plate. Despite outs made by Dane, Andy, and Stephen, Japan was
able to score 2 runs.
Erica was our 2nd player to get on base but Japan didn't
allow a run or any other kickers to get on. YCKWU'S Justin, Melissa, and Stephen made sure Japan didn't score any
runs in the bottom of the 2nd.
Our kickers were just not good enough in the 3rd and 4th
innings getting out 1-2-3 both times. Japan was popping
them up in both those innings as well allowing us to show
our catching skills. We may have walked one player in the
bottom of the 4th but I wasn't paying attention.
The top of our lineup was back at it in the top of the 5th.
Our first 4 players were able to get on but Japan prevented
much movement. We gave up 1 more run in the bottom
of the 5th.
1-2-3 outs and the game was over. Japan won 3 - nothing.
MVP goes to Dane for going 2 for 2 at the plate and
making every play that went his way.
LVP to the beer cart for not stopping at our field once.
This better not be a sign of things to come this season.
Japan is back! We’ve got a few new people to
the squad, but they picked up the game
quickly and helped lead us to victory.
Throughout the game Japan’s defense was
solid, especially with Bill making phenomenal catches and Andy as usual with his
graceful moves at short. Goat’s wicked pitching made it hard for You Can’t Kick with Us
to place their kicks. Japan was able to
score 3 thanks to smart base running by
James, Goat, and Rachel. Japan is merely
shaking the dust off of the cleats and is
ready to take on the New WAKA Order.
Pitches Be Trippin’ 3 vs Fire It Up! 9
By Ryan Miller
So opening week Pitches be Trippin' took on
a strong looking Fire It Up. We didn't know
what to expect but we did know that we had
our hands full! Being that most of our team
is new we were excited to see what we can
do versus the defending champs. Behind
Justin's great pitches that be trippin' we only lost 8-3. We realized we have some powerful kickers on our squad that connected
for great kicks to get on base, strong/smart
base runners and a pretty solid defense that
held us in the game. Play of the game goes
to Verlaine with his insane full speed running Willie May's style catch in the 3rd inning. All I can say is that we are one strong
team and that we are going to be one of the
top contenders! GO PBT!
Deez Nutz 1– NWO 5
By Heather Logan
C'mon, we put up a good fight in the first game this
season with a fairly new team.
Evan cleared the fence
giving deez nuts our first home run and only run for the
game.
Maybe we would have had two home runs if
Clerc didn't miss our season opener bc of a bad back,
aka fear of missing the ranger playoff game.
While it
may look like a blowout, a sketchy call did result in additional run, but in deez nuts fashion we let it go - we
really are just here to have fun, drink beer, and escape
everyday life. Shout out to two of our newbies - Vinny
who had a diving front flip catch and Jackie who also
had an important catch in right center.
Most importantly:
a hand for the beer cart girls who not only came to the
upper field once, twice, but three times AND the best
cheering section a team can have (Margie, Heather, and
the kids!) Onto the next one....
Week 2 Predictions
Skelly’s
Predictions
MPU 3
FIU 2
Autoboots 6
M2S 2
KCT 5
Balls of Fury 4
Angry 11
Kick in Box 0
Pitches be Trippin 5
SPK 1
Deez Nuts 4
WTUSMK 2
Goo Goblins 4
Murica 3
NWO 97
Japan -12
Kick me 10
Empire 0
Scally wags 5
YCKWU 2
Kyle’s Predictions
Fire It Up! vs. Mobile Party Unit – MPU 3 – FIU 2
Menace 2 S0briety vs. Autoboots – Menace 4 – Autoboots 3
Balls of Fury vs. Kickin’ Cold Turkey – Kickin’ 6 – Balls 5
Angry Thursdays vs. It’s My Kick In A Box – Angry 5 – KIAB 2 *GOTW*
Pitches Be Trippin vs. #SPMFK – #SPMFK 7 – Pitches 5
Deez Nutz vs. Wait Till You See My Kick – Deez Nuts 2 – WTYSMK - 2
Murica vs. Goo Goblins – Goo 6 – Murica 2
We’re Huge in Japan vs. New WAKA Order – NWO 4 – Japan 2
The Empire Kicks Back vs. Kick Me – Good luck, have fun.
You Can’t Kick With Us vs. Scallywags – Scallywags 5 – YCKWU - 0
Mid Season Party:
May 21st : CASINO TRIP!
End of Season Party: TBD
…...Stay Tuned!
Looking for Something to do this Weekend?
6th Annual Here Comes the Sun Bike Ride
May 1,2016
RIDE TO HELP PREVENT SUICIDE
JOIN BIKERS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND FUNDS FOR EDUCATION & PROGRAMS IN OUR
SCHOOLS & COMMUNITIES AND FOR RESEARCH TO HELP PREVENT SUICIDE
Registration: 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Kickstands Up: 11:00 AM
Bike Run approx. 2 hrs. along scenic route.
Complimentary Breakfast & Hot Lunch – Live Music – 50/50 Raffle
Non riders welcome!
$25 Single Rider $40 Couple (Register under 1 name)
WAKA will have a Table at the Poker Run and We’re looking for 4 kickballers
with motorcycles to ride! Registration is already paid for the ride!
If interested contact Jamie
This Season’s Charity is……
Each year they serve more than 15,000 abused and at-risk
children and provide support and education services to
more than 3,000 adults. They are the only agency in
Dutchess County providing sexual-abuse prevention train-
ing. Their support services help abused children and educate adults to prevent future abuse
For more information visit their website:
http://www.thecpca.com/