Fierce!

Well, its good to be back. I'm sad I missed last weeks games, but I think this weeks game made up for missing last weeks. Lots of hubbub. Fierce competition. My team experienced our first loss ever. Well done, Ulitmate Ballz. The game was a close one- but our team just couldnt seem to hold on to the ball. I blame it on the cold air- somehow made the ball harder to grab. We also had a little trouble with our base-running (some day we will learn how to tag up). One of our players had a little trouble locating second base (despite fast running and trying very hard!). There was some major collision at home plate- which I missed cuz I was too busy rounding the bases for my triple! It was quite a hard core game. Saif came out with his injurred arm, making some key plays. And poor Bryan got injurred on the field. And I have to say there was a lot of canoodling both on and off the field. Apparently bothe the Uniballs and Ultimate Ballz are very loving teams. (including a certain couple around 1st base)

I also caught the Sofa Kings- Balls Deep game, while snuggled up under a blanket with my friend Sara, who graciously was the equipment keeper this week. And it was well worth braving the cold! The top-ranked and botton-ranked team really battled it out on the field. Lots of energy, as per usual, came from Balls Deep with their pre-game eye of the tiger warm ups and machine gun imitations. And beware they've got a woman who plays somewhere around second base who just cant seem to miss a ball. She's a robot! Helpful hint: dont kick the ball to her. But i think Balls Deep underestimated the power of the Sofa Kings pre-game shots- this week a delicious (or so I heard) minty mudslide shot, eaten with a spoon. If you havent checked them out yet, the Sofa Kings have a new shot every week. And they're nice- very willing to share! The game ended in a tie after five innings, but both teams decided to play an extra inning, not for competition's sake, but "for the love of kickball."

Lots of props to those who made it out to Christopher Martin's afterwards. Keeps the party going.

Scoreboard
Uniballs (7) vs Ultimate Ballz (8)
Wrecking Balls (4) vs Balls of Glory ()
Sofa Kings (5) vs Balls Deeps (5)
Abe Lincolns (3) vs Ballbusters (7)

Next Week
3:30
field 1: Uniballs vs Balls Deep
field 2: Sofa Kings vs Balls of Glory

4:30
field 1: Ball Busters vs Wrecking Balls
field 2:Team Awesome vs Ultimate Ballz
Word up from the Captains (The Captains Corner)
Sofa Kings
We had a lot of fun this Sunday and played an awesome game against Balls Deep despite their intimidating "Eye of the Tiger" chant at the start of the game. We even went into an extra inning, but still tied, 5-5. Shout-outs go to Deb for her delicious peppermint mud slide shots and Josh for his solid dedication to kickball. Thanks everybody!

Uniballs

If the Uniballs were going to lose to anyone it might as well have been their arch-rival and nemesis team Ultimate. While the teams pretend to like each other, there definitely is a sense that one day there will be a bench clearing brawl. At this point, we're damn lucky we don't have benches...but when we do man, stay awake. Our ace pitcher (Sara S-S) was away cavorting with her new husband and not available for pitching...which we deemed a reasonable excuse prior to the game. Now, after realizing defeat with a score of 8-7, we hope she can sleep at night.

Game highlights included Saif running the bases like a madman and catching flyouts 2-weeks post-op on his arm, a base clearing triple by Meghan O'shizzle O'C, and an execution style tagout of Bryan Guylas by Josh 'Hit-man' Erlanger who sent Bryan to a Tuesday morning ACL surgery. Let's all wish Bryan a speedy recovery so that we can send him back to the ER during this years final.

The Sun has set on Team Uniballs undefeated record. This loss is the reason why the winds are coming from the north and the trees are crying in their various shades of regret and sorrow.

Balls of Glory
Balls of Glory actually pulled out a win with some atypical strategies like getting on base and scoring. Steve hurt his back picking up the roster and then was denied a homerun by erroneously being called out at home. My personal theory is it was karma biting him from trying to usurp captainship by doing rock paper scissors....et tu, Brute? James almost made the cover of the blogspot by losing his pants as he rounded second. Someone bring that boy a belt! Kate had mittens on but still managed a few great catches in the outfield. We had a sick double play in the first inning. Not bad.... Jose attributes our success to booze...

Overheard... (The Gossip Corner)
"You look like a pumpkin"
"Thats 2 runs for us AND an apology"
"I dont know how to do rock-paper-scissors"
"For the love of kickball!"
"That's what you get for cuddling at 1st bases"
"Saif is our bundt cake"
"This is so good. This is so good. This is sofa king good!" - ref to the Soaf King's regarding their mint mudslide shots
"If you're wearing jeans to kickball, you're not taking it seriously."