D's Nuts and Balls and Dolls took to the field in our first game of the night. D's Nutz were pretty amped up after their win last week and were hoping that the data collected would help improve their super top secret computer program to maximize their roster. They even brought out a new secret weapon, the dreaded vuvuzela (remember that awful buzzing plastic trumpet during the World Cup last year?). Balls and Dolls was trying to bounce back to an intense 1-0 loss to Barbara Ballters last week. Most Balls and Dolls players had the night off, or at least they didn't have to do much. On defense Dan claimed to have made 20 outs in the game which is quite interesting since there are only 18 in a game. On Offense they claim that Liz scored every run. Meanwhile, Balls and Doll player, MattyB had a bit of difficulty. Everytime he touched the ball he fell down. One teammate explained that MattyB has a disease, its called gravity. Balls and Dolls won 3-0.
Our second game was Booze on First vs Masterbatters. I've said it before and I will say it again, Booze on first is much better than their record shows. They were hoping they could take an easy win this week against the lowly (but highly entertaining) Masterbatters. They are pretty bad but at least they are fun, and at least their captain doesn't take things as seriously as this guy.
Things weren't quite as easy as Booze on first had hoped. In the early innings, Masterbatters were able to get the bases loaded. Their girl bunted and the ball was quickly given to the Booze on First catcher who inexplicably chose not to step on home plate for the force out but rather waited to tag Jason running home. Jason smartly stuck his leg in between the legs of the catcher, trying to score but missed home plate by about half an inch before being tagged for the out. Meanwhile Masterbatter Beccy was all over the place ranging the outfield like a hunter searching for prey, making catch after catch and even stepped in front of a nervous male teammate to make a play. The play of the game though was made by Booze on First All-Star, Rachel. In a pressure situation with Masterbatter runners on and 2 outs. The ball was kicked into what looked to be no man's land but Rachel came out of nowhere to make a sliding catch that would have made Ken Griffey Jr in his prime proud. Though the matchup was lopsided on paper, the score remained 0-0 until the last inning when in the top half of the frame Booze on First crossed the plate 3 times and Masterbatters were unable to recover. Booze on First won 3-0.
Next up was Barbara Ballters and the Seminoles. It should be no surprise to anyone that this was a heated game. How heated was it? Comically so actually. The Seminoles were up 3-2 going into the bottom of the 5th when Barbara Ballters was able to drive in a run to tie the game. This was was going into the 6th, right? Wrong. The game had reached its 1 hour time limit so the game had to end. The Seminoles were quite upset about the whole thing but Barbara Ballters didn't let that get to them. The Seminoles were quite animated after the game, calling Barbara Ballters "a bunch of douchebag p*ssies. They are terrible people", "They are morally wrong" and my personal favorite, "They shall be known from this point forward as a pint and a half of throat yogurt". Barbara Ballters countered by stating that the Seminole's "butts look great in their shorts. They must work out, like do squats or something" and followed up with, "To all the league captains: would YOU want to spend an extra 20 minutes around the Seminoles?? I'd say that's a win." This game ended in a 3-3 tie.
Our second game on Field 2 was between 99 Problems and Asstastic Balls. Don't let the standings fool you. This is always a good game. Ever since Ty and Heide played on Asstastic Balls last summer in Big Guava and then stole some of their best players to bolster 99 Problems, this has been a heated rivalry. Usually what happens is 99 Problems has their worst performance of the season and Asstastic Balls has a great game. The other interesting thing of this game is that though both captains are usually pretty easy going, Ty and Erik are almost guaranteed to get into each others face about something. This game was no different. It was a back and forth battle with phantom ball 4's, bench interference and easy dropped fly ball by yours truly. This game was tied going into the top of the 6th inning when things opened up with some clutch kicking by JRich to score the go ahead runs. 99 Problems scored 6 total in this game but Erik didn't really like that so he claimed that it should only be 4. Six 99 Problems players definitely scored, Erik just didn't like that fact. Since we both have access to the scores and standings, expect the final score in this game to be changed back and forth several times in the next week. 99 Problems officially won 6-3.Last, and in this case least, we had Suck My Kick scheduled against Jagerballs. I say scheduled because that's about all it was. Jagerballs must have forgotten that they had a game or something because they didn't have enough players to get an official game in and had to forfeit. Suck My Kick decided to have a team practice with a few Jagerballs mixed in. They might need it for next week when they take on 99 Problems. Jagerballs forfeits, giving Suck My Kick a 5-0 win by rule.
After all of the kickball action, if you didn't go to the bar you missed a rare sight. Perhaps spurred on by their agonizing tie, the Seminoles showed up in force at MacDinton's. They had at least 10 players at the bar and were even seen playing flip cup (losing badly to 99 Problems) and singing karaoke. Speaking of karaoke. In case you missed it there was a random ventriloquist there who was singing with his dog puppet. Pretty awesome stuff.
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