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The Donald sparked some controversy this past week with discussions about registration checks at the playoffs. In last season's playoffs, Multiple Scorgasm asked for a roster check against the Seminoles because there were a couple of players they didn't recognize (perhaps because the Seminoles rarely if ever went to the bar after games). A roster of players was pulled up and player names were checked against drivers licences. Two Seminole ladies didn't have their licences on them so they were asked to verify their identity by asking them to verify their phone numbers and dates of birth. This information checked out however the ironic thing is that Multiple Scorgasm was found to be playing with an unregistered player.
According to kickball rules, a team can be disqualified from playoff play if they play with an unregistered player. This usually doesn't come up too often except for when an opposing team calls for a roster check. All players should plan on bringing their government issued IDs to the playoffs to verify identity in case that situation arises.
This incident caught the eye of Trump who sent investigators to the DMV to search for the missing licences. Trump stated, "I have people that actually have been studying it and they can't believe what they are finding." Wednesday, the Seminoles agreed that everyone on their team would bring their government issued ID to the playoffs to avoid any more controversy if another ID check is requested from another team.
At a press event in New Hampshire, Trump reacted to the news. "Today I am very proud of myself. I am so incredibly proud. You would not even believe how proud of myself I am. It would be absolutely impossible for anyone to be any prouder of themselves than I am of myself. I am proud because I’ve accomplished something that nobody else has been able to accomplish. I was just informed, while on the helicopter that the Seminoles have finally agreed to show IDs at the playoffs. I would want to look at them but I hope its true so we can get on to much more important matters so the press can stop asking me questions. They should have done it a long time ago. Why they didn’t do it when Multiple Scorgasms asked for it, why they didn’t do it when everybody else was asking for it, I don’t know."
It wasn't just Seminoles that caught the attention of The Donald. He also found some issue with Booze on First's success this season. "I have a great relationship with the black team. I’ve always had a great relationship with the blacks" said Trump. "But he word is, according to what I’ve read, that they were a terrible team in fall 2010. They then get into Spring 2011, they then come in 2nd place. I heard in the beginning of this season they weren’t a very good team. Then they win 2nd place. How do you win 2nd place if your not a good team? Now, maybe that’s right or maybe its wrong but I don’t know why they don’t release their records."
Indeed, Booze on First did finish last season tied for last place but many considered them to be the best last place team ever after they had a few tough breaks and close games. They also had a less than stellar start to the season but their schedule was definitely weighted heavy in the first few weeks. They surprised many teams with their 5 game winning streak to finish the season.
Regardless of how each team did in the regular season, or how Donald Trump feels about it, any team can have one good day at the playoffs. Playoff champions will be eligible for an invitation to play for the Founders Cup in Las Vegas. Anyone else can also represent Tampa and play in Vegas in the fun tournament (aka the Kickball Games) by putting their name on the list.
The mailbag has been filling up so its time to answer some of those questions that keep coming up.
partyhardy111: Why should I go to the End of Season Party on Friday?
Why should you go to the end of season party? Really? Free beer dumbass! Do you need another reason?
kickballfanatic33: What am I going to do once the season is over? I don't know if I can live without kickball.
Sign up for the FL Big Guava summer season. Or you can be a jerk and steal candy from small children. Or you could just download lots of porn. Whatever works. I wouldn't recommend combining any of those.
scrtadmr143: I love your blog. You are so talented, smart and handsome. How did you get that way?
I was mostly born with it. The rest took a lifetime to master.
underdogswin02: So what's the deal with the playoffs? What should I expect?
Good question. Expect a good time. In the playoffs every team seems to step up the intensity a little bit (except for usually whatever team I am on). I've seen some pretty low seeds win the playoffs and anything can happen.
Bring a pop up tent, grill, coolers or whatever makes a good tailgate party. The same rules apply as in the regular season though. NO GLASS BOTTLES. We shouldn't see any beer cans or cases lying around. If it doesn't look like your team is just drinking applejuice your team could end up forfeiting. Keep all of your sports drinks in coolers. Hopefully your team will be playing in a few games so be sure to bring the sunscreen and lots of water to try to beat the sun.
Please bring plenty of trash bags and at the end of the day, use the dumpster over by where the PAL vans are parked.
Be sure to check out the brackets to find out what time your team plays, or just scan the QR code and pull it up on your smartphone. If you don't have a smartphone, get rid of your Zack Morris brick phone and get one already.
Which part of the playoffs are you most excited about?
Our first game of the night was between the Seminoles and D's Nutz. In a typical display of humility, the Seminoles showed up to this game with all of their old trophies for winnings season's past, little league championships, spelling bees, participation certificates for youth soccer, best in show ribbons from the state fair and Miss Klingon sashes from Star Trek conventions just to remind everyone why they have the reputation that they have. D's Nutz were hoping to topple the Seminoles and were quite excited about the one run that they scored but unfortunately they were a bit too late after the Seminoles were able to put up a 4 spot in the first inning. The Seminoles clinched the top spot in the regular season by winning 5-1.
Field 2 saw Barbara Ballters and 99 Problems. I don't even really want to talk about this game. 99 Problems is quickly hiring a private investigator to try to figure out what happened to their missing offense, and defense for that matter. After dominating the first half of the season, 99 Problems has scored only 1 run in the last 3 weeks and appears to have completely forgotten how to play kickball. The players don't seem to care though since they can still dominate on the flip cup table. Barbara Ballters played well and took advantage of every opportunity that 99 Problems gave them. No one is quite sure what the deal was with Ben Franklin and his kite and the Make a Wish foundation guy but it was definitely entertaining. These two teams will rematch in their first game in the playoffs but Barbara Ballters won this one 3-0.
At 8pm Asstastic Balls and Booze on First squared off. This game was filled with highlights. Rachel kicked a triple, Seth pitched a strike out as well as made an amazing one handed diving play, Geoff did some crazy shit on the bases and lots of running around and around. The best baserunning play though was made by Asstastic Ball's Gloria. She was on first base and the ball was kicked to the first baseman who was just in front of her. She sort of freaked out and did a lot of hands in the air stutter steps. Her fancy jazz hands might have distracted the first baseman just enough as he tagged her out but then dropped the ball and wasn't able to step on first base for the double play. When asked for his side of the story, he claimed he was tackled by a pink taco, an honorable demise for sure. Asstastic Balls tried to tell me the game was tied fun to fun but really this one was all Booze on First for a 5-1 win.
Our next game on field 2, or should I say the center ring in our three ring circus, was between Balls and Dolls and Jagerballs. For the most part this game was a comedy of errors. Gordon was on fire with his pitches. He claims that he's been practicing in his backyard and it shows. He decided to dedicate the pitch to an old flame because "that pitch is crazy"! His nasty pitches led the Jagerballs chasing at anything, no matter how far from the plate. He might have gotten into their heads on defense too as the Jagerballs looked like a troupe of clowns and allowed the Balls and Dolls to score anyway they could. Balls and Dolls won 8-3.
Last but not least was Masterbatters challenging Suck My Kick. Masterbatters may have had a legitimate chance in this one but after the 2nd inning it was all down hill. At one point SMK Melissa was running so fast after her bunt that the catcher freaked out and didn't know what to do. He threw the ball right at her head, trying to decapitate her. We are all happy that her pretty little head is still intact. This game had some rather interesting baserunning. First, CT kicked a homerun but almost overran Jamie. Then, later in the game, MIP (Most Improved Player) Mandy was aggressively rounding third only to realize how close the defenders were to her. She tried to scurry her way back to 3rd base and took cover behind all of her players on the bench, running just slightly out of the baseline. I asked Suck My Kick to comment on the game and their reply was simply, "We won". Thanks for the amazing insight guys. Phenomenal stuff. Suck My Kick won 5-3.
So that's it folks. The regular season is over. Below are the final standings for the regular season in the Spring 2011 season.
Its time! Its Crystal Pitcher Ballot Time! This is your chance to vote for the team that is the most fun, most sportsmanlike and has the most team spirit. Was there a team that you thought had a great cheer, really partied it up at the bar or were just fun to play? Vote for them.
This season we are doing the ballot online. In the past you weren't supposed to vote for your own team but now you must vote for 2 teams so one of them can be your own. Any ballots with the same team selected twice will be thrown out.
So go to the official ballot now to vote for the Crystal Pitcher.
Our first game of the night was between Balls and Dolls and Masterbatters. A sinister revelation was made last night. All this time we have been under the impression that Balls and Dolls was a laid back team. That image may have been shattered last night as the Masterbattered claimed that the team in green were really quite sinister. Why the charge? Well the Masterbatters stated that the Balls and Dolls should treat others the way they want to be treated and they were pitching the ball too fast to the girls. Here is the problem with that accusation. While that may be true, we've all seen the Masterbatters play by now and their girls might be the best kickers on the team. So maybe the Masterbatters are really just upset that the awful, sinister and evil Balls and Dolls didn't just roll the ball nice and slow to their boys. Adding to their sinister ways, as soon as the game was over the Balls and Dolls all vanished in a flash, leaving their 2 refs alone, scared and confused with no emotional support. Only time will tell if the rest of the league even cares. Balls and Dolls won 3-0.
Our second game had the marquis matchup of the season, 99 Problems vs the Seminoles, #1 vs #2. There was quite a bit of hype leading up to this game and it really didn't disappoint. This was expected to be a tightly played, low scoring game and it was as neither defense made any mistakes. One lesson learned is that the Seminoles have no problem just standing in the kicker's box, waiting for walks while whispering sweet nothings into the ears of the refs. The strike zone was a bit tighter (though in all fairness was consistent). The Seminoles won this heated game 4-0.
Asstastic Balls took on Suck My Kick in the first edition of our late games, or should I say Asstastic Balls took on Mandy. The blonde firecracker had the athletic performance of her life. Considering that in week one she had to ask her teammates which leg she was supposed to kick with, that might not be saying much but she has certainly come a long way. She ran the bases like a flash, though her run probably shouldn't have counted. Her third base coach pushed her towards home plate to get her to run home which should have been an out according to rules 6.02 and 14.02h but the ref didn't see it. Asstastic Balls told me that the most interesting part of the game was when Beast, not really paying attention, ran just to the right of 2nd base instead of towards 1st base after kicking the ball. Suck My Kick's reply to that was, "which one was beast? You have to narrow that down. There are a few of them." Suck My Kick insisted that I end this portion with XOXOSMK, whatever the F that means. Suck My Kick won 4-0.
Our next game had Barbara Ballters squared off against the Jagerballs. This one should have been an easy one to pick, right? Wrong. Jagerballs were able to scrape together an early lead. The play of the game was made by Jagerball, Maria, who was able to make a backward somersault catch to rob Barbara Ballters of a key kick with runners on base. The true importance of that catch didn't show itself until the final inning. In the bottom of the 6th the Masterbatters were kicking with a 5-2 deficit and were able to mount a rally but ultimately fell one run short. The last play of the game might have been the most anticlimactic ending ever. The ball was miss-kicked, resulting on an easy grounder to the pitcher who threw the diving runner out at first base. The music immediately went silent and there was no cheering, no arguing, no sighs of disbelief or disappointment. Just total silence. Jagerballs won 5-4.
In our last game of the night we had D's Nutz and Booze on First. This game had some stunning early inning developments as D's Nutz got off to a large early lead. Booze on First tried to narrow the gap but their players really need to invest in cleats as the slick grass on field 3 had players slipping and sliding all over the place. This was another game where the strikezone was a bit tight but D's Nutz catcher, Amanda, didn't see anything wrong with that as she was quoted as saying, "Keep it tight, he likes it tight". Good work, Amanda. She also had another great quote, "They thought they had us beat for a minute". Unfortunately, that minute was the last minute of the game as Booze on First were able to overcome a 4-1 deficit, thanks mostly to the aggressive base running of Geoff. Watch out everyone. Booze on first is rolling on a 4 game winning streak. Booze on first won 5-4.
What was the most surprising development of week 7?
flyinelvi77: So what is this that I have heard about Vegas? Can I really play kickball in Vegas?
Yes, you can. Every year, WAKA has its Founders Cup weekend that is now played on Columbus Day Weekend. It started out as just the Founders Cup which is the Kickball World Championships. That tournament is invitation only and invitations go out to league playoff champions and possibly playoff runnerups. The Seminoles have earned a few invitations but always turn them down because FSU usually plays football that weekend and its WAAAAY more important (lame) to watch college football on tv than to go to Vegas to play kickball. The world would most certainly crumble into a pit of despair if any member of the Seminoles ever missed a single college football game but I digress.
The Kickball Games were something new last year and anyone can play in that. Well, maybe not anyone. You have to have been properly registered to play WAKA Kickball in the current calendar year but you can put together a team of people from different teams, different leagues, or even different cities. Last year there some team that was made up of half people from Maine and half people from Salt Lake City and another team made up of players from Vegas, Austin and parts of Connecticut. The Founders cup decides who is the best team in the country. The Kickball Games is just a big party. Masterbatter captain, Jaime, is trying to gauge interest to see if its possible to put together a team from Tampa. If you are interested be sure to sign up on the list.
jzfan99: Your team is cool. Do you have a mascot?
Thanks and yes my team is pretty cool, we like to have lots of fun. We don't officially have a mascot but if we did it would probably be my pit bull, Bosco. It is believe that he used to be a stud in a backyard breeder program before he got tired of that and escaped before I adopted him. He pretty much exemplifies everything that is cool about 99 Problems. If he's not having fun clowning around, hes just chilling out in one of his multiple daily naps. He also likes to hump strangers. He loves getting his belly rubbed and doesn't like it when people aren't trying to have fun with him. When he's not being bad ass, he's still cool. Doesn't that sound like just about any member of 99 Problems?
shutterbug380: I have lots of pictures of us playing kickball and having fun. What should I do with them?
Great question. There is a new link on the league page that says photos. There you can see pictures that were taken by different people. If you look up in the upper right hand corner, next to the magnifying glass, there is a drop box icon. If you click on that you can upload your own photos. Now you might notice that the photos don't show up immediately. That is because once you upload them, someone with too much free time will then go in and sort the photos depending on what they are and of course delete any photos of your penis that you just thought would be hilarious to share with the league. Its just a new fun way for you to share the good times.
epicwinner999: Nice blog last week but I wish more people got made fun of. Where do you get all of the pics?
Unfortunately, no one did anything really stupid this past week but luckily there was plenty of epic plays. The pictures I just find online. Google images is definitely my friend. Its amazing what you can find on there by just typing in some random things. This week I typed in "epic" and found some pretty good stuff. Even after sifting through all of the epic boob photos, it was difficult to decide which would make the cut and which wouldn't to actually wind up on the blog. Occasionally, I will find a good pic that I like and save it until I can find a good excuse to use it in a story. I've said it before and I will say it again, I'm not a journalist so I'm not beholden to journalistic integrity so if the facts don't fit with a picture, I'll just change the facts so that it does. Its a wonderful world.
Here is one we haven't tried before. Things that begin with the letter P. That leaves a lot of possibilities. So come dressed as a pimp, porn star, princess, punk, Pointer Sister, pregnant, professional wrestler or Mr Peanut.
Epic, that is the best word to describe the action this past week in the FL Breaker League. So many heroics, so many key plays, so many drinks at MacDinton's. Now that the hangover has subsided, its time to review what happened.
Our first game of the night had D's Nutz gearing up for an easy victory against Masterbatters, or that's what they thought. This game turned into an epic fail for D's Nutz. They scored 2 in the top of the first but Masterbatters were able to counter with 3 in the bottom frame. After that, both offenses went stale until the 6th inning, sort of. With a runner on and 2 outs, a D's Nutz slugger took a ball deep over everything for what should have been a go ahead 2 run home run. The only problem was that he was about 3 feet in front of home plate when he kicked it. That's a no no according to rule 9.02b and results in a foul ball in rule 13.02g in the WAKA Rule Book so the kicker was called back and ended up popping out on the next pitch. That chill you felt at about 7:45 was hell freezing over as Masterbatters recorded their first win of the season. Masterbatters won 3-2.
Field 2 saw the marquis matchup of the night as Suck My Kick faced off against 99 Problems. Both teams were ready for a showdown and 99 Problems made it a mandatory bar night for their team. Weeks ago, every player was told that April 12th would be a designated date when everyone on the team should make sure they go to the bar and a few even thought ahead and took Wednesday off from work. Suck My Kick got an early run in the first inning and 99 Problems wasn't able to counter until the 5th inning. After 6 they were still tied and there was still time left on the clock so both teams decided to go one extra frame. In the top of the 7th inning Suck My Kick were able to jam the bases loaded with no outs, poising themselves for the victory. That was until 99 Problems pulled an amazing triple play to end the threat. A line drive was kicked between the shortstop and 3rd baseman but 99 Problems third baseman, Ryne made a great grab and tagged the girl out who had wandered off second and quickly fired his cannon home to try to get the runner trying to tag up from third. The epic triple play was fittingly finished off by 99 Problems first baseman, Eppich who fielded Ryne's throw and nailed the baserunner. 99 Problems maintains their undefeated season with a tie but dominated on the flip cup table afterwards for the win.
Our late games got started out with Asstastic Balls and Barbara Ballters. It should be no surprise that Barbara Ballters showed some good defense but Asstastic Balls was able to counter it with even better defense. As per usual, Asstastic was able to have one good offensive inning, this time in the second when they put up 2. Later, Barbara Ballters was looking to mount a rally with a runner on third and no outs. The ball was kicked to shallow center field where Fuego was able to make the catch and quickly throw the ball home, allowing his catcher to tag the baserunner (who was definitely not Carl Lewis) out for the stunning double play. Asstastic Balls wins in an epic upset 2-0.
The late game on Field 2 had the Seminoles and Jagerballs. The Seminoles were looking to bounce back after they had been winless in their last two games. Meanwhile Jagerballs were looking to do something after forfeiting last week. It was an epic fail for Jagerballs as they were never even able to get off the ground. It was all summed up pretty well by the Jagerballs at the bar when they said, "We don't take it too seriously, they do". Seminoles won 6-0.
The last game of the night showed Booze on First taking on Balls and Dolls. This was another close game with some excitement in the late innings. I was told that there was nothing funny about this game at all, just straight up intense. The teams were tied at 1 going into the last inning. In that last inning, Booze on First's Sam was able to make it to first base. The next kicker was a girl and Balls and Dolls pulled all of their fielders forward. The ground ball was fielded by Balls and Dolls and they decided to make the throw to 2nd to get the lead runner. Unfortunately the ball was overthrown and went into centerfield where they had no players so the ball just kept rolling and Sam was able to run like a princess and score. She was pretty excited about scoring because she had never gotten past 2nd base in her life (pay attention guys, she's cute). Balls and Dolls tried to claim that because the ball was overthrown, Sam should have been held to one base and shouldn't have been allowed to score. That's an epic rules knowledge fail as according to rule 10.07 an overthrow is only a restriction on the runner when the ball goes into foul territory, so Sam's run counted and paved the way to the Booze on First victory. Booze on First won 1-0.
Alright everyone our end of season party is set and will start @ 7pm on April 29, 2011 at Located at 3114 Bay to Bay Blvd, Tampa, Florida. The party is free for all Breaker player's and guest are allowed for a $10 contribution. There will be free beer, appetizers, Karaoke, and flip cup. T2X Entertainment (Tony Two Time) will be handling Karaoke from 8-Midnight. Hope everyone can make it. If there is enough interest we will have a flip cup tournament.
Print out your WAKA player ID card to make things easy. Just go to www.kickball.com and log in. Click on your username in the upper right of the page and look for the Player Cards tab. Pick FL Breaker - Spring 2011 and print it out. Of course there is always the couple of enterprising kickballers who print out their cards in color and laminate them. I've even seen one person who put a photo on it so it looked like a photo ID. Extra effort does not get you a better price on the beers, they are already free.
Just in time for our Pirate theme coming up on Tuesday. This angry bird is clearly an upset Seminoles fan, reacting to their tie against Barbara Ballters this past week. Turn your sound down low if you are still at work.
WAKA's National facebook page is approaching 10,000 fans. To celebrate that mark they are doing a new contest where you can win a free season of play.
Prize Details The five contest winners will receive a future season of WAKA Kickball for free! And then those five names will be thrown in a hat and one will be picked at random to receive an additional prize package which will include: a WAKA t-shirt, an Official WAKA kickball, a WAKA duffel bag, a WAKA cooler and a couple of super secret bonus items. Contest Instructions WAKA is quickly approaching the 10,000 fan mark and we are giving away some prizes to celebrate! All you need to do to be eligible is become a fan of WAKA Kickball by the end of April, if you aren’t one already. On May 1, we will pick five winners — with special consideration given to those people who promoted the WAKA page in the most unique, creative and effective ways. You can promote it online or offline, we leave it up to you. Just keep it clean and have fun, and find some great ways to get the word out to even more people about the WAKA Kickball fan page! Please enter the contest by liking the WAKA page, and filling out an entry form including a brief description of how you’ve promoted the page and any links that may be helpful to the judges. Questions? Email snelson@kickball.com This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook. You are providing your information to WAKA kickball and not to Facebook. The information you provide will only be used for this contest by WAKA. Contest Starts April 07, 2011 @ 04:00 pm (CDT) Contest Ends April 30, 2011 @ 11:59 pm (CDT) Need more Details? Read the Official Rules
Arrrr me mateys. We be bringing back an ol' favorite theme for the ball kickin games this week. Pirates. What a glorious theme it be indead. No excuses for not dressing up this week. I be seeing yer Gasparilla photos on facebook ya landlubbers.
Speaking of facebook, did ya know you can change yer settings to set yer language to Pirate. All ya got ter do is navigate over to account, pick account settings, language and select English (Pirate) from the list.
Well the day started out Rainy but by the time our kickball games started the weather was nice, if not just a bit on the cool side. That's a good thing too. Even though the standings didn't really move at all, there were plenty of great games and some pretty exciting results. So what happened? Hold your horses, I'm about to tell you.
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.
Did Barbara Ballters make the right decision by accepting the tie against the Seminoles
As you are probably already aware, our Breaker league playoffs are May 14th. That day will basically be a big kickball tailgate party an Erik is working out some plans to get a party bus to shuttle people between the field and MacDinton's. The first bus will leave MacDinton's at 9am and run back and forth throughout the day until the tournament is over.
Here is the catch. We need to have about 100 people decide that they want to do it in order to reserve the bus. It will be about $12 per person and you can prepay using paypal. We will send you an invoice once we are sure we have enough people. The best part is if you take the bus you can pre-game or post-game on the bus.
We've got some nasty thunderstorms this morning but the forecast says that it should clear up by game time tonight so we do expect to play. Be sure to check the rain out line at 813-785-9744 before heading to the fields tonight.
Its surprising how much feedback I get from players who complain about other teams. No one is immune, except maybe the Masterbatters and Balls and Dolls from having other teams hate them. Its an unfortunate fact of life but everyone just loves to hate. We've got 5 teams that players seem to hate the most. Tell us which one you think is the worst.
Which team do you hate the most?
Seminoles 99 Problems Suck My Kick Barbara Ballters D's Nutz Someone else
