Monday, February 28, 2011

Drunk-a-palooza This Friday Night at Todd's House





It's time to drink up my friends! Drunk-a-palooza is hitting South Tampa for a memorable night of birthday fun, friends, booze, snacks and live music. For those of you who remember Todd's last house party (which is everybody who was there except Teneille) it was a blast. This year's should be even better and should feature the following performances/appearances:

Birthday appearances by Chris Souder, Yellabird & possibly Scuba Steve

Bull Karaoke aka Read-araoke (confirmed)

Ernie's 487th performance of "Mr. Brightside" (confirmed)

Great Dancing & Bad Singing April Tall (confirmed)

Chuckers singing "This is how we do it" (confirmed)

Live music and very strongly heterosexual duets by Todd, Chandler, Rosey and T-Bone (confirmed)

The awesome dance moves of David Abbate (confirmed)

Rap Sensation Ball/Rhyme Dropping Gorecki (confirmed)

Inappropriate jokes/comments by Yellabird (always confirmed)

and possibly another sink puking drunk appearance by our favorite Trini (half-confirmed)

So come one, come all...just don't cum on someone unless you have their consent*.

*silence is consent


Beer, mixers, snacks and a port-a-john will be provided.
Please bring your liquor of choice -- Some liquor will be provided.

Drunk-a-palooza

* Host:
Todd Randolph, Chris Souder, Scuba Steve & Yellabird


* When:
Friday, March 04 from 07:00 PM to Saturday, March 05 at 01:00 AM
* Where:
Todd Randolph's House

**DPT Edit** Please comment for specific location info.  We can't post that stuff on the internets or MLoop will show up.  And telemarketers.  And spam.  And Charlie's girlfriend's mom.

THEE Beer Nuts Win Beer Olympics; Kickball Game Happens

Here's how I lost my 6th Beer Olympics in 7 seasons:

Team Chug - The Ligers never win this event, but it was close this year.  And by close... we made it to our anchor (Bull).  If I could actually chug a beer, we might have won

Pitchers and Straws - This used to be the "bread and butter" of the Ligers.  It was virtually a tie, but the ref gave the victory to THEE Beer Nuts. 

Bat Spin - Every season since Louis moved to Vegas, the Ligers have had false hopes of winning.  Knowlton running the wrong way didn't help.  By this point it was 3-0 TBN and the Olympics were already lost.

Human Pyramid - The Ligers have a few ex-cheerleaders, and were able to win a close stacking battle.  TBN probably didn't care since they already locked up the Olympics.

Flip Cup - Most epic game ever.  Souder and Bull each 20-flipped.  TBN was so far ahead, Charlie (their anchor) was flipping before the last two Ligers started chugging.  Thankfully he choked under pressure while Steve and myself one-flipped for the victory.

There was a battle of undefeated kickball teams too... but that's not important.  Enjoy your Monday.

Friday, February 25, 2011

Week 3 Picks Recap

Paige, Jack, The Todd, Robes, Patrick, Gorecki, Brie and Teneille (-1) all win one drink from Angie, Nate and Frank (-3).

Alison WOULD have won drinks, but changed her pick to THEE Beer Nuts after the deadline. I'm kinda glad she lost since she was somewhat cheating the system.

Next weeks games should be more toss-ups.

Friday time waster...

Leif was right; Bull sucks at Flippy Cup.

New field setup was great!

No matter how hard you try there is no kicking it outta the park.

This weekend is waaay too busy...but fun!

Beer Olympics is the greatest kickball game...of all time! Liger Nuts!!!

Your turn...

This is Why Soccer Doesn't Suck



Lionel Messi, greatest soccer player in the world. Sure, he dives... after he's been hip-checked, tripped and kicked like a Turkish prisoner. Yet, he plays through it. Given that Chile doesn't know how to mine (too soon?), it's not shocking that they don't grasp how to play a proper game of "quit hitting yourself."

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Why Grammar/Spelling/Smithkey Sucks

"Chili players"...

A) It is Chile the South American country, not your award winning culinary creation.

B) Someone representing Chile as a player in a competition would be referred to as Chilean.

C) There is only one Chilean player who simulates.

Why Soccer Sucks

Chili players hits himself with opponents hand and draws a free kick.

Mix 100.7 PhotoBomb Voting Has Begun

Please check them out and give them a score. I gave that great lurking guy 'Kevin' a 10. Not sure who he is but he looks a lot like Yellabird.

Picks - Week 3

PICKS ARE CLOSED!

Hectic 3-day weekend of golf, open bars and pools have put me a little behind on the picks update.

Bull, Alison, Rollo and Brie (-0) win one drink each from Caruso, Nate and Justin (-2).  Most have collected, I believe.

Get your picks in this week by 4pm on Thursday!


Wednesday, February 23, 2011

How Much Does DPT Cost You?

J. Korb will love this, since he thinks we exaggerate things.  But let's try to figure out how much DPT cost WAKA this spring season.  All of these estimates are... estimates... and not necessarily facts:
  • Approximately 380 played in Bayshore last season (23.75 per team).
  • Bayshore has 10 teams currently.  Allegedly, only BnD filled up to 26 people, and only a few others had 18+ before the smaller groups were combined.  So my personal guess, is they have about 19 people per team. This puts 190 in the league, down 190 from last season.
  • WAKA lowered their rates from $72 to $62 in order to combat our exodus to other cheaper leagues.  Eventually, they raised the price up to $67, but well after they initially said they would.  So I'm going to assume the average player paid $63 for the season.
Those are our "base assumptions."  Let's apply this to some math with some extra assumptions sprinkled on it:
  • IF MLoop hadn't gotten his feelings hurt and actually communicated with us, it's safe to assume we'd still be in WAKA.  Therefore they would not have dropped their rate for the season.  Right off the bat, you can estimate revenue lost from player reduction: 190 lost players * $72 = $13,680.
  • But what about the 190 people who did sign up (over half are new to Bayshore)?  Well based on this model, they paid about $9 less than they would have.  So... $9 reduced rate * 190 players = $1,710.
  • Finally, PAL informed us that WAKA rented out Wednesday nights this winter, and thus Kickball Society could not use the fields.  Obviously there is no WAKA league going on, so we can only assume based on PAL's explanation that the fields were rented to keep competitors out.  Well that costs you about $3,000 per season.  We can't confirm any of this since we severed our relationship with PAL... so let's call it $2,000 and assume a discount for not actually needing the lights.
What do we get?  $13,680 + $1,710 + $2,000 = $17,390 opportunity cost for one season.  And that doesn't include any extra marketing they had to do since we used to be a self-sustaining and self-promoting league.

I actually think $17k doesn't even phase our old league.  But still seems a bit foolish.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Hess Needs Your Help!

I am sure most of you have been victim of one of Kevin Hess' patent photo bombs and can agree he is one of the best in the business. Well Sylvia recently discovered a local radio station hosting a photo bomb contest and though who better to enter then Yella. Only problem is choosing which of his countless gems to submit. Below is a link to a collection of some of Kevin's classics for you to vote on. The picture with the most votes will be submitted into the photo bomb contest.

Power Rankings - Week 3

Monday, February 21, 2011

It would work




Ligers Win Again; GKB Under Investigation

The conspiracy theorists are scrambling to uncover why the Ligers (and Beer Nuts, for that matter) keep winning.  We already have the long list of:  "aliens built the pyramids", "Roosevelt allowed the Pearl Harbor attacks to happen," "Teneille is actually a white chick doing a Rhodes Scholar project about attitudes towards Jamaicans," "Mellow Yellow makes your dick shrink," and "Taylor Swift used to be a porn star."

(That last one was a shout-out to the hundreds of people who find DPT each year by searching for "Taylor Swift Porn."  I don't know why that is such a popular search query.)

Anyway, now we have the "Ligers wanted to switch leagues so they'd win more games" theory.  Complete nonsense, but still crazy that the Beer Olympics next week will feature the undefeated Ligers and Beer Nuts.  Any actual analysis of the 5-3 beating of Pitches be Crazy would show it was all due to a dominating one-strikeout performance by Knowlton.  Fresh off his pseudo-suspension from Kickball Society, Knowlts brought the tickles and kept the opposition from ever threatening victory.  When asked about the orchestrated magic on the pitcher's mound, Liger veteran Maria commented: "Knowlton is an ass-clown. I really fucking hate that guy."  Now that is some team spirit!  Knowlty Poo was awarded his first ever Game Ball... which he accepted by immediately sprinting off to the parking lot and ruining the celebration.  What a dick.

The play of the night happened at Yard of Ale, by Balls and Dolls all-star "The Todd."  Mr. Todd wandered away from WAKA's post-game evening to personally check out some hot GKB action.  Upon entering the Yard, chants of "Todd Todd Tood!" erupted from the patrons.  Getting caught up in the moment, Todd ripped his BnD shirt off his chest, exposing a rather surprising array of chiseledness.  But as the ladies were flocking over, a bouncer grabbed Todd and threw him out for the whole "you must have a shirt on" nonsense. It was a pretty funny chain of events, and thankfully Grifter loaned Todd a shirt so he could re-enter the bar.

The next night a few of us went to the Ozzy Osbourne concert. While whatever band he has now was spot-on, Ozzy is just old and can't carry the same energy (but not for a lack of trying).  Basically, at times he sounded like Off Constantly singing his hits at karaoke. So I'm personally challenging the OC to sing us some Ozzy (I suggest "Mama, I'm Coming Home").  I'll buy everyone on stage (up to four people) a round of beers.

Once again I've heard of a few rules issues with the refs.  While I do my best to compile and share these with Johnny, remember you can always contact him directly at: tampa@gokickball.com.  Any feedback we give will help make our league better, and I promise you he won't ban you for your opinion.

Cornhole Tournament! Saturday, February 26th


Hey Yall - my friend is hosting a Cornhole Tourney at WGW this weekend...

Join us at Wings Gone Wild for our 2nd Cornhole Tournament of 2011 in South Tampa on Sat Feb 26th. Warm-ups and registration is at noon. Tournament will start at 1:00.

All teams will be guaranteed 4 games and there will be a cash and bar bracket following pool play. Based on 32 teams, 1st place $500, 2nd place $300, and 3rd place $100. Bar bracket is guaranteed 1st place $100 WGW bar tab, 2nd place $50 bar tab, and 3rd place $25 bar tab. All skill levels welcome as the bar bracket has been sponsored by Wings Gone Wild.

Please sign up early through www.southtampacornhole.com. It is $40 per team.
Drink specials:$5.99 pitchers Boards and bags are supplied by www.customcorntoss.com
www.southtampacornhole.com

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Week 2 Picks -- Close at 4pm

Picks are closed!!

Crazy upsets last week... a few better match-ups this week. Get your picks in by 4pm on Thursday, and remember that you ARE gambling by submitting your picks. The winners are responsible for collecting from the losers.

So a player on "Debauchery" (which is Ty's current team in WAKA) had this to say at Yard of Ale last week: "Our league sucks. There's like 9 teams out there and I don't know any of the people playing this season!"

To be fair... they have 10 teams. But that kind of review isn't going to be growing their base any time soon.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

ESPN’s GoKickball Gameday



Reece - Good morning kickball fans. It will be fun, it will be warm, and it will be intense. Just another night in GoKickball. The Alcoballics and Superbad are set to collide and Gameday is getting you ready for an explosion.

Announcer - Welcome to GoKickball Gameday, pouring drinks by Yard Of Ale

Reece - Kickoff 11 hours away and the fans here are stoked for several early season big time matchups. Are the Ligers for real? Which team can rebound and avoid the dreaded 0-2 start, Shockers or Growlers? Which team takes the inside track at the regular season title, Alcoballics or Superbad? Alongside Dick Vitale, Digger Phelps and Jay Bilas; I'm Reece Davis. Let's begin with your Upset Alerts.

Bilas - Bunt Chasers needs this win more than Thee Beer Nuts does. Bunt Chasers are going to do a good job on defense and get the upset tonight, for their only win of the year.

Vitale - ARE YOU SERIOUS JAY! I'd like to see Off Constantly play a defender down each time they score a run tonight. That way Drunk Again... has as chance for the upset when there are only 2 defenders on the field.


Reece - Now we will debut a new segment on Gameday. Let's go over to Erin Andrews where she will talk to coaches each week.



Erin - Thanks Reece. Shockers Captain Rob is joining me now. First let me ask you about the loss last week. What’s your message to your team as you want them to move on because they don't have time to worry about last week?

Rob - That's right Erin, it's moving on. Losses happen and we will build on last week’s game. What's the next best thing we can do and that is come and prepare for the Growlers. I'm proud of our teams response for tonight’s game. A great intensity and great attitude.

Erin - Whether it's on or off the field, what do you think your team’s strength is?

Rob - I think it's Resiliency. There are some unbelievable qualities that this team has; this team’s a fighting team, it’s a resilient team. I think they are a great group of players with outstanding leaders. Our new players are extremely talented. I think we will keep getting better as the season goes on and be back to Shocker form quickly.

Erin - What are the keys for your team tonight?

Rob - We have great respect for the Growlers and have had some outstanding games against them. We respect that they really play hard and play together. This will be a game where we have to get more into a consistent flow of the game. Our strength is defense and we have to do that better than them tonight.



Reece - Let's crank up our Thursday Selections with Ligers vs. Homebase Hero's.

Digger - I think Ligers win this. They have to go after Homebase Hero's which struggled on Defense last week. Ligers put runs on the board early for the win.

Vitale - Can Homebase Hero's defend anymore? They looked like a bunch of elementary school kids allowing 9 runs last week. This new Liger style of play was very efficient in week 1 and the players seem to have bought into it. They were lead by a Sensational pitching performance last week which is why I think they can make a run to the final four. I got Ligernation.

Bilas - Homebase Hero's has been struggling defensively but it's only week 1. Look for them to improve on that tonight. I think their offense can really bother the Ligers defense tonight. Homebase Hero's wins.



Reece - Coach Bob Knight says the measure of a team is how well you perform in the regular season. If either the Growlers or the Shockers want to win the regular season title, this is a must win game and they would have still have some work to do. Some insight on today's game.

Bilas - The Growlers Achilles heel the last several seasons has been the Shockers. The Shockers are 3-0 in their last 3 meetings, winning by a combined score of 9-3 over the Growlers. Shockers get back on the winning track tonight.

Vitale - Well if you score runs, play smart, and defend well; that's a formula for success. Neither team did that last week and ended up losing their matchups. The Growlers are a good defensive team that can pressure you on offense. Look for the Shockers offensive struggles to continue tonight. Growlers win this one but it won't be easy.

Digger - It will be a struggle for both teams. This is the day the Shockers defense and offense shows up. The game will be a low scoring game. As Jay touched on, the Shockers own the Growlers recently. Look for that to continue tonight.



Reece - Now for our game of the week. Superbad vs. Alcoballics. Both teams will be tested tonight with a significant challenge.

Bilas - The key is mistakes. Who can make the fewest mistakes? I think that even 1 mistake tonight could be the difference in this game. I think Superbad win the game and it's going to be intense.

Digger - I have Superbad tonight. They are an outstanding defensive team with the better pitcher. I really think it comes down the pitching matchup tonight.

Vitale - Well I'll tell you Reece, a significant factor in the game tonight is PAYBACK Baby! The Alcoballics were flat out embarrassed last season with a 7-0 defeat to Superbad. They will use that fuel their fire tonight. Where’s my hat? Can you tell these Alcoballics fans are excited for this game? It's 1-2-3-...



Reece - Enjoy your kickball Thursday

I changed my mind I DO want to see the Bieber movie!

Monday, February 14, 2011

Week 2 Power Rankings

Johnny has made some clarifications for everyone:

1) You get one base BEYOND the base you were running towards on an over-throw (same as in our previous league).
2) You can tag-up as soon as the ball is TOUCHED on a pop-fly (same as in our previous league).

Friday, February 11, 2011

Tag-Up Rule

As we all know, kickball defers to the rules of baseball unless otherwise specifically noted.  We had an issue last night where the Shockers recorded out #3 on one of our runners who failed to "tag-up."  However, runs scored before this happened.

The Shockers said it was a "force play," and the runs should not count.  The ref ruled correctly against this logic.  The only reason I knew this rule is because it happened last season.

Official Rules of MLB

4.09 (Approved Ruling) - "One out, Jones on third, Smith on first, and Brown files out to right field.  Two outs.  Jones tags up and scores after the catch.  Smith attempted to return to first but the right fielder's throw beat him to the base.  Three outs.  But Jones scored before the throw to catch Smith reached first base, hence Jones' run counts.  It was not a force play."

In other words:

"A force play is when a runner is forced to advance because the batter became a runner. When the batter is out on a caught fly, all forces are removed. An out on an a failure to tag-up, is NOT a force out. Any runs that cross the plate before this out will count."  -Baseball Rule Myths

Despite a Liger Win, GOKickball Doesn't Implode

The Ligers shut-out the Shockers 5-0 last night, in the second biggest upset of the week.  Most who witnessed the complete-game pitched by Paige on the Ground fully expected the Earth to open up and engulf our newly formed league.  Especially since THEE BEER NUTS defeated the defending champion Growlers 5-4 at the same time.

Nevertheless... life went on.

The Ligers win was attributed to classic stellar defense. Any kickball historian knows the Ligers have the biggest D in all the lands. While we recognize some people are intimidated by such bulging defense, we pride ourselves in being honest upfront about it.  And nobody works the D like Paige, who was promoted to pitcher seconds before kickoff by new captain Rollo.

Rollo, now 1-0 as captain (lifetime), was insufferable after the victory.  "The entire ride home he kept talking about how great his 'leadership' is," said his future wife Michelle.  "If the Ligers' don't lose soon, I'm totally going to ground him and take away his nightly ice cream!"

The Shockers kept their heads high in the aftermath of the upset. "We've been practicing for this during the off-season," explained captain Rob.  "I've got this long list of 'missing players' and 'injured reserve' excuses that I've been itching to use!"  Ironically, Rob was the ONLY Shocker to reach home plate last night... although it didn't happen until Paige stumbled in drunk at 3:15am and woke him up.

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So how did GOKickball do it's first night?  Well... overall I'd give it a B.  It seemed like everyone had fun, but we definitely have some kinks to work out.  Let's discuss those:

Here is a picture of what GOKickball looked like at 7pm.


Notice the pristine playing surfaces, and perfectly spaced out fields.  Also, notice the bum on the swing set sharpening his stabby stick.

Earlier last week, I joked with friends that there was no way in Hell the City of Tampa would have the lights on when we arrived.  So first, huge thank you to everyone who hung out at the parking lot party until the issue was fixed.  As for the issue itself?  The city person who turns on the lights was there at 6:45pm.  However, they said they are not allowed to flip the switch until 7pm exactly.  Johnny is supposed to call the city this week to explain how 200 people hanging out in the dark is a safety issue, and to quit blowing smoke up our ass.  I'll update you later on how that conversation goes.

Other issues:
  • Field Set-Up:  With the help of Bull and D-10 people, we're going to get the fields a lot more consistent.  But I think the rush job we did once the lights finally came on worked out for last night.
  • Ants:  There are a few ant piles out there.   The city put killer on some, but we shall go take care of the others.  However... I didn't hear about any major complaints regarding them.  If we had Smithkey playing this year, this shit would have been taking care of already (Power Stance).
  • Refs:  We have one paid ref running each game, just like Kickball Society does... and they are learning many things on the job. Just go easy on them for awhile, and familiarize yourself with some of the rules to help them.  We NEED to start providing help at 1st and 3rd base.  I'm talking with Johnny about putting a team together to help.  Once they get to know us better, they'll trust our judgment.  Personally I like reffing our own games, but GKB wants to have the distinguished fact of providing the service to us.  Later, I'll post up some of the biggest rule confusions.
  • Yard of Ale:  I thought the change of pace was nice last night. Some people went back and forth to MacDinton's, and some WAKA kids even came to hang out with us.  However, the specials we got were NOT as promised.  The only Abita beer that was $2 was Purple Haze.  Apparently the General Manager who quoted us the deal was fired two weeks before our season started, so we're working with different people now.  I suggested to Johnny that he point out how 95% of the bar (which was packed) was wearing GOKickball shirts.  Any good General Manager can clearly see that we wear the pants, and should quickly expand their offer of $2 beers.  All of this being said... who didn't enjoy the $2 Yuengling?  I woke up without a dirty-ass-Miller-Lite-keg-beer taste in my mouth... and it was fabulous.  Also, the wait for karaoke is like 10 minutes... which is awesome.  Give YoA some slack while they figure it out, but don't forget we run this show.
Final notes...

If the season ended today there's only TWO teams you should be voting for Crystal Pitcher (or whatever we call it).  1) SuperBad... only because Frank and Sandra drive an hour each way for our games.  2) Off Constantly. Their entire team was at the bar singing and dancing past 11:30pm.  It wasn't until Bull and I got on stage to sing that they started leaving (not that I blame them).  Excellent showing by that group.

I hope last night made everyone 100% aware that we DON'T need a dictatorship mentality running our kickball league.  Did you see what happened in Egypt today?  18 days of protests finally ended a 30-year reign of their "president."  Now... they're undoubtedly going to fuck it up and promote some other asshole to power (it's human nature).  But we're only asking for a place to play, cheap booze to drink and a little coddling.  WAKA really Grorec-Dropped the ball on our simple requests, and we will continue to remind them.  In the meantime... isn't it nice to have kickball back?

Week 1 Picks Recap

Lots to post today... hopefully I'll be able to get to the recap on the night.  Here are the picks results:

Frank, Justin and Jim (Shockers) all missed 3 games.  Nate, Maria, Bull and Angie all missed 1 game.  Jim couldn't make the bar last night so be sure to collect from him next week.

There were a few upsets last night, so I think next weeks games are going to be quite difficult to select.

As I slowly chip away on the recap and announcements... please leave feedback on any issues you had.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

GKB Picks Week 1 -- CLOSED!!

With only 5 games each week... it's going to get pretty expensive for Caruso...


For the new people... here's how this works: Comment your winners of each game. I'll add you to the picks list. The person (or people) with the LEAST amount of correct picks owe the person (or people) with the MOST one drink. You may owe one... or you may owe 15+. Gambling is funny like that.

You have until Thursday at 4pm to make your selections.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

ESPN's GoKickball Gameday



Reece - Good morning kickball fans. The sun has yet to rise but the fans are out in force behind us. Glad to have you with us for this, the season debut of our brand new GoKickball Gameday coming to you from Tampa, FL. Alongside Dick Vitale, Digger Phelps and Jay Bilas; I'm Reece Davis. I'm proud to say that I'm recovered from Gasparilla and the 3 months of therapy in the offseason.
Announcer - Welcome to GoKickball Gameday, pouring drinks by Yard Of Ale
Digger - This is kickball. Get focused and fired up. We're back!
Vitale - Each week I'll talk about the sport I love, Kickball. It always presents excitement and many storylines, baby!
Bilas - There is so much positive energy as this brand new season begins today in a new league. The players and fans are all showing enthusiasm and jumping with joy as we countdown to chug-off.
Reece - Much more coming up after the break on this great day of kickball, including our selections.
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Reece - Welcome back fans. Two perennial top teams begin the season with a relative easy matchup. Will either of The Alcoballics or Superbad be upset tonight?
Bilas - Superbad is loaded and will dominate against a newly formed weak Drunk Again team.
Vitale - Alcoballics vs. Bunt Chasers is like comparing Whitney Houston to Christina Aguilera singing the National Anthem, a no contest. A mismatch Baby! I really think The Alcoballics are on a mission this year. They had a great run in the tournament last season. The key to their team this year is how quickly their new members can mature and fill some key veteran departures. They still have enough talent to beat the Bunt Chasers on the field and at the flip cup table.


Reece - Now for Thursday's Selections. First up on the slate is the defending tournament champion, Growlers vs. The Beer Nuts.
Bilas - I like the Growlers in this game with the versatility of their players. Their offense is stellar and they have an improved defense. I think they will respond well to playing with a big bulls-eye on their back as defending champions.
Digger - Stellar Defense? Not tonight Jay. I like The Beer Nuts in an upset. They can smell it, and they'll come in with that mentality.
Vitale - On the other side of that Digger, the Growlers are a multi dimensional team. From top to bottom they are sensational. They have the depth factor and I give them the edge tonight.


Reece - How about Homebase Heroes' vs. Off Constantly?
Digger - Both teams have the depth to really compete again and veterans coming back. Off Constantly had a down season, despite being near the top in runs while Homebase Hero's finished 2nd in the regular season. The Key for me was the pitching of Marvin for the Homebase Hero's last season. It's going to be hard to replace his experience early in the season, plus they had some defense lapses in the tournament. I think that potent Off Constantly attack reappears tonight. Off Constantly win.
Vitale - There could not be two more evenly matched teams in all of America then these two. Well you know when I look at this matchup the key word is Tempo. When you talk about Off Constantly, they want to play that up-tempo game, get lots of runs on the board and score, score, score. The Homebase Hero's defensive system is fully capable of shutting Off Constantly down. I think they are able to corral the OC attach tonight. This game will be Awesome with a capital A Baby!
Bilas - Both of these teams are loaded and play good kickball. I got Off Constantly tonight as they have that offensive edge & kick really well. They will make a statement to the league tonight that the Off Constantly Offensive Attack is still very dangerous and will not falter like last year.


Reece - And finally our game of week featuring Shockers vs. Ligers. It's that time you have been waiting for, whose team will Digger match his tie and highlighter too and what team will Dick Vitale be hanging out with. What an early matchup is in store for you tonight.
Bilas - It's a really difficult and balanced matchup. The Ligers have a talented team, but they are still in the process of learning how to win big games consistently. The Shockers are also a talented team who can get after you on the defensive side. Both teams are missing their starting pitchers from a year ago tonight. I have a feeling The Ligers are going to have a great game tonight, get the W and will be a major player this year. Look for the Ligers to make the final four, finally. My contract with ESPN states I have to make this disclaimer - That statement has nothing to do with the fact I wore blue in my playing days under Coach K down at Duke.
Digger - I agree with Jay that both teams are talented and this will be a tough matchup. However The Shockers get it done tonight and they also make a statement to the rest of the conference that despite missing several players to injuries, and work this season they will still be a factor. Never the less, I think they are going to beat up Ligers in runs and shut them down defensively.















Vitale - Both teams were near identical in the standings, stats and early tournament exits last season. I'm going with The Ligers because of two X-Factors. The first is the noise; those Ligersticks can be somewhat intimidating. The second is while both teams have several new players, it's the Shockers who have more talent to replace due to injuries. Even though the Shockers have 2 of my diaper dandies on their roster, they will be relied on early to replace a ton of talent this year. I think it takes this team 2 games to gel as a team. It will not be easy in Ligerville tonight, but it will be a great battle. What madness it is here with these Liger fans.















Reece - Enjoy your kickball Thursday

Wonder...

..if Johnny B can do trick shots? It's great that this guy is this accurate, and he is like the third string QB for UCONN!

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Monday, February 7, 2011

GKB Information

Alright kids... let's do this...

**THE SCHEDULE HAS BEEN CHANGED.  PLEASE REVIEW SINCE WEEK 1 WAS AFFECTED**

SCHEDULE
JW was nice enough to put the GKB schedule in Excel for us.  It is now located on this blog.  You'll notice that we will have an 8th week with match-ups to be determined.  Initially I got the league to agree to have the set of three games at 8:30pm.  However, GKB decided they wanted most teams to depart for the bar sooner than later. Their decision also helps with the clean-up, and getting people the Hell out of there on time.  I'm still trying to get them to change all Field #2 games at 8:30pm to Field #3.  But no big deal.  Also... there's been a few requests to have the distribution of early and late games to be evened out.  I'll let you know if they honor that.

FIELD SET-UP
Speaking of fields... here's how they should set up:


Those squares are like 110+ feet each side.  So believe me when I say we really shouldn't have much overlap in the outfields.


PARKING
Here are the two parking lots:



Both lots will require common sense parking.  Don't block anyone in.  Don't park like an asshole.  Your car isn't that cool.  Try to carpool the first week if you can, as I have no idea how tight everything will be.  You can also park in the neighborhood at your own risk.


RULES
GOKickball's rules can be found here.  Here is what we were allowed to change (novel concept, eh WAKA?), as well as some rules that differ from our previous league:

Munting - Captains unanimously voted to ban it.  It will be the head umpire's discretion if an actual kick was attempted.

Pitching - GKB allows the pitcher to run up past the mound BEFORE the ball is kicked.  Why do they allow this?  Because a league like ours hasn't abused it yet.  So we unanimously OUTLAWED this rule.  The pitcher must now stay behind the imaginary line from first to third until the ball is kicked (ie: no different than we're used to).

Balls and Strikes - Kickers are called out on the 4th strike.  EVERY foul ball is considered a strike.  So at most, the pitcher can only roll 7 pitchers.

Walking Rule - "If a player (male or female) is walked at any time and a female kicker is next at-bat in the lineup, the player automatically walks to 2nd base. If there are 2 outs, the female kicker next at-bat has the option of also walking to 1st base or kicking."

In-Field Fly - GKB ref's have the option of calling you a "douche" if you purposefully drop a fly ball in order to tag runners out.  This is 100% their discretion, and will result in all players being safe at their next base.

Tagging Up - There was some confusion at the captain's meeting, and some people were under the impression that you must wait for the ball to be caught before tagging up.  This however, is not true.  If Johnny did quote this rule incorrectly, I'm sure it was on accident.  The rule clearly states: "Runners can advance on a caught ball as long as the runner has tagged their original base after the ball was originally touched by any fielder... ...the runner can tag up once the first contact happens between fielder and ball."

I'm sure there are some other subtle differences, so make sure you read through the rules.

RAIN-OUTS
I've been told that GKB will only cancel a game due to lightning.  If this happens, I don't think they have a rain-out line set up... but I'll do my best to spread the word.

More to come later.

Pre-Season Power Rankings

Here are the pre-season rankings for week one.


Yes, I'm still waiting to get the complete schedule.  Yes, there might be a few kinks to work out.  As soon as I know things, you'll know things.

Later this week (maybe today) I'll be posting information on parking, field locations, rule variations and answers to the many questions I've been asked today. 

I anticipate a lot of this season to be worked out as we go.  We need to get used to a new league, just as the new league needs to get used to hosting 200 people who have played years of kickball.

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Yeagabombs 8=====D------> Growlers

Most of you have probably seen that there will be a new team called the Growlers in the league this season. It's not a new team, however. The Yeagabombs have been re-branded as the Growlers.

Some of you are probably thinking, "Oh yeah, most of them went to UF, I get it, it's like the Gator Growlers, that makes sense."



No, that's not it.

Maybe you're thinking, "They're the Growlers, like those containers that you'd use to store some delicious Jai Alai pale ale from Cigar City Brewing Company."




Nope, not that either.

We are the Growlers.




See you out on the playing field.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Awesome Truck Commercial

HAPPY FOGGY FRIDAY!

For all my blushing bride friends....

Darkness...

See, I never just did things just to do them. Come on, what am I gonna do? Just all of a sudden jump up and say I don't prefer Melvins, like it's something to do? Come on. I got a little more sense then that.


Yeah, I remember saying I don't prefer Melvins.

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Captain's Meeting / Meet and Greet

Just a reminder that the captain's meeting is tonight at 7pm at Yard of Ale.  While the captains hold a brief meeting, everyone else can allegedly enjoy $10 all you can drink Yuengling.  So... be there.  Get drunk.  Go across the street and moon WAKA.  When the cops arrest you for indecent exposure, you can pay your fine with straight cash, homie.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

MONSTER TRUCKS

I see there's a practice happening on Saturday, but perhaps after that y'all will want to continue partying. I have your solution: MONSTER JAM.

The OC will be tailgating, probably in the mall parking lot, and then going to watch monster trucks race around a track, smash cars, or whatever it is that actually happens at these things. This is my first one, but I know it's going to be awesome.

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I'll see everyone at the meet and greet.

Maybe next time we'll do school bus figure 8's...