Monday, October 24, 2011

Next Season

The Fall 2011 GOKickball season has officially come to an end with an awesome end-of-season party at Wings Gone Wild. Thanks to all those who attended, participated in flip-cup, sang countless hours of karaoke, bought charity shots and went to the Red Dog after party.

Speaking of flip-cup... the Alcoballics won their 2nd championship (in as many years) by defeating a few really good teams in dramatic fashion. Not even Gorecki's 8-flips could deny this team their destiny. Considering the final was Alcoballics vs. Alcoballics, it's safe to say they're currently the team to beat.

Alcoballics. Flip-Cup Champions.

DPT isn't sure how much money was raised for Ruben's marathon, but hopefully he'll comment the final number so we'll all feel better about ourselves. We truly do have one of the most charitable groups in Tampa, so a big thanks to everyone who continues to donate hard-earned money to good causes.

Good pic of the kickball champs: SuperBad.

So let's talk about NEXT season.

We will once again be working with GKB in the off-season to further improve their kickball product. This season was very smooth, which is mostly attributed to an oak tree not falling and destroying the field lights. The refs were vastly improved as well. There were a couple of new teams who survived, and we've heard talk of other new groups wanting to join the league.

The next season will start in the beginning of February. Registration will open November 14th, and you will have two weeks to sign up before it's open to anyone else. That's a week longer than usual, due to the league being full last season.

We're also working on getting a 10/11 flex game schedule for an additional $5. Under this plan, you'll have 10 scheduled games and a one week buffer for a rain-out. If there are no rain-outs (there usually aren't in the winter) you'll play the 11th game. For the liberal arts majors out there, this means you play every team in the league during the regular season... all while the cost per game decreases.

If you have any reasonable suggestions for league improvements, let your voice be heard. GKB people read this blog so they'll see it.

Keep an eye out for winter parties and other events during the off-season!

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Bonus Stat
Here's a fun exercise for your WAKA friends. Let's say you play on Off Constantly, and you sign up for all three of WAKA's seasons (Bayshore in winter and fall, Guava in summer). The winter and fall leagues are 8 games long, and summer has 7 for some reason. Both cost about $74. By the end of the year you'll have paid $222 for 23 regular season games, compared to the $110 for GKB's proposed 22-game schedule. Unbelievable. Next time we'll break down the horrible competition in that over-priced league, and why one veteran team is thinking about switching to GKB (even though we might not have room for them).
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4 comments:

YellowBird said...

"If you have any reasonable suggestions for league improvements, let your voice be heard."

I assume having condoms available at the field for openly gay intercourse in the parking lot wouldn't be considered a "reasonable" suggestion. Guess Charlie, Chan, Huffman & myself will have to just make due.

Congrats, Ballics, SuperBad, Ligers (shouldv'e been PBC) and all heterosexual players.

JD said...

Since only a couple of FBS teams are truly eligible for the Crystal Pitcher, how about throwing a bone to the Boise State's in the league?

After being shunned, PBC is changing our ways. No more chest bumps, baserunner rapes and “shots for failure”. We will focus on becoming a bitter and vengeful group of dicks with a single focus of winning kickball games by any means necessary.

In that spirit we’ll have our own award for the team that least pisses us off. Only teams eligible are Growlers, YDNADTSD, IHT, whatever’s left of Teneille’s team and whatever team replaces PHDivas. Basically if you’re reading this, your team is excluded. Chandler and Yellow are eligible for the all-star team, but their teams are still banned. See you on the field, assholes!

......and I endorse YellowBird's suggestions of condom availability for gay intercourse.

Chandler said...

You can fight it all you want... but the Ligers are still leading the campaign to right the wrongs.

I still blame Gorecki.

YellowBird said...

I appreciate Deek's endorsement almost as much as I appreciate his sweet (but very sweaty) butt cheeks.

Everything is Ball/Rhyme Dropping Gorecki's fault. The economy, natural disasters, taxes, lack of condoms at the field for gay intercourse in the parking lot and most importantly Crystal Pitcher balloting.