Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Week 1 Picks

I guess picks are back too this season. Choose the winner of each game... write some commentary... win free beer.

If you're new to the blog and lurking, come out of the damn closet and join in the fun.

18 comments:

Paul said...

Ligers over Little's Giants - It's almost like the Ligers have someone on the inside that set up a nice easy win to start the season right. Kinda like VA Tech playing the Austin Peay Governors this season.

Toejammers over Shockers - Would really like to see the Shockers win....just not going to happen

Growlers over OC - Growlers dominate everything

Alcoballics over Jacked-up - Really pissed that I play at the same time and can't "scout" some players on the Jacked-up team

Superbad over Sit on my base. I have no idea if CJ is playing and whether this game will start a season long argument about the angle of a pitchers arm. Either way Superbad wins.

Pitches be Crazy over Thee Beer Nuts. After a very poor showing in the summer playoffs PBC comes out firing

Smooty said...

Ligers v. Little's Giants
Ligers win easy. Don't need to see the pink team play. Has there ever been a good kickball team that wears pink?

ToeJammers v. Shockers
Even though they are NOT reigning GoKickball champions, the Jammers still win.

Jacked Up v. Alcoballics
Ballics have a bunch on newbies on their team, while Jacked Up got some practice over the summer. Jacked Up wins.

Growlers v. Off Constantly
Not only do the Growlers dominate everything, they also beat Off Constantly.

SuperBad v. Sit on My Base
SoMB will be preoccupied with getting their ransom from the "Black Team". That coupled with the fact that SuperBad is way better of a team means that Superbad wins. Probably going to be one of those 15-0 ass whoppin's.

THEE Beer Nuts v. Pitches Be Crazy
Going back and forth on this one. This isn't a tournament game, so PBC can actually win it. However, PBC has too many newbies on their team. TBN win.

JD said...

Ligers d Little Giants. Chandler remembers when the movie came out, which was around the time most people stopped wearing visors.

TJ's d Shockers. TJ's finished their 2-a-days yesterday and broke camp. They lost their opener last year (to the #9 ranked team appearantly), and won't let that happen again.

OC d Growlers. Beardface loses his shit when Rob has him intentionally walked. He then steals second, third and home for the winning run. It's allowed because noone wants to deal with him.

Ballics d JU. Jacked-up too distracted from the creepy old guys hitting on them. Over-under on restraining orders this season set at 14.

Superbad over Sit on my base. Superbad became the best reality show last season. My favorite character is CJ.

Beer Nuts over PBC. We are regretting the decision to make Josh our new GM. He thought having the slowest player in the history of kickball wasn't enough, so he went out and got her twin sister. We also have something called a Chas on our team....bet he wears a visor. At least we can ride on all the roller coasters, Nate!

Nate Dawg said...

What happened to the idea where you had to pick an upset?

Chandler said...

Ligers - The Ligers "randomly" get to face a new team week 1... just like Frank is "randomly" kicking lead-off for SuperBad.

Jammers - Shocker Rob's quest for a participation trophy begins this week!

OC - One of the OC girls will try to trip Queen Jess as she rounds the bases. The fight that follows will be bloody... with Beard Face coming out on top. After the donnybrook, the OC will blame Rollo for everything that happened.

Ballics - Today is Gorecki's first full day in "Atlanta." So he isn't scheduled to return and ruin the 'Ballics season until at least week 6.

Supa - SuperBad's goal of not taking kickball seriously until the playoffs will last 3 weeks, until they play the Shockers and erupt in anger. Good thing they play bad teams until then.

Beer Nuts - I don't trust Josh's free agent skillz. And after Nate pitches douchey, all of PbC's girls will quit mid-game.

Chandler said...

Nate... totally forgot about that. And it's an excellent idea.

How about we start that week 2.

Nate Dawg said...

Week 2 heard.

Ligers over Little's Giants -
Not sure who Little is or how big his Giants are but being a new team going against a veteran team you always have to go with experience. This marks the 2nd straight season where the Ligers have played the new team to the league in week 1. Interesting...

Shockers over Jammers -
Shockers gotta win something eventually...right?!?!

Ballics over Jacked Up -
Ballics go back to their winning ways without Gorecki there to be dropping balls...although a certain 6'11" individual could take over that role...Ballics still win in a close one.

Growlers over Off Constantly -
This will be a good game to watch, I have to give the edge to a Growlers team that has been on an amazing run and the OC will give up a couple costly runs early to lose a close one.

SuperBad over Sit on My Base - Random lineup or not; CJ or not; the former Blue Barricudas are no match for Supa's experience and talent. Frank and Sandra's farewell tour kicks off with a win.

TBN over PBC -
What I lack in height I will make up for in douchey pitching...hope PBC enjoys...

Fat Kid said...

Ligers over Little's - 2nd straight year the Ligers open up with the newbie team and second year they start off shit hot until self imploding later in the season. But for now, Ligers win.

Shockers over Jammers - you heard me.

OC over Growlers - Growlers like to drink and have "fun" (what is that?) during kickball and that is not a recipe for success (or so ive been told by my Jammer leadership)

Jacked Up over Alco- Going out on a limb here and picking Jacked for the simple reason that they were terrible last season and had a blast at it. This season, they will have a horrible time winning.

Supa over SomB - Supa starts off the undefeated farewell season with a defensive win behind CJs arm. CJ also shaved his beard to fool all the ladies that have filed restraining orders on him. Let see if it worked...

PBC over TBN - PBC ranked so low? They still have Mr. Everyone takes kickball so serious except me Deeks, right? PBC wins on a fluke play at the end of the game.

trinihic said...

I'm bacccckkkk... lol
Ligers over Lil G - Chandler looking to bring equality back to his team of vanilla, with some chocolate Reid love.. :)

Growlers over OC - Jess kicks ass and that's about it.. Rest of the team may figure out how to have as much fun as she does with the rest of us.. Beardface doesn't have one anymore.. can we call him something else?

Alcoballics... WIN WIN WIN

I'll pick the upset here - Sit on My Base over Supa...

PBC over TBN - Deek sweat over everyone is enough for this came to almost be called due to inclement weather...

laters... your fav Trini Princess.. :)

J.W. said...

Hi, everybody! It's been a while since I've contributed here, but after not being happy with WAKA again the OC has rambled back to the more comfortable, if not flooded, fields by DeSoto Elementary. This was also spurred by OC leadership spending the summer in the "fun" league and learning what it's like to not be complete ass holes all the time. Shout out to those still Balling So Hard. On to the picks!

Ligers v. Littles Giants

If the LG's didn't type it possessively, I won't either. I believe the Ligers have improved their roster aesthetically so that's pretty cool. Just like everyone else, I have no idea what the little giants are, but they'll probably have the toughest schedule of anyone because they can't play themselves. Ligers cruise with a "luckily" scheduled warm up game. What happened, Johnny? DeSoto Elementary's 3rd grade team's bed time is too early?

Jammers v. Shockers

Seems all I've heard is how great the Jammers are anymore, but last I remember they were older than everyone else and injured. DeSoto Elementary school fountain of youth? Probably just dropped the really old folks and upgraded personnel. They win anyway.

Growlers v. OC

Back to back seasons playing the arrogant black team in week 1 (BND in Big Guava over the summer). Our roster is full of old balls now that even I've hit 30, and beardface now doesn't even have a beard. Beyond that, all of our pitchers throw sidearm. Way too much respect in the power rankings. Growlers win against a hobbled and old OC.

Ball licks v. Jacked Up

Somehow Jacked Up took us to the wire over the summer. Probably because we're old balls. Ball licks are also old balls, so I predict a close win for them.

Supa v. SoMB

SoMB is a ton of fun, but I don't see them winning without the labradoodle puppy mascot. Supa wins pretty easily.

PbC v. TBN

I don't know who's on TBN or PbC anymore, so I'm just going to pick PbC because Deeks can still kick the ball a mile.

!! HOT TUB PARTY TODD !! said...

Ligers over Little's Giants -
I know nothing about pink teams except what everyone else already does. This is my one and only fun game of the season until Uncle Chan & Johnny put the clamp down on !!HTPT!!

Shockers over Jammers -
Shockers are serving up a very competitive line-up, probably have 3 of the best chicks in the league. Jammers have lost a certain special chemistry… let’s say softball fever… that not even the most man-love between Griff, Ruben and Christian road tripping to a nationals tourney can make up for.

Ballics over Jacked Up -
It’s good to see Jacked up back in GoKB…. It’s good to see them anyway you can.

Off Constantly over Growlers
Game of the WEEK- O.C. tops growlers in which revenge will most likely be served in the championship game of the year.
Wish they stuck with the Orange color from WAKA, however.

SuperBad over Sit on My Base - Frank tried to hype up the believability of Random lineup with a facebook posting of it… although I give him an A in effort for trying, it’s like OJ still saying he’s searching for the real killers. This game will be like shooting Barricudas in a barrel.
SoMB gets my crystal pitcher vote already, this team’s reputation precedes itself.

PBC over TBN -
This was supposed to be an epic game of 2 of my former Debauchery team-mates... Litman was going to wear a TEAM ERYCA t-shirt, and I a TEAM STEPHANIE (which I had handy from last years Liger – Ballic drama) as these 2 duke it out. Then Stephanie moved away to be Tara’s boss or something…. TEAM ERYCA rolls.

!! HOT TUB PARTY TODD !! said...

Growlers over Off Constantly -
yeah, I just read JW's post, and OC barely beat a weaker SHOCKER team in WAKA's tourney... crunched some numbers.... going with Growlers.
There will be no tourney rematch. Still game of the week however.

Mabancroft said...

Ligers v. Little's Giants

The Ligers are the real giants in this one. Ligers win.

ToeJammers v. Shockers

Jammers are old. Word on the street is that we have a few players in the early stages of dementia, but they haven't forgotten how to win just yet (maybe next season). Jammers win.

Jacked Up v. Alcoballics

The newbies can't be any worse than the players they replaced.

Growlers v. Off Constantly

Will the real defending champs please stand up?

SuperBad v. Sit on My Base

CJ still pitches illegally. As long as CJ pitches illegally SB wins.

THEE Beer Nuts v. Pitches Be Crazy

PBC wins, even though they don't care about winning since its just kickball (until you beat them, then they care).

Litman said...

Totally hung over and forgot about picks....

Ligers over Pink
Jammers over Shockers
Growlers over Beating Off
Supa over Sit On My Base
PBC over TBN.

I really wanted to pick sit on my base because I like the name. Well I don't really care about the name but I like what it means? Ligers will win and I'm going to welcome the pinkies to the league by totally trucking one of their girls on the team but totally making it look like an 'accident' at the same time. Might as well make it two years in a row. I'm hung over.

Jess said...

Ligers v. Littles Giants
Ligers climb the Power Rankings after they destroy LGs in this cupcake of a first game. Then Chandler will have no reason to tell DPT to go fuck itself…although he’ll continue to jack off anyways...
Jammers v. Shockers
I really wish neither team would win but Jammers pull out a close one in a game sure to be filled with arguments and yelling
Jacked up v. Ballics
Ballics serve a “Welcome Back to GKB” loss on a silver platter to Jacked up
Growlers v. OC
We shake off the rust that has accumulated over the month off and beat Off Constantly. I think I’m going to pick OC to lose every week just so I can say that every teams beats off constantly
Superbad v. SoMB
Superbad rolls over Sit on My Base. SoMB consoles themselves with a 6 foot party sub, case of beer and a sweet labradoodle puppy …or so they think
TBN v. PBC
TBN will need one of those toilet paper helmets to dry their eyes after they are handed a tough loss by Deeks and the other Pitches

Griff said...

Picks are back...which means productivity at the office goes bye-bye...

Ligers v. Littlest Giants
Give a man a fish, he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish for chicken, and he'll join your team for life. Big Blue made some off-season moves to right the ship....but the ship still needs a captain. Don't really know anything about the LG's, but I'm sure they'll make the Ligers look like an early season favorite again.

Toejammers v. Shockers
The pressure is on for the Shockers to win tonight...they could be looking at 0 in the pink - 4 in the stink with Growlers, PBC, and Supa all in line after Soul Glo. Leaving them one finger away from officially being re branded as the Fisters. The TJ's revamped their roster this season with some young(er) talent, leaving them with just 3 players over the age of 30, meaning absolutely nothing to the injury-prone moniker. Soul Glo still wins, despite a member of "jammer leadership" currently in denial.

Jacked up v. Ballics
Jacked up has some experience under their belt now so I think they are poised for a victory tonight. And by experience I mean all the guys in the league. I have a feeling this pick come back to haunt me...

Growlers v. OC
The OC wins this close one because the OC never fields a weak team during the "prime" kickball seasons. I think their pre-season power ranking is legit (until I see them in person). I heard about the Growlers getting trophy-jacked after this summer...to quote the kidnapper: "..A king really isn't a king without his crown.."

Supa v. Sit on my base
According to Frank's Supa-random Supa-lineup, CJ is only pitching in inning #3, while other "supa-random" guys pitch the rest of the game. Then there's Sit on My 'Cuda, rollin in with their SOMB-green trophy (making them the summer champs?). This could be a close one...but I got Supa winning based on hypeness alone. HYPE!

TBN v. PBC
TBN still crushes brews, but Deeks Be Crazy still crushes kickballs. PBC wins.

Alison said...

Ligers v. Littles Giants
Griff’s comment about teaching a man to fish for chicken is amazing. I’m not even going to compete with that. I think the Ligers will be better than the Power Rankings showed this season.

ToeJammers v. Shockers
While it sounds like the Shockers may have added some talent I doubt they’ll be a well-formed team in this first game to take down the Jammers.

Jacked Up v. Alcoballics
Welcome back Jacked Up! We are going to beat you tonight.

Growlers v. Off Constantly
I need to find out who is giving away Labrodoodle puppies because I want one. Oh yeah…the Growlers looked good over the summer and the OC will still be getting their GKB-legs back. Definitely GOTW, though.

SuperBad v. Sit on My Base
I hope Supa keeps it fun to welcome SoMB to their first Fall season. They were lots of fun as the Blue Barracudas over the summer so it’s sure to be a HYPE time. Is it still random if you know who will be pitching during particular innings?

THEE Beer Nuts v. Pitches Be Crazy
Now that Nate is refusing to lead the TBN ship they are in uncharted waters. Will they be able to take down PBC? Probably not. Especially in August…that is the height of DeekSweat season.

RÜBS said...

Ligers v. Littles Giants
Littles Giants? don’t care. Ligers + Eeyores + Rain Cloud = That new fun team smell cancelled for the season.
*Winner-Dylan

Jammers v. Shockers
Jammers are old. Rob is older. Second oldest and second worse match up of the day.
*Winner-Dylan

Jacked up v. Ballics
Jacked newish, Balics have newish rules. This game has the new shitty game smell.
*Winner-Dylan

Growlers v. OC
Game of the Week, Most Unpleasant to Ref and Future Rule Changes Game, Trifecta! Congrats! OC > Summer League “champs”
*Winner-Dylan

Superbad v. SoMB
Conveniently random wins conveniently and conveniently they have to explain they are fun.
*Winner-Dylan

TBN v. PBC
Acronym v Acronym. I’ll take a vowel please Pat.
*Winner-Dylan

*top five kickballers of all time: Dylan, Dylan, Dylan, Dylan AND Dylan.