Lee Martinez Park - Week 5 Highlights

Girls Love Big Kicks (Cactus Green) vs. 2 Legit 2 Kick (Athletic Gray): Kickball is supposed to be fun, right? At least during this contest, both teams seemed to get their “fun quotient” for the day!!! 2 Legit 2 Kick (aka the Zombie Doctors) came out with a defensive mindset, knowing they would have to rein in the heavy hitters on Girls Love Big Kicks’ squad. Through three innings, things were looking pretty good, with Katherine Meis's line drive catch at 3^rd base definitely qualifying as a highlight for 2 Legit 2 Kick. Unfortunately, when the 4^th inning rolled around, Girls Love Big Kicks brought out the heavy guns as Steve Walker crushed a grand slam to really open up things. Walker was followed by Drew Nelson’s solo home run to lead off the 5^th inning for Girls Love Big Kicks. Nelson secured game MVP honors with his many sure-handed snags at 3^rd base in addition to another 3-run home run in the top of the 6^th inning. In the end though, it’s all just FUN and GAMES. Girls Love Big Kicks wins 17-0.

Social License to Intoxicate (Carolina Blue) vs. Skies Out Thighs Out (Sapphire Blue): With the sun and sky out in full force on this fall evening, Skies Out Thighs Out made sure to show some extra thigh while dressing up as inappropriately garbed garden gnomes. The spectacle certainly seemed to bedazzle the quasi-food-themed Social License to Intoxicate, as Mac “Thunder Thighs” Fuller from Skies Out Thighs Out was able to crush an out of the park 2-run home run in the top of the 1^st inning to tie up the game. After 1^st inning though, Skies Out Thighs Out really struggled on offense as Social License to Intoxicate tried their best to avoid the other team’s distraction tactics. In the bottom of the 7^th inning, Social License to Intoxicate really stepped it up with Kevin “Thumb Warrior” Warner making a great finger tip grab catch for an out and Ryan “Double Trouble” Hollinshead completing a double play to end the game!!! Wowzza! Social License to Intoxicate wins 6-2.

KickTease (Red) vs. Muddy Wing Tippers (Charcoal): Once again KickTease proceeded to tease itself with just a 1-0 taste of the lead through two innings before the Muddy Wing Tippers would go on to score four runs in the 3^rd inning and never look back. On the defensive side of the ball for the first place Muddy Wing Tippers, Kelsey Blakkan-Strauss built a metaphorical house of bricks that kept KickTease from scoring by making a great catch to end the 3^rd inning . She followed that performance by completing another jaw-dropping catch to end the 4^th inning when KickTease had the bases loaded. The Captain for KickTease, Sara Atkinson, said after the game, “The Muddy Wing Tippers played great in their construction-themed outfits… Maybe next time though for theme week, we would play better if we didn’t have to run around with 15-pound pumpkins on our heads that blocked our ability to catch and kick the ball. Just a thought…” Now that’s a well thought out plan! Muddy Wing Tippers win 9-1.

Ballbarians (Cardinal Red) vs. Odd Balls (Purple): What a nailbiter! What a display of competitive spirit!!! Coming into this one, the Ballbarians were looking to rebound from a couple of tough losses the past two weeks, but the Odd Balls weren’t ready to concede defeat so easily. The Super Hero-themed Odd Balls really took their costumes to heart as they played with super strength and speed from the outset, as evidenced by Tom Torres’ inside the park home run in the 1^st inning. Going into the bottom of the 3^rd inning, the Odd Balls were winning 3-2, but then Ballbarians were able to harness the power of the ooze and sneak in two runs to take the lead as only a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle can. Now all they had to do was hold on for dear life…. Famed kickball enthusisast, Goldmember (from that one Austin Powers movie) was quoted as saying that both teams played “as tight as a tiger” throughout. In the end though, a particularly tight defensive outing in the 7^th inning sealed it for the Ninja Turtles. The Ballbarians win 4-3.