Monday, April 20, 2015

City Park - Week 3 Highlights

City Park Field 1

New Kicks on the Block (Sapphire Blue) vs. Wombat Mermaids (Kiwi Green): Kickball is a crazy game… But when you add-in 20-40 mile-per-hour gusts of wind that are blowing over cones, things get even crazier!!! This crazy contest started out promising for New Kicks on the Block as they loaded the bases in the top of the 1st inning, but the Wombat Mermaid’s new star pitcher Melvin “The Pistol” Anderson was able to eventually find the strike zone and get out of the inning with two consecutive great plays for outs. Then the Wombat Mermaids turned up the offense in the bottom of the 2nd inning with a two-run home run by Allen “The Golden Boy” Koprowski’s. Once again though, in the top of 3rd and 7th innings New Kicks on the Block loaded the bases, but the Wombat Mermaid’s defense led by Anderson’s MVP effort kept them at bay with the help of some double plays. Despite Jackie “The Road Runner” Berezoski’s impressive base running that scored a couple runs for New Kicks on the Block, the Wombat Mermaids proved they were better equipped to handle the elements on this night. Wombat Mermaids win 8-2.

City Park Field 2

Kicktease (Forest Green) vs. There’s Always Next Year (Tennessee Orange): For awhile there it looked like it might be another repeat of Kicktease’s soul-crushing...ok ruff loss from last week, but they really showed their determination in this one!!  All the veteran experience for both squads really slowed things down as both teams had a strategic game plan going in—catch the ball good and kick the ball hard. Unfortunately, the elements really hindered the flow despite a beautiful web gem double play with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 4th inning by Sean Blair and Andrew Miner from There’s Always Next Year. You can see the replay right here. This time though, Kicktease’s soul was not crushed. Kicktease wins 3-2.

City Park Field 3

Lunchbox Violators (Daisy Yellow) vs. Social License to Intoxicate (Orange): “If it wasn’t for that one inning…” is what a lot of Lunchbox Violators fans were saying after this game. Social License to Intoxicate jumped out to early lead on a 2-run home run in the bottom of the 1st inning, but things really got out of hand in the bottom of the 3rd inning… Let’s just say that there were so many home runs, that the official couldn’t keep track of individual stats, now that's violating! After the carnage was over, Social License to Intoxicate had scored 7 runs and was leading 9-1. Dicky V, ESPN college basketball analyst and kickball aficionado couldn’t contain himself when he screamed out, “Those PTPers (“Primetime Players”) on Social License to Intoxicate are so good, they should open up a clinic—they could even charge co-pays!!!” There was one bright spot for the Lunchbox Violators though—Brian Strock kicked two solo home runs in the top of the 3rd and 6th innings. Way to go Brian!  Social License to Intoxicate wins 10-3.

City Park Field 4


Odd Balls (Purple) vs. Left Sharks (Carolina Blue): In this matchup of experience versus youth, anything could happen… And it did! The Odd Balls jumped out to an early lead of 4-1 in the bottom of 2nd inning, but the Left Sharks quickly closed the gap and actually had the lead 7-5 going into the bottom of the 6th inning. Then Adam Davis of the Oddballs stepped up to the plate… And crushed a three run home run out of the park to take the lead!!! Thomas Torres, long time captain of the Odd Balls, said after the game, “Adam’s kick was so amazing, it brought a tear to my eye…” From there the Odd Balls were able to hold off Left Sharks.  Meanwhile, Nadia Fahoum, captain of the Left Sharks had this to say after the game: “I liked our team’s enthusiasm tonight, we seemed to stay in unison, and hey, we're Left Sharks!" then did a "mic drop" and walked away...we hear you can now buy Left Shark costumes...Theme Week is coming up!!  Odd Balls win 8-7.

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