Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Wednesday - Cuernavaca Park - Regular Kickball - Week 1

Banzai Lightning vs. Team GRIT:

We’ll always know where the Banzai crew is due to their “firefly like” colored shirts!!  On top of that, teams will definitely get to know them if this type of scoring keeps up…we’ll see them buzzing around the bases quite often!  No one was more frustrated than Ashley Reasner for GRIT, as she let us all know inning after inning that Banzai kept missing the bases (not really, but seriously, but no not really), however, ya gotta try anything when a team is scoring at will!!  Banzai was the highest scoring team of the night (outside of Cup In Hand play), so well see how they fare against Put It In The Bunt this week.  Team GRIT started out the bottom of the 2nd inning getting the bases loaded but was stymied by the lock down Banzai D and weren’t able to record a run.  In the top of the 3rd inning, Banzai Firefly was on a scoring rally and Muki Matsiga put a stop to it by making an amazing throw from right center to hit the runner going to 2nd…now that’s a great play nominee!  Ok, ok Banzai…we know your team name, don’t be mad at us…Banzai Lightning has put their footprint on Wednesday Cuernavaca, but we’ll see what happens next week!  Banzai Lightning wins 18-1.

Punani Patrol vs. Step Parents: 

Fans, managers, and referee’s were nervous in this one to start as Punani’s Andrew Rohr came into this matchup with flavorful amount of liquid courage…this guy doesn’t need anymore courage…we were all shaking in our tennies and the referee almost gave him a flagrant 1 foul!  Wait, have we been watching too much of the NBA Finals…you can see his shenanigans here!  Scott Klien for Punani put his crew on the board in the top of the 1st inning with an RBI Single.  In the bottom of the 3rd inning Step Parents’ Jeremy Wagner tied the game up with a solo blast!!  He may have been able to score twice!!  Step Parents had another opportunity to score again, but Punani made an unbelievable relay from left field that included the left fielder kicking the ball in (normally never works) along with 3 other players to get the player at the plate…truly impressive!  From there, Punani turned on the afterburners with RBI singles from Kelsey, Andrew, Jeff, and Steph along with a SAC from Tony Lusk and in a matter of 3 innings Punani had scored 9 runs…we’re putting this group at the top of the list barring they show up consistently as a group!  They’ll have the game of the week next week…. can’t wait to see the outcome!  Punani Patrol wins 10–1.

Your Pitch Makes My Kick Hard vs. Don’t Stop Ballieving:

The ladies dominated this game defensively, but then again, don’t they always!  Shortstop, Julia Ingall for Your Pitch made an unbelievable line drive snag in the bottom of the 1st inning that made us all start believing that Don’t Stop Ballieving didn’t have a chance in this one…now that was tuff to write…kinda confused myself now!  Anyway…Don’t Stop’s Jenna Huelskamp kept Your Pitch from scoring more in the top of the 3rd inning by grabbing a liner at 2nd and throwing to 1st to get the runner not even thinking of tagging – he didn’t give you a chance Jenna, nice catch…gotta RESPECT those gals!  Then in the next inning, 2nd basewoman Rayleigh Boles for Your Pitch made every single out of the inning…HEY, don’t kick it to that gal!!!  Nice job Rayleigh!  Going into the bottom of the 6th inning, Your Pitch had a 4-2 lead with Don’t Stop up to bat.  Don’t Stop Ballieving (we would never), went on to score 4 in the bottom of the 6th, thanks in part to Zac Vidlocks right-center gap shot that scored the last 2 to take the lead…talk about clutch Zac!!  Don’t Stop closed out the top of the 7th with lockdown D and the comeback victory was completed!  Don’t Stop Ballieving wins 6-4.

Dice vs. Put It In The Bunt:


For those trying to compete in kickball, let’s introduce the SAC fly!!  It is one of the most effective ways for scoring in kickball and Dice does it 1st by getting runners on base and in position then Justin (coach) gives the signal – indicator is left ear lobe then left arm sleeve, right arm sleeve, top chest drag, direction point for where he wants the ball to go, and clap – but that was just this past week!!  You won’t know the signal this week!!  SAC fly’s by Ben Henrick and Chris Allard would have won this game however, Chris Allard also had an RBI Triple and John Graffam had 2 RBI singles.  Well that only equals 5 so somewhere in that mix Dice recorded 2 more runs!  While Dice has the #1 defense in Colorado and this is a craft that has taken many years to harness, following their offensive strategy is something everyone can do with the right direction.  Put It In The Bunt is an awesome team that few can beat and only with discipline could you…Dice has a proven methodology that many don’t want to reach, but could you??  Dice wins 7-0.

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