Sunday Funday - Week 5 Highlights

That One Team vs. Mile High Kickballers:  To say that the Mile High Kickballers dominated on Sunday just doesn’t do the game justice… As usual, Brett Stanilka rocked his awesome mustache and pitched shut down ball.  Cary Kohout got on base consistently and Lacy Moore made the big kicks when it counted - one of those kicks came in the 3^rd when Mile High hit 5^th gear on offense and scored 3 runs to extend the lead to 5-1.   They added 2 more in the 7^th and finished up the game by giving up a run to the relentless That One Team.  Mile High Kickballers wins 7-2. 

Fresh Kicks of Ball Air vs. Ballsagna: Just like Mile High Kickballers, Fresh Kicks came into Sunday sporting a 4-0 record. Playing slightly shorthanded, they knew staying undefeated would be a challenge.  They met that challenge face on in the 1^st playing with only 2 outs on offense. Brandon Frawley managed to make his way home in the first to give Fresh Kicks an early lead.  But, that lead didn’t last long as defensive errors helped Ballsagna hang 3 runs in the inning and take a 3-1 lead.  Fresh Kicks quickly cut the lead to 1 in the 2nd but Ballsanga added another run in the 3^rd thanks to Dan Burdick and his crafty foot.  Fresh Kicks got that run back in the 4^th to cut the lead to 4-3 but it was at this point that both offenses went dormant.  Ballsanga wins 4-3.

Kevin Bacon vs. Wasted Talent:  Wasted Talent wins 3-0, forfeit.    

Sunday Funday - Week 4 Highlights

On a day where an NFL Sunday win was going to show us where the balance of the league was, we too were defined in our play.  Remember, everyone gets better if they work on it, and some teams have had 4 years to do it!!  Sunday Funday is by far our best kickball experience from weather, to teams, to games…ahhh what a relief it is to have Sunday Funday!!

Fresh Kicks of Ball Air vs. Wasted Talent:  Garrett Deheer showed up in this one – he started the game out with a 2-run HR, later smacked a solo shot, and then made an amazing diving catch in foul left for the out…Garrett here’s your game ball!!  Now go watch the Packers play terribly J!!  Deheer was followed by a 3-run shot by Brad “I don’t care unless I kick a homerun” Calloway, and another 3-run shot by Brandon Frawley.  Just remember, FKOBA all have soccer backgrounds, HOWEVER the kicking display in this one (meaning no bunting – all kicks), was probably the best we will see all year.  They would admit the results were great but they also deserve credit for it too…nice work Fresh Kicks…very impressive display of booting!!  Wasted Talent learned a ton in this game, and did put it into play late in the matchup, but FKOBA was on fire…no one would have beat this team in this game!!  Fresh Kicks of Ball Air wins 12-1. 

Kevin Bacon vs. Mile High Kickballers:  Kick off your Sunday shoes, dammit!!! At least these gals should, maybe that would slow them down a bit!  Mile High DEFINITELY laces up their shoes on Sunday Funday and puts on a “How to bunt effectively, efficiently, and effortlessly WHILE still being a lady” seminar…come out this Sunday to see it again!!  Followed by, “How to play error free kickball with style, sophistication, and spunk!!”  These leading ladies started their matchup on a wonderful Sunday morning getting through their lineups twice in 2 innings and scoring 7 runs.  Yes, we have moments from the “lesser halves” on this team too, but we definitely know who wears the pants…but we’ll still give credit to Stanilka’s running, beer-in-hand catch in foul territory…always impressive, this kid is…opponents breathed WTF when he caught that ball…Stanilka, you are now confined to beers in BOTH hands!!  Kevin Bacon mounted a come back late and scored 1, but Mile High ran the clinic.  Mile High Kickballers wins 10-1.

  

Ballsagna vs. That One Team:  This was definitely the game of the week!!  Dan Burdick got Ballsagna on the right track with an RBI single and later scored to get Ballsagna the early lead 2-0.  That One Team instantly responded with 2 runs of their own and suddently we had a game on our hands!!  Justin Spanbauer of TOT and Dan Burdick of Balls both pitched excellent bouts in this match up – Justin has a low right-handed delivery that cuts the ball to the right-footed kickers inside corner, and Dan has a higher left-handed delivery with an extra “tweak” at release that sends the ball into turbulence!!  The Ballsagna group kept their focus in this one and didn’t abort from their original game plan…executing great ball placement and aggressive base running to give them more opportunities to score!!  This is exactly what happened, and even against the stylistic pitching of Spanbauer, scored 2 more runs to go up 4-2 in the 5th inning.  Even the “people from the newspaper” were commenting about the togetherness of Ballsagna – we were impressed and Manager of the Year comments were swirling for skipper, Ashley Moore.  Of course, it’s not over until…well, in this case for GO Kickball, the bottom of the 7th inning is completed and the score is tied – duh!  Going into the bottom of the 7th inning the score was 4-2 Ballsagna and many of the fans were even gathering their items for departure.  However, the TOT crew had another plan and they went to work!  TOT was able to get base runners and score 1 to cut the lead to 1 run…Spanbauer came up, took 1 and fouled 1, on the 3rd pitch he smacked the ball in the gap scoring 1.  Then Hallie Myers came up, the crowd was going crazy, everything went into slow motion like it was a movie, and Hallie belted a 2-run walk off for the win, the celebration-pandemonium started!!  That One Team wins 5-4.

Sunday Funday - Week 3 Highlights

That One Team vs. Fresh Kicks of Ball Air:  Although this game ended up being close, the game was decided before it even started with a forfeit due to an ineligible team.  If any of you know a few guys and girls that would like to come out and play some kickball on Sunday, we have a team in need here.  Players getting married, Honeymoons, and shenanigans are not helping out That One Team as of late…let us know if you have someone to participate!!  Fresh Kicks of Ball Air wins 3-0.

Kevin Bacon vs. Ballsagna:  The real winner in this game was Kevin Bacon because they kept their clothes on!!  Ballsagna was showing skin all over the place, admittedly Dan’s abs were impressive, but we had boobs hanging out and the “evasive balls” were just too much (inside joke for some).  Wanna talk about “evasive balls,” Ballsagna scored 19 runs in this one!!  Mat Peterson dropped a ball on right field with his left foot for a 2-run shot in this one and we knew at that point it was all Ballsagna for dinner in this one!  Ballsagna wins 19-0.

Mile High Kickballers vs. Wasted Talent:  Both teams cordially shook hands to start this one out, but really we think they were sizing the competition up.  Each team scored 1 run in the 1st inning and then we waited for a couple innings to see what would happen…was anyone going to score in this one again?!!  Then, the on slot of runs came for Mile High…it’s always the one inning that makes the difference – trust us, WE KNOW.  The one inning where the base runners are aggressive, errors start happening, and the defense starts throwing the ball all over…that’s the one inning that makes the difference.  Kickball 101, the team that goes through the whole game without having this “one bad inning,” is usually the victor in a close matchup and that is what happened in this one.  Mile High capitalized on the bad inning by scoring 5 runs to take a commanding lead… and never looked back.  Mile High Kickballers wins 8-2.

Mile High Kickballers vs. Ballsagna:  Mat Peterson came to the mound in this one and was pitching some sick curves…however, Mile High was how high?!?  “Mile High!” After winning their tournament in California the weekend before, we’re not sure if these gals (and guy(s)) are coming down from that high any time soon!!  Players and teams beware!!!  Out of 6 innings to score in, Mile High scored in 5!  Dan Linn made a great cameo appearance for the team, and we took a pic to prove it…check it out!!  This Mile High crew is going to be tuff all year!!  Mile High Kickballers wins 11-1.

Sunday Funday - Week 2 Highlights

Kevin Bacon vs. Fresh Kicks of Ball Air:  Is there anyone who isn't connected to Kevin Bacon in one way or another?  Even the Indianapolis Colts are!!  They joined Bacon for this game as they were in Denver to take on The Broncos for the NFL's season opener...now this was a classy bunch of folks!!  Thanks Colts fans for being a part of our Sunday Funday!!  We met a new fella who quickly became known as "Pepperdine," and he showed us his AMAZING chugging skills...and made some great catches on the field as well!!  Pepperdine, Pepperdine, Pepperdine!!!  A ball was hit SO hard in this one it actually exploded...we're gonna blame Nate Trujillo on that one...usually it's the kicks before the actual one that the does the damage and Nate has one heck of leg.  It was all blue and white skies with red balls flying when Nate was kicking the ball...made us all proud to be an American (check out Instagram)!!  Finally, a new pitcher pitched for Fresh Kicks!!  This seemed to improve moral over all for the day since Frawley is just too good!!  However, Anthony Domenico still pitched 4 scoreless innings in this one and managed the Baconapolis team.  We were still impressed by the flavor of Baconapolis, only playing together for the first time this week against a very seasoned Fresh Kicks team.  Fresh Kicks of Ball Air win 8-3.

Wasted Talent vs. That One Team:  Wasted Talent came in support of Matt Prater this week and for that we thank you!!  We have decided to reach out to Prater as well, we want to free him as well...we just wanna see him kick once!!  TOT's were hot to start in this one and scored 2 runs right out of the gate.  Speaking of tots, we'll be back...sounds good for lunch.................................................
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We're back, and starting in the 3rd inning!!  Holy smokes tot's were good, but not AS good as Wasted Talent was in the 3rd inning...super aggressive base running and great ball placement scored 3 in this inning and WT was on top 3-2.  TOT's answered the next inning scoring 1 and may have scored more but WT's Jeff Wilkens made an amazing, diving catch to end the inning...we had ourselves a tie ballgame!!  TOT's put some "extra cheese" on the playing field bringing in heavily sot after recruit Dominique Hubert to play and that payed off as Hubert ran the base in record time in the bottom of the 5th scoring the winning run.  Players questioned whether or not he actually touched all the bases so we sent it to ESPN for replay.  They tried to slow it down and couldn't tell, so then we sent it to NASA for study (why NASA is better than ESPN we're not sure) and it was confirmed, he did touch all the bases and score.  TOT's shut down The Talent for the next 2 innings, thanks in part, to fantastic pitching from Justin Spanbauer...very impressive sir!!  That One Team wins 4-3.

Ballsagna vs. Fresh Kicks of Ball Air:  Welcome back Ballsagna!!  Now this game was filled with amazing D!!  Ballsagna got on board in the 2nd inning with extremely aggressive base running...these guys and gals are fast!!  Ballsagna was destined to score more, but Garrett Deheer made an amazing diving grab to end the inning...nice work Garrett!!  Fresh Kick answered right back with 3-runs of their own thanks to Anthony Domenico's 2 RBI smack and then came around to score.  Neither team scored again, but this game was filled with excitement the whole way...look to see if these two teams face each other again, we're sure to get ESPN out here.  Fresh Kicks of Ball Air wins 3-1.

Sunday Funday - Week 1 Highlights

It was a beautiful Sunday morning at Cuernavaca, perfect skies, perfect highs, and the perfect breeze.  As a normal group of Sunday ballers rolled in, we were all a little discombobulated…weren’t we just finishing up summer?  Some of us refusing alcohol due to the evening before and some starting out where they’d left off!! J We laced them up and got straight as can be, for about an hour!  A lot of us had our sights on Blake Street but knew we had to muster up some competitive moxie, and we did, like we always do…

 Mile High Kickballers vs. That One Team:  We aren’t judging this week, we’re just glad to have been out on the field.  Kay Kamienski was heading Mile High and Justin Anderson had That One Team and we were bringing it all together.  Mile High started the game and kicked through their order in the 1st as That One Team had a tuff time snagging that ball!!  Before we knew it Mile High was out to a 9-0 lead in the top of the 1st!!!  Again, let’s just focus on the fact that we were out there, on a beautiful Sunday, there were hints of lilac in the air, a lot of us had a kinda weird stare (minus the parents – up and at em!!), and (thanks GKB) no t-shirts to wear!!  There was a “don’t call it a comeback,” idea/moment for That One Team…but really, how do you comeback from a 9-0 deficit in k-ball.  Mile High Kickballers win 17-7.

Kevin Bacon vs. Wasted Talent:  To be talented and wasted is to be a Sunday Funday Baller!!  A perfect fit for the group who easily dominated Cup In Hand AND continue to play that way!!  KB was just getting their team formed and we were stoked to have them, but they were still learning each others names (not really), but it was a last minute get together.  This game, had hints of booze, dogs, and fireball with a touch of nasty ‘N’ word rap in the background…you know, the kind of park experience you take mom too!  The Talent had 15 runs in 4 innings and started getting the grill ready.  KB is re-grouping on their week off for Labor Day and planning on coming out sizzling on the 7th…be ready!!  Wasted Talent wins 18-2.