The regular season came and went quicker than that time Kenny Powers slept with a Miller Lite Girl.
unrelated clip of Kenny and Ashley Shaffer - that's what we do here.
It has become apparent that recruiting and building a strong team in the off season has become more important than ever.
The Owlz are a good example of this they did an ok job of recruiting a fairly competitive team, the Sox got better two solid pitchers as well,
The Hurricanes went from laughingstock to the Fightin' Rafalski's and a title contender in one winter, and the Ducks added key components as well. Even if a few have been infrequent guests, Dowling, Casale, Watson, and Depo have all helped our team tremendously.
One could make a case for Fletcher as our team MVP, and he was a mid-season acquisition.
The best teams have the best line on players.
But the playoff games still have to be played.
They aren't won during the off season, they aren't won on paper, they aren't won over the course of a 24 game regular season, and they certainly aren't won in online pissing contests - as entertaining and ridiculous as they can be.
Tomorrow, the South Oakland Ducks of the North Side take on the Gray Bats
It's a new season.
The winner gets to play at least one extra game.
That's all the motivation either team, (and any team, in my opinion) needs heading into the post-season.
I'm amazed at the response you have all had to our blog, it makes it much more fun to write when there is a string of comments afterward (whether you think the blog is gay or not), and i think its added another layer of sub-lot to the season.
thank you for taking the time to read my 3rd grade-reading-level typing.
I've tried to include stuff about teams whose players leave comments, and tie it into the Ducks in some manner to keep the core fan base happy.
probably haven't done that all the time.
Anyone who wants to email me a preview of anything playoff related I'll post it if you want.
The Confederacy take on Don Henley and the Eagles tomorrow morning, then the Oilers and Bombers battle it out to earn a spot against the Bright Orange Bullies.
Then at 3pm the Ducks will play a team that has nothing to lose with our season on the line.
The Ducks have not won a playoff game since 2004, when we won game 1 of the conference semi's against the Black Sox.
We've posted the best regular season in Ducks history finishing 8 games over .500.
Since Dr. Jones has taken the reigns, the Ducks are 27 - 17 - 2.
ten games over as head coach
There is some nice symmetry here - in 2007 we had 8 wins, and finished 8-16
Jones has puppeted the Ducks from being 8 games under .500 to 8 games over in 2 seasons.
.333 to .667 winning percentage
So there's hope for the Bats in 2011 - woooooooooo!
In the past week the comments got a bit out of hand, and that will happen.
No one likes being accused of cheating or being delusional or lying or whatever, but that's the nature of the beast.
The week sure flew by, though.
Something i think about often, on a personal and a societal level is the importance of sports.
The name calling and shit talking is just a symptom of how important we take our league, how seriously we take our adult amateur baseball, even when for the majority of us this is the last stop on the block.
About 99% of us are Has-beens and never-will-be's in the major league scheme of things.
The competition has increased dramatically this year, and it has been great, but still many of us don't play in college and don't have a chance to play at a much higher level than this.
So if this league really for a bunch of amateurs, why do we get in 40+ comment long diatribes of who's better and who should keep their mouth shut and who can hit who, and who is a total dick even though they caught an extra inning game during fall ball after apologizing for getting pissed about some bullshit, and tried to make it right by getting behind the plate so their could be a real game in the championship. etc...
In the grand scheme of things this level of baseball is exactly what it is - as much as i hate that phrase - but I'd rather be accused of taking it too seriously than of lacking intensity.
It's a fine line, that will definitely be crossed at times.
There's something about baseball that I need, like a junkie needs heroin, or a Black Sox player needs Miller Lite, and Percocet.
And a lot of wht this blog does is mock that incredible importance we place on our league, while at the same time taking it too seriously, it's impossible not too.
A kind of contradictory self awareness, if you will.
like heroin, i know it's bad for me but i need it.
It's not as if it is some kind of attempt to relive high school or legion glory, it's about the chance to compete and to have teammates again, and to play the greatest game there is at a reasonably high level, for as long as possible.
For some it's a chance to stay in shape until they go back to Baseball Factory Waynesburg University.
So fuck off if you think we go overboard with this, or take it too seriously you may be right, but i still call that erring on the side of caution. There will always be people who disagree with that and its fine.
I find it less ridiculous than the string of comments at the end of any pro sports blog on ESPN.com.
At least we are the ones playing in these games, and while it's not even single-A ball or Independent League ball, it's our baseball it's our league; we started it, we run it, and that allows us to play in it and blog about it.
The Pittsburgh NABA and its players have created our own baseball universe, and between April and August it is important - as far as prioritizing it after obvious things like work and family and school and stuff.
***
Back to the task at hand.
TC has been recruiting since last season ended,
We started hitting in January (believe it or not), and it could all be over tomorrow afternoon.
The Ducks are not ready for our season to end.
Ducks (0-0) vs. Gray Bats (0-0)
Saturday,
3pm
LaRoche College
Getbusy livin' or get busy dyin'.
Quack.
unrelated clip of Kenny and Ashley Shaffer - that's what we do here.
It has become apparent that recruiting and building a strong team in the off season has become more important than ever.
The Owlz are a good example of this they did an ok job of recruiting a fairly competitive team, the Sox got better two solid pitchers as well,
The Hurricanes went from laughingstock to the Fightin' Rafalski's and a title contender in one winter, and the Ducks added key components as well. Even if a few have been infrequent guests, Dowling, Casale, Watson, and Depo have all helped our team tremendously.
One could make a case for Fletcher as our team MVP, and he was a mid-season acquisition.
The best teams have the best line on players.But the playoff games still have to be played.
They aren't won during the off season, they aren't won on paper, they aren't won over the course of a 24 game regular season, and they certainly aren't won in online pissing contests - as entertaining and ridiculous as they can be.
Tomorrow, the South Oakland Ducks of the North Side take on the Gray Bats
It's a new season.
The winner gets to play at least one extra game.
That's all the motivation either team, (and any team, in my opinion) needs heading into the post-season.
I'm amazed at the response you have all had to our blog, it makes it much more fun to write when there is a string of comments afterward (whether you think the blog is gay or not), and i think its added another layer of sub-lot to the season.
thank you for taking the time to read my 3rd grade-reading-level typing.
I've tried to include stuff about teams whose players leave comments, and tie it into the Ducks in some manner to keep the core fan base happy.
probably haven't done that all the time.
Anyone who wants to email me a preview of anything playoff related I'll post it if you want.
The Confederacy take on Don Henley and the Eagles tomorrow morning, then the Oilers and Bombers battle it out to earn a spot against the Bright Orange Bullies.
Then at 3pm the Ducks will play a team that has nothing to lose with our season on the line.
The Ducks have not won a playoff game since 2004, when we won game 1 of the conference semi's against the Black Sox.
We've posted the best regular season in Ducks history finishing 8 games over .500.
Since Dr. Jones has taken the reigns, the Ducks are 27 - 17 - 2.
ten games over as head coachThere is some nice symmetry here - in 2007 we had 8 wins, and finished 8-16
Jones has puppeted the Ducks from being 8 games under .500 to 8 games over in 2 seasons.
.333 to .667 winning percentage
So there's hope for the Bats in 2011 - woooooooooo!
In the past week the comments got a bit out of hand, and that will happen.
No one likes being accused of cheating or being delusional or lying or whatever, but that's the nature of the beast.
The week sure flew by, though.
Something i think about often, on a personal and a societal level is the importance of sports.
The name calling and shit talking is just a symptom of how important we take our league, how seriously we take our adult amateur baseball, even when for the majority of us this is the last stop on the block.
About 99% of us are Has-beens and never-will-be's in the major league scheme of things.
The competition has increased dramatically this year, and it has been great, but still many of us don't play in college and don't have a chance to play at a much higher level than this.
So if this league really for a bunch of amateurs, why do we get in 40+ comment long diatribes of who's better and who should keep their mouth shut and who can hit who, and who is a total dick even though they caught an extra inning game during fall ball after apologizing for getting pissed about some bullshit, and tried to make it right by getting behind the plate so their could be a real game in the championship. etc...
In the grand scheme of things this level of baseball is exactly what it is - as much as i hate that phrase - but I'd rather be accused of taking it too seriously than of lacking intensity.
It's a fine line, that will definitely be crossed at times.
There's something about baseball that I need, like a junkie needs heroin, or a Black Sox player needs Miller Lite, and Percocet.
And a lot of wht this blog does is mock that incredible importance we place on our league, while at the same time taking it too seriously, it's impossible not too.
A kind of contradictory self awareness, if you will.
like heroin, i know it's bad for me but i need it.
It's not as if it is some kind of attempt to relive high school or legion glory, it's about the chance to compete and to have teammates again, and to play the greatest game there is at a reasonably high level, for as long as possible.
For some it's a chance to stay in shape until they go back to Baseball Factory Waynesburg University.
So fuck off if you think we go overboard with this, or take it too seriously you may be right, but i still call that erring on the side of caution. There will always be people who disagree with that and its fine.
I find it less ridiculous than the string of comments at the end of any pro sports blog on ESPN.com.
At least we are the ones playing in these games, and while it's not even single-A ball or Independent League ball, it's our baseball it's our league; we started it, we run it, and that allows us to play in it and blog about it.
The Pittsburgh NABA and its players have created our own baseball universe, and between April and August it is important - as far as prioritizing it after obvious things like work and family and school and stuff.
***
Back to the task at hand.
TC has been recruiting since last season ended,
We started hitting in January (believe it or not), and it could all be over tomorrow afternoon.
The Ducks are not ready for our season to end.
Ducks (0-0) vs. Gray Bats (0-0)
Saturday,
3pm
LaRoche College
Getbusy livin' or get busy dyin'.
Quack.
