Showing posts with label ducks baseball. Show all posts
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Saturday, October 10, 2009
Friday, September 18, 2009
Season Recap
This is going to be youtube and photoshop-less.
We'll start with the big picture:
Once again Commish was unable to rig the league well enough to have the Bulldogs win a championship.
Try as he might.
I love you, Joe.
The story of the season is the Owlz not winning the title, Cool and the gang lost to the Brookline Bullies in the Conference Semis.
Then the Hurricanes stepped in and beat Brookline.
Kenny Powers is still thinking about it I'm sure.
I know I would be.
Now more than ever teams win more based on who they can recruit than anything else.
The off season is a big deal.
I predicted there would be a bench clearing brawl this year, and we (as a league) were close a few times.
the umpires repeatedly lost control of games.
I think the only team that is satisfied with the umpires in the Hurricanes.
The Blues put our league on the map in AC (Scoscia is a beast), and then the four teams who played in Butler almost took it back off. see the bulldogs blog for the run-down.
.
I am one of few guys who can say they have played on a team with Rob Cool and on a team with Kenny Powers.
they are both honored i'm sure. quack.
me and alex warren and Rob Swanger and a couple other guys.
The Sox could have used Warren in the playoffs, he's a workhorse and a competitor.
he's also level-headed.
There is talk of radical realignment.
rookie, A, and AA.
I'm an anti-gambling baseball purist, and would rather have a just rookie league, then split up the rest of the teams into Wales and Campbell, and then have all but the 3 or 4 worst teams in the league make the playoffs.
However Joe proposes it, the new alignment will be voted on and we will make a decision collectively that we will all bitch about later.
He likes brackets and the tourney he has drafted will be great fun.
Come up with your own ideas to present to him at the winter meetings if you think you can do better.
The Ducks may split, we may not. We may play in the top division, we may stay down since we don't have any college players on our roster and are eligable as we are currently constructed to dominate the A division before we make the jump in 2011.
I stand behind whatever decision our coach makes.
This is a crucial off season, as Dr. Jones and I are old and have to find real jobs and all that other real life bullshit that hits when you get past 25 and still don't have a career or any real structure in your life.
We need two or three guys to do the uniform work, find a sponsor or two, and get us a field.
someone talk to the city about getting Mellon Park which is getting lights installed.
I am absolutely done doing extra shit. Sorry, I don't have time anymore. I am sad.
I won't be able to maintain the blog as consistently as i have and certainly don't have time to run around the city taking care of all the minutia i have for the past 7 seasons.
I put myself in this position because I'm too neurotic to trust others to do it, so I'm accountable, but whatever.
I'll still play next year if coach needs me.
The blog was absolutely ridiculous this season, and I took some liberties that maybe I shouldn't have, but mostly people need to lighten up.
If you don't want the Ducks to have the loudest voice in the league start your own blog, homos.
or at least leave nasty anonymous comments.
Overall it was great fun, and Larry is a crybaby who sucks.
***
Coby has been in touch with Al Gore about getting the internet and will have his thoughts sometime in October. Skip will post some individual awards in the next week or so, so I won't mention any individual accolades, of which there were many.
ok just one, and that was Squints' uniform heist.
#7 is a beast.
2009 South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (16-8, 3rd in Wales Conference, 4th overall) Season in Review.
Our season ended unceremoniously, with a crushing 10 inning defeat at the hands of the hated black sox. While I'm not one for moral victories, to call the season a failure is too simple.
This was the best Ducks team I've ever play on, and in any other season we would have probably been one of the last two teams standing.
We did it all without a true ace ( i think we were the only team in the top 3 or 4 in the league who could not boast a "Guy Who Throws 90"), or a natural center fielder or lead-off hitter.
It should be a point of pride among all of us that we were a tough team to play against this season. We never showed up at the park not having a chance to win (except the mother's day massacre).
No one saw South Oakland on the schedule and set their rotation so we'd get their third guy who only pitched once in little league.
We straight out-classed the Gray Bats on all levels.
We defeated the league champion Fightin's 2-0.
Only two teams posted better than a .500 record against us this year: The Owlz and Black Sox - the tow best teams in the regular season record wise.
My only team regrets are not giving the owlz a better game, even when we had our starters, and the Eagles game.
that shit will happen over a 24 game season.
shit like only beating the bulldogs by one run twice, our most unconvincing season sweep.
It also sucks a few guys bailed on us who had been contributing.
We won two of every three games we played.
We were five and oooooooh.
Then 12-3 before wrapping up the 3 seed and ducking around down the stretch.
We played inspired baseball in the post season beating the Gray Bats for the 4th time in 2009, before we came up 1 run short against the Sox in probably the most exciting game any team played during the 2009 season. Extras in the playoffs, can't beat that shit.
Fucking Black Sox.
We represented the league well in Erie, but not so much in Butler. What a shit show.
let's never talk about that again.
fuck that whole junkie infested town.
(note, the teams we played in the tourney were gracious in victory, and most likely don't live in Butler, except for that one guy in the dugout who kept nodding-out and itching himself and drooling all over the place.)
Going in to 2010 we have 10 roster spots open, half our pitching staff, and a bunch of guys are moving away or maybe won't be back. There is a lot up in the air.
Luckily, Ducks fly together.
Bad News since 2003.
Quack
We'll start with the big picture:
Once again Commish was unable to rig the league well enough to have the Bulldogs win a championship.
Try as he might.
I love you, Joe.
The story of the season is the Owlz not winning the title, Cool and the gang lost to the Brookline Bullies in the Conference Semis.
Then the Hurricanes stepped in and beat Brookline.
Kenny Powers is still thinking about it I'm sure.
I know I would be.
Now more than ever teams win more based on who they can recruit than anything else.
The off season is a big deal.
I predicted there would be a bench clearing brawl this year, and we (as a league) were close a few times.
the umpires repeatedly lost control of games.
I think the only team that is satisfied with the umpires in the Hurricanes.
The Blues put our league on the map in AC (Scoscia is a beast), and then the four teams who played in Butler almost took it back off. see the bulldogs blog for the run-down.
.
I am one of few guys who can say they have played on a team with Rob Cool and on a team with Kenny Powers.
they are both honored i'm sure. quack.
me and alex warren and Rob Swanger and a couple other guys.
The Sox could have used Warren in the playoffs, he's a workhorse and a competitor.
he's also level-headed.
There is talk of radical realignment.
rookie, A, and AA.
I'm an anti-gambling baseball purist, and would rather have a just rookie league, then split up the rest of the teams into Wales and Campbell, and then have all but the 3 or 4 worst teams in the league make the playoffs.
However Joe proposes it, the new alignment will be voted on and we will make a decision collectively that we will all bitch about later.
He likes brackets and the tourney he has drafted will be great fun.
Come up with your own ideas to present to him at the winter meetings if you think you can do better.
The Ducks may split, we may not. We may play in the top division, we may stay down since we don't have any college players on our roster and are eligable as we are currently constructed to dominate the A division before we make the jump in 2011.
I stand behind whatever decision our coach makes.
This is a crucial off season, as Dr. Jones and I are old and have to find real jobs and all that other real life bullshit that hits when you get past 25 and still don't have a career or any real structure in your life.
We need two or three guys to do the uniform work, find a sponsor or two, and get us a field.
someone talk to the city about getting Mellon Park which is getting lights installed.
I am absolutely done doing extra shit. Sorry, I don't have time anymore. I am sad.
I won't be able to maintain the blog as consistently as i have and certainly don't have time to run around the city taking care of all the minutia i have for the past 7 seasons.
I put myself in this position because I'm too neurotic to trust others to do it, so I'm accountable, but whatever.
I'll still play next year if coach needs me.
The blog was absolutely ridiculous this season, and I took some liberties that maybe I shouldn't have, but mostly people need to lighten up.
If you don't want the Ducks to have the loudest voice in the league start your own blog, homos.
or at least leave nasty anonymous comments.
Overall it was great fun, and Larry is a crybaby who sucks.
***
Coby has been in touch with Al Gore about getting the internet and will have his thoughts sometime in October. Skip will post some individual awards in the next week or so, so I won't mention any individual accolades, of which there were many.
ok just one, and that was Squints' uniform heist.
#7 is a beast.
2009 South Oakland Ducks of the North Side (16-8, 3rd in Wales Conference, 4th overall) Season in Review.
Our season ended unceremoniously, with a crushing 10 inning defeat at the hands of the hated black sox. While I'm not one for moral victories, to call the season a failure is too simple.
This was the best Ducks team I've ever play on, and in any other season we would have probably been one of the last two teams standing.
We did it all without a true ace ( i think we were the only team in the top 3 or 4 in the league who could not boast a "Guy Who Throws 90"), or a natural center fielder or lead-off hitter.
It should be a point of pride among all of us that we were a tough team to play against this season. We never showed up at the park not having a chance to win (except the mother's day massacre).
No one saw South Oakland on the schedule and set their rotation so we'd get their third guy who only pitched once in little league.
We straight out-classed the Gray Bats on all levels.
We defeated the league champion Fightin's 2-0.
Only two teams posted better than a .500 record against us this year: The Owlz and Black Sox - the tow best teams in the regular season record wise.
My only team regrets are not giving the owlz a better game, even when we had our starters, and the Eagles game.
that shit will happen over a 24 game season.
shit like only beating the bulldogs by one run twice, our most unconvincing season sweep.
It also sucks a few guys bailed on us who had been contributing.
We won two of every three games we played.
We were five and oooooooh.
Then 12-3 before wrapping up the 3 seed and ducking around down the stretch.
We played inspired baseball in the post season beating the Gray Bats for the 4th time in 2009, before we came up 1 run short against the Sox in probably the most exciting game any team played during the 2009 season. Extras in the playoffs, can't beat that shit.
Fucking Black Sox.
We represented the league well in Erie, but not so much in Butler. What a shit show.
let's never talk about that again.
fuck that whole junkie infested town.
(note, the teams we played in the tourney were gracious in victory, and most likely don't live in Butler, except for that one guy in the dugout who kept nodding-out and itching himself and drooling all over the place.)
Going in to 2010 we have 10 roster spots open, half our pitching staff, and a bunch of guys are moving away or maybe won't be back. There is a lot up in the air.
Luckily, Ducks fly together.
Bad News since 2003.Quack
Saturday, September 5, 2009
BEC gameday [2]: This baseball team kills fascists.
good luck pirates,bulldogs, canes
the Hurricanes lost 4-0 yesterday.
The Ducks play at 12:30 and have to win to play at 3:30 and win again to play tomorrow.
Captain's on the hill
bad news for butler.
the Hurricanes lost 4-0 yesterday.
The Ducks play at 12:30 and have to win to play at 3:30 and win again to play tomorrow.
Captain's on the hillbad news for butler.
Friday, September 4, 2009
SSC recap: Butler County is the Heroin Capital of Western PA. Saxonburg 4, Ducks 1
A two out, two-two run error in the bottom of the first, and another in the 4th gave Saxonburg a 4-0 lead.
the Ducks scored their lone run in the top of the 5th on Darren Daulton's bases loaded walk,.
that was the Ducks best chance to rally, as they had the bases loaded with one out, and chased Saxonburg's starter.
their relief pitcher retired two consecutive batters to end the threat.
the Ducks had runners on 1st and 3rd in the top of the seventh, but had a runner picked off, and the next batter grounded out.
Adam Oliver was 1 for 1 with a walk.
Necheff pitched 7 strong innings, and we wasted a good outing.
I think we out-hit them 5 to 4.
Three Ducks starters were delayed by rush hour traffic and an accident on 79 and didn't arrive until the top of the 2nd.
6pm games are a joke.
We need to play much better tomorrow, we made that guy look like Sandy Koufax.
The Ducks play the losers bracket game tomorrow at 12:30pm Saturday at highfield one.
directions are linked on the previous post.
If we win we play again at 3:30.
if we lose the season is over.
we have to run the table
Bad news for opponent tbd.
the Ducks scored their lone run in the top of the 5th on Darren Daulton's bases loaded walk,.
that was the Ducks best chance to rally, as they had the bases loaded with one out, and chased Saxonburg's starter.
their relief pitcher retired two consecutive batters to end the threat.
the Ducks had runners on 1st and 3rd in the top of the seventh, but had a runner picked off, and the next batter grounded out.
Adam Oliver was 1 for 1 with a walk.
Necheff pitched 7 strong innings, and we wasted a good outing.
I think we out-hit them 5 to 4.
Three Ducks starters were delayed by rush hour traffic and an accident on 79 and didn't arrive until the top of the 2nd.
6pm games are a joke.
We need to play much better tomorrow, we made that guy look like Sandy Koufax.
The Ducks play the losers bracket game tomorrow at 12:30pm Saturday at highfield one.
directions are linked on the previous post.
If we win we play again at 3:30.
if we lose the season is over.
we have to run the table
Bad news for opponent tbd.
Game Day [29] Ducks vs. Saxonburg
This evening, the South Oakland Ducks of the North Side travel to the edge of civilization to play the Saxonburg [Saxons?] in the opening round of the BEC/PGHNABA/SteelCityClassic Wood Bat double elimination tourney.
The Butler tournament didn't exist until we tried to contact their teams about playing in the Steel City Classic, then they under cut us and put out an inferior product.
In truely Capitalist fashion the Steel City Classic, an entity run by Joe, Vinny, and Sorosky, with minor help from myself and TC, Kenny Powers, and Tremel (sp.), was absorbed by the bigger cheaper Butler Tournament, a tournament that may not provide the same quality as the one we've been working since spring, but it will be less expensive. Does the consumer really benefit?
We've been bought out, basically.
Once we paid them they changed formats twice.
The number of guaranteed games has dropped to 4 to 2.
Let's win and it won't matter.
They are charging $15 per spectator to watch games at Pullman.
i doubt we see much of a cut from the door.
Maybe that's what we should have done, charged admission to amateur games in order to subsidize some of our cost.
Today the Ducks take the field at the same time as the legaue champ Hurricane's, Halloway hates the blogosphere, and especially this blog, but we are pulling for him, and the Fightin's today.
The backdrop here is one of our entire league being disrespected, and disregarded as fodder for the Fed and BEC teams to beat up on, while we hand over our money to subsidize their methlabs.
Normally I don't believe in playing for respect. But this is different. There is more on the line for our league in this tourney than there was when the Blues romped in the AC tourney.
As much as our league has grown and as far as it has come, - and it has come a very long way - it is clear that we still are not respected locally.
With all this bullshit dominating the week leading up to the start of the tournament, there is still baseball to be played.
If the Ducks, and the Pittsburgh NABA want the respect of these teams we have the opportunity to earn it.
***
We were put in this bracket specifically to be door mats to the Saxonburgs, (that name sounds like something out of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.)
We are South Oakland of the North Side.
We will face either a former pro or a DI pitcher, nothing we haven't seen in over the summer I'm sure.
We have an opportunity today.
This evening, the creepy, backwoods Butler County countryside will resonate with the sound of
quack.
Abe Lincoln is back with a vengeance.Bad news for Saxonburg.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
September Madness!
Here is the final bracket, it's a little better.
CLICK FOR BRACKET
Ducks,
if you aren't playing this weekend we need to borrow your jersey for the players we have recruited to fill your vacancy.
please get in touch with one of the following ducks from this summer who are playing, and make arrangements to get your jersey, it will be returned asap.
TC, McCray, Guthrie, Wojton, Casale, (aside from friday and saturday 10-3)
Depo, J.Smith, Homa, and maybe Dowling and i think that's it.
we need 4 or 5 more jerseys total.
i ordered some t-shirts and hats for the weekend.
BWP bats will be for sale on site: $40 for maple and $30 for ash.
Squints, you know your mission...
there will probably be one final schedule change. (above)
quack.
CLICK FOR BRACKET
Ducks,
if you aren't playing this weekend we need to borrow your jersey for the players we have recruited to fill your vacancy.
please get in touch with one of the following ducks from this summer who are playing, and make arrangements to get your jersey, it will be returned asap.
TC, McCray, Guthrie, Wojton, Casale, (aside from friday and saturday 10-3)
Depo, J.Smith, Homa, and maybe Dowling and i think that's it.
we need 4 or 5 more jerseys total.
i ordered some t-shirts and hats for the weekend.
BWP bats will be for sale on site: $40 for maple and $30 for ash.
Squints, you know your mission...
there will probably be one final schedule change. (above)
quack.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
practice tuesday 6pm Pie Traynor. - EDIT_SChedule UPDATE
members of the naba steel city classic teams, and fall ball will practice at pie traynor on tuesday at 6pm.
The Ducks open the 'classic against sorosky's team of ringers on friday at 6pm.
field tbd.
we play a double header on saturday starting with the bulldogs at 10am on then the hurricanes afterward.
if we finish in the top 2 in our 4 team poll, we will advance to the double elimination round on sunday.
full schedule
Schedule (Home Teams determined by coin flip)
quack.
The Ducks open the 'classic against sorosky's team of ringers on friday at 6pm.
field tbd.
we play a double header on saturday starting with the bulldogs at 10am on then the hurricanes afterward.
if we finish in the top 2 in our 4 team poll, we will advance to the double elimination round on sunday.
full schedule
Schedule (Home Teams determined by coin flip)
Friday, September 4th, 2009
Ducks vs. Pirates; 6pm; Lower Highfield
Hurricanes vs. Bulldogs; 6pm; Upper Highfield
Saturday, September 5th, 2009
Bulldogs vs. Ducks; 10:30am; Lower Highfield
Pirates vs. Hurricanes; 10:35am; Upper Highfield
Ducks vs. Hurricanes; 12:45pm; Lower Highfield
Bulldogs vs. Pirates; 12:50pm; Upper Highfield
HR Derby – Pullman Park – 4pm Qualifying Round (Each team 2 hitters) – 6pm Championship Round (Top 3 hitters overall)
Sunday, September 6th
Doubleheaders for each time starting at 10am – Exact times and locations TBA
Monday, September 7th
Championship Series (Best of 3) – 11am Pullman Park
Teams Committed to Play (12 teams total)
Pool A (BEC Tourney)
Debo’s Movers
Allegheny Valley Baseball
Butler City
Pittsburgh
Pool B (BEC Tourney)
Clancy’s Grill
Freeport River Pirates
Saxonburg
Portage B Squirrels
Pool C (Steel City Classic)
Allegheny Pirates
South Oakland Ducks
Sto-Rocks Hurricanes
Rochester Inn Bulldogs
quack.
Monday, August 24, 2009
Duel.
***
vs
Saturday Aug. 29th.
JOHN HERB FIELD 10AM.
Ducks vs. Bulldogs scrimmage on the 29th as well.
Anyone else who wants to get in some work before fall ball/labor day tourney is also welcome to attend to help fill out the teams, and to watch the highly anticipated Yoda vs. Guthrie showdown.
An additional thank you to Kirk Gibson for being the catalyst of the Erie trip, and for not taking that job in CT which will allow him to remain a Duck next season.
quack.
JOHN HERB FIELD 10AM.
Ducks vs. Bulldogs scrimmage on the 29th as well.
Anyone else who wants to get in some work before fall ball/labor day tourney is also welcome to attend to help fill out the teams, and to watch the highly anticipated Yoda vs. Guthrie showdown.
An additional thank you to Kirk Gibson for being the catalyst of the Erie trip, and for not taking that job in CT which will allow him to remain a Duck next season.
quack.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Erie trip next weekend
Depo and the rest of the staff will take over the majority of the blogging operations, for a while.
I've just let them know via this post.
I'm beat.
Season recap following labor day.
Spots are still available for the Steel City Classic.
email the Commish at pittnaba@yahoo.com if you are interested in entering a team.
9 on 9 winter ball is in the works, email the league office if you are interested.
quack.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Tremel
This post marks the first time in the Ducks blog' s history I have spelled John Tremel's name correctly.
The All Star Game was called after 3 innings when the lights malfunctioned with The Monongahela leading 3-1.
Guthrie had the game winning rbi, with a 1 out 2-run bases loaded shot to deep second base the guy had to dive for and make a tough throw the firstbaseman couldn't hold onto.
the lights came back on after 15 minutes or so, but the Allegheny All Stars and the umpires left had left.
The Owlz boycotted the All Star Game, apparently.
BP Thursday at 6pm.
Kenny, get your team together for the labor day tourney.
quack.
The All Star Game was called after 3 innings when the lights malfunctioned with The Monongahela leading 3-1.
Guthrie had the game winning rbi, with a 1 out 2-run bases loaded shot to deep second base the guy had to dive for and make a tough throw the firstbaseman couldn't hold onto.
the lights came back on after 15 minutes or so, but the Allegheny All Stars and the umpires left had left.
The Owlz boycotted the All Star Game, apparently.
BP Thursday at 6pm.
Kenny, get your team together for the labor day tourney.
quack.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Game 3 Thursday Night 8:30 Moore Park.
Championship series tied 1-1
Hurricanes win 11-4. Rafalski pitched.
RECAP
Can he go on 0 days rest?
Will Kenny Powers finally pitch to help out the depleted Sox staff?
Hurricanes win 11-4. Rafalski pitched.
RECAP
Can he go on 0 days rest?
Will Kenny Powers finally pitch to help out the depleted Sox staff?
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Wednesday
Who won last night?
Someone post a recap in the comments.
Bulldogs blog recaps our comments, and has pics of awesome party.
Keg Stand City.
BP today and Thursday at 6:45
quack
Someone post a recap in the comments.
Bulldogs blog recaps our comments, and has pics of awesome party.
Keg Stand City.
BP today and Thursday at 6:45
quack
Monday, August 3, 2009
Monday.
The League Finals start tomorrow.
Black Sox vs. Hurricanes.
8:30pm John Herb Field
The All Star Game will be Tuesday August 11th
8:30pm at John Herb.
Ducks batting practice today at 6:30pm
We will probably hit twice more this week.
The Steel City Classic is still accepting teams.
Pittsburgh NABA teams receive a discount on their entry fee.
The will play a 3 game series against TESCO of the Erie Adult Baseball League.
We will play at Ainsworth Field where they have been filming Signs of the Time a documentary about, William Klem, the umpire who invented the arm signals for "out", "safe", "foul", "fair", etc..
without Klem's arm signals we wouldn't have this...
Black Sox vs. Hurricanes.
8:30pm John Herb Field
The All Star Game will be Tuesday August 11th
8:30pm at John Herb.
Ducks batting practice today at 6:30pm
We will probably hit twice more this week.
The Steel City Classic is still accepting teams.
Pittsburgh NABA teams receive a discount on their entry fee.
The will play a 3 game series against TESCO of the Erie Adult Baseball League.
We will play at Ainsworth Field where they have been filming Signs of the Time a documentary about, William Klem, the umpire who invented the arm signals for "out", "safe", "foul", "fair", etc..
without Klem's arm signals we wouldn't have this...Quack
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Playoff Update: No Bunting - Black Sox Sweep Owlz, Advance to Finals
Ducks Batting Practice Monday 6:30pm - Pitt IM field.
About the time the Owlz were 11-0 they became the black cloud looming over the season.
How could any other team beat them in a three game series?
Realistically, it would take a miracle.
But Kenny f-ing Powers and the Brookline Black Sox, who, after being swept during the regular season (almost as badly as the Ducks were) by the Owlz, who found their Achilles heal.
Unbelievable.
Rumor has it Rafalski tore his hamstring.
The Fightin's may be without their captain or the rest of the post-season.
The Canes won a 17-11 barn burner against the Warriors to force a game 3 in the Western Conference Final.
***
The Brookline Bullies eliminated the Imperial Owlz with a 5-2, series-clinching victory in Moore Park.
It was everything you could hope for in an Owlz Black Sox game, player ejections, a near brawl in the stands, and amongst the madness some good baseball.
The Owlz were flat.
Top to bottom they have more talent than any team in the league.
I heard they have a kid on their team who pitches for LaRoche College, who didn't even see the mound this season.
That's the kind of guy who could be the Ducks ace, and he doesn't even play on that team.
The game was tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the sixth.
two consecutive walks to start the inning put runners on first and second for Kenny Powers.
Powers laid a bunt down the third-base line, the bunt was fielded and thrown into the outfield, and then the throw in went out of play.
A 3-run bunt to go ahead 5-2.
Slavicek retired the side in order in the top of the 7th.
An Owl got tossed for arguing balls and strikes.
The Owlz had a chance to break it open early when the led 2-1 in the 4th but hit into a 1-2-3 double play.
BSox40 pitched 4 scoreless innings in relief for the win.
The Owlz fanz were complaining about having to play the game at Moore Park, there was some controversy over this.
It's too bad we didn't re-seed for the playoffs so the Ducks could have been a 4 seed in an 11 (matador-less) team race instead of a 3 seed in a six team conference playoff.
Broccolo is thrilled to no longer be a Phantom.
The future of the Owlz is in doubt.
"The Ducks were the toughest team we played all season, you guys play with heart..."
- Kenny Powers
All this writing about the Sox and Owlz makes me want to vomit, but nothing else is going on.
August 22-23
Bad News for Erie.
Quack.
About the time the Owlz were 11-0 they became the black cloud looming over the season.
How could any other team beat them in a three game series?
Realistically, it would take a miracle.
But Kenny f-ing Powers and the Brookline Black Sox, who, after being swept during the regular season (almost as badly as the Ducks were) by the Owlz, who found their Achilles heal.
Unbelievable.
Rumor has it Rafalski tore his hamstring.
The Fightin's may be without their captain or the rest of the post-season.
The Canes won a 17-11 barn burner against the Warriors to force a game 3 in the Western Conference Final.
***
The Brookline Bullies eliminated the Imperial Owlz with a 5-2, series-clinching victory in Moore Park.
It was everything you could hope for in an Owlz Black Sox game, player ejections, a near brawl in the stands, and amongst the madness some good baseball.
The Owlz were flat.
Top to bottom they have more talent than any team in the league.
I heard they have a kid on their team who pitches for LaRoche College, who didn't even see the mound this season.
That's the kind of guy who could be the Ducks ace, and he doesn't even play on that team.
The game was tied 2-2 going into the bottom of the sixth.
two consecutive walks to start the inning put runners on first and second for Kenny Powers.
Powers laid a bunt down the third-base line, the bunt was fielded and thrown into the outfield, and then the throw in went out of play.
A 3-run bunt to go ahead 5-2.
Slavicek retired the side in order in the top of the 7th.
An Owl got tossed for arguing balls and strikes.
The Owlz had a chance to break it open early when the led 2-1 in the 4th but hit into a 1-2-3 double play.
BSox40 pitched 4 scoreless innings in relief for the win.
The Owlz fanz were complaining about having to play the game at Moore Park, there was some controversy over this.
It's too bad we didn't re-seed for the playoffs so the Ducks could have been a 4 seed in an 11 (matador-less) team race instead of a 3 seed in a six team conference playoff.
Broccolo is thrilled to no longer be a Phantom.
The future of the Owlz is in doubt.
"The Ducks were the toughest team we played all season, you guys play with heart..."
- Kenny Powers
All this writing about the Sox and Owlz makes me want to vomit, but nothing else is going on.
August 22-23
Bad News for Erie.
Quack.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
All Star Game Scheduled for August 11th
Campbell vs. Wales
Teusday 8/11/09
8:30pm John Herb Field.
League Meeting at 7pm open to anyone with ideas on how to improve our league.
League semi's tonight Sox/Owlz at Moore Park, and Warriors/Canes at John Herb Field.
Who is He?
The Steel City Classic will take place over Labor Day Weekend.
the cost has decreased to $750 for outside teams.
PGH NABA teams will receive a discount.
Email the Commish if you want to enter your team, or combination of teams for the chance to beat Yoda's team f it actually exists.
Rumor has it the Black Sox might not enter because they are scared to face South Oakland again, with Swanger back in center field.
Quack.
Teusday 8/11/09
8:30pm John Herb Field.
League Meeting at 7pm open to anyone with ideas on how to improve our league.
League semi's tonight Sox/Owlz at Moore Park, and Warriors/Canes at John Herb Field.
Who is He?
The Steel City Classic will take place over Labor Day Weekend.
the cost has decreased to $750 for outside teams.
PGH NABA teams will receive a discount.
Email the Commish if you want to enter your team, or combination of teams for the chance to beat Yoda's team f it actually exists.
Rumor has it the Black Sox might not enter because they are scared to face South Oakland again, with Swanger back in center field.
Quack.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Bulldogs Blog Updated After Week long Bender.
Solid work as always by Dr. Radical & Co. - Calling out Yoda for his indiscretions and giving a grim recap of the Warriors Bulldogs wild card game.
Click on the above link.
If you want the circle jerk of the century check out the Gray Bats Team Awards post on their now fully functional blog.
Sox-Owlz at Moore Park tomorrow night.
winning coach can post a recap if they want, same with the series winning coach.
Canes Warriors play tomorrow as well don't know when or where but its not Moore apparently.
Quack.
Click on the above link.
If you want the circle jerk of the century check out the Gray Bats Team Awards post on their now fully functional blog.
Sox-Owlz at Moore Park tomorrow night.
winning coach can post a recap if they want, same with the series winning coach.
Canes Warriors play tomorrow as well don't know when or where but its not Moore apparently.
Quack.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Playoff Update [UPDATED 7-31-09] Warriors 10 - Canes 6
The Warriors have defeated the Fightin's 10-6 in Game 1 of the Campbell Conference Finals.
The reigning intercontinental champs (who are in the unfamiliar role of underdog this series) can wrap up a second consecutive trip to the Finals with a win Saturday, 9pm at More Park.
They want Hulk Hogan.
The Warriors O Doyle out-dueled former Black Sock Chris Recker for the win, Brent Heintzleman (sp.)had a 2-inning save, Rafalski and Joyner each pitched one inning in relief.
The Craig Boley went 2 for 3 with 2BB, and scored 3 times.
Don Stetzer had two hits, and dedicated them to Chris Wojton.
Heintzleman (sp.) hit a ball off the fence in the seventh against Rafalski that cleared the bases plating 3 runs.
Updates in the comment section are welcome.
Where will the Owlz and Sox play if not Moore Park?
The Ducks are still planning our invasion of Erie, and setting our roster for the Steel City Classic.
Robot Duck is looking forward to South Oakland of the North Side's trip to Erie.
The reigning intercontinental champs (who are in the unfamiliar role of underdog this series) can wrap up a second consecutive trip to the Finals with a win Saturday, 9pm at More Park.
They want Hulk Hogan.
The Warriors O Doyle out-dueled former Black Sock Chris Recker for the win, Brent Heintzleman (sp.)had a 2-inning save, Rafalski and Joyner each pitched one inning in relief.
The Craig Boley went 2 for 3 with 2BB, and scored 3 times.
Don Stetzer had two hits, and dedicated them to Chris Wojton.
Heintzleman (sp.) hit a ball off the fence in the seventh against Rafalski that cleared the bases plating 3 runs.
Updates in the comment section are welcome.
Where will the Owlz and Sox play if not Moore Park?
The Ducks are still planning our invasion of Erie, and setting our roster for the Steel City Classic.
Robot Duck is looking forward to South Oakland of the North Side's trip to Erie.
- The Warriors will play the Fightin' Rafalski's in Game 2 Saturday, 9pm at Moore Park.
- Game 2 of the Owlz Sox series has been pushed back to the weekend.
Our number one priority this off season will be to acquire more fields.
hilarious.
YODA has made an appearance in this comment thread.
Quack.
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