Rescheduled Muds

We're playing the Mighty Mudskippers on April 15th at 2:30, right after our last match with Che Palle. There are only 2 more games that day, so there will be a free court. Finally, they will receive their comeuppance.

• Games #12 & #2: Sunday, April 15th @ 1:45 vs. Che Palle & Rescheduled Match @ 2:30 vs. The Mighty Mudskippers

Nail Bighter

This Sunday's game was a close one. We played Chewbocce, a team composed mainly of people new to the game of bocce. Well, there was a lot of beginner's luck ont he court because they rolled exceptionally well.

We took them out 7-3 in the first game. The second game was a lot closer. It came down to one shot at 6-6, and I, your faithful captain, was not able to clinch it, so we went on to game three. Game three was another tough one as Chewbocce took an early lead at 4-1, then Josh and I came back with a four point game which took it to 5-4. Chewbocce gained a point on us and it was 5-5. We grabbed another and it was 6-5, and then a nail bitghting 6-6. The final shot came down to me again, and I was determinded to make this one count. They had the point with the closer ball and the pallino very close tot he left rail. I sent a risky shot careening towards the pallino, knocking it into the back to give us the point we needed and the win.




Next Sunday is the match against The Electric Company. Let the ground rumble with the anticipation.

This Given Sunday

So last Sunday we had a couple shift players, Colin and Kat.





Both rolled tremendously, as did Myself, Gabe and Courtney. It was a quick, shut-out game between us and Any Given Sunday. They squeaked out one point in the first game, but the final score was 7-1 and 7-0. Good rolling, guys.

Cry

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Birthday in Bed Stuy

Hey folks! For those of you whose phone numbers I dont have; I will be having a birthday party this friday (16th) at my friends' Naomi and Travis's house. Email me for details if you want to come. riffrichards at gmail dot com. Thanks Riff

Nicknames

So, we've been coming up with nicknames for teammates. I have posted them in the right column, but in case that's too difficult, here they are in the body of the post. Now let me know if you are unhappy, distraught or offended by your nickname. I can't guarantee I'll change it, but I will listen to complaints. Or if you think someone should be someone else, I am also open to suggestions. Here they are:

• Captain: Matt Drumm "Drummroll"
• Courtney Lagace "Balls in Your Court"
• Erica Lay " 'Ca-Ball"
• William Laviano "Billy Balls"
• Gabriel Ware "G-Force"
• Rachel Ware "R-Force"
• Jay Casey "Jables"
• Victoria Patrick "Patty O' Balls"
• Melissa Sands "Sandy Balls"
• Riff Richards "Gorilla Balls"
• Josh Cotton "Cotton Balls"
• Adam "Missing Balls"

Former Blockheads

Our game on Sunday was with Mount Surribocce, formerly Blockheads from last year. We came out strong in the first game, and had a chance to put them away with an opening for 4 points, but weren't able to clench it, and they came back to beat us 7 - 5. We swept them in the next game 7 - 3. The in the third it seemed as if we had the upper hand, the score at 6 - 4, but they made a great play giving them 3 points to win 7 - 6.



We may have lost, but I feel we played well as a team. They were close games and we almost pulled it out. However, in 3 weeks we play the Electric Company. For those we've lost to, I feel we can beat, and we've beaten the Bots who went to the Finals last year. Now we need to beat the Electric Company in the preseason so that we can mentally dominate the playoffs. I'm not worried about any other team. I want to win, but at this point we're nowhere near top seed, so we're not playing the lowest seeds in the playoffs. And we won't be the lowest seed either, so we won't play the top seeds. So right now I'm shooting for beating the EC, and winning as much as possible until the playoffs.

That being said, anyone who wants to come practice needs only to say the word. I promise you, all it takes is one night of heavy rolling and you'll be on your game for the weekend.

I'm waiting... :)

Balls A' Brunchin'

Today may not have gone down in triumph; moreover, brunch was a great addition. Props to Cap'in Drumm for his efforts to get the team out for some chow.



The Siblings Drumm



G - Force!



Josh, "The Secrete Admirer"



Victoria, "Step Back or I'm Gonna Mess You Up"

Today we had a double header against Boccenalia and Closer. We started about 2:45. Our first game against Boccenalia was slow. They never made more than one point at a time, and I'm not sure we made more than two either. They beat us 7-6. We did no better in the second game and lost 7-1. Again, they rarely scored more than one point. It was a knuckle-dragging game. We couldn't pull points out. For some reason whatever we did couldn't keep. They played well, but I think we could have beaten them but oh well. C'est la vie. Their captian did say to me that it was the hardest game they've had this season.

For some reason they drew a vase at the bottom of their score. Don't ask me why.



The 2nd game was against Closer, an older team. They had some pretty good rollers. For some reason, this was another slow, slow game. Lots of measuring and discussing. At one point I think they took about 7 minutes diiscussing one shot. Here's the reaction I got from Jay.



We weren't able to pull together for the first game, but part-way through the secoond we seeemed to find our groove. We won, but the third game went something like 4-4, 4-5. 5-5. 5-6. 6-6. 7-6.



We didn't finish until 7:00pm. Our two games took 4.5 hours. By the end of it, we were glad to have won our second game, but we were ready to be done. Gabe, Josh and I went to the Park Slope Ale House and got us some beer and burgers.

So, we went one and one. It's too bad we couldn't pull out both. There's always next week.

Yo

Digging For Peanuts

I just wanted to share this with you guys.