The Barflies (read: princesses) were visibly concerned about their chances of besting this Zoombie team without a rain cloud in sight. So much so, that only five of their entire lineup managed to strike up the courage to show up. A forfeit win for us so players were exchanged and a little batting practice proved useful and fun.
Thursday, July 30th is a re-match of Week1 - the infamous NPSIA team. That well-greased team (insinuating they have a lot of experience playing together, not referring to their hygiene or the bicycles they ride) educated us quickly with a 20-10 high scoring game. This was an early development stage for our team - we were mere Zombies if you will - and I believe our confidence playing as a team has significantly raised our profile to full on Zoombies (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=zoombies). I am not alone with said confidence... here are just a few quotes of other prominent team members regarding the re-match with NPSIA:
"NPSIA's outfield is like moldy swiss cheese, full of holes!!!" - Alex Cowperthwaite
"We were going to get NPSIA an anniversary cake, but we figured they'd drop it." - David Barrera
"I'ma let my bat do the talking..." *drops ball, walks away* - Aaron LeFort
The hype is set... see everyone Thursday.
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Game Eight
Three runs, six runs, two runs ... whewwwww
Zero runs, zero runs, zero runs... pooooooo
Legal Studies (herein referred to as "LS") knew the rules and knew how to exploit them best against us Zoombies. The rally-caps came on for a last ditch effort to make six required runs to continue the game but failed to make a dent in the strong outfield defense. A *fun* game resulted in a fall of 17-11, allowing for a .500 record so far this season. It should be noted that LS' only loss so far this season is to the outside NPSIA team.
The game was full of action and many honorable mentions for this spectacle, so here are a few that stand out...
- GEN freakin' ROBERGE!! This brain-eating girl takes the pep-talk to heart and redefines aggressive base running. After a comedy of errors on the LS side (spurred on no doubt by her soft yet terrifying demeanor) she managed to cross home with the cheer of her fellow Zoombies.
- David... a strong hitting performer with equally weak shoes resulted in a hard fall which we all believe was to be yet another HR. Glad he's O.K.
- Justine (aka JR aka Ginger Ale) held everyone's breath in her glove. After a rather unorthodox (yet brilliant) move to try her as rover, she made a juggling catch from glove to hand (hand to glove, glove to hand, ...) that still has people scratching their heads! The glory truly is in the outfield!
Next game Tuesday July 20th against the Barflies... sound familiar ? Rain won't save them this time!
Zero runs, zero runs, zero runs... pooooooo
Legal Studies (herein referred to as "LS") knew the rules and knew how to exploit them best against us Zoombies. The rally-caps came on for a last ditch effort to make six required runs to continue the game but failed to make a dent in the strong outfield defense. A *fun* game resulted in a fall of 17-11, allowing for a .500 record so far this season. It should be noted that LS' only loss so far this season is to the outside NPSIA team.
The game was full of action and many honorable mentions for this spectacle, so here are a few that stand out...
- GEN freakin' ROBERGE!! This brain-eating girl takes the pep-talk to heart and redefines aggressive base running. After a comedy of errors on the LS side (spurred on no doubt by her soft yet terrifying demeanor) she managed to cross home with the cheer of her fellow Zoombies.
- David... a strong hitting performer with equally weak shoes resulted in a hard fall which we all believe was to be yet another HR. Glad he's O.K.
- Justine (aka JR aka Ginger Ale) held everyone's breath in her glove. After a rather unorthodox (yet brilliant) move to try her as rover, she made a juggling catch from glove to hand (hand to glove, glove to hand, ...) that still has people scratching their heads! The glory truly is in the outfield!
Next game Tuesday July 20th against the Barflies... sound familiar ? Rain won't save them this time!
Friday, July 10, 2009
Game 7 Results
WOW guys what a win. We destroyed the hacks with our power hitting and spectacular defense. The final score was like 28-7. We would have scored more, but the "mercy rule" was in effect (i.e., a team can't score more than 7 runs per inning so that the opposing team doesn't cry).
MVP for this game is Genevieve with her PHENOMENAL catch of a powerful line drive at second base.
Other honorable mentions go out to Cynthia for her best hit yet (it actually cleared the infield), and Ian for solid and consistent batting.
Great job zoombies. Next game is on Tuesday.
ps. thanks to Roz we now have a new word to describe the beers we drink after the game: Zoombeers. Well played.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
Game 6 Results
Alright listen up zoombies. The rain was a bit of a bitch last week, and the princesses on the Barflies team didn't want to get wet. We ended up having to give up our last at bat (with our power hitters lined up no less). We lost. Whatever. We gave it our best.
On a more positive spin, the zoombies welcomed yet another new player: Jit. With the epic quote during warmup "I haven't played in years", nobody really expected much from the rookie zoombie. The entire team was pleasantly surprised to see that Jit has some mad mad softball ski11z. We look forward to seeing him around more often.
Next game is Thursday vs "The Hacks". This should be an interesting rival, since we have vast experience in hacking as well. (sorry i know there was a computer joke in there somewhere, but i guess that wasn't it). Lets go out and do what we do every game which is give it all we've got and get a BIG win.
Keep it real zoombies.
On a more positive spin, the zoombies welcomed yet another new player: Jit. With the epic quote during warmup "I haven't played in years", nobody really expected much from the rookie zoombie. The entire team was pleasantly surprised to see that Jit has some mad mad softball ski11z. We look forward to seeing him around more often.
Next game is Thursday vs "The Hacks". This should be an interesting rival, since we have vast experience in hacking as well. (sorry i know there was a computer joke in there somewhere, but i guess that wasn't it). Lets go out and do what we do every game which is give it all we've got and get a BIG win.
Keep it real zoombies.
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