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Tempe Sports Complex - Southeast field
Apr 26
W 16-4
The Band-Aids
May 3
W 11-7
@ Finish Strong
May 17
W 23-3
Big Ballas
May 31
W 28-20
@ 1st Round Draft
Jun 7
W 16-0
High Rollers
Jun 14
W 27-14
@ Butter Up
Jun 21
L 12-14
Warriors
Playoffs Start
Jun 28
W 21-1
Big Ballas
Jul 5
No Game
Fourth of July
Jul 12
6pm
Tappa Kegga Brew


Season 7: Playoffs
Below: Seed, Team, Record, Total Runs Scored - Runs Allowed                          Semifinal and Championship both played April 19th
#1 Empty Pitchers     21
#8 Big Ballas               1

#4 Tappa Kegga Brew   11
#5 Warriors                       7

#1 Empty Pitchers
vs
#4 Tappa Kegga Brew



Championship Game


#7 Finish Strong
vs
#6 1st Round Draft

#2 Band-Aids         8
#7 Finish Strong   10

#3 Butter Up              7
#6 1st Round Draft   9

Band-Aids
L 4-16 @ Empty
W 17-16 Butter
W 13-11 War
W 20-7 Balls
W 20-7 @ Strong
W 22-2 High
W 26-0 @ Round

124
59
+65
FinStrng
W 10-9 Balls
L 7-11 Empty
W 10-2 @ High
L 9-20 War
L 7-20 Band
L 11-12 @ Round
L 11-12 @ Butter

64
87
-23
BigBallas
L 9-10 @ Strong
L 10-26 Round
L 3-23 @ Empty
L 7-20 Band
L 2-14 Butter
L 8-22 War
W 21-1 High

61
115
-54
1stRdDft
L 11-12 @ High
W 26-10 @ Balls
L 14-21 Butter
L 20-28 Empty
W 13-9 @ War
W 12-11 Strong
L 0-26 Band

96
109
-21
HighRollers
W 12-11 v Round
L 10-14 @ War
L 2-10 Strong
L 8-13 Butter
L 0-16 @ Empty
L 2-24 @ Band
L 1-21 @ Balls

35
109
-74
Butter Up
W 26-8 @ War
L 16-17 Band
W 21-14 @ Round
W 13-8 @ High
W 14-2 Balls
L 14-27 Empty
L 11-12 Strong

116
88
+28
Warriors
L 8-26 v Butter
W 14-10 High
L 11-13 @ Band
W 20-9 @ Strong
L 9-13 Round
W 22-8 @ Balls
W 14-12 @ Empty

98
91
+7

Empty Pitchers: 133 runs for, 62 runs allowed, +71 overall




Recap: Big Balla Bustin
June 28th,'09 - 3 innings:
Empty Pitchers 21, Big Ballas 1

BB:   0   1   0 = 1
EP:   4   9   8 = 21

The ol' Pitchers flip last week's total of 12 runs score to end the early game mercifully under an oppressive hot, muggy early summer night.

The sun didn't seem to affect the left side of our defense as in previous weeks and Ron found no difficulty locating the plate.

The Ballas scored their only run on a bases-loaded deep grounder to 3B, which Jamie scooped and then stomped to get the sure second out of the inning. The next batter's grounder ended the inning.

The Pitchers had threatened to blow the big ballas bubble earlier in the first by loading the bases only to have consecutive batters fly out. Keith, off an 0-4 portrait the week earlier, delivered the big two out hit to give the Pitchers a cushion before taking the field in the second.

Keith continued was the big RBI man for the night with four while going 3-3. Ron's night of perfection, his last of the season as he and Connie travel on the 12th, included turning 4 doubles into 3 triples with aggressive baserunning (and speed).

The gameball goes to Jamie's little glove, which Ron had to use while his glove was in a top-secret shop.

Web gem: After several long weeks, Jamie goes errorless at 3B, participating in three of the nine outs. Ron recorded four and Andrew the other two with Jami.

Gone (sub): Ruthie (Melissa), Jason (none), Sarah (none)

Notes: Big Ballas manager Art is alright - we'll be scrimmaging with them before next season; Courtney's first two singles went a combined distance of 28 inches, eventually scoring on both; pterodactyriffic: Ron 4-4, Andrew & Keith 3-3.

Scouted: Tough to scout since the Ballas batters each only batted once; good 1B; outfielders didn't get a chance to get under many of our hits though relays were a problem which Ron took full advantage of.


The ball and plate know if you're thinking about stats while batting. Walks are counted as hits. Reaching on errors and fielders choices sadly aren't counted as hits.
BB = walk
HR = homerun
pu = stinky pop up
R = run
RBI = run batted in

Box Scores
Ron
4-4. 3R, 2RBI, 3 triples
Connie
2-3, 2R, 2RBI
Andrew
3-3, 3R, 2RBI
Courtney
3-3, 3R, RBI
Jamie
2-3, 2R, 2RBI, pu
Jami
2-3, 2R, RBI
Keith
3-3, 2R, 4RBI
Amber
2-3, 1R, 2RBI
Ted
2-3, 2R, 3RBI
Melissa
2-3, 2R, 2RBI



Season 7 recaps
Born on date: News & Injuries      

Team award voting
Jun 30th  - Voting is for players only - sorry superfans. Review and re-live season seven... or skip the review and vote now

League champion shirts
Jun 29th  - We were awarded shirts to shrink in honor of our top finish for the regular season.

The 3X shirt will be donated to Greenfield Junior High for kids who were inappropriate clothing.

Pitcher Band-Aid Trophy to remain with Pitchers over summer
Jun 29th  - The Band-Aids were stunned in their first round, losing to the #7 seed 9-7. It's tough keeping a 20-run factory open week after week after week.

This isn't the way the team hoped to keep the trophy but perhaps we can get some pictures over the summer of the team with the trophy.

Playoff seedings
Jun 23rd  - Congrats team on its first #1 seed. Tappa Kegga Brew (6-1) moves from Plan B's league into our league in return for High Rollers (1-6). We welcome the additional challenge.

We may not see them if Andrew has his way: "I'd like to get a rematch with Warriors."

Plan B's Lee emailed his TKB scouting:
They have a couple of guys (the two at the beginning of there lineup) that can hit to all parts of the field. There girls can hit, not with power but can get the ball over the infield. There center fielders are a little weak defensively. The girl in right field can catch if it is hit to her (I flyed out to her twice). There shortstop is really good, he's a play maker. We played them tight, with good defense keeping them at bay. We had the lead going into the 7th inning and allowed them to tie the game. In our last at bats, we had based loaded with only one out and the top of the order hitting and we could not get the winning run in. We lost in the extra inning, giving up 4 runs and we could not score in our last at bat.

New player cards
Jun 16th  - Twenty-six new cards join the deck. Only three are EP cards, the rest our memorable opponents. These will be the last additions for the season.

Andrew's Condo for Rent
Jun 16th  - Anyone know anyone looking for a place to toss dirty jerseys? Check out this palace

Correction   - Card Obscenity
Jun 7th   - Ted Organ's newest card, #44 in the series, contains a profane word on the beanbag. The word F### appears.

The publisher of the cards has apologized and reissued the card without the profanity, though some of the old ones may still pop up.

Collectors have valued the error card around $150.00, according to bidding on Ebay.

This isn't the first time an obscenity has made it's way onto a card. In 1989, the youngest Ripken had his card promptly replaced and he finally fesses up that he had a small part. Here are more baseball card errors, just so we don't feel so alone. Ted's made no official comment.

New player cards
Jun 7th  - Five new cards join the deck.


Correction   - Andrew's 15 Errors Retraction
Jun 1st   - SS Andrew Gattuso appeared late-afternoon at the publisher's headquarters to dispute statistics gathered at the game.

"15 errors?? I didn't have one error........well maybe one," countered Gattuso, " or possibly two at the most. Cut me some slack, man. Pop ups that are lost in the sun in MLB games are scored as hits."

The seven season vet added, "I've never been in a game before that you couldn't see a ground ball though."

This is the team's first season playing on a southeast field.

Travelers
Jun 1st  - Known travel and confirmed subs
Jun 21st: Amy, Jason (none: Ron or Andrew pitching )
Jun 28th: Amy, Jason (none: Ron or Andrew pitching )
Jul 12th: Courtney (Shannon), Connie (none), Ron (none)

EPTube   - Time Lapse - Part II
Jun 1st   - Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.
Future Empty Pitcher
Panama Canal
Making an Empty Pitcher Beautiful

New player cards
Jun 1st  - Seven new cards join the deck.

New classic player cards
May 19th  - In celebration of Memorial Day, in addition to our veterens who both made it home and those who didn't, we remember our players who are no longer with us every week.

Injuries
May 18th   - Connie: Though still not 100%, did no further damage in her limited play Sunday. From Andrew's shoulder to Keith's sensitive psyche, everyone should be healed after another two week period.

Moonlighting
May 17th   - Amber's softball sloshball team took 2nd place in California this weekend. Did she display any signs of being hung over while playing Sunday night in the oppressive heat?
May 15th   - Jamie pulled a Gattuso Friday night with the Free Agents subbing at SS and hitting two HRs.

EPTube   - Time Lapse - Part I
May 7th   - The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Albert Einstein
Trapped in an Elevator 41 hrs
Nature - Stars and other Sensitive Images
Home Alone
Gecko Eaten By Ants

New player profile
May 7th  - Find out who it is.

New player cards
May 5th  - Seven new cards to the deck above. More released soon. Reviving the old news ticker, teammate-recommended YouTube videos will be posted towards the end of each week.

Recaps
May 5th   - Lauren of the Band-Aids got their recap up yesterday of our game last week along with their victory Sunday snapping their losing streak. Nice scouting for us. Click Recaps once on page.

Moonlighting
May 2nd   - Ron subbed for Plan B's Lee's mens team, playing a doubleheader and knocking hits everywhere including a homer.

EPTube   - Car(t)s
May 1st   - Time is the only thief we can't get justice against.
World's Funniest Commercial - courtesy of anonymous
Blind Date - courtesy of anonymous
BMW Commercial - courtesy of Andrew
Best Commercial in Europe - courtesy of Raoul

Future Empty Pitcher
May 1st   - Congrats to Julie (season 2 sub) on having a baby last week. Andrew will be facing stiff competition at shortstop in a few years.

Travelers
May 1st  - Known travel and confirmed subs
May 17th: Ruthie (Amy), Amber (Melissa)
Jun 21st: Amy, Jason (Frank)
Jun 28th: Amy?, Jason (Frank)?

Lee's Plan B recap vs RamRods
Apr 28th  - Nice on your first win against Band-Aids in league play. We squeaked one out against RamRod. We jumped out early on them and had a 6-0 score through 4 innings. Gave up 2 in the 5th, we got one back in the top of the 6th. They scored 6 in the 6th to go up 1. We came back in the top of the 7th and put four on the board to go up 3. Then in their last at bats that had the winning run at 2nd, with two outs, POP FLY-Game--Plan B. 10-9. The 3 new teams are pretty good and T.G.F.T.W. looks strong this season.

EPTube
Apr 28th   - Never waste time.
Will It Blend? Glow Sticks - courtesy of Courtney
Championship Cup Stacking - courtesy of Jamie
Cats on a Treadmill - courtesy of Keith

Message from Scott:
Apr 27th   - Nice! Congrats on the return of the great empty pitcher! May it bring good fortune to your ballpark. :)

New player cards
Apr 27th  - Seven new cards to the deck above. More released soon.





Sunday Scores     

Empty Pitchers 21, Big Ballas 1
Tappa Kegga Brew 11, Warriors 7
1st Round Draft 10, Butter Up 8
Finish Strong 9, Band-Aids 7

Finish Strong avenged their mid-season 7-20 loss by returning to their style of good defense and pitching. Five times this season they've held opponents to 12 runs or less. Adding injury to insult, BA's Charles may have broken his ankle sliding.

Tappa Kegga Brew prevented EP's "revenge game with the Warriors" (we'll request them for next season) while 1st Rd avenged their 14-21 loss to Butter Up.

#1 Saki Bombers 7, T-Mobile 0
#2 GT Bombers 14, WSST 2
#6 AZ Devils 11, Armadillos 19
#1 Plan B 2, #8 Black Sox 3
#2 TGFTW 11, #7 Donkey Fire 12
#3 FRRamRod 11, Balls&Dolls 19

The #1, #2, #3 and #5 all lost on Plan B's field.


Standings     

(Avg Runs For/Against)

6-1  (  19 / 9   )    
Empty Pitchers
6-1  (  18 / 8 )    
6-1  (  ? / ? )    
Tappa Kegga Brew
5-2  (  17 / 13 )    
Butter Up
4-3  (  14 / 13 )    
Warriors
3-4  (  14 / 17 )  
1st Round Draft
2-5  (    9 / 12 )    
Finish Strong
1-6  (    9 / 16 )    
Big Ballas
1-6  (    5 / 16 )  
High Rollers



Upcoming 

Finish Strong @ 1st Rd Drft
Three weeks ago, 1st Round pulled off the narrow 12-11 win. 1st Round is capable of putting up a lot of runs but their defense is suspect. Finish Strong plays smart D and can take advantage of errors in the field.

Tibetan Mountain Monk says:
"Time for the keg to be emptied while the first round is finished off. "

Last week: 2-2
Total: 23-9



On Deck: Tappa Kegga Brew
Record: 6-1     History: 0-0     6pm
AWOL: Ron (None), Connie (None), Courtney (Shannon)

The like tap above, this team can pour it on in many different ways.

Few of us stayed in the heat to scout Warriors for weaknesses and Kappa for dangers. Here's what we saw along with Lee's notes from Plan B's game:

They have a couple of guys (the two at the beginning of their lineup) that can hit to all parts of the field. Leadoff hitter can hit the fence so play the track on him. Their girls can hit, not with power but can get the ball over the infield.

Their center fielders are a little weak defensively. The girl in right field can catch if it is hit to her (I flyed out to her twice). Their shortstop is really good, he's a play maker. The pitchers throws mostly a reverse spin.

It's always a good idea to protect your expensive tap from some vagabond or some merci-ruled opponent who is drinking at your party.

Big Pregame
We have the field to practice in the heat. No later than 5:40pm for this playoff. MUST BRING YOUR ID TO PLAY. 5:30pm if you want extra infield practice.

Big Postgame
If we win, we sit around and wait to play in the championship.




At the height of the Swine Flu scare


League Rules for Subs
  • Batters start with 1 ball & 1 strike.

  • Pitches landing on the plate are strikes.

  • First base is twice as big. The runner must step on the orange part, otherwise he/she is out.

  • There are two home plates. To avoid collisions, the catcher stands on the main plate and the baserunner heads to a separate plate to the right. It's a timing play like a play at 1B (no tag). Wrong plate and you're out!

  • There is a line 2/3 of the way towards home. Once you cross that line you cannot turn back.

  • Guys and girls must alternate in the batting order. If a guy is walked he gets two bases, not one.

  • With two outs, after a male batter walks, the next female batter has the option to walk or bat.

  • If we have more guys than girls playing, two guys must alternate in one batting spot.

  • When running to 2B or 3B, you cannot obstruct a fielder from throwing the ball to another base and no crazy movements/sound. Slides that risk injury to the fielder are automatic outs.

  • Outfielders - always throw to 2B and SS cut-offs.



  • Season 1 Results
    1-7,  8th place
    No records       
           
     
    Season 2 Results
    3-4,  5th place
    No records
    Season 3 Results
    5-2,  3rd place
    L 19-5
    The Band-Aids
    W 14-3
    @ Strategic Sluggers
    W 15-5
    @ Jokers Wild
    L 8-7
    Anton Sport
    W 26-1
    @ Los Diablos
    W 19-8
    @ Cytec Patriots
    W 19-7
    Pesto
    Playoff Results
    W 16-4
    Los Diablos
    L 12-5

    Jokers Wild

    Season 4 Results
    4-3,  3rd place (tie)
    L 13-5
    The Band-Aids
    L 9-5
    Sluggers
    W 15-9
    Rounders
    W 13-8
    Final Round RamRod
    L 14-6
    Stingers
    W 23-1
    Jagerbombers
    W 9-0
    Doc & Eddy's
    Playoff Results
    L 11-10
    Doc & Eddy's
    Season 5 Results
    4-3,  3rd place (tie)
    W 18-11
    Final Round RamRod
    L 21-10
    GT Bombers
    W 12-11
    AZ Devils
    W 17-16
    Churchills
    W 15-1
    Massage Envy
    L 11-9
    Plan B
    L 17-11
    Band-Aids
    Playoff Results
    W 14-4
    Churchills
    L 11-9
    AZ Devils
    Season 6 Results
    5-2,  2nd place
    W 18-8
    Plan B
    W 13-2
    TGFTW
    W 12-6
    Saki Bombers
    L 16-5
    AZ Devils
    L 16-8
    FR RamRod
    W 13-5
    Black Sox
    W 16-14
    Donkey Fire
    Playoff Results
    W 18-6
    TGFTW
    W 14-13
    Saki Bombers
    W 16-4
    Black Sox
    Tournament Champions
    Season 7 Results
    ?,  ? place
    W 16-4
    The Band-Aids
    W 11-7
    @ Finish Strong
    W 23-3
    Big Ballas
    W 28-20
    @ 1st Round Draft
    W 16-0
    High Rollers
    W 27-14
    @ Butter Up
    L 12-14
    Warriors
    Playoffs Start
    W 21-1
    Big Ballas
    Jul 12
    Tappa Kegga Brew