New teams / old teams:   For the third straight season, the Armadillos and No Tan Lines are in our division. Better L8 Than Never (the homerun crushers) and C-Dogs also return to the northeast Dawson field. This will be the Empty Pitchers' third straight season on the NE Dawson field, which Tempe reserves for its top teams. Congrats!

Rounding out the league will be Dobson Ranch HOA, one of the SE field's top teams the past two seasons, Arrowlane and Boston's Bar & Grill, neither of whom we know anything about. Our schedule gives us the advantage of scouting these two new teams before encountering them.

Aside from the teams we know nothing about, this looks to be a very balanced field, aside from Better L8 who have to be the favorites unless a team like the Pitchers decides to outhit Better L8.

Old rivals elsewhere
On the SE field: Warriors, Leftovers, Where's Home, Finish Strong, FR Ramrod and Black Sox.
On the NW field: 1st Round Draft and Saki Bombers
On the SW field: Jagerbombers, Rounders and TGFTW

New faces / old faces:   Chad has work to do Sunday nights scouting the NFL teams for the Jacksonville Jaguars, rendering him unavailable to play. Andrew, at Jessica's urging to get him out of the house, returns to action. The remainder of the roster remains the same.

On the field, look for more utility action from Jamie and Ted as Andrew holds down 3B while rehabbing / strenghtening his ankle. At the plate, it's time to buckle down and become a leaner, meaner offensive machine.

New look:   The team has looked for new uniforms but nothing yet has been decided. Regardless of the uniform in use, on October 17th, Courtney and Jamie will be celebrating their wedding weekend with softball (they get married on Friday the 15th in Sedona). All uniforms will have a slight tweak to them. Jamie's family will be in town attending the game and everyone should plan to join them for a quick drink and/or bite post-game.

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Feedback:  The Pterodactyl Listens Comments avg. rating K says... Best. Banner. Ever. 2nd September 2010 4:40pm court says... Lovin' the new layout! I'm sure Ptack is pretty pleased! 2nd September 2010 9:01pm Ted Organ says... Thank You everyone for coming out to Fiddlesticks!! That was so nice to see you guys! We have a great group of kids on our team!! Can't wait for the season 2nd September 2010 10:20pm Ted Organ says... Oh...I'm having a BBQ Pool Party at my house this Sunday (Sept 5th) Everyone is invited...we will probably get started @ 2:00 til whenever we get shut down! Let me know if anyone needs directions! 2nd September 2010 10:23pm roop narayan sahoo says... hank You everyone for coming out to Fiddlesticks!! That was so nice to see you guys! We have a great group of kids on our team!! Can't wait for the season Yesterday 12:42pm Add Comment

On Deck:  Better L8 Than Never 7pm - Away History: 0-1 L 2-17 Season 9 "Step right up to the plate and crack a hit. Yessir-ee, let's see what you can do!" "Look at this young man and gorgeous lady... wearing those matching white and blue outfits! "Whaddya say, sir and ma'am, would you like to win a free pitcher of beer? Just need two more people to step up and the four of ya can take whacks and make your way around each base... it's as simple as that! "Even if you lose, I got these pretty, stuffed animals that look like flying dinosaurs for you to take home. But if you get twenty runs, you're a winner!" Scouted: This team hits over all the fences - left, center and right. Jason will do his best to jam the batters and make them work for a good pitch to crush. Minimize the errors, keep the ball in front of the outfielders and relax at the plate. We can't outhit them power-wise, but we can outhit them to minimize their atbats. Pregame: For this first game, please arrive at 6:30pm and in addition to warming up your arms, grab a bat and take 20-30 good practice swings to shake the rust off... or it could be a very short night.

Regular Season Standings  (Avg Runs For/Against) 0-0  (   0 / 0   )   Armadillos 0-0  (   0 / 0   )   Arrowlane 0-0  (   0 / 0   )   Better L8 0-0  (   0 / 0   )   Boston's B&G 0-0  (   0 / 0   )   C Dogs 0-0  (   0 / 0   )   Dobson Ranch 0-0  (   0 / 0   )   Empty Pitchers 0-0  (   0 / 0   )   No Tan Lines

Upcoming Games

Arrowlane @ No Tan Lines
Next time your friend is asleep while sunning on a lawn chair on beach towel, use suntan lotion to create arrows on your friend's body.

Armadillos @ C Dogs
Last time the Dillos drilled and dinked hits towards a 13-7 victory. Did the ol' C Dogs learn any new tricks since then?

Boston's Bar & Grill @ Dobson Ranch HOA
On principal alone, one must side with a bar over an HOA. While one brings happiness to a community, the other brings hefty fees which are often mismanaged, unless the HOA provides a drunk bus.

Tibetan Mountain Monk says:
I have returned from the big city and am embarassed to admit, I have been having a heck of a time "passing" all this processed food.

I predict a tall tan beer, a strong arm lifting the beer, the beer being emptied, and an HOA member finding me passed out on someone's lawn.

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Known Travel

Sept 12th - Ruthie
Sept 19th - Connie and Ron
Oct 10th - Connie and Ruthie
Oct 17th - Connie and Ron

Darkness Dear Boy

Only the roar of a go-kart could drown out Ted's rocking last Friday at Fiddlesticks. Most common exclamation heard that night: "They don't serve beer here?"

Jamie did his best to sabotage Ron's Formula 1 run by delaying his start of the race, but his souped-up racer cruised around to take first place before running out of gas on the last lap. Who knew go-karts needed pit stops. Marlee blamed her non-first-place finish on her tires being worn.

Riddles of Raoul

I have land without mountians, rivers without water, and cities without people. What am I?
Highlight space between quotes for answer: "   A map     "