League: Season Preview
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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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.
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