The Burninators are Brooklyn Kickball's 2005 Champions!
I know the Burninators don't feel like it was easy, and Shockamania sure doesn't either. Let me say to both teams that you both played admirably and with tremendous heart and skill. Plus, we had a great contest for the Championship. To be one of the remaining two, Shockamania went on a 5 - 0 run, and ultimately won 6 in a row before their final 9 inning match against the Burninators. Along the way, they eliminated the Orangesleeves, the Daggers, and Los Piratas. Just to play a final nine innings, they already sweated 15, including handing the Burninators their first playoff loss, only their second all season. Gutsy. Nobody else except for the Daggers could compete with the Burninators, and the Finals were enthralling. I appreciated how Matt Stimmel, their captain, hit a double with 2 outs in the ninth. He just wasn't going out like that, and so, Shockamania did end the game with the tying run at the plate. Ah, hell, guys, I'm sorry that someone's gotta win and someone's gotta lose. Shockamania deserved more than the Purple Rain Consolation, so I hope they all slept with Apollonia last night (you too, Lola).
Alas, for now, only the Sleeves will know what's it's like to beat a team captained by last year's MVP, Jesse "Sportz" Alexander. He has always been the utmost gentleman throughout 2 seasons, even when an Otter cheaply and wrongly kicked him in the back. He's tough, cool, smart, and a super-nice guy. I wish his brother Ben would be more like him. To prove how magnanimous he is, I must disclose this email he sent me the day after last year's Finals.
"I look forward to the Kickies and seeing all you guys again. This league has by far brought more joy to my life than any single event in several years. Thanks for helping to put and hold it together. If you need any support organizing or sumthin'... lemme know...ya' heard?
Peace,
Jesse
P.S. notice I didn't say anything about last night... thats cause I'm crushed...just really starting to cope now. Good game though...you guys deserved it. FUCK!"
That note says it all about the guy, and as a Commissioner, gestures like that make everything worth while. A lot of people should take lessons from this man on how to become, and act like, a Champ. No one more than he and his team deserved to win it, and I should have known he'd return happily yet vengefully in 2005, basically kicking everyone's ass almost the whole season. From the '55 Brooklyn Dodgers, to John McEnroe of 1981, to 04's Red Sox, resiliency makes Champions cooler.
But I don't want to take away from the rest of the team. His brother Ben is a scrapper, and is also one of the best all-around players in Kickball. Neil was very reliable at third, and Whino always seemed to be involved in every play. I coulda been drunk though. I am happy for Chewy that she went from worst to first. Good for you, my Duchess. To the rest of you, I honestly didn't get to know you that well, but my praise is sincere. You need at least 10 people on a team, and you scored alot of runs, mercy-ruled (Burninated?) almost all of us, and you didn't have alot of errors or baserunning blunders. That's the stuff Champs are made of.
Congratulations, Burninators, our Champions. You were the favorite, yet were taken to task, and remained triumphant.
An angel told me to post this message, claiming it comes from God:
"There is a rule about trash talking in kickball. It's meant to be in good fun and not trite. It’s been brought to my attention (as God sees all, mind you) that a few people have taken things to a point where someone was really insulted and hurt about personal matters. Aside from the kickball rules, that’s hurtful, and it crosses a line of general respect for one another."
Amen.
"There is a rule about trash talking in kickball. It's meant to be in good fun and not trite. It’s been brought to my attention (as God sees all, mind you) that a few people have taken things to a point where someone was really insulted and hurt about personal matters. Aside from the kickball rules, that’s hurtful, and it crosses a line of general respect for one another."
Amen.
2005 Kickies!
The finalists are public.
If you are a member of the Brooklyn Kickball Yahoo Group, please go to:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/brooklynkickball/polls
If you are not a member, please email me at chewyboese@aol.com and I will email you the list so you can vote.
The finalists are public.
If you are a member of the Brooklyn Kickball Yahoo Group, please go to:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/brooklynkickball/polls
If you are not a member, please email me at chewyboese@aol.com and I will email you the list so you can vote.
Here's something to help you, lifted from the Kickbacks' website:
