Who is going to stop the Burninators? If a team is going to beat them, they'd better find their groove now. Shockamania has very good fielding, and always limit their non-earned runs, but they can;t take the Burns. The Sleeves are in the rejuvenation/reforming process, and we'll see how that goes. The Daggers should make a nice playoff run, and with their full team, they are dangerous. Athletically, right now Los Piratas are a shell of themselves, with Jesse and Ben defecting, da MathMatiks kids preoccupied with art, softball, and skirts, Nipple's on the West Coast, and MVP being MIA. However, Franz claims his team will be good enough to pose a very interesting challenge: they rumble a team, and the winner gets to snatch a player from the loser. Pretty Bold for a faltering squad, but that means Franz must have recruited Pele's kid. Or he could be so drunk with power from StreetWarz that he's talking too much smack this time.
Spiritually, the Pirates are the same, and that's always very good, normally followed by something very bad or controversial.
The Orphans are almost back their 2004 form, and that means they can beat anyone at anytime, provided they go easy on the drinking. The Kings have improved, with new players, such as Pokey. As for The SugarTits, time will tell if their defection from the Kings will make them winners. The Otters need a prayer just to finish a game, let alone win one. But I hope everyone improves, and I know da Otts must feel somewhat overwhelmed by the standing teams. They played the Burns in their first game, and while the outcome was predictable, I say, throw 'em into da deep end.
The Directors will set up a cool and fair playoff format soon.
I feel we owe to the players to make this site precious with good content. Never mind if you like the main page or not. We are making sure brooklynkickball.com is overloaded with good pictures and funny, relevant info. If anyone has anything they would like to contribute, please forward it to us.
Spiritually, the Pirates are the same, and that's always very good, normally followed by something very bad or controversial.
The Orphans are almost back their 2004 form, and that means they can beat anyone at anytime, provided they go easy on the drinking. The Kings have improved, with new players, such as Pokey. As for The SugarTits, time will tell if their defection from the Kings will make them winners. The Otters need a prayer just to finish a game, let alone win one. But I hope everyone improves, and I know da Otts must feel somewhat overwhelmed by the standing teams. They played the Burns in their first game, and while the outcome was predictable, I say, throw 'em into da deep end.
The Directors will set up a cool and fair playoff format soon.
I feel we owe to the players to make this site precious with good content. Never mind if you like the main page or not. We are making sure brooklynkickball.com is overloaded with good pictures and funny, relevant info. If anyone has anything they would like to contribute, please forward it to us.
I knew last Sunday wouldn't go absolutely as planned, but what was impromptu was good: Straggler Games Trumped the All-Stars. Perhaps the bands stole the limelight from our best players, but in the end, everyone had a blast, and we did while basically playing pick-up games. Is straggling better than team play? I think most people would say yes, and I love my Orangesleeves. Something about straggling is more chaotic and romantic.
So, to all the regulars at "KickStock" (copyright, 2005, Jews Carstensen), ask yourself, was there a better week at Kickball, ever? I guess my favorite night was when the Sleeves won the Finals, but that was dependant upon our winning, and I'm sure my win wouldn't have felt as good as if I weren't a Sleeve or a fan of us. July 10, 2005 is the way Kickball should go every week, but the Parks Department and the Cops won't let us have weekly amplification, especially bands, and, well, players sure do love their teams. But to all the teams, I ask for you to always invite stragglers to come and join us somehow, be they on your team, or be a whole teamful against you. Straggling is the most underrated factor is the growth and beauty of this league. I am a straggler. I straggled onto the Sleeves, as did the vast majority of it. One day it hits you: all these people just came outta nowhere and now i never want them to leave.
Be Open, Be Free.
K Fing D.
So, to all the regulars at "KickStock" (copyright, 2005, Jews Carstensen), ask yourself, was there a better week at Kickball, ever? I guess my favorite night was when the Sleeves won the Finals, but that was dependant upon our winning, and I'm sure my win wouldn't have felt as good as if I weren't a Sleeve or a fan of us. July 10, 2005 is the way Kickball should go every week, but the Parks Department and the Cops won't let us have weekly amplification, especially bands, and, well, players sure do love their teams. But to all the teams, I ask for you to always invite stragglers to come and join us somehow, be they on your team, or be a whole teamful against you. Straggling is the most underrated factor is the growth and beauty of this league. I am a straggler. I straggled onto the Sleeves, as did the vast majority of it. One day it hits you: all these people just came outta nowhere and now i never want them to leave.
Be Open, Be Free.
K Fing D.
When even casual sports fans consider Derek Jeter's 2005 All-Star candidacy, once they know that he's leading the league in runs scored, there's nothing else to think about. Getting home is how a team wins, and no one does it better than he. He's a quick hustler, bats over .300, and doesn't make dumb running errors. For 10 years now, that's been his offense: get on, and he'll get home.
Still, it's amazing that when you watch the Yanks on any television station, you never see his Runs statistic. Runs have always been considered a lower-tier stat, and i don't know why. I guess the best example goes back to 1985's Most Valuable Player Award, when Don Mattingly edged out teammate Rickie Henderson for that prestige.
Here were their stats for 1985, one of the greatest years for pop songs, evah, duh:
Rickie Runs: 502 At-Bats, .314 Batting Average, .419 On-Base Percentage, 80 Steals, 147 Runs, 72 Runs Batted In
Donnie Baseball: 652 At-Bats, .324 Batting Average, .371 On-Base Percentage, 2 Steals, 107 Runs, 146 Runs Batted In.
The low-down: should RBIs have more value than Runs? No, and not vice-versa either. They work together. So many of those Donny Baseball RBIs meant Rickey Runs. Had Rickey not had that awesome On-Base-Percentage, and those 80 steals, Mattingly would have had far less chances to knock people in.
Well, in the end, Rickey Henderson is going to the Hall, while Mattingly probably isn't.
The lesson here is: for those of you not voted to play in the All-Star game, remember where Derek Jeter will be this Tuesday night for Baseball's All-Star Game. Prolly chillin in his penthouse pad. You can relate, right?
Seriously, the best run makers in Baseball get snubbed routinely, so fuck it if you didn't make the team's popularity contest. I may not make the team either and I've been lighting it up like Jesus on the basepaths. So, Please, just come on Sunday Night, drink, play some Straggler games, and enjoy the ROCK!
Peace.
Still, it's amazing that when you watch the Yanks on any television station, you never see his Runs statistic. Runs have always been considered a lower-tier stat, and i don't know why. I guess the best example goes back to 1985's Most Valuable Player Award, when Don Mattingly edged out teammate Rickie Henderson for that prestige.
Here were their stats for 1985, one of the greatest years for pop songs, evah, duh:
Rickie Runs: 502 At-Bats, .314 Batting Average, .419 On-Base Percentage, 80 Steals, 147 Runs, 72 Runs Batted In
Donnie Baseball: 652 At-Bats, .324 Batting Average, .371 On-Base Percentage, 2 Steals, 107 Runs, 146 Runs Batted In.
The low-down: should RBIs have more value than Runs? No, and not vice-versa either. They work together. So many of those Donny Baseball RBIs meant Rickey Runs. Had Rickey not had that awesome On-Base-Percentage, and those 80 steals, Mattingly would have had far less chances to knock people in.
Well, in the end, Rickey Henderson is going to the Hall, while Mattingly probably isn't.
The lesson here is: for those of you not voted to play in the All-Star game, remember where Derek Jeter will be this Tuesday night for Baseball's All-Star Game. Prolly chillin in his penthouse pad. You can relate, right?
Seriously, the best run makers in Baseball get snubbed routinely, so fuck it if you didn't make the team's popularity contest. I may not make the team either and I've been lighting it up like Jesus on the basepaths. So, Please, just come on Sunday Night, drink, play some Straggler games, and enjoy the ROCK!
Peace.