Thursday, August 13, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Thoroughly Trouncing the Expletives
Good Morning A’s,
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the A’s steamrolled to domination over the CDT /
Fleeting Expletives last night. What a great day!
The final tally was 28-7, and the A’s had strong production from all over the field. The strong
right side of the infield/short outfield combination of Katy, Sandy, Mary and Kelly dropped
a whopping 12 hits on CDT and scored 9 runs between them. When Mandy “Ass Manager”
Simon wasn’t hurling fleeting expletives at just-out-of-reach fouls, her lightning-fast reflexes
shut down the fleetin’s at the plate. A perfectly solid outfield manned by Toby, Will Smith, and
Aziz contained CDT, while Toby came about 0.00003 millimeters from the catch of the season
(great hustle there, Toby). Skip and Dan “Big” Mach held down the infield with their aggressive
style. And last but certainly not least, MVP Jeremy “I’m gonna throw the ball into that other
team’s infield” Caverly had 5 hits, two of them doubles, and scored every time he reached the
plate. All in all, it was a heck of an effing performance.
But, as glorious as this victory was, especially since it was over former ACLUers, and current
traitor Liz Banaszak, and since it was a wonderful revenge for our short, 2-inning game of a few
weeks back, I’ve also got some bad news. We only have 2 games left. I know, I know. Once
you compose yourself, read on…
On Tuesday of next week we square off against the Complexificationizers, of the Project
Performance Corporation. The game will probably be starting at 6:30, or whenever all of you
feel like showing up. Please let me know if you can come. (And if you need to bail, please try
to give me as much advanced warning as possible)
After that, we have one more game, on the following Tuesday. We haven’t really been too
aggressive in trying to reschedule games, but if folks really want to keep playing, I can try
to schedule us some more (I know what you’re thinking Kelly, but I will try to handle the
rescheduling myself. You’re off the hook). So also please let me know if you’re as devastated
as I am that our season is rapidly winding to a close, and I’ll do what I can to get us another
match or two.
That’s it for now. Great game last night A’s, and I hope you can all make it out next week to
build off this success and/or come cheer us on. Have a nice weekend.
Effing A,
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the A’s steamrolled to domination over the CDT /
Fleeting Expletives last night. What a great day!
The final tally was 28-7, and the A’s had strong production from all over the field. The strong
right side of the infield/short outfield combination of Katy, Sandy, Mary and Kelly dropped
a whopping 12 hits on CDT and scored 9 runs between them. When Mandy “Ass Manager”
Simon wasn’t hurling fleeting expletives at just-out-of-reach fouls, her lightning-fast reflexes
shut down the fleetin’s at the plate. A perfectly solid outfield manned by Toby, Will Smith, and
Aziz contained CDT, while Toby came about 0.00003 millimeters from the catch of the season
(great hustle there, Toby). Skip and Dan “Big” Mach held down the infield with their aggressive
style. And last but certainly not least, MVP Jeremy “I’m gonna throw the ball into that other
team’s infield” Caverly had 5 hits, two of them doubles, and scored every time he reached the
plate. All in all, it was a heck of an effing performance.
But, as glorious as this victory was, especially since it was over former ACLUers, and current
traitor Liz Banaszak, and since it was a wonderful revenge for our short, 2-inning game of a few
weeks back, I’ve also got some bad news. We only have 2 games left. I know, I know. Once
you compose yourself, read on…
On Tuesday of next week we square off against the Complexificationizers, of the Project
Performance Corporation. The game will probably be starting at 6:30, or whenever all of you
feel like showing up. Please let me know if you can come. (And if you need to bail, please try
to give me as much advanced warning as possible)
After that, we have one more game, on the following Tuesday. We haven’t really been too
aggressive in trying to reschedule games, but if folks really want to keep playing, I can try
to schedule us some more (I know what you’re thinking Kelly, but I will try to handle the
rescheduling myself. You’re off the hook). So also please let me know if you’re as devastated
as I am that our season is rapidly winding to a close, and I’ll do what I can to get us another
match or two.
That’s it for now. Great game last night A’s, and I hope you can all make it out next week to
build off this success and/or come cheer us on. Have a nice weekend.
Effing A,
Friday, August 7, 2009
Expletives Hopes Fleeting Against Reunited A's, 8-6-09
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the A’s steamrolled to domination over the CDT / Fleeting Expletives last night. What a great day!
The final tally was 28-7, and the A’s had strong production from all over the field. The strong right side of the infield/short outfield combination of Katy, Sandy, Mary and Kelly dropped a whopping 12 hits on CDT and scored 9 runs between them. When Mandy “Ass Manager” Simon wasn’t hurling fleeting expletives at just-out-of-reach fouls, her lightning-fast reflexes shut down the fleetin’s at the plate. A perfectly solid outfield manned by Toby, Will Smith, and Aziz contained CDT, while Toby came about 0.00003 millimeters from the catch of the season (great hustle there, Toby). Skip and Dan “Big” Mach held down the infield with their aggressive style. And last but certainly not least, MVP Jeremy “I’m gonna throw the ball into that other team’s infield” Caverly had 5 hits, two of them doubles, and scored every time he reached the plate. All in all, it was a heck of an effing performance.
But, as glorious as this victory was, especially since it was over former ACLUers, and current traitor Liz Banaszak, and since it was a wonderful revenge for our short, 2-inning game of a few weeks back, I’ve also got some bad news. We only have 2 games left. I know, I know. Once you compose yourself, read on…
On Tuesday of next week we square off against the Complexificationizers, of the Project Performance Corporation. The game will probably be starting at 6:30, or whenever all of you feel like showing up. Please let me know if you can come. (And if you need to bail, please try to give me as much advanced warning as possible)
After that, we have one more game, on the following Tuesday. We haven’t really been too aggressive in trying to reschedule games, but if folks really want to keep playing, I can try to schedule us some more (I know what you’re thinking Kelly, but I will try to handle the rescheduling myself. You’re off the hook). So also please let me know if you’re as devastated as I am that our season is rapidly winding to a close, and I’ll do what I can to get us another match or two.
That’s it for now. Great game last night A’s, and I hope you can all make it out next week to build off this success and/or come cheer us on. Have a nice weekend.
Effing A,
Skip
The final tally was 28-7, and the A’s had strong production from all over the field. The strong right side of the infield/short outfield combination of Katy, Sandy, Mary and Kelly dropped a whopping 12 hits on CDT and scored 9 runs between them. When Mandy “Ass Manager” Simon wasn’t hurling fleeting expletives at just-out-of-reach fouls, her lightning-fast reflexes shut down the fleetin’s at the plate. A perfectly solid outfield manned by Toby, Will Smith, and Aziz contained CDT, while Toby came about 0.00003 millimeters from the catch of the season (great hustle there, Toby). Skip and Dan “Big” Mach held down the infield with their aggressive style. And last but certainly not least, MVP Jeremy “I’m gonna throw the ball into that other team’s infield” Caverly had 5 hits, two of them doubles, and scored every time he reached the plate. All in all, it was a heck of an effing performance.
But, as glorious as this victory was, especially since it was over former ACLUers, and current traitor Liz Banaszak, and since it was a wonderful revenge for our short, 2-inning game of a few weeks back, I’ve also got some bad news. We only have 2 games left. I know, I know. Once you compose yourself, read on…
On Tuesday of next week we square off against the Complexificationizers, of the Project Performance Corporation. The game will probably be starting at 6:30, or whenever all of you feel like showing up. Please let me know if you can come. (And if you need to bail, please try to give me as much advanced warning as possible)
After that, we have one more game, on the following Tuesday. We haven’t really been too aggressive in trying to reschedule games, but if folks really want to keep playing, I can try to schedule us some more (I know what you’re thinking Kelly, but I will try to handle the rescheduling myself. You’re off the hook). So also please let me know if you’re as devastated as I am that our season is rapidly winding to a close, and I’ll do what I can to get us another match or two.
That’s it for now. Great game last night A’s, and I hope you can all make it out next week to build off this success and/or come cheer us on. Have a nice weekend.
Effing A,
Skip
Grunley Bears Friendly, Fierce, 8-4-09
So I’m sitting here trying to come to terms with our defeat last night at the hands of the bears of Grunley. What I think is most difficult to bear is that we played a darn good game but just couldn’t pull it all together and get the hits in the clutch moments. Despite a valiant effort and great play all around, we were only able to get 6 people across the plate (would have been seven if it wasn’t for jennie effing finch on first base) and that turned out to not be enough to overcome the Gruns.
The game had numerous highlights, about as many as injuries. Mr. Goldberg unfortunately acquired a hammy pull on a tremendous diving attempt in left field, and needed a pinch runner for the rest of the game. Katy Nelson was dodging balls left and right as the bears bore down on her through the middle innings, but still took one off the toe that would have felled a lesser woman. My hand has a nice sized welt on it from the 50,000 mph line drive I snagged in left.
Dan “Big” Mach and Emily “Easy” Zia intoned the great Wizard of Oz for some diving stabs on the infield. James “Rocky Mountain Oyster” Owens and skip nearly collided on a shallow fly ball, while Brian Levine and Steve Rietzke rounded out a solid outfield effort. All in all, we played great and (I hope) all had a good time.
So while this game was one for the ages, or at least for an exciting Tuesday night by ole Honest Abe, we must move on to our next game, tomorrow. Yay!
We are playing the CDT/Fleeting Expletives in a rematch of the 2-inning, DizzyBat-shortened game from a few weeks ago. The game will be at 6:30pm tomorrow, but you can, as always, show up as early as you’d like to start warming up. The fleetin’s are supposed to be getting us a field, which will likely end up either right at 15th & Constitution or on that strip of mall between the monument and the Capitol.
Effing A,
Skip
The game had numerous highlights, about as many as injuries. Mr. Goldberg unfortunately acquired a hammy pull on a tremendous diving attempt in left field, and needed a pinch runner for the rest of the game. Katy Nelson was dodging balls left and right as the bears bore down on her through the middle innings, but still took one off the toe that would have felled a lesser woman. My hand has a nice sized welt on it from the 50,000 mph line drive I snagged in left.
Dan “Big” Mach and Emily “Easy” Zia intoned the great Wizard of Oz for some diving stabs on the infield. James “Rocky Mountain Oyster” Owens and skip nearly collided on a shallow fly ball, while Brian Levine and Steve Rietzke rounded out a solid outfield effort. All in all, we played great and (I hope) all had a good time.
So while this game was one for the ages, or at least for an exciting Tuesday night by ole Honest Abe, we must move on to our next game, tomorrow. Yay!
We are playing the CDT/Fleeting Expletives in a rematch of the 2-inning, DizzyBat-shortened game from a few weeks ago. The game will be at 6:30pm tomorrow, but you can, as always, show up as early as you’d like to start warming up. The fleetin’s are supposed to be getting us a field, which will likely end up either right at 15th & Constitution or on that strip of mall between the monument and the Capitol.
Effing A,
Skip
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
A Heartbreaking Defeat, and our Next Chance at Redemption
Good Morning A’s,
So I’m sitting here trying to come to terms with our defeat last night at the hands of the bears
of Grunley. What I think is most difficult to bear is that we played a darn good game but just
couldn’t pull it all together and get the hits in the clutch moments. Despite a valiant effort and
great play all around, we were only able to get 6 people across the plate (would have been seven
if it wasn’t for jennie effing finch on first base) and that turned out to not be enough to overcome
the Gruns.
The game had numerous highlights, about as many as injuries. Mr. Goldberg unfortunately
acquired a hammy pull on a tremendous diving attempt in left field, and needed a pinch runner
for the rest of the game. Katy Nelson was dodging balls left and right as the bears bore down
on her through the middle innings, but still took one off the toe that would have felled a lesser
woman. My hand has a nice sized welt on it from the 50,000 mph line drive I snagged in left.
Dan “Big” Mach and Emily “Easy” Zia intoned the great Wizard of Oz for some diving stabs
on the infield. James “Rocky Mountain Oyster” Owens and skip nearly collided on a shallow
fly ball, while Brian Levine and Steve Rietzke rounded out a solid outfield effort. All in all, we
played great and (I hope) all had a good time.
So while this game was one for the ages, or at least for an exciting Tuesday night by ole Honest
Abe, we must move on to our next game, tomorrow. Yay!
We are playing the CDT/Fleeting Expletives in a rematch of the 2-inning, DizzyBat-shortened
game from a few weeks ago. The game will be at 6:30pm tomorrow, but you can, as always,
show up as early as you’d like to start warming up. The fleetin’s are supposed to be getting us a
field, which will likely end up either right at 15th & Constitution or on that strip of mall between
the monument and the Capitol.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU CAN PLAY. I know some of you have told me,
so don’t bother telling me again, but we need to get a roster together so we can confirm the
game. So if you haven’t already let Kelly or I know you’ll be there, please do so.
And if you needed any encouragement, just remember that not only is this the team that usurped
our batboy’s allegiance, but they are so confident that we were told we’d be “Vanquished.”
Enough said.
Effing A,
So I’m sitting here trying to come to terms with our defeat last night at the hands of the bears
of Grunley. What I think is most difficult to bear is that we played a darn good game but just
couldn’t pull it all together and get the hits in the clutch moments. Despite a valiant effort and
great play all around, we were only able to get 6 people across the plate (would have been seven
if it wasn’t for jennie effing finch on first base) and that turned out to not be enough to overcome
the Gruns.
The game had numerous highlights, about as many as injuries. Mr. Goldberg unfortunately
acquired a hammy pull on a tremendous diving attempt in left field, and needed a pinch runner
for the rest of the game. Katy Nelson was dodging balls left and right as the bears bore down
on her through the middle innings, but still took one off the toe that would have felled a lesser
woman. My hand has a nice sized welt on it from the 50,000 mph line drive I snagged in left.
Dan “Big” Mach and Emily “Easy” Zia intoned the great Wizard of Oz for some diving stabs
on the infield. James “Rocky Mountain Oyster” Owens and skip nearly collided on a shallow
fly ball, while Brian Levine and Steve Rietzke rounded out a solid outfield effort. All in all, we
played great and (I hope) all had a good time.
So while this game was one for the ages, or at least for an exciting Tuesday night by ole Honest
Abe, we must move on to our next game, tomorrow. Yay!
We are playing the CDT/Fleeting Expletives in a rematch of the 2-inning, DizzyBat-shortened
game from a few weeks ago. The game will be at 6:30pm tomorrow, but you can, as always,
show up as early as you’d like to start warming up. The fleetin’s are supposed to be getting us a
field, which will likely end up either right at 15th & Constitution or on that strip of mall between
the monument and the Capitol.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU CAN PLAY. I know some of you have told me,
so don’t bother telling me again, but we need to get a roster together so we can confirm the
game. So if you haven’t already let Kelly or I know you’ll be there, please do so.
And if you needed any encouragement, just remember that not only is this the team that usurped
our batboy’s allegiance, but they are so confident that we were told we’d be “Vanquished.”
Enough said.
Effing A,
Friday, July 31, 2009
Sweet, Glorious Victory!
Hola A's,
For those of you who couldn't make it to last night's game, you sure missed a good one. After
forging an unlikely alliance between the Effing A's and the Department of Justice, the A's/
DOJers thoroughly trounced the Un-Indicteds/some other DOJers with a whopping 22-4
smackdown. I think that means we re-indicted them.
The game was highlighted by Jeremy Goldberg's unfathomably long drive from 14th street to
practically the Lincoln Memorial, stellar fielding that should have landed at least 1 or 2 people in
the Nats' farm system, and an amazing 7 ribbies from James "I crush every pitch" Owens (which
almost didn't happen because the batboy was dogging it around the bags (yeah, I saw you J)).
Heck of a game.
So now we can cruise right from this victory into next week, and keep up the great effing
momentum we've built. We square off against the Grunley Bears, of the Grunley Construction
Company, on Tuesday. Since they probably are all massive construction workers, we'll likely
need a full-out onslaught of first amendment action to put them in their place.
Please let me know if you can make the game on Tuesday, as soon as possible. Also, if I could
maybe have a volunteer to help scout a field and/or assist in lugging our equipment down, I
would really appreciate it.
That's it for now A's. Have a good weekend.
Effing A,
For those of you who couldn't make it to last night's game, you sure missed a good one. After
forging an unlikely alliance between the Effing A's and the Department of Justice, the A's/
DOJers thoroughly trounced the Un-Indicteds/some other DOJers with a whopping 22-4
smackdown. I think that means we re-indicted them.
The game was highlighted by Jeremy Goldberg's unfathomably long drive from 14th street to
practically the Lincoln Memorial, stellar fielding that should have landed at least 1 or 2 people in
the Nats' farm system, and an amazing 7 ribbies from James "I crush every pitch" Owens (which
almost didn't happen because the batboy was dogging it around the bags (yeah, I saw you J)).
Heck of a game.
So now we can cruise right from this victory into next week, and keep up the great effing
momentum we've built. We square off against the Grunley Bears, of the Grunley Construction
Company, on Tuesday. Since they probably are all massive construction workers, we'll likely
need a full-out onslaught of first amendment action to put them in their place.
Please let me know if you can make the game on Tuesday, as soon as possible. Also, if I could
maybe have a volunteer to help scout a field and/or assist in lugging our equipment down, I
would really appreciate it.
That's it for now A's. Have a good weekend.
Effing A,
Everyone Wins, 7-30-09
Hola A’s and A's Fans,
For those of you who couldn’t make it to last night’s game, you sure missed a good one. After forging an unlikely alliance between the Effing A’s and the Department of Justice, the A’s/DOJers thoroughly trounced the Un-Indicteds/some other DOJers with a whopping 22-4 smackdown. I think that means we re-indicted them.
The game was highlighted by Jeremy Goldberg’s unfathomably long drive from 14th street to practically the Lincoln Memorial, stellar fielding that should have landed at least 1 or 2 people in the Nats’ farm system, and an amazing 7 ribbies from James “I crush every pitch” Owens (which almost didn’t happen because the batboy was dogging it around the bags (yeah, I saw you). Heck of a game.
So now we can cruise right from this victory into next week, and keep up the great effing momentum we’ve built. We square off against the Grunley Bears, of the Grunley Construction Company, on Tuesday. Since they probably are all massive construction workers, we’ll likely need a full-out onslaught of first amendment action to put them in their place.
Effing A,
Skip
For those of you who couldn’t make it to last night’s game, you sure missed a good one. After forging an unlikely alliance between the Effing A’s and the Department of Justice, the A’s/DOJers thoroughly trounced the Un-Indicteds/some other DOJers with a whopping 22-4 smackdown. I think that means we re-indicted them.
The game was highlighted by Jeremy Goldberg’s unfathomably long drive from 14th street to practically the Lincoln Memorial, stellar fielding that should have landed at least 1 or 2 people in the Nats’ farm system, and an amazing 7 ribbies from James “I crush every pitch” Owens (which almost didn’t happen because the batboy was dogging it around the bags (yeah, I saw you). Heck of a game.
So now we can cruise right from this victory into next week, and keep up the great effing momentum we’ve built. We square off against the Grunley Bears, of the Grunley Construction Company, on Tuesday. Since they probably are all massive construction workers, we’ll likely need a full-out onslaught of first amendment action to put them in their place.
Effing A,
Skip
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