Winning the Spring A league is becoming a tradition for WW softball. For the third straight year WW has claimed their league title and this year they did so convincingly. With exception of the two Budweiser games and the first meeting with HDR, WW was able to coast through the season without breaking a sweat. Going into last Friday WW had put themselves in the driver seat of the league needing only to get a win against HDR or Budweiser in their final night of Spring play. WW would start the double-header against Bud who seemed to be the toughest competition seen by WW all season. Despite an anemic offense WW was able to get ahead early and play near flawless defense holding bud to only 6 runs. Pete escaped the first and third inning without throwing more than 5 pitches each. Not bad against a team that averaged a little over 13 runs a game. WW had some timely hits, most notably from lefty B. Macek who sent a sharp oppo liner with a couple of ducks on and turned it into a little league homer. When it was all said and done, WW walked away with an 8-6 victory and the Spring Championship.
After the victory against bud WW was able to sit back and take a game off, so to speak, against HDR. With the lineup flipped, the infield in the outfield and JW pitching WW put themselves in a position to get their doors blown off. In spite of their best efforts, WW again played spectacular defense with all the wrong people in all the wrong places. I think JW even managed to get out of an inning wasting only 6 pitches.
With Spring '09 in the books their was a roll call for the post season celebration. After much lobbying for more teammates to join in, a group of only four would make their way to Frisco to celebrate. There were wide range of excuses for missing the post-season celebration. Some had to get home and get their panties washed prior to the tournament the following day (I guess some people still hand wash their delicates). Others needed their sleep and I'm sure there were some valid reasons but in the end... Pete, Buckshot, Chris H. and Byron were the real Champions.
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
There are some who call me... Tim.
OK. One of our newest team members Jay, has seen fit to issue some suggestions for nicknames. Here are some excerpts from the e-mails that cover the names and some responses from JW and Byron.
Joe : Depending on the night (Tuesday or Friday), Joe could go with the following
-Tuesdays – JW (pronounced “jay-dub”)
-Fridays : Slurry Joe – This is derived from the Happy Hour Extravaganza that Joe participates in before the Friday night games.
-JW is pretty solid despite all of my efforts to get momentum for a Forest Gump type nickname seeing as how Joe does share some resemblance and he has those knee braces.
Rik : “Crotch” – I don’t think I’ve seen anyone take a ball to the nether-regions (or close to) more times than Rik.
-Crotch and balls-out both seem to be walking the fine line of gaydom especially since balls-out will inevitably be shortened to balls.
Albert : “Digs” – This is derived from the numerous times that Albert has to plow the dirt in front of 1st base in order to dig the ball out that many of us (not naming any names…Slurry Joe) throw his way.
-I kinda like digs more than A-train since it hints at Al’s ability to save our asses and highlights the fact that our infield can’t keep the ball out of the dirt.
Byron : “Nine” – For the number of hot wings Bryon will forever get at Hooters.
Chris H. : There are 2 possibilities here…one gay, one that reaches a little too much.
-“Heiny” – Last name credibility, but could be mistaken for gaydom on the softball field.
-“Morris” – Reminding Chris that his Alma Mater is like the fat girl at the prom with regards to the NCAA Tourney. Just happy to be there.
Pete : “Deuce”…..this either has something to do with some bathroom innuendo or hold on to your seat as this will blow your mind…..his jersey number is 2.
-separate tag name for Tournaments though, such as “Schleprock” or the “Human Injury Magnet”.
Mike : it’s very complicated to explain but I’ll give it a shot…….he wears # 8 on his jersey…..open your mind and see if you can figure it out…..if not let me know.
-Another obvious one for Mike is “grandpa” or “gramps” or “papa”…..you get the trend here!
TJ : “T-ball”……now I’m not sure if this has to do with some human anatomy oddity, the competitive game of T-ball baseball, or a derivative of his name. To be determined.
Scott : "Buckshot" ……it’s a jersey number thing again, sorry to blow your mind there again
Jay : "Round Mound of Sound" since he always seems to be voicing his opinion about something but, this nickname is a little to long so we are going to have
to find something better and JJ is just too obvious.
Chris W. : I could be talked into scooter or scoot for Chris W since he has that cute little scooter.
ZB : I’m waiting for ZB to make a sprawling goalie catch in the outfield so I can start calling him stretch
Joe : Depending on the night (Tuesday or Friday), Joe could go with the following
-Tuesdays – JW (pronounced “jay-dub”)
-Fridays : Slurry Joe – This is derived from the Happy Hour Extravaganza that Joe participates in before the Friday night games.
-JW is pretty solid despite all of my efforts to get momentum for a Forest Gump type nickname seeing as how Joe does share some resemblance and he has those knee braces.
Rik : “Crotch” – I don’t think I’ve seen anyone take a ball to the nether-regions (or close to) more times than Rik.
-Crotch and balls-out both seem to be walking the fine line of gaydom especially since balls-out will inevitably be shortened to balls.
Albert : “Digs” – This is derived from the numerous times that Albert has to plow the dirt in front of 1st base in order to dig the ball out that many of us (not naming any names…Slurry Joe) throw his way.
-I kinda like digs more than A-train since it hints at Al’s ability to save our asses and highlights the fact that our infield can’t keep the ball out of the dirt.
Byron : “Nine” – For the number of hot wings Bryon will forever get at Hooters.
Chris H. : There are 2 possibilities here…one gay, one that reaches a little too much.
-“Heiny” – Last name credibility, but could be mistaken for gaydom on the softball field.
-“Morris” – Reminding Chris that his Alma Mater is like the fat girl at the prom with regards to the NCAA Tourney. Just happy to be there.
Pete : “Deuce”…..this either has something to do with some bathroom innuendo or hold on to your seat as this will blow your mind…..his jersey number is 2.
-separate tag name for Tournaments though, such as “Schleprock” or the “Human Injury Magnet”.
Mike : it’s very complicated to explain but I’ll give it a shot…….he wears # 8 on his jersey…..open your mind and see if you can figure it out…..if not let me know.
-Another obvious one for Mike is “grandpa” or “gramps” or “papa”…..you get the trend here!
TJ : “T-ball”……now I’m not sure if this has to do with some human anatomy oddity, the competitive game of T-ball baseball, or a derivative of his name. To be determined.
Scott : "Buckshot" ……it’s a jersey number thing again, sorry to blow your mind there again
Jay : "Round Mound of Sound" since he always seems to be voicing his opinion about something but, this nickname is a little to long so we are going to have
to find something better and JJ is just too obvious.
Chris W. : I could be talked into scooter or scoot for Chris W since he has that cute little scooter.
ZB : I’m waiting for ZB to make a sprawling goalie catch in the outfield so I can start calling him stretch
Finally, some competition
This past Friday (5/1) WaterWorks got back on the field for a double-header after playing one game in five weeks. WW saw three rain-outs, a forfeit and a rec-level team over that stretch. Standing in their way were two of the tougher teams in the league, Budweiser and HDR. Both squads had only one loss a piece and those losses came against each other. Adding to the pressure was the fact that WW was swept by Bud in the last league of '08.
WW would start the night against bud. The queen of beers quickly got ahead on a solo HR. Chris Heinrich answered back with 3-run shot to left. The game was neck and neck until the bottom of the 4th. WW batted through the order and put the game out of reach despite a last ditch effort in the top of 6 from bud.
Next up was HDR, who jumped to an early leading touching home seven times in the top of the first. The front of their lineup did a great job of knocking the fences down and then the lower order dropped in some gorks. While hitting, and up 7-0, the HDR first basemen decided to argue a play that wasn't even close. We are going to refer to the first baseman as moron for the rest of the post. Actually, Moron's gripe was that Chris H. who was playing short, missed second base on a force play. The funny thing is that CH actually almost fell on his face cause he tripped on the bag. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that Moron was arguing from the dugout... I'm sure the view was much better from in there. This got Moron a warning. During the bottom half of the inning Brian couldn't advance to 2nd on a base-hit due to obstruction from Moron. Brian was awarded second and Moron argued and was given the old heave-hoe. The always clever Moron replied to the ejection with the good old F U. This would prove to be the turning point of the game as HDR would reach home safely only two more times. I don't recall the outcome being so lopsided but the final was 9-18.
WW improved to 6-0 on the year and is now in the driver seat for another Friday A Championship. The Player of the week goes to Chris Heinrich who nearly hit for the cycle against bud and played near flawless defense the whole night (I was going to just say flawless but I remembered that ball that got your fingertip... Don't worry man... that's just between you and me). The Boner of the Week has to go to Byron for going 1-6. In a softball double-header. Good job loser! WW will not see action until the 15th when they play another double-header against bud and HDR. A win in either of the two games or a loss to bud of less than 4 runs will be all it takes to crown WW in the Spring.
WW would start the night against bud. The queen of beers quickly got ahead on a solo HR. Chris Heinrich answered back with 3-run shot to left. The game was neck and neck until the bottom of the 4th. WW batted through the order and put the game out of reach despite a last ditch effort in the top of 6 from bud.
Next up was HDR, who jumped to an early leading touching home seven times in the top of the first. The front of their lineup did a great job of knocking the fences down and then the lower order dropped in some gorks. While hitting, and up 7-0, the HDR first basemen decided to argue a play that wasn't even close. We are going to refer to the first baseman as moron for the rest of the post. Actually, Moron's gripe was that Chris H. who was playing short, missed second base on a force play. The funny thing is that CH actually almost fell on his face cause he tripped on the bag. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that Moron was arguing from the dugout... I'm sure the view was much better from in there. This got Moron a warning. During the bottom half of the inning Brian couldn't advance to 2nd on a base-hit due to obstruction from Moron. Brian was awarded second and Moron argued and was given the old heave-hoe. The always clever Moron replied to the ejection with the good old F U. This would prove to be the turning point of the game as HDR would reach home safely only two more times. I don't recall the outcome being so lopsided but the final was 9-18.
WW improved to 6-0 on the year and is now in the driver seat for another Friday A Championship. The Player of the week goes to Chris Heinrich who nearly hit for the cycle against bud and played near flawless defense the whole night (I was going to just say flawless but I remembered that ball that got your fingertip... Don't worry man... that's just between you and me). The Boner of the Week has to go to Byron for going 1-6. In a softball double-header. Good job loser! WW will not see action until the 15th when they play another double-header against bud and HDR. A win in either of the two games or a loss to bud of less than 4 runs will be all it takes to crown WW in the Spring.
Back by popular demand...
It has been over a little over a year since our last post on the WW blog. After that last post we have received a steady stream of mail demanding that we activate the blog again. Through time the requests have become a little more desperate and in some cases threatening. We have also seen internet traffic reports for the site and we noticed an increase in site traffic since the last post. We would like to give in and start the site back up but if we were to do that, the terrorists would win. Instead, we have opened up a new siteand imported the old posts in so it's like we never left... Except for the fact that there hasn't been a post in over a year. I would like to thank all of the loyal fans who have waited patiently. Hopefully, we won't let you down.
Now it's time to get everyone caught up on the past year for WW softball. If I remember correctly, we lost the very next game after the last post. That loss demoralized the staff at HOTG and contributed to some of the factors that led to the shutdown of the old site. Despite the loss WW still won the league to make it 4 straight Friday A Championships. WW played well through the fall and summer but took some difficult losses and broke the championship streak. Since we won the spring league we were eligible for the end of season Tournament of Champions, but due to some paperwork issues WW was denied entry. There was an investigation into the rejection of the WW team and the official result was a technical glitch that affected the WW roster. An unnamed source (We can't say his name cause he was our lawyer and we wouldn't want to do him like that) close to the investigation said the problem was due to the mishandling of some paperwork at Plano P&R. We ended up settling out of court but it was pretty crazy.
The 2009 Winter meeting was a success. We picked up a full time player in Chris Heinrich, a power hitting infielder with speed. ZB was promoted to full time duty and is currently patrolling the outfield. Jay Jamison has committed to the team full time after spending a season with Austin Ave. Jay is an infielder that has been contributing in a utility role and is what we like to refer to as a 'softy'.
WW kicked off the season in the Pre-Season Tune-Up Tourny. Despite the 50 degree temp and winds of 30 MPH WW managed a 3-2 record. WW is currently 6-0 in the spring league. With two games to go WW is two games ahead of the 2nd place Budweiser. WW will face the queen of beers along with DHR next Friday (5/15) in a double header. WW will wake up early the next morning to play in the A league End of Season Tournament. We are still trying to decide how to handle the bye week this weekend since we don't play this Friday(5/8). There is some early talk of having a light BP session on Saturday and then recover at someones house nearby to discuss strategy and rehydrate.
Now it's time to get everyone caught up on the past year for WW softball. If I remember correctly, we lost the very next game after the last post. That loss demoralized the staff at HOTG and contributed to some of the factors that led to the shutdown of the old site. Despite the loss WW still won the league to make it 4 straight Friday A Championships. WW played well through the fall and summer but took some difficult losses and broke the championship streak. Since we won the spring league we were eligible for the end of season Tournament of Champions, but due to some paperwork issues WW was denied entry. There was an investigation into the rejection of the WW team and the official result was a technical glitch that affected the WW roster. An unnamed source (We can't say his name cause he was our lawyer and we wouldn't want to do him like that) close to the investigation said the problem was due to the mishandling of some paperwork at Plano P&R. We ended up settling out of court but it was pretty crazy.
The 2009 Winter meeting was a success. We picked up a full time player in Chris Heinrich, a power hitting infielder with speed. ZB was promoted to full time duty and is currently patrolling the outfield. Jay Jamison has committed to the team full time after spending a season with Austin Ave. Jay is an infielder that has been contributing in a utility role and is what we like to refer to as a 'softy'.
WW kicked off the season in the Pre-Season Tune-Up Tourny. Despite the 50 degree temp and winds of 30 MPH WW managed a 3-2 record. WW is currently 6-0 in the spring league. With two games to go WW is two games ahead of the 2nd place Budweiser. WW will face the queen of beers along with DHR next Friday (5/15) in a double header. WW will wake up early the next morning to play in the A league End of Season Tournament. We are still trying to decide how to handle the bye week this weekend since we don't play this Friday(5/8). There is some early talk of having a light BP session on Saturday and then recover at someones house nearby to discuss strategy and rehydrate.
Friday, March 28, 2008
And that's how you open up a season
WWSB started it's defense of three league championships Friday March 14th against the queen of beers. WW has done a pretty good job of handling Budweiser in the past and this past Friday proved to be no exception. Every WW player in the lineup reached the plate in the first inning putting the game out of reach for the brew crew. The game was highlighted by a breakout out performance by Big Daddy Rik. Riky went 4-4 with at least 5RBI and made a spectacular diving catch in the centerfield gap to rob extra bases and also had an outfield assist. I was nice to see Rik hitting P rods again as this will help boost the lineup while WW waits for Chris W. to come off of the disabled list. Next week will be a off week for WW and then we will take to the field again March 28th against ESI who has always played us though in the past. Questions surround the pitching staff as both Mike and Pete will not be available to make the start. The coaching staff may have to look to the young phenom JW to deliver Friday night. This would bring Rik in from the outfield to play short. Either way you slice it, the shorthanded WW team will have their hands full.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
HOTG Blog : Your source for WW softball's latest breaking news... Two weeks later
After a lengthy off season WW softball hit the field in the Plano Pre-season Tournament. This Event combined A level with competitive AA giving us some of the toughest competition I have seen since I've been writing for WW. The boys opened up against Long Gone ( I think ). After a rough first inning where some IF errors spotted LG a couple of unearned runs WW offense was boosted by a Towering Bomb of the bat of Mathew Jenkins. WW was able to take a commanding lead and hold of a late surge from LG which included to HRs off of WW pitching. A two hour break in the action sent some of the guys over to Brooklyn's for a couple of pizzas and a cold beer to 'prepare' the team the long road ahead.
This is where things start getting a little fuzzy for me... Yeah, One beer will do that to me. While waiting for the next game to start Byron was traded to Long Gone (the team we played in the first round) as they were down a man... Hilarity ensued. Byron was stuck out in left field where he looked like a retard trying to hump a door nob. After getting burned a couple of times, he missed a routine flyball with a runner tagging at third and 1 out. Byron's comments about the play. "I felt pretty good out there, I beat the ball to the spot, I had the timing down for the throw to the plate and then the clouds parted for a brief second and the sun was right in my eyes. There was nothing I could do about it". This beats his last excuse of "I was running an a gopher just popped up out of the ground and tripped me". Byron hit well for LG sparking a couple of rallies sparking a late comeback and a LG win. The error machine that is Byron was then sent packing back to WW.
The next game on the clip for WW was against a AA team that hit lights out. These guys were pretty good and WW looked a little dead... Even though Pete brushed of a bruised elbow from a wild through throw during warm ups it wasn't enough to hang with what ever the hell that team was named. Needless to say we lost that one.
That loss pulled the team together as they were now 1 loss away from elimination. We played WW style softball for the next couple of games, stringing together hits and playing tight defense.
With a shot to make it to the final four WW faced off against Last Call. LC was beaten at the hands of WW twice last year and was hungry for revenge. Fatigue had started to set in for WW whose line drives were turning into fly outs. We were never able to really mount a comeback attempt or a late rally. If you ask me, I think we were all ready to pack it in and head over to Pete's for the cookout.
WWs finished the Tournament 5th place which isn't bad seeing as this was a combined A and AA tournament. The Defensive Player of the tournament goes to JW who was constantly make plays that a man wearing 3 leg braces should not be able to make. The Offensive Player of the Tournament is going to go to Mike C. It seemed like every time I came up to bat he was on base.
After last weeks rain out WW will play it's season opener March 14th against Budweiser at 8:00PM.
This is where things start getting a little fuzzy for me... Yeah, One beer will do that to me. While waiting for the next game to start Byron was traded to Long Gone (the team we played in the first round) as they were down a man... Hilarity ensued. Byron was stuck out in left field where he looked like a retard trying to hump a door nob. After getting burned a couple of times, he missed a routine flyball with a runner tagging at third and 1 out. Byron's comments about the play. "I felt pretty good out there, I beat the ball to the spot, I had the timing down for the throw to the plate and then the clouds parted for a brief second and the sun was right in my eyes. There was nothing I could do about it". This beats his last excuse of "I was running an a gopher just popped up out of the ground and tripped me". Byron hit well for LG sparking a couple of rallies sparking a late comeback and a LG win. The error machine that is Byron was then sent packing back to WW.
The next game on the clip for WW was against a AA team that hit lights out. These guys were pretty good and WW looked a little dead... Even though Pete brushed of a bruised elbow from a wild through throw during warm ups it wasn't enough to hang with what ever the hell that team was named. Needless to say we lost that one.
That loss pulled the team together as they were now 1 loss away from elimination. We played WW style softball for the next couple of games, stringing together hits and playing tight defense.
With a shot to make it to the final four WW faced off against Last Call. LC was beaten at the hands of WW twice last year and was hungry for revenge. Fatigue had started to set in for WW whose line drives were turning into fly outs. We were never able to really mount a comeback attempt or a late rally. If you ask me, I think we were all ready to pack it in and head over to Pete's for the cookout.
WWs finished the Tournament 5th place which isn't bad seeing as this was a combined A and AA tournament. The Defensive Player of the tournament goes to JW who was constantly make plays that a man wearing 3 leg braces should not be able to make. The Offensive Player of the Tournament is going to go to Mike C. It seemed like every time I came up to bat he was on base.
After last weeks rain out WW will play it's season opener March 14th against Budweiser at 8:00PM.
Monday, February 11, 2008
Pitchers, Catchers and Old Men Report
WW softball held a small workout this past Saturday at the High Point athletic fields in preperation for the February 23 preseason tournament. Nothing much to report here but here are some highlights.
-Those in attendance, JW, Al, Mike and Byron
-Mike's Z06 kicks some ass. Can't wait to see him and Brian race... what who said that.
-Not throwing for a while and then throwing again sucks.
-Infield looked pretty good, we should be ready in time for the tourny.
-We had a couple of rounds of good BP. Everyones back should be hurting by now.
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