| 1 | 11 - Lollygaggers | 16-2-0 |
| 2 | 07 - Rounders | 15-2-1 |
| 3 | 05 - Waterproofers | 13-5-0 |
| 4 | 03 - CCSP Empty Pitchers | 12-5-1 |
| 5 | 09 - C.A. Jabronies | 11-7-0 |
| 6 | 14 - Dawgs | 10-6-0 |
| 7 | 02 - Gray Plant Mooty | 10-8-0 |
| 8 | 10 - Bottom of the Fifths | 9-9-0 |
| 9 | 08 - Hot Action | 7-11-0 |
| 10 | 12 - Sponsor Needed | 7-11-0 |
| 11 | 13 - Foul Balls | 6-12-0 |
| 12 | 04 - Masterbatters | 3-15-0 |
| 13 | 06 - The Draught Picks | 2-14-0 |
| 14 | 01 - Kodiak Bears | 2-16-0 |
Friday, October 23, 2009
Final Standings
Looks like the Rounders won out, so it's a good thing we took care of business. Also of note: the Kodiak Bears beat another team!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Reflections from 10/20
-Helluva way to close out a season... after dropping a game against one of the league's bottom-dwellers, the Lollygaggers came back strong to take two from one of the top teams in the league, 12-4 and 24-8. With the wins, we finished alone atop the league standings with a 16-2 record. Since there are no playoffs in the fall, we are officially C-league champions for the first time in Lollygagger history. Excellent work, gentlemen;
-Without Bill in the lineup, I came in a little concerned with our ability to hit the ball for power... so naturally we ended up having probably our greatest power hitting night in team history. In game #2, three of our first six hitters went yard (I almost killed a tennis player), which was pretty awesome, but also put us in the unfortunate predicament of being subjected to Arlington's stingy "+3" HR rule. It came back to haunt us, as for whatever reason, we couldn't stop hitting HRs... in fact, three of our first five outs came on would-be HRs that were ruled as outs. Fortunately we adjusted shortly thereafter, and continued our hitting barrage with singles and doubles within the confines of the Quincy fence;
-Erick is the king of the solo HR... way to be selfish;
-Queeney and Mark have slightly different approaches at the plate, but they were absolutely raking last night;
-With our two regular pitchers missing, Jim stepped in and did a great job - that team had some good hitters, but he had them off-balance all night;
-It was uncomfortable, and yet oddly amusing to watch another team completely implode and resort to yelling at one another and throwing equipment (after all, this is rec league softball...). Watching a more dysfunctional team just makes me feel that much better about our squad;
-Thank you Marisa for being the only fan in attendance, for chasing down all of the fouls and HRs, and for putting up with the 7th grade maturity level jokes about holding our balls;
-Thanks for a great season. Information on a postseason celebration will be distributed shortly. It's worth noting that Chuck E. Cheese is out as a possible location... something about Quast and restraining orders. Speaking of which, why did Quast park his brown van so close to the field?
If you have any suggestions for off-season blog content, please post them. Perhaps reports on our extensive conditioning programs?
-Without Bill in the lineup, I came in a little concerned with our ability to hit the ball for power... so naturally we ended up having probably our greatest power hitting night in team history. In game #2, three of our first six hitters went yard (I almost killed a tennis player), which was pretty awesome, but also put us in the unfortunate predicament of being subjected to Arlington's stingy "+3" HR rule. It came back to haunt us, as for whatever reason, we couldn't stop hitting HRs... in fact, three of our first five outs came on would-be HRs that were ruled as outs. Fortunately we adjusted shortly thereafter, and continued our hitting barrage with singles and doubles within the confines of the Quincy fence;
-Erick is the king of the solo HR... way to be selfish;
-Queeney and Mark have slightly different approaches at the plate, but they were absolutely raking last night;
-With our two regular pitchers missing, Jim stepped in and did a great job - that team had some good hitters, but he had them off-balance all night;
-It was uncomfortable, and yet oddly amusing to watch another team completely implode and resort to yelling at one another and throwing equipment (after all, this is rec league softball...). Watching a more dysfunctional team just makes me feel that much better about our squad;
-Thank you Marisa for being the only fan in attendance, for chasing down all of the fouls and HRs, and for putting up with the 7th grade maturity level jokes about holding our balls;
-Thanks for a great season. Information on a postseason celebration will be distributed shortly. It's worth noting that Chuck E. Cheese is out as a possible location... something about Quast and restraining orders. Speaking of which, why did Quast park his brown van so close to the field?
If you have any suggestions for off-season blog content, please post them. Perhaps reports on our extensive conditioning programs?
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Reflections from 10/13
-The Lollygaggers played a pair of extremely competitive games, and came away with a split. In game 1, we rallied from a 12-5 deficit to take a 13-12 lead on a clutch 3-run HR from Bill. Unfortunately, they answered with a 2-run HR of their own, and we were unable to push anything across in the bottom half. In game 2, we fought off a late rally and held on for a 20-17 win;
-We ended the night with a 14-2 record. Coming into this week, the Rounders were immediately behind us in the standings at 11-2-1. So regardless of the results from this week, we control our own destiny. Win two next week, and we finish alone atop the standings. We're playing 10-4 Gray Plant Mooty though, so we have our work cut out for us;
-I have become spoiled by our winning. There was a time when I would have been pretty psyched with a split in C-League - particularly during that season when we only won one game. We have come a long way;
-Bill finished off his season with three HRs last night, and was absolutely crushing the ball;
-Meanwhile, Quast got absolutely crushed by the ball. He was the victim of a nasty hop at 2B, and ended up with a cut on his hand. I'm not entirely sure how you get cut by a softball, but it looked painful. Quast was flirting with disaster all night, as he narrowly dodged a bat I tossed to Erick earlier in the game;
-We had a couple of entertaining swinging strikeouts. There was a motion to start identifying those with Ks on the blog for future beer purchase enforcement, but we'll hold off on that for now... maybe we'll start fresh in the spring;
-It's a shame that the county has done such a poor job in maintaining Barcroft. It's a nice facility, but that field is in awful shape. The infield provides some nasty hops, and the outfield is absolutely atrocious, with huge patches of sand. It makes defense exceedingly difficult, and it's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt;
-Special thanks to Lianne for being the only fan to brave the elements last night. Even if she is a curse to the team and Erick had to kick her out of the dugout, she was a big help in chasing down HRs and foul balls (thanks to Keller for the latter);
-Seriously, it's getting too cold for softball. One more week, gentlemen.
-We ended the night with a 14-2 record. Coming into this week, the Rounders were immediately behind us in the standings at 11-2-1. So regardless of the results from this week, we control our own destiny. Win two next week, and we finish alone atop the standings. We're playing 10-4 Gray Plant Mooty though, so we have our work cut out for us;
-I have become spoiled by our winning. There was a time when I would have been pretty psyched with a split in C-League - particularly during that season when we only won one game. We have come a long way;
-Bill finished off his season with three HRs last night, and was absolutely crushing the ball;
-Meanwhile, Quast got absolutely crushed by the ball. He was the victim of a nasty hop at 2B, and ended up with a cut on his hand. I'm not entirely sure how you get cut by a softball, but it looked painful. Quast was flirting with disaster all night, as he narrowly dodged a bat I tossed to Erick earlier in the game;
-We had a couple of entertaining swinging strikeouts. There was a motion to start identifying those with Ks on the blog for future beer purchase enforcement, but we'll hold off on that for now... maybe we'll start fresh in the spring;
-It's a shame that the county has done such a poor job in maintaining Barcroft. It's a nice facility, but that field is in awful shape. The infield provides some nasty hops, and the outfield is absolutely atrocious, with huge patches of sand. It makes defense exceedingly difficult, and it's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt;
-Special thanks to Lianne for being the only fan to brave the elements last night. Even if she is a curse to the team and Erick had to kick her out of the dugout, she was a big help in chasing down HRs and foul balls (thanks to Keller for the latter);
-Seriously, it's getting too cold for softball. One more week, gentlemen.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Player Profile: Erick
Nickname(s): Gigantor
Number: 8
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 228
Bats/Throws: R/R
Position(s): 1B
Hometown: Orange, CA
College: UC Irvine
Favorite Post-Game Hangout: We've got what, 2 places we go? I guess Cap City. We should add somewhere new. There's this Crystal City restaurant that's pretty close to VA Highlands...
Favorite Beer: Yuengling? I'm not too picky, as long as it doesn't really suck.
If you had walk-up music, what would it be? "I Like it Rough", by Lady Gaga
What was the highest level of baseball you played? One summer of high school ball
What other sports did you play in high school? Volleyball
What are your top softball career highlights? Well last night I caught a throw from Gandia while not paying attention and looking in the wrong direction. Anytime I turn any easy play into near-disaster and then back into success is a good time.
What are your favorite softball memories involving someone other than yourself? There are other people playing this game? I thought everyone just came to watch me. (self-absorbed asshole, or just couldn't come up with anything? You decide!)
What is your favorite field to play at? Least favorite? Favorite: Utah, because accidentally hitting the ball 100 feet past the fence is fun. Least: Barcroft right before sunset. I wasn't using those retinas anyway!
Who is your least favorite opponent, and why? Those douchebags from a few weeks ago. I don't remember their names.
If you were to describe your playing style in one word, what would it be? Iliketohittheballfar
What part of your game would you most like to improve? I'd like to eliminate these terrible no-hitting streaks I go through.
Do you have any superstitious rituals before/during games? I can't think of anything.
Do you prefer beer pong or flip cup? I kind of suck at both. I probably prefer beer pong, but my favorite game is the one where you sit on a couch and drink beer.
Number: 8
Height: 6'8"
Weight: 228
Bats/Throws: R/R
Position(s): 1B
Hometown: Orange, CA
College: UC Irvine
Favorite Post-Game Hangout: We've got what, 2 places we go? I guess Cap City. We should add somewhere new. There's this Crystal City restaurant that's pretty close to VA Highlands...
Favorite Beer: Yuengling? I'm not too picky, as long as it doesn't really suck.
If you had walk-up music, what would it be? "I Like it Rough", by Lady Gaga
What was the highest level of baseball you played? One summer of high school ball
What other sports did you play in high school? Volleyball
What are your top softball career highlights? Well last night I caught a throw from Gandia while not paying attention and looking in the wrong direction. Anytime I turn any easy play into near-disaster and then back into success is a good time.
What are your favorite softball memories involving someone other than yourself? There are other people playing this game? I thought everyone just came to watch me. (self-absorbed asshole, or just couldn't come up with anything? You decide!)
What is your favorite field to play at? Least favorite? Favorite: Utah, because accidentally hitting the ball 100 feet past the fence is fun. Least: Barcroft right before sunset. I wasn't using those retinas anyway!
Who is your least favorite opponent, and why? Those douchebags from a few weeks ago. I don't remember their names.
If you were to describe your playing style in one word, what would it be? Iliketohittheballfar
What part of your game would you most like to improve? I'd like to eliminate these terrible no-hitting streaks I go through.
Do you have any superstitious rituals before/during games? I can't think of anything.
Do you prefer beer pong or flip cup? I kind of suck at both. I probably prefer beer pong, but my favorite game is the one where you sit on a couch and drink beer.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Reflections from 10/6
-The Lollygaggers picked up right where they left off, with two decisive victories over one of the top teams in the league (they came in at 8-3-1). We improved to 13-1 on the season; with two weeks to go, I'm pretty sure we've already surpassed our greatest win total in C-league. We went 16-2 during our championship season in the spring of '08, but that was in the lowly D-league;
-That was some excellent defense. We held a good team to a total of 9 runs. Gunston is a big field, so I thought our outfielders did a particularly good job of closing the gaps and preventing them from taking extra bases;
-It was pretty awesome to see Henley come out of retirement. I suck after missing a week or two, so I was impressed to see how well he did after being out for over a year. That opposite field liner that went into the corner for an inside-the-park HR was vintage Henley;
-Nice pitching from Bill... he induced a bunch of pop-ups, and even picked up a couple of Ks;
-Bill and yours truly went deep; Jim just missed one on a foul ball down the line;
-It was nice to see the girls show up, though it's worth noting that they only made it for the last couple of innings right before we went out to Champps... suspicious;
-Props to the waiter at Champps for guilting us all into donating to whatever charity it is that they are supporting. I've gotten pretty good at turning those people down at CVS, but I guess I'm more vulnerable after beer and a burger;
-Only disappointment of the night: my new bat. It makes the same kind of "ping" you would expect from a 12-year-old's aluminum bat. Back to the Synergy for me.
-That was some excellent defense. We held a good team to a total of 9 runs. Gunston is a big field, so I thought our outfielders did a particularly good job of closing the gaps and preventing them from taking extra bases;
-It was pretty awesome to see Henley come out of retirement. I suck after missing a week or two, so I was impressed to see how well he did after being out for over a year. That opposite field liner that went into the corner for an inside-the-park HR was vintage Henley;
-Nice pitching from Bill... he induced a bunch of pop-ups, and even picked up a couple of Ks;
-Bill and yours truly went deep; Jim just missed one on a foul ball down the line;
-It was nice to see the girls show up, though it's worth noting that they only made it for the last couple of innings right before we went out to Champps... suspicious;
-Props to the waiter at Champps for guilting us all into donating to whatever charity it is that they are supporting. I've gotten pretty good at turning those people down at CVS, but I guess I'm more vulnerable after beer and a burger;
-Only disappointment of the night: my new bat. It makes the same kind of "ping" you would expect from a 12-year-old's aluminum bat. Back to the Synergy for me.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Reflections from 9/29
For several reasons, I have been slow in posting my thoughts on the games this week: 1) I wasn't there. I actually caught a slightly earlier flight back from Chicago, but not in time for the games; 2) Just as I was considering heading to the field to watch game #2, I received a text that the other team didn't have enough players, and that we had won both games by forfeit; 3) I've actually had to do legitimate work at the office this week, which has seriously cut into my blogging time.
That being said, the Lollygaggers improved to 11-1 on the fall season with two forfeit victories. I guess we'll take the wins how we can get them, but it's kind of a bummer... the team we were supposed to play was near the bottom of the standings, and a lot of guys on our team went out of their way to make it to the field in time for the early games. This is particularly frustrating in that the other team apparently knew that they wouldn't have enough players, unless a couple of guys magically appeared (perhaps Field of Dreams style). Though I've been a part of games where the other team didn't bother to show at all, and didn't have the courtesy to call... so it could be worse. At least we got in a scrimmage.
I wasn't present for the scrimmage, so I'll leave it up to others to provide updates on any hilarity that ensued. Quast was at the U2 show, so that makes it tougher to make jokes about him.
We get back to it next Tuesday at 6:30 against one of the best teams in the league (last listed at 7-2-1).
That being said, the Lollygaggers improved to 11-1 on the fall season with two forfeit victories. I guess we'll take the wins how we can get them, but it's kind of a bummer... the team we were supposed to play was near the bottom of the standings, and a lot of guys on our team went out of their way to make it to the field in time for the early games. This is particularly frustrating in that the other team apparently knew that they wouldn't have enough players, unless a couple of guys magically appeared (perhaps Field of Dreams style). Though I've been a part of games where the other team didn't bother to show at all, and didn't have the courtesy to call... so it could be worse. At least we got in a scrimmage.
I wasn't present for the scrimmage, so I'll leave it up to others to provide updates on any hilarity that ensued. Quast was at the U2 show, so that makes it tougher to make jokes about him.
We get back to it next Tuesday at 6:30 against one of the best teams in the league (last listed at 7-2-1).
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