Week 10 Playoffs

Woah, I gotta say; yesterday was what kickball is all about guys. Teams of people intermixing, talking trash, rocking out to tunes, reconnecting and having spirited kickball competitions. In the end we saw the rise of a fresh new challenger and the domination of a battle-tested corp of kickball alums. It was definitely one for the history books, and it everyone's spirits were high, especially when the sun came out! Its been a great season, and with all that said, its onto the last Final Bunt for this Spring...

Recaps:

Captains, countrymen, children of all ages, send me your scores and I'll post the recaps here. Here's what I know so far, Menace 2 Sobriety made it through the quarters with a 5-1 over Playground Bullies, then a 6-2 win in the Semi's versus Sunkiss Our Balls, before losing (don't know the score) to Morningwood. Sunkiss won by forfeit over Dogballs, and again over PODY artists before losing to Menace. Drunkaroos beat Sleazy Bandeezee in the quarters (score?) before losing to Morningwood after an extremely hard fought and drawn out game (score? My guess is 4-2). Morningwood won in the quarterfinals against ? (team, score), before they played Drunkaroos.

Please fill me in on the rest and I'll get to work! Thanks!

Seventh Inning Stretch:

Well gang, its been fun doing these little editorials. Coming up with new things to write about, spending a couple hours at work procrastinating, but as I'm on vacation right now and I'm sorta having a bit of writers block. Sooooooo anyway...

F'real though, there was a lot of good stuff that went on this season and I think it'd be cool now, with this last edition of the Final Bunt to reflect back on everything:

1) There was our first unofficial weekend of kickball back in April. Argueably the biggest turnout for us all season. We had bbq, beer, friends coming together to catch up on each others lives from last season. It was a great day in the park.
2) For a while in the first half of the season we had fun in Kezar, playing flip cup, talking smack, and rocking out to 80's jams too.
3) There were the few Alpha Bar events in the spring, that helped us keep the party going in between games.
4) Of course "I Love the 80's" day was a big hit (at least compared to "Pirate Day").
5) There was the rise of Menace 2 Sobriety at the end of the season from relative obscurity.
6) There was the onslaught of victories won by PODY atrists and Drunkaroos that introduced us to two new kickball powers.
7) There was the kickassidly, outrageous End of Season Party our social chairs helped launch, who could forget... I mean remember that!
8) There was our last hoorah during the Playoffs. Dozens of players from each team came out MASSIVELY EARLY on a Sunday to kick some lil' red balls all over the park and decide our eventual champs.
9) And because of every crazy thing we did, and the alcohol that was consumed, all the mistakes... I mean TERRIFIC ideas we concocted and followed through with each and every Sunday in the park. Who can forget all the innapropriateness, no really who? I mean if they really forgot, they should scroll back through our newsletters to relive the glory. We have photographic evidence after all!
10) Finally there's all the friends we made during our alcohol induced good times. I'm hoping we'll make more of those next season of course, and get to see all of you back again this fall!

Picture of the Week:


Our Division Champs, celebrating somewhat innapropriately (eh hem Dresda). Would you expect any less?

Players of the Week:

Tiffanie Wong of team Morningwood is our female Player of the Week. Tiffany rolled up to kickball on Sunday with a sprained ankle and crutches. After a few rounds of slap the bag though, she was back to her regular all-star self and could be spotted rounding the bases in her cleats w/o the crutches. Brian, team Morningwood's captain, claimed it was her best day of kickball yet!

Logan & Carly of team PODY artists are our other players of the week. Those two did some of the best officiating I've ever come across in my 2 seasons of kickball when Menace 2 Sobriety downed Sunkiss Our Balls in the Semi-Final round of the playoffs. Big thank you to them, and watch out for their team next season!

One last final shout out to team Drunkaroos, who have announced their retirement from the Vertigo League, as they look to join a weekday division in San Fran. You all were a force to be reckoned with, and we'll miss you next season!

Ridiculous Photo(s) of the Week:


Some people have no shame, and we call these people ALL-STARS!

Video(s) of the Week:

Coming as soon as I get 'em from Scott.

Quick Kicks:

1) Don't forget to sign up for the fall season! Registration is available now at http://www.kickball.com/, find our league (CA Vertigo Division) and sign up again!
2) Think about some changes you'd like made to our league and send 'em into me (thefinalbunt@gmail.com) so we can get to work on that stuff for next season.
3) Keep yourself up to date on bar crawls and events we plan by joining our kickball facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4684293285). We'll post any bar crawls going on in the coming weeks there, so you never have to lose touch with your kickball buds!
4) Scotty B. will be at Alpha Bar and may conduct a few post-season interviews this week, make sure you hit him up if you have some nice things to say about our league (or the people/teams who helped make it special) this season!
5) Since I mentioned Alpha Bar, don't forget this week we're hitting up VERTIGO BAR (Polk St, between Hemlock and Sutter, I won't be there so throw one back for me)!
6) Gang, don't forget to thank the board members for making this season a memorable one! I'd also like to extend a big THANK YOU to all of you for your participation this season - you guys ROCK! Board members are as follows (in case you wanted a reminder):

El Presidente: Sarah "The Cuban" Ovies

Social Chairs: Sabrina "The Screamer" Hanavan, Coby "Crazy Pantz" Ben-Poorat, Mike "The Lazer" Lundin

Equipment Manager: David "Ball Bags" Zetzer

Head Refs: Will "The Kid" Guerin, Matt "The Jolly Blue Giant" Sullivan

Historian: Scott "Mr. Clean" Biezad

Newsletter: Charles "The Puppetmaster" Lantz

Waka Rep: Jeremiah "The Bullfrog" Boehner

Week 9

Why, why am I still hurting two days after!? Man, that bar party was off the hook! I had such a great time, and I can't remember any of it after the first 30 minutes! My liver and stomach are still punishing me. I didn't even make it out the following Sunday either (although my team didn't play anyway), but I did hear I wasn't alone in my suffering.

Well gang, welcome to the home stretch, lets recap this weekend's action and gear up for our playoffs this Sunday (starting at 10AM)!

Recap:

Everlasting Gobstoppers 1 Menace 2 Sobriety 0 (forfeit): Congrats to Everlasting for showing up on Sunday. M2S you've now sunken to new lows. I hope you all can scrape together a team for this week's playoffs, if not, it was nice knowing you.
Afternoon Delight 1 The Bagpipers 0 (forfeit): No way!? Really? The BP's shocked everyone this weekend. I tip my hat to the Afternoon Delights, they're a quality bunch!
Morningwood 2 Sleazy Bandeezee 3: Wah, wah, wah, waaaah! All season long I thought it was just a matter of time before the big blue giant (Matt) and his band of kickballin' smurfs finally got socked with a reality check, and what do you know! The once and perhaps future champs Sleazy took it to the house this past Sunday. To be fair to both sides, I was really hoping you'd both lose this weekend, but unfortunately that's not the way kickball is played. I'm sure both sides will meet up in the playoffs with that game being WAY more intense.
SF Natives 1 Playground Bullies 12: Mercy rule anyone!? Darn the PB's came to play in a big way on Sunday... And yes, I do consider myself Shakespeare's protege... Tough break for the Natives. They're good people, and I dig their city, but the Bullies meant business. Will they be able to bring that same level of intensity this weekend? We'll soon find out!

Seventh Inning Stretch:

My fellow Vertigo Kickballers, the time has finally arrived. The day you've all been waiting for. The moments when records are broken, debts are paid, revenge is served, victory is sweet, tears are shed out of joy and saddness, beer flows like water, whales migrate north, high school seniors break up with their steady boyfriends before heading off to college and sleeping with the first guy they meet, even though they said they were waiting until they got married... I mean, its PLAYOFF TIME BEETCHES!

That's right all you crazy kids, its the special time of year when your team's record is practically NULL and VOID! Unless you have more than 3 forfeits of any kind (eh hem Bagpipers) in which case, Too bad! This is the real time for kickball all-stars to shine, for those people who've been taking kickball WAAAY to seriously to finally have some vindication for working on their game so hard. Its also the time of year where legends are made and hearts are broken... And not just if your high school sweetheart got all slutty on you when she went to college... Um, sorry about that, I don't think the therapy is working yet.

Anyway, with all that hype being thrown around, I think there are some key pieces of information I outta to share with everone, since I'm a seasoned vet, before we finally say adios to the regular season and hola to the Playoffs this Sunday.

I'm cool, you're cool and its just a game: Hey, I like you. I really do. If you've posted to our games, and events, than I totally dig you. However, I want my team to win, and I will probably do all that is legally feasible for that to happen. That doesn't mean I all of a sudden hate you, but if for some reason I'm teasing you along the sidelines or macking it to your woman when you're back's turned, I'm just doing it to help my team win. I'm totally gonna leave that attitude on the field when everything is said and done with, and I expect EVERYONE to do the same. I can't promise I won't call her though... I mean next topic!

For he's a jolly good fellow, until he f*cks us over: Refs, good bless you. You're vital to our games, and you typically do a good job. However if you start flirting with some dude on the sideline, wander off to smoke a cig, or totally botch a blantaly obvious call you will NEVER hear the end of it (no pressure). My advice: focus, focus, focus, and focus some more. Pay attention to the games people and everything should work out just fine. Give everyone a warning for a first offense and thereafter lay down the law. And if G.I. JOE taught us anything, its that knowing is half the battle; read up on the rulebook if you're rusty!

We've got spirit yes we do, we've got spirit and you're screwed: Teams that show up en masse typically do better down the stretch. Captains get your freaggin team members to the games! Bribe 'em with money, booze, drugs, whatever they're into, just get 'em there! Make it fun this weekend, cause if you're team's any good they'll be hanging out for a while. Tell people to bring beach blankets, stereo's, food, beer, wine, whatever, just try to get things organized so that EVERYONE out in Golden Gate Park has a good time... Not just the bums that collect all our trash!

Its not over till the fat lady gets a black eye: Gang, there are gonna be some questionable calls and/or plays, but the good teams get over that quick. If the call sticks, then suck it up and move on. Remember rule 76: No excuses, play like a champion! The last thing we want is a b*tch-fest between teams, refs, captains, hobos and dwarves (haven't we hurt the dwarves enough already)! I know, I know, it seems odd that I mention this after telling the refs to be up on their stuff, but I gotta do it. Last season some girls literally almost fought each other in a quarterfinal game for no reason. Let it go people, SERENITY NOW! I doubt it'll happen anyway, since everyone in the league is pretty chill this year, but its better to be safe than sorry.

Also, if any ladies do want to wrestle, lemme know, I'll bring the jello and make sure someone else remembers to bring the inflatable pool.

To the victor go the spoils: Gang, the team that wins the league (and the runners up) get entered into the national tournament at VEGAS! Think about it, the glitz, the glory, the GAMBLING! Ohhhh, so tasty! And who knows, that could be you rocking out like an all-star rep'ing the 415. So come ready to play this weekend!

Loose lips sink ships: There is gonna be a lot of sh*t talking going on this weekend. And it's okay to tease, but lets keep it clean out there people! This is a KIDS GAME after all!

There is no free agency: I'm sorry gang, if someone is not on your team then they CANNOT play on it during playoffs. Your team could get disqualified if you do that. Be smart and play by the rules!

I earned my drinking badge in the Boy Scouts: Gang, feel free to come scout teams out if you've got a later game or your team is done playing for a while. Finding out a teams weakness and strengths always helps. Plus, you can always cheer for the underdogs or against whatever teams you don't want to play.

Okay, I think I said what needed to be said, and now that I've said that, I'm going to say that I think everyone should come out this Sunday and play some ball! Lets end this season on a high note!!

Pointless Predicitions:

1) Now that the playoffs are on tap, expect a lot of crazy results. Throw out the schedules and start from scratch people. We're writing new records on Sunday.
2) Not really a prediction, just a heads up. If you're reffing this weekend, expect to get a lot of gripe if you're flimsy on a call. Make your calls LOUD and ACCURATELY or suffer the consequences!
3) More predictions to come as soon as I get a schedule for the opening games this Sunday!

Players of the Week:

Tom Lanahan of team Sleazy Bandeezee is this week's male Player of the Week. Tom played on a busted ankle against Morningwood and even hobbled over to 1st base after nailing his at-bat try.

My female Players of the Week are all the ladies of Vertigo for dressing to impress this past Saturday night at our End of Season party. I'd throw out individual names, but I got too drunk to even remember where I was that night.

Quick Kicks:

1) Playoffs start this Sunday at 10AM. Get there by 9:45AM so we can start on time!
2) Bring plenty of water, beer and/or food to keep you going throughout the day this Sunday!

Week 8

Vertigo, I think its safe to say we fell into our Week 8 slump this past weekend. The games started late, teams failed to show up, and fun was at an all-time low for some reason. It was totally BOGUS... I guess we can blame the weather, but I expected so much more from all of you. You know this is pretty much all I have going on in my life, right!? I'm beside myself... But on the plus side, our kickball par-tay is this Saturday! Which is gonna be totally EXCELLENT! On to the blog-ski!

Recaps:

PODYatrists 5 Sunkiss Our Balls 2: Well it was a battle of epic proportions, with much controversy surrounding at least half the calls, but in the end those professional PODY artists took the trophy. Congrats to them, and to our refs for putting forth their best efforts! I can easily say I look forward to a rematch come playoff weekend!
Dogballs 1 Drunkaroos 0 (forfeit): Woah, woah, woah... Ms Lippy, see the part of the story I don't like, is if you're a winning team then you have a freaggin' responsibility. You don't fail to show up like a goon on Sunday, you GET OFF YOUR ASS and you DEFEND YOUR FREAGGIN' REPUTATION! Drunkaroos, you're suspect! Let this be a lesson to all, I don't go easy on quitters. Congrats to Dogballs for showing up and getting the easy win though! They deserve it!
Morningwood 1 Bagpipers 0 (forfeit): Shocker another team missed the boat on Sunday. I'm definitely not alone in wishing they did show up, and actually gave Morningwood a game this past weekend. We need those inbredded smurfs to go down before the end of the season. Maybe Sleazy can get the job done this weekend!?
SF Natives 1 Everlasting Gobstoppers 8: Well now, look who had a late coming out party. Congrats to the EG's for a solid victory! It was only a matter of time I guess. Tough break for the Natives though. Oh yeah, and sorry for moving your game back by the way, not sure why that happened.
Playground Bullies 1 I Am McLovin 0 (forfeit): Seriously people, I'm pretty sure if McLovin posted this weekend, instead of riding around in the back seat of a police cruiser, they could have won this weekend. I mean its the playground bullies for godsakes!? No offense to PB here, but c'mon! I'm only kidding, I've got mad love for PB, but I know this would've been a solid game and could have gone either way.
Sleazy Bandeezee 5 Afternoon Delights 3: I feel the AD's pain right now. Its seems so easy, I mean their team looks so weak on paper, but somehow they find a way to win. Damn you SLEAZY! Its okay, at least both teams showed up and it turned out to be a good game! Congrats to the Afternoon Delights on a solid inagrual season, and hats off to Sleazy for turning their season around. Can they finish strong? We'll find out Sunday!

Seventh Inning Stretch:

Well my friends, the season is nearing its end! This weekend calls to a close the regular season, but it should be a great finish! We've got the END OF SEASON PARTY at 330 Ritch this Saturday, kicking off at the ripe hour of 8PM (PLEASE SCROLL DOWN AND READ THE BLOG FROM WEEK 5.75 FOR SOME GUIDELINES)! And thereafter we have our last home games in the park, along with an expansive (hopefully) BBQ IN THE PARK DAY involving beer, meat, good friends and what promises to be a good game of pickup kickball.

Oh and don't forget about ALPHA BAR this Wednesday either. A new venue, a new part of the city, its time to get tanked gang! It is summer after all, even if the weather in SF barely ever reflects that!

I'd just like to send a shoutout to all those fun individuals that posted each weekend and really made this a good season. And I'm sorry for coming down so hard those of you who paid $74 only to never show up, I guess I should've just let your checkbooks do the talking... But I digress. It has been a terrific season, and everyone who's posted have been really cool. If you dig the stuff we do on a weekly basis, stick around 'cause there's gonna be a lot more of that to come in the fall season. Myself and the rest of the Vertigo board and/or kids from last season really appreciate having new friends to drink with and thereafter split cabs home with. Its been a lot of fun.

I hope everyone who's visited this page has enjoyed what I do on a weekly basis. Its not easy, which is why I'm yammering on about how great this season has been... I mean coming up with stuff to write about that's halfway relative to kickball isn't easy after all! Anyway, I did it all for you... And maybe 'cause I have time to kill when I'm bored at work, but mostly for you.

Hey, if you guys have any suggestions (speaking of blog writing/kickball season awesomeness) on how we can make next season better, let us know! Write down a comment on this blog, or shoot us an e-mail at thefinalbunt@gmail.com. We're all ears!

Oh and speaking of BBQ'n, kickball and pickup games, here are some ground rules I think it'd be fun to enact/use as guidelines:

1) Second base flip cup. One member of the defending team stands reading at a fold-out table, with 2 cups of beer. The offensive player running from 1st to 2nd is given FREE PASSAGE to second (unless they just nailed one into the outfield and think they can make 3rd/home plate), where they must compete with the second base flip cuper to decide whether or not they get to keep the base, or walk across the diamond hanging their head in shame.
2) Everyone plays with a beer in hand. Exceptions can be made if it involves some kind of medical reason... AND THAT'S IT!
3) Arguing a call with the other team, or the referee results in a boat race. This only goes for calls in which the player was called safe and the other team doesn't think they were. If they are truly against the call, 4-5 players from each team will face off in a boat race. If you don't know what a boat race is, you'll find out on Sunday.
4) Dropping a pop fly anywhere on the field results in a that player having to down their beer and get another one after the play has finished. The game will continue while they're running across the field to get another beer and return to their position on the field. This goes for EVERY position (if its the pitcher, someone else will have to pitch *at least once* in their place while they get their beer). Sideline players on THEIR TEAM can toss them a new beer, but on-field players must not help them get a new beer in ANY WAY.
5) Players who hit a Home Run must do a festive dance when they reach home plate.

If you have a portable grill, please bring it with you to the field this weekend! People please bring meat, buns, chips, dip, cokes, beers, whatever, if you want to contribute. Everyone please use the poll to let us know what is being brought to the field. Obviously the more people we have bringing every item, the better off we'll be!

Pointless Predicitions:

1) Menace 2 Sobriety comes back from a bye week and takes it to the EG's. I'm not feeling that creative right now, so I'll leave it at that. Lame huh?
2) A little Sleazy Morningwood action this weekend eh? Sounds like I'm gonna need some topical cream! This was a battle of titans last season, and with Sleazy turning on the juice late in the game, it could be a pretty decent match this time around to. Expect a nail biter. Also expect a lot of bitching, moaning, himming, hawing, crying, whining, yelling, screaming... And that'll just be the guys!
3) The people that show up to play a pickup game enact all the great beer rules; like having a beer in hand while playing, having the second base flip-cup rule in effect, and boat races to decide close calls as well... 3 people pass out on the field.
4) The Bagpipers show up en masse.
5) The Dogballs enter the playoffs (cause the Bagpipers aren't eligible) and they somehow knock all the favorites outta the tournament.
6) Everybody buys me drinks at the kickball party for doing the thankless job of writing the newsletters (and sending out reminder e-mails through Sarah's account on a bi-weekly basis).
7) There's a Stifler style dance off at 330 Ritch this Saturday. I won't tell you who wins, but I lets just say they play kickball, and their name rhymes with Bharles Kantz.
8) There's a few sloppy hookups that go down at the END OF SEASON PARTY... All of which are caught on film and plastered all over the newsletter. I'm kidding, I wouldn't do that; please make out with whomever you want, at will!

Poll of the Week:

Less of a poll and more of a supply list. Since 30 people wanted to have a BBQ in the park this week, we gotta make sure those involved are bringin' the meat, beer, buns, condiments, yadda yadda... So to do that, I just put up a list of supplies we'll need. I hope everyone that wants to make our LAST REGULAR SEASON WEEKEND a success will contribute!

Thanks for all the good times this season gang! Remember PLAYOFFS are June 29th!

Picture of the Week:

Scott we need you to come back and take pictures for us again. You're the ying to our yang!

Kickballers of the Week:

Screw it, not enough teams even bothered to show up during Week 8. The Players of the week are those ballers that decided to show up despite the cold conditions and whatever else is going on in their lives to play a children's recess game like it was a World Championship. End of story.

Ridiculous Photo of the Week:

Seriously Scott, without you this page is a lifeless piece of crap.

Quick Kicks:

1) ALPHA BAR is this Wednesday, June 18th at Uptown in the Mission.
2) Vertigo Kickball's END OF SEASON PARTY is this Saturday, June 21st, starting at 8PM! Anyone who's played a game this season needs to get their asses to that bar!
3) BBQ IN THE PARK DAY on Sunday, June 22nd. This requires LEAGUE-WIDE participation. Bring your buds, some grills, booze and meat, and lets all get to know each other better before the season comes to a close.
4) PLAYOFFS! June 29th in the park, come ready to play. Unless you're on one of those teams that totally gave up half-way through the season.

Week 7

Woah man! Sunday was crazy, between the 80's kickball theme and the intense matchups going down to the wire, it was hard to keep up! One thing I will say that sorta sucked about this past weekend, was that our sponsor bar wast turning us away in droves. They are soooo freaggin' lucky to have our patronage, its ridiculous! Anywho, onto the meat and potatoes of this weeks post!

Recaps:

Afternoon Delights 4 Dogballs 3: Dang, the dogballs are really busting outta their shell as of late (I wanted to make that sound so much dirtier than I did). Not bad, but unfortunately not good enough! Those sky-rockets in flight can only mean 2 things kids; either pop's getting a little midday action or the Afternoon Delights just threw another one in the win column (with thankfully the latter being more likely... I CANNOT take that mental imagery right now)! Speaking of pops, don't forget Father's Day is this Sunday, June 15th!
I Am McLovin 4 Drunkaroos 5: This matchup was closer than the democratic nomination, and WAY more interesting! Two tough opponents took the field this past Sunday, but only one got the win they deserved. Watch out for Drunkaroos, Vertigo, they mean business. As for McLovin, well it was a great showing on their part and they've got another difficult game this weekend against the Playground Bullies. Hopefully they gear up in time for that game!
Morningwood 4 Menace 2 Sobriety 2: Eww, very interesting. Well it looks like Morningwood is definitely still undefeated, but certainly not unbeatable. Especially when it comes to flip cup... Anyway, good effort by M2S, they've always come out ready to play this season, and they put up a good fight. As for Morningwood, well, your days are numbered my friends...
PODYatrists 12 Everlasting Gobstoppers 0: Now I heard the score was 14-0, but I'm going with Jeremiah's numbers on this one. Anywho, talk about a barn burner! Sheesh, maybe you guys should've enacted the mercy rule!? I mean its not like the EG's were gonna sneak a few past you when you got up by 10 runs! Tough break for Willy Wonka's wonderous candy creation, hopefully they can keep on truckin' and scrape something together before the end of the season. Although, I'd honestly just be happy to see one of 'em dress up like an Umpa Lumpa.
SF Natives 1 Bagpipers 0: What!? The bagpipers failed to make an appearance this weekend!? Shocker! Are you guys familiar with the sports expression, "the cardiac kids?" Well these cardiac kids were taken off life support a long time ago! C'mon BP's, I wanna see your dayglow green shirts flying all over the kickball diamond this weekend, don't let me down! That aside, congrats to the SF Natives for their styling outfits this past weekend! You guys rock!
Sleazy Bandeezee ? Sunkiss Our Balls 3: Speaking of styling outfits, I gotta give a big shot out to those crazy SOB's for putting together some killer getups. We had a psuedo Ted Nugent look-a-like, a Prom Queen, a Pat Benatar wannabe and wicked awesome material girl... Sleazy also had some fun with the theme of the week, they had a cool Richard Simmons groupie, and a stylin' MC Hammer pants fly girl. The game was a lot of fun too, and it definitely came down to the wire... But, I guess I had so much fun that I forgot what the score was, oh well... Sleazy look to close out their season on a high note against Afternoon Delight this weekend, whereas Sunkiss Our Balls face the tough task of taking down a giant in those pesky PODYatrists. Both matchups should be a lot of fun to watch!

Seventh Inning Stretch:

Gang, I'm hotter than a summer newlywed in a featherbed... Its all cause I'm a little torn up about something... Ya see, I write this here blog hoping that people will really dig it, not only dig it, but wanna be apart of it! You see, I can barely scrounge up enough material week to week because I don't get a lot of feedback from my target audience, YOU! I need you, your teammates and your captains to provide me with essential information each week for this blog/newsletter here to work like I planned.

Ideally I should have an inbox stocked full of Player of the Week nominations, suggestions for polls, recaps from games, the scoop on weekend bar crawls or parties, extra photo files or links to photos on the web from the past weekend (links work best), and quotes from the weekend. Oh, and don't forget you can also comment on all the blogs too, just keep it clean!

If you all could get off your high horses and help a brother out, I'd greatly appreciate it! I mean after all, if I've got time to spend drafting up an entire blog during my week, then I also probably have the time to sift through 30 e-mails and make it better! Keep that in mind going forward.

Also, a slightly on/off topic note here. I realize it seems like most of our newsletter is catering to teams or players that were around last season (which isn't entirely true), but that's only cause either;
A) they participate in everything we do (i.e. come to the games, go to the parties, hang out at Kezar for flipcup, etc.)
B) they're freaggin' pros at sucking up to me
C) they submit their suggestions/info to me each week
D) they're total train wrecks and therefore warrant being featured in our ridiculous photo(s) of the week on a regular basis

Keep that in mind if you wanna *shine* in our subsequent newsletters this season! Also, I expect everyone who's ANYONE to be at our END OF SEASON PARTY! Because I can pretty much GUARANTEE you that Scotty B. (and everyone else who's on facebook/myspace) will be snapping photos and we'll be getting closer on the dance floor then... Unless you're a guy, sorry fellas, I only likes the ladies! Basically its gonna be a raging party, and if you've been to any games this season then you arse belongs in that bar!

Pointless Predictions:

1. Dogballs topple the Drunkaroos and flush our whole league ranking system down the toilet.
2. Playground Bullies come out weak against McLovin, and McLovin violates 'em just like he did that girl in the movie... Very awkwardly.
3. Bagpipers don't show up on Sunday, and Morningwood loses in a mock up game. (Speaking of Morningwood, could you guys be anymore lame? half of you bailed after your game this weekend, real winners win on the field AND in the bar! Now get your acts together, you're making Dogballs look like all-stars!)
4. PODYatrists vs Sunkiss Our Balls goes into extra innings, eventually leading to a game of Rochambeau, which also goes on for extra innings, but by that time both teams end up too drunk to remember what's going on.
5. My "outta left field" prediction: wait, wasn't every single one of my predictions above outta left field? Hmm, well I gotta put something here. Kezar pub welcomes us back with open arms, and apologizes for raining on our parade this past weekend.
6. My "best bet" prediction: I get e-mails after this weekend's games with recaps, and player nominations from the same 3 people who have done that all season... Go to my room, turn off the lights, crank up Phantom Planet's "Lonely Day" and cry myself to asleep.

Poll of the Week:

With June 22nd being the Sunday after of our END OF THE SEASON PARTY and the final games of the regular season, I was thinking we should go all out and continue the party from the night before. So who's down for a big BBQ Part-tay in Golden Gate that Sunday (weather permitting)? If the weather is not cooperating we'll just have to go big at the bar!

This will certainly require LEAGUE WIDE cooperation, so bring your A-game (along with your portable grills, meat and beer) that Sunday, June 22nd!

Picture of the Week:


Prom Night 1989... And yes we totally did it!

Players of the Week:

Captains (or teammates) submit your Players of the Week to me (thefinalbunt@gmail.com)!

I need some of you real slackers to get your nominations in. It'd be great to have some people from Sleazy Bandeezee, I Am McLovin, Bagpipers, SF Natives, Afternoon Delights, Everlasting Gobstoppers and even Dogballs on here!

Ridiculous Photo of the Week:


80's in full effect y'all! SF Natives plus one crazy mofo.

Quick Kicks:

1. Don't forget about our END OF SEASON PARTY at 330 Ritch! I'll post more details soon!
2. Week 8 & Week 9 are the last two weeks of the regular season, Captains and players be sure you get your teams out there for your final games!

Week 6

Good news everybody, the date is set! Our End of Season Kickball Party will be Saturday, June 21st at 330 Ritch! More details to come!

Now on with the blog...

I dunno about you guys, but I feel like death. Thankfully I survived Week 6, and will live to tell the tales that emanate from it. Word to the wise, Jager Bombs are the purveyors of liver destruction, and I will no longer try to showa in that sh*t (warning not safe for work).

Game Recaps:

Sleazy Bandeeze 5 Drunkaroos 4: Well now! Sleazy gets a quality win, against a tough opponent to go along with however many losses they've collected this season, not bad. Bravo my friends ( I'm only teasing cause my team plays 'em next week). Tough break for the Roos who were nipping at Morningwood's heels until this defeat. Has Sleazy turned the corner and remembered how to win? Time and a matchup against Sunkiss Our Balls next Sunday will certainly tell. Good luck to the Roos in their battle with McLovin next week too!
Sunkiss Our Balls 10 Afternoon Delights 3: The SOB's (hmm, interesting) showed up Sunday ready to dominate after the 2 week hiatus, and dominate they did. The AD's put up a good fight and went down kicking, loading up the bases in the 5th inning, but couldn't capitalize on their efforts. The Balls got the runs going early off a sweet kick from Clara that brought in 4 runs (bases were loaded) and hung on to win by playing some good defense. Props go to Leia for the sweet pop-up-falling-on-her-ass catch during the game.
Menace 2 Sobriety 1 Bagpipers 0 (forfeit, and paper forfeit): Well as much as I'd like to tip my hat to M2S for their win this past Sunday, they can't take the credit for it. It was really a valiant effort by the BP's to avoid embarrassment by forfeiting their game, and opting out of reffing any subsequent games thereafter. I hope the Bagpipers can bounce back next week at least, cause we miss 'em. Thankfully the SF Natives and I Am McLovin stepped in so M2S could at least play a pickup game on Sunday, gotta love the league camaraderie.
Playground Bullies 5 Everlasting Gobstoppers 2: This was a closely contested matchup with the EG's turning it on in the later innings. Unfortunately it wasn't enough to stop those Playground Bullies as they got another one in the Win column. Look for the EG's to bounce back from this defeat, and the PB's to continue to dominate off of good defensive play and team spirit.
PODYatrists 9 Dogballs 1: From watching this game as a spectator its hard to believe the score was so one-sided. The Dogballs really put on a good show, but the PODY's proved to have too much firepower for 'em, bringing home 9 runs and keeping the DB's at bay. Tough luck for you Dogballers, you'll get that first win soon with continued efforts like this past Sunday though!
SF Natives 2 I Am McLovin 3: Well McLovin is righting their ship and hitting 500 with this victory. I can't believe the SF Natives lost though, doesn't having Nash Bridges (Don Johnson) on your team count for anything these days!? Tough break Natives, maybe you'll have better luck this weekend though when 80's apparel is in fashion once again, speaking of which...

Seventh Inning Stretch:

So outside of the super-awesome Beer Golf Bar Crawl we have setup for this week (golfer apparel recommended - more deets on the facebook event's page) we've also got a pretty tubular themed kickball day coming up!

That's right Sunday is I LOVE THE 80'S kickball day, and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that's psyched about this (eh hem Jakob of Team SF Natives, back me up here), but there are some of you out there who might have forgotten how ridiculously awesome the 80's really were! Allow me to assist all of you in remembering, and increase your excitement levels (not to mention clothing options).

1980: John Lennon is assasinated, Mt. St. Helens Erupts and Saddam Hussein launches war against Iran... Wait, wait, wait, wait... That came out ALL wrong! I'm not trying to give you a boring history lesson here, I'm trying to enlighten you all to the awesomeness that prevailed throughout this most amazing decade! Hmm, lemme see here, what else happened... Oh yeah, Airplane! and Caddyshack hit the big screen (I think we can all agree the preview format has gotten a lot better since then)! Disco went the way of the buffalo (thank GOD!) and wearing a sportcoat and slacks was finally the "in" way to dress (proven by George Costanza himself), unless you were a fan of Pat Benatar that is!

1981: I think we can safely say this was THE YEAR OF MTV! The home PC was finally available, prompting yuppies everwhere to put down their phone and run out to buy something that you couldn't even play videogames on! Speaking of which, this is also the year of Pac Man, King Kong and all those other Atari games you know and love came to life!

1982: The year I was born, which is pretty awesome, right, no!? Screw you then!!!! Okay, so outside of that you've also gotta remember that this was the year Rocky fought Mr (I pity da fo') T and Fastimes at Ridgemont High hit the big screen (witness Sean Penn in his most amazing performance ever)! Oh yeah, and you gotta love this year for man's most trendiest hairstyle to date! That's right, the "Business in front, party in back" look finally got the recognition it truly deserved, Thanks Canada! Oh, and don't worry, spandex finally hits the main stream this year too with the help of Olivia Newton-John and her new pickup line turned music video (warning, this video will make you gay, unless you happen to be already... In which case, I still wouldn't watch this video).
1983: The hits just keep coming! I'm talking Michael Jackson, Clark W. Griswold, Risky Business, Tony Montana's lil' friend, Rio, Flash Dance (the leggings and spandex love continues), David Hasselhoff (Germany hails him as their messiah), Alex P. Keaton and Madonna!

1984: More Modonna, more hair, and more cult classics; Footloose (white people dancing, without booze!? Insanity I say!), Sixteen Candles, and This is Spinal Tap to name a few. Van Halen might have hit the mainstream scene, but George Michael and Wham obviously stole the show! And this one's for Jakob; Don Johnson made it even more cool to wear your sport jacket, with pastel colored t-shirts, life is good! Oh, and since it broke down the box office last year, Transformers popped on the scene, and into toy stores across America!

1985: Only a few years left of the 80's you say? Oh, but it just gets better with time! That's cause 1985 was all about partyin' all the time with Macgyver (funny parody), the members of the Brat Pack and still bigger hair! Speaking of the 80's don't ya just wanna go back (to the future...)!?

1986: Most of you might have been in grade school then, but who didn't wanna take a Day Off once and a while!? Who could even try to wash out of the brain the likes of Alf, Crocodile Dundee, Bill Cosby, MAVERICK & ICE MAN (not to mention the best pickup scene in movie history), and every stay-at-home mom's God!?

1987: Really? You need ME to tell you how awesome 1987 was? Okay, 3 words; Jon Bon Jovi! I could go on, but we all know Bon Jovi made 1987 his bitch and finally earned New Jersey some respect.

1988: Perfect Strangers made us long for a trip to beatiful island of Mypos in 1988. Yo! MTV Raps finally broke lose, Die Hard was blowing up in theaters, and Guns and Roses were blaring over our speakers.

1989: Whew, this is taking me a while, but its alright cause I'm Saved By the Bell (funny parody)! New Kids on the Block rocked the Berlin wall down single-handidly, Millie Vanilli got us blamin' it on the rain, Bill and Ted had an Excellent Adventure, Nintendo gave us the Game Boy, the Simpson's gave us a late-night cartoon, and Meg Ryan taught us men that women CAN actually fake orgasms! Wow, was that as good for you as it was for me!?

So there you have it! Think someone, thing, or event is missing from my recap!? Hit up the comments section on this blog and let us all know!

And don't forget to dress up for I LOVE THE 80'S this Sunday! Or about the golf-a-rific Beer Golf Bar Crawl this Saturday!

Pointless Predictions:

1. Jakob will show up for I LOVE THE 80'S next Sunday pimped out in sweet Miami Vice gear, and it will be as awesome as it was this week.
2. Morningwood will be back in action, trying to restore their dignity after losing to the Best Coast Ballers on Sunday in an exhibition match.
3. Its Sleazy Bandeezee versus Sunkiss Our Balls in a late matchup this week, expect some serious sh*t-talking and kickballing to go down.
4. Drunkaroos take on McLovin in the first round of games on Sunday, could be a good matchup. Expect the Roos to come out on top, but McLovin has an outside chance of taking 'em down.
5. Everyone shows up wearing sweet ass golfing threads for the Beer Golf Bar Crawl and takes over every bar they visit in North Beach (check out the facebook event page on the right).

Poll of the Week:

If you guys wanna suggest a poll, maybe I'll put it up. I've got nothing.

Picture of the Week:


Team Morningwood stole the Best Coast Baller's Elephant Mascot (the pink team from Thursday night) and then Scotty B. made it his b*tch lover.

Players of the Week:

Captains or teammates please make your suggestions to me via e-mail (thefinalbunt@gmail.com)!

Ridiculous Photo(s) of the Week:


This our RPOTW winner, pretty tame when compared with the stuff from Week 5.

Quick Kicks:
1. Don't forget about Alpha Bar this week on Wednesday night!

3. Check out the Beer Golf Bar Crawl this Saturday night!
2. Don't forget this Sunday's theme is I LOVE THE 80'S, wear your best threads & gear from back in the day and come ready to play! I expect to see a lot of big hair, knee highs, jean jackets, pastel clothes, and smiling faces!

CAPTAINS REMIND YOUR TEAMMATES ABOUT YOUR GAME THIS WEEK! NO MORE FORFEITS THIS SEASON! THANKS!