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.