Week 6

What's that in the sky!? A bird!? A plan!? No! Its the 12-Step Sloshers! That's right, the 12-Steppers won our theme for Week 6. If you missed that, check out all the other stuff you missed below!

Don't forget to arrive to the fields early this Sunday, or that our theme this week is "WHITE TRASH" or that our MID-SEASON PARTY is this SATURDAY at BUTTER, or that ALPHA BAR is this WEDNESDAY at AMANTE (starting at 7PM) in North Beach!

That's a lot to remember, but you kids are smart, I've got faith in you! Check below for more details on the Mid-Season Party, Theme for Sunday and Alpha Bar!

Mid-Season Party: ______________________________________________

We're having our Mid-Season Party this SATURDAY at BUTTER!

This party's going on in coordination with our White Trash theme day on October 5th! Butter is a trendy spot, known for repping the white-trash genre to the maximum! Take a look at their website (particularly the menu) and you'll catch our drift!

Go big or go home gang! Feel free to dress up at Butter for the theme, but definitely come prepared on Sunday! The team with the most players dressed in support of our theme gets money for pitchers of beer at our sponsor bar, the Blackthorn Tavern!

Need tips on how to look the part? Check out pics from this google search to get your ideas flowing: White Trash Party

Get pumped people! This party is gonna be COVER FREE to members of Vertigo (from 7-10). And, all our non-member friends that stop by only have to pay $5 to get in too! Oh, and did someone say SPECIALS!? That's right $3 "Tall Boys" and $5 Specialty Cocktails for us until 10PM!

Recaps:________________________________________________________

Captains send recaps, recaps end up here. Captains don't send recaps, your team gets no love (thefinalbunt@gmail.com) and don't forget to send in player of the week nominations too!

SF Natives:
SF Natives tied this week against Team SAAS 2 to 2, and we've still got a strangle hold on the first place title (although now we gotta share it with 2 other jokers). It was an intense game, as the competition had us on pins and needles half the time, but thanks to our tough defense and good base running we held on for the tie.

Balls of Glory:

Team Deathballs:

Team SAAS:
SAAS played a great game against the SF Natives and is happy that NO ONE LOST!!! While both teams played well, our team was singled out by recruiters for the Professional Kickball League, and we have been asked to compete in ESPN's Professional Kickball League finals this November. Since the Flabongo has been returned our team feels complete, and will look to win the first ESPN PKL Trophy very soon!

12 Step Sloshers:
"In all my years of playing kickball, I've never lost a game on my birthday." David Zetzer, 12 Step Sloshers

The 12 Step Sloshers BEAT (yes, you ready correctly) Sleazy Bandeeze by a score of 2-1 on Sunday. Sleazy scored 1 run in the first inning but with our super hero powers (and fancy capes) the Sloshers held Sleazy until the bottom of the 5th inning. Co-Captain Logan Presnell danced his way into home plate followed by Alex Carwil, who barely missed getting smashed in the nuts by the big-red-rubbery-ball, and leaped his way home. At that point, Sleazy bowed their heads and the Sloshers rushed the field. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have finally won a game out-right! The conclusion: David Zetzer's birthday should be every Sunday and he's a f*cking awesome cook!

Sleazy Bandeezee:

Frisco Donkeys:
Came out 6-deep in an attempt to face down their opponents, but due to WAKA regulations had to forfeit. Hats off to their players who decided to come out.

Morningwood:
We won our game 12-5 against Team Deathballs the other day. We started out rocky, letting the DB's score 5 runs against us in 1 inning, but eventually we started to play tougher defense, and rocked home some good kicks to finish 7 points ahead of our opponents.

Photo(s) of the Week:_____________________________________________

The ladies of SAAS posing.

From Week 6

Sloshman versus Batman.

From Week 6

Batman needs a drink refresh... Fighting crime can make you thirsty!

From Week 6

Jeremiah scaring small children in his Superman underwear.

From Week 6

Wolverine FOR THE WIN!

From Week 6

Out of work superheros, who like to drink...

From Week 6

Pointless Predicitions:____________________________________________

1) Members of Vertigo will blend in with their surroundings on Sunday in the park... Mostly cause they'll be sporting White Trash ensembles!
2) The "drum line" behind field 2 will be in full effect, and I will bring my cardboard so we can breakdance in front of 'em.
3) SAAS vs 12-Steppers in an early matchup. Who's gonna win; I'm thinking 12-Steppers by forfeit. That seems to be a trend this season for the Sloshers.
4) Morningwood wins their match by forfeit as well probably, although I'd love Frisco Donkeys to prove me wrong here.
5) Cliff from Morningwood shows up rocking white trash apparel to the extreme, weeks after showing up sporting those same clothes on the wrong weekend.
6) 12-Steppers try to go all out with the theme for the 2nd week in a row, but end up facing some tough competition to win the grand-prize.
7) There remains a 3-way tie for first place in the league for the 2nd straight weekend.
8) SAAS's Flabongo, now returned to its rightful owners, gets tossed around the league like a $2 whore, satisfying everyone's thirst for light beer.
9) Kickballers, who like to drink & socialize, will be spotted at Amante this Wednesday taking it easy and talking about the weekend.
10) Tom Lanahan, our WAKA Rep and pitcher for Sleazy Bandeezee finally makes an appearance on Sunday?

Ridiculous Photo(s) of the Week:____________________________________

There were so many of these Wolverine shots...

From Week 6

He tastes like schnozberries!

From Week 6

Randomness in the background, and "extra padding" in the foreground... Kidding.

From Week 6

Jeremiah being "that guy" in the background.

From Week 6

Players of the Week:______________________________________________

Captains submit your players of the week to thefinalbunt@gmail.com!

Sabrina Hanavan is team Morningwood's Player of the Week for her 2 great defensive grabs against the Deathballs, even though 1 of them was on the opposite side of the field from her. She was all over the place on Sunday, and she even tried to catch a ball with her face! She got close, but unfortunately for her the ball bounced away. Someday Sabrina, someday, and make sure you get that caught on camera!

The SF Natives want to nominate Cat Pignati & Jeff Plank from their team as Players of the Week. Cat pulled off a powerful double play in their matchup against Team SAAS, grabbing a pop-up and tagging the SAAS base runner out at first. Jeff gets the nod for his tough pitching and multiple tag outs.

Clara Porter of Team SAAS is another player of the week. She gets some credit for her wicked-awesome superhero outfit. If you don't know who Clara is, she was the girl sporting the American flag, and looking like the Statue of Liberty. Honorable mention goes to the Flabongo for also sporting a cape in celebration of this past weekend's theme.

Quick Kicks:____________________________________________________

1) SHOW UP EARLY TO THE FIELD, PARKING WILL CONTINUE TO BE INTENSE!
2) Don't forget about the MID-SEASON PARTY this SATURDAY at BUTTER!
3) ALPHA BAR is this WEDNESDAY at AMANTE! Details in the Social Chair Section!
4) Support our theme by wearing WHITE-TRASH apparel this SUNDAY!

Week 5

Well Week 5's all over and done with, and it turned out to be a pretty great time! For those of you who missed Sloshball Sunday, there's a recap below.

DON'T FORGET: This weekend is our "Superhero" Theme weekend. The team with the most participants sporting superhero garb gets mulla for pitches-o-beer at Blackthorn after the games!

Recaps:________________________________________________________

Sloshball Sunday:
Well not all male and female members decided to post for all the teams set to play this Sunday, but no matter, we still had our fun. After having a few female captains come forward to pick players at random and make 2 teams, we went out and put together 3 solid innings of play for the 2PM squads. Along the way we came up with some good improvised rulings, like for instance drinking when you round the bases, making bunting an automatic out, loading up the field with all your players, clockwise base rotations, plays that counted for two outs... It all came together pretty nicely. You really couldn't beat the weather, or the positive energy on the field, as many players who participated in the early game decided to take part in the 3PM game as well. Due to a change in pitching styles there were quite a number of runs, but equally some terrific defensive plays typically made one-handed, while the other handed clutched and supported a beer. For anyone who decided to skip out, or couldn't make it you really missed some good times. Don't worry though, cause we're back in action this upcoming weekend, and hopefully we'll see you all out again soon!

Mid-Season Party: ______________________________________________

We're having our Mid-Season Party this fall at Butter on October 4th!

This party's going on in coordination with one of our theme weeks on October 5th! That theme is going to be White Trash. Butter is a trendy spot, known for repping the white-trash genre to the maximum! Take a look at their website (particularly the menu) and you'll catch our drift!

Go big or go home gang! Feel free to dress up at Butter for the theme, but definitely come prepared that following Sunday! The team with the most players dressed in support of our theme week gets money for pitchers of beer at our sponsor bar, the Blackthorn Tavern!

Need tips on how to look the part? Check out pics from this google search to get your ideas flowing: White Trash Party

Get pumped people! This party is gonna be COVER FREE to members of Vertigo. And, all our non-member friends that stop by only have to pay $5 to get in too! Oh, and did someone say SPECIALS!? That's right $3 "Tall Boys" and $5 Specialty Cocktails for us from 7PM until 10PM! That's when the bar will open up to the public, and their DJ will start getting his freak on!

Photo(s) of the Week:_____________________________________________

Michaela drinking and playing "Slap the Bag" - Thanks for supplying the wine Tiffanie!

From Week 5

Team Balls of Glory getting into some Flip Cup action!

From Week 5

Greg displaying proper Sloshball etiquette; kicking, running and drinking all at the same time.

From Week 5

Survivor Flip Cup. Tam vs Maureen vs Tiffanie.

From Week 5

Pointless Predictions:____________________________________________

1) Balls of Glory continues their strong(er) showing at the bar well into the end of the season. Eventually proving to us all that they're secretly kickball ninjas.
2) Tiffanie Wong of Morningwood will continue to fool people into drinking from her bag of "Franzia" until its later found out that she's secretly trying to poison us all! Kidding, the contents of the bag are delish, even if her version of slap the bag is different from my own.
3) Jeremiah Boehner of Sleazy Bandeezee will show up to the field still drunk from the day before, this isn't much of a prediction actually, its more like a known fact.
4) Sleazy versus 12 Step in an early matchup, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say 1) that this will be an intense game and 2) Sleazy will come out on top.
5) There will be a team totally decked out in Superhero outfits, and said team will score mulla for pitchers at Blackthorn after their game.
6) Rob Ray of team SF Natives will show up boasting about how he shaved a big Superman "S" emblem onto his ass. "Mooning" will thereafter ensue throughout the entire afternoon.
7) That's it for now!

Ridiculous Photo(s) of the Week:____________________________________

Tiffanie's always appropriate.

From Week 5

And here's Dave giving the gnarly Flip Cup play-by-play.

From Week 5

Players of the Week:______________________________________________

Captains submit your players of the week to thefinalbunt@gmail.com!

Tam Le & Maureen O'Brien of Balls of Glory and Team Deathballs respectively, for their strong "Survivor Flip Cup" showings at the bar post-Sloshball Sunday. Both were fierce competitors, with Maureen eventually besting Tam as well as the rest of the previous participants along the way. My hat's off to them for now, as their fifteen minutes of fame is set to expire by next Sunday undoubtedly. Honorable mention goes to Tiffanie Wong of Morningwood for her performance as well.

Quick Kicks:____________________________________________________

1) Mid-Season Party is at BUTTER on October 4th! Get psyched up for that and our for our White Trash theme week!
2) We're raising money for charity. Yes, that's correct. We'll be helping out others instead of ourselves for once. INSANITY! Deets on that soon too.
3) The theme for October 5th, which is Superheroes, as decided by the readers/voters in our poll has been moved to THIS SUNDAY!
4) REMEMBER TO SHOW UP EARLY THIS WEEKEND TO GET A PARKING SPOT!

Week 4

Week 4's in the books, here's what went down in case you missed it!

Also, final plans for the the mid-season party will be posted this week, check out the blog section below for details!

Recaps:________________________________________________________

Captains send recaps, recaps end up here. Captains don't send recaps, your team gets no love (thefinalbunt@gmail.com) and don't forget to send in player of the week nominations too!

SF Natives:
SF Natives thrashed 12 Step Sloshers, 7-0. There was a bit of a disagreement about the game before it was played, due to Sully explaining that since HE got to the field late, that the Sloshers should be given some extra time to allow another girl from their team to post. Since the games were all called forfeits so swiftly the week before, this was upsetting, but Sully was pretty persistent. After the Sloshers found their missing link, our game kicked off. The end result of which, was us winning, and moving to the top of the ranks for the first time ever!

Balls of Glory:
Contrary to what people think, the mythical Balls of Glory are actually a legitimate team! Despite being called out in the last 3 blog posts, the team banded together and played a fantastic game. Sadly, the game did not count as the other team had forfeited. Leave it to us to play the best game of our short careers when it didn't count! Expect more good stuff from us down the road though!

Team Deathballs:

Team SAAS:
After being voted sexiest team in WAKA and simultaneously being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for all of our recent charity work, Team SAAS capped off the week by dismantiling our opponents this past Sunday. However, our team could not completely enjoy the accolades of annihilating the Frisco Donkeys 7 to 1 because our beloved friend and mascot, the Flabongo, wasn't there to share the glory.

12 Step Sloshers:
The time was 2:15:59pm and from across the lovely kickball green we see Angela Hastings carrying a 24 pack over her shoulder with diamonds in her ears from the night before. And that, ladies and gentlemen, saved the 12 Step Sloshers from having a taste of their own medicine - having to forfeit a game. So, we went on to play SF Natives and unfortunately lost 6-0 but that's okay because we enjoyed actually playing an official game for once.

Sleazy Bandeezee:
In an act of generosity, Team Sleazy, the orginial Vertigo Champs, decided to let Boringwood finally achieve their life long ambition of beating Sleazy on the kickball field and the flip cup table. We'd share more, but we're sure they'll fill you in on all the details themselves.

Frisco Donkeys:

Morningwood:

Not that anyone should be surprised, but Morningwood defeated Team Sleazy this weekend by a score of 4 to zippy, nada, nill, ZERO! It all got going thanks to some strong kicking from Kirk/Chris/Sabrina/Matt and some solid defensive play all around. And after our game, we went on to beat them at the flip cup table too and won away the crown despite spotting them a 2-0 lead in the best of 5.

Mid-Season Party: ______________________________________________

We're having our Mid-Season Party this fall at Butter on October 4th!

This party's going on in coordination with one of our theme weeks on October 5th! That theme is going to be White Trash. Butter is a trendy spot, known for repping the white-trash genre to the maximum! Take a look at their website (particularly the menu) and you'll catch our drift!

Go big or go home gang! Feel free to dress up at Butter for the theme, but definitely come prepared that following Sunday! The team with the most players dressed in support of our theme week gets money for pitchers of beer at our sponsor bar, the Blackthorn Tavern!

Need tips on how to look the part? Check out pics from this google search to get your ideas flowing: White Trash Party

Get pumped people! This party is gonna be COVER FREE to members of Vertigo. We're still working out details on a cover for all our non-member friends, and we'll let you know about that soon. Oh, and did someone say SPECIALS!? That's right $3 "Tall Boys" and $5 Specialty Cocktails for us from 7PM until 10PM! That's when the bar will open up to the public, and their DJ will start getting his freak on!

Photo(s) of the Week:_____________________________________________

Balls of Glory hanging out at the field:

From Week 4

Team SAAS being classy at the bar:

From Week 4

Morningwood Taking home the trophy:

From Week 4

If you look closely you can see members of B.O.G. hanging out at the bar in this pic:

From Week 4

Pointless Predictions:____________________________________________

1) As I'm taking almost every method of transit on my way back to SF from Montreal, I will make the prediction that my travel will go smoothly, and without incident, because it'd be really great if that happened.
2) Week 5 will be the first weekend of no forfeits, but the games will not count against teams either way.
3) Balls of Glory will kick everyone's butt in the bar at flip cup, then start a bar fight, steal our women (or men), and ride off into the sunset like the cowboys in those old western movies.
3) Matt Sullivan is headed to Europe, and although his departure will be felt by Morningwood, it will not prevent them from being any less obnoxious, or dominant.
4) Team SAAS will form a posse to hunt down their missing Flabongo, and bring all thieves in to face justice (and/or their wrath).
5) Drunken makeouts happen at a record level down at Blackthorn due to the intermixing of teams/players this weekend.
6) Rob Ray shows up bare-chested and doesn't remember how that happened.

Ridiculous Photo(s) of the Week:____________________________________

Josh, I hope this was a warm-up pitch:

From Week 4

Frisco Donkey's "bringing Sexy Back since August 3, 2008"

From Week 4

This is pretty hardcore:

From Week 4

"They can take our Flabongos, but they can never take our FREEEEDOM!"

From Week 4

Rob Ray being Rob Ray at the bar:

From Week 4

Players of the Week:______________________________________________

Captains submit your players of the week to thefinalbunt@gmail.com!

Balls of Glory selected Charles Chen as their Player of the Week, due to his spectacular over the shoulder catch that rivaled the timeless 1982 Dwight Clark catch at Candlestick Park, it was all the more spectacular when you consider the game didn't actually count. We thusly rewarded him with a pitcher of beer and a rousing rendition of Journey's "Small Town Girl". Overall it was a great team effort, and that deserves kudo's all around.

The 12-Step Sloshers selected Angela Hastings as their Player of the Week, for showing up in the nick of time to save their team from certain forfeit. Not only did she show up fashionably late, but nonetheless on-time, she also came bearing gifts! That's the way of a true baller my friends, you've got a good team player right there.

The SF Natives vote to have Michelle Miles & Jacob "Awesome Dude" Stillman as their Players of the Week, because they represent what their team is all about; kicking ass and being awesome, respectively.

Quick Kicks:____________________________________________________

1) Mid-Season Party is at BUTTER on October 4th! Get psyched up for that and our for our White Trash theme week!
2) We're raising money for charity. Yes, that's correct. We'll be helping out others instead of ourselves for once. INSANITY! Deets on that soon too.
3) If you're upset about your squad not getting any love on the blog, its cause your team leaders don't participate by submitting info. So players hassle your team captains, and captains shoot me an e-mail after each Sunday. Thanks!
4) The theme for October 5th, which is Superheroes, as decided by the readers/voters in our poll has been moved to September 28th!
5) REMEMBER TO SHOW UP EARLY THIS WEEKEND TO GET A PARKING SPOT!

Week 3

Lots of forfeits in Week 3. Just a tip for everyone, try to carpool, take public transit and/or get to the field early. Parking's gonna be a pain in the butt this fall.

Recaps:________________________________________________________

Captains send recaps, recaps end up here. Captains don't send recaps, your team gets no love (thefinalbunt@gmail.com) and don't forget to send in player of the week nominations too!

SF Natives:
We went all out at the bar in celebration of another team victory Sunday against the Frisco Donkeys. Twice the Donkeys had bases loaded, and never once did they make it across home plate. Thanks to our impenetrable defense, we shut 'em out with a final score of 5 to 0. We rock Donkey balls!

Balls of Glory:
Balls of Glory unfortunately had to forfeit due to the horrendous parking conditions! Only 5 people were lucky enough to find parking. However, a few team members were lucky enough to discover a huge parking garage at 2nd and Irving. Its $3 for the first hour (Parking Garage Website). You're welcome, and you can thank us all on Sunday. :)

Team Deathballs:
I think the captains for the Deathballs might actually be, in fact, dead!

Team SAAS:
The team arrived late this week due to our stressful and fulfilling aid work for starving children in Africa. Thereafter WAKA regulations caused the team to receive a forfeit, but we still played an AMAZING game winning 4,598,438 to 3 over the Deathballs. Despite this past weekend's turn of events we plan to continue our work to help starving children, and kick ass at kickball.

Also, we have a special bulletin! We are missing a very integral member to our team, if found, would you please return to June Mangers. She's a pink, stylish facilitator-of-intoxication and mascot to our team. She answers to the name of Flabongo. Our team does not negotiate with terrorists, so we are premptively issuing a warning in place of a reward; if she is not returned within the coming week, we will ransom the league funds and suspend any and all season parties.

(With 2 members of the Social Chair Committee on their team, they could do it too. Whoever has that Flabongo, make damn sure you return it!)

12 Step Sloshers:
Breaking News! The 12 Step Sloshers are dominating the world by forfeit! Yeah, that's right, be jealous! We're in 1st place and we didn't even have to do anything to earn it, besides finding a good parking spot and eating jello-shots! Take that Morningwood! Looks like your face chalk isn't so intimidating now.

Sleazy Bandeezee:
Jeremiah Boehner, get off your butt and send me a recap.

Frisco Donkeys:
Step up your game and shoot me your deets.

Morningwood:
Lost by forfeit to 12 Step Sloshers, but despite being short-handed won the scrimmage thereafter, and kicked butt in the bar (as always). After last weekend's shenanigans in Vegas we've got victory and a return trip to World Championships on our mind! You've all been warned!

Mid-Season Party: ______________________________________________

We're having our Mid-Season Party this fall at Butter on (TBA: Working over deets right now. More news next week)!

This party's going on in coordination with one of our theme weeks on (TBA). That theme is going to be White Trash. Butter is a trendy spot, known for repping the white-trash genre to the maximum! Take a look at their website (particularly the menu) and you'll catch our drift!

Go big or go home gang! Feel free to dress up at Butter for the theme, but definitely come prepared that following Sunday! The team with the most players dressed in support of our theme week gets money for pitchers of beer at our sponsor bar, the Blackthorn Tavern!

Need tips on how to look the part? Check out pics from this google search to get your ideas flowing: White Trash Party

Get pumped people! More details on the actual date of the event soon! Including specials!

Photo(s) of the Week:_____________________________________________

Flip Cup Action

Vertigo taking over the bar!

Pointless Predicitions:____________________________________________

1) Less teams will forfeit this weekend. I'm a bit shaky on this prediction to be honest with you.
2) Balls of Glory will post on Sunday, play, and then vanish without a trace. (All kidding aside, we like you guys, why don't you play with us on the field and in the bar too? We don't bite! Well most of us don't!)
3) 12-Step Sloshers will win the regular season purely on forfeits.
4) Morningwood may or may not attack Matt (the league pres) for calling a forfeit on their behalf again.
5) Sarah Ovies, of Vertigo and team Morningwood, will go down in history as the first chick to be wed during the Kickball World Championships.
6) Her husband Clint will legally change his name and move to a new city, once the annulment papers are filed of course...
7) Rob Ray will shave a new symbol into his chest by the end of this season. Until then, he will been seen without a shirt on at every innoportune moment.
8) I will learn the definition of innoportune, and thereafter use it every chance I get.
9) Alpha Bar will start up again... Soon. Sooner than later, I'm pretty sure.
10) I will run out of things to predict for this week.
11) Done!

Ridiculous Photo(s) of the Week:____________________________________

Photo of Flabongo that went missing in action.

No amount of alcohol will wash this image away!

Why?

Players of the Week:______________________________________________

Captains submit your players of the week to thefinalbunt@gmail.com!

Everyone who forayed the impenetrable ring of parked cars around Golden Gate Park this past Sunday, and made it to their games (either on time, or way late after foraging for parking). Sunday really got out of hand gang, I mean people in San Francisco have an ungodly amount of love for opera music! Lets avoid issues like that again, if you're driving I'd advise you to try and get to the park 30 minutes early this Sunday!

Quotes of the Week:______________________________________________

Submit quotes you overheard this weekend to thefinalbunt@gmail.com!

Quick Kicks:____________________________________________________

1) Mid-Season Party is at BUTTER! Get psyched up for that and our for our White Trash theme week!
2) We're raising money for charity. Yes, that's correct. We'll be helping out others instead of ourselves for once. INSANITY! Deets on that soon too.
3) If you're upset about your squad not getting any love on the blog, its cause your team leaders don't participate by submitting info. So players hassle your team captains, and captains shoot me an e-mail after each Sunday. Thanks!
4) The theme for October 5th is Superheroes as decided by the readers/voters in last week's poll.
5) REMEMBER TO SHOW UP EARLY THIS WEEKEND! PARKING WILL BE TOUGH!